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Saturday, February 28, 2004
[ NYT ] John Randolph, 88, an Actor on Broadway and in the Movies, Dies by BEN SISARIO
John Randolph's career stretched from Broadway in the 1930's to recent Hollywood films like "You've Got Mail."
[ IBDB ] John Randolph's Broadway Credits
Features:
[ NYT ] After 'Chicago,' Waiting for the Razzle-Dazzle by REBECCA TRAISTER
"Chicago" was supposed to usher in a new age of movie musicals. So where are they?
[ BG ] Dreyfuss casts vote; Oscar state of mind by Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan
Of the play, which is headed next to Broadway, the actor acknowledged it's still a work in progress. "[Wednesday] was one of the most historic free falls of my career, but [Thursday] was good," he said. "The reality is we have to thread the needle of The New York Times."
[ NYT ] An American Pie With Different Fruit by MELENA Z. RYZIK
Paul Weitz, known for his "gross-out comedy" films, has written a dark play about a dysfunctional family, now running at the John Houseman Theater.
[ NYT ] The Sunrise and Sunset of 'Fiddler's' Old World Nostalgia by RUTH FRANKLIN
With the arrival of a new production of "Fiddler," some commentators have wrongly assumed that the show's value lies in its authenticity.
[ FOX ] Alfred Molina Steps Into Big Shoes in 'Fiddler' by Mark Kennedy
Early one morning two years ago, Bryant Gumbel was trying to wrap his head around Alfred Molina.
[ ND ] Photo Gallery: Opening of "Fiddler On the Roof"
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Fiddler on the Roof Revival Bows on Broadway
[ NYT ] EXCERPT
'Bug'
In this passage from Tracy Letts's play, a raving conspiracy theorist explains how the government is implanting bugs inside its citizens' bodies.
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Unabashed Stars Break the Shackles of the Name Game by VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
Article on actors who do - or don't - change their names. Includes quotes from Ilana Levine ("You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.")
[ BSUN ] Sweating blood at Center Stage by J. Wynn Rousuck
'Sweeney Todd' has prop master creating her own 'authentic' mix
[ TS ] No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Memories of promising Canadian playwright on 10th anniversary of his death.
[ TM ] Photo File by: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
More openings, more special events...and TM is there with cameras clicking away.
[ LAT ] Exporter of the art by Mike Boehm
Naomi Iizuka's plays have been produced and hailed as distinctive throughout the nation but have barely been seen in Los Angeles, where she lives.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Celluloid Phantom; Warner Bros. Film of Mega-Musical Now in Post-Production
News:
[ B ] Paul Rudnick's Valhalla to Close Early at NYTW
According to a production spokesperson, the comedy will close at the East Village theater on March 21, two weeks prior to the original announced closing of April 4.
[ NJ ] Rarely seen works at Shakespeare fest BY PETER FILICHIA
Gabriel Barre, the actor who inaugurated the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in 1998 by playing Cyrano de Bergerac -- and wound up marrying his Roxane, Tricia Paoluccio -- returns as a director.
[ SFC ] O'Donnell inspires other artists by James Sullivan
Immersed in his work Thursday, playwright and AIDS activist Tony Kushner was surprised to hear the news of Rosie O'Donnell's wedding to her partner, Kelli Carpenter, at San Francisco's City Hall.
[ SS ] Stage Bill by Jack Zink
By Jupiter!: It's back. The former Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre is now the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, officially reopening Sunday night with a benefit performance starring Brent Barrett and Judy Kaye.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ B ] Schoeffler to Replace Cerveris in Wintertime
[ B ] Christopher Sieber Is B'way's Next Billy Flynn
[ B ] Crystal Continues Work on Solo Show at La Jolla
[ B ] Tickets for Johnny Guitar & More Now on Sale!
[ NYT ] Robbins's Sister Dies at 'Fiddler' Opening
[ TM ] Starry Benefit Reading of LaBute's Autobahn Set for March 8
[ TM ] Interesting People Signing on 51st Street: Wonderful Town CD Set for Release on March 9
[ P ] Nadim Sawalha Plays Al Fayed at Soho Theatre
A new satire about the Egyptian tycoon Mohammed Al Fayed is set to open at London�s Soho Theatre March 1.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 28
[ P ] Hairspray's Hoffman Extends Solo Gig Through June
[ P ] Soho Rep Packs Up Gibson's Suitcase on Feb. 28
[ P ] Guthrie's Romeo and Juliet Begins Performances Feb. 28
[ P ] Christopher Sieber and Roz Ryan Join Broadway�s Chicago in March
[ P ] Uta Hagen Memorial Set for March 25
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATER WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 21-26: Monster Musicals Make Their Moves
[ P ] Jefferson Mays to Miss Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 Matinee Shows of I Am My Own Wife
[ P ] Film Stars Bacon, Hoffman, Sedgwick Ride LaBute's Autobahn, March 8
[ B ] Oleanna Sets Dates & Venue in the West End
[ B ] Zimmerman to Play Ulla in London's Producers
[ P ] Broadway's Martin Moran Reveals The Tricky Part in New York, March 28-May 30
[ P ] Oscar Host Billy Crystal Pens and Performs Solo Show 700 Sundays at La Jolla, April 20-May 2
Reviews:
[ LADN ] Anton's all-stars by Evan Henerson
A talented ensemble does Chekhov the right way in an evening of one-act plays
"Chekhov X 4," with Emily Bergl, Arye Gross, JD Cullum, Martin Ferrero and Harry Groener.
[ SUN ] The Musical to Start All Musicals by JEREMY McCARTER
"Good Jewish music," Jerome Kern called it.
[ TS ] Shared Syringa a triumph by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Toronto production is the first to alternate black and white actors in the leading role.
[ BG ] Dennehy, 'Hughie' a good fit by Ed Siegel
When Brian Dennehy speaks, theater people listen.
posted at 2/28/2004 11:30:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Friday, February 27, 2004
[ B ] Mays' Cold Causes Wife to Cancel Performances
There will be no performances of I Am My Own Wife on the evening of Friday, February 27 or the afternoon of Saturday, February 28. Acclaimed star Jefferson Mays has a cold and cannot perform. He does not have an understudy or standby.
