Saturday, February 14, 2004

[ STARS ]  PHANTOM OF THE OPERA BREAKS SOME RECORDS AND CHARMING HUGH PANARO IS THE "MAN BEHIND THE MASK"
by ELLIS NASSOUR

Reviews:

[ ND ]  Patti Can, Parisian-Style by Gordon Cox
LuPone dazzles as a Cole Porter diva in Encores! 'Can-Can'

[ B ]  Patti Loves Paris by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: Encores! Can-Can

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW
Patti LuPone Shows She Still Can-Can by BEN BRANTLEY
The rafter-shaking alto is back in force in the City Center Encores! concert production of Cole Porter's less than evergreen musical, "Can Can."

[ DN ]  'Can-Can': What a kick! by Howard Kissel
After a decidedly mixed season last year, City Center Encores! got off to a great start Thursday night with a smashing revival of Cole Porter's "Can-Can," featuring a triumphant performance by Patti LuPone.

[ NYP ]  'CAN-CAN' RENDERS COLE COMFORT by DONALD LYONS
The only thing that keeps one in one's seat through this dreariness, which includes a Garden of Eden ballet and an Apache dance, is Porter's sad, sweet songs about Paris, sung here by the gloriously voiced Patti LuPone.

[ NJ ]  LuPone sizzles in 'Can-Can' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Price's concert version is reasonably entertaining, thanks especially to Patti LuPone at her scintillating best.

[ Y ]  Leading Lady LuPone Reclaims 'Can-Can' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ NYT ]  TV REVIEW | 'IT MUST BE LOVE'
Stuck in the Woods on the Way to Divorce by VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Though it premieres on Valentine's Day, this TV movie, written by Beth Henley, entertains the possibility that its lovers will really split.

[ AICN ]  Harvey test screens one of his Award 2005 Candidates... PROOF and here's how it played!
Review of an early test screening of the movie version.
Thanks to MockingbirdGirl on All That Chat for the link!

Features:

[ NYT ]  Passing the Bra: The Search for a New Edna by JESSE GREEN
It was a good problem to have, if a huge one, and its name was Harvey Fierstein.

[ NYT ]  Love! Valour! Survival! High Drama! by ALEX WITCHEL
Terrence McNally has survived cancer, scandal and rejection. Among other ordeals.

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
Brutal Dictators and the Women Who Love Them
"The Ladies," by Anne Washburn, and "Summit Conference," by Robert David MacDonald.

[ ND ]  Shaking Up the White Way by Blake Green
New plays by African-American women bring new voices to New York theater

[ P ]  Sutton Foster Says Millie Taught Her New Things; Tony Winner Exits Show Feb. 15
When Sutton Foster takes her final bow in Thoroughly Modern Millie Feb. 15, after two years, one Tony Award and a few bruises due to pratfalls, she leaves behind a rare thing in theatre: An indelible performance.

[ BS ]  Working in Concert
The rise of musicals in concert -- despite limited runs and modest production values -- manage to attract top-tier stars and are typically underwritten by scores of fiercely loyal subscribers.

[ BS ]  My Conversation with Wally
Playwright Wallace Shawn is convinced that his play "Aunt Dan and Lemon," now enjoying a revival Off-Broadway at the Acorn Theater, has greater political resonance than ever.

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Friday, February 13, 2004

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Can-Can
Reviewed By: Marc Miller

[ CU ]  Summit Conference

News:

[ B ]  Headley Returns Home to B'way for One Night

[ CC ]  Producer, agent dead at 92
DALLAS- Martin Jurow, a longtime studio executive and agent in Hollywood and New York who produced classics including "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and was an assistant to movie titans Jack L. Warner and Hal B. Wallis, is dead following a lengthy illness.
Once a top-level agent for MCA and the William Morris Agency, Jurow was instrumental in the Broadway productions of "My Fair Lady," "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific," "The King and I," "Guys and Dolls" and "The Music Man."

[ TM ]  Paper Mill Playhouse Announces 2004-2005 Season

[ Y ]  Simpson, Stamos Pilots Picked Up at ABC

[ B ]  Sam Mendes' Scamp Announces New Projects

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 7-13: Wolfe Packs

[ P ]  Tonya Pinkins Sings Harold Arlen Feb. 15 at Joe's Pub

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Book Writer Syal to Guest Star In London Production

[ P ]  Tears and Laughter: Steel Magnolias Will Bloom on Broadway This Fall

[ P ]  John Leguizamo Celebrates Valentine's Day at NJ's McCarter Theatre

[ P ]  Aaron Eckhart to Be Julia Stiles� West End Oleanna Co-Star

[ P ]  World Music Set to Open at London's Donmar Warehouse; Casting Announced for The Dark and Henry IV

[ P ]  Mendes and Scamp Announce Plans Including Sweeney Todd Movie and Shrek: The Musical

Features:

[ P ]  "Karate Kid" Ralph Macchio Grows Into Mature Roles with Magic Hands Freddy
Magic Hands Freddy star Ralph Macchio � known for his young roles in the "Karate Kid" movies and "The Outsiders" � is finally breaking free of his youthful pigeonhole and landing age-appropriate roles.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: This Gypsy Stays Put, "Making It On Broadway," Plus the Songs of Heisler and Goldrich

