Saturday, December 20, 2003

Features:

[ NYT ]  The Tyranny of the Standing Ovation by JESSE McKINLEY
"Unless I'm terribly bowled over I don't want to stand," said Jonathan Sale, 30, a New York actor. "At the same time, I'm also not going to be the only one who sits down. That makes a statement."

[ NYT ]  The Season of the Female Playwright by JASON ZINOMAN

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
'The Faculty Room'
Bridget Carpenter was awarded the Kesselring Prize, which celebrates playwrights who have not received national attention, for her mischievously entertaining play "The Faculty Room."

[ NYT ]  Scientology's Child's Play by ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH

[ ND ]  The Accidental Actor by Michael Bracken
Wallace Shawn took a stage role long ago to support his writing, and both careers have blossomed since

[ HChron ]  Thoroughly dazzling Darcie by EVERETT EVANS
Vivacious 'Millie' star easily wins over audiences
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Reviews:

[ ND ]  A Haunting Elegy in the Shadows of Horror by Gordon Cox
The stage of the Lucille Lortel has been transformed into a shadow box for "The Last Letter," the austere new production from Theatre for a New Audience that opened last night.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SNOW IN JUNE'
A Clash of the Seasons Inspires a Meeting of Cultures by BRUCE WEBER
The most recent work by the Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng is a wild amalgam. It's lovely and compellingly strange, if not quite fulfilling.

News:

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 20

[ P ]  Off-Broadway Revival of Square One Extends to Jan. 10, 2004

[ P ]  Dates Set for New Robby Benson Musical Open Heart

[ P ]  NEA Endows Over $25 Million in First Grants to Theatre and Arts Organizations in 2004

[ P ]  Rent Director Developing New Musical Disposable Based on Versace Killer Cunanan
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Friday, December 19, 2003

Features:

[ B ]  Ask A Star: Audra McDonald

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 12/19/03 by Paul Wontorek
This was my first time making a "best of" list and it was a harder task than I originally imagined.

News:

[ DN ]  Rush & Molloy
Since the departure of Mary Tyler Moore, frustrations have continued to fester on the set of Neil Simon's new comedy "Rose's Dilemma," which opened last night.
A spy tells us that John Cullum, who stars in the play, went ballistic during recent rehearsals and publicly berated the playwright as well as the director, Lynne Meadow.
Sixth item.

[ P ]  Bierko, Pinkins Tell of Sudden Unemployment in Gurwitch's One-Nighter Fired!, Jan. 12

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 6-12: P.S. I Left You

[ AJC ]  Kenny Leon to direct 'Raisin' on Broadway by KATHY JANICH
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Reviews:

[ ATW ]  Sounds of the Holidays
Lea DeLaria's 'Virgin Mary'; 'Miracle on 47th', Everett Bradley's Toy Benefits BC/EFA; Fynsworth's Holiday in Plaid

[ CU ]  The Last Letter
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Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Wicked's Idina Menzel Plus News of Cook and Ripley

[ TM ]  Photo File by: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
It's holiday time and the stars are out, as both performers and audience members.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Johnston and Taylor celebrate Dan and Lemon Opening

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Three That Must Close Saturday by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott take in The Musical of Musicals at the York, Teddy Cares at the West Bank, and Barbara Brussell at Danny's.

News:

[ B ]  Women on Fire Extends; Benson's Heart is Next

[ B ]  Stones in His Pockets to Close in London

[ P ]  "On Broadway" Songwriters Go Behind Their Music Off-Broadway, Jan. 15-March 14

[ P ]  One Night Only: New York Concert of Sondheim's Bounce to Benefit Actors' Fund

[ P ]  Off-Bway's Women's Project Names Greco New Artistic Director

[ P ]  Trumbo Advertising Final Weeks at Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre

[ P ]  Faith Prince Sings on New "Holiday in Plaid" CD

[ P ]  Eric Stoltz Cast in Broadway's Sly Fox

[ P ]  Broadway's Christmas Week Performance Schedule

[ P ]  Broadway's New Year's Performance Schedule

[ P ]  Daytime Stars Honored Hairspray's Brier at Dec. 18 Performance

[ P ]  Producers' Producers Cancel Lane-Broderick New Year's Bash

[ P ]  "If You Were Wondering": Boy From Oz to Close During Jackman's Vacations
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News:

[ NYP ]  'PRODUCERS' A FLOP WITH $1,500 TIX FOR NEW YEAR'S BASH by MICHAEL RIEDEL
Yesterday, the producers of "The Producers" admitted poor sales had forced them to cancel the bash.

[ NYP ]  PRIMA DONNA by MICHAEL RIEDEL
NOW that the U.S. military has found Saddam Hussein, maybe they can find Donna Murphy.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Scenes From a Marriage by JASON ZINOMAN
The songwriting duo of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil team up yet again, this time to perform in their own musical at the McGinn/Cazale Theater.