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Chat with Actress-Singer Alison Fraser Plus News of Peters, Friedman and Chenoweth
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott hit the trifecta as they see three good plays. Plus they give us the lowdown on Jim Caruso's Cast Party!
posted at 2/27/2004 02:13:54 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Replacements: More from the '70s by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Fresh Face: Tracie Thoms by Beth Stevens
[ CP ] Design for Living by A.D. Amorosi
Director and playwright Stephen Stahl returns with the unconventionality that made him notorious.
News:
[ P ] Anjelica Huston is Norma Desmond in L.A. "Sunset Boulevard"
[ P ] Martine McCutcheon Sets Sights on Being a Screen Doll
Casting rumours continue for Miramax�s planned movie of Guys and Dolls.
[ P ] Stiles, Eckhart Oleanna to Play London's Garrick Theatre in April
[ P ] Contact's Zimmerman Lands Role of Ulla in West End Producers
[ P ] Victor/Victoria's Runolfsson to Sing Lloyd Webber at Kennedy Center Concerts
[ TM ] Sunrise, Sunset: Sister of Jerome Robbins Dies as Fiddler on the Roof Revival Opens at the Minskoff
[ P ] Sister of Jerome Robbins Dies at Fiddler's Opening Night
Reviews:
[ TB ] The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky (A Performance)
Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] Take Ten II: More Ten-Minute Plays
Book Review by Jonathan Frank
posted at 2/27/2004 12:34:03 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
"Fiddler On the Roof":
[ B ] Sister of Robbins Dies at Fiddler Opening Perf
Instead of joy, the start of the February 26 opening night performance of Fiddler on the Roof was marked by tragedy. Sonia Cullinen, the sister of Fiddler's late original director and choreographer Jerome Robbins, had a heart attack in her seat at the Minskoff Theater right before the performance began. She was pronounced dead at the age of 91.
[ B ] Photo Op: L'Chaim! Fiddler Opens on Broadway
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia reports on his visits to Fiddler on the Roof and other recently opened shows.
[ B ] Critics Weigh In On Fiddler on the Roof Revival
[ JN ] Review: 'Fiddler on the Roof' by JACQUES LE SOURD
It is not a traditional "Fiddler," nor perhaps is it the definitive one. But it is one that is full of beauty, and that will serve this revival's purpose for today.
(Note: Something must be done about the mob scene at the entrance to the theater, where bags are checked for security at the same spot where tickets are torn. There must be a better way to channel human traffic in a Broadway theater.)
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF'
A Cozy Little McShtetl by BEN BRANTLEY
Thanks to dogged miscasting, David Leveaux's handsomely staged revival at the Minskoff Theater lacks gusto, earthiness, warmth and soul.
[ WP ] A 'Fiddler on the Roof' Hopelessly Out of Tune by Peter Marks
The orchestra is perched in a lovely grove: At any moment, you expect Konstantin to arrive with Nina for the production they stage in the back yard of the family estate in "The Seagull."
[ DN ] Playing on heartstrings by Howard Kissel
Emotional tug of this 'Fiddler' makes it a match for the original
[ USA ] 'Fiddler' again plays its magic by Elysa Gardner
*** out of four
[ Y ] Carefully Fiddlin' With 'Fiddler on Roof' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
After 40 years, "Fiddler on the Roof" still exerts considerable emotional pull.
[ HC ] 'Fiddler' At 40 Defies Tradition by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Alfred Molina's Tevye Far Different From Zero Mostel's Interpretation
[ NJ ] A fairly faithful 'Fiddler' -- You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy musical's welcome revival with Alfred Molina as Tevye BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ NYP ] NEW 'FIDDLER' OUT OF TUNE by FRANK SCHECK
IT'S telling that the set design for this revival of one of the world's most beloved musicals consists of little more than a bare stage and row upon row of wan, leafless trees.
[ B ] Non-Traditional Dairyman by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
[ TB ] Fiddler on the Roof
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Fiddler on the Roof
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ ND ] Creatively fiddling with tradition BY LINDA WINER
"Sly Fox" - Reviews:
[ B ] Pre-Broadway Sly Fox Faces Boston Critics
[ BG ] Supporters steal show in 'Sly Fox' by Ed Siegel
[ BH ] This 'Fox' not so swift by Terry Byrne
News:
[ NYP ] P. DIDDLY SQUAT by MICHAEL RIEDEL
IF he sells out his 15-week run in "A Raisin in the Sun," Sean "Puffy" Combs can make enough money to throw himself another lavish birthday party.
[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
Revisiting a Murderer by JASON ZINOMAN
David Mogentale plays the murderer John Henry Abbott in Adrian Hall's "In the Belly of the Beast Revisited," now at the the 29th Street Rep.
[ CST ] Monty Python musical will start in our general direction BY HEDY WEISS
Headline of the day!
Includes an interview with Eric Idle.
[ CT ] 'Monty Python's Spamalot' musical will open run here by Chris Jones
"I suspect the others will show up and want to put their oars in," Idle said, noting that he expects John Cleese and Terry Gilliam to be the most involved.
[ B ] Spamalot Books Dec. Pre-B'way Run in Chicago
[ P ] Chicago to Eat Ham as Monty Python's Spamalot Debuts in December Before Broadway
[ Y ] Beauvais, Leighton Have 'Eyes' for ABC Pilot
Of interest because of this description of the ABC pilot "Gramercy Park":
"Gramercy Park" revolves around three nannies and the families they work for in a tony New York building.
Elizabeth Mitchell (NBC's "The Lyon's Den") will play an actress married to a successful Broadway director who resents the transition to motherhood.
Izabella Miko ("Coyote Ugly") will play an au pair and aspiring actress.
[ LAT ] Stars lined up for 'Boulevard' reading
Anjelica Huston is preparing for her close-up as Norma Desmond in a reading of "Sunset Boulevard," to be presented as a benefit for the Actors' Fund of America at the Pantages Theatre on April 4.
[ ND ] His most difficult 'Part' by Gordon Cox
One of the tricky parts about "The Tricky Part," according to writer- performer Martin Moran, is describing its story of boyhood sexuality and Catholicism.
See review below.
