Saturday, May 29, 2004

[ P ]  �Popular�: Laura Bell Bundy to Be Wicked�s New Glinda
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Features:

[ NYT ]  Two Visions of Love, Family and Race Across the Generations by ANNA DEAVERE SMITH
Seen together, "Caroline, or Change" and "A Raisin in the Sun" offer a new and refreshing lens on our history and on the theater's potential.

[ NYT ]  The Puppets Who Made a Profit by BRUCE WEBER
'Avenue Q': From Least Likely to Succeed to Financial Star of the Broadway Class

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT: 'Chinese Friends'

[ BS ]  Life in the 'Theater District'
NYPD Blue's Bill Brochtrup is spending his hiatus working long hours for little money and no perks--and loving every minute of it

[ B ]  Photo Op: Taboo Stars Reunite for CD Signing and Concert

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: It's a Weill Party as Here Lies Jenny Opens Off-Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Stars Gather for the Outer Critics Circle Awards

[ P ]  David Leaveux Choreographs "Jazz in Space" with Jumpers

News:

[ B ]  The Normal Heart Goes On Two Week Hiatus

[ B ]  Gleason and Scott Sign Up for Scoundrels

[ B ]  Ave. Q & Wicked Top Audience Award Winners

[ B ]  Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays Heading to Broadway

[ B ]  Busch & May Premieres Set for MTC in 2005

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Some Tony Award Predictions, Part 1
XM Satellite Radio

[ P ]  Randy Harrison Set to Make Bway Debut in Wicked

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 29

[ P ]  Tony Winner Buckley Offers Song Interpretation Classes June 2-27

[ P ]  "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" Debuts on TV May 29

[ P ]  The Producers, Dear Boss, Simpl, Hockey Mom Among Nominees for Toronto's Dora Awards; Ceremony is June 28

[ P ]  Toronto Run of The Producers to End Sept. 5

[ P ]  CBS Salutes Broadway Understudies on May 30 Broadcast

[ P ]  Chicago Shakespeare's Rose Rage to Reach Off-Broadway in Fall

[ P ]  Robbins and Newsmen Auletta, Ansen and Harris People June 3 Embedded Panel

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  TV REVIEW | 'ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY'
Fiery, Funny and Fortissimo, Still on the Lookout for Love by VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
This documentary about the actress's 2002 one-woman show reveals her as a sophisticated, unsparing and desperate legend.

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott see Sight Unseen, bare their feelings about bare, and take in Curtis Stigers at the Oak Room.

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Matthew Murray listens to the DRG recordings of Boy George's Taboo and Barbara Cook's Broadway.

[ ATW ]  Absolutely Fascinating? Well, Yes. Droll and Endearing Too.
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  Outside the Law: Measuring the Politics of As You Like It
Review by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Here Lies Jenny

[ CU ]  Jesus Hopped the "A" Train (Philadelphia)
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Friday, May 28, 2004

[ STARS ]  ROZ RYAN: STRUTTING HER STUFF AND DELIVERING THE OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE IN CHICAGO
by ELLIS NASSOUR
Roz Ryan has a spectacular vocal magic. When combined with her quick wit, boisterous laugh and saucy sassiness, you get quite a package. As audiences are seeing now that she's returned to Broadway, playing Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago. During her quarter century in show business, Ryan's done it all. Rarely do you find an artist that is 100% show business.

[ NYP ]  NO EASY RX FOR EQUITY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
CONTRACT talks between Broadway actors and producers got testy this week as the two sides tussled publicly over the thorny issue of non-union tours.
Plus another swipe at Donna Murphy.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
After 'Marriage' Comes 'Romance' by JASON ZINOMAN
Has tough guy David Mamet gone all lovey-dovey? It would seem so, judging by the titles of his recent New York plays.

Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Caroline's Tonya Pinkins, a Gypsy Thank You, Headley Comes Home and "Idol" Thoughts

[ NJ ]  The 'doll' can sing and dance BY PETER FILICHIA
Nominee Ziemba thrilled to star in Paper Mill production -- just not on Tony night

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
It's time to check your answers to the questions in the Broadway University final exam.

[ TS ]  Finally making a splash
Urinetown boss leaves his mark by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Interview with John Rando.

[ BG ]  It's a 'Zoo Story,' and more, in Hartford by Catherine Foster
Interview with Edward Albee.

[ HC ]  At Williamstown Festival's 50th Anniversary, Goodbyes For Producer Michael Ritchie by FRANK RIZZO

[ LAT ]  Thoroughly modern Whoopi by Evan Henerson
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Movin' Out Greets Fleet Week Folks

[ B ]  Photo Op: Sight Unseen Bows at the Biltmore

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kushner, Kline Honor Meryl Streep at New Dramatists Luncheon

"Chinese Friends" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'CHINESE FRIENDS'
It Is 2030 and Oedipal Tensions Still Rage by BEN BRANTLEY
None of Jon Robin Baitz's paternal figures have been held accountable for their sins as brutally as Arthur Brice is in this formula-crippled futurist drama.

[ SUN ]  Game Over by JEREMY McCARTER
If the show's combination of personal and political had worked, everybody would praise Mr. Baitz for fusing Pinter and Stoppard. The reality is more like the two of them having a pillow fight.

[ ND ]  REVIEW: "Chinese Friends" BY LINDA WINER
Instead of feeling suspense and revelation, we keep thinking about the old "Spy vs. Spy" cartoons in Mad magazine.

[ JN ]  'Friends' in need ... indeed by JACQUES LE SOURD
In "Chinese Friends," a truly abysmal play by Jon Robin Baitz that opened last night at Playwrights Horizons...

[ Y ]  'Chinese Friends' Disappointing by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Good intentions are not enough. "Chinese Friends," Jon Robin Baitz's new drama at off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons, is deadly earnest in its outrage, convoluted in its storytelling and stultifying in its execution.