[ B ]  Eric Stoltz Joins Cast of Sly Fox Revival

[ B ]  Naked Boys Singing! Closes Off-B'way on 1/11

[ B ]  Off-Broadway's Trumbo in Final Weeks

[ TM ]  Lypsinka to Close on December 21

[ B ]  Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching to Close Dec. 21

[ ND ]  HERE Is Scrambling to Stay There, in SoHo by Gordon Cox

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
'Nativity' reborn

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 19

[ P ]  Boobs! The Musical Busts Its Way Into NYC Theatre District Dec. 19; Clyde Alves Joins Cast

[ P ]  Prodigal Father Returns Home in World Premiere The Architecture of Loss in NYC, Dec. 19

[ P ]  Bailiwick Has Musicals 108 Waverly, Moscow and Parade in 2004, Plus Cardinal Law Drama, Sin

[ P ]  Upcoming "Theater Talk" Broadcasts Feature Edward Albee, Drama Critics and Broadway Inspirational Voices

[ P ]  Second Stage Sets Dates for Mason-Cerveris Wintertime and Kathy & Mo Afterbirth

[ P ]  Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip Synching Sets Off-Broadway Closing Date for Dec. 21

[ B ]  Boy from Oz Will Not Go On Without Jackman

[ B ]  Complete Cast Set for Roundabout's Assassins

[ TM ]  Full Casting Announced for Roundabout's Assassins

"Rose's Dilemma" - Reviews:

[ ND ]  Those lines Mary didn't learn certainly aren't memorable by Linda Winer
Even if Neil Simon did not have the entire Western world gunning for him for having hurt Mary Tyler Moore, "Rose's Dilemma" would not have been a good play.

[ USA ]  Fine acting, foul plot: That's 'Rose's Dilemma'
Patricia Hodges, the star of Neil Simon's new play, Rose's Dilemma (** out of four), has the unenviable task of replacing one of our most beloved comic actresses on very short notice.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ROSE'S DILEMMA'
More Ghosts Than Originally Planned by BEN BRANTLEY
Patricia Hodges does not deliver the Rose inspired by the imperious dramatist Lillian Hellman, but rather a stuffed dragon who wouldn't even scare a child in the play at the Manhattan Theater Club.

[ YN ]  Simon Play Proves Anemic, Mawkish by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Moore is lucky, and one hopes she's relieved to be out of it. "Rose's Dilemma" is a minor, mawkish meditation on death, peppered with a few carefully crafted jokes that seem to belong to another play.

[ NYP ]  'DILEMMA' A NO-BRAINER by DONALD LYONS
RELAX, Mary Tyler Moore. You did the right thing in stomping out of "Rose's Dilemma" - you're better off not saddled with this stinker.

[ NJ ]  Rose's Dilemma BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
A disappointing new piece which opened Thursday at Manhattan Theatre Club after a rocky preview period, Neil Simon's "Rose's Dilemma" is a dispirited play that lacks focus and consequence.

[ HC ]  A Thorny 'Rose' by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Ultimately, "Rose's Dilemma" evolves into a melodrama, albeit one with an engaging coda. Mostly missing, however, is Simon's famous gift for crackling jokes.

[ B ]  Rose's Dilemma
Review by William Stevenson
The audience remains remarkably silent after most of Simon's jokes, which is more damning than anything a reviewer could write.

[ TM ]  Rose's Dilemma
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ DN ]  Nothin's comin' up 'Rose's' by Howard Kissel
She was replaced by her understudy, Patricia Hodges, who made such a splendid impression 20 years ago in the film of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," and who manages to make all the sides of Rose convincing, even appealing.
No, the actress in "Betrayal" was Patricia Hodge... who apparently didn't make all that splendid an impression...

[ SUN ]  Blighted Spirit by JEREMY McCARTER
It's a strange business, dealing with a living legend.
Rose's Dilemma and Dinner with Demons.

"Aunt Dan and Lemon" - Reviews:

[ ND ]  Brilliant revival squeezes humor out of dark topics by Linda Winer

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AUNT DAN AND LEMON'
Transfixed by Painful Recollections by BEN BRANTLEY
Lili Taylor conducts a very skilled act of seduction in this deeply disturbing revival of Wallace Shawn's play at the Harold Clurman Theater.

[ YN ]  'Aunt Dan' Returns Off-Broadway by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
"Aunt Dan and Lemon" by Wallace Shawn is one of the most peculiar plays of the last two decades. Infuriating. Entertaining. Funny but sad. And determined to provoke its audience.

[ NJ ]  1980s shocker loses impact BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TB ]  Aunt Dan and Lemon
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Aunt Dan and Lemon
Review by William Stevenson

[ CU ]  Aunt Dan and Lemon
Review

[ TM ]  Aunt Dan and Lemon
Reviewed By: David Finkle

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DINNER WITH DEMONS'
Inviting Audiences to Feast on His Memories by JONATHAN MANDELL
The scenes in Jonathan Reynolds's one-man show are rarely dramatic enough to seem like much more than diverting anecdotes from a practiced dinner host.

[ NJ ]  Eat before coming to 'Dinner' show BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NJ ]  Different title, same old bomb BY PETER FILICHIA
Perhaps playwright Samuel Taylor retitled his 1968 comedy from "Avanti" to "A Touch of Spring" so that people might forget what a bomb it was. "Avanti" played all of 21 performances on Broadway.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ASHES TO ASHES'
A Rocky Marriage Channels the World's Woes by WILBORN HAMPTON
The idea seems to be a sort of TriBeCa version of dinner theater.

[ YN ]  'Roadhouse' Stupid Humor Not for Everyone by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer

[ TM ]  The Last Letter
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ WP ]  Royal Shakespeare's Happy Coupling by Peter Marks
Gregory Doran's spot-on production gives Fletcher's sendup of the chasm between the sexes the respect it deserves.

[ BH ]  Best on Boston stage was done as we like it by Terry Byrne
Here's a list of my top 10 productions, in alphabetical order.