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Backstage at Fiddler

[ MST ]  My many lives: 'Hairspray' star Vilanch reinvents himself yet again by Rohan Preston
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

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News:

[ NYP ]  IT'S SUN BLOCK by MICHAEL RIEDEL
PETER Meineck, the artistic director of the Aquila Theater, has banned New York Sun drama critic Jeremy McCarter from reviewing any more of the acclaimed Off-Broadway company's productions.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Homesick for Broadway by JASON ZINOMAN
The singer Heather Headley, currently working on her second album, says that she longs to return to Broadway.
Plus George C. Wolfe; Jeremy McCarter; "Steel Magnolias" to return to Broadway.

[ SUN ]  Critic Rising
The Sun editors on Jeremy McCarter.

[ B ]  Steel Magnolias to Land on Broadway in Fall

[ V ]  Producing duo forge deal for B'way 'Steel'
LaBute names collection of plays 'Autobahn'
After announcing they'll do "Barefoot in the Park" next season, producers Robyn Goodman and Roy Gabay have gone on to secure Broadway rights to "Steel Magnolias."

[ R ]  Mendes' Production Banner Sets Film, Theater Slate by Stuart Kemp
The film projects include an adaptation of the stage musical "Sweeney Todd."

[ TM ]  Loose Lips by: Brian Scott Lipton
What's up with Isabel Keating (a.k.a. Judy Garland), Brenda Braxton, Patti LuPone, and Manu Narayan?

[ NYT ]  Edward Jablonski, Who Wrote Biographies of Gershwin, Dies at 81 by WOLFGANG SAXON
Edward Jablonski wrote notable biographies of George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner and, most recently, Irving Berlin.

[ BS ]  Trilogy Theatre Coming to a Close by Leonard Jacobs
The Trilogy Theatre, a set of two black-box playhouses that represented one of the most affordable theatre deals left in Midtown, will be forced to shut its doors on Sat., May 15.

[ BSUN ]  The promise of more good times by Mary Carole McCauley
Hippodrome Gala marks a new beginning as well as happy memories

[ NJ ]  Theater Notes by Peter Filichia
So Kate Baldwin is going to be part of the Paper Mill Playhouse season, after all.

[ P ]  Frayn�s Democracy to Reopen at Lyttleton Prior to West End and Broadway

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 13

[ P ]  Avery Brooks Crowned King Lear at Yale Repertory Theatre, Feb. 13

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Orwell Project Extended to March 14

Features:

[ CT ]  Boevers directs her mentors by Virginia Gerst
In the early 1990s, theater veteran Peggy Roeder coached aspiring young thespian Jessica Boevers, who was applying to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Think performers' family members and friends can't wait to seem them in shows? Think again.

[ NJ ]  Different role for actress BY PETER FILICHIA
Here's a new experience for Alison Fraser.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Can-Can Kicks Off Another Season of Encores!

[ CT ]  The rare success story: An intern who made it by Chris Jones
Just a few years ago, Will Frears was a lowly intern at the Steppenwolf Theatre. On Sunday, his production of "Our Lady of 121st Street" opens on its mainstage. No other intern has made that kind of transition.
Profile of the son of director Stephen Frears.
Plus an interview with Hollis Resnick.

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
Portraying People Knocked Slightly Off Balance by CHRIS HEDGES
In her one-woman show, "Downloaded and in Denial," Cynthia Adler examines a world that seems to be spinning at a faster and faster rate.

[ NYT ]  REVERBERATIONS
Help for the Old and Safe, Neglect for the New and Challenging by JOHN ROCKWELL
In a recent speech, Dana Gioia, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, offered some insight into the misshapen thing that is American arts support.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Epic Theater's Benefit Bash

[ B ]  Photo Op: Drama League Salutes Melanie & Antonio

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ CSM ]  Broadway's expanding palette by Kim Campbell
Three new works starring African-Americans are opening in the next two months.

[ CSM ]  Chekhov lures actress back to the stage by Kim Campbell
Alfre Woodard is laughing. After 13 years in Hollywood, she's had trouble getting used to the sound effects in the new play "Drowning Crow."

"Agamemnon" - Reviews:

[ DN ]  War is hell, but home is deadly by Howard Kissel
Aquila's "Agamemnon" has some interesting ideas, but it does not plumb the play's tragic depths.

[ NYP ]  FEMINIST 'AGAMEMNON' A REAL TRAGEDY by DONALD LYONS
It looks like nonsense, and it plays like nonsense. Don't mess with a masterpiece.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AGAMEMNON'
It Isn't Easy Being Queen (Murders and Power Grabs!) by BEN BRANTLEY
This variation of the Greek tale at the John Jay College Theater has clarity and verve. Olympia Dukakis's take on Clytemnestra is not as compelling.