[ TB ]  Chinese Friends
Review by Matthew Murray
While it's entirely possible that Chinese Friends could make a terrific novel, it makes a pretty terrible play.

[ NJ ]  Melodramatic 'Chinese Friends' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Oh, dear, when good playwrights go wrong they sometimes make an awful mess of things.

[ B ]  Chinese Friends
Review by William Stevenson
It's an interesting premise, but the uninvolving play largely consists of intellectually pretentious conversations and shrill yelling.

[ CU ]  Chinese Friends

[ DN ]  In 2 shows, key players held to account by Howard Kissel
"Chinese Friends" and "The Triangle Factory Fire Project."

"Here Lies Jenny" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HERE LIES JENNY'
The Music of Bitter Memories in a Raunchy Bar Full of Both by BEN BRANTLEY
Bebe Neuwirth stars in this cigarillo-slender show that weaves assorted songs by Kurt Weill into a vague narrative cycle about the life and times of one weary woman.

[ SUN ]  Bright as a Penny by WILL FRIEDWALD
For a star, Bebe Neuwirth makes what can only be called a stealth entrance.

[ ND ]  REVIEW: "Here Lies Jenny" BY GORDON COX
As for its nebulous plot, Neuwirth and friends always seem to know what's going on, even if we don't.

[ Y ]  Neuwirth Takes Walk on Weill Side by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
It's sort of a last-chance saloon, a dank, dilapidated bar for life's losers who happen to wander in off the street. The vaguely European setting is the framework for "Here Lies Jenny," a puzzling cabaret showcase for the songs of Kurt Weill.

[ NJ ]  'Jenny's' vulnerability BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
An arty nightclub act that's not as much fun as it should be, "Here Lies Jenny" opened yesterday at the Zipper Theatre, where the 75-minute attraction plays three 11 p.m. showings every week through mid-July.

[ TM ]  Here Lies Jenny
Reviewed By: David Finkle

"Marc Salem's Mind Games on Broadway" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  MAGIC REVIEW | 'MARC SALEM'S MIND GAMES ON BROADWAY'
Seeing Through Blindfolds? Reading Minds? Why, It's Magic by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Marc Salem is up to his old tricks. That's good news for theatergoers, especially families in search of mind-boggling entertainment sugared with quick wit and plenty of laughter.

[ DN ]  Heavy mentalist amazes by Howard Kissel
Salem is, quite simply, phenomenal.

[ TB ]  Mind Games: Marc Salem on Broadway
Review by Matthew Murray

Other Reviews:

[ SFC ]  Moreno masters her role by Robert Hurwitt
Rita Moreno is giving a master class in the finer points of holding and sharing a stage at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

[ MN ]  Biographical aria: It takes a star to play a star -- Rita Moreno is it by Karen D'Souza
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.

[ B ]  CDs: Songs from a Golden Age by Ken Mandelbaum
BARBARA COOK'S BROADWAY (DRG)
ACE OF CLUBS (Bayview)

[ LAT ]  In 'Exits,' transformation onstage and off by Daryl H. Miller
This power of change becomes a metaphor for personal and social transfiguration in Athol Fugard's new play.

[ ATW ]  Call Me Madam: Call It Delightful
Review by Andy Propst
XM Satellite Radio

[ NYP ]  VENTRILOQUIST'S AUTO-BIO SHOW SPEAKS VOLUMES by DONALD LYONS

[ TS ]  Steady stream of mirth by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
"Urinetown."

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | KEELY SMITH
Las Vegas in the Wee Hours, From 1958 by STEPHEN HOLDEN
The closest you may ever come in a nightclub to reliving the raucous all-nighters of Las Vegas lounges in the late 1950's is by savoring Keely Smith's new show, "Las Vegas '58."

[ USA ]  Stritch's 'Liberty' will set you free by Robert Bianco
If Broadway didn't exist, it would be worth inventing just to give Elaine Stritch somewhere to play.

News:

[ P ]  Frenchie Davis Returns to Bway's Rent, With Jai Rodriguez and Drew Lachey in the Wings

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, May 22-28: The Q Factor

[ P ]  Ibsen's Nora Is Reimagined as Wife of Nigerian Diplomat in Denver Center Premiere, Selfish Sacrifice

[ P ]  Cerveris Brothers Take on Sibling Actor and Assassin in The Booth Variations, Aug. 5-22

[ P ]  Tony Kushner Appears on "Charlie Rose" May 28

[ P ]  With a Song in Their Hearts, Mercer Foundation and Sundance Offer Master Class for Vocalists, With Starry Teachers

[ HC ]  Long Wharf's Balanced Budget Is Its First In Years by Frank Rizzo

[ BG ]  'Much Ado' about marriage, the law by Catherine Foster
Talk about timely. The fourth "Shakespeare and the Law" staged reading is "Much Ado About Marriage."

[ BS ]  Gay Pride Play Festivals Keep Artists in the Pink
With June being Gay Pride Month in New York City, there is clearly much for gays and lesbians, in the theatre and otherwise, to be proud of.

[ B ]  Chicago Shakes Hit Rose Rage to Play Off-B'way

[ B ]  Mamet's Romance, Not Faustus to Play Atlantic

[ B ]  Additional Stars Set for WTF 2004 Season

[ B ]  Laura Shoop to Replace Kelly as Hodel in Fiddler

[ TM ]  Williamstown Theater Festival Announces More Stars for 2004 Season

[ P ]  Isn't It Romance? Mamet's New Play Will Bow at Atlantic in 2005, Replacing Dr. Faustus

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Spotlights A Raisin in the Sun May 28

[ P ]  Food for Thought Season Ends May 28 with Seldes, McMartin and Kenzler

[ P ]  Hall, Wopat, Testa, Monk, Gaines, Seldes People Williamstown Season

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 28

[ P ]  Friends Become Enemies in Off-Bway's Address Unknown, With Dale and Atherton

[ P ]  Loy Arcenas Directs, Designs, Co-Writes Midwest Premiere of Carter's Magno Rubio for Victory Gardens

[ P ]  Manhattan Theatre Club to Premiere New Plays by Elaine May and Charles Busch in 2004-05

[ P ]  Tony-Winner Faison Will Direct Diahann Carroll in Bubbling Brown Sugar

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Musical The Joys of Sex To Get Naughty Across the Globe

[ P ]  Noah Racey Gets His "Amy" for Goodspeed's Where's Charley?

