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Saturday, June 19, 2004

[ NYT ]  Workshopped to Death, Without Reaching a Theater by JESSE MCKINLEY
The rise of workshops and other developmental half-steps in the modern theater can be directly connected to two things: money and risk.

[ NYT ]  THIS WEEK: Jackie Takes the N Train by JIM O'GRADY
The star of "Cirque Jacqueline," a one-woman show about the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is not shy about hitting the streets in costume.

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT: 'The Direct Line Play'
A dream team of 25 playwrights each wrote a different scene for "The Direct Line Play." Here is an excerpt of a scene by John Guare.

[ NYT ]  Where Puppets Are Not Second-String by ELAINE ARADILLAS
The puppet conference in Waterford, Conn., offers both beginners and the world's best a chance to experiment in an increasingly popular craft.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RUSH'S DREAM'
Bringing Together Two Great Minds by NEIL GENZLINGER

This distillation of the letters exchanged by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams has compelling ideas, but it isn't very compelling as theater.

[ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Typewriter Dreams: Three Centuries of One-Acts': A 5-Course Buffet of Short Takes

[ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Othello': The Moor of Venice Gets Some Help

[ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Monster': British Musings Full of Barbs

[ AICN ]  Fight Club, The Musical?
Thanks to "Zee" over at Talkin'Broadway's All That Chat for pointing the link out!

[ V ]  'Raisin' runneth over, recouping in 9 weeks
B'way's 'Sun' shines brightly

Sean Combs starrer "A Raisin in the Sun" has recouped its $2.4 million capitalization in only nine weeks on Broadway. The show's lead producer, David Binder, reported the revival of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 drama went into the black May 30.
6/17/04 10:35pm

[ V ]  Roundabout touts sked�
'Fool for Love,' 'Reele' among slated prod'ns

6/17/04 11:23pm

[ V ]  B'way duos head to library�
Music and lyrics from 'Fiddler,' 'Cabaret' among donations

6/17/04 8:02pm

[ V ]  Progress reported in actors' talks�
Current agreement terminates June 27

6/16/04 8:32pm

Anyone know what the heck happened to the Fynsworth Alley website? Do they really intend on staying in the business with that website?

posted at 6/19/2004 08:10:57 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Friday, June 18, 2004

[ B ]  Slava's Snow Show Books the Union Square
Slava's Snow Show, which was announced for a Broadway run (that never materialized) in 1998, is hitting Gotham.

[ P ]  Baitz, Moses, Gibson and Greenspan Get Playwrights Horizons Commissions

[ P ]  New Roundabout Season Sets Miller, Shepard, Belber, Williams and Another Sondheim Musical

[ P ]  Caroline, or Change Cast Album � on Two Discs � Due in Stores June 29

posted at 6/18/2004 03:45:21 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ B ]  First Person: Wonderful Broadway Dad by Gregg Edelman

[ P ]  Cameron Mackintosh Plays Tour Guide at Refurbished Prince of Wales


Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Suits Me Fine by Ken Mandelbaum
MAKE A WISH (Sepia)

News:

[ B ]  Allan Knee's Syncopation Readies for Broadway

[ P ]  Little Women's Allan Knee Will See Syncopation Reach Broadway Oct. 2

[ P ]  Watermill�s Sweeney Todd Moves to London

[ P ]  Clowns, Concentration Camps, and Dancing Ghosts Abound at the Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival

[ P ]  San Francisco I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Extends to Open Run

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Bevy of Musical Theater Plans for CA
XM Satellite Radio

posted at 6/18/2004 12:20:13 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



News:

[ NYP ]  THIS SUMMER'S BUMMERS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE revival of Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," which yesterday posted an early closing notice, is the first show to bow to a frightening reality on Broadway right now: After July 4, ticket sales for all but a handful of shows are in the crapper.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Back to Basics in New Season By JASON ZINOMAN

If the last Broadway season seemed hipper than usual, with puppets and Puffy leading the way, the new season is shaping up as more retro.

[ NYT ]  Actors' Union Authorizes Strike if Pact Isn't Reached By JESSE McKINLEY
The membership of Actors Equity has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if the union cannot reach a new contract with producers by June 27.

[ V ]  Roundabout touts sked
'Fool for Love,' 'Reele' among slated prod'ns

[ B ]  Clarke & Mee Collaborate on Nothing Is Forever

[ B ]  From My Hometown Returns to Gotham Stage

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 18

[ P ]  Irving in Safe Harbor Kicks Off New York Stage and Film Season June 18; Chalfant Cast in Warhol Play

[ P ]  Fabulation, a Sold Out Phenom at Playwrights Horizons, Gets Added Shows to July 11

[ P ]  Creative Team Announced for Sondheim�s Opening Doors

[ P ]  Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn to Star in Broadway Revival of 'night, Mother

[ P ]  Martha Clarke's Toulouse-Lautrec Dance Piece Nothing Is Forever to Debut at Lincoln Center Theatre Oct. 21

[ P ]  Raisin in the Sun Recoups Its Investment After Two Months

[ P ]  Young Performers Sing New Show Tunes in Metropolitan Music Revue June 20 at the York

[ P ]  Rapp and Kelly to Head Cast of Little Shop of Horrors Tour

[ NYP ]  J'PARDY STREAK: DAY 12 By MICHAEL STARR

The brainy software developer battled it out last night with two tough competitors, Steve Guilio from Washington Township, N.J. (Bergen County) and Deirdre Basile � a Connecticut mom and the daughter of actor Brian Dennehy.
Congratulations to Deirdre on a game well-played.

