Saturday, January 10, 2004

Features:

[ NYT ]  Broadway Gives Its Regards to Itself by ROBERT SIMONSON
Lately, Times Square has begun to resemble a hall of mirrors, with new musicals slyly quoting their elders and (sometimes) betters with campy abandon. Here is a guide to some of the current winks and nods.

[ NYT ]  QUESTIONS FOR WALLACE SHAWN
Stage Leftish
The playwright offers his quietly radical take on Broadway, marriage, the president � and what your mother can do for world peace.

[ NYT ]  Sunday Book Review: Letters
As the author of the book for "West Side Story," I am bewildered by your review of James McCourt's "Queer Street"...

[ NYT ]  For Celebrities, the Pitch Is Never Far Off by JOYCE WADLER
How many prominent, accomplished people have at one time or another been cornered by a proud parent, a cocky stranger?
With quotes from Phyllis Newman, Tony Roberts and Bernadette Peters.

[ TS ]  Riding the ups and downs by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
With the success of The Producers and Hairspray, Thomas Meehan is Broadway's hottest writer
Extensive interview in which he talks about his youth, Annie, Annie 2, I Remember Mama, Ain't Broadway Grand, The Producers, Hairspray... and leaks some news on Young Frankenstein.

[ NYT ]  Hiroshima Bomber and Victims: This Is Your (Puppet's) Life by DAVID RAKOFF
"Hiroshima Maiden," based on an encounter between a pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and survivors of the blast, is performed in bunraku style.

[ LAT ]  Obsessed by the theater by Rob Kendt
Attending plays by the dozens and leading online chatter, Ravi Narasimhan may be as passionate about the local stage as its artists.

[ USA ]  Disney raising curtains on new projects by Elysa Gardner

[ USA ]  Disney has its stage hands full with Poppins, school shows by Elysa Gardner

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ AJC ]  Lyricist restores 'Annie's' missing link by WENDELL BROCK
Martin Charnin says the Theater of the Stars production will showcase the world premiere of the song "Why Should I Change a Thing?" -- a Warbucks vehicle cut from the original.

[ SS ]  Florence Henderson leads parade of stars in Follies by Jack Zink

[ PPG ]  Broadway actor returns to Pittsburgh Music Theater for lead in 'West Side Story' by John Hayes
Peter Matthew Smith is a talented triple-threat who attracted attention in "Rent" and "Mamma Mia" and is currently cast in Broadway's biggest hit. But in an unusual career move, the theater veteran from Quaker Valley High School and Point Park University has taken a sabbatical from "Hairspray" to be in Pittsburgh Musical Theater's "West Side Story."

[ PTR ]  Break from Broadway leads actor to 'West Side' by Alice T. Carter

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  'Chicago' stars get away with murder by Lewis Segal
The touring production at the Pantages is weighed down by an anemic cast.

[ CU ]  These Very Serious Jokes
Review

News:

[ NYT ]  Fraydele Oysher, Actress Who Starred in Yiddish Theater, Dies at 90 by STUART LAVIETES
Fraydele Oysher, a star of the Yiddish theater, was a member of a musical dynasty.

[ WP ]  Letters: Tony Kushner's Divisive 'Caroline'

[ TM ]  Casting Announced for "The Broadway Musicals of 1926"

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 10

[ P ]  Porter, Murney, Dixon and More Take Part in ZarleySongs Jan. 19

[ P ]  Chicago's Goodman Relights Guettel-Lucas Musical Piazza, Jan. 10-Feb. 15

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

[ P ]  Broadway Cast Members Reprise Luhrmann's La Bohème in Los Angeles, Jan. 9-March 7

[ P ]  City Center Is Fairyland: NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players Begin 2004 Season With Iolanthe, Jan. 9
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Friday, January 09, 2004

[ B ]  Doris Roberts Eyes Mrs. Meers Role in Millie

[ TM ]  92nd Street Y to Present A Tribute to Thornton Wilder

[ P ]  Broadway's Wonderful Town to Be Recorded Jan. 12

[ P ]  Producers Convene to Forward Transfer of Caroline, or Change

[ P ]  Notes From New York Take Two, At The Donmar

[ P ]  Cast of Dukakis-Zorich Agamemnon Announced; Revenge and Mayhem Commence Feb. 3

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 3-9: Stranger Things Have Happened

[ P ]  Sarah Jones Takes on Ten New Characters in bridge and tunnel, Starting Feb. 4

[ P ]  Piazza Star Victoria Clark Will Next Head Back East for Dream True and Baby

[ P ]  Cookin' Begins Previews at Minetta Lane Feb. 20; Officially Opens March 7

[ P ]  Street People Seek Redemption in Di Murro's Waiting for My Man, Premiering Off-Bway Feb. 10
posted at 1/9/2004 03:59:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: When Judi Dench Was Sixteen Going on Seventeen by Ken Mandelbaum
RICHARD RODGERS: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (Image Entertainment)

Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Hairspray's Kathy Brier Plus News of Peters and Chenoweth

[ TM ]  All Over the Map by: Dan Bacalzo
Beauty of the Father in Coral Gables, Sky Girls in San Diego, and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues in Phoenix

News:

[ P ]  Dylan Baker to Head Cast of Atlantic Theater's Sea of Tranquility

[ P ]  Opera's Mark Delavan Is Also Sweeney in NYCO's Sweeney Todd

[ P ]  O'Neill Center, Reversing Decision, to Continue Open Play Submissions Policy

[ P ]  MCC to Offer Five Neil LaBute One-Acts March 1

[ P ]  Adam Sandler's "The Wedding Singer" Heads to Broadway

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Duse-Bernhardt Play Duet May Go to Broadway

[ P ]  Lamos Replaces Late Gutierrez as Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Director
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[ V ]  Tony confirms potential noms
'Confederate Widow,' 'Laughing Room' ruled out
The Tony Awards administration committee met Thursday in Gotham to decide the award eligibility of shows that opened on Broadway in the first half of the season.