[ P ]  I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Toasts Authors with Series, June 1-29
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Thursday, May 27, 2004

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Yellow Brick Road Leads Show Tunes Down a New Path by STEPHEN HOLDEN

[ TM ]  Watch What Happens by: Michael Portantiere
A conversation with Andy Hoff, president of the Broken Watch Theatre Company.
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Features:

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 05/26/04 by Paul Wontorek

[ P ]  Fantasies Come True
John Tartaglia translates his optimistic nature into a genuinely joyous Broadway debut in Avenue Q

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Finneran and Lillard Get Mixed Up in West End Fuddy Meers

Reviews:

[ B ]  Did London Critics Find Fuddy Meers Memorable?

[ TB ]  If I Were a Bell: Andrea Marcovicci Brings Her Frank Loesser Show to NJPAC
Review by Bob Rendell

News:

[ P ]  Ogborn's Used Faces of 2004 Ends NYC Cabaret Run May 30-31 Prior to Fall Return

[ P ]  McBurney Shakes Up Shakespeare With NT Measure for Measure May 27

[ P ]  CBS' Tony Broadcast to Feature Five-Second Delay
Parents need not worry should there be any wardrobe malfunction as Wicked's Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth fly throughout Radio City Music Hall on June 6.

[ P ]  "Queer as Folk" Star Harrison May Join Broadway's Wicked

[ P ]  Cult Musical Sensation Bare Ends Developmental NYC Run With Sold Out Show May 27; Reopens in Fall

[ TM ]  Meryl Streep Honored by New Dramatists
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Features:

[ B ]  Obscure Recordings: Angel and Amen Corner by Ken Mandelbaum

[ R ]  P Diddy gets humble with Broadway debut by Larry Fine
"It was one of the proudest moments of my life, knowing that this play, this production got all those nominations," Combs told Reuters in a recent telephone interview from the Royale Theatre before a performance.

[ B ]  Photo Op: 2004 Theatre World Awards Honor Newcomers

News:

[ B ]  Alan Alda Tapped for B'way's Glengarry Revival

[ B ]  Sean Patrick Thomas Completes Much Ado Cast

[ P ]  Public Theater Announces Full Cast of Much Ado; Line-Up for New "Joe's Pub in the Park"

[ P ]  "Stars in the Alley" to Feature Pinkins, Cerveris, Mays, Tartaglia and Many More

[ P ]  Sold Out Empty-Handed with Puppetless Avenue Q StarsAdds Show, June 21

[ P ]  Full Cast of Dracula, the Musical Includes Battle, Hoch, O'Hara, Stephenson; Tix on Sale June 6

[ P ]  Evan, Kennedy and Shindle Star in Jekyll & Hyde in Concert June 25-27

[ P ]  Four-DVD Set Features Interviews and Performances with Kander, Ebb, Lerner, Harburg, Harnick and More

[ P ]  Taboo CD Signing � with Boy George and O'Donnell � Held May 27

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: 'Essential Shakespeare Handbook' - A Great Resource Arrives in Time for Summer Fests
XM Satellite Radio
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News:

[ NYT ]  For Shining Light at Juilliard, a Tragic End in a Remote Spot by N. R. KLEINFIELD and IAN URBINA
Sarah Fox, the Juilliard student whose body was found Tuesday, was a radiant young woman imbued with talent, her friends say.

[ ND ]  The union's talking, not walking by Gordon Cox
Contrary to some reports, negotiations between the actors' union and Broadway producers are not at an impasse.
"We're talking - loudly, but we are talking," according to Maria Somma, a representative of Actors' Equity.

[ Y ]  Nominees Trumpet Their Songs for Tonys By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
What's in a song? Plenty, if you are a Tony Award nominee for best musical and get a little less than four minutes to put your best voice forward to sell your Broadway show before a national TV audience.

[ TS ]  End of line nears for Producers
Musical to close early in Toronto; last show Sept. 5 by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Possible reasons: too much theatre, too few tourists

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Boom Town
Last week was a booming one on the Great White Way with all but two shows (Fiddler on the Roof and Sight Unseen, which was still in previews) up from the week before.

[ B ]  Complete Casting Announced for Dracula

[ BS ]  League: Broadway Impacts $4.3 Billion by Leonard Jacobs
The art of spin operates full steam in "Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City," the biannual study of the Main Stem's impact on the New York City economy, which was released earlier this month by the League of American Theatres and Producers, working with the not-for-profit Alliance for the Arts.

[ NJ ]  State of the art BY PETER FILICHIA
New Brunswick theater announces 2004-2005 season

[ B ]  Intimate Apparel to Play Mark Taper this Summer

[ TM ]  Intimate Apparel Will Transfer to Los Angeles

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 27

[ P ]  Steppenwolf Reads Landau's Theatrical Essays Beginning May 27

[ P ]  New Dramatists Honor Meryl Streep May 27

[ P ]  Rees, Neuwirth and Reinking Take Audiences on a Weill Ride in Here Lies Jenny, Opening May 27

[ P ]  Chinese Friends, Jon Robin Baitz's New Play, Opens May 27 at Playwrights Horizons

[ P ]  Give Them a Hand: "There's Something About Puppets" Panel with Avenue Q Star Set for June 7

[ P ]  New Joni Mitchell Musical, Ladies of the Canyon, Debuts at San Francisco's ACT, June 4-19

[ P ]  Ghost City Is a Day in the Life of Welsh Town, Making U.S. Debut in NYC June 1-13

[ P ]  North Shore's Beauty to Star Brad Little and Nikki Renée Daniels

[ P ]  Romanian Playwright Visniec's Old Clown Wanted Gets U.S. Premiere by NJ Rep July 10-Aug. 15

[ P ]  Angels in America Tony Winner Appointed Actors Studio Chair

[ P ]  Bloodthirsty Valley Girl Takes Toga and Runs in Julianne Caesar, Off-Broadway Starting June 9

Features:

[ TM ]  Loose Lips by: Brian Scott Lipton
Richard Easton sings the praises of Kevin Kline and Jack O'Brien, Essie Davis stumps for Jumpers, and Matt Cavenaugh soaps himself up.