[ NJ ]  Alive and clicking : Savion Glover's phenonomenal taps will dazzle audiences in N.Y. BY ROBERT JOHNSON

[ NYP ]  JFK DIES - BUT NOT MAG STAFFER'S REGRETS by DONALD LYONS
SOMETIMES a play's subtext is more gripping than its ostensible subject. Such is the case with Keith Reddin's "Frame 312."

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | JOYCE BREACH
A Keeper of the Flame Takes the Long View of Romance by STEPHEN HOLDEN

[ CT ]  Karen Mason decks holiday fare her way by Howard Reich

[ CU ]  The Musical of Musicals
Review

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
You got all of the in-jokes in The Musical of Musicals, but can you solve the puzzle in the lobby?

[ DN ]  Happy holiday, with lotsa love by DAVID HINCKLEY
It ain't Christmas, David Letterman always says, until Darlene Love steps up to his microphone and sings "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)."

[ HC ]  Sublime show tunes by FRANK RIZZO
It would be 'loverly,' all right, if you pick the right ones

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  Frenchie Davis: from 'Rent' to 'Dreamgirls' and beyond by Misha Berson

[ StL ]  Tony Award nominee makes impression on students by Kate Miller
Show Choir students at Parkway Central High School received an in-school visit from 2003 Tony Award nominee Elizabeth Parkinson.
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Thursday, December 18, 2003

[ AP ]  `Boy From Oz' to shut down while Hugh Jackman vacations
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[ P ]  Roundabout Sets Lineup of Cast and Creatives for Broadway's Assassins
The Roundabout Theatre Company has officially announced the cast and creatives of the upcoming Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins.
Just for Hero
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Features:

[ B ]  Looking Back: TV Musicals #3 by Ken Mandelbaum

News:

[ B ]  Angels and Its Stage Stars Win Globe Noms

[ P ]  61st Annual Golden Globe Nominations Announced; "Angels in America" Receives 7 Noms.

[ P ]  Johnny Cunningham, Fiddler Who Gave Peter and Wendy a Celtic Lilt, Dead at 46

[ P ]  Millie's Sutton Foster and Marc Kudisch Reteam for Feb. 9 Town Hall Concert

[ P ]  Florida's Royal Poinciana Won't Be a Clear Channel Venue in 2004

[ P ]  Laura Bell Bundy and Nancy Opel Part of But I'm a Cheerleader Musical Reading

[ P ]  Loomer's Living Out Heads Back West to Seattle Repertory Theatre, Jan. 8-31
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News:

[ HC ]  Long Wharf gets 'The Story,' but without Rashad by Frank Rizzo

[ BG ]  Backstage drama at Broadway in Boston
Two of the top executives at Broadway in Boston were laid off Monday, according to several sources close to the company.

[ NYT ]  Johnny Cunningham, 46, Master of the Traditional Celtic Fiddle, Dies by JON PARELES
He also wrote the music and lyrics for "Peter and Wendy," an adaptation of the Peter Pan story by the Mabou Mines theater company for which he shared an Obie award for best production in 1997.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Ah, yes, the theater, full of passions and perils. The other night at the Amsterdam, Mary Tyler Moore - the all-American dream girl who was recently in a contretemps with playwright Neil Simon - had the last laugh!

[ V ]  Bard buffs BAM spring sesh
'Pericles,' 'Midsummer's' among legit productions

[ CST ]  MCA performance plans expand BY HEDY WEISS
The Museum of Contemporary Art's fine performance program regularly puts Chicago audiences well ahead of the curve. It was the MCA, for example, that first showcased Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife," the marvelous play that has since won Broadway acclaim, and "Alladeen," the brilliant multimedia work about India's phone centers that recently won kudos at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 18

[ P ]  Dust Settled, Neil Simon's Rose's Dilemma Opens Dec. 18 Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Laurens's Five Gold Rings Opens in London Dec. 18

[ P ]  Taylor and Johnston Stir Up Society in Aunt Dan and Lemon, Opens Off Broadway, Dec. 18

[ P ]  Imprisoned Jew Pens The Last Letter to Her Son in Off-Broadway Drama, Opens Dec. 18

[ ND ]  P. Diddy's 'Sun' Is Rising by Gordon Cox; Genetta Adams
Rapper's Broadway debut set for spring

Reviews:

[ NYP ]  IT'S TIPTOP TAP by CLIVE BARNES
THERE may be a tap dancer out there today who's better than Savion Glover, but I seriously doubt it.

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | 'IMPROVOGRAPHY'
Feet With a Lot to Say and Ways to Say It by JACK ANDERSON
The first act of Savion Glover's show is an extraordinary 40-minute solo that exemplifies how he has made tap popular with a whole new audience.

[ YN ]  Dench Shines in a Mostly Superb 'Well' by MATT WOLF, Associated Press Writer
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England - Dame Judi Dench proves that there is no such thing as small parts, only small performers. She takes what is essentially a supporting role in the new Royal Shakespeare Company revival of "All's Well That Ends Well" and turns it into something spectacular.

[ ATW ]  Someone's in the Kitchen....Cookin' and Schmoozin'
Review by Andy Propst

[ NYP ]  COED DRAMA DOESN'T MAKE THE GRADE by DONALD LYONS
IMAGINE "Felicity," the TV saga of a young woman in college, told from the guys' point of view.
Then imagine an episode of "Felicity" recounted without humor or wit - and lasting for a long two hours.
That's what you get with "Juvenilia," a new play by Wendy MacLeod.