[ ND ]  A Trojan War Casualty: Style by Linda Winer
Troupe delivers an 'Agamemnon' that's heavy on concept

[ ATW ]  Agamemnon in a Thoughtful Vein
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  Less than Olympian: Ambitious staging of ancient Greek tragedy lacks compelling performances by its stars BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ B ]  Agamemnon
Review by Celia Wren

[ TM ]  Agamemnon
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  Agamemnon

Other Reviews:

[ SUN ]  Brecht Hopped the "A" Train by JEREMY McCARTER
Mother Courage, meet Halliburton.

[ ATW ]  A Sweeping Mother Courage Found in Harlem
Review by Andy Propst

[ NYT ]  Theater in Review
"Five Flights," "Crown Heights," "Eden."

[ ND ]  Dancin' Up a Fresher And Deeper Storm by Linda Winer
In this winter darkness, with the alarming news about Broadway closings, mediocrity and malaise, it is a thrill to pay another visit to "Movin' Out."

[ DN ]  Great tunes, dull intros by Howard Kissel
Toward the end of "They Wrote That?", Cynthia Weil looks on lovingly as her husband, Barry Mann, at the piano, sings "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp Bomp Bomp)."

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara and Scott bicker about Valhalla but agree that Jackie Hoffman's kvetching should definitely continue.

[ WP ]  Canada's 'Cinemashow': A Little Bit Unthemely by Tricia Olszewski
Despite the enthusiasm and technical vocal proficiency of "Cinemashow's" performers, the production never feels like much more than high-priced karaoke whose numbers range from occasionally impressive to horribly wrong.

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Thursday, February 12, 2004

Features:

[ TB ]  Cabaret Interview with Margaret Whiting by Jonathan Frank

News:

[ B ]  Sutton Foster Set for B'way-Bound Little Women

[ P ]  Sutton Foster Will Star as Jo in Broadway-Bound Little Women in Fall

[ P ]  Wicked's Grey to Present Gypsy's Peters with Matrix Award

[ P ]  Wolfe's Exit Is Latest in Spate of Nonprofit Leader Departures

[ P ]  Sondheim Anthology, Opening Doors, to Play Zankel Hall in October

[ P ]  Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry, About a Child Molester's Future, Premieres Feb. 12 in NYC

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Features:

[ B ]  Replacements: More from the '60s by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Music, Maestro, Please! by: Gerard Raymond
Richard Thomas plays a passionate orchestra conductor in The Stendhal Syndrome.

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Starry Crowd at Fiddler on the Roof

[ B ]  Photo Op: Aussie Gal Minogue Checks Out The Boy from Oz

News:

[ B ]  Baldwin's Oscar Attendance Halts 20th Century

[ B ]  Midsummer Will Return to Central Park in 2005

[ B ]  Eckhart Joins Stiles in the West End's Oleanna

[ P ]  Daphne Rubin-Vega Joins Company of MTC's Between Us, April 1-May 30

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch at Liberty Documentary to Premiere on HBO

[ P ]  Kushner and Bloom Discuss Theatre and Religion at NYU in Benefit for Classic Stage March 22

[ P ]  Raisin in the Sun to Rise at Royale March 30; Design Team Announced

[ P ]  Mikhail Baryshnikov to Star in New Theatre Piece With Puppet

[ P ]  George C. Wolfe to Direct Midsummer Night's Dream in Central Park in 2005

[ P ]  Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth to Offer Solo Carnegie Hall Concerts

[ TM ]  George C. Wolfe Resigns from The Public Theater

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Features:

[ DN ]  LuPone revives old role: Musical star By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Patti LuPone returns to the New York stage tonight in the City Center Encores! production of "Can-Can." The last time she acted in a Broadway musical was 1987, when she starred in "Anything Goes."

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
'It's a Living,' a Play in One Act by JOYCE WADLER
Boldface shares bacon with the actor who will forever be associated with "Flashdance." Or was it "Dirty Dancing"?
Michael Nouri.

[ DN ]  Robert Dominguez's Que Pasa: All work, more plays
Playwright Nilo Cruz has yet to sort his feelings over the imminent demise of his Broadway show "Anna in the Tropics." He has been too busy working on two new plays that were commissioned as a direct result of "Anna."

[ SUN ]  The National's Anthem by JEREMY McCARTER
How the proposal for a national theater at Ground Zero falls short.

News:

[ DN ]  B'way singin' the blues by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
February is the cruelest month - for Broadway. Three shows - the musical "Never Gonna Dance," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics" and the drama "The Retreat From Moscow" - are closing in the next two weeks, despite the major names attached to them.

[ NYP ]  WOLFE'S AT THE DOOR by MICHAEL RIEDEL
AFTER 11 rocky years at the helm of the Public Theater, George C. Wolfe yesterday told his staff he is giving up his position in the fall.

[ DN ]  Curtains for Public Theater big

[ NYT ]  Carnegie's Program for Next Year Reflects Its Late Director's Vision by ANNE MIDGETTE
Offerings range from the Soweto Gospel Choir to Stephen Sondheim's latest "anthology," which ran in London as "Moving On," and comes here under the name "Opening Doors."

[ HC ]  Baryshnikov Returning To Bushnell In October by Frank Rizzo
Baryshnikov is coming back to Hartford - not as a dancer but in a new theater production.