[ DN ]  New York Streep scene by LISA ARCELLA
Meryl Streep just wants to stay home. She's having a bad hair day. But the busy screen legend has a date she can't break. Streep gets the New Dramatists Career Achievement Award today.

[ DN ]  Robert Dominguez's Que Pasa: More productions per flounce
Chalk it up to coincidence, but a trio of new Latino-oriented plays just happen to focus on the feminine mystique.

[ P ]  Caroline, or Change Just Part of Tonya Pinkins' Full Acting Schedule
If you think the title role in the Tony Award-nominated Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical Caroline, or Change requires a lot of stamina, just take a look at the rest of actress Tonya Pinkins' average day.

[ B ]  Spotlight On: Omar Metwally

[ B ]  Tony Memories: Leslie Uggams

[ B ]  Nominee Poll: What Are You Wearing?

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ANTIGONE'
Look Out, Antigone, Creon Still Means What He Says by MARGO JEFFERSON
Ellen Stewart creates a primal whole with a vibrantly staged "Antigone" at the La MaMa Annex.

[ NJ ]  He's just playing with their heads BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
On the Monday nights when "I Am My Own Wife" does not occupy the stage of the Lyceum Theatre, Marc Salem shows off his truly amazing powers as one of the planet's leading experts on non-verbal communication.

[ CST ]  For 'Christmas,' Baryshnikov revs up the engine BY HEDY WEISS

[ TM ]  Cooking for Kings
Reviewed By: David Finkle
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Wednesday, May 26, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Schiappa to Replace Kudisch in Assassins

[ P ]  Sondheim to Sondheim: Kudisch To Leave Assassins for A Little Night Music

[ P ]  Jason Butler Harner to Be Tom in DC The Glass Menagerie

[ P ]  Missouri Rep Changes Name to Kansas City Rep, Announces World Premiere Jazz Play for 2004-05

[ P ]  Tony Awards for Some Categories to Be Presented Before CBS Broadcast

[ B ]  Tony Telecast Presenters & Numbers Announced

Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: First Sight of New Season With Sight Unseen

[ B ]  Photo Op: Show People Throws a Tony Bash
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Features:

[ SUN ]  Linda Emond: The Exit Interview by JEREMY McCARTER
If you're the sort of person who regards having to speak in public as the most fiendish torture imaginable, Linda Emond will strike you as either (a) very brave or (b) utterly mad.

[ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: A Streetcar Named Desire at The Kennedy Center

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Grieg Goes Broadway by Ken Mandelbaum
SONG OF NORWAY (Decca Broadway)

[ B ]  Were Critics Stirred by MTC's Sight Unseen?

[ SUN ]  Light That Shines Again by JEREMY McCARTER
"Love's young dream" in a new revival of "Sight Unseen".

[ ATW ]  'Tasting Memories': Glorious Food
Review by Laura Shea

News:

[ P ]  York Theatre Season to Include Three Premieres and Is There Life After High School?

[ P ]  Josh Hamilton, Lois Smith Star in Goldberg's Get What You Need, at Atlantic 453 in NYC June 2-20

[ P ]  Concertizing Audra McDonald to Miss Four Days of Raisin

[ P ]  Dance of the Vampires Stars Reunite in New Concert Series

[ P ]  Director Calhoun Responds to CBS Big River Decision

[ P ]  Song List Announced for Audra McDonald's Seven Deadly Sins at Zankel Hall; NPR to Broadcast Concert

[ P ]  Masada Delays Chicago Tryout; Aims for Spring 2005 Broadway Bow

[ P ]  2004 Tony Presenters Are a Diverse Group

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: National News Roundup
'110' in Pasadena; 'Divide' in La Jolla; 'Disguises' in AL; Spoleto Fest Begins
XM Satellite Radio
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News:

[ NYP ]  BURNED BY 'CHEF'S' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
WHAT'S on the menu this week at "Chef's Theater"? Turkey, that's what.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Donna Murphy on her absences (second item).

[ NYT ]  Dispute Over Pay for Tours Strains Talks on Broadway Pact by JESSE McKINLEY
Fears of a summertime strike by Broadway's actors were heightened this week after the chief negotiator for theater producers accused Actors' Equity of hypocrisy.

[ NYT ]  NEWS ANALYSIS
Worries Rise Over the Loss of Arts Focus at Ground Zero by ROBIN POGREBIN
Fund-raisers are backing away and decision making is stalled on the cultural component of a redeveloped World Trade Center site.

"Sight Unseen" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SIGHT UNSEEN'
A Fragile Victim of Love Long Past by BEN BRANTLEY
A sorcerer named Laura Linney is performing an act of magic that happens only in live theater. She has rewritten a play without changing a word.

[ DN ]  Revival no 'Sight' for sore eyes by Howard Kissel
Ultimately, "Sight Unseen" works, because it is full of ideas and verbal elegance. But the lack of chemistry between the characters leads to an evening that takes too long to ignite.

[ NJ ]  An offering that more than meets the eye BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Director Daniel Sullivan's surprisingly so-so production renders the play's possibilities less easy to appreciate.