Features:

[ NYT ]  JUST BROWSING
That Invisible Hand Guides the Game of Ticket Hunting By WILLIAM GRIMES

StubHub.com offers an arena for ticket buyers and sellers to arrive at a price that reflects the true value of a commodity, be it Madonna or the Yankees.

[ NYT ]  REVERBERATIONS
On Broadway or CD's, Bernstein Is Still an Exuberant Presence By JOHN ROCKWELL

Beyond his genius as a composer, conductor and public presence, there was something about Lenny's outrageous character that continues to fascinate.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Caroline's Veanne Cox Plus News of Peters, Menzel and More

[ TM ]  Thanks a Lot But No Thanks

David Barbour identifies the most thankless roles of the 2003-2004 Broadway season.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia takes a peek inside New York's exciting new Broadway book store.

[ NJ ]  Dad and daughter, onstage and off: John and Ashleigh Davidson star in 'State Fair' at Surflight Theatre BY PETER FILICHIA

[ BH ]  Jeune Lune enriches ART's production of `The Miser' By Terry Byrne

Plus Julianne Boyd and Barrington Stage.

[ CST ]  Music makes Hurston's 'Eyes' shine Visionary BY MARY HOULIHAN

"Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo's Greatest Hits" - Reviews:

[ JN ]  Kathy & Mo ride again By JACQUES LE SOURD
Yes, time passes. But at their best, Kathy and Mo are still a sterling comedy duo, approaching Mike Nichols and Elaine May in the quality of their best stuff.

[ NJ ]  Kathy and Mo's wistful reunion BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Sketch comics appear a tad dated, though new viewers may disagree

[ B ]  Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo's Greatest Hits
Review by Eric Grode

Fasten your seat belts and hold on to your sides. Kathy and Mo are back.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AFTERBIRTH: KATHY AND MO'S GREATEST HITS'
Women Acting Their Age, and Everybody Else's By BEN BRANTLEY

Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney revive some of the skits that made them comedy cult stars in an affectionate, relaxed show at Second Stage Theater.

[ SUN ]  Fighting the Last Culture War by JEREMY McCARTER
In the old days, back when �wimp factor� was a charge the world flung at President Bush, and not the other way around, there was a sketch comedy team called Kathy & Mo.

[ ND ]  Kathy and Mo balance sentiment with brass BY GORDON COX

[ DN ]  Kathy & Mo unpack their old skit bag by Howard Kissel

[ Y ]  'Afterbirth' Refreshing and Funny By JUSTIN GLANVILLE, Associated Press Writer

[ TB ]  Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo's Greatest Hits
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo's Greatest Hits
Reviewed By: David Finkle


Other Reviews:

[ WP ]  Big Daddy Makes This 'Cat' Growl By Peter Marks
George Grizzard's snarling and virile performance as the profane patriarch of a rancid Delta household gives the Kennedy Center's production of this Tennessee Williams potboiler a sterling, startling core.

[ BSUN ]  Director guides this 'Cat' By J. Wynn Rousuck
Williams' play hits mark at Kennedy

[ INQ ]  Payback is a real stitch By Desmond Ryan
In a sense, Seth Rudetsky's one-man show, Rhapsody in Seth, is a different form of dinner theater. The main course of the evening is a dish of revenge.

[ INQ ]  What's under those 130 hats? By Howard Shapiro
Songs and stories of "Crowns" not as simple as they seem.

[ NYP ]  CAST'S FAB IN 'RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE' By DONALD LYONS

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column

A hunger for Jungr. Plus: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical returns and two theater-connected movies are about to be released.

[ ATW ]  The Fastest Woman Alive: Swirling History of a Little-Known Aviatrix
Review by Andy Propst

[ NYT ]  MUSIC REVIEW | JANE MONHEIT
Haunting Is Her Specialty By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Ms. Monheit provided a pulsating richness and a a girlish nasality to long-lined phrases in her performance at the Oak Room on Wednesday.

posted at 6/18/2004 08:44:40 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Thursday, June 17, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Blethyn & Falco Set for 'Night Mother Revival

[ BS ]  1994 Pulitzer Prize/Nicholl Fellowship Winner Dennis Clontz Dies at 51

[ BS ]  Local 802 Ups Fight Against Virtual Music

[ BS ]  'Avenue Q' to Vegas: Did Regional Tony Voters Get Their Strings Pulled?

While it's true that various theatre people have groups to represent them, it has long been equally true that there must be a fundamental trust in the industry for it to run.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following reviews:

[ HChron ]  Everything's not coming up roses in 'Gypsy' By EVERETT EVANS
I always assumed Gypsy was indestructible, but that was before encountering the production by the Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre.
With Andrea McArdle.

[ FW ]  'Yankee Doodle' is anything but dandy By Elaine Liner
Beware the exclamation mark. Oklahoma! deserved one. Hello, Dolly! did, too. But the production of Yankee Doodle Dandy!, playing through June 27 at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas, should substitute its exclamatory punctuation with a colon. As in, Yankee Doodle Dandy: Yet Another Thinly Written Musical Bio About a Star Who Died Before Most of Us Were Born.
With Sean Martin Hingston.