[ BS ] Some Laud NEA Funding Jump; Others Offer Pointed Critiques
[ BS ] Equity Pushing Production Pact
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 27
[ P ] All Aboard! Baldwin and Heche Take Off on Broadway's Twentieth Century, Feb. 27
[ P ] Off-Bway's Abingdon Stages NYC Premiere of Irish-Set The Pagans Starting Feb. 27
[ P ] Loesser Musical, Señor Discretion Himself, Will Star Shawn Elliott at DC's Arena Stage in Spring
[ P ] Jessica Boevers Is Tracy Lord in Walnut Street's Philadelphia Story, March 9-April 25
[ P ] A Musical and a Makeover Get Spotlight on March 2 "Queer Eye"
[ P ] Kelly Stuart's The Life of Spiders Debuts Off-Broadway, March 20
[ P ] Paul Rudd Reads Sam Shepard's True West in Boston, March 15
[ TM ] McAndrew Replaces Judd in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Features:
[ NYT ] PUBLIC LIVES
Still a Broadway Baby After All These Years by ROBIN FINN
Phyllis Newman, widow of legendary lyricist Adolph Green after a 42-year marriage, continues to pursue acting assignments at 70.
[ ED ] Urban Renewal: The Biltmore Theatre by Michael S. Eddy and Ellen Lampert-Greaux
To follow up on the great WICKED article we posted a few days ago, here's another fascinating piece, this one filled with more detail than you'd ever want to know about how they restored the Biltmore.
[ ND ] The family drama BY GORDON COX
A parent in the theater often becomes a career role model for a child
Christopher and Amanda Plummer; Stephen and Scott Schwartz.
[ ND ] CHILD'S PLAY
Among the many families in which children of theatrical parents have made notable showbiz careers...
[ NJ ] Echoes of World War II: Writer develops tale based on shameful treatment of Japanese-Americans BY PETER FILICHIA
[ DN ] Nowadays, his humor's all the rage by DAVID HINCKLEY
Lewis Black is taking his outrage on the road, with a stop tomorrow night at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. The two shows, 7 and 10, will be taped for an upcoming HBO special.
[ NYT ] REVERBERATIONS
Where the Angels of a Secular Era Can Materialize and Multiply by JOHN ROCKWELL
The rise of religious extremism all over the world might explain the newfound ubiquity for angels in our serious and popular art.
[ BS ] Women's History Month: A Theatre of Evolution
On the occasion of Women's History Month (March), Back Stage decided to check out a handful of New York City-based women's theatre companies to see what they're up to.
[ VV ] Succeeding at the Public by Charles McNulty
Papp's restive ghost haunts the search for Wolfe's replacement
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ OS ] 'Othello' role becomes him, or is it other way around? by Elizabeth Maupin
Actor Esau Pritchett polishes the part of Shakespeare's tragic hero -- again and again.
With a quote from Matthew Murray!
Thanks to Actor1903 on All That Chat for the link.
Other Reviews:
[ BH ] Dennehy able to show range on 'Demand' by Terry Byrne
Brian Dennehy offers a taste of his acting range with an unusual pair of one-acts at Trinity Repertory Company.
[ ATU ] Brave 'Tricky Part' is clever, timely by MICHAEL ECK
TROY -- Martin Moran eases into "The Tricky Part" like a charming friend about to tell a story to an old pal.
The show is being workshopped at The Arts Center of the Capital Region and the WAMC Performing Arts Studio before moving to Manhattan in March.
[ OCR ] 'George M!' gives the man his due by ERIC MARCHESE
Fullerton staging plays up the 1968 musical's grandly entertaining nature.
With Randy Rogel.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
[ ATW ] Beautiful Child: One Family's Appearances Deceive, Sadly
Review by Andy Propst
[ SUN ] Beyond Therapy by JEREMY McCARTER
How about a 50-year moratorium on shrinks?
Sea of Tranquility, Beautiful Child.
[ ND ] Past sins drown in a sea of characters BY GORDON COX
With so many new characters showing up so often, it's hard to distinguish just who or what "Sea of Tranquility" is about.
[ CU ] Sea of Tranquility
[ CU ] Big Bill
posted at 2/27/2004 08:24:51 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Features:
[ B ] Stage Notes: 02/25/04 by Paul Wontorek
Here's a preview of what Broadway has in store.
[ TM ] Loose Lips
Brian Scott Lipton gets some lip from Lypsinka, as well as from Robby Benson, Karla DeVito, and Ebony Jo-Ann.
[ P ] Alec & Anne: Together Again
Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche match tempers and wits in Twentieth Century
[ P ] A Seagull Goes Hip-Hop
Alfre Woodard stars as the family matriarch in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow, inspired by Chekhov's masterwork
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Silver Delivers a Beautiful Child at the Vineyard
News:
[ P ] I Am My Own Wife Cancels Feb. 26 Show as Mays Tends to Cold
[ P ] Fringe Hit Returns as The Joys of Sex: A Naughty New Musical Set for Off-Broadway
[ P ] Baldwin, Molina, Rubin-Vega, More Set to Bowl for Second Stage All-Star Bowling Classic, March 8
Broadway stars Alec Baldwin (Twentieth Century), Alfred Molina (Fiddler on the Roof), Cherry Jones (Imaginary Friends), Swoosie Kurtz (Frozen), Martha Plimpton (the upcoming Sixteen Wounded), Mark Linn-Baker (A Year with Frog and Toad) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (Anna in the Tropics) will lend their bowling hands to the All-Star Bowling Classic, March 8.
[ P ] Pedro Bloch, Brazilian Playwright Whose Work Inspired a Soap Opera, Dead at 89
[ P ] 2004 Back Stage Bistro Awards Announced; Lemper, Rudetsky and Marcovicci Among Winners
[ P ] Meehan and Brooks Forge Ahead with Young Frankenstein
[ P ] Taboo Producer Rosie O'Donnell to Marry
[ P ] Tempest-Inspired Prairie Musical Returns to Chicago, March 17-April 4
[ P ] "Theater Talk" Discusses Fiddler and They Wrote That? Feb. 27
[ P ] Stritch, Mitchell, McArdle and Huffman Set to Sing for a Cure March 8
[ P ] Gay's the Word On New Bayview CD
[ P ] Peggy Sue Got Married's Ruthie Henshall and Tim Howar to Marry
[ P ] "Titanic" Star Winslet Cast in Film of Ibsen's A Doll's House
[ P ] Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses Floats at Hartford Stage, Feb. 26-March 28
[ B ] Martin Moran Tackles The Tricky Part Off-B'way
[ B ] Cast & Dates Set for Off-B'way's The Joys of Sex
posted at 2/26/2004 02:56:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
PREVIEWS for "Raisin in the Sun" are only a month away, but our insiders swear that Sean "Puffy" Combs has yet to read the script.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
WHICH Broadway hunk lost his chance at being the next James Bond...