[ Y ]  Past Dogs Present in 'Unseen' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
The journey to the bigger theater, where the revival opened Tuesday, has not hurt the play, directed with a steady, sure hand by Daniel Sullivan.

[ NYP ]  BEAUTIFULLY ACTED 'SIGHT' WORTH A VIEW by CLIVE BARNES
WITH the revival of "Sight Unseen," Donald Margulies' abrasive, spiked cocktail of a play, the Manhattan Theater Club ends its very first and shaky Broadway season at the Biltmore Theater with a success, perhaps even a hit.

[ USA ]  Linney brightens 'Sight Unseen' by Elysa Gardner
* * * � out of four

[ HC ]  Laura Linney Illumines 'Sight Unseen' by MALCOLM JOHNSON

[ CU ]  Sight Unseen

[ TM ]  Sight Unseen
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ JN ]  Review: "Sight Unseen" by JACQUES LE SOURD

Other Reviews:

[ DN ]  'At Liberty' & loving it by David Bianculli
When "Company" opened in 1970, Stritch was my introduction not only to Broadway, but to a gale-force musical theater talent. All these later, she's still here, and still delivers.

[ VV ]  Streets Where You Live
With anger, compassion, and statistics, Kia Corthron writes the wrongs of the homeless by Michael Feingold
Light Raise the Roof

[ VV ]  Herskovits Moves Theater Forward�to Its Medieval Roots by Michael Feingold
The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Michael Feingold
Boy

[ VV ]  Before the Fall
Shinn explores American loneliness and longing pre-9-11 by Charles McNulty
Where Do We Live

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia reports on the 60th annual Theatre World Awards.

[ BH ]  North Shore's 'Tom Jones' delivers modern message in period guise by Terry Byrne
Interview with songwriters George Stiles and Paul Leigh.

[ B ]  Tony Memories: Michele Pawk

[ P ]  Wicked Producer Relishes Being Part of Tony Race

Other News:

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 26

[ P ]  Lunts Home, Ten Chimneys, Becomes National Historic Landmark on May 26

[ P ]  WHAT Season Begins in Cape Cod with Hoppe's Cuckooland, May 26

[ P ]  London�s Trafalgar Studios Kicks Off with RSC Othello Previews May 26
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  First Person: Little Known Q Facts by Ann Harada

[ B ]  Q&A: Ben Shenkman by Beth Stevens

Reviews:

[ ND ]  Review: "Sight Unseen" BY LINDA WINER
Ah, this is more like it. After a rough debut series at the handsomely restored Biltmore Theatre, the Manhattan Theatre Club officially kicked off the new Broadway season Tuesday with a return to quality as high as its ambitions.

[ TB ]  Sight Unseen
Review by Matthew Murray
There's much that's promising in the show's first Broadway presentation, but it's ultimately a less than completely satisfying experience whether you're revisiting the piece or experiencing it for the first time.

[ B ]  Sight Unseen
Review by Eric Grode

[ B ]  Marc Salem's Mind Games on Broadway
Review by William Stevenson

News:

[ B ]  Masada Delays Out-of-Town Run by Five Months

[ B ]  Elisabeth Waterston to Join Her Dad in Much Ado

[ P ]  Beast on the Moon, Hit Play About Armenian Survivors, To Make NYC Debut in 2005

[ P ]  Cast Set for Gary Griffin Two-Piano Staging of My Fair Lady at Hartford Stage, July 3-Aug. 1

[ P ]  Intimate Apparel Heads to Los Angeles Following Off-Broadway Run with NY Cast
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[ B ]  DVDs: Knight of the Woeful Countenance by Ken Mandelbaum
I hear that Richard Kind is a possibility for the next Max in the Broadway The Producers.
MAN OF LA MANCHA (MGM)

News:

[ VV ]  La Dolce Musto by Michael Musto
I hear crinoline-wearing kook Cyndi Lauper will most likely be the next Audrey in Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, casting that's so perfect it's amazing it took so long for the "True Colors" gal to be up there singing "Somewhere That's Green."
Last item.
Thanks to whereismikeyfl on All That Chat for the link!

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 17-23

[ P ]  Athol Fugard's Exits and Entrances Has World Premiere in Los Angeles

[ P ]  Hepburn Auction Feature Items From Her Theatre Career

[ P ]  Rubinstein Starrer Counsellor-at-Law Adds Performances

[ P ]  Art World Donates Work for Auction to Benefit Foreman's Ontological

[ P ]  Avenue Q Stars Go Puppetless at Musicals Tonight! Show Empty Handed, June 14

[ TM ]  Barnhart, D'Abruzzo, and Tartaglia to Perform Sans Puppets in Empty-Handed

[ P ]  Tony Walton Adds More Loesser to Where's Charley? Revival at Goodspeed This Summer

[ P ]  Lorna Luft to Bring Songs My Mother Taught Me to London

[ P ]  Tony Telecast to Feature Pinkins Singing "Lot's Wife," Assassins' "Everybody's Got the Right" and More

[ P ]  Chef's Theater Goes on Hiatus Until Fall

[ B ]  Chef's Theater Continues Hiatus Through Sept.

[ P ]  Weitz May Direct Stoppard's "His Dark Materials"

[ P ]  Avenue Jew Skit Now Available on Easter Bonnet VHS/DVD

[ P ]  DC's Ford's Theatre Has Thornton Wilder, Carson McCullers and Big River in 2004-05

[ P ]  Broadway's Golden Age Spotlighted at May 27 Chatterbox

[ P ]  "Boy Meets Boy" Star Getzlaff to Make Off-Broadway Debut in Gay Italian Wedding

[ P ]  Wicked to Perform on NBC's "Weekend Today"

[ P ]  Drama Desk Winner Joins "Jamie deRoy & Friends" at May 25 Concert

[ B ]  Big River Number Nixed from Tony Telecast

[ TM ]  Brian Stokes Mitchell Elected President of The Actors' Fund

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Now That's What I Call a Storm is what Barbara & Scott call a play. Plus: one last look at this year's MAC Awards.