[ PTR ]  Civic Light Opera's 'King and I' a royal offering By Alice T. Carter
If on opening night Martin Vidnovic's King and Sandy Duncan's Anna Leonowens were not yet completely in command of all they surveyed, it's nothing that won't be surmounted within a night or two.

[ PTR ]  Lush 'King and I' plays up its royal feel By Christopher Rawson

Features:

[ CT ]  Playwright tells intimate tales by MICHAEL KILIAN
Lynn Nottage wrote 2 works simultaneously

[ BS ]  Multiple Personalities: The Challenges of Playing Several Roles in One Play
Jordan Lage feels a biggest stumbling block to playing more than one role in a play is an actor's ego. "There is the danger of creating false distinctions between characters that may not be there."

posted at 6/17/2004 05:19:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



News:

[ B ]  West End to Get Guys and Dolls Revival

[ B ]  Sweeney Todd to Return to the West End in July

[ P ]  Dreams of Apollo Theatre Glory Fuel From My Hometown, New R&B Musical Starting July 12

[ P ]  Assassins Stars Cerveris, Gemignani, Kassebaum Perform at Joe's Pub, July 12

[ P ]  Chalfant Will Appear in MTC's Four by Tenn Come Fall

[ P ]  Monk Joins Cast of Broadway's Reckless; Previews Begin Sept. 22

[ P ]  Hilton Hotel Heiress Vies for Spot on "The View" in I Love Paris in NYC, July 26-Aug. 30

[ P ]  National Theatre's Revival of Jumpers to End Broadway Run on July 11

[ P ]  Newman to Helm Direct Line Play Featuring 25 Playwrights from Beane to Wasserstein

[ P ]  Stritch Is in the House for Adirondack Fest's 10th Anniversary in New Home, Opening June 17

[ P ]  Tonight�s the Night Will Close in London in October

[ P ]  Auction of 1000 Stars to Begin in July

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Features Simonson Book, Riedel-Leveaux Flap and Finian's Rainbow


Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Aquila Does Carnegie Hall For a Night

[ WJN ]  Paige Davis is Trading Images

Reviews:

[ ATW ]  Ionesco's Ghost Hovers Over Comedic The Kidney
Review by Andy Propst

[ TB ]  John Epperson: Show Trash, The Blue Room, and The World Goes 'Round
Washington, D.C. Reviews by Tracy Lyon

[ ATW ]  'Gielgud's Letters' Fascinating Reading
XM Satellite Radio

[ TB ]  Sound Advice 6-17-04 by Jonathan Frank

posted at 6/17/2004 03:51:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



[ B ]  Tom Stoppard's Jumpers to Close on July 11
The show had been scheduled to complete its limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson on August 22. By the time it closes, the production will have completed 23 previews and 112 regular performances.

[ B ]  Obscure Recordings: Magdalena by Ken Mandelbaum
Two of this season's Broadway musicals have swapped theatres: The Marquis will house La Cage aux Folles; the Palace will house All Shook Up.

[ B ]  Kathleen Chalfant to Star in MTC's Four by Tenn

posted at 6/17/2004 12:19:45 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



[ STARS ]  GEORGE S. IRVING LOOKS BACK ON A HALF CENTURY IN THEATER
by ELLIS NASSOUR

The Tony Award-winning scene-stealer has been reflecting on his 50 plus years in theater as he prepares for his one-man retrospective George S. Irving - Still Carrying On, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre June 18-20. "One thing for sure," he says emphatically, "theater has changed! The biggest change is that the great composers are gone. Every year one or the other had a new show. They were giants! We still have Sondheim, but the economics of today's theatre don't allow a new show every season."


[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Making his theatrical rounds, BSL checks in with George S. Irving, Lisa Kron, and Scott Schwartz.

News:

[ TM ]  Avenue Q Producer Comments on No-Tour Flap

[ B ]  Final Three Leads Set for The Woman in White

[ B ]  Combs to Return to A Raisin in the Sun June 17

[ B ]  Henderson to Play Van Helsing in Dracula

[ P ]  Broadway's Dracula Musical Has a New Vampire Hunter

[ HC ]  Irwin in Middletown; Colby and Bresnahan in 'Cat' by Frank Rizzo

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 17

[ P ]  From Bobby to Billy: Sieber Returns to Broadway's Chicago June 17

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

[ P ]  We Happy Few Begins London Previews June 17

[ P ]  Roiling Conflicts of Winesburg, Ohio Come to Life in New Musical

[ P ]  Equity and League Report Progress in Broadway Talks

[ P ]  Five Different Settings, Five Different Musicals: Five-Course Love Gets World Premiere in Rochester June 16

[ P ]  Born in a Trunk: Johnson's Critically-Embraced Ventriloquism Show, The Two and Only, Extends to Aug. 15

[ P ]  Trinity Rep Takes on The Henriad, Molière Impromptu and New Strouse Musical You Never Know

[ P ]  "Will & Grace" Actor Headlines His Own Play, When You Swish Upon a Star, June 24 in East Hampton


Features:

[ NYT ]  Dissent Greets Isaac Bashevis Singer Centennial By ALANA NEWHOUSE
Some critics argue that Isaac Bashevis Singer was unjustly celebrated at the expense of better Yiddish writers.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Puppet Pals: Avenue Q Visits The Two and Only

