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Saturday, March 13, 2004
Features:
[ TS ] In the name of finding love by Richard Ouzounian
At 34, Anne Heche has finally found balance, success and fulfilment on the Broadway stage
[ NYT ] EXCERPT
'Life Interrupted'
In this excerpt from his final monologue, Spalding Gray recounts his experience after a car accident that fractured his skull, crushed his hip and sent him into a deep depression.
[ NYT ] Theatrical Riches in London by BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE
Great theater to come: from Euripides to Robert Wilson, with plenty of Shakespeare in between.
[ NYT ] THIS WEEK | 'SILENT LAUGHTER'
100 Pies in Silent Flight by LIESL SCHILLINGER
"Silent Laughter," a tribute to silent films at Lamb's Theater, recreates the mood of the comic melodramas of Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin.
[ NYT ] Beware of Islanders Bearing Slugs by ALEX ABRAMOVICH
"The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island," a new musical by the composer Mark Mulcahy and the writer and comics artist Ben Katchor, opens at the Kitchen on March 19.
[ NYT ] Breaking Ice in an Arctic Sea by MATT WOLF
Few events are as traumatic as those Bryony Lavery describes in "Frozen," her new play about a pedophile.
[ LAT ] From Emmys to Oscar by Barbara Isenberg
No strangers to theater, actors from television's much-honored "Frasier" revel in the chance to put Wilde on stage for a benefit.
[ LAT ] I, the tasteful one by Diane Haithman
Barry Humphries speaks his mind. But it's usually by way of his rhinestone-laden alter ego Dame Edna. Enjoy now, if you will, a day out with the stage star.
News:
[ NYT ] Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Versatile Musician, Dies at 71 by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's career took him from the concert halls of Europe to the jazz combo of the drummer Max Roach.
[ IBDB ] Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Witt Headlines the West End's Shape of Things
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 13
[ P ] Belber's Match Begins Broadway Previews March 13
[ P ] The Chalk Garden Blooms in Concert Reading by TACT in NYC March 13-15
[ P ] Greed Is Good: Dreyfuss Is a Sly Fox on Broadway Beginning March 13
Reviews:
[ NYT ] POP REVIEW | CYNDI LAUPER
50, She Still Just Wants to Have Fun by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The mid-1980's star still projects the potent mixture of playful insistence and childlike pathos she did two decades ago.
[ CT ] Exercise 'Caution' to avoid disappointment New works a trio of disappointments by Sid Smith
The prospect of a trio of new works, including one by renowned choreographer Ann Reinking, raised high expectations for the Melissa Thodos & Dancers engagement, running through Sunday at the Harold Washington Library.
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Friday, March 12, 2004
[ NJ ] 'Ed': Really dead
The bulk of the show's props and sets will be sold at auction this Saturday at 1 p.m.
[ * ] Random 'Law and Order' Plot Generator
Because it's Friday night, and we've got nothing better to do.
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News:
[ B ] Finneran and Lillard to Star in London's Fuddy Meers
[ CT ] Broadway Bound by Chris Jones
En route to the Great White Way, Chicago now the pit stop of choice
[ P ] Cy Coleman's Klezmer-Kissed The Great Ostrovsky Opens in Philly March 13
Features:
[ P ] A Life in the Theatre
Stage Professionals Look Back at Decades of Devotion to Their Craft: Wig maker and hair designer Paul Huntley
[ P-I ] Choreographer's career echoed newcomer's success in 'Millie' by JOE ADCOCK
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ ATW ] Fine Romance in Gay Divorce
Review by Andy Propst
[ TM ] Sweeney Todd
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
[ SUN ] Life Upon the Wicked World Stage by JEREMY McCARTER
Backstage trysts in "Small Tragedy", prison blues in "In the Belly of the Beast Revisited".
[ ATW ] Small Tragedy: A Modern Look at the Concept of 'Tragedy'
XM Satellite Radio
Review by Andy Propst
[ CU ] Small Tragedy
[ ATW ] Thinking 'Fiddler' Rather Than Feeling It
Review by Andy Propst
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Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Gypsy Stars Sign CDs for Broadway Barks!
News:
[ B ] Dutch Star Douwes to Star in B'way's Chicago
[ B ] LAByrinth Readies Three World Premieres
[ P ] Joys of Sex Composer Hopes to Settle Union Dispute Over "Virtual Orchestra" Use
[ P ] Safety in Numbers: 13 Playwrights Form New Company to Present Their Works Off-Off-Bway, Launching April 17
[ P ] Caroline, or Change Contracts Getting Finalized; Lenox's Moon Won't Glow
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 5-12: Shades of Gray
[ P ] Paquin and London Original Cast Webber Star in LaBute's The Distance From Here
[ P ] LAByrinth Sets Shanley, Rivera and Guirgis' Judas World Premieres for New Season
[ P ] Full Cast of Broadway's Jumpers Announced
[ P ] Will Gwyneth Paltrow Star in Kevin Spacey's London Philadelphia Story?
[ P ] Lyricist-Actor David Rogers Tells Showbiz Tales in Naked on Broadway, in Philly, March 16-April 4
[ P ] Netherlands' Pia Douwes to Make Her Broadway Debut in Chicago
[ P ] Sarah Jessica Parker May Star in "Man Who Came to Dinner" Remake
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Reviews:
[ B ] The Demon Barber of Lincoln Center by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: SWEENEY TODD / New York City Opera
[ TB ] Sweeney Todd
Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Small Tragedy
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
Features:
[ TM ] London Pride by: Mark Shenton
Theater in London town is highly eclectic and frequently electrifying, as ever.