[ ND ]  War, Terror and Politics Taking Their Bows by Gordon Cox
The war in Iraq and the upcoming presidential elections are inspiring theater artists to get political.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
QUEER eye for that Tevye guy? Alfred Molina, star of Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof," loves his digs at the Minskoff Theater - raspberry-swirl-colored walls and all - mostly because he decorated it himself.
Seventh item.

[ NYP ]  NEWS ROSIER FOR 'GYPSY' by BARBARA HOFFMAN
MOMMA'S not going down - at least, not yet.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 12

[ P ]  Yes, We Can-Can: LuPone, Nouri, d'Amboise and Rogers Star in Encores! Season Opener

[ P ]  A Smattering of Oscar Is First New Musical in York Winter Reading Series, Feb. 12

[ P ]  Clytemnestra and Her Husband Square Off in Off-Bway Agamemnon, With Dukakis and Zorich, Feb. 12

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEWS
Recent Plays
Reviews of "The Gruffalo," "Promised Land" and "The Parrot."

[ USA ]  Seeing 'The Light' in Chicago by Elysa Gardner
The Light in the Piazza; plus an early review of Agamemnon in New York.

[ TB ]  Mother's Little Helper
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  un becoming
Review by Matthew Murray

[ ATW ]  A Director's Touch Adds Sparkle to Already Lustrous 'Broadway by the Year'
Review by Andy Propst

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 02/11/04 by Paul Wontorek
The final Taboo; Valhalla; Agememnon; revisiting The Lion King.

[ NYT ]  George C. Wolfe Is Leaving the Public Theater by ROBIN POGREBIN
As the leading black stage director in the country and an openly gay man, George C. Wolfe embodied the Public Theater's determination to reach diverse artists and audiences.

[ NYT ]  George C. Wolfe's Theatrical Accomplishments

[ NYT ]  Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Encouraged by an uptick in sales, the producers of the Broadway revival of "Gypsy" announced that they would cancel their planned closing on Feb. 28 at the Shubert Theater.

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[ B ]  George C. Wolfe to Leave Public After 11 Years
Broadway.com has learned that longtime Public Theater producer George C. Wolfe will be stepping down from his position next season.

[ P ]  George C. Wolfe Resigns as Head of Public Theater
George C. Wolfe, who, as artistic director of the Public Theater, gave the nonprofit institution such critical successes as Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk and Angels in America, but also expensive commercial and audience debacles like The Wild Party and On the Town, has resigned after ten years as head of that company.

[ B ]  Rubin-Vega and White Join Cast of Between Us

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News:

[ B ]  B'way's Gypsy Revival to Stay Open After All
The musical revival, which had posted a closing notice for February 28, is now booking through May 30 but hopes to stay open longer, according to a production spokesperson.

[ P ]  Gypsy Revival to Remain Open

[ TM ]  Clear the Decks: Gypsy to Stay Open

[ TM ]  New-York Historical Society to Honor Broadway Composers in March

[ P ]  21 Dog Years' Daisey Returns With More Stories, Feb. 23

[ P ]  Puckett Sings Sondheim, Bernstein, Yeston and More Mondays in February at NYC's Duplex

[ P ]  John Bucchino Improvises Classic Show Tunes for Disc of Piano Music, "On Richard Rodgers' Piano"

[ P ]  Peter Pan, Movin' Out, Chicago Lead San Jose's American Musical Theatre Next Season

[ P ]  Broadway Gals Head to North Shore Music Theatre This Spring

[ P ]  Nielsen and LuPone Take on Shakespeare's Pericles at BAM, Feb. 12

[ P ]  Signature Theatre Among 15 Arts Finalists for Ground Zero Site; American National Theatre Is Not

[ P ]  Olive Oil and Show Tunes: Chef's Theater Mixes Stars of Cuisine and Cabaret at NYC's Supper Club

[ P ]  Snow Delay: Second Stage's Wintertime Off-Broadway Opening Pushed Back to March 2

[ P ]  Michael Feinstein Offers Carnegie Hall Concert May 5

[ P ]  DRG to Release Vintage Barbara Cook Show Flahooley in March

[ P ]  Tale of the Allergist's Wife Star Will Just Keep Dancing, Feb. 27

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Five Flights Extends; Surrey Replaces Adler

Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Supper Club Debuts Supper Theatre with Chef's and All

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[ B ]  Looking Back: Obscure Bock and Harnick by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  A Raisin in the Sun Set for Broadway's Royale

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[ Y ] CBS to Sponsor a Talent Showcase for Performers With Disabilities On Wednesday, April 28, in Association With SAG, AFTRA And the California State Media Access Office
And we should have one for Broadway as well.
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[ NYT ] Largest U.S. Cable Operator Makes Bid for Walt Disney
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
The Comcast Corporation, the largest cable television operator in the United States, made a $54.1 billion unsolicited takeover bid today for The Walt Disney Company, the storied family entertainment colossus.
What will this mean for Broadway...
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[ NYP ]  TIMES IS A CHANGIN' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE fleet of rich producers who are bankrolling the transfer of Tony Kushner's "Caroline, or Change" from the Public Theater to Broadway this spring held their first production meeting this week.