Features:

[ YN ]  Five Veterans Tour With 'Nunsense' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer

[ CT ]  Tony Randall and his theater kick up heels by MICHAEL KILIAN

[ BSUN ]  Perfect gifts about theater by J. Wynn Rousuck

[ CST ]  Two singular sensations BY HEDY WEISS
There was a time when the theater world was neatly divided into two camps of actors -- those who performed in straight dramas and those who worked in musicals. There was a bit of snobbery involved, although if you delved deep into the souls of some classical actors you might find they harbored a secret dream of doing musical comedy.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003

[ B ]  Kathy & Mo Fills 2nd Stage; Reckless Eyes B'way

[ P ]  The Ladies of the Titanic Have Their Say in Unsinkable Women, Surfacing at Walnut Street in Philly

[ P ]  Jesus, Our Lady Collaborators Guirgis and Hoffman Read Judas Iscariot in NYC, Dec. 22

[ P ]  Carnelia Sings His Songs, With Lisa Asher, in New York Area Concert Jan. 10, 2004

[ P ]  Donna Murphy Returns to Wonderful Town Dec. 17

[ P ]  Judith Thompson's Capture Me Gets World Premiere at Toronto's Tarragon Dec. 30

[ P ]  Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home Travels to Long Wharf Theatre, Jan. 14-Feb. 15
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Features:

[ TM ]  Trim the Tree and Light the Menorah! by: Michael Buckley
Five Broadway stars share their holiday plans and memories along with New Year's wishes.

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM COLLECTION (Image Entertainment) by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TB ]  The Joy of Christmas Has Arrived for Jersey Theatergoers by Bob Rendell
A Christmas Carol, A Child's Christmas in Wales and The Lying Kind.

News:

[ B ]  Dreyfuss & Evans Set for London's Producers

[ B ]  Off-B'way's Naked Boys Singing! in Final Weeks
Although no exact closing date has been announced, the show is only expected to last at The Actor's Playhouse for another month or so.

[ TM ]  Superadio to Syndicate "Broadway's Biggest Hits"

[ P ]  Ratings Descend for Last Half of HBO's Angels in America
The numbers were down 30 percent from the Dec. 7 debut airing of the first part � which pulled in a solid cable audience of 4.2 million.

[ P ]  [sic] Author Gibson Returns to Soho Rep with Suitcase, Jan. 22

[ P ]  Naked Boys Singing! May Soon Ends Its Run

[ P ]  Dreyfuss and Evans Confirmed as London Producers for November 2004

[ P ]  Broadway-Bound Sly Fox to Tryout in Boston Feb. 20-March 7

[ P ]  Mary Poppins to Premiere at Bristol Hippodrome Prior to West End

[ P ]  Barrett Foa to Join Avenue Q Cast

[ P ]  Judd Hirsch Is "Alone" at Dec. 19 "Food for Thought" Reading; Kathleen Turner Set for January

[ P ]  Graae and Crivello Join Cariou for Reprise! Kismet
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News:

[ NYT ]  Jenifer Estess, Who Fought Lou Gehrig's Disease, Dies at 40 by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Jenifer Estess was a theatrical producer who set up a foundation for research into Lou Gehrig's disease after she learned she had it.

[ NYP ]  P. DIDDY'LL BE 'RAISIN' HELL ON BROADWAY THIS SPRING by MICHAEL RIEDEL
Production sources said Binder is planning to surround Combs with theater veterans, including two-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, who has been offered the role of Ruth, Walter Lee's wife.
Actually, she's won three Tonys...

[ P ]  Report: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs to Star in A Raisin in the Sun Revival

[ B ]  P. Diddy in Talks to Star in A Raisin in the Sun

[ BH ]  Dreyfuss to open 'Sly Fox' here
Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss is heading to Boston for the pre-Broadway run of "Sly Fox."

[ ES ]  The Producers... reproduced by Luke Leitch
They make an unlikely duo: the Hollywood star and the British comedian.
But today it was announced that Richard Dreyfuss and Lee Evans are to star in a West End version of huge Broadway hit The Producers.

[ NJ ]  Paper Mill and musicians agree on two-year contract BY PEGGY McGLONE

[ NJ ]  NEA plows seed money into Jersey arts programs

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 17

[ P ]  Anthony Head Swaps Buffy for Pirates in London Peter Pan, Dec. 17

[ P ]  Irish Rep's Fall Hit, Colleen Bawn, Finds a Home for the Holidays, Starting Dec. 17

[ P ]  Mark Russell Resigns as Artistic Director of P.S. 122

[ HC ]  The Sputtering Theater Season by Frank Rizzo
Broadway Failures, Sudden Cast Departures, Unhappy Stars

Features:

[ NYT ]  Putting a Guy Into a Frock Takes Teamwork by JESSE McKINLEY
"I Am My Own Wife," the one-man show now on Broadway about an East German transvestite, is the result of a 10-year collaboration among author, director and actor.

[ NYT ]  He Is His Own Producer, and Much More by JESSE McKINLEY
Dig into the Playbill for "I Am My Own Wife," and you'll find the kind of biography you don't see often. "Anthony Marshall (Producer)," it reads, "is an investment adviser, author, former intelligence officer with the C.I.A. and diplomat."

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
The stars (and Filichia!) come out for Mame Dennis's annual holiday party.

[ USA ]  Mirren blooms without baring all by Donna Freydkin
Nothing breaks the ice with a renowned British stage actress like a t�te-�-t�te about breasts.