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Buckley's Compelling Portraits PLUS News of Schaffel, Friedman and Akers
News:
[ B ] Hocking & Pope Set for All Shook Up in CT
[ P ] Holds and Baldwin Explore The Last 5 Years in St. Louis March 24-April 18
[ P ] Stephen Schwartz and Wicked Stars Sign Original Cast CD March 12
[ P ] An Evening with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman Set for April 26
[ P ] Nine's Krakowski Courted for CBS Pilot
[ P ] Mamma Mia! Recording Goes Platinum
[ P ] Gypsy's Bernadette Peters Chats on Radio March 13
[ B ] Alexander & Martin Join TV's A Christmas Carol
[ P ] Alexander and Martin to Join Grammer for NBC Musical A Christmas Carol
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News:
[ NYP ] CHUMP 'CHANGE' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE maid is holding out for higher wages, and she's prepared to burn down the house to get them.
[ NYT ] Synthesizer Maker Fights Musicians' Union by JESSE McKINLEY
A Manhattan company that makes a so-called virtual orchestra machine, an advanced synthesizer used to mimic the sound of live musicians, has filed an unfair labor practice claim accusing the Broadway musicians' union of unfairly preventing theater and music companies from using its product.
[ R ] Alexander, Martin Haunt 'Carol' by Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jason Alexander and Jesse L. Martin are set to co-star opposite Kelsey Grammer in "A Christmas Carol," an NBC musical based on the stage production at Madison Square Garden.
Director Arthur Allan Seidelman (Broadway's "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks") has come on board to shoot the Hallmark Entertainment-produced take on the classic Charles Dickens classic which stars Grammer as Ebenezer Scrooge.
[ Y ] Casting Call for Elizabeth, McRaney
Actress-singer Vanessa Williams has come on board UPN's drama "Beck and Call," which revolves around the lives of three young assistants. Williams (NBC's "Boomtown") will play the boss of one of them, an editor of a fashion magazine.
[ NYP ] S.I. CULTURE BIG'S JOB NOT SO 'SNUG'
Snug Harbor Cultural Center CEO Paul Goldberg will step down to take charge of fund raising, ending weeks of uncertainty that caused an uproar in Staten Island's arts community.
[ B ] McDonagh's The Pillowman Heading to B'way
[ B ] MTC to Bring Margulies' Brooklyn Boy to B'way
[ P ] Margulies to Get Second Broadway Bow Via MTC With Brooklyn Boy
[ B ] Casting Set for MCC's The Distance from Here
[ CST ] Terkel to make a one-night stand with 'Trumbo,' the story of blacklisted writer BY HEDY WEISS
[ CST ] Show of Disney tunes joins premieres for Broadway in Chicago BY HEDY WEISS
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 12
[ P ] Chicago's Pegasus Drowns The Frogs in Favor of Revised Anyone Can Whistle in Spring
[ P ] Winokur, Daly, Greene Salute Andrew Lloyd Webber in L.A. Benefit, March 12-14
[ P ] Caroline, or Change Contracts Getting Finalized; New First Preview Is April 12
[ P ] The Messenger Is Coming! "Angels in America" Set For June 1 Release on HBO Video
[ P ] Leading Ladies: Off-Broadway Comedy Gets New Matt & Ben, March 25
[ P ] Twentieth Century Starlet Anne Heche Appears on NBC's "Today Show," March 12
[ P ] Cole Porter Musical Tribute "De-lovely" with Kline, Judd, Pryce Screens at Cannes FilmFest, May 22
[ B ] Caroline, or Change to Start Early Despite Turmoil
[ B ] Six Feet Under's Krause to Star in After the Fall
[ P ] "Six Feet Under" Star Peter Krause Heads Roundabout Revival of After the Fall
[ TM ] Kristin Chenoweth to Host 2004 Drama League Awards
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia eases on down the road of memories with the City Lights Youth Theatre production of The Wiz.
[ NJ ] Duo hopes silence is golden for laughs BY PETER FILICHIA
"Silent Laughter."
[ ND ] Only playing at plain BY BLAKE GREEN
Her parts often have odd streaks, but Swoosie Kurtz - no ordinary actress - portrays a solid type in 'Frozen'
[ PPG ] Rising composer's play headed here by Christopher Rawson
Jason Robert Brown interview.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ Y ] High Drama Hits Manhattan Theatre Club by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
The theater's leaders, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove, while concerned, remain resolute.
[ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES
The Shih Tzu Is Skeptical of His Ideas on Trade by CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The "Sweeney Todd" opening.
[ B ] Photo Op: Elaine Paige Takes a Bite Out of Sweeney Todd
[ ND ] 'Sister:' A saga of Siberian siblings BY STEVE DOLLAR
Siberian folk epics are not your usual New York theater fare. But the Yara Arts Group, which is presenting such an epic through next Sunday at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in Manhattan, isn't your ordinary troupe.
"Small Tragedy" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SMALL TRAGEDY'
Waiting for Oedipus, Putting on a Show by BEN BRANTLEY
Craig Lucas's searching, grandly imbalanced new work explores the disconnect between a warm and cozy surface and the forbidding depths beneath.
[ NYP ] IT'S A 'TRAGEDY' INDEED by DONALD LYONS
IF you're going to attempt to show how real life eerily parallels the story of a play you're putting on, you'd better be sure the whole thing makes sense.
[ NJ ] Complex 'Oedipus': 'Small Tragedy' observes backstage dramas among amateur acting troupe BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TB ] Small Tragedy
Review by Matthew Murray
[ B ] Small Tragedy
Review by Ron Lasko
Other Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara and Scott identify three great performances in current shows and get turned on by Bill Boggs at the Triad.
[ ATW ] 'True West':Too 'True'
Review by Laura Shea
[ CST ] 'Sin' of fathers is visited upon church bigwigs BY HEDY WEISS
[ BG ] Zany 'Butler' plays it fast and farcical by Louise Kennedy
"What the Butler Saw," with Paxton Whitehead.