Features:

[ DN ]  The hardest working actress in town by DREW MACKENZIE
'One Life to Live' to 'Hairspray'... 24 hours in the life of Kathy Brier

[ DN ]  Tooting their own horns by David Hinckley
More than a hundred years have passed since New York's growing community of black musicians got tired of waiting for Musicians Local 340 to admit colored folks.

[ TM ]  Photo File by: Michael Portantiere and Joseph Marzullo
TM is there for The Broadway Musicals of 1926, Jim Caruso's Cast Party in its new home at the Ars Nova Theater, and this year's Drama League gala.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears, Vol. 5

[ BS ]  For Your Benefit
Performers are known for their open hearts when it comes to supporting and performing in benefits. It's truly part of the magic of our business.

"The Merry Wives of Windsor":

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
How did a neophyte theatergoer feel about The Merry Wives of Windsor at Trinity Rep?

[ BG ]  Trinity Rep shakes up Shakespeare by Ed Siegel
The Trinity Repertory Company might have called this production "The Merry Wives of Windsor: The Remix." It opens with OutKast's "Hey Ya!," ends with Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," and in between features everything short of Janet Jackson's right breast.

[ BH ]  Shakespeare's 'Wives' has rarely been this merry by Terry Byrne

Reviews:

[ CT ]  Shaiman showcases unique talent by Chris Jones

[ DN ]  Happy old 'Year'! by Howard Kissel
Several of the songs included in "Broadway by the Year: The Broadway Musicals of 1926" were sung without amplification - and that's reason enough to rejoice in this Town Hall series, which began its fourth year Monday night.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THEY WROTE THAT?'
His Music, Her Words, Their Own Hit Factory by MARGO JEFFERSON
The show based on the successful pop songs of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil at the McGinn/Cazale Theater would be better as an all-music, no-talk revue.

[ NYP ]  'WROTE' DONE BY ROTE by DONALD LYONS
Nothing much seems to emerge from Mann and Weil's careers except a glib facility for pop musical idioms.
They go so far as to include a glimpse of the future - a taste of a musical they're working on.
And it's awful.

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott on the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil songfest and yet another cabaret artist from Down Under.

[ NJ ]  Much more than the blues BY PETER FILICHIA
Crossroads comes through with late entry that passes along a musical tradition

[ TM ]  Mother Courage and Her Children
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CT ]  Fetchit's talented life by Michael Phillips
'King' a standard-issue biography that doesn't do justice to life of Lincoln Perry

[ LAT ]  Charms are a-changing by Rob Kendt
'Little Mary Sunshine's' parodic targets are largely forgotten, so the Musical Theatre Guild accentuates other positives in its revival.

News:

[ Y ]  Sports, Sibs, Sleuths in Pilot News
In pilot casting news, Sherilyn Fenn is set to star in Fox's comedy "Mister Ed," Kristen Bell has been cast in the title role of UPN's drama "Veronica Mars," and Shane Brolly has been tapped to co-star in ABC's drama "The Secret Service ."

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
MEL & ANTONIO SOLD ON LIVING IN THE APPLE
Plus: Rosie taking "Taboo" on the road? (Third item.)

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES by JOYCE WADLER
The Drama League honored ANTONIO BANDERAS and MELANIE GRIFFITH at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel on Monday night.
Second item.

[ INQ ]  'Lion King' chooses Academy over Boyd by Douglas J. Keating
The Disney musical The Lion King, the most popular and highest revenue-producing show on the national touring circuit, will come to the Academy of Music for 12 weeks in 2006.

[ NYT ]  15 Institutions Stay in Search for Arts Hub at Ground Zero by GLENN COLLINS
The Museum of the City of New York, the New York City Opera, the New-York Historical Society and the Signature Theater Company are among 15 cultural organizations that are the top contenders to inhabit a performing arts center at ground zero, or help create an interpretive museum there that will describe the attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001.

[ V ]  IATSE veep Sullivan retires after 7 years
Lawlor unanimously named to board in stead
The Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has announced that sixth VP Michael J. Sullivan, who has specialized in gaining IATSE representation for traveling shows, has retired after seven years on the General Executive Board.

[ V ]  Dinner and a play
Gotham's Supper Club puts legit on menu

[ LAT ]  Glover has Coltrane tribute show on tap at Cinespace by Chris Pasles
Tap phenomenon Savion Glover will honor jazz legend John Coltrane in an improvisational show, "If Trane Wuz Here," at Cinespace in Hollywood on Feb. 27 and 28.

[ Y ]  Humans Oust Computerized Orchestra in N.Y. by LUKAS I. ALPERT, Associated Press Writer
The Opera Company of Brooklyn will no longer use a computer that replicates an orchestra in place of live musicians. A deal reached with the musicians' union explicitly bans the use of the computer, known as a virtual orchestra machine, or any other type of synthetic music, the union and opera announced Monday.