Uh, could you make your clues a little less obvious?
Features:
[ NYT ] Tradition? The Delicate Task of Retuning 'Fiddler' by MATTHEW GUREWITSCH
For Broadway revivals, innovations, if any, must sneak in unnoticed. "Fiddler on the Roof" is a case in point.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ARCHIVES: Fiddler on the Roof - 1964
Here's a glimpse at the 1964 Playbill of the original production, with some perspective on the period.
[ BH ] Billy Joel: In search of 'that happy ending' by Larry Katz
[ BH ] Modern woman choreographs a modern story-driven ballet by Terry Byrne
There is a ferocity about Twyla Tharp. One glance from her bright brown eyes and it's clear this woman does not suffer fools gladly.
Why should she?
[ SFE ] The Magic moment by Sarah Joynt-Borger
Cast, crew prepare for opening night.
David Mamet's "Dr. Faustus", part 5.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ BS ] The Farce Be With Him
Ray Cooney, master farceur, says the style is regarded as one of the most skilled of all acting traditions.
[ B ] Photo Op: A Celebratory Bash for Beauty and the Beast
"Sea of Tranquility" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SEA OF TRANQUILITY'
Family With Situations to Spare, and Then Some by MARGO JEFFERSON
Howard Korder's characters keep hoping they will find a fairly easy way to convert adventure into just the right kind of experience.
[ Y ] Pretension Sinks 'Sea of Tranquility' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ ATW ] Sea of Tranquility a Psychological Noir
Review by Andy Propst
[ NJ ] Otherworldly play offers little tranquility BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ B ] Sea of Tranquility
Review by Eric Grode
Other Reviews:
[ INQ ] Commentary: Why must conductors be so hard to depict? by David Patrick Stearns
For theatergoers, Terrence McNally's new play, The Stendhal Syndrome, produced by the Off-Broadway Primary Stages, is both the latest fashionable ticket and a comeback of sorts.
[ NJ ] Dark desire: 'Beautiful Child' playwright digs deeply but comes up far short of the mother lode BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
By the strange looks of "Beautiful Child," playwright Nicky Silver must've been bitten by Edward Albee or at least kicked by "The Goat."
[ NYP ] PROBLEM 'CHILD' by DONALD LYONS
[ BSUN ] Bloody 'Sweeney Todd' retains its edge by J. Wynn Rousuck
Sondheim musical is at Center Stage
With Joseph Mahowald and Nora Mae Lyng.
News:
[ BS ] Battle for White Barn Theatre Heats Up
[ BS ] Outside Counsel Inside?
Lawyers Probing Pisano Handled SAG Merger
[ HC ] 'Dreamcoat' Fills Slot In Bushnell Broadway Series by Frank Rizzo
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" will fill the slot in the Bushnell's Broadway series next season once held by "We Will Rock You."
[ BG ] Rudd heads East for 'West'; Tyler and Travolta make a 'Cool' team by Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan
[ LAT ] Long Beach theater tops nominee list by Don Shirley
International City Theatre gets eight nods for L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 26
[ P ] Sam Mendes Is Interviewed on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show," Feb. 26
[ P ] Are We There Yet? Leaving Iowa Is Sold-Out Hit at Michigan's Purple Rose, to March 13
[ P ] Not Your Zayde's Fiddler on the Roof: Leveaux's Fresh Revival Opens on Broadway Feb. 26
posted at 2/26/2004 08:48:26 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
[ P ] Ben Shenkman, of Proof and HBO "Angels," Expected to Star in MTC's Sight Unseen
[ B ] Ben Shenkman to Headline MTC's Sight Unseen
[ P ] McClanahan, Rebeck, Reno, Bierko Get Fired! at Second Stage, March 7-15
[ P ] Two Eggheads Sitting Around Talking: Foreman and Shawn Discuss Theatre, March 3
[ P ] Axis Power: Summit Conference Extends a Second Time Off-Broadway
[ P ] Tim Robbins' Embedded Begins Previews at Public Theater
[ TM ] Casting Announced for The Broadway Musicals of 1935
[ TM ] Castree et al. to Appear in Gay Divorce for Musicals Tonight!
posted at 2/25/2004 06:45:49 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Reviews:
[ B ] CDs: You, Too, Can Be a Puppet by Ken Mandelbaum
FLAHOOLEY (DRG)
News:
[ B ] Atlantic Theater Co. Delays Ionesco Double-Bill
[ B ] A Little Princess to Debut at Theatreworks
[ B ] Tickets on Sale for Barbara Cook's Broadway
[ P ] Tickets On Sale for Barbara Cook's New Broadway Concert
[ P ] Annie Ain't Just Annie Anymore: Annie Warbucks Opens Walnut Street Season in Fall
[ P ] Lear's Jonathan Miller to Guest on Feb. 25 "Charlie Rose"
[ P ] Lippa's Broadway-Bound Princess and Vincent in Brixton Added to Next TheatreWorks Season
[ P ] Atlantic Theater Company Postpones Howe's Ionesco Double-Bill
[ P ] 42nd Street Off-Broadway Complex Chashama to Move as Block Is Torn Down
[ P ] Arcenas Directs Midwest Premiere of Lonnie Carter's Magno Rubio for Victory Gardens
[ P ] Chitty Gets New London Cast, New Material and New York Transfer
[ P ] Jerry Hall Breaks Theatre Record
[ P ] Taboo, Oz, Rent and Hairspray Stars Set for April 4 Concert
[ P ] Gypsy Offers Actors' Fund Benefit Performances in March
[ P ] All-Star "Sunset Boulevard" Reading Set for April 4
[ P ] Douglas Sills, Emily Skinner, Chuck Cooper and Barbara Walsh Part of Starry Broadway By the Year Concert
posted at 2/25/2004 03:52:48 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ NYP ] BATTING AROUND 'CAGE' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THEATER producers seem hellbent on bringing Kelsey Grammer to Broadway.
[ NYT ] Manhattan Theater Club Opens a New Home and Finds Trouble by JESSE McKINLEY
Company officials have found themselves trying to explain reasons for its bad theater season at a time when the company should be celebrating its new renovation.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
AS The Post's Michael Riedel first reported last week, some Broadway insiders are saying the new production of "Fiddler on the Roof" has been "de-Jewed," with nearly all roles played by non-Jews.