[ BH ] The 'Butler' dud it by Terry Byrne
[ ATW ] DRG Records Brings New 'Town', Old 'Flahooley' and More to CD
[ ATW ] A Subdued 'Lear' Lacks Fire
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] Plunging into the 'Belly' of Lifetime Institutionalization
Review by Andy Propst
[ ND ] City Opera takes on Sondheim's barber BY RUSSELL PLATT
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Thursday, March 11, 2004
[ BS ] Gender-Bending 'True West' Defies Agent, Refuses to Close by Leonard Jacobs
Leonard Jacobs from BackStage stays on top of the artistic fight vs authors rights in the True West case. Readers should notice that Leonard (and BackStage) is providing better news coverage than most other sources. We will try and bring BroadwayStars readers more links from Backstage.com in the future.
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[ NYT ] ON STAGE AND OFF
His Role Is Not Soda Jerk by JASON ZINOMAN
Peter Krause is to make his Broadway debut in "After the Fall."
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[ V ] 'Caroline' not coughing up the coin
Kushner musical on hold as headliner not set
It's touch and go at "Caroline, or Change." Contract negotiations between the producers and star Tonya Pinkins broke down this week.
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News:
[ B ] Wicked's Chait Recovering from Minor Stroke
Wicked cast member Melissa Bell Chait had a minor stroke at 3am on Tuesday, March 9. She returned home from the hospital today; her speech is not impaired and doctors are expecting a full recovery.
[ P ] Wicked's Melissa Bell Chait Out of Hospital
[ TB ] A message of thanks from Marcus & Melissa
[ TM ] 49th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony to be Held on May 16; TheaterMania Will Webcast
[ P ] Alicia Witt to Star in London The Shape of Things
[ P ] Michael Mindlin, Film Executive With Theatrical Ties, Dead at 80
[ P ] Von Essen to Sing "Old Devil Moon," Freeman Is Finian in Irish Rep Rainbow Adaptation
[ P ] Off-Broadway's Stomp Celebrates 10 Years in New York, March 14
[ P ] Charles Busch Will Bewitch in Sold-Out Bell, Book & Candle Reading March 14
[ P ] Up Against It's Roger Bart and Alison Fraser Take Part in Todd Rundgren & Friends Joe's Pub Benefit
Features:
[ TM ] Loose Lips by: Brian Scott Lipton
Brian chit-chats with Judith Ivey, Vivian Reed, and Tom Gibbons, and finds himself at the theater with Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Jackman.
[ B ] Fresh Face: John Cariani by Lara De Meo
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Features:
[ B ] Replacements: More from the '80s by Ken Mandelbaum
News:
[ B ] Scary Spice to Make Broadway Debut in Rent
[ P ] Oxford Stage Company Moves Into Tricycle with Singer
[ P ] Musicals Sought for First ASCAP/Disney Workshop in Chicago; Deadline Is March 19
[ P ] Shakespeare�s Globe Investigates the Bard�s Muslim Links
[ P ] CUNY-TV To Air Women in Theatre II Interviews with Stroman, Taymor, Wasserstein and Seldes
[ P ] Improv Theatre Highlighted in Freestyle Love Supreme March 25
[ P ] Wasserman Pens New Book for Ellington's Beggar's Holiday; Broadway Likely
[ P ] Sweet Charity�with Christina Applegate�to Arrive on Broadway April 2005
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News:
[ B ] Sweet Charity with Applegate Sets B'way Dates
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Applegate in "Sweet Charity" (fifth item).
[ ND ] Mel's monster getting ready for Broadway by Gordon Cox
Meehan needs to finish the screenplay for "The Producers," the new movie version of the musical inspired by the 1968 film. He hopes Nicole Kidman will join the cast as the blonde bombshell Ulla, and he said that Kevin Kline was interested in playing the crazy German playwright Franz Liebkind.
Plus an interview with Dan Lauria.
[ HC ] 'Little Princess'-Inspired Musical At Workshop by Frank Rizzo
Goodspeed's going after the girls again.
[ HC ] Bushnell, As Producer, Tries On `Overcoat' For Size by FRANK RIZZO
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts tries its hand at producing with the U.S. premiere of a wordless play set to music, "The Overcoat," which will be part of its 2004-05 Broadway subscription series.
[ LAT ] Michael Mindlin, 80; Show Business Executive Worked in Theater, Film
PASSINGS: Michael Mindlin, advertising, publicity and production executive for theater, ballet and motion pictures, died Sunday in New York City of lung cancer.
[ IBDB ] Michael Mindlin, Jr.'s Broadway Credits
[ NJ ] Center stage by Peter Filichia
Script search
[ V ] Ellington tuner jazzed up with new book
La Touche wrote original 'Beggars'
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 11
[ P ] Kureishi�s When the Night Begins Opens at London's Hampstead March 11
[ P ] Nervous Rex: Show Folk Caught Up in Craig Lucas' Small Tragedy, Opening March 11
[ P ] Daniel Goldfarb's Sarah, Sarah Begins World Premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club
[ P ] Musical Princesses Crowned at Goodspeed in Fall; Elvis Leaves CT All Shook Up in Spring
[ P ] They Can Get Started: Vernon Duke's Songs and Classical Pieces Heard in Rush Hour Series March 11
"Sweeney Todd":
[ ND ] Meaty role for British star by BLAKE GREEN
Elaine Paige returns to New York for Sondheim classic 'Sweeney Todd'
[ DN ] 'Todd' still 100% prime by Howard Kissel
[ NJ ] Cannibal of the opera: 'Sweeney Todd' entertains but loses intimacy BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ NYP ] BARBER CAN STILL CUT IT by BARBARA HOFFMAN
THE barber is back - and while City Opera's latest revival isn't as razor-sharp as it could be, it's bound to thrill the faithful.
Features:
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
GREAT ACTOR KEEPS 'EM LAUGHIN'
Richard Dreyfuss; quotes from the "Sweeney Todd" opening.