[ TM ]  Keen Company Benefit Set for February 16

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 11

[ P ]  Christopher Plummer Is Shakespeare's Mad Monarch as King Lear Begins at Beaumont

[ P ]  Have Website, Will Dish: Bad Love Related by Blog Mavens at P.S. 122, Feb. 11

[ P ]  Hugh Jackman to Sign The Boy From Oz Cast Albums in New York City Feb. 20

[ AU ]  Broadway star dies in Yass
Following a successful career on stage and on TV, Raize arrived in Australia six or seven months ago, declaring he wanted to deal with his depression, said Australian friend, artist and gallery owner Peter Crisp.
"He came to Australia to retreat and probably to deal with issues stemming from his fame."
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Pacific Overtures Revival to Play at Studio 54

[ P ]  William Finn's Elegies Replaces Jill Sobule Musical at Arlington's Signature Theatre, March 23-May 9

[ BS ]  Netflix Brings Pisano $2.4M
SAG CEO, a Director in Firm, Sells Stock Held in Trust

[ BS ]  German 'Godot' a No Go

[ P ]  NYC Gay Men's Chorus Acquires McNally to Pen "Out on Broadway" Concert

[ P ]  Actor-Author David Cale Premieres Latest, Likely Story, at Marquee

[ P ]  Dino, Sammy and Frank Return Earth in Heaven Help Us! The Swingin' New Rat Pack Musical

Reviews:

[ ND ]  Ladies Famous and Not So With a Lot to Say by Gordon Cox
Don't expect any dry history from "The Ladies." Don't expect much history of any kind. Inspired by an investigation into the lives of dictators' brides, Anne Washburn's new play offers only the barest biographical outlines of its subjects.

[ CU ]  The Ladies

[ VV ]  Playing Doctor
Will Eno's infectious new play provokes hot and cold flashes by Alexis Soloski
The Flu Season

[ CU ]  The Flu Season

[ VV ]  Let Rudnick Ring
Do you know the question to which '9W' is the answer? Betcha the author of this play does. by Michael Feingold
Valhalla

[ VV ]  Brecht's Mother haggles and battles her way into the future by Daniel Mufson
Mother Courage and Her Children

[ CU ]  Broadway By the Year: The Musicals of 1926

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  More than hot buttons by PAUL HODGINS
The disenfranchised, the damned and an age-old street con are the muses that inspired Suzan-Lori Parks.

[ BR ]  MTC gets off to a fast start but runs into a gantlet by ROBERT FELDBERG
This was supposed to be a wonderful year for the Manhattan Theater Club. Instead, it's turned into the season from hell.
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[ B ]  Moeisha McGill Joins Starry Paper Mill Baby Cast

[ P ]  Kimball, McGill, Lewis, La Chanze, Rupert, Carmello and Wolpe to Star in Paper Mill Baby

[ P ]  Chicago's Monday Night Musicals Series Has Faith, the Mary Magdalene Musical, Feb. 23

[ P ]  Ostermeier Promises to Shock With London A Doll�s House

[ P ]  Thou Shalt Not:The Ten Commandments Musical to Part the Red Curtain in Hollywood

[ P ]  Sister Ticket Deal at Wonderful Town Extended Through April

[ P ]  Rune Arlidge, New Play by Drawer Boy Author, Gets World Premiere in Toronto Feb. 24-April 4

[ P ]  Benson, Gets, Pettiford, Sieber and Weber to Take Part in 2nd Annual Reprise! Celebration

[ P ]  Sin of the Fathers: Docudrama Recounts Cardinal Law's Scandal Testimony, Starting March 1 in Chicago
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[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 2/10/04 by Ken Mandelbaum
Vanessa Olivarez (one of last year's "American Idol" finalists) will play Tracy Turnblad in this spring's Toronto production of Hairspray.

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Totally Taboo
Boy George's Taboo, which had been struggling since it began on Broadway, had an impressive final week at the Plymouth Theatre. The show was up $147,923 from the previous week to come in at a respectable $443,275.

[ P ]  France's Famed Comédie-Française Visits Chicago, June 17-20

[ P ]  Big River's Jeff Calhoun Directs Nash's Holy Cross Sucks!

[ P ]  Dvorsky to Head Cast of North Shore's Kiss Me, Kate

[ P ]  Fifteenth Annual Cabaret Convention Sets NYC Dates

[ P ]  Fiddler on the Roof Star to Speak at Harold Clurman Lecture Series

[ P ]  Betty Buckley Brings Portraits to NYC, March 2-27
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News:

[ B ]  Sanaa Lathan Joins Cast of A Raisin in the Sun

[ NYT ]  Jason Raize, 28, Simba in 'The Lion King', Dies
Jason Raize Rothenberg, who used the stage name Jason Raize, was an actor and singer who was one of the original stars of the Broadway musical.

[ P ]  Jason Raize, Broadway's Original Simba in The Lion King, Dead at 28

[ TM ]  Actor-Singer Jason Raize Dies at 28

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
NATHAN Lane was very aware that Laura Bush and her twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, were in the St. James Theatre for the Sunday matinee of "The Producers."

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: February 2-8

[ V ]  'Commandments' tuned up
Musical to open in September in H'w'd
"Thou Shalt Not Miss It." What else could that be but the tagline for a new stage musical based on "The Ten Commandments"?