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Fabulous Fete for Fabulation

[ INQ ]  A scene change is under way at the Pa. Shakespeare Festival By Douglas J. Keating

"At the heart of any classical Shakespeare production is the company of actors, and the better those actors are the better it is going to be." - Patrick Mulcahy, new producing artistic director

Reviews:

[ BH ]  Kaplan evinces Groucho's wit By Robert Nesti

[ TB ]  �More I Cannot Wish You�: First Class Guys and Dolls Revival at Paper Mill by Bob Rendell

[ CU ]  Boise

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MY FAIR LADY'
Now It Still Rains in Spain, but the Peninsula's Smaller By NEIL GENZLINGER

The radiant "My Fair Lady" in Princeton, N.J., through June 27 isn't the musical you remember, and yet at the same time it is.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RICHARD III'
A Twisted King Twisted Again, With Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll By D. J. R. BRUCKNER

The Judith Shakespeare Company's loud, flashy and hugely energetic production of "Richard III" features female actors in all the leading roles.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'NIGHT SINGS ITS SONGS'
A Man, a Woman and a Baby, Locked in a Northern Nightmare By ANITA GATES

It's tempting to label Jon Fosse's stark drama, with its dual postpartum depression, marital alienation and extreme reactions, quintessentially Scandinavian.

posted at 6/17/2004 07:47:55 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

[ DN ]��Bard from attending
    Bard from attending
    Flushing: I am a wheelchair-using disabled person with a number of medical problems. The last two years, I've been able to enjoy Shakespeare in the Park because it allowed the disabled to reserve tickets in advance and pick them up before the show. The new manager has changed this policy. Now you have to go to the theater at 1 p.m. the day of the show and wait on line. If you are able-bodied, this may not seem like a problem, but for the disabled it can be near impossible. You might have medical conditions that could endanger your health if you sit out in the sun. And those who use Access-A-Ride cannot arrange to be dropped off to wait for tickets, then be picked up and taken to the park for the performance. I believe this new policy will exclude the disabled from being able to attend.

    Peter Shamin
Can someone do something about this? How disgusting.

posted at 6/16/2004 02:51:12 PM by James Marino | Item Link



[ B ]  Looking Back: '69-'70 by Ken Mandelbaum
I hear that Hank Azaria, Tim Curry, and David Hyde Pierce have been offered roles in the upcoming Spamalot.
FYI: Pierce told the New York Daily News last month that he would be appearing in Spamalot, and we mentioned it here, too.

News:

[ B ]  Debra Monk Set for Broadway's Reckless

[ B ]  Tracy Letts' Bug to Hit the Big Screen

[ P ]  Friedkin Options Rights to Direct Film of Letts' Bug

[ P ]  Assassins Bookwriter Weidman Interviewed on NY1's "Close-Up," June 16

[ P ]  Paper Mill Finds Its Baker for Stephen Schwartz's Baker's Wife

[ P ]  Beth Henley, Joe Hortua, Tectonic Theatre, Stephen Dillane Invited to 2004 Sundance Theatre Lab

[ P ]  Donna English Joins Cast of Paper Mill Harold and Maude: The Musical

[ P ]  Ten Plays and Three Musicals Selected for O'Neill Theater Center Summer Fest in CT

[ P ]  Florence Lacey Is Everywoman of Musical One Red Flower, About the Boys of 'Nam, Premiering in DC

[ P ]  Sean Combs Will Miss June 16 Matinee Due to Illness

[ P ]  Sharon Ott To Step Down as Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre

[ P ]  Actress-Writer Rose Explores Dating in The Single Life Concert

[ P ]  Shaw, Shakespeare, Orlandersmith, MacDonald and Frayn Find a Home at NC's PlayMakers Rep in 2004-05

[ P ]  "Cabaret at the Chase" Season Announced

[ P ]  Buckley Does Jury Duty on New FOX Show

[ P ]  Cabaret Convention to Salute Julie Wilson, Cole Porter, Bart Howard, Family and More

[ P ]  Musicals Perform on "Live with Regis and Kelly" for "Broadway Week," June 21-25


Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Suddenly Little Shop Has New Stars

Reviews:

[ CU ]  The Broadway Musicals of 1963

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Features:

[ SUN ]  Sutton Foster: The Exit Interview by JEREMY McCARTER
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" ends its run on Sunday, but Sutton Foster won't be there to see it.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia talks with Nicky Henson about the musicals that led him to his current role in Jumpers.

News:

[ NYP ]  TONY GOES TO THE DOGS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
"I thought the Tony Awards had integrity," said Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas hotel and casino magnate. "What I've learned today is that they're just as political as everything else."

[ NYT ]  Library Given a Collection of the Makings of Hit Musicals By JESSE McKINLEY
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received a gift of scripts, songs and stage memorabilia from two of Broadway's best-known musical teams: Kander and Ebb, and Bock and Harnick.

[ Z ]  'Oz' Veterans Get 'Jury' Duty
"Oz" alumni George Morfogen, Eamonn Walker, J.K. Simmons, Jon Seda, Betty Buckley, Scott Winters, Mums, Stephanie Pope, Carlo Alban, Elain Graham, Natascia A. Diaz and Jenna Lamia will make up the jury for the episode titled "Last Rites."