[ HC ] Bushnell Benefit Concert Offers A Slice Of Pizzarelli by JEFF RIVERS
[ DN ] Robert Dominguez's Que Pasa: The Heights of drama
When the city's Colombians get a craving for home-style cooking, they often flock to Natives Restaurant, a popular spot that also features live music. Now patrons are being served a steady diet of Colombian theater, too.
[ LAT ] A master at being himself by Scott Timberg
Spalding Gray turned everyday thoughts and actions into theater. Others followed his lead.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Reviews:
[ NYT ] CITY OPERA REVIEW | 'SWEENEY TODD'
Supertitles and Meat Pies as Hors d'Oeuvres by BERNARD HOLLAND
[ Y ] 'Sweeney Todd' Still Stings by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
The New York City Opera revival, which opened Tuesday, expertly mixes performers from the worlds of opera and musical theater. The result is an enormously satisfying, well-sung production, goulish and gleeful in equal measure thanks to some canny casting of the two leads.
Features:
[ B ] Stage Notes: 03/10/04 by Paul Wontorek
The Bombay Dreams press rehearsal.
News:
[ B ] Freeman & Von Essen Join Finian's Rainbow
[ P ] Crum and McNulty Join Off-Broadway's Women's Project and Productions
[ P ] Dreams This Way, Evening of Short Musicals from Raw Impressions, Plays March 18-April 3 in NYC
[ P ] Manny Ingrejas' Shrinkage Premieres Off-Broadway March 31
[ P ] Sly Fox Star Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis Star in Showtime "Coast to Coast," April 4
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Features:
[ B ] CDs: West End Wilson by Ken Mandelbaum
Doris Roberts has been mentioned as a possibility for Mae Peterson in Encores!' Bye Bye Birdie. Birdie director Jerry Zaks has previously directed for Roberts' sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond."
CD: JULIE WILSON IN LONDON (Sepia)
[ B ] First Person: A Berlin Original by Doug Wright
[ SUN ] Circus of the Startling by JEREMY McCARTER
What New York theater could learn from Tony Soprano and Andre 3000.
[ P ] Sondheim and The Cinema
A 1945 film was one of the inspirations for Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, Sweeney Todd.
[ TM ] All Over the Map by: Dan Bacalzo
The Comedy of Errors in Ashland, Knowing Cairo in Chicago, and Sans-culottes in the Promised Land in Louisville
[ B ] Photo Op: Stars Strike Out for Second Stage
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: These Are Their Friends: Celebs Gather for Sweeney Opening
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Wonderful Town Casts Signs CD's for Fans
News:
[ P ] Los Angeles Hit Jewtopia Extends to May 9 and May Head for Off-Broadway in Summer
[ P ] Spalding Gray Memorials Set for April 15 and May 15
[ P ] Details About DodgerStages, a New Nest of Off-Bway Venues, Revealed; Opens Fall 2004
[ P ] Female True West Expects to Play Run Despite Warnings
[ P ] More Actors Jump Into Sondheim's Frogs Pond at Lincoln Center
[ P ] Unsung Patron Behind Frank Lloyd Wright Now Sings in New Musical, Renewing Wright, in Buffalo
[ P ] The New Group Changes Dates for Roar World Premiere Off-Broadway
[ TM ] Wallach, Jackson, and Hwang to Host Lark Benefit
[ P ] Assassins Extends Run at Studio 54 on Broadway Through June 20
[ P ] Report: Wildhorn's Dracula to Land on Broadway in July
[ P ] Peter Dinklage Is Richard III at Public in Fall
[ P ] The Karaoke Show Joins Sister Staging The Donkey Show in New York, March 20
[ P ] The New Group Changes Dates for Roar World Premiere Off-Broadway
[ P ] Cast Announced for "New" Loesser Musical, Señor Discretion Himself, at DC's Arena Stage
[ P ] New Dramatists to Honor Meryl Streep May 27; Kline and Kushner Present Tributes
[ P ] Little Shop of Horrors Offers Actors' Fund Performance in April
[ B ] Wildhorn's Dracula Heading to Belasco in July
[ B ] Peter Dinklage to Star in the Public's Richard III
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[ BS ] Gender-Bending 'True West' Shot Down by Shepard by Leonard Jacobs
The production still goes on as a show down with Samuel French looms...
Speaking of show downs... this was a mighty interesting tidbit we received:
- What upcoming B'way show pulled its ad from this Sunday's TIMES because of its difficulty with its leading lady?
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News:
[ NYP ] 'DRACULA' BACK FROM THE DEAD by MICHAEL RIEDEL
GREAT: Another musical that sucks. "Dracula," the latest from former "triple-threat" composer Frank Wildhorn, will be the first entry in the 2004-2005 Broadway season.
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
The 4-foot-5 actor Peter Dinklage, acclaimed for his performance in the film "The Station Agent," will achieve royal stature next September when he appears in the title role of Shakespeare's "Richard III" at the Public Theater.
[ NYP ] THE STARR REPORT by MICHAEL STARR
Paul Winfield; Kathy Brier.
[ P ] Friedman to Debut Woman in White Songs at NYC Carlyle Engagement
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: MARCH 10
[ P ] Everybody Rise! Elaine Stritch to Read Dorothy Parker March 10
[ P ] Gambon and Evans Open in Beckett�s Endgame in London
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia loves reading his e-mail, and here are a few reasons why.
[ DN ] 'Goodbye Girl' says hello to Off-B'way by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
After earning four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, Marsha Mason made a bad career move.
She turned 40.
[ DN ] Benson's hearty return by JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
After 23 years and two open-heart surgeries, Robby Benson is returning to the New York stage with his own musical.