[ BSUN ]  Baltimore's new star makes a debut tonight by Mary Carole McCauley
Rejuvenated city theater will compete for touring, pre-N.Y. big productions

[ * ]  TRIO PR: New Alan Bates interview

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 10

[ P ]  Street People Seek Redemption in Di Murro's Waiting for My Man, Premiering Off-Bway Feb. 10

[ P ]  Perry Meets Hannigan in London's When Harry Met Sally, Beginning Feb. 10

[ P ]  Daniel Goldfarb's Sarah, Sarah Has Katz, Masur, Prince and Smith Cameron, Beginning Previews March 11

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE FLU SEASON'
Psychiatric Patients and a Maze of Language by MARGO JEFFERSON
Real characters and emotions can be found in William Eno's wars of words set in a psychiatric institution as shown at the Blue Heron Arts Center.

[ NJ ]  Submitting to gravity: Fine cast unable to make play reach escape velocity BY PETER FILICHIA
A play called "Defying Gravity" shouldn't be earthbound.

[ Y ]  Max Morath's 'Ragtime' Entertains by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer

[ CU ]  Max Morath: Ragtime and Again

[ CU ]  Mother Courage and Her Children

[ ATW ]  A Galvanizing Jump Through the Looking Glass with Strong Women of History
Summit Conference; The Ladies
Review by Andy Propst

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
The 1967 flop Sherry! has been given a sumptuous recording, but was a musical version of The Man Who Came to Dinner a good idea in the first place?

[ CT ]  'King of Coons' doesn't do Fetchit justice by Michael Phillips

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Bids Taboo Farewell

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Bears, Vol. 4

[ BH ]  'Nunsense' godsend for older actresses by Dana Bisbee

[ BH ]  Veteran stars' fave - bar nun by Dana Bisbee

[ LAT ]  He's happiest on the farce side of life by Mike Boehm
Brit Ray Cooney's sequel to 'Run for Your Wife' makes its West Coast premiere Friday.

*****

[ STARS ]  Craig Schulman�s "Broadway At Your School"
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Monday, February 09, 2004

[ B ] The Lion King's Original Simba Raize Dead at 28
The Lion King's original Simba, Jason Raize, died last week of an apparent suicide. He was 28 when he died in Yass, Australia.

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News:

[ B ]  Mark Setlock Replaces Grant Shaud in Roulette

[ P ]  Setlock Replaces Shaud in Cast of Off-Broadway's Roulette

[ B ]  Hungry? Tickets Are Now on Sale for Cookin'!

[ TM ]  Applications Available for 2004 Princess Grace Awards

[ P ]  Comedy Is Best Medicine as St. Vincent's Players Presents Lend Me a Tenor, a Benefit in NYC, March 4-6

[ P ]  Closer Than Ever, With Two Married Couples, Plays Hollywood Playhouse Feb. 25-March 14

Reviews:

[ BS ]  London Calling: RSC Resurgent, National Noteworthy
There has not been much for the Royal Shakespeare Company to celebrate of late. However, if the beginning of 2004 is anything to go by, the company's fortunes may well have changed for the better.
posted at 2/9/2004 05:30:43 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: Fairly Loverly by Ken Mandelbaum
MY FAIR LADY (Warner Home Video)

News:

[ P ]  Michael McKean to Be New Edna in Hairspray Beginning May 4

[ B ]  Michael McKean Set as Hairspray's Next Edna

[ B ]  Grant & Harbour to Star in MTC's Between Us
Broadway.com has learned that Kate Jennings Grant and David Harbour are set to the star in the upcoming Manhattan Theatre Club production of Joe Hortua's Between Us.

[ P ]  Trevor Nunn to Direct Age-Appropriate Hamlet

[ P ]  Gregg Edelman of Wonderful Town to Appear on "Weekend Today," Feb. 14

[ P ]  Hip-Hop Songstress Mary J. Blige Adds More Drama to The Exonerated, Feb. 24-29

[ P ]  R&H's Allegro Gets Toronto Premiere by Civic Light Opera Feb. 19

[ P ]  My Big Gay Italian Wedding Extends Off-Broadway Run

[ P ]  George Orwell Classics "Animal Farm" and "1984" Come to Stage in The Orwell Project

[ P ]  Tickets for Belber's Match On Sale Feb. 15

[ P ]  Amanda Green, Village Theatre Among 2004 Jonathan Larson Award Winners

[ P ]  Are Minnelli and Jackman Ready for Their Sunset Boulevard Close Ups?

[ P ]  Hairspray Goes Cabaret March 1

[ P ]  LuPone, Stritch and Cuccioli Set for Food for Thought Spring Season

[ P ]  Forbidden Broadway Creator Heads to the Chatterbox Feb. 12

Features:

[ B ]  First Person: Great Expectations by Melissa James Gibson

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Victorious Opening Night for Valhalla

[ B ]  Photo Op: Agamemnon's Big Fat Greek Party
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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A report on the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation's eighth annual awards luncheon.

News:

[ NYT ]  Director's Job: Involve Columbia More in the Arts by KAREN W. ARENSON
Gregory Mosher, who has directed and produced about 150 productions, is now the director of the new "University Arts Initiatives" at Columbia University.