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Heather Headley Triumphantly Returns Home

[ TM ]  World Class by: Michael Portantiere
Established stars joined up-and-comers for the 60th Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony at Studio 54.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Rising Star D'Abruzzo & Others Honored at Theatre World Awards
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Features:

[ NYT ]  A New Athol Fugard Play Strides on Hollywood's Meaner Streets by BERNARD WEINRAUB
Athol Fugard's new play, "Exits and Entrances," opened in an unlikely setting on Saturday, the 78-seat Fountain Theater, a cozy house in a bleak Hollywood neighborhood.

[ NYT ]  Kevin Spacey's New Role, Overseas and Behind the Scenes by MEL GUSSOW
In an innovative move, an American actor, Kevin Spacey, has assumed the artistic direction of the Old Vic, one of London's most historic cultural institutions.

[ INQ ]  A goat wreaks havoc, and boosts a career by Douglas J. Keating
Edward Albee's tragicomedy about a besotted man is getting its local premiere. At 76, the playwright is again on top.

[ ND ]  ZOE CALDWELL: This play's her cup of 'Limonade' BY BLAKE GREEN
The source being understandably biased, it's not surprising to find the three actors in "Limonade Tous les Jours" described as "delicious," "brilliant" and, in the case of Alan Alda, "marvelous."

[ BS ]  Catching Up With: Deborah Gibson
The artist formerly known as Debbie is currently starring opposite Christopher Sieber, Sharon Lawrence, Judith Light, and Richard Kline in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company.

[ ND ]  An American Place for kid literature BY AILEEN JACOBSON
'Bees' and other books' characters get a life onstage

[ B ]  Nominee Q&A: Donna Murphy

[ B ]  In Their Words: Doug Wright

[ BG ]  Working Vacations by Catherine Foster
Bogart, Peck, and even Bette Davis did it. Acting in a summer production on the Cape provides a break from an otherwise cutthroat profession -- though there is still plenty of unpredictable drama.

[ BG ]  Boy Meets Girl by Christopher Muther
At night, Varla Jean Merman is Provincetown's queen of cabaret. By day, "she" is Jeffery Roberson, an actor on the rise who refuses to be dragged down by typecasting.

[ RMN ]  Moving experience by Marc Shulgold
Laurie Kanyok vividly remembers her first day of rehearsals for Movin' Out, when famed dance-maker Twyla Tharp entered the room.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ B ]  Photo Op: Bright Lights (Finally) Goes On the Record

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW'
A Lawyer You Love to Hate When His Life Starts Crumbling by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Entertainment in abundance radiates from the sparkling new production of the old Elmer Rice drama "Counsellor-at-Law."

[ DN ]  As good as new (and maybe better) by Howard Kissel
Revivals are valuable not only for what they tell us about the work being revived, but also for the way they illuminate our assumptions about their eras - and our own.

[ ND ]  Review: "Baptism by Fire" BY GORDON COX
Michael Imperioli isn't wandering too far afield from the show that made him famous.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE TWO AND ONLY'
A Ventriloquist Explains It All, Humorously and Touchingly by D. J. R. BRUCKNER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SUPERPOWERS'
The Naked Pedestrian Is Dead, and the Sleuths Are a Bit Slow by D. J. R. BRUCKNER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'LIGHT RAISE THE ROOF'
Reality vs. Best-Laid Plans for the Homeless by MARGO JEFFERSON
Kia Corthron's drama about a fractured community of the homeless in New York City has gripping moments, but it isn't consistently and coherently powerful.

[ TM ]  Company
Los Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz

[ TM ]  Nat King Cole and Me
Denver Review By: Owen Perkins

[ WP ]  Spunk, but Little Spark, in Arena's 'Orpheus Descending' by Peter Marks
With "Orpheus Descending," Arena Stage goes where the Kennedy Center feared to tread.

[ WP ]  'Mahalia': Gospel Music Powers This Shaky Vehicle by Nelson Pressley

[ LAT ]  'Millie's' bubbly has burst in L.A. by James C. Taylor
Far from Broadway and without its original cast, "Thoroughly Modern Millie" doesn't quite cut it as a thoroughly modern musical.

[ OCR ]  'Millie' gets a twist with new star by PAUL HODGINS
A thoroughly silly musical leaves a different impression without Tony winner in its title role.

News:

[ P ]  CBS Nixes Big River Tony Performance

[ B ]  Boy Meets Boy Star Ready for Off-B'way Wedding

[ WP ]  Backstage: Thinking Big at Ford's by Jane Horwitz
New Producing Director Wants to Expand Theater's Range

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 25

[ P ]  Artist Is Subject of His Own Canvas in Broadway Bow of Margulies' Sight Unseen

[ P ]  Zoe Caldwell Directs Alan Alda in Mee's Limonade at Bay Street, May 25

[ P ]  Contract Talks Between Actors' Equity and Broadway Producers Heat Up

[ P ]  A Picasso and Beauty of the Father Joins MTC Slate for 2004-05

[ P ]  Unnerving Cockpit Docu-Drama Charlie Victor Romeo Returns to Off Broadway, May 26

[ P ]  Barbara Siman's Stolen, New Show Merging Music, Dance and Text, Gets NYC Presentations May 26-27

[ ATW ]  Broaday and Beyond: NYC Festivals for Summer '04, Part 2
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[ ATW ]  Antigone World Premiere Kicks Off Epic Greek Series at La MaMa
Review by Andy Propst
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Monday, May 24, 2004

[ B ]  Hutton & Quaid to Star in B'way's Terrible Advice
Broadway.com has learned that Timothy Hutton and Randy Quaid, who will co-star in the upcoming Sci Fi channel miniseries 5 Days to Midnight, will soon be appearing together on the Great White Way.

