Saturday, July 31, 2004

[ HR ]  Chenoweth says farewell to 'Wicked' role By Chris Gardner
She's committed to develop a musical called "Boots," based on a script by Lamar Damon, about a Vegas showgirl who moves to a small Texas town and uses her expertise to turn around the loser local high school drill team only to upset the status quo.
Plus check out the item about Marissa Jaret Winokur (at the bottom of the column).
Thanks to "Kristin4Ever" on the KC Online Forum for the link!
posted at 7/31/2004 02:04:11 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ NYT ]  Broadway's Season of Name-Dropping By JESSE McKINLEY
On Broadway, summertime brings a bevy of former television stars, lapsed pop idols and other vaguely familiar names to the boards.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: Broadway's Season of Name-Dropping

[ NYT ]  TV Host Trades Perky for Sexy By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Paige Davis.

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 07/30/04 by Paul Wontorek

[ PPG ]  On The Stage: The Girl and the Duchess By Christopher Rawson
Pittsburgh connections go deep in 'Me and My Girl'
Interviews with Sutton Foster and Eleanor Glockner.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ TM ]  How Not to Buy Tickets By: Anonymous
A Broadway box office agent lists 10 "don'ts" that we all should keep in mind when purchasing tickets at the theater.

[ NYT ]  OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Show and Tell By ANNA DEAVERE SMITH
Jack O'Brien, artistic director of the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, gave me a clue when I asked if there was any classical actor in America who could have done what Mr. Clinton did that night. "No," he said. "He is Shavian."

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
'Prison Diary, Part I: Hell'
In the theatrical adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's memoir of the 22 days he spent in prison, the Tory politician muses in his cell.

[ LAT ]  She's plainly talented By Barbara Isenberg
In 'Intimate Apparel,' Viola Davis' character harvests her strength, much as the actress did.

[ LAT ]  Seeking heart in the country By Bill Rauch
With four weeks and a cast recruited from a hardscrabble town's housing projects, a theater company builds a play.

[ B ]  Photo Op: After the Fall's Fabulous Opening

[ ND ]  Photo Gallery: "After the Fall"

Reviews:

[ BE ]  Children at play in the most stylish sandbox in town By Jeffrey Borak
"Design for Living" with Campbell Scott, Steven Weber and Marisa Tomei.

[ BEE ]  Can't say no to this production of 'Oklahoma!' By Marcus Crowder
With Sarah Uriarte Berry, Jennifer Cody and John Scherer.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ NYT ]  'Jerome Robbins': From Stravinsky to the Sharks By NICHOLAS FOX WEBER
Jerome Robbins, who famously married the artistry of classical ballet with the dynamic energy of Broadway, is the subject of a new biography by Deborah Jowitt.

[ NYT ]  On London Stages, the War's the Thing By BEN BRANTLEY
In the age of the war in Iraq, truth is perceived on London stages as a precious, rare and slippery commodity.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SQUEEZE BOX'
One of Those Lightning Strikes That Happen in Los Angeles By ANITA GATES
Working in a shelter for mentally ill women inspired Ann Randolph's entertaining one-woman show, "Squeeze Box," at the Acorn Theater.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ON EDGE'
A Cast That's One Performer but 12 Very Different People By ANITA GATES

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FROM MY HOMETOWN'
Just Sittin' on the Dock of Some Old Pop Favorites By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
The musical comedy at the Gramercy Theater is generous to a fault, a double dip into nostalgia.

[ B ]  DVDs: Award Winnersby Ken Mandelbaum
THE BELLE OF AMHERST (Kino)
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (20th Century-Fox)
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (MGM)

News:

[ NYT ]  Eugene Roche, 75, Actor In TV and Film, Dies
Eugene Roche was a paunchy character actor who became a familiar face as the kitchen-cleaning "Ajax man" in TV commercials.

[ IBDB ]  Eugene Roche's Broadway Credits

[ NYT ]  Jane Hoffman, 93, Actress Who Appeared in Plays by Albee, Dies By BEN SISARIO
Jane Hoffman, a versatile actress on and off Broadway, was best known for her roles in plays by Edward Albee, including "The Sand Box" and "The American Dream."