[ TS ]  Feeling sanguine about bloody musical by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Evil Dead - The Musical is back in town for seven preview performances at the Bathurst Street Theatre before heading off to an extended run as part of the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.
"Bloody fringe romp comes back for professional life. (Plus items on Mamma Mia and Stratford musicals - Jesus Christ, Superstar?)"

[ NJ ]  NJPAC expands schedule BY PETER FILICHIA
Jamie Farr in "Say Goodnight, Gracie"?

[ NJ ]  Stage right: Paper Mill's Rising Star Awards honor high school musical theater BY ALLISON FREEMAN

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 16

[ P ]  Claudia Shear Makes London Debut with Dirty Blonde June 16

[ P ]  Into the Fire Once More: Douglas Sills Is Macbeth in DC This Fall Opposite Kelly McGillis as His Lady

[ DN ]  Newsline

Diddy's a no-go; Broadway bequests; 'Wicked' switches

Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Girl That I Marry
Review by Warren Hoffman

[ VV ]  Moliere in the Dark
When a comic genius sheds light on sickness, fraud, and greed, why turn the light off? by Michael Feingold

Le Malade Imaginaire

[ VV ]  The Director's Edit: Dunlop Watches a Good German Go Bad by Michael Feingold
Address Unknown

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Alexis Soloski
Night Sings Its Songs

[ VV ]  Moor, Moor, Moor
The Bard goes techno, and Aquila's audience trots along by Charles McNulty

Othello

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Tuesday, June 15, 2004

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara and Scott address Address Unknown and zip over to the Zipper to see Bebe Neuwirth in Here Lies Jenny.

[ P ]  Yankee Doodle Dandy! Opens in Dallas June 15, Following Seattle Run

[ P ]  Ailing Sean Combs Out of June 15 Performance of Broadway's Raisin

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News:

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Post-Tony Turnout
The three biggest Tony winners (Assassins, Avenue Q and Wicked) all scored at the box office in the first week since the awards, raising their box office figures by considerable amounts over the previous week. Still, perhaps the show most helped by the Tonys was the struggling I Am My Own Wife...

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: June 7-13

[ B ]  Tonight's the Night to Close on West End Oct. 30

[ TM ]  Frank Rich to Moderate Discussion of AIDS Plays With Kramer, Kushner, McNally, and Rudnick

[ TM ]  Moore and Peters to Host Broadway Barks! Event

[ P ]  Peters and Moore Join Forces for Broadway Barks July 10; Menzel and Tartaglia On Hand, Too

[ P ]  Mamet Set to Pen Film on Life of Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr.

[ P ]  A Trip to the Library: NY Public Library Gets Bock & Harnick, Kander & Ebb Archives

[ P ]  Broadway's O'Hare, Hoffman, Portman, Wolfe Featured in Braff Film "Garden State"

[ P ]  Sight Unseen Extended to July 25 at Biltmore Theatre

[ P ]  Norm Lewis, Max von Essen, Sarah Uriarte Berry and More Featured in Sacramento Music Circus Summer Season

[ P ]  Trio of Stage Folk Turn 30 in Big Kids by Zanna, Don't! Pen, June 15-July 2

[ P ]  Assassins Extends Again, Tony-Winning Revival Set Through Sept. 12 on Broadway

[ P ]  Judy Kuhn to Inspire Vincent van Gogh in LaChiusa's New Musical, The Highest Yellow, in DC

[ P ]  Foster Is In Full Bloom in Broadway's Producers Starting June 15

[ P ]  Crewes, Christian, Darley, Paice and Petherbridge Set for London's Woman in White

[ P ]  Akers, Blackhurst, Harnar and Wilson Head to the Café Carlyle

[ P ]  Hairspray Star Returns to Joe's Pub June 21


Reviews:

[ TM ]  Fabulation
Reviewed By: David Finkle


Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Summer in the City Starts Right with Annual Broadway Under the Stars Concert

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Hot-Off Intimate Apparel, Lynn Nottage Opens New Play Fabulation

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Atherton and Dale Deliver the Goods in Address Unknown

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[ B ]  CDs: You Can't Beat a British Crime by Ken Mandelbaum
In the upcoming national tour of Little Shop of Horrors, Anthony Rapp (Rent's original Mark, the title role in the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) will play Seymour, and Tari Kelly (now in The Boy from Oz, in which she performs in the ensemble and understudies the role of Liza Minnelli) will play Audrey. Little Shop director Jerry Zaks directed Rapp in Six Degrees of Separation.
BELLE (Must Close Saturday)
ONE OVER THE EIGHT (Must Close Saturday)

[ NYT ]  A Glass Bubble That's Bringing Beijing to a Boil by JOSEPH KAHN
The French architect of the National Theater of China faces scrutiny after an airport terminal he designed in Paris partly collapsed.

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News:

[ B ]  Broadway Stars Ready for Sondheim Revue
Broadway.com has learned that Kate Baldwin, Carolee Carmello, Victoria Clark and Gregg Edelman have been offered parts in the Stephen Sondheim revue Opening Doors at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall.

[ B ]  Gregory Jbara Joins Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[ B ]  D. Sabella to Return to Broadway's Chicago

[ Y ]  P. Diddy to Go on Tour This Summer

[ WP ]  Backstage: Even After Cancer, the Show Goes On by Jane Horwitz

"It's an amazing story of luck," Jane Pesci-Townsend says of her incredible journey from February to now. The 45-year-old singer-actress has been a witty and lush vocal presence on stages from Signature Theatre to the Kennedy Center, where two years ago she went on for an ailing Christine Baranski in "Sweeney Todd" and wowed 'em.
Plus news of John Epperson, Judy Kuhn, and Douglas Sills.