[ B ]  MTC Readies Works by Shanley, Hatcher & Cruz
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Features:

[ TM ]  Don't Forget: Hire the Vet!
Michael Buckley chats with Kitty Carlisle Hart and Philip Bosco, two of the veteran stars of Tasting Memories.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews Retta Blaney's new book of interviews with actors on the subject of spirituality and religion.

[ ATW ]  The Triangle Factory Fire Project Makes for Fresh, Bracing Theater
Review by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Cooking for Kings

News:

[ P ]  Ensemble Studio Theater Postpones Annual One-Act Marathon to November

[ P ]  "De-Lovely," Cole Porter Bio-Pic Starring Kevin Kline, Due Out June 25

[ P ]  Billy Zane Stars in Gelsomina Reading May 24

[ P ]  Brian Stokes Mitchell Elected Actors' Fund President

[ P ]  Hollywood Bowl Announces Hall of Fame Inductees; Gala Set for June 25

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Off-Broadway's Bare Offers Free EP CD with Ticket Purchase
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[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Glimpse Inside the Obies Ceremony
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[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond:Boston's Lyric Goes from Sweden to Hollywood in '04-'05, Sojourns in CA, NY, and MO in Between
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[ CNY ]��Theater league commits to extensive negotiations by Miriam Kreinin Souccar

[ NYP ]��PLAY IT AIN'T SO! B'WAY STRIKE EYED by BILL HOFFMANN
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Features:

[ B ]  Tony's Best Musicals---Part Three by Ken Mandelbaum

News:

[ P ]  Cilento's Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Plays Pasadena Playhouse Fall 2004

[ P ]  Kathie Lee Gifford's Hurricane Aimee Musical Gets Private Readings May 24; Carmello Is McPherson

[ P ]  Jean Smart, Alan Thicke and More Join All-Star Mame Concert Aug. 1

[ P ]  "The Dame Edna Experience" Arrives on DVD in June

[ P ]  Wilson, Mayes, Harnar, Officer and MacRae Part of Hamptons Cabaret Convention

[ P ]  Shannen Doherty Part of Free Play Reading May 24-25
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Features:

[ BSUN ]  Broadway makes a play for a more diverse audience by Rashod D. Ollison
When he takes the stage, the place swells with applause and deafening hoots and hollers - especially on the upper level where most of the young folks sit.
By the way, you're not at a rock concert.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia has big praise for Neva Small's new CD, "My Place in the World."

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
TONY'S TOUGH FIGHT

[ B ]  Photo Op: Idol Aiken Meets Modern Millie

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Original Chicago Star Rivera Honored by National Dance Institute

[ CCT ]  Singer's dream seems to have holding power by PAT CRAIG
With 'Hairspray,' Hayward's NRaca lands her first national tour with a Broadway-style show
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Reviews:

[ NJ ]  Show has too much of a good thing BY PETER FILICHIA
Here's some sound advice for Queen Esther Marrow.

[ NYP ]  'BOY' HAS A TOUCH OF THE POET by DONALD LYONS
'BOY" is a poetic, slightly incoherent mood piece about a mysterious 17-year-old Iowa boy and his effects upon a Minnesota family.

[ NYer ]  DOWN AND OUT by JOHN LAHR
Twenty-seven characters in search of a play.
Boy and Light Raise the Roof.

[ NYP ]  'ABSOLUTELY' EVERYTHING by DONALD LYONS
THERE'S "Absolutely Fabulous" - and then there's "Absolutely Fascinating," the new revue by the British satirical singing trio Fascinating Aida.

[ B ]  The Triangle Factory Fire Project
Review by Katie Riegel

News:

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 24

[ P ]  Heather Headley Offers Broadway and R&B in Home Concert

[ P ]  Rent's Link Part of Reading of Sauvage's Cheyenne May 24

[ P ]  London's Tricycle Gets Political with Guantanamo Bay, Opening May 24

[ P ]  Earle Gister, Yale Acting Master, Stages His Passion, The Seagull, in NYC, May 24-29

[ P ]  Musical of Musicals Reopens Off-Broadway May 24
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Sunday, May 23, 2004

[ KC ]  Meet-Up RESULTS and THANKS
Yesterday, after the matinee of WICKED, Kristin Chenoweth held a meeting of her online fans. It was a wonderful, heartwarming event, with about sixty people attending. And thanks to Kristin's dollar-for-dollar match, it raised $4,452 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Here's a link to a summary from the event's amazing organizer, Jaime Morris.
I only hope this idea catches on!

[ CST ]  Tony Kushner responds to 'Caroline' charge
Note: In the May 9 issue of Sunday Showcase, theater critic Hedy Weiss reviewed several current Broadway productions, including "Caroline or Change," written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Mr. Kushner asked for an opportunity to respond to Weiss' comments; here is his reply.

The New York Times 2004 Tony Awards Section:

[ NYT ]  The Good, the Bad and the Tonys by BEN BRANTLEY
For two decades, it has been hard to argue that the Tony Awards celebrate what is truly the best of American theater. This year, it's hard to imagine that anyone is even going to try.

[ NYT ]  The Best Tony Fight in Years by JESSE MCKINLEY
The Tony Awards are not exactly known for competitive intrigue. But this year, the competition for best leading actress in a musical has got something for everyone.

[ NYT ]  Audio Slide Show

[ NYT ]  The Tony Effect (or Lack Thereof) by JASON ZINOMAN
Of the many odd aspects of the Tony Awards, one of the oddest is that the prizes rarely have any effect on a show's box office.

[ NYT ]  Green Day: A Witch's Transformation by LIESL SCHILLINGER
Eight times a week, Idina Menzel, who plays Elphaba in the Broadway musical "Wicked," is turned into a full-grown witch.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: A Witch's Transformation

[ NYT ]  The Wages of Song: At Least $1,354 a Week by ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH
It pays to work in a Broadway chorus. But does it pay well enough?