[ V ]  Lamos takes 'Cat'
Helmer fills in for late Gutierrez in D.C.

[ V ]  Equity sez salaries up
Member earnings hit all-time high of $264.5 mil

Nationwide, the median annual salary for an actor was $6,148; average annual salary was $14,995. The percentage of actors working in a given week continues to hover at about 15%.

And I thought I had a rough year...
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News:

[ NYP ]  LOTS OF LOOSE 'CHANGE' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
HOW many rich people does it take to lose money on a Tony Kushner show?

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
'Wedding Singer' Is Warming Up by JASON ZINOMAN

[ B ]  The Wedding Singer Readies for B'way Bow

[ B ]  Duet to Move to B'way's Circle in the Square

[ B ]  Lamos Steps in to Helm Cat at Kennedy Ctr.

[ NJ ]  Center Stage by Peter Filichia
Crossroads Theatre Company of New Brunswick is making a schedule change.

[ Y ]  Rosie O' Donnell Plans Gay Cruise to Bahamas

[ DN ]  Newbeat
News on the Tony Awards, a new flick that covers the Beatles during their two-week U.S. tour in '64, more good news for "American Splendor" and a new role for Kristin Chenoweth.

[ NYT ]  Ingrid Thulin, Aloof Star in Bergman Films, Dies at 77

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
GOOD GRIEF! In our rave on "Beauty and the Beast" we mistakenly referred to composer Alan Menken as having passed away.
"We"? (Last item.)

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 9

[ P ]  Lane, Broderick, Grey, Mitchell, Cruz, Kushner, Sondheim Join "TimesTalks," Jan. 9-11

[ P ]  Off-Off-Broadway Has a Demon Baby, Jan. 9-31

[ P ]  Milwaukee Rep's The One That Got Away Pays Funny, Folky Homage to Late Fred Alley

[ P ]  Frenchie, Meet Effie: Dreamgirls Starts Three-City West Coast Run Jan. 9 in San Jose

Features:

[ NYT ]  Talent on Display, Buyers in Town by JESSE McKINLEY
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference, taking place this weekend in New York City, functions as a marketplace where artistic directors and performers can get to know one another's work.

[ NYT ]  How to Pitch Bubble Gum
Looking for an a cappella comedy group? A flamenco sextet? A one-person show about Frank Lloyd Wright? Well, somebody at the conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters probably is.

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
Ambassador for Weimar and Weill. Legs, Too. By LYNDA RICHARDSON
Ute Lemper, the cabaret maven who is perhaps best known for her performances of songs from the Weimar era, is anything but mainstream.

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
Just Don't Call Him 'Doogie Howser M.D.' by ANTHONY RAMIREZ
The play "Fences" kindled a love for the theater in Neil Patrick Harris, the actor famous for playing a certain teenage doctor, when he was 14.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia chats with composer-lyricist Craig Carnelia over dinner.

[ NJ ]  Tunes from the dark side BY PETER FILICHIA
Divorce. Housework. High school.
Most songwriters -- especially male songwriters -- don't go there topically, but Craig Carnelia has for the last 25 years.

[ NJ ]  Actress, 80, prefers naughty to nice BY PETER FILICHIA
Shirl Bernheim on "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife."

[ NJ ]  Playwright to visit his own creation BY BETTE SPERO
An off-Broadway playwright and a local actor who attended Linden High School a generation apart will meet on Saturday as a result of the Westfield Community Players' production of the intergenerational drama "Visiting Mr. Green."

[ BG ]  Traveling scenic designer has room to create at the Merrimack by Catherine Foster
The person in charge of creating this space is Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, who's been a scenic designer for more than 30 years on and off Broadway, in regional theater, and internationally.

[ BH ]  African-American fest offers reasons to 'Sing' by Terry Byrne

[ B ]  Photo Op: Fellow Chart-Topper Drops In On B'way Boy George

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews a new anthology of 20th century "gay plays" and a new book on the Off-Off-Broadway movement of the 1960s.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THESE VERY SERIOUS JOKES'
Hear the One About Selling a Soul? by MARGO JEFFERSON
While the Target Margin Theater's show, which is based on Goethe's poetic drama, needs a good dose of grandeur, it is very much a work in progress.

[ ND ]  A Devil to Deal With by Gordon Cox
Piecemeal 'Faust' has promise, but details are tricky

[ DN ]  Lampoon breaks a leg - and splits our sides by Howard Kissel
As you might expect from a musical entitled "The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!" there is an in-joke quality to this (how shall we describe it?) musical about musicals.

[ NJ ]  Mini-musicals 'flatter' Broadway titans BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Show's 5 acts gently spoof legends

[ NJ ]  In case you weren't paying attention by Michael Sommers
Along with "The Musical of Musicals -- The Musical!" here's a reminder of several other worthy off-Broadway attractions that bowed recently and remain in the running.
posted at 1/9/2004 08:02:59 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Thursday, January 08, 2004

Features:

[ Y ]  Micky Dolenz Joins Broadway's 'Aida' by MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer

[ R ]  'American Pie' Star Working Hard on Her 'Big O'by Paul Majendie

News:

[ Y ]  Swedish cinema icon Ingrid Thulin, star in Bergman films, dead at 77

[ IBDB ]  Ingrid Thulin's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Tony Rulings: Taboo Score Eligible, Oz Score Not; Little Shop a Revival

[ B ]  First 2004 Tony Eligibility Decisions Announced

[ TM ]  Tony Administration Committee Announces Eligibility Rulings for Fall Shows

[ B ]  Christopher Denham Joins Cast of Wintertime

[ B ]  Baker & Kalember Headline Sea of Tranqulity

[ TM ]  Yogi Will Empty Out His Locker on January 19

[ TM ]  Ra�l Esparza and F. Murray Abraham Added to 2004 Nightlife Awards Concert Lineup

[ P ]  42nd Street's Times Square Theatre Continues Search for Tenant
The Times Square Theatre, the only remaining historic theatre building on 42nd Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue which hasn't been reclaimed as a working theatre or reshaped as part of a commercial enterprise, remains a space in search of a future.