[ B ]  Gypsy Revival Cast Album Wins Grammy Award

[ P ]  Bernadette Peters� Gypsy Recording Wins Grammy Award; "Chicago," Too

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Christine Andreas (sixth item).

[ P ]  Broadway Cast Party Heads to the Ars Nova Feb. 9

[ P ]  Cabaret Gourmet Benefit Features Neuwirth and Durang Feb. 9

[ P ]  Importance of Being Earnest � with Doug Sills � Kicks Off Gielgud Centennial Tribute Feb. 9

[ P ]  Robert Cuccioli and Kate Baldwin Cast in Paper Mill Guys and Dolls

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 9

[ P ]  Banderas and Griffith Honored by Drama League, Feb. 9

[ P ]  Luker, Creel, Baldwin Sing Giering, Brown, Blumenkrantz, Marzullo and More in NYC Love Songs Feb. 9

[ P ]  Ears on a Beatle to Begin Previews March 16, Opens March 28

Reviews:

[ ND ]  Finding the Nerve in 'Mother Courage' by Gordon Cox
Nobody wants to sit through "Mother Courage and Her Children." Leave it to the gutsy Classical Theatre of Harlem to give the show a shot in the arm.

[ ATW ]  Max Morath:One Trip Down Memory Lane Sparks Another
Review by Andy Propst

[ TB ]  Max Morath: Ragtime and Again
Review by Jonathan Frank

[ TB ]  The Ladies
Review by Matthew Murray

[ NJ ]  A woman of many characters BY PETER FILICHIA
In Greek mythology, there were nine muses.
And at Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, Cynthia Adler is offering nine amusing characters.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE KVETCHING CONTINUES'
The Complaint Department by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Jackie Hoffman spreads joy through anger by venting about life in the theater, celebrities and her mother in her one-woman show at Joe's Pub.

[ CST ]  'King of Coons' tells Stepin Fetchit's tragedy BY HEDY WEISS

[ NYP ]  'VALHALLA' HUMOR IS A BIT SKETCHY by DONALD LYONS
There's a certain kind of quick, satirical laugh that's appropriate to sketch humor.
What sketch humor can't do, however, is keep a whole evening going - though Paul Rudnick is apparently ready to die trying.
posted at 2/9/2004 07:40:07 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, February 08, 2004

[ B ]  Ask a Star: Idina Menzel
posted at 2/8/2004 03:33:10 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Reviews:

[ CT ]  Too 'high-hat' for a Tony? by Michael Phillips
'Caroline, or Change' and 'Light in the Piazza' are small, civilized chamber musicals with Broadway in their sights. It is yet to be seen whether audiences are ready for both.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Sherry! and Lorelei
This week's column discusses the star-packed, first-ever recording of The Man Who Came to Dinner musical Sherry!, and Lorelei, the 1973 revision of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

News:

[ NYT ]  First Lady and Her Daughters Catch Show, Undramatically by SUSAN SAULNY and COLIN MOYNIHAN
The first lady had her turn with Momma Rose last night.

[ V ]  B.O. slips; 'Aida' 333g
Broadway Grosses

[ V ]  Biz up; Fla. 'Millie' 689g
Road grosses

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Robert Harth; Elaine Stritch.

[ P ]  Taboo Ends Broadway Run Feb. 8 After 100 Performances

[ P ]  46th Annual Grammy Awards Presented Feb. 8; Headley, Gypsy and Movin' Out Up for Awards

[ P ]  92nd Street Y's Shakespeare Salute Features Murray, Bosco and Harris Feb. 9

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 8

[ P ]  Hoboken Cabaret Festival Features Runolfsson, Gold and Green; Awards to Marzullo and Wallowitch

[ P ]  Naughton, Mol and Sherry! on "Radio Playbill" Feb. 9-22

Features:

[ NJ ]  'Crow' takes flight on Broadway BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ND ]  20-somethings' Theater Is On a Roll by Steve Dollar
Up and running since the summer, The Tank, a no-frills black-box storefront space near the corner of 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, has been anything but a losing proposition.

[ DN ]  Drama on steel wheels by Denis Hamill
For $2, passengers on the A train can witness the birth pangs of theater pieces featuring talent from every socio-economic class that makes New York, well, New York.

[ SD ]  'My mom always knew I was going to be a writer' by Anne Marie Welsh
Julia Jordan.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ NYT ]  GOOD COMPANY
The Apollo Goes Downtown for Corn Bread and Bisque by LINDA LEE
On a wintry weekday, Richard D. Parsons was welcoming board members of the Apollo Theater Foundation to his duplex penthouse in TriBeCa.

[ NYT ]  AGE OF DISSONANCE
Just Say No; Everybody Does by BOB MORRIS
One recent Saturday afternoon, a perpetually impatient friend called to report that he was at that moment in the process of walking out of a well-reviewed, much-talked-about, sold-out musical.

[ HC ]  NEA Initiative A Stroke Of Genius Or Status Quo? By Frank Rizzo

[ BSUN ]  A dramatic rebirth by Edward Gunts
A newly restored Hippodrome Theatre complex is a bridge to both a glorious past and a hopeful future.
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July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

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

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

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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