[ YN ]  'Shrew' and Sequel at Kennedy Center by CARL HARTMAN, Associated Press Writer
Petruchio, who starved his spitfire bride into submission in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," gets his comeuppance in the rarely performed sequel that debuts Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Musical of Musicals
Reviewed By: David Finkle
This one will probably appeal to the ticket-buyer who races to the first preview of Never Gonna Dance and then files an intermission report on Talkinbroadway.com.

[ TM ]  Dinner With Demons
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ ND ]  Serving Up a Solo Turkey for 'Dinner' by Gordon Cox
Sadly, though, the audience is never given the opportunity to sample Reynolds' handiwork. But that's not the only reason "Dinner With Demons" makes for an unsatisfying meal.

[ NYP ]  WATCH A PLAYWRIGHT EAT HIS HEART OUT by DONALD LYONS
It's an interesting concept - gustatory pleasure as instrument of forgiveness - and makes for a curious, intriguing show.

[ NJ ]  Waiting for the bell to ring BY PETER FILICHIA
Most plays start at 8 p.m. and end by 10 p.m. But "Educating Rita," now at the Bickford Theatre in Morris Township, begins at 8 -- and then starts its second act at 10.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FRAME 312'
The Kennedy Assassination as the Root of America's Ills by BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Reddin's intentions in "Frame 312" lean ambitiously toward social commentary, but only the outline of his vision is clear.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2003

News:

[ P ]  It's Linda: Wonderful Town Understudy Mugleston Continues to Sub for Ailing Star

[ P ]  Gretchen Mol Is Chicago's New Roxie Hart for the New Year

[ B ]  Gretchen Mol is Chicago's New Roxie Hart on 1/5

Reviews:

[ B ]  Dinner with Demons
Review by Eric Grode
I'll say this for Dinner With Demons: It's the best-smelling show in town.

[ YN ]  Food Writer Serves Up Aroma in 'Demons' by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
Reynolds' writing and delivery are engaging and steadily amusing. But it is the production's other ingredients that make it memorable � particularly the atmosphere that emanates from the onstage kitchen.

[ VV ]  Dinner for 300, Supper for 30: Kitchen-sink super-realism by Michael Feingold
Dinner With Demons; The Last Supper

[ TB ]  The Musical of Musicals
Review by Jonathan Frank
Musical of Musicals is a surprisingly entertaining and well-realized show that rises above what could have been an extended one-joke concept and quite often displays moments of utter brilliance.

[ ATW ]  Theory of Theater Should Always Be This Amusing
Review by Andy Propst

[ SUN ]  The Thinking Person's Clown (& Vice-Versa) by JEREMY McCARTER
"The Regard of Flight" finds Bill Irwin in his element: a cerebral sort of goofing-off.

[ VV ]  Feature This
The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias by Michael Feingold
The Story; Frame 312

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Michael Feingold
Handy Dandy

[ VV ]  Advanced Sex Ed
Slacker coeds pull all-nighters in MacLeod's randy satire by Alexis Soloski
Juvenilia

[ VV ]  Acting Out
Dueling thesps reminisce on their melodramatic rivalry by Charles McNulty
Duet

Features:

[ BS ]  The New Family on Stage: Broken and Transient
Over the last few theatre seasons, a new kind of family has entered the picture onstage. Happy it isn't; indeed, it's as flawed as its earlier counterpart.

[ BS ]  "Rabbithead" in a Liquid Sky
Known best for co-writing cult classic "Liquid Sky," Nina V. Kerova recently sat down with us to discuss her stage career and new NYC project, "Rabbithead."

[ B ]  Photo Op: Busch Brings His Angel Back for the Holidays
Star Matthew Broderick hits the East Village for Charles Busch's annual Times Square Angel staged reading.
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[ P ]  Will Hal Prince-Helmed Flight of the Lawnchair Man Land at Paper Mill?
I sure hope so � I loved it in Three.

[ P ]  Leonard Traube, Broadway and Celebrity Press Agent, Dead at 84

[ P ]  France's Famed Comédie-Française Makes Rare U.S Visit at BAM, June 9-12

[ P ]  TDF Offers TKTS Gift Certificates for the Holiday Ticket Buyer

[ P ]  Jack Ragotzy, Michigan Barn Theatre Impresario Who Touched Many Careers, Dead at 81

[ P ]  Broadway's Drowning Crow Cast Announced; Joe Morton Replaced Due to Film Job

[ P ]  Inverse Theater Presents Annual Christmas Show and Party, Dec. 20

[ P ]  Lippa and Crawley's Little Princess Musical Aims for Developmental Run and Bway; Schulman Attached

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Moore Directs Angels's Shenkman in Sedaris Stories, Dec. 22

[ P ]  Emond and Gyllenhaal to Star in Homebody/Kabul Redux at BAM

[ B ]  James Replaces Morton in MTC's Drowning Crow

[ TM ]  Chenoweth, Krakowski, and Wopat to Star in MTC Benefit

[ P ]  York Theatre Co. Stages One Musical in Five Different Flavors in Musical of Musicals, Opening Dec. 16
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[ STARS ]  Jack Ragotzy (1921-2003), Founder of Michigan's oldest summer stock company The Barn Theatre
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Features:

[ B ]  The Season Thus Far: The Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
The Words Rule, but Her Music Sets Them Free by ROBIN FINN
Jeanine Tesori, a musical composer, has a flourishing new collaboration with Tony Kushner, the "Angels in America" auteur.

[ NYT ]  ESSAY
AIDS After 'Angels': Not Gone, Not Forgotten by DUDLEY CLENDINEN
How the landscape of AIDS has shifted since Tony Kushner wrote "Angels in America."