[ P ]  Duet Extends Again Off-Broadway, to Jan. 25

[ P ]  Broadway-Bound Revival of The Me Nobody Knows to Workshop This Winter

[ P ]  Theatre de Complicite Returns to New York with Elephant Vanishes
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[ B ]  Hilary Swank in Talks to Star in After the Fall
She would play the role of Maggie, the blonde singer said to have been modeled on Miller's second wife, Marilyn Monroe.

[ B ]  Nobody Don't Like Yogi to Close January 18

[ B ]  Tony Winner Viola Davis Set for Intimate Apparel

[ TM ]  Tony Winner Viola Davis to Star in Roundabout's Apparel

[ TM ]  Page 73 Productions Offers Playwriting Fellowship

[ TM ]  Notes from New York to Play the Donmar Warehouse

[ P ]  La Chanze, Gets, Danieley, O'Malley and More in Reading of New Musical by Bubbly Black Girl Composer Childs
A host of musical theatre stars, including La Chanze, Malcolm Gets, Jason Danieley, Kerry O'Malley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Darius De Haas, Michael McElroy, Anika Larsen and Sasha Allen, will take part in the first reading of Miracle Brothers, the new musical by The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin composer Kirsten Childs.

[ P ]  It's Over: Nobody Don't Like Yogi to Close Jan. 18

[ P ]  Local 802 of Musicians Union Gets New Prexy in David Lennon

[ P ]  Report: Dirty Tricks, with Ivey as Mitchell, May Land at Public Theater

[ P ]  Equity Agrees to Negotiate Collectively with Eight Off-Broadway Theatres

[ P ]  Beauty and the Beast Welcomes Urinetown's McCarthy, Cabaret's Cuervo and "Even Stevens" Star Romano Feb. 17

[ P ]  Casting Complete for Capital Rep's Jacques Brel; Greenberg Directs
posted at 1/8/2004 03:31:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

A kind reader wrote to point out that Liz Smith is... um... ahead of her time?

On another note, I wanted to mention that DIE MOMMIE DIE, the Charles Busch movie has been ruled eligible for Academy consideration. This in turn makes Broadway designers Bottari & Case Oscar eligible for Best Costume Design Award for designing Charles Busch's 40 costumes! Admittedly, it is a long shot as a non-mainstream release, stranger things have happened. Good luck to them.

[ TE ]  Rejection has never been this funny! - Talk Entertainment Feature
Woody Allen fired her and Annabelle Gurwitch is haunted by it. She and other actors are talking about being fired on stage.

[ Y ]  Chenoweth Hitting 'Beach' in Feature Debut
Thanks to "owenville" over at Talkin'Broadway's All That Chat for pointing the link out!
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Features:

[ B ]  Q & A: 1/8/04 by Ken Mandelbaum

News:

[ B ]  Christy Carlson Romano is Broadway's New Belle
Christy Carlson Romano, star of the Disney series Even Stevens and Kim Possible (for which she provides the voice of the title character), will be Beauty and the Beast's new Belle.

[ P ]  Gennifer Flowers Joins Cast of Boobs! The Musical Jan. 19

[ P ]  Target Margin Tells Some Very Serious Jokes Off-Broadway Through Jan. 24

[ P ]  Cast Set for New Off-Broadway Musical Ministry of Progress, Beginning Feb. 17

[ P ]  Amour Star Set for Baltimore Sweeney Todd
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Features:

[ USA ]  Like father, like son on B'way by Elysa Gardner
Stephen Schwartz and son Scott are a hit on Broadway � on their own and as a team.

[ BH ]  Actress gives 'larger-than-life' character free rein in 'Gallop' by Terry Byrne
"Playing Diana Vreeland gives me confidence," says Annette Miller.

[ LAT ]  A theme of rebirth by Laura Shin
Carl Djerassi, creator of the Pill has found that the spectacle surrounding reproductive science is perfect for theater.

News:

[ ND ]  Broadway Producers
The new year arrives with a ka-ching! by Gordon Cox
Judith Ivey on "Women on Fire"; Steven Tanenbaum on "Mono"; and "reports that Matthew Morrison will definitely play Tarzan in the new Disney musical, slated for 2005, may be a bit premature..."

[ BSUN ]  Getting in on the 'Nunsense' by J. Wynn Rousuck
News on Nora Mae Lyng in "Sweeney Todd," plus items on Judi Dench and James Stovall.

[ NYT ]  Many State Arts Councils Make Their Case and Survive Budget Cuts by STEPHEN KINZER
With sophisticated lobbying and a focus on concrete benefits, most state arts councils won back cuts that were projected for 2003.

[ HC ]  'Metamorphoses' Includes Some From Broadway Pool by Frank Rizzo

[ NYP ]  NO GEST STAR by DAREH GREGORIAN
Liza Minnelli was in a New York, New York divorce court yesterday, but her estranged hubby, David Gest, couldn't make it here or anywhere - he's still in too much pain from her repeated beatings, his lawyer said.

[ NYT ]  Liza Minnelli and Husband Say Prenuptial Accord Rules by SUSAN SAULNY

[ BS ]  Equity, ANTC Okay One Pact

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! to Expand Internationally

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 8

[ P ]  Richard Foreman Declares King Cowboy Rufus Rules the Universe, Jan. 8

[ P ]  Epic Proportions: Medieval Bible Dramas Gets New Spin in Classic Stage's The Mysteries Jan. 8-Feb. 15

[ P ]  Rich and Poor Documented in Pottenger's Abundance, by NYC's Working Theatre, Jan. 8-24

[ P ]  Masella, Not Prince, to Direct New York City Opera's Sweeney Todd

[ P ]  Frog and Toad Will Hop Across Nation in Equity Tour 2004-05

[ P ]  Human Oddities On Display in Premiere Stage Version of Geek Love, Jan. 8-25 in Atlanta

[ P ]  Tony Winner Viola Davis Set to Star in Intimate Apparel Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Age of Chaplin Evoked in Silent Laughter, a Silent Stage Comedy, Starting March 8 at Lamb's

Reviews:

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
RETURNING FROM my Christmas- New Year vacation, I went to see "Beauty and the Beast," the Disney phenomenon on Broadway. This is the fourth time I've seen the classic fairy tale.
Final item.