[ IBDB ]  Jane Hoffman's Broadway Credits
According to the IBDB, Mr. Roche and Ms. Hoffman did a play on Broadway together - "Mother Courage and Her Children" in 1963.

[ B ]  Full Cast Announced for L.A. Ten Commandments

[ B ]  Cast Shaping Up for NYTW's Hedda Gabler

[ B ]  Young Completes Opening Doors Cast

[ B ]  Naked Boys Closes 9/5; Searches for Venue

[ B ]  Taylor-Corbett Set to Helm Lawnchair Musical
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Friday, July 30, 2004

"After the Fall":

[ ND ]  Arthur Miller: His own crucible BY LINDA WINER
After decades of being honored abroad and ignored at home, he has a new work opening Off-Broadway - in Chicago, that is

[ ND ]  Sixty-one years of work from and iconic playwright

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: After the Fall
On July 29, after the curtain had fallen on After the Fall and after the audience had accorded the cast a generous reception, Arthur Miller himself took the stage of the American Airlines Theatre and took a deep, bashful, old-guard bow. Suddenly, respect was on a whole new level, buckets of it raining from the rafters, all for The Great Man.

[ B ]  Were Critics Glad They Caught Miller's Fall?

[ ND ]  REVIEW: "After The Fall" BY GORDON COX
All we really care about is Marilyn.

Features:

[ P ]  Return of the King
Theatre and concert veteran Robert Goulet visits Lerner and Loewe's Camelot one last time

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott admire Echoes of the War but get mired in Chuckleball. On the nightlife circuit, they strongly recommend Peter Yawitz.

[ TB ]  Squeeze Box
Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Antigone

[ ND ]  REVIEW: "On Edge" BY ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH
"Where the white people at?" black actress Hazelle Goodman shouts to open her one-woman show, before making it known that she especially likes it when they show up, because she makes more money that way.

[ TB ]  Hello, Dolly!
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner

News:

[ P ]  Andre De Shields Stars in Inherit The Wind at The Cape Playhouse, Aug. 2-14

[ P ]  Gardener-Turned-Media-Darling Story "Being There" Headed for Broadway

[ P ]  Dracula, the Musical Has First Broadway Preview July 30

[ P ]  Bea Arthur Brings Broadway to North Hollywood in August

[ P ]  Aida Actress to Kick Off New Concert Series Aug. 30

[ P ]  "Charlie Rose" Welcomes I Am My Own Wife Trio July 30

[ P ]  London's Tonight's the Night to Close Early

[ P ]  Dumb Show � with Rupert Graves � to Open Royal Court Autumn Season

[ B ]  John Cullum to Star in the New Group's Sin

This morning, the LA Times reprinted the Chicago Tribune review of After the Fall (see link below), but the Times edited out the "backside" remark, so that the sentence reads simply "Gugino is a sensation."
Interesting that there are some things just too racy for Los Angeles...
posted at 7/30/2004 02:12:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

"After the Fall" - Reviews:

[ USA ]  'After the Fall' rises to dizzying heights By Elysa Gardner
* * * out of four

[ CT ]  Gugino is soaring 'After the Fall' By Michael Phillips
For reasons relating to more than just her backside, Gugino is a sensation.

[ WP ]  A Crashing Bore By Peter Marks
This version of the play is directed by Michael Mayer, who was widely praised a few years back for his staging of another Miller work, "A View From the Bridge." After crossing that bridge, Mayer seems to have misplaced his map.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'AFTER THE FALL'
One Guilt Trip, Plain, and Hold the Agony By BEN BRANTLEY
In the misconceived revival of Arthur Miller's 1964 drama of moral disillusionment, Peter Krause's Quentin seems to find only numbness.

[ DN ]  Miller's strange brew by Howard Kissel
Arthur Miller's 1964 play "After the Fall" was always a mess. Michael Mayer's highly stylized production starring a painfully miscast Peter Krause only makes it messier.