[ B ] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to Fly on B'way in 2005
Broadway.com has learned that casting is underway for a Gotham production of the West End hit, aiming for an opening on April 28, 2005.
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Adios Anna
Some shows go out with a bang and some just whimper away. Anna in the Tropics, the Pulitzer Prize-winner that performed its final week on the Great White Way last week, falls into the latter category.
[ NYT ] Place of Escape May Survive, Behind Glass by GLENN COLLINS
The RKO Keith's Flushing Theater in Queens will never rise again. But it will soon get a new glass curtain.
[ Y ] Brazilian Playwright Dies at 89
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilian playwright Pedro Bloch, who was also a physician and author of 100 books, has died, his family said Tuesday.
[ IBDB ] Pedro Bloch's Broadway Credits
[ TM ] Alda, Busch, and Roberts Featured in Bay Street Theatre's 2004 Season
[ BH ] Line up for Broadway (here)
Broadway in Boston announced its fall preview package for the 2004-05 season, which includes Disney's ``The Lion King'' at the Opera House (July), The Abbey Theatre of Ireland's production of ``The Playboy of the Western World'' at the Wilbur Theatre...
[ B ] McAndrew Officially Replaces Judd in B'way's Cat
[ B ] Disney Goes On The Record with New Musical
[ B ] Duet Calls Off Spring Broadway Transfer
[ P ] Howard Korder's Sea of Tranquility Opens Feb. 25
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 25
[ P ] Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kristin Chenoweth Part of "Evening at Pops" TV Series
[ P ] Swoosie Kurtz, Brian O'Byrne, Laila Robins Are Frozen Off-Broadway, Feb. 25
[ P ] Bart Howard, "Fly Me to the Moon" Songwriter Who Played for Mabel Mercer, Dead at 88
[ P ] Bounce Original Cast Recording to Be Released on April 27
[ P ] Gay Divorce Casting Announced for Musicals Tonight! Run in NYC , March 9-28
[ P ] Cat Continues on Broadway with Kelly McAndrew
[ P ] Sondheim, Stroman, Wilson Among Nominees for Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
[ P ] Arena Stage Reading Series Has New Plays by Cruz, Blessing, Ruhl and Hanrahan, March 18-21
[ P ] Seth's Broadway Chatterbox Gets Wicked Feb. 26
[ P ] Janet Jackson Withdraws From Lena Horne Biopic
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
American Ballet Theater has new corporate sponsors; "Reefer Madness" is remade for Showtime; Walt Disney Concert Hall's design upsets its neighbors.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
A chat with James Lipton, the lyricist and librettist of Sherry! (and the host of Inside the Actors Studio).
[ DN ] Acting up by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Mary J. Blige takes her first step on drama stage
[ DN ] Alternate routes for 'Streetcar' by Howard Kissel
In the five years before his classic drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" was produced in 1947, Tennessee Williams went through many changes of heart about the two main characters.
[ TS ] Hairspray cast's joy is infectious at first rehearsal by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Comments from Jack Brien, Jerry Mitchell and the cast.
[ R ] 'Brady Bunch' Mom Whips Up Older Fans in Florida by Deborah Wilker
[ DN ] Broadway's first musical, 1866 by FERGUS GWYNPLAINE MacINTYRE
Thanks to Wayman Wong on All That Chat for the link!
[ B ] Photo Op: Wintertime in the City
[ B ] Photo Op: Open Rehearsal for Robby Benson's Open Heart
[ B ] Photo Op: The Thing About Men Goes on the Record
[ B ] Photo Op: A Swank Affair for Sea of Tranquility
[ B ] Photo Op: A Big Opening for LCT's Big Bill
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Conspiracy Begins; Roundabout's Assassins Now in Rehearsals
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Winter Comes Early; New Mee Play has Pre-Opening Party
"Beautiful Child" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BEAUTIFUL CHILD'
Troubled Marriage and the Trouble With Junior by BEN BRANTLEY
Nicky Silver's portentous play about parental love at the Vineyard Theater is a symbol-laden exercise that never achieves dramatic weight or credibility.
[ Y ] Family Destroyed in 'Beautiful Child' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Silver eventually lets the story get away from him, but until the tale collapses under the weight of its own improbability, it exudes a disturbing, compelling fascination.
[ B ] Beautiful Child
Review by Eric Grode
If Edward Albee were to try his hand at a Lifetime TV-movie script, at which point the horrified executives brought in a sitcom veteran for rewrites, the result might be something like Beautiful Child, Nicky Silver's gimlet-eyed primer on how to deal with your sweet, polite, handsome pedophile of a son.
[ ND ] 'Beautiful Child': a family horror story BY LINDA WINER
In the flawed but compelling "Beautiful Child," the upper-middle-class absurdity has darkened and matured into the endgame of Greek tragedy.
[ TB ] Beautiful Child
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Beautiful Child
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ CU ] Beautiful Child
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER NOTEBOOK
Rock the Cradle? Let's Rock the World by NEIL GENZLINGER
Two currently running plays, "The Ladies" and "Summit Conference" are both well-acted tales of the consequences of women in power.
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
The Siegels visit a Drowning show and have a somewhat better time when they take in jazz singer Tierney Sutton at the Oak Room.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
The musical that marked Barbara Cook's Broadway debut gets a new CD edition, and what a strange but appealing concoction it is.
[ DN ] The real Judy brings oohs and Oz by David Bianculli
The new PBS biography "Judy Garland: By Myself," is riveting because of the film footage presented as part of the documentary.
[ WP ] Judy Garland: The Other Side of The Rainbow by Tom Shales
Tonight's "American Masters" special, "Judy Garland: By Myself," is consistently engrossing but insufficiently remarkable.
[ Y ] 'When Harry Met Sally' Bland on Stage by MATT WOLF, Associated Press Writer
[ TM ] Pericles
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ VV ] The Young Man and the Sea
The Bard's late romance founders but magically survives by Alexis Soloski
Pericles
[ VV ] Sublimating Games
New(?)-style gay heroes: Gurney and McNally display queer guys for the straight eye by Michael Feingold
Big Bill; The Stendhal Syndrome
[ VV ] Mixed aims sink Drowning Crow: Hip-hop undoes Chekhov by Michael Feingold
Drowning Crow
[ VV ] House of Games
All-star cast can't bring Weitz's theatrical gamble to life by Ed Park
Roulette
[ VV ] Sightlines by David Kornhaber
Bridge & Tunnel
[ TB ] Stageworthy Adaptation of a Popular Modern Classic by Bob Rendell
"The Chosen" at Paper Mill Playhouse.
posted at 2/25/2004 09:35:22 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Features:
[ B ] Obscure Recordings: The Lieutenant by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] First Person: Ataraxia, Evasion and Tranquility by Howard Korder
[ TM ] A Closer Look at...Boston
Sandy MacDonald explores the inner (and outer) circles of theater in the Hub.