[ INQ ]  This 'Oliver!' turns out to be pretty thin fare by Desmond Ryan
An uneven cast revives the creaky adaptation of Charles Dickens' tale of a pauper boy.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Looking Back: TV Musicals #4 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chicago's New Leading Lady Opens Dec. 5

News:

[ P ]  Varla Jean Merman Portrayer Stars in The Mystery of Irma Vep at Hartford Stage, Jan. 8-Feb. 8

[ P ]  Boy From Oz Composer Sings on New Release "The Boy From Down Under: The Very Best of Peter Allen"

[ P ]  Producers Nathan Lane Stars in Animated Musical Tale "Teacher's Pet," Jan. 16

[ P ]  Irish Rep's Eden Is Seriocomic Portrait of a Marriage, Jan. 15-March 7

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Chicago Premiere of Our Lady of 121st Street; Begins Feb. 5

[ P ]  "Defying Gravity": Wicked CD Flies Off the Shelves

[ P ]  �Buffy� Star Anthony Head Opens in Pirates, Jan. 8

[ P ]  Lloyd Webber Tops London Theatre Power Poll

[ P ]  Nolen to Play Title Role in New York City Opera's Sweeney Todd

[ P ]  London Theatre School Chief Forced Out By "Abusive Threats"

[ P ]  Frog and Toad Cast Album, Freshly Packaged, Gets Spring Release by PS Classics

[ P ]  Shawn Hatosy Added to Cast of Off-Broadway's Roulette

[ P ]  Chess's Judy Kuhn to Be Part of ArtSpeak!

[ B ]  Gennifer Flowers to Star in BOOBS! The Musical

[ B ]  George Gershwin Alone to Play the West End

[ TM ]  "Nothing But the Truth" Symposium Set for 1/12
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News:

[ NYP ]  NEW 'ODD' MEN IN by MICHAEL RIEDEL
FROM Max and Leo to Oscar and Felix.
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, currently breaking Broadway box-office records in "The Producers," have been offered the starring roles in a revival of Neil Simon's comedy classic "The Odd Couple," The Post has learned.

[ P ]  Producers' Lane and Broderick Offered Roles in Odd Couple Revival

[ NYT ]  When You've Got It, Flaunt It: Film Deal for 'The Producers' by JESSE McKINLEY

[ B ]  Gayton Scott to Replace Halston in Gypsy Roles

[ P ]  Gypsy to Welcome New Cast Member Jan. 26

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
IT'S official - Gennifer Flowers is coming to town to star in, "Boobs! The World According to Ruth Wallis."

[ P ]  Allergist's Wife Makes N.J. Premiere Jan. 7

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 7

[ P ]  Doris Eaton, Original Ziegfeld Girl, Celebrates Publication of Autobiography at Coliseum Books, Jan. 7

[ P ]  Women on Fire, with Ivey, Burns Again Off-Broadway, Jan. 7

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Life of Film, Spliced With Theater by JULIE SALAMON
Frederick Wiseman, the documentary filmmaker, has brought an English-language version of the one-woman play "The Last Letter" to New York.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
How do Tony-winning musicals stack up in terms of the length of their runs when you include revivals? Filichia crunches the numbers.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Chicago's Got a Brand New Mol: Gretchen Mol!

[ TO ]  Compromising Situations by: Matt Smith
In a dual role as playwright and actress, Francesca Faridany discusses her upcoming production at McCarter Theatre in Princeton.
Thanks to American Theater Web for this link, and for the first review below.

Reviews:

[ MH ]  'Beauty' glows despite key flaw BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Anna in the Tropics made him famous, but the play that's now having its world premiere at New Theatre is closer to the body of work that took Nilo Cruz on his decade-long journey to the Pulitzer Prize in drama last April.

[ HC ]  Finding The Right Stage For Political Satire by Frank Rizzo
I never cared much for those jokes about the color of Ronald Reagan's hair, about the garbled syntax of Bushes pere and fils, about Clinton's libido.

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott rendezvous at a Roadhouse, get back to basics with Joyce Breach's Mabel Mercer show, and hail a new songwriting team.

[ BH ]  Brilliantly bizarre `Urinetown' flushes with success by Terry Byrne

[ BG ]  This 'Urinetown' could be a bit more of a goof by Ed Siegel
Some of us, when we get the urge, think of a bladder as half full. Others as half empty.
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Reviews:

[ SS ]  Cruz's Father muted by Jack Zink
With Beauty of the Father, perhaps his most languorous play to date, Nilo Cruz could be writing about the moors of Emily Bronte's England or William Inge's American Midwest as easily as the Andalusia of Federico Garcia Lorca's Spain.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ VV ]  British Ballyhoo by Charles McNulty
Another opening, another onslaught of hype: Everything's right as rain in Londontown

[ VV ]  Neil Simon's sad Dilemma: The ghost and no Ms. Moore by Michael Feingold

Features:

[ TM ]  The Y's Fab Five by: Brian Scott Lipton
This year's Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y boasts a stellar group of performers, hosts, and producers.

[ BS ]  Unions' Eyes on Solidarity
In 2003, union leaders aimed at solidifying relationships in ways that would strengthen them against the growing power of producers.