[ BH ] 'Dark' actress' digs were fit for a queen by Raakhee P. Mirchandani
Victoria Arbiter used to live in a Kensington Palace flat, with a view of London's luscious Kensington Gardens. Her father, Dickie Arbiter, was press secretary to Queen Elizabeth.
[ WP ] In London, a Play to Get Britain Back on Track by Glenn Frankel
David Hare's "The Permanent Way" finds corruption in the railway sell-off.
Reviews:
[ TB ] Vampire Cowboy Trilogy
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TS ] New stars revive Broadway by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Column on current stars of Aida, Movin' Out, and The Producers.
[ ND ] Scrambled helping from the kids' menu BY GORDON COX
Theatergoers with refined palates should probably steer clear of "Cookin'," the latest food-related theater event to hit New York.
[ WP ] 'Homebody/Kabul': Land of Lost Chances by Peter Marks
Spalding Gray, 1941-2004:
[ ND ] 2 services planned for Spalding Gray by Pete Bowles
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
A BAND of depressed Spalding Gray fans mourned his death � and toasted his memory � on Monday night at Le Pescadou in SoHo.
[ NYT ] APPRECIATIONS
Spalding Interrupted by VERLYN KLINKENBORG
No one really knows what's in the mind of a person who commits suicide, yet Spalding Gray had spent years telling us just what was on his mind.
[ BSUN ] Appreciation
Spalding Gray had way with solo acts by J. Wynn Rousuck
[ CT ] The Post's final interview with a tortured Gray by John Moore
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
[ CNY ] Dance generates more than $400M a year: study by Miriam Kreinin Souccar
Dance generates more than $400 million a year in economic activity for New York City, according to the first-ever study to look at the art form's local economic impact.
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[ * ] Nightline on depression & Spalding Gray
Tonight on ABC.
[ NYT ] Priests and Sexual Abuse Ignite a Stage in Chicago by STEPHEN KINZER
A searing new play that opened here last week offers a vivid look at how Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston reacted to the sex abuse scandal in his archdiocese.
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News:
[ P ] Robert Pastorelli, of TV's "South Pacific" and "Murphy Brown," and Nunn's Streetcar, Dead at 49
[ P ] Broadway Theatres Dim Lights in Memory of Writer-Performer Spalding Gray, March 9
Broadway will mourn the loss of theatrical star Spalding Gray March 9 by dimming the lights on all marquees at 8 PM.
[ B ] Paquin to Star in MCC's The Distance from Here
[ B ] Avenue Q's Moore to Helm TV's Hunchback
[ P ] Avenue Q Director Jason Moore Tolls Bell for TV Musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
[ B ] Loudmouth to Move into the John Houseman
[ B ] Full Cast Revealed for Broadway's Jumpers
[ B ] Memorial Service for Jason Raize Set for April 8
[ TM ] Jason Raize Memorial Set for April 8 at New Amsterdam
[ P ] Life of Lion King's Jason Raize Celebrated April 8 at New Amsterdam
[ TM ] Huston, Wilson, and Kingsley to Headline Actors' Fund Benefit Reading of Sunset Boulevard Screenplay in L.A.
[ P ] Asolo Flies Peter Pan, Welcomes Enchanted April and Scoops Front Page in 2004-05
[ P ] English Romantic Poets Drink and Talk in Soho Rep's The Appeal, April 7-May 2
[ P ] Kristin Chenoweth to Host 2004 Drama League Awards
[ P ] Noah Wyle and Steve Guttenberg Join Cast of L.A. "Sunset Boulevard"
[ P ] Filing a Gay Divorce, Musicals Tonight! Revives Porter Classic March 9-28
[ P ] Jessica Boevers Is Tracy Lord in Walnut Street's Philadelphia Story, March 9-April 25
[ P ] Ed Schmidt's Last Supper Serves Last Meal March 27
[ P ] Larry David and David Schwimmer Set for "Opening Night" in The Producers Television Spoof, March 14
[ P ] Princesses, Musical Merging of Hollywood and Hodgson Burnett, Gets NYC Reading Before Regional Bow
[ P ] Nine's Karen Akers Returns to Algonquin in April; New CD, Too
[ P ] Avenue Q's Tartaglia Guests on "Hollywood Squares" in April
[ P ] Cue the Custard Pie! Silent Laughter, a Silent Movie Comedy on Stage, Starts Off-Bway March 9
[ P ] Johnny Guitar Rides Into Town March 9
[ P ] Female Production of Sam Shepard's True West Shut Down in New York
[ P ] Broadway Stars Butler, Kudisch, More Celebrate My New York at Benefit, March 29
[ P ] Man of La Mancha's Brian Stokes Mitchell Cast in NBC TV Pilot
[ P ] Pawk, Bounce Brothers, 110 in the Shade, Crowns, 1776 Earn 2004 Helen Hayes Noms in DC
[ B ] 2004 Helen Hayes Noms Announced in DC
[ TM ] 2004 Helen Hayes Award Nominees Announced
[ NYT ] Paul Winfield Is Dead at 62; Known for Film and TV Roles by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Winfield was an actor known for his versatility and power in stage, film and television roles.
[ TM ] Actor Paul Winfield Dies at 62
Features:
[ CPD ] Refreshing her memories by Tony Brown
At 77, Kaye Ballard can still remember.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ BS ] Placing Characters in a Larger Context
Playwright Howard Korder bluntly states: "Since playwriting is the stupidest thing to be doing -- there's no logic to it -- why shouldn't I write what I want?"
[ B ] Photo Op: A Wonderful CD Signing for Wonderful Town
[ B ] Photo Op: Beep, Beep, Yeah! Stars Speed to MCC's Autobahn Benefit
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: MCC Rides the Fast Lane w/ Autobahn
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: When the Stars Come to Play; All-Star Bowling Event a Strike
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott are bugged by Bug but they're happy about much of what's going on in NYC cabaret.