[ B ] Photo Op: Shaking Hands with Assassins
News:
[ P ] Duet Bows Out of 2003-04 Broadway Season
Broadway's dramatic actresses can breathe a sigh of relief. They will not have to compete this season against Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse.
[ P ] Michael Cerveris' Solo Debut CD Now in Stores
[ P ] Disney's On the Record to Debut in November
[ P ] Caldwell, Alda and Mee Team for 2005 Bay Street Season
[ P ] Michael Crawford and Maria Friedman to Star in Lloyd Webber's Woman in White
[ P ] Queen's We Will Rock You to Make U.S. Debut in Fall 2004
[ P ] Nine's Masterson Is Maggie in Kennedy Center Cat
[ P ] Sutton Foster Does the Lambeth Walk in Pittsburgh CLO's Me and My Girl in Summer
[ B ] Mee, Stoppard & Busch Fill Bay Street Season
[ B ] Laughs! Thrills! Tix on Sale for Match & Sly Fox!
[ B ] Masterson to Play Maggie the Cat in D.C.
[ B ] Crawford & Friedman Set for The Woman in White
[ TM ] Broadway Press Agent Mary Bryant Dies at 71
[ TM ] Carl Anderson, Known as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar on Stage and Screen, Dies at 58
[ P ] Carl Anderson, Superstar's Judas on Stage and Screen, Dead at 58
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[ B ] Carl Anderson, Star of Superstar, Dead at 58
[ IBDB ] Carl Anderson's Broadway Credits
[ WP ] Bagging 'The Cat' by Jane Horwitz
Mary Stuart Masterson Will Play Maggie In Kennedy Center's Star-Studded 'Tin Roof'
Features:
[ ED ] Hocus Pocus: Wicked On Broadway by David Barbour and David Johnson
Fascinating, detailed article on the set design, costume design, sound design and special effects. Thanks to Wendy for the link!
[ BS ] Kathleen Marshall in Conversation
One of today's most successful musical theatre choreographers, Kathleen Marshall spoke to an audience recently about the evolution of her career.
[ TM ] Magic To Do by: Michael Portantiere
Michael Rispoli plays a real mensch of a masseur in Magic Hands Freddy.
[ NYT ] Garland's Midnight Blues, Recalled in a TV Portrait by BERNARD WEINRAUB
A PBS documentary is using portions of Judy Garland's autobiographical tapes to explore this troubled and extraordinary performer.
[ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES
Thankfully, We Are Not That Sensitive by JOYCE WADLER
Joan Rivers, at the after-party for the one-woman show "Bridge & Tunnel," said she would reach for the razorblades if Nicole Kidman didn't say hello to her.
[ CST ] Any way Bracco looks at it she wins with 'The Graduate' BY MISHA DAVENPORT
[ NYT ] NEW DVD'S
His Kingdom for a . . . Well, You Know What by PETER M. NICHOLS
In a move that would traumatize studio planners today, Laurence Olivier's "Richard III" was shown on television on the same day in 1956 that it opened in movie theaters.
[ B ] Photo Op: Hugh Jackman Breaks Barriers at Borders
[ B ] Photo Op: Bridge & Tunnel Brings Out the Stars
[ B ] Photo Op: Johnny Guitar Gives It Up for Christine Andreas
[ B ] Photo Op: Kathie Lee Gifford Pops By Aida
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Gurney and Lincoln Center Fire an Ace w/ Big Bill Opening
[ DFP ] 'American Idol' finalist in musical here BY KELLEY L. CARTER
Trenyce stars in "Not a Day Goes By," a musical adaptation from an E. Lynn Harris book of the same name that plays tonight through Sunday at the Music Hall. The play co-stars Emmy winner Jackee Harry.
[ PP ] The way of all flesh BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Try as they might for a no-snafu production, entertainers, from local performers to Janet Jackson, are at the mercy of their costumes.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the last two links above.
News:
[ Y ] FOX STALKS WRITERS by JOSEF ADALIAN
(Variety) As part of its efforts to move toward year-round programming, Fox Broadcasting has formed a department dedicated to proactively seeking out new writing talent.
Net's newly minted creative writer development division has already embarked on its first project, pacting with Naked Angels Theater Co. for a limited-run showcase of short plays dubbed "Naked TV." Fox execs will attend one of the performances with the goal of finding source material for new pilot scripts.
[ NYT ] Broadway Joins Criticism of West Side Stadium Plan by CHARLES V. BAGLI
Theater owners like Gerald Schoenfeld and Rocco Landesman and union workers who make their living in a business that attracts 225,000 patrons a week say that the proposed stadium would cast a dark shadow over one of the city's most important tourist attractions.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
WHICH Broadway composer had a torrid affair with...
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: February 16-22
[ PPG ] Hamlisch hits high notes to announce Pops season by Andrew Druckenbrod
With his muse, Barbra Streisand, by his side, the songwriter-conductor was inspired to announce the programs for 2004-05 by way of a show tune he came up with at the last minute.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ BH ] Lockhart, Williams, Garfunkel and Pops
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Vanessa Williams and Kristin Chenoweth represent the Broadway guest stars this season, and pop acts include Michael McDonald and Natalie MacMaster.