[ VV ]  Going Medieval by Tom Sellar
New artistic director gives the classics a religious makeover

[ RMN ]  From bus to 'Streetcar' by Lisa Bornstein
Desire, talent send Candy Brown on long, successful ride
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

News:

[ B ]  John Ortiz to Leave Anna for Guinea Pig Solo

[ P ]  Bracco Bows Out of Baltimore Graduate Dates, But Linda Gray Steps In, Jan. 6-18

[ P ]  Come on and Hear: York Theatre Co. Stages Max Morath: Ragtime and Again, Feb. 2-March 14

[ P ]  David Henry Hwang Explores Tibet Through the Red Box in Seattle, Jan. 30-March 14

[ P ]  Former "Monkees" Star Dolenz Joins Aida Jan. 6

[ P ]  Nothing But the Truth Symposium to Be Held at Newhouse, Jan. 12

[ P ]  Taboo Welcomes New Momma Jan. 6
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[ P ]  She's Flying � Again! Rigby Will Tour in Bway-Aimed Peter Pan Starting Fall 2004

[ P ]  Wicked Star Makes Solo Carnegie Hall Debut in September

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Reprise! Kismet

[ P ]  Tomlin, Hyde-Pierce, Mullally Read Margulies, Durang, Martin for Ojai "Troubled Love" Benefit, Jan. 17
Lily Tomlin, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, David Hyde-Pierce and Megan Mullally will appear in an Ojai Playwrights Conference benefit called "Troubled Love" featuring readings of works by playwrights Donald Margulies, Christopher Durang, Steve Martin and a few surprises, Jan. 17.

[ P ]  Bounce Cast Recording Expected in Spring

[ P ]  "Angels In America" Director Nichols Honored with Lifetime Achievement by Directors Guild

[ B ]  Joys of Sex Looks to Spring at Variety Arts

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Producers Hits All-Time High
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Features:

[ TB ]  Spotlight On Alexander Gemignani by Nancy Rosati

[ P ]  The Heat Is On
Ashley Judd and Jason Patric get steamy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

[ P ]  Frenchie Davis Is One of the Dreamgirls
Frenchie Davis, the big-voiced diva who was bounced from TV's "American Idol" in 2003, said playing spurned Motown singer Effie Melody White in Dreamgirls is a natural for her.

Reviews:

[ B ]  Capturing a Billion Dollar Baby by Ken Mandelbaum
You may have to take my word for this, but, over the years, I've said to more than one friend that there are two ladies about whom I'd like to read a good biography: Betty Hutton and Joan McCracken.

News:

[ P ]  Plays Wanted for New York City Competition

[ P ]  Beat the Drums: Here Comes Susan Egan as Broadway's New Millie, Starting Feb. 16

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: December 29 - January 4

[ P ]  Submission Deadline for NAMT's 2004 Festival of New Musicals Draws Near

[ P ]  "Frasier" Star Joins Broadway Cast of Upcoming Twentieth Century Revival
Actor Dan Butler, known for his television turn as radio deejay Robert "Bulldog" Briscoe on the NBC comedy "Frasier," joins the cast of the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's Twentieth Century.

[ P ]  Reinking Choreographs New Piece in Windy City, Premiering March 11-14

[ P ]  Mamma Mia!'s Louise Pitre Begins Concert Tour Feb. 13

[ P ]  Phil's Friday Night Stories Presents Musical Evening, "I Remember Spring"

[ P ]  Gypsy's Bernadette Peters to Guest on "Regis and Kelly"

[ P ]  London Les Liaisons Dangereuses Closes Early

[ P ]  Lane and Broderick to Star in Producers Film

[ B ]  Lane & Broderick Sign On for Producers Film
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[ DN ] A Broadway intermission
After nearly two years playing heartthrob Link Larkin in "Hairspray," Broadway hunk Matthew Morrison is leaving the show. Sunday's performance at the Neil Simon Theater will be his last.
Anyone out there want Matthew Morrison to deliver their baby? I can see the line forming already...

[ V ]  Springtime for U's hip 'Hitler'
'Producers' thesps pact for film adaptation
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane have reached deals to bring "The Producers," Mel Brooks' hit Broadway show, to the bigscreen for Universal Pictures.

[ V ]  B'way starts year on high note
B.O. breaks some records, but not biggest

[ V ]  New Haven queues arts fest
Event features artists from 30 countries, 'ideas' forum

[ V ]  Finalists due for WTC arts space
Model for three-theater complex to be unveiled in late Jan.
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Our friends at American Theater Web have created a new page devoted to theatre in London. Today their spotlight is on reviews of "His Dark Materials" at the Royal National Theatre.
For these reviews, and to keep up to date on all the latest news on London theatre, be sure to bookmark www.americantheaterweb.com/news/london.asp.

"The Producers":

[ BBC ]  Producers bound for film re-make
Hit Broadway musical The Producers is to be made into a film featuring its current stage stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane.
Filming is due to start in early 2005, with a release pencilled in by Universal Pictures for the end of the year.

[ NYT ]  'The Producers' Notches a $1.6 Million Week
The League of American Theaters and Producers said the amount was in fact a record unless surpassed by other shows' take last week, which will be reported today.

[ DP ]  Show-stopping tenors by John Moore
Oddly, two Ponderosa High School grads land the same role in 'The Producers'
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ P ]  Ruck Blooms as Leo in Producers Tour in Denver Jan. 6-31; Stadlen's Back and King Ascends Ulla's Throne

Features:

[ AAN ]  On Broadway and beyond BY CHRISTOPHER POTTER
University of Michigan program in musical theater has become national leader

[ AAN ]  Theater world full of U-M successes BY CHRISTOPHER POTTER
Many enjoying impressive careers

[ BH ]  'Urinetown' offers veteran Holgate a wicked good role by Robert Nesti

[ BH ]  Professional bad guys: Johnson returns to dark side as 'Threepenny' villian by Robert Nesti

[ BH ]  'Threepenny Opera' v. 'Urinetown: The Musical' by Robert Nesti

[ WP ]  Backstage: Musically, They're 'Crowns' Jewels by Jane Horwitz

News:

[ CST ]  Reinking to create work for local company BY HEDY WEISS

[ V ]  B'way starts year on high note
B.O. breaks some records, but not biggest

[ TM ]  Lucille Lortel Foundation Seeks Grant Applicants

[ P ]  Douglas, Kennedy and Dizzia Begin Performances in George Street Agnes of God Jan. 6

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 6

[ P ]  "American Beauty" Actor Cooper Plays Trumbo, Jan. 6-11

[ P ]  The Ladies of the Titanic Have Their Say in Unsinkable Women, Surfacing Jan. 6 at Walnut Street

[ P ]  Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro Revived and Revised in DC Staging Starting Jan. 6

[ P ]  Will Liam Neeson Be Crowned New King of Camelot on Broadway in 2004?