[ Y ]  B.O. slips; 'Mamma' 645g
(Variety) Road grosses dipped 1.9% to $13,387,792 during Week 1 (May 31-June 6), the first week of the 2004-05 season.

[ Y ]  Road presenters taken aback by 'Q's' Vegas play by CHRIS JONES (Variety)
It sucks to be the Broadway road.

[ Y ]  Tonys spark B'way by Robert Hofler (Variety)
The TV ratings may have landed in the dumper, but Broadway liked its Tony Awards. Box office rose $835,208, up 5.68% from the previous week, for a grand total of $15,548,185. Those numbers were good enough to crush the old post-Tony record of $14.45 million set in June 2003.

[ V ]  'Poppins' leads kickstart campaign
Prod'n opens Dec. 15 on the West End after Bristol tryout

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 15

[ P ]  Martin Vidnovic and Sandy Duncan Are The King and I in New National Tour, Beginning June 15

[ P ]  Ebersole, Kind, Roberts and More Make a Rough Crossing at Bay Street, June 15

[ P ]  Andrea's Turn: McArdle Is Rose in Gypsy, June 15-20

[ P ]  Joey McIntyre Confirmed as New Fiyero in Wicked

[ P ]  Broadway Bow for Guirgis' Jesus Is Delayed

[ P ]  Macbeth, Returning Victorious From Germany, Storms Harlem Once More, July 16-Aug. 8

[ P ]  Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market Sets Fall Date


Features:

[ ND ]  "42nd Street": Shirley Jones and son Patrick Cassidy return to Broadway and make their mark BY BLAKE GREEN

[ NYT ]  On a London Stage, a Hearing for Guant�namo Detainees by ALAN RIDING

A play addressing the plight of British citizens imprisoned at Guant�namo Bay in Cuba has been playing to sell-out crowds in London.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
So What Impact Will Art Centers at Ground Zero Have (if Any)? by JOHN ROCKWELL

The centers that were chosen for the site were picked because they represent a canny mix of institutions likely to make downtown a better place to live and do business.

[ BS ]  Female Performer: 'Actress' or 'Actor'? That Is the Question
This is not an earth-shattering issue, but every time I hear an actress refer to herself as an "actor," I wince.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Stars Lights Up Bryant Park

[ B ]  Photo Op: Little Shop Bids Farewell to Douglas Sills


Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ PTR ]  Not-so-shy Duncan will tackle 'King' by Alice T. Carter

[ RMN ]  Great pretender by Lisa Bornstein

Frank Gorshin finds success in being someone else

Reviews:

[ C ]  Is the Musical Comedy Dead? by Terry Teachout
Thanks to MikeMc on All That Chat for the link!

[ ATW ]  Yearning for a Life Free of Restraints, A Man Mistakenly Focuses on Boise
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  Boise
Review by Eric Grode

[ TB ]  Boise
Review by Matthew Murray

[ NYP ]  'RENT' SCARE by CLIVE BARNES

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has an agreeable voice, but not enough star power for her billing in "Rent."

[ WP ]  A Schnozzy New Take on 'Cyrano' by Peter Marks
You can, it seems, teach an old warhorse new quips. A frothy "Cyrano" has taken up residence at Shakespeare Theatre, invigorated by a crafty star performance by Geraint Wyn Davies and the irreverence of a zinger-packed adaptation that displays as much affinity for the wit and wisdom of Milton Berle as for that of Edmond Rostand.

[ BG ]  Kaplan hits his Marx in 'Groucho!' by Sally Cragin

[ NYT ]  MUSIC REVIEW | LYRICS AND LYRICISTS
Potato? Po-tah-to? Tomato? Gershwin! by STEPHEN HOLDEN

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos

Charles Wright looks through a new anthology of non-musical plays by Arthur Laurents, a man who is most famous as a librettist.

[ NJ ]  Warlord no match for Afghan woman BY PETER FILICHIA
She's good, he's not.
That's true of both the morality of main characters and the worth of the performers who portray them in William Mastrosimone's "The Afghan Women" at the Garage Theatre Group in Teaneck.

[ TB ]  Zany Love�s Labour�s Lost Opens NJ Shakespeare Theatre Season by Bob Rendell

[ ATW ]  Rockin' 'Richard'
Review by Laura Shea

[ ND ]  "Othello"
Review BY GORDON COX

The tragedy of "Othello" may not seem ideally suited to audience participation, but the Aquila Theatre Company is giving it a go anyway.