[ ATW ] Disney/ASCAP Workshop in Chicago Seeking New Musicals; March 19 is the Deadline
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A foot injury forces Ashley Judd out of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; Jerry Springer's show sweeps Laurence Olivier Awards; Omar Sharif wins a C�sar.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
'ROCK YOU' TO U.S.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 24
[ P ] Nicky Silver Bears a Beautiful Child at Off-Broadway's Vineyard, Feb. 24
[ P ] David Mamet's New Dr. Faustus Begins at Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Feb. 24
[ P ] Rune Arlidge, New Play by Drawer Boy Author, Gets World Premiere in Toronto Feb. 24-April 4
[ P ] Toronto's CanStage Has Take Me Out, Brent Carver, Carol Shields and Omnium in 2004-05
[ P ] Gramercy Theatre to Return to Legitimate Theatre Use in Spring
[ P ] Ashley Judd Gets Foot Surgery as Cat Hopes to Land on Its Feet
[ P ] Broadway-Bound Revival of The Wiz Looking at 2005; Book to Be Updated
[ P ] Tony Award Winners Easton and O'Hare Read Outrage in New York City, Feb. 23
[ P ] Full TV Cast to Read Earnest at One-Night "Frasier Goes Wilde" Benefit, March 15
[ TM ] Let Him Play Among the Stars: Bart Howard Dies at 88
[ IBDB ] Bart Howard's Broadway Credits
Reviews:
[ B ] Did London Critics Fall for When Harry Met Sally?
[ NJ ] Well-chosen words: Potok tale gets strong direction and fine cast at Paper Mill BY PETER FILICHIA
[ ATW ] The Chosen: A Friendship Weathers Storms in 1940s Brooklyn
Review by Andy Propst
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PERICLES'
Stormy Seas, as Envisioned by Shakespeare and Whoever by WILBORN HAMPTON
The Theater for a New Audience's cast at the Brooklyn Academy of Music does not manage to achieve the potential of Shakespeare's work.
[ ATW ] Pericles: Finding the Nobility in a Problematic Shakespeare
Review by Andy Propst
[ DN ] Gurney serves winner on a tennis legend by Howard Kissel
Although A.R. Gurney's "Big Bill" is about one of the most important tennis players of the 20th century, Bill Tilden, who happened to be homosexual, Gurney has a deeper focus.
[ SUN ] Tumbling Down the Homestretch by JEREMY McCARTER
Meet Big Bill Tilden: Ned Flanders as interpreted by William H. Macy.
[ Y ] Something Missing in 'Big Bill' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ Y ] Brothers Bond in 'Magic Hands Freddy' by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
The real strength of this production, on view at off-Broadway's SoHo Playhouse, is in the conviction of Rispoli's performance.
[ ATW ] 'Magic Hands' in Search of More Mystery
Review by Andy Propst
[ CU ] Drowning Crow
[ WP ] Screen Stars Beat a Path To Off-Broadway Stages by Peter Marks
Roulette, The Stendhal Syndrome, Aunt Dan and Lemon.
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Monday, February 23, 2004
[ AD ] BIG MARKETERS TAKE TO THE BROADWAY STAGE
Rising Interest in Theater Sponsorships and Product Placements
NEW YORK (Adge.com) -- American marketers are starting to view the theaters of the Great White Way as a fertile new venue for the aggressive mixing of entertainment and advertising.
The critically acclaimed 'Wicked' cost $14 million to produce. Such high costs are making broadway theater owners more open to lucrative marketing deals. 'Wicked' is sponsored by Universal.
Excellent link suggested by a reader. Thanks!
posted at 2/23/2004 04:53:50 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ B ] DVDs: '30s MGM by Ken Mandelbaum
Here's the complete cast list for the second reading of the new musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that took place over the weekend...
DVDs: GRAND HOTEL / GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (Warner Home Video)
[ P ] Mary Bryant, Broadway Press Agent for Hal Prince and Livent, Dead at 71
[ B ] Broadway Press Agent Mary Bryant Dead at 71
[ B ] Dixie Carter Delays Start in Millie by One Day
The actress is now set to kick off her run as the evil Mrs. Meers on Tuesday, February 23. A production spokesperson offered no reason for the delay.
[ B ] Judd Will Not Return to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
[ P ] Sam Mendes Is Interviewed on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show," Feb. 23
[ P ] Critics Winer, Isherwood, Cote, Finkle Appear at A.R.T./NY March 22 Benefit
[ P ] The Exonerated To Close Off-Broadway, March 7
[ P ] "American Idol" Veteran Olivarez Is Tracy Turnbald in Canadian Hairspray; Brazeau Wears Brassiere
[ P ] Actors Studio Drama School Presents Annual Black Theatre History Production, Feb. 25
[ P ] Director Jonathan Miller to Appear at Feb. 23 Lincoln Center "Platform"
[ B ] Four Seasons Musical Highlights La Jolla's 2004 Season
[ B ] Shakalaka Baby! Bombay Dreams Tix on Sale!
[ TM ] New Sondheim Revue To Be Performed in Concert at Carnegie Hall
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News:
[ P ] Bug Postpones Start as Shannon Cochran Replaces Amanda Plummer
Tony Award-winning actress Amanda Plummer resigned from the Off Broadway premiere of Tracy Letts' play Bug 24 hours before its Feb. 21 start date, causing the production to delay its beginning to Feb. 26.
[ B ] Amanda Plummer Replaced in Off-B'way's Bug
[ P ] New Four Seasons Musical Jersey Boys and Suitcase Added to La Jolla 2004 Season
[ P ] Polly Holliday Is Matron in Premiere of "New" Robert Anderson Play, Free and Clear, in Florida
[ P ] Streep and Pacino Win SAG Awards for "Angels in America"
[ P ] Dixie Carter Joins Broadway Millie Feb. 24
Reviews:
[ TM ] Big Bill
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ TB ] Sound Advice by Jonathan Frank
Sherry!, Jerry Springer: the Opera, Sharon McNight John Bucchino, D.C. Anderson, The Water Coolers and Jamie deRoy's Animal Tracks
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News:
[ PTR ] CLO season to boast Broadway stars by Alice T. Carter
Broadway newcomer Sutton Foster and Broadway veteran James Brennan will be strutting the Lambeth Walk this summer as part of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's 2004 season.
[ SD ] McAnuff goes rock 'n' roll again by Anne Marie Welsh
La Jolla Playhouse will premiere the story of The Four Seasons
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
[ NYT ] On a Florida Campus, Theater Turns Daring by BRUCE WEBER
A production at Florida State University that is earning rave reviews depicts an interspecies sexual act and presents a black man playing a gorilla.
[ B ] Springer, Overtures Big Winners at 2004 Oliviers
[ P ] Jerry Springer and The Pillowman Win Top Honors at 2004 Olivier Awards
[ NYT ] Bart Howard, 88, Songwriter Known for 'Fly Me to the Moon,' Dies by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Bart Howard was the composer of "Fly Me to the Moon" and of cabaret songs recorded by Mabel Mercer, Johnny Mathis and many others.