[ NYT ]  Donna Murphy's Classic Movie Crib Sheet by ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH
Donna Murphy prepared for her role in "Wonderful Town" by watching 40 to 50 films from the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Here are eight of the films she found particularly helpful.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: Donna Murphy at the Movies

[ NYT ]  The Lyrics of the Year by JASON ZINOMAN
Lyrics from songs in the four shows nominated this year for a Tony Award in the category of best original score (music and/or lyrics).

[ NYT ]  The Specialists Behind the Scenes by MELENA Z. RYZIK
The technical experts from five Broadway productions describe how they made their shows' special effects truly special.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: The Specialists

[ NYT ]  Letters From Squeaky by JESSE GREEN
Earlier this year, Squeaky Fromme wrote to the actress who plays her in the revival of "Assassins" about what it was like to be at the center of the Manson fold.

Features:

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: Broadway's Golden Age and a Rent Rant

[ WP ]  Acting Bravely by Nelson Pressley
With 'Beyond Glory,' Stephen Lang Comes Down on One Side: His Heroes'

[ ND ]  THE BUZZ: Some 'Assassins' were long shots by Blake Green

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Jefferson Mays by Zachary Pincus-Roth

[ NYT ]  Baryshnikov as the Vehicle for Wry Stalinist Memories by BRUCE WEBER
In his collaboration with the puppeteer Rezo Gabriadze, Mikhail Baryshnikov plays a man who thinks he is a car.

[ CST ]  Chicago theater in a League of its own BY KEVIN NANCE
When the League of Chicago Theatres marks its 25th anniversary on Monday night with a gala at the Goodman Theatre, the text -- to be spoken by Windy City theater alumni William Petersen and Jim Belushi, among others -- will be a then-and-now look at Chicago theater. The subtext, though, is the story of the league itself, which has played a quiet but significant role in the Chicago theater boom of the past quarter-century.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Tony Randall, Barbara Cook, Drama League Awards.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Tony n' Tina n' Sam

[ B ]  Photo Op: Wicked Works It at Sephora

[ B ]  Photo Op: Bare Boys and Girls Sign CDs for Fans

[ B ]  Photo Op: An Intimate Fete for Mama Rose and Family

[ B ]  Photo Op: Jeanine Tesori Toasted by ASCAP

[ BH ]  Thatcher steps up to 'Oklahoma!' re-creation by Robert Nesti

[ BG ]  Opera House's reopening is an event fit for 'Lion King' by Ed Siegel
Restored venue to host acclaimed Taymor musical

[ LAT ]  It's still all work, no play by Agustin Gurza
L.A.'s Latino theater scene has a promising new venue but no major productions lined up, leaving backers scrambling to build support.

[ B ]  Tony Memories: Joe Mantello

[ B ]  Nominee Q&A: Michael McElroy

[ P ]  Golden Boys Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Score with Avenue Q

[ P ]  Assassins Shooter Michael Cerveris Gunning for Tony Award

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Wicked Witches Get Ruby Red Lips, Not Slippers, at Make-Up Launch

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Jeanine Tesori Joined by Friends, Colleagues at ASCAP Honoring

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Aida Gets a Fascinating Update in New Off-Broadway Musical

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bernadette Peters Gets Portrait Hung at Italian Restaurant

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features and reviews!

[ CCT ]  Berkeley Rep brings masters together by PAT CRAIG
During rehearsals, they call Rita Moreno "la Leyenda."

[ CSM ]  Meet theater's one-woman UN by Marie Ewald
Sarah Jones's neighbors wonder about the voices floating through the walls of her West Village apartment.

[ FW ]  Lone Star lit by Mark Lowry
Betty Buckley and others give voice to home-state authors in Texas Bound

[ P-I ]  Unusual musical 'Urinetown' basks in word-of-mouth praise By JOE ADCOCK

[ ST ]  'Urinetown': 'Simpsons' and 'South Park' meet Weill and Brecht by Misha Berson

[ OCR ]  'Annie' hits the target by ERIC MARCHESE
"Annie Get Your Gun," with Christa Jackson.

[ LADN ]  Sondheim done to perfection by Evan Henerson
FOR THREE short weeks -- one more than we usually get -- the musical series Reprise! is turning UCLA's Freud Playhouse into a "Company' town. And there's a lot of praise to go around.

[ OCR ]  During songs, 'Company' sings by PAUL HODGINS
Flaws are retained in this Reprise! production, but Sondheim's music still delivers the goods.

[ SFC ]  Dukakis portrays courageous 'Mother' by Robert Hurwitt

Other Reviews:

[ BSUN ]  Symbolism fills 'Orpheus' in D.C. by J. Wynn Rousuck
Actors are making a noble effort with Williams' script

[ TM ]  The Wau Wau Sisters
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TB ]  Tasting Memories
Review by Matthew Murray
Tasting Memories is a brilliantly conceived and intriguingly cast exercise in exploring the links between passion, food, and theatre.

[ TB ]  Outside the Law
Review by Matthew Murray

News:

[ P ]  June Carroll, Performer and Lyricist for New Faces and Other Shows, Dead at 86

[ IBDB ]  June Carroll's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Broadway-Bound Fools to Play Pasadena

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 23

[ P ]  Forbidden Broadway�s Alessandrini Predicts the Tonys on "Radio Playbill" May 24-June 6

[ P ]  Match Goes Out as Belber Play Concludes Brief Broadway Run May 23

[ P ]  World Premiere of Disguises Presents Life of Beaumarchais as Figaro-Worthy Comedy

[ P ]  Glitter and Be Gay: Chellis, von Stade, Evans Sing Candide Concert in Ann Arbor; Brent Wagner Directs

[ P ]  Casting a Doubt: Shanley's Catholic-School Play Expected at MTC in Fall

[ P ]  Hortua, Daisey, Edelstein Featured in 2004 Cape Cod Theatre Project Season

[ P ]  Add Boy From Oz Lyricist to Tony Presenters List
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