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Monday, June 14, 2004

[ B ]  Jennifer Gambatese Returns to Hairspray

[ P ]  New Medea Adaptation to Feature Palestinian Medea, Israeli Jason

[ P ]  Gary Stevens, Long-time Celebrity Publicist, Is Dead at 88

[ P ]  Ellen Greene Heads into Recording Studio June 15

[ P ]  Chicago Revival Welcomes Back One of Its Original Stars in July

[ P ]  Upcoming Chicago Star Davis Performs on "Today Show" June 24

[ P ]  Newman and Green to Premiere Bernstein, Comden and Green July 3

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Features:

[ B ]  With So Little to Be Sure Of '04 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Photo Op: Susan Lucci Visits Broadway's Wonderful Town

[ B ]  Photo Op: In Rehearsal With Two Tour Annas


News:

[ P ]  Full Cast of Williamstown Premiere of Rebeck's Water's Edge Announced; Begins June 23

[ P ]  Jumpers� Essie Davis Jumps to "Radio Playbill" June 14-27

[ P ]  Carol Channing to Premiere Razzle Dazzle! July 23-25

[ P ]  The Mystery Plays, Very Good Eddie Top CT Critics Circle Awards

[ P ]  Bare Folk Sing at Joe's Pub July 12

[ P ]  Wonderful Town's Murphy Sings on TV June 22

[ P ]  Laura Bell Bundy Guests at Chatterbox June 17

[ B ]  Hinton Battle Withdraws from Dracula Tuner

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Curious Theatre Company in Denver's 2004-2005 Season
XM Satellite Radio


Reviews:

[ ATW ]  Fabulation: A Woman's Fall from Wealth, Power Served Comically, Thoughtfully
Review by Andy Propst

[ SUN ]  Movin' on Down by JEREMY McCARTER

Undine is undone--or is she?

[ B ]  Fabulation
Review by William Stevenson

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I have only one comment to pass along on the AVENUE Q/Las Vegas controversy.
I have a friend living in Chicago who has been in love with AVENUE Q ever since he first saw the video clips on their website last year. He has been eagerly anticipating the day when a national tour would bring AVENUE Q to his hometown.
Yesterday, after finding out that the show would be going to Las Vegas instead, he wrote me the following in an email:

    "Damn it, I really wanted to see this legitimately. Now I'm not feeling quite as bad about that pirated videotape of the production I picked up. *sigh*"

[ P ]  Hinton Battle Won't Hunt Dracula on Broadway

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Age is a touchy subject for some people in the theater, but Filichia tackles it head on.

[ TM ]  To Be In (South) Carolina by: Perry Tannenbaum
At this year's Spoleto Festival USA, theater gained a stronger foothold than ever before.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
PORTER BOOK'S A DE-LIGHT

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ HChron ]  From 'Tomorrow' to today by EVERETT EVANS
McArdle takes on role as indomitable Mama Rose in a career that began with 'Annie'

[ PPG ]  In 'The King and I,' Sandy Duncan takes on another surprising role by Johnna A. Pro

[ PPG ]  CLO battles soft market with star power by Christopher Rawson

Company's track toward future includes cabaret, new ventures
Includes the announcement that Victoria Clark will be doing "Hello, Dolly!" at the CLO.

"Fabulation" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FABULATION'
A Mighty Diva's Humbling Fall to Rough Roots in the Projects by BEN BRANTLEY

Lynn Nottage's play of the humbling of a public relations diva as seen at Playwrights Horizons includes punchy social insights and unexpected humor.

[ NJ ]  Life, from top to bottom BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Although at this stage of development "Fabulation" is not up to Nottage's usual standard, it's certainly worth a visit to keep current with this excellent playwright's thoughtful work.

[ JN ]  'Fabulation'
Review by JACQUES LE SOURD

Somewhere inside "Fabulation (or, the Re-Education of Undine)," Lynn Nottage's slightly dishevelled play at Playwrights Horizons, is the touching and deeply felt story of a black woman who rose to educational and career heights, but who lost touch with herself along the way.

[ ND ]  Rabbit-inspired trek falls a hair short BY LINDA WINER

[ Y ]  'Fabulation' a Hilarious Journey by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ TB ]  Fabulation or The Re-Education of Undine
Review by Matthew Murray


Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  Boston
Sin: A Cardinal Deposed
Reviewed By: Caroline Burlingham Ellis

[ NJ ]  Simply irresistible BY PETER FILICHIA

Production turns Bard's flawed tale of sexual denial into a success

[ NYP ]  DON'T BOTHER TRYING TO FIND THIS 'ADDRESS' by DONALD LYONS
'ADDRESS Unknown" is an absurd melodrama set in the early 1930s about Max, a Jew ish art dealer in San Francisco, and his partner Martin, a German based in Munich increasingly in sympathy with the newly installed Nazis.

News:

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 14

[ P ]  Chicago's Mama Heads to the Cabaret in July

[ P ]  Broadway Sings "Under the Stars" at June 14 Concert; Upcoming Broadcast, Too

[ P ]  Being Lands in Brighton Beach in New Comedy The Wanderer, Set for July Run

[ P ]  A Show of Hands: Avenue Q's D'Abruzzo, Tartaglia, Barnhart Go Empty-Handed, July 14

[ P ]  Leslie Uggams Is Lena Horne in NYC Readings of New Musical Play, Stormy Weather June 14-17

[ P ]  Rice, Groenendaal, the Jellisons and Skip Kennon Perform Voices of Spring Concert June 14 in NYC

[ P ]  Bewitched Lovers at Center of Hexed in the City, a New Musical Getting NYC Readings June 15-20

[ USA ]  Hollywood royalty bows to Streep by William Keck

[ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Tiffany Hayzlett, Timothy Britten Parker

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Sunday, June 13, 2004

Features:

[ TIME ]  That Old Feeling: Bravo! Encores!
Richard Corliss does his song and dance about the best musicals on Broadway

[ WP ]  For 'Hot Tin Roof,' Two Theater Pros Still at Their Peak by Nelson Pressley
"We've known each other forever," says George Grizzard, gazing fondly at Dana Ivey.