[ TM ] That Woman: Rebecca West Remembers
Reviewed By: Charles Wright
[ VV ] Lear as Daylight
Keeping even Plummer un-plummy, Jonathan Miller makes Shakespeare make sense by Michael Feingold
King Lear by William Shakespeare
[ CU ] King Lear
[ VV ] A Roaring Bore
Alice Tuan's Jacobean retread goes out with nary a whimper by Daniel Mufson
The Roaring Girle by Alice Tuan
[ VV ] Bureaucratic Rock
DMV musical tries to spring free of a Kafkaesque premise by Angela Ashman
Kim Hughes's Ministry of Progress
[ VV ] Convicted felon and literary muse receives another trial by Alexis Soloski
In the Belly of the Beast Revisited
[ CU ] In the Belly of the Beast Revisited
[ NJ ] Killer instinct: Updated play revisits the 'Beast' behind bars BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TM ] In the Belly of the Beast Revisited
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ DN ] 'Cookin': Feast meets West by Howard Kissel
[ Y ] 'Cookin" Serves Up Raw Energy by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
[ CU ] Cookin'
[ TB ] New Jersey World Premieres: Misadventures of Patty ... at Centenary Stage and Foreign Exchange at Playwrights' Theatre by Bob Rendell
[ TB ] Troilus and Cressida
Review by Warren Hoffman
Spalding Gray, 1941-2004:
[ WP ] Appreciation: Spalding Gray's Confessions Were Good for Our Souls by Peter Marks
Gray's gift was indeed poetic: confession as art. And it was a distinctive kind of performance that spawned an entire genre. He's the father of autobiography under the footlights.
[ USA ] Spalding Gray: Gifted, humorous, haunted by Susan Kelly
Ever mindful of the need for an exit line, he provided his own epitaph in a 1997 interview: "An American Original: Troubled, Inner-Directed and Cannot Type."
[ ND ] Spalding Gray's body pulled from river by Sean Gardiner
[ DN ] Body of writer discovered by RICHARD WEIR and FERNANDA SANTOS
[ NYP ] SPALDING'S SAD END by CHRIS WILSON, LARRY CELONA and KATE SHEEHY
posted at 3/9/2004 08:13:34 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Ask a Star: Sutton Foster
[ B ] Obscure Recordings: Bonanza Bound and Shelter by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Photo Op: Betty Buckley Reveals Portraits at Cafe Carlyle
News:
[ P ] Our Sinatra to Close March 14
[ P ] Actor Paul Winfield, Oscar-Nommed for "Sounder," Dead at 62
[ P ] Principal Casting Complete for North Shore Kiss Me, Kate
[ P ] Chicago Star Heads to the Chatterbox March 11
posted at 3/9/2004 12:26:57 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ ND ] Where talent finds a home BY MARY VOBORIL
Actors, dancers and musicians call Manhattan Plaza home - waiting for the big time or just reveling in the stunningly low rents, great location and neighbors to rehearse with
[ WP ] Hayes Nominees: Arena, Musicals Call the Tune by Jane Horwitz
Arena Stage leads area theaters with 28 nominations for Helen Hayes Awards this year, at least 10 more than any other theater.
[ WP ] Helen Hayes Nominees
Here are the nominations for the 2004 Helen Hayes Awards.
[ R ] Ferlito on 'CSI: New York' Case by Nellie Andreeva
Madchen Amick has nabbed the female lead opposite John Stamos in an untitled ABC comedy, about a couple on a daylong date that is chronicled over an entire season.
Kathryn Hahn and Brian Stokes Mitchell have joined Jeff Goldblum in NBC's comedy "My 11:30," which centers on a playboy New York businessman and his no-nonsense shrink.
posted at 3/9/2004 08:26:39 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Lets start off by wishing our favorite Casting Director, Alison Franck (casting at Paper Mill), a very very happy (belated, oops!) birthday! If you are an actor who knows Alison, you better wish her one too!
[ TS ] Spalding Gray's brilliant struggles by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
His body found Sunday in N.Y.'s East River
[ EUR ] P. DIDDY: Doin' the "Great White Way" the Right Way
[ V ] 'Q' helmer has hunch about ABC
Telepic reps Moore's first big TV gig
Jason Moore goes Chenoweth on Broadway.
[ B ] Five New Cast Members Announced for The Frogs
[ P ] "Simpsons" Homer Stars in Steve Martin's Underpants in L.A., March 9-April 25
[ V ] Tepid B.O. rise marks March start on B'way
Spell put on 'Gypsy' as tix drop, rest of legit level overall
Broadway had no problem beating last year's B.O. for this timeframe. The musicians' strike in early March 2003 sent receipts into freefall, with a mere $5.2 million taken in at the box office.
[ V ] Thesp Gray's body found�
Monologist went missing in January
[ V ] Fonda skeds 'Vagina' perf on India trip�
Rare public performance for activist thesp
[ V ] Paul Winfield�
Oscar-nommed, Emmy-winning thesp
[ IBDB ] Paul Winfield
[ NYT ] Spalding Gray, 62, Actor and Monologuist, Is Confirmed Dead by SHAILA K. DEWAN and JESSE McKINLEY
Mr. Gray's body was pulled from the East River near Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on Sunday and was identified by the city medical examiner on Monday.