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
ROY COHN: THE GOOD & THE BAD

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Vanessa Aspillaga by Neil Parmar

[ DN ]  Savion laces up & buckles down by CELIA McGEE
You haven't seen a man turn into a piano, a sighing flute or a hepcat bass until you've seen tap genius Savion Glover do his choreography to John Coltrane.

[ DN ]  It's right up her Ailey by HOWARD KISSEL
Carmen de Lavallade will be honored by the Alvin Ailey company.

[ BS ]  Historical Obscurities: Fresh Fodder for Theatrical Trailblazing
Some dates in history can never be forgotten, while others get relegated to the margins of memory. Theatre artists are beginning to use historically obscure people, places, and events for stageworthy inspiration.

[ B ]  Photo Op: B'way Stars Get in the Holiday Spirit at Great Joy!

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Party Fit for a Princess: Aida's Michelle T. Williams

[ P ]  A Fine Romance
Never Gonna Dance, a light-hearted, elegant confection of a musical, rejoices in love, dance and the glittering City of New York

News:

[ B ]  Gambon, Evans & Smith Set for London's Endgame

[ P ]  Tony Kushner to Appear on Dec. 16 "Charlie Rose Show"

[ P ]  Kat and the Kings Returns To Tricycle in London, Dec. 16

[ P ]  Tom Stoppard to Write Screenplay for "His Dark Materials" Films

[ B ]  Seinfeld Star Michael Richards to Join Trumbo

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Worthy Wife
In its first full week since receiving rave reviews from the New York press, I Am My Own Wife had a $53,383 bump at the box office. That was the biggest boost of any show on Broadway.

[ B ]  Revival of Raisin Readies for Spring Opening

[ P ]  Wicked CD Hits Stores Dec. 16

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 16

[ P ]  World Premiere Dinner With Demons Served at Second Stages as Show Opens, Dec. 16

[ P ]  NETworks Tour of Oklahoma! Begins Dec. 16 in Denver, Travels Into 2004

[ P ]  Noise/ Funk Tony Winner Savion Glover Taps Back to NYC at Joyce, Dec. 16-Jan. 4

[ P ]  Philly Composer Charles Gilbert Working With Innaurato on Gemini, the Musical

[ P ]  "Seinfeld"'s Kramer Takes a Serious Turn in Off-Broadway Trumbo, Dec. 29-Jan. 4

[ P ]  Canadian Actor Denied Visa to Appear in A Doll's House in San Francisco

[ P ]  Vanessa Redgrave to Star in 2004 Film of Wallace Shawn's The Fever

[ P ]  Praised New Newspaper Drama, The Story, Will Close Dec. 21 at The Public

"The Regard Evening" - Reviews:

[ YN ]  'Regard Evening' Draws on Antics by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
The sweet-tempered antics of Bill Irwin are ageless.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE REGARD EVENING'
Bill Irwin's Classic of Clowning, Illuminated With a Postscript by BEN BRANTLEY
Bill Irwin continues to deliver the antic goods, as seen in the tasty samples of his wordless eloquence at the Signature Theater Company.

[ ND ]  That Flighty Work Takes Off Again by Linda Winer
Irwin remains astonishing, an enchanted but straightforward creature who seems to exist in different air density than the rest of us.

[ TB ]  The Regard Evening
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  The Regard Evening
Review by Eric Grode

[ CU ]  The Regard Evening

[ NJ ]  Irwin's goofiness a joy to regard BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TM ]  The Regard Evening
Reviewed By: David Finkle

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  Who Killed Woody Allen?
Reviewed By: Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Addicted
Review

[ ATW ]  A Warm, Traditional 'Christmas Carol' Opens in Princeton
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  The Gifts of the Magi Honors O. Henry's Voice
Review by Andy Propst

[ BSUN ]  Vexing 'Shrew' entertains by J. Wynn Rousuck
In the bold, vigorous Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Kennedy Center, director Gregory Doran daringly eschews political correctness. His is an interpretation that hews closely to the text.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | 'A VERY LEA CHRISTMAS'
A Club for Aspiring Scrooges by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Lea DeLaria blends comedy and jazz with the sheer force of her personality in this audacious anti-Christmas show at the Belt Theater.

[ INQ ]  Broadway bound? by Desmond Ryan
If a theater trip is in your holiday plans, you'll find a bounty of two dozen shows lighting up stages.

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
The Siegels are there for some one-night-only events and for performances by two jazz musicians who let loose at brunchtime.

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
The original cast album of the new Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked casts its spell over Seth Christenfeld.
What a coincidence - last night at the King Kong Room, I saw Laura Benanti and Stephanie Block cast their spells over Seth Christenfeld.
Me, I'm still spellbound... :-)
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Monday, December 15, 2003

Features:

[ TM ]  Vienna, Their City of Dreams by: Michael Portantiere
TM offers a photo album of Douglas Braverman's Dalliance in Vienna as presented by the Genesius Theatre Guild.

News:

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: December 8-14

[ P ]  Golden Theatre Springs a Leak, Causing Minor Delay at Avenue Q Performance
A leak in the Golden Theatre's mezzanine ceiling developed during the 7PM performance of Avenue Q Dec. 14, resulting in the falling of some plaster at the end of Act I.The incident caused a five-minute delay in the start of the second act.