[ P ]  The Musical of Musicals, a Sendup of Musicals, Extends to Jan. 25

[ P ]  Naked Boys to Sing Longer Off-Broadway
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Monday, January 05, 2004

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
News on Kristin Chenoweth, including the announcement that she will do a concert at Carnegie Hall in September (last item).

[ YN ]  Goulet: Music Biz Is Hard for Older Folks
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[ B ]  Off-Broadway's Naked Boys to Keep Singing
Due to increased ticket sales, producers have decided to make the show's run at The Actor's Playhouse open-ended again, according to producer Carl D. White.

[ P ]  Stephen Kunken to Star in David Auburn Premiere Off-Broadway

[ B ]  Susan Egan Set for Thoroughly Modern Millie
It's official!

[ P ]  Mendes, Marshall and Former Cabaret Casts Bid Broadway Farewell at Final Performance

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Cabaret Fades into History

[ P ]  The Dybbuk Is Now Adult Puppet Play, Making NYC Premiere, Feb. 19-22

[ P ]  Cast Complete for New York Premiere of Gurney's Big Bill
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Features:

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 1/5/04 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Photo Op: Kit Kat Klub Closes Its Doors on Broadway

[ B ]  Photo Op: Game Over for Take Me Out Team

[ TB ]  Cabaret Interview with Natalie Douglas by Jonathan Frank

News:

[ B ]  Kristin Scott Thomas to Star in Hedda Gabler
Film star Kristin Scott Thomas is expected to take on the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler in the West End next fall, according to Variety.

[ P ]  Sam Shepard's Henry Moss Subject of New Film

[ P ]  Rebecca Luker to Reprise Music Man Role March 19 and 20

[ P ]  Chicago Misery Loves Company; King Adaptation Moves to Bailiwick

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Broadway Bombay Dreams

[ P ]  RSC�s Doran Spills London Home Rumor

[ P ]  Tony Administration Committee to Meet in January

[ P ]  Millie's Creel, Vampires' von Essen and Wicked's Espinosa Part of Easter Rising Concert Jan. 25

[ P ]  Cabaret Star Heads to the Chatterbox Jan. 8
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Features:

[ DN ]  Ebb's B'way story told with Kander by HOWARD KISSEL
John Kander and Fred Ebb, the team behind some of Broadway's biggest musical hits, can't get a break.

[ NYT ]  Songwriters Say Piracy Eats Into Their Pay by DAVID BERNSTEIN
Charles Strouse, who has written songs for musicals like "Annie," says his income has dropped because of illegal downloading.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
How many significant musical theater dates have you marked on your new calendar?

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Nilo Cruz
In 2003, playwright Nilo Cruz was the stealth winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

[ LAT ]  Cigar factories inspire playwrights by Don Shirley
It's a play about a lector - a man who reads to the workers of a Cuban American cigar factory in Tampa, Fla., in the early 1930s.

[ BH ]  Hub playwright finds humor in 'Bad Dates' by Terry Byrne
"I got tired of [writing for] 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'," she says. "It became too 'Scooby Doo' for me."

[ BH ]  Heart and sole: Splashy footwear helps 'Bad Dates' heroine walk the walk by Raakhee P. Mirchandani

[ DN ]  Les Tremayne: glittering voice from golden age by DAVID HINCKLEY

[ LAT ]  Dancing in like Flynn by Elaine Dutka
Got a musical for Patrick Swayze? Bring it on!

[ LAT ]  A laugh-meter reader by Don Shirley
Matt Walker leads his company in musical spoofs that link literature and movies with Top 40. Case in point: 'Twelfth Dog Night.'

[ LAT ]  RSC is embattled but Boyd isn't embittered by Peter Aspden
It seems somehow appropriate that Michael Boyd, embattled artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has a cold when he sits down for an interview.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ NYer ]  THE TALK OF THE TOWN: STILL HAPPENING
Adam Green meets the last of the great press agents.

[ SFC ]  FROM 'IDOL' NIGHTMARE TO 'DREAM' by Joshunda Sanders
On a cold and gray Friday afternoon at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, Frenchelle "Frenchie" Davis is as gloomy as the sky.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Michael Portantiere reviews the original cast recording of Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.

[ B ]  DVDs: The Son of a Gun Is Nothing But a Tailor by Ken Mandelbaum
LOVE ME TONIGHT (Kino)

[ NYT ]  POP REVIEW | BETTE MIDLER
Heavy on the Nonsense and Hold the Syrup by KELEFA SANNEH
Bette Midler's current show, "Kiss My Brass," as seen at the Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, is a delirious, freewheeling celebration of phoniness.

[ DN ]  Back and Bette-r than ever by Jim Farber

[ NYer ]  TAKING STEPS by JOAN ACOCELLA
Savion Glover at the Joyce Theatre.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TALES FROM THE MANHATTAN WOODS'
Parody Can Become a 'Fledermaus' Trap by NEIL GENZLINGER
This modern-day theatrical adaptation of "Die Fledermaus" at the Wings Theater shows that creating campy theater is not so easy after all.

[ NYT ]  OPERA REVIEW | METROPOLITAN OPERA
The Merry Widow Meets the Embarrassed Fianc�e by ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The performance on New Year's Eve will be remembered as the Met's entry into reality opera with an onstage marriage proposal.
With Barbara Cook (who did not receive the proposal!).