� A Storyteller and a Pained Innovator
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST REVISITED'
Inmate Returns to Stardom, This Time Posthumously by MARGO JEFFERSON
Adrian Hall has combined Jack Henry Abbott's writings with court records, news reports and "many angry opinions" to create a play structured as college documentary.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SUMMER AND SMOKE'
Her Longings Are Bubbling Up Just as His Are Settling Down by NEIL GENZLINGER
This surprisingly entertaining and affecting production of a second-tier Tennessee Williams play balances on the edge of self-parody and survives.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MINISTRY OF PROGRESS' by NEIL GENZLINGER
Setting a Baffling Bureaucracy to a Loud Hard-Rock Score
This musical about taking a simple request to a baffling, uncommunicative bureaucracy rocks hard and loud, often so loud that the lyrics are indecipherable.
posted at 3/9/2004 07:48:47 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Monday, March 08, 2004
Spalding Gray, 1941-2004:
[ NYT ] Spalding Gray, 62, Actor and Monologuist, Is Confirmed Dead by JESSE McKINLEY
Spalding Gray's body was pulled from the East River near Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on Sunday and was identified through dental records.
[ B ] Spalding Gray's Body Found in the East River
[ TM ] Remains of Spalding Gray Identified
[ P ] Body of Missing Monologuist Spalding Gray Found
[ IBDB ] Spalding Gray's Broadway Credits
Features:
[ TM ] My Fair Melissa
Brian Scott Lipton talks with the beautiful, talented, and very busy Melissa Errico.
[ ND ] A Texan back in the saddle BY BLAKE GREEN
Riding Back into New York, Betty Buckley opens at the Cafe Carlyle with a cabaret act that includes songs by Sting, Elvis Costello, Richard Rogers and others.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Cookin' Serves Up Food and Fun at Opening
News:
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Gypsy's Turn
Gypsy suffered a big hit last week, dropping $122,460 as compared to the previous week to come in at $378,547.
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: March 1-7
[ TM ] The Wrong Stuff: Sam Shepard's Agent Demands Closing of All-Female True West
[ TM ] New Dramatists Will Honor Meryl Streep on May 27
[ P ] Will The Night They Raided Minsky's, the Musical, Surface at Goodspeed in 2005?
[ P ] Off-Broadway Playwright Breaks Legs in Truck Accident
Steven Tanenbaum, the author of the Off-Broadway play Mono, has been hospitalized, after a truck accident left him with both legs shattered.
[ P ] Some Enchanted Evening: Jane Olivor Concert Gets CD and DVD Release April 27
[ P ] Greenspan, LuPone, Bacon Read Enemies, A Love Story in New York, March 11
[ P ] Broadway's Upcoming Assassins Delays First Preview to March 31
[ P ] One Down, 11 to Go: Philip Bosco Signs on as Juror 3 for Broadway's 12 Angry Men
[ P ] Broadway's The Boy From Oz Shifts Schedule for Star Hugh Jackman
[ P ] Franz Stars in McGuinness Play, Murray Is Prospero, Scherer's in Broadway at Pitt Public in 2004-05
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[ Y ] Hollywood Screen Beauty Frances Dee Dies by BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer
Frances Dee, the stunning actress who co-starred in the 1930s and 1940s with Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman and her husband, Joel McCrea, has died.
[ IBDB ] Frances Dee's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Assassins Delays B'way Start Date at Studio 54
[ B ] Bosco to Star in the Roundabout's 12 Angry Men
posted at 3/8/2004 02:21:52 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Peter Filichia:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Do you know who Peter Howard is? Our own Peter (Filichia) thinks you should.
[ NJ ] Spaced out: Unlikely child swap blunts sharp cast in could-be-fun 'Resident Alien' BY PETER FILICHIA
[ NJ ] 'Emil' a mere observer in foolish comedy BY PETER FILICHIA
[ NJ ] Family week for playgoers BY PETER FILICHIA
It's a tough week for teenagers who babysit for theater-loving families.
[ NJ ] Center stage by Peter Filichia
Amanda Green (last item).
Ken Mandelbaum:
[ B ] Random Notes on This and That: 3/8/04 by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Replacements: The Early '80s by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] CDs: The Last of Ivor by Ken Mandelbaum
GAY'S THE WORD (Bayview)
[ B ] CDs: Spoofing the Masters by Ken Mandelbaum
THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (JAY)
REBECCA LUKER: LEAVING HOME (PS Classics)
Features:
[ WP ] Tony Kushner, Replaywright by Peter Marks
For 'Homebody/Kabul,' the Final Curtain Has Yet to Fall
[ BG ] Edward Albee, still playing rough by Ed Siegel
'Slugging,' not comforting, is this master's aim
[ TM ] A View from the Bridge (and Tunnel)
What's happening in the outer boroughs, theater wise? Adam Klasfeld takes a look.
[ TM ] Loose Lips by: Brian Scott Lipton
BSL chats with Rita (not Chita!) Moreno and keeps tabs on other OZ cast members who are treading the boards in NYC.
[ B ] Q&A: Deborah Cox by Tony Phillips
[ BH ] '121st Street' playwright gives voice to the least and the lost by Terry Byrne
[ NYT ] IN THE REGION | WESTCHESTER
Landmark Theaters Find Roles in 21st Century by ELSA BRENNER
[ B ] Photo Op: Partying With the People of Progress
[ LADN ] Celebrating Alan and Marilyn Bergman by Paul Andersen
O.C. show features lyrical couple's memorable tunes
With Jason Graae and Amanda McBroom.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
"Cookin'" - Reviews:
[ NJ ] This audience won't be coming back for seconds BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TB ] Cookin'
Review by Matthew Murray
[ B ] Cookin'
Review by William Stevenson
Other Reviews:
[ NJ ] Stale theme and banal tunes won't go far BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Because too many neophyte cooks are rehashing stale stuff, the new musical "Ministry of Progress" won't be open for business too long at the Jane Street Theatre.
[ B ] Ministry of Progress
Review by Ricky Spears
[ TB ] That Woman: Rebecca West Remembers
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott have their say on Fiddler on the Roof and Betty Buckley's show at the Caf� Carlyle.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Matthew Murray reviews DRG's cast recording of the Broadway revival of the Bernstein-Comden-Green musical Wonderful Town.