[ P ]  Scott and Stephen Schwartz Team Up for World Premiere My Antonia in CA

[ P ]  Pulitzer-Winner Schenkkan to Script Film "Do Not Go Gentle"

[ P ]  Wonderful Town's Murphy and Henry IV's Kline Honored with 2003 New York Awards

[ P ]  Machado's The Cook Extends Engagement Through Jan. 4

[ P ]  Avenue Q Star Heads to the "Broadway Spotlight" Feb. 2
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News:

[ B ]  The Season Thus Far: The Plays by Ken Mandelbaum
Mentioned as possibilities for the cast of a planned Jerry Zaks-directed La Cage aux Folles revival: Gary Beach and Denis O'Hare.

[ P ]  A Raisin in the Sun Will Begin on Broadway March 21; Kenny Leon Directs
The David Binder-produced revival of the classic Lorraine Hansberry drama A Raisin in the Sunwill begin previews on Broadway on March 21 for an April 18 opening, a recent casting notice indicated.

[ P ]  Full Transcripts of Oscar Wilde's Trial Published

[ P ]  Monologues' Eve Ensler Featured in PBS Documentary, "What I Want My Words to Do to You"

[ P ]  Barbara Cook Guests in Met's The Merry Widow New Year's Eve

[ P ]  Sutton Foster and Delta Burke Will Exit Millie February 2004; Earley is New Trevor

[ P ]  2002 Chess Production Available on DVD

[ P ]  Alice Ripley Cast in Bock's Off-Broadway Comedy, Five Flights

[ P ]  Wicked CD Signing Set for Dec. 19 at the Gershwin

[ B ]  Tix On Sale for Christopher Plummer in Lear

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Last Supper
Reviewed By: David Finkle

Features:

[ TB ]  What's New on the Rialto? Interview with John Yap of JAY Records by Alan Gomberg
posted at 12/15/2003 12:48:04 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Perfectionist Is at Home in a Role Funny and Loose by ROBIN POGREBIN
Donna Murphy talks about her extensive research for her role in "Wonderful Town" and how she relates to her character, Ruth Sherwood.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia draws up memories of the work of renowned caricaturist Sam Norkin.

[ ND ]  After 16 1/2 years and 6,892 performances as the lead in Off-Broadway's 'Perfect Crime,' there's no denying Catherine Russell is in it... For the Long Run by Jim Smith

[ ND ]  The Shows Went On and On by Jim Smith

News:

[ YN ]  Oscar-Nominated Actress Jeanne Crain Dies by BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

[ NYT ]  Michael Small, 64, Composer for Movies, Dies

[ IBDB ]  Michael Small's Broadway Credits

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
WHICH hunky Broadway leading man...

[ V ]  B.O. up; 'Hairspray' 995g
Road Grosses

[ R ]  American Film Institute Honors Year's Top 10 Films
And TV too, with "Angels in America" making the list.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
"IT is just the greatest theater I have ever been in," said actress Helen Mirren as she departed Buckingham Palace after having been invested with an Order of the British Empire.

[ P ]  Broadway's Best Turn Out for Great Joy! Benefit Concert Dec. 15

[ P ]  Swayze Is "Dancing" Into Broadway's Chicago Dec. 15

[ P ]  "Miracle on 47th Street" Benefit Concert Features Stars of Avenue Q, Boy From Oz and More

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 15

[ P ]  "Borne" in a Trunk: Bill Irwin's Expanded Regard of Flight Soars Into Signature, Off-Bway

Reviews:

[ NJ ]  'Last Supper' makes a wonderful dinner BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ND ]  Philosophical Theater as a Meal in Itself by Gordon Cox
Ed Schmidt's dinner party is a meditation on true nourishment

[ CU ]  The Last Supper
Review

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AS YOU LIKE IT'
Actress Finds Shadows in Shakespearean Spunk by BEN BRANTLEY
Rebecca Hall has remade Shakespeare's cockiest heroine into a gorgeous, galumphing girl in the Theater Royal Bath's production at the Wilbur Theater in Boston.

[ WP ]  From Royal Shakespeare, a 'Shrew' We Never Knew by Peter Marks

[ B ]  Addicted
Review by William Stevenson

[ ATW ]  Brawls Staged for Comedy in Live-Action Road House
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  Gershwin's Primrose Buds Beautifully at Musicals Tonight!
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  A convincing 'Christmas Carol' BY PETER FILICHIA

[ NYer ]  BLACKOUT by HILTON ALS
Tracey Scott Wilson on race, ambition, and journalistic ethics.

[ TIME ]  The Industry Standards by JOSH TYRANGIEL
Covering the old songs is a surefire way for performers to buff up their image. Or is it?

[ NYT ]  BOOKS OF THE TIMES | 'THE REAL TRIAL OF OSCAR WILDE'
Wilde and the Gentlemen of the Jury by JANET MASLIN
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Sunday, December 14, 2003

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Cutting out by PAUL HODGINS
Broadway's Betty Buckley abandons New York for new adventures - and a horse.
Includes quotes from Betty and from Susan Egan.

[ MN ]  For A.R. Gurney, it's not comedy as usual by Karen D'Souza

[ HChron ]  'Modern' hit blends old, new by EVERETT EVANS
Tesori and Scanlan's new songs drive this screen-to-stage adaptation

[ FW ]  Something to sing about by Mark Lowry
Irving's Lyric Stage still may have a low profile here, but it has its sights set on Broadway
Includes quotes from Lynne Taylor-Corbett.

[ SFC ]  ISN'T SHE RICH? A SEASONED BRITISH ACTRESS SIZZLES WITH SONDHEIM by Jesse Hamlin
Charlotte Cornwell.