Born Howard Joseph Gustafson in Burlington, Iowa, Mr. Howard left home at 16 to be a pianist in a dance band that toured with the Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton.
[ TS ] Stars fill CanStage for new season by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Canada's largest not-for-profit theatre announces its season. News about Brent Carver, new play based on last Carol Shields' novel, etc.
[ HC ] Rowland Ailing, Arts Catch Cold by Frank Rizzo
What happens to the arts when one of its biggest boosters becomes a potential liability?
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
SOON-to-be stage star P. Diddy didn't make many friends among the Broadway heavy-hitters at the premiere of Sarah Jones' "bridge & tunnel" the other night.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
MONTY Python fans, get ready: John Cleese has been telling people there will be a Broadway version of "The Holy Grail."
Thanks for the breaking news...
[ V ] B.O. off; 'Movin' Out' 935g
Road grosses
[ V ] B.O. jumps; 'Oz' 749g
Broadway grosses
[ P ] Tickets to Bombay Dreams Now On Sale
[ P ] Hairspray's Walsh Offers "No Standards" at Joe's Pub Feb. 23
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 23
[ P ] 21 Dog Years' Daisey Returns With More Stories, Feb. 23
[ P ] Pittsburgh Topdog Has Ray Anthony Thomas and Native Son Billy Porter, March 4-April 4
[ P ] 29th Street Rep Feeds the Belly of the Beast Beginning Feb. 23
[ P ] Snow White-An Enchanting Musical Opens Feb. 23 at Disney's Anaheim Theme Park
[ P ] Pam Gems' Version of Ibsen's Lady From the Sea Gets U.S. Debut in Chicago, April 22-May 30
[ P ] Chicago's Monday Night Musicals Series Has Faith, the Mary Magdalene Musical, Feb. 23
[ P ] Golf: The Musical Plays 100th Performance Feb. 22; Cast Album Available April 1
[ P ] Nancy LaMott Room to host Mason, Mayes, Akers, Marcovicci, Callaway and Hairspray's Brier
[ P ] Chicago's Lewis and Hairspray's Bean to Sing Lowdermilk's Songs at Free Concert
[ P ] Gypsy's Peters Answers Fans' Questions; Co-stars to Chat Live
[ P ] Casting Announced for George Street's tick, tick . . . BOOM!
[ P ] Regina Taylor and Cast of Drowning Crow on "Radio Playbill" Feb. 23-March 7
[ P ] Ready, Aim, Dial: Broadway's Assassins Tickets Go On Sale, Feb. 22
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia recalls the Boston tryout of the musical version of The Man Who Came to Dinner.
[ WP ] Ever the Twain to Meet by Peter Marks
Holbrook's Act: 50 and Golden
[ HC ] Tharp Performers by FRANK RIZZO
Laurie Kanyok, Ron Todorowski and Corbin Popp have just finished the last exhausting rehearsal with Twyla Tharp before packing up for a year on the road, the national tour of the Tony Award-winning dance musical "Movin' Out."
[ NJ ] 2 Jersey guys meet their 'Match' BY RANDY GENER
Interviews with Langella and Liotta.
[ BG ] Poison Pen? by Ed Siegel
Just because good theater critics ignore the effects of their judgments doesn't make them cruel or immoral.
[ INQ ] Deja vu on Broadway: 7 revivals in the wings by Desmond Ryan
With quotes from David Leveaux, Barry Weissler, Spotco's Drew Hodges and others.
[ NYT ] FOLLOWING UP
From the Ivory Tower to the Silver Screen by JOSEPH P. FRIED
Who says a former star on one stage can't be happy playing supporting parts in other productions?
Certainly not L. Jay Oliva.
[ CT ] From Dr. Melfi to Mrs. Robinson by Chris Jones
Lorraine Bracco, lately of `The Sopranos', makes her stage debut in `The Graduate,' which opens in Chicago Tuesday
[ OCR ] Let it 'Snow' by PAUL HODGINS
A dream team from the highest ranks of American theater has a ball making a new 'Snow White' musical for Disneyland.
[ MN ] Designers thrill theatergoers with high-tech FX by Karen D'Souza
'CAVALIA' AND `STARLIGHT EXPRESS' USE DAZZLING VISUALS TO CAPTURE CROWDS
John Napier interview.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
"Big Bill" - Reviews:
[ NYP ] 'BILL' AN ACE by DONALD LYONS
'BIG Bill" is A.R. Gurney's impressionistic, jumpy, jaunty biographical play about Bill Tilden, the first tennis superstar, who won zillions of titles in the '20s, maintaining at great cost his enforced status as an amateur until his death in 1953.
[ ND ] REVIEW: "BIG BILL" BY LINDA WINER
Tilden died alone, in shame, ignored by the tennis association. Gurney imagines a big, appreciative send-off, and finally gives him one here.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BIG BILL'
A Tennis Star's Life, in Glory and in the Shadows by BEN BRANTLEY
A. R. Gurney's talking r�sum� of a play about tennis star Bill Tilden as seen at Lincoln Center is a drama that more often tells than shows.
[ TB ] Big Bill
Review by Matthew Murray
Despite some valiant serves, it never quite makes it over the net.
[ NJ ] A sports legend's sad story BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Occasionally, Gurney's "Ssshh! We are in a library, young man" and "I am a famous opera star" bits of exposition flaw the glossy surface of his work. Still, the speed and expertise of his play plus the fascinating, mostly forgotten story Gurney delivers make "Big Bill" a winner.
[ B ] Big Bill
Review by William Stevenson
[ HC ] 'Bill' A Moving Sketch Of A Sports God's Downfall by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Other Reviews:
[ TB ] People Die That Way
Review by Warren Hoffman
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: Flahooley and Maureen McGovern Sings Arlen
[ WP ] Tap Flows Freely to Salute Hines
[ NYer ] SWAN SONGS by JOHN LAHR
A death-wish trifecta.
[ NYP ] 'ROULETTE' CAN'T SPIN by DONALD LYONS
A zany, surreal comedy needs to observe the world from an odd vantage point.
[ NJ ] Looking back at first half BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Some hits, some misses, a winter freeze; then there was 'Taboo' ...
[ NJ ] A safe, but still special, season on Broadway BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Revivals and transfers dominate springtime openings, with fresher material in other parts of the Manhattan
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Broadway Season
June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)
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]
Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet
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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