[ TB ] The Arrival of Two New Comedies: Resident Alien at Dreamcatcher and Emil at NJ Repertory by Bob Rendell
[ NYer ] KING FOR A DAY by HILTON ALS
Two leaders dethroned at Lincoln Center.
News:
[ NYT ] Arts Briefing by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Gerald Gutierrez memorial; Philip Bosco to star in the Roundabout's "Twelve Angry Men."
[ HC ] Much Ado At Williamstown by Frank Rizzo
Speculation about Williamstown's future.
[ PPG ] Broadway stars alight for Public Theater's ambitious 30th season by Christopher Rawson
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ CST ] Music that shook up the world gets new life BY MARY HOULIHAN
The King is going to Broadway, but not before a stop in Chicago. A new musical comedy featuring the music of Elvis Presley will make its pre-Broadway debut during a monthlong run at the Cadillac Palace Theatre beginning in late December.
[ B ] Tix on Sale for A Raisin in the Sun & 16 Wounded
[ P ] Kaye Ballard and Nunsense Creator on "Radio Playbill" March 8-21
[ P ] Roundabout's Studio 54 Box Office Opens for Broadway's Assassins, March 8
[ P ] Piazza's Celia Keenan-Bolger Welcomes Gavin Creel at March 8 Concert
[ P ] Return of the Bunch-Back'd Toad: Olivier's "Richard III" Gets Two-Disc DVD Release
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Anne Heche on "Today," Rosie O'Donnell on "Good Morning America," Tim Robbins on "The View"
posted at 3/8/2004 12:34:04 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ B ] Jane Adams Replaces Melora Walters in Match
[ B ] Oz Cancels More Perfs Due to Jackman's Sked
[ B ] Jonathan Pryce Set for Virginia Woolf in London
[ P ] Jane Adams Replaces Melora Walters in Broadway's Match
[ P ] Jonathan Pryce Will Star in Broadway Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 2004-05
[ P ] Stuckeybowl's "Ed" and Stage Couple Join Second Stage's All-Star Bowling Classic, March 8
[ P ] Buckle Up: Sarandon, Dennehy, Bacon, Hoffman Star in LaBute's Autobahn, March 8
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Chef's Theater Offers Appetizer of a Performance
[ P ] Starry Cast � Including Danieley, Clark, McElroy, Molaskey and James � to Dream True at March 8 Concert
[ V ] Inside Move: Lynch mob by PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
Eye's gaffe 'Embedded' in play
[ TM ] Jane Adams Replaces Melora Walters in Match
[ TM ] Musicals Tonight! Will Present Three Special Concerts in March
[ NYT ] THEATER NOTEBOOK
Orwellian Parables for a World in Disarray by WILBORN HAMPTON
Synapse's Orwell Project, a staging of both "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm," is first-rate and socially relevant.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'COOKIN''
Taking the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Music, mayhem and magic are only a few of the ingredients in this savory stew of skillful, high-energy, silly good fun at the Minetta
posted at 3/8/2004 12:33:04 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ CNN ] The man who's paid to disrobe
Former�'Tommy' Michael Cerveris now in 'Wintertime'
posted at 3/8/2004 09:59:13 AM by James Marino | Item Link
Sunday, March 07, 2004
So... we hear that Melora Walters is no MATCH for Frank Langella...
posted at 3/7/2004 11:21:17 PM by James Marino | Item Link
[ V ] Great not-just-White Way
Ethnic shows eye new marketing strategies
In "Drowning Crow," Regina Taylor's contempo African-American adaptation of "The Seagull" now on Broadway, young writer C-Trip rails about how black auds are fed "the same old 'A Raisin in the Sun' over and over again."
[ V ] Inside Move: Lynch mob
Eye's gaffe 'Embedded' in play
[ V ] B'way's 2-way street
China hears 'Music,' 'Korean hit 'Cookin' ' in Gotham
[ V ] Biz slides; 'Gypsy' 501g
Broadway grosses
[ V ] Witching hour�by Robert Hofler
Martin Charnin and Kurt Andersen have just put the finishing touches on their new musical "Broomhilda," based on the long-running cartoon strip.
[ V ] B.O. up; 'Chicago' $1 mil�
Road grosses
[ V ] The 1940s roar during Kennedy Center season�
Event billed as venue's largest ever
[ NYT ] Alec Baldwin Learns to Harness His Inner Bloviator by MELENA Z. RYZIK
Like the character he plays in "Twentieth Century," Alec Baldwin is trying to reassert himself as a leading man after a slump.
[Note: we ran this link yesterday as well.]
[ NYT ] EXCERPT
'That Woman: Rebecca West Remembers'
In this passage from a new one-woman show, Rebecca West talks about her troubled marriage, "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" and the problem with men.
� Excerpt: 'Bug'
[ NYT ] IN THE MAGAZINE | PAGE TURNER
The Play Maker by JESSE GREEN
What the director Edward Hall seems to do is work at the cellular level, cracking the DNA code of the text and replicating it onstage.
[ TS ] Deborah Cox's new role written in the stars by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Toronto singer on Broadway in Aida
[ P ] "Food, Glorious, Food": Cookin' Officially Opens March 7 at the Minetta Lane
The "sizzling entertainment" Cookin', which began previews at the Minetta Lane Theatre Feb. 20, officially opens March 7.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with David Auburn
David Auburn's intimate four-character play, Proof, was such a huge hit you can only wonder what might become of his new one-actor play. Will a small package again spell grand success?
[ P ] McClanahan, Bierko, Orbach, Reno Get Fired! for Second Stage, March 7-15
[ P ] Wrongful Imprisonment Drama The Exonerated Closes Off-Broadway, March 7
[ P ] Bravo Takes Tony Awards Host Jackman "Inside the Actors Studio," March 7
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: A Wonderful Wonderful Town
posted at 3/7/2004 09:56:05 AM by James Marino | Item Link
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2007-08
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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