Other Features:

[ WP ]  The Musicals' Dutiful Pit Bulls by Nelson Pressley
Pit Musicians: Despite Snug Quarters, Awful Views, Players Don't Miss a Beat

[ WP ]  The RSC, Out to Tame Its Troubles by Peter Marks
Esteemed Troupe Arrives With New Identity but Age-Old Zeal

[ CST ]  The next wave of 'Hairspray' BY HEDY WEISS

[ CT ]  Bruce Vilanch: He writes the jokes, and now wears the dresses by Chris Jones

[ CT ]  Drag pulls on notion of mainstream acceptance by Sid Smith

[ CT ]  KAYE BALLARD: ENJOYING ACT III by Christine Badowski

[ ND ]  Telling Stories by Blake Green
Actor-playwright John Kani gets at the post-apartheid 'Truth'

[ NYT ]  The Year In Ideas: Theater for One by PAUL TOUGH
"The Angel Project."

[ NYT ]  A Show in Which the Turkey's the Thing by ROBERT SIMONSON
As part of his new play, the food writer and playwright Jonathan Reynolds submerges a 14-pound bird in 5 gallons of sizzling peanut oil.

[ NYT ]  Food-Themed Shows: Feeding the Audience, Body or Soul

[ NYT ]  The Play That Tamed 'Taming of the Shrew' by ERIK TARLOFF
The Royal Shakespeare Company will pair the most problematic problem play with a production of a script from 1611 written as a direct response.

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
'Love & Taxes'
This monologue from "Josh Kornbluth's Love & Taxes," which opened last week at the Bank Street Theater, describes a taxpayer's nightmare.

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Philip Seymour Hoffman by Martin Johnson

[ BG ]  Great dame by Linda Gorov
As time goes by, 58-year-old 'Calendar Girls' star Helen Mirren continues to display her range, and her body, in a variety of roles

[ BG ]  Playwright tells stories for his own audience by Maureen Dezell
It was an extraordinary turnout for a new play by a little-known author, and a notably eclectic crowd. Celebrities (screen actor Mark Wahlberg, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Amy Poehler) perched on folding chairs in the 90-seat theater, alongside local luminaries (Boston City Councilor John Tobin, South Boston author Michael Patrick MacDonald).

[ ND ]  The 'Fame' Hall Of, Well, Fame by Genetta M. Adams
"I'm gonna live forever," goes the theme song. And while there hasn't been celebrity immortality for many "Fame" alumni (hello, Irene Cara?), there are a few who are still reaching for heaven.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following reviews!

[ MST ]  Much-delayed 'Oliver' finally delivers -- a dud by Rohan Preston

[ ATU ]  Karen Black delivers from the heart by GREG HAYMES

Other Reviews:

[ DN ]  Back for an encore by Howard Kissel
These Broadway cast albums really score

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List
The holiday season has arrived once more, bearing with it a number of highly recommendable Broadway-related CDs that have arrived since last Thanksgiving.

[ TB ]  A Christmas Carol
Boston Review by Suzanne Bixby

[ NYT ]  'Design for Living': When Icons Were Icons by JOHN SIMON
Margot Peters has written a biography of the fabulous, incomparable, almost infallible theatrical duo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

[ NYT ]  First Chapter: 'Design for Living'

[ CU ]  Lesbian Pulp-O-Rama's A Very Pulpy Christmas
Review by Amanda Cooper

[ CU ]  Virgin Mary, Make Mine a Double
Review by Amanda Cooper

News:

[ NYP ]  THE STARR REPORT by MICHAEL STARR
Jimmy Smits is a man of his word.
The ex- "NYPD Blue" star, currently appearing on Broadway in "Anna in the Tropics," promised a group of students from Brooklyn College, his alma mater, that he'd teach an acting class.

[ V ]  Biz holds; 'Town' 590g
Broadway Grosses

[ YN ]  Rutgers to Honor Late Tap-Dancer Hines

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Wonderful Town on "Today," Patrick Stewart on "The View," Ian McKellen on "Conan"

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 14

[ P ]  Tony Award-Winning Revival Nine Bids Arrivederci to Broadway, Dec. 14

[ P ]  The Great Work Begins: Second Half of Kushner's Angels in America Airs on HBO, Dec. 14

[ P ]  "Radio Playbill" Goes Backstage With Joel Grey at Wicked Dec. 15-27

[ P ]  Easton, Ivey, Matthews Discuss Henry IV in Dec. 17 Talk

[ NYT ]  Ethel Winant, 81, Pioneering Woman in TV Production, Dies by STUART LAVIETES
Ethel Winant became one of the first female executives in network television when she was awarded a vice president's title at CBS in 1973.
posted at 12/14/2003 05:22:25 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ P ]  Ailing Donna Murphy Sits out Dec. 12-13 Wonderful Town Performances
As of 5PM, there was no word whether Murphy would make the Sunday, Dec. 14 matinee.
posted at 12/14/2003 10:46:37 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

A new BroadwayStar is born!
Broadway Baby, Megan Elizabeth Moynahan, daughter of Liz McCartney (Phantom, Les Miserables, Dance of the Vampires, Taboo) and Tom Moynahan (Assistant�Director, Shubert Creative Projects) takes a well deserved rest after her first opening night (Friday, December 5 at 6:10am). Congrats go out to the parents on the newest BroadwayStar!
posted at 12/14/2003 05:15:39 AM by James Marino | Item Link

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Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

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Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

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TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

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