[ WP ]  'Caroline': A Pocket of Hate by Peter Marks
"Caroline, or Change" deserves at least an opportunity for a wider audience to discover it.

[ DN ]  The replay's the thing now by Howard Kissel
Most of the high points on Broadway during the 2003 season were provided by revivals, both musicals and drama. But as sparse as the new shows were, there were several that provided pleasure - and in some cases, genuine goose bumps - both on and Off-Broadway.

[ WP ]  '03! Oh My! The Big Apple's Sweetest Bites by Terry Teachout

[ BS ]  2003: The Theatrical Year in Review

[ USA ]  Off-Broadway: Death, God and all that jazz by Elysa Gardner

[ DN ]  Awfully bothersome BY CELIA McGEE
A year or so ago, the Manhattan Theatre Club imported the English play "House and Garden," by the delightful Alan Ayckbourn.
"The Good Wife Strikes Back," by the best-selling and, well, very English author Elizabeth Buchan, has many of the same details of Ayckbourn's civilly dark play. Did Buchan see it? If she did, she took away only its most shopworn aspects.

News:

[ B ]  Wicked's Chenoweth & Menzel Set for Winterfest

[ V ]  Biz OK; 'Hairspray' $1 mil
Road grosses

[ P ]  She'll Reach for the Gun: Gretchen Mol Joins Chicago Cast Jan. 5

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 5

[ P ]  Casting Details for New Donmar Season Announced

[ P ]  Boy From Oz Star to Chat Live Jan. 12
Stephanie Block is the latest celeb lined up for a Fynsworth Alley live chat.
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Sunday, January 04, 2004

Last night at Talkin'Broadway, JWest wondered what happened to Adam Pasca at Cabaret. It seems that Adam began the show with Wilkommen and then the show was stopped and Vance Avery took over. There will be a candle-light vigil over at RENT until we find out what happened. (Rumor has it was a knee injury from Adam's old roller-disco days...)

[ V ]  Road serving raw talent
With union budgets nixed, stix see neophytes in major revivals
Audiences attending the new national tours of "Oklahoma" and "Oliver," both bearing the stamp of Cameron Mackintosh, are for the most part getting plenty of country flavor in the former and city squalor in the latter.
While I do agree with a producer's right to mount a show as they see financially fit, using non-union talent in place of AEA members in large market venues is short-sighted. If the costs are out of control, the actor's salaries are only one item on a very large budget. The problem has to be fixed before road audiences start to shun big Broadway tours. Killing the road, which is where many Broadway shows make their money, will in turn have an adverse effect on Broadway.

[ NYT ]  Songs in Their Heads, Parody in Their Hearts by BARRY SINGER
For Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart, brazen parody is the highest form of praise. As the creators � composer and lyricist, respectively � behind "The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!," Mr. Rockwell and Ms. Bogart have turned their intoxication with show tunes and their creators into a parody parade.

[ NYT ]  Invisible People, Seen and Heard at Center Stage by MICHAEL WHITE
The London-based Streetwise Opera, which mixes homeless people with professional performers, has won ra

[ NYT ]  Lili Taylor: Another Triumph, and Now the Rent's Due by JENNIFER SENIOR
In an interview, the actress talked about the state of independent film and her new stage role in Wallace Shawn's 1985 play "Aunt Dan and Lemon."
� Excerpt: 'Aunt Dan and Lemon

[ NYT ]  Carrie Bradshaw's Final Reckoning by EMILY NUSSBAUM
Marry Carrie off? Or leave her without a partner? Either way, the finale of "Sex and the City" will disappoint some fans.

[ NYT ]  Bring in da Tapping, Bring in da Singing by LOLA OGUNNAIKE
[Savion Glover]

[ DN ]  Hot to trot '04
The actors and actresses presented here may not all turn out to be household names, but all of them have a shot at the big time, if the insider buzz is to be believed. But why does one unknown become "hot" while another waits desperately for the phone to ring?
Yeah, I know that this is focused on TV/Film actors, but Lou Taylor Pucci worked for me a bunch of years back in a production of Peter Pan where he played a Lost Boy. He was great off and on stage. Most of all, his parents were really perfect stage parents. No ego, no pushing, just there for Lou and always accommodating. I am very very happy for Lou's success.

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: Looking Back on 2003
Looking back over last year's theatre-themed film offerings, I realize that I was a bit spoiled by 2002. "Chicago" loomed large that year, of course, but there were a handful of other satisfying mid-size adaptations (notably "The Grey Zone" and, to a lesser extent, "The Importance of Being Earnest"), not to mention major prestige pictures by Stephen Daldry, Julie Taymor and Sam Mendes.

[ P ]  It's Outta There: Bway's Take Me Out Closes Jan. 4
04 Jan 2004 -- Take Me Out, the lauded Richard Greenberg play that won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Play, ends its run Jan. 4, 2004, after 27 previews and 356 performances.

[ P ]  NY Times Cultural Editor Darnton on "Radio Playbill" Jan. 5-17

[ P ]  Willkommen One Last Time: Cabaret Revival Closes on Broadway, Jan. 4

[ P ]  Roundabout Revival of The Caretaker by Pinter Pauses on Broadway, Jan. 4

[ PPG ]  Choreographer comes full circle with touring company
[Garth Fagan]

[ PPG ]  Animated characters come alive on stage
'The concept is that the person is the soul of the puppet'
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Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Susan Egan and Adam Pascal
Following a roster of singers, celebrities and screen stars in its over 5-year run on Broadway, the revival of Cabaret returned to stage stars to end the run.

[ DN ]  'Cabaret' to bid auf Wiedersehen by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Michelle Federer by Beth Stevens

[ WP ]  Prince Hal, Suddenly The Rogue In Vogue by Celia Wren

[ NJ ]  Getting back in the habit BY PETER FILICHIA
Laurie Kennedy portrays a kind nun in new film and a complex mother superior on stage

[ LVS ]  Peter Principle by Kirk Baird
Peter Marshall doesn't consider himself a game show host.