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 06/11/04 by Paul Wontorek

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Jim Dale by Blake Green

[ NYT ]  Lynn Nottage Enters Her Flippant Period by JASON ZINOMAN

Lynn Nottage's "Fabulation or, the Re-Education of Undine," about African-Americans who ignore their roots, was inspired by an article about Condoleezza Rice.

[ NYT ]  Excerpt: 'Fabulation'

[ NYT ]  THIS WEEK | 'NERDS'
The 'Bomb-itty' Team Sends in the Nerds by JESSE MCKINLEY

Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner are working on a new musical collaboration based on computer geeks, a category in which they both admittedly fall.

[ NYP ]  B'WAY FOR PEANUTS by BARBARA HOFFMAN
Happily, there are bargains, on Broadway and off - you just have to know where to look.

[ BG ]  Stage presence
Oskar Eustis has a vision for theater by Catherine Foster

PROVIDENCE -- Oskar Eustis is building.

[ CST ]  All the globe's welcome on CST's stage BY KEVIN NANCE

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Aquila Opens In Your Face Othello Off-Broadway


The Tony Awards:

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
The Tonys, and the Hammerstein Award show.

[ HC ]  Tony Voters Aren't Just Puppets by Frank Rizzo

[ USN ]  The letter Q is for quips: A chat with Avenue Q creators Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

[ PP ]  Ordway's ex-chief rides long-shot play to Tony win BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA

Interview with Kevin McCollum. Includes news about his upcoming stage version of "White Christmas," to be directed by Walter Bobbie.

[ MSNBC ]  'A Wonderful Affirmation'
After a surprise victory at the Tony Awards, �Avenue Q�s� singing puppets are betting on another surprise: an exclusive engagement in Las Vegas
Another interview with Kevin McCollum.

[ G&M ]  Who let the puppets loose on the Strip? By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, Associated Press

[ TM ]  Producers' Decision That Avenue Q Will Play Vegas But Won't Tour Creates Firestorm of Controversy


News:

[ Y ]  Ailing Combs Leaves 'Raisin' Performance by MADISON J. GRAY, Associated Press Writer
Hip-hop music impresario and Broadway performer Sean "P. Diddy" Combs was forced to leave Saturday's matinee performance of "A Raisin in the Sun" because of a stomach ailment, a spokesman for the production said.

[ B ]  Jesus Hops Off Fall Broadway Schedule

[ B ]  Jill Paice Lands Lead in UK Woman in White

[ NJ ]  DeBaun sets out its season BY PETER FILICHIA

Attractions as diverse as musicals, Shakespeare, music and modern dance will play the Center for Performing Arts at DeBaun Auditorium in Hoboken this season.

[ NYT ]  VOWS
Krista Smith and Michael Quattrone by LOIS SMITH BRADY

[ NYT ]  Eugene Raskin, 94, Folk Singer and Writer, Dies by STUART LAVIETES

Eugene Raskin was a folk singer and architectural scholar who wrote the unusual 1968 hit "Those Were the Days."

[ IBDB ]  Gene Raskin's Broadway Credits

[ Z ]  Stamos Comedy Makes ABC's Midseason Slate

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 13

[ P ]  Stephen Sondheim and Barbara Cook on "Radio Playbill" June 14-27

[ P ]  Connecticut Donates $30 Million for New Downtown Long Wharf Theatre Venue

[ P ]  After The Fall's Krause and Stage Stars Launch New "Six Feet Under" Season on HBO, June 13

[ P ]  Lynn Nottage's Fabulation Gets World Premiere at Playwrights Horizons, Opening June 13

[ P ]  Acclaimed Intimate Apparel Staging Closes in New York June 13, Los Angeles Next

[ P ]  Andrea Martin Ends Boston Run in Williams' The Rose Tattoo, June 13

[ P ]  Roger Bart Exits Broadway's The Producers June 13; Hunter Foster in the Wings

[ P ]  The Dream Is Over: London's Bombay Dreams to Close June 13

[ P ]  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof�with Mary Stuart Masterson�Begins June 12

[ P ]  Crowns Bumps Gemini, the Musical at Prince Music Theater, June 12-July 3

[ P ]  Tricycle�s Guantanamo to Transfer to West End

[ P ]  With Tonys Concluded, Equity-League Talks Resume


Reviews:

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Taboo and Divorce Me, Darling!

[ NYT ]  TV REVIEW | 'SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS'
Passing the Bottle From Father to Son by VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN

Based on short stories by Sam Shepard, this tedious CBS television movie is someone's labor of literary love.

[ TM ]  The Kidney
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TB ]  The Kidney
Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Floyd Collins - Berkshire Theatre Festival

[ BE ]  'Floyd Collins': A masterly storyteller spins a true-life tale about finding light in the midst of darkness by Jeffrey Borak

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO'
The Sweaty Impulse to Soar Above Death by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

Not for the faint of heart, this drama playing at P.S. 122 is based on transcripts of the flight recorders of six doomed aircraft.

[ NYP ]  'INVALID' WHAT DOC ORDERED by DONALD LYONS

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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]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

 
   


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