[ TM ]  Heading Downtown by: Dan Bacalzo; photos by Terry deRoy Gruber
Artistic directors of intrepid troupes talk about the shifting landscape of downtown theater.

[ NYP ]  A GOOD BETTE by DAN AQUILANTE

[ NJ ]  Extras abound around theater district BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NYT ]  Doctor by Day and Musical Star by Night by MARCELLE S. FISCHLER

[ BG ]  Fight the power by Catherine Foster
In 'Urinetown' and an updated 'Threepenny Opera,' audiences can see the enduring impact of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill

[ INQ ]  Stalled over casting, 'Oliver!' revival finally crosses pond by Douglas J. Keating

[ HC ]  A Sense Of The Ridiculous by FRANK RIZZO
Hartford Stage is turning ridiculous with its production of Charles Ludlam's camp classic "The Mystery of Irma Vep," which begins previews Wednesday.
With Jeffery Roberson (Varla Jean Merman).

[ CT ]  STATE OF THE ARTS by Chris Jones
With the local economy uncertain and the national climate rapidly changing, what does 2004 have in store for cultural funding?

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Brown out by PAUL HODGINS
Despite his early Broadway success, Jason Robert Brown has found a more welcoming audience far from New York.

[ CSM ]  No more waiting in the wings by Kim Campbell
Last-minute cast changes on Broadway have been good news for a few actors: understudies.

[ PPG ]  Choreographer comes full circle with touring company by Jane Vranish
Interview with Garth Fagan.

[ SS ]  Thoroughly Modern Millie: Hit opens in Fort Lauderdale by Jack Zink
The last time Matt Cavenaugh arrived in South Florida, he was riding a bull. This time, he's aboard a hit.

[ SS ]  Poet's ghost in the wings by Jack Zink
If Nilo Cruz is haunted by anything, it is not the shadow of the Pulitzer Prize for drama he won last spring for Anna in the Tropics.

[ PPG ]  Actress finds part of herself in Elaine role by Christopher Rawson
For those who wonder what the future holds for Benjamin Braddock and Elaine Robinson, the confused young couple in "The Graduate" at Heinz Hall, you might get a clue from a chat with Devon Sorvari, who plays Elaine.

[ G ]  Britain's Brecht by Nicholas Wroe
John Arden was at the forefront of innovative drama in the '60s yet has made little money from his work.

[ BR ]  TV soap queen drawn to an unlikely role by ERIC ZENGOTA
Robin Strasser is having the time of her life rehearsing the title role of "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," which opens Wednesday at Paper Mill.

[ LCJ ]  Historical source of Miller's 'Sons' remains a mystery by MARTY ROSEN

[ I ]  Six-hour Pullman adaptation is a hit, but it's too long for some by Jonathan Thompson and Sarah Weaver

"The Producers" (Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features):

[ DC ]  Broderick pal Alan Ruck helps bring 'The Producers' to Denver by Mark Collins

[ DP ]  'Producer' Extraordinaire by John Moore
"It shows a serious lapse of taste on the part of the people who give you these Tonys," joked a self-effacing Mel Brooks. "I think they should know better. But I'll take it. ... You know, it's free."

[ RMN ]  Mel gets last laugh by Lisa Bornstein

[ RMN ]  Master of Allusion
References to literature, theater and even Mel Brooks himself abound in the stage version of The Producers.

[ RMN ]  A Mel Brooks primer

News:

[ CST ]  Etta Moten Barnett, pioneering actress and singer, dead at 102 BY SHAMUS TOOMEY
The first film with her name in the credits was 1933's "Flying Down to Rio," which also marked the first pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the silver screen. Ms. Barnett played a Brazilian entertainer and sang "The Carioca," which received an Oscar nomination for best song.

[ IBDB ]  Etta Moten's Broadway Credits

[ G ]  Obituary: Dinsdale Landen
Intuitive and versatile character actor equally at home on stage or television

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
WHEN Eric Stoltz stars in Larry Gelbart's "Sly Fox" on Broadway in April, he hopes he doesn't run into what he calls "The Predatory Actor."

[ TS ]  The Lion sleeps tonight by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
This afternoon marks the 1,560th and final performance for the Toronto production of The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre.

[ CE ]  'Straw hat' summer shows lose another stage - Miami U by Jackie Demaline
Add Miami University to the growing list of large institutions that are dropping summer theater series.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Inventing a Silver Lining by JASON ZINOMAN

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filcihia
Three guesses on who's being profiled in the new play that's entitled, "Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat, and Betty."

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 4

[ P ]  Cher Looks Back on Four Decades at Fez, Jan. 4-25

[ P ]  Beckett/Albee Leaves the Century Center Jan. 4

[ P ]  The Last Five Years Makes California Debut at Laguna Playhouse, Jan. 3-Feb. 1

[ P ]  Will Worth Street's Moonlight Room Transfer to Theatre Row?

[ P ]  After Three-Plus Years, Off-Off-Broadway Hit Mono Graduates to Off-Broadway, Jan. 22

[ P ]  Plowright, Daldry, Postlethwaite Honored by Queen Elizabeth

[ P ]  Songs from New Musical Piece Previewed at Duplex Jan. 7 and 14

[ P ]  Miss Gulch Returns Jan. 6 at Dillon's

[ P ]  Kushner Gabs at "Tennessee in Key West 2004" Fest, Jan. 15-18

[ P ]  Irish Brothers Fight to the Death in World Premiere of Restitution, in Toronto Jan. 2

[ P ]  Shoes and Men: Rebeck's Bad Dates with Julie White Begins at Boston's Huntington, Jan. 2

[ P ]  Casting Complete for Goggin's Meshuggah-Nuns!

[ P ]  Producers, Hairspray, Exonerated Top Year-End Regional Theatre Lists for 2003

[ P ]  Trio Network Presents 14 American Film Theater Productions; Starry Casts Include Hepburn, Dench, Mostel, Wilder and Bates
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