[ HC ]  'After The Fall' Fatally Flawed By MALCOLM JOHNSON
Miller's Play Suffers From Schizoid Structure; Krause Can't Carry Playwright's Persona

[ TB ]  After the Fall
Review by Matthew Murray

[ ATW ]  It's the Women One Remembers After the Fall
XM Satellite Radio

[ NYP ]  'AFTER FALL' CAN'T GET UP By CLIVE BARNES

[ B ]  After the Fall
Review by Eric Grode

[ TM ]  After the Fall
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ R ]  Review: After the Fall By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)

Other Reviews:

[ BG ]  Its truth is out there By Ed Siegel
Though uneven, 'R shomon' is enthralling

[ ATU ]  'R shomon' cast pulls it together By MICHAEL ECK

[ RFT ]  Resurrection Day BY DENNIS BROWN
Four decades after it flopped on Broadway, Great Day in the Morning is restored to life
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.

[ DN ]  Alas, 'Box' is cardboard by Howard Kissel
In theory, Ann Randolph's one-person show, "Squeezebox," is a comedy about someone trying to recover their faith.
Had she really dramatized this situation, "Squeezebox" might have been more than a series of amusing character sketches.

[ NYP ]  DON'T GIMME SHELTER By FRANK SCHECK
While Randolph is endearingly self-deprecating, neither her performance nor her writing is sharp enough to pull the unfocused material together.

[ DN ]  Street theater a joy to be told BY ISAAC GUZMAN
Brian Linden and Liza Frank perform in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' on Ludlow St., not a theater on Ludlow, actually on the street.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ANTIGONE'
Pity the Thebans, Your Friends and Neighbors By D. J. R. BRUCKNER
The National Asian American Theater Company performs a translation of Sophocles's play that makes Creon the central tragic figure.

[ ATW ]  Antigone: An Elegant Staging; A Curious Casting Choice
Review by Andy Propst

[ BG ]  Honest give and take helps energize 'Compromise' By Ed Siegel

[ LAT ]  The life of the reunion By David C. Nichols
Martha Plimpton and Julian Fleisher bring energy and sincerity to the late-night musical 'Together Again!'

[ LAT ]  A tribute that does justice, daddy-o By Philip Brandes
Music of bandleader Louis Prima and singer Keely Smith, along with inventive choreography, makes an impressive show at PCPA.

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: NY Fringe - Five Intriguing Musicals
XM Satellite Radio

[ ATW ]  Social Satire, Pop Culture References Lace Caliban's 4B
Review by Andy Propst

Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Wicked's Laura Bell Bundy Plus News of Carmello, Egan and Mazzie

[ BG ]  Outsider in By Catherine Foster
Actor Andre de Shields embraces characters who face a sense of isolation

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Sharpen your pencils and get ready for the 2004 Broadway University entrance exam.

[ NJ ]  Quiet campus, 'Summer' farce BY PETER FILICHIA
During Union County College's summer vacation, Mark Spina is directing "Betty's Summer Vacation."

[ LAT ]  Few Happy Endings on Broadway By Josh Getlin
New York is littered with failed musicals and those who created them. But against all odds, a pair of artists say: Make it? We can do that.
"The Musical of Musicals."

[ CT ]  Musical classic 'King and I' hits stage By Lawrence Bommer

[ BS ]  Maintaining the Fourth Wall
Now that we have your full attention, it's time to get to the subject at hand -- keeping your attention focused while acting.

News:

[ V ]  'Being' goes to Broadway
Producers seek writer, director to adapt material
David Permut has partnered with the estate of author Jerzy Kosinski to adapt his novel "Being There" for Broadway. Peter Sellers starred in Kosinski's 1979 feature adaptation for director Hal Ashby.

[ INQ ]  Theaters and artists reap $530,000 in grants By Douglas J. Keating
The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative bestowed the funding to support 15 projects in the new season.

[ BG ]  Conference aims to push Boston's theater envelope By Catherine Foster and Maureen Dezell

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 30

[ P ]  Theatre "Family Band" The Petersons Workshops New Show at NYS&F, July 30-Aug. 1

[ P ]  Craig Lucas' Singing Forest World Premiere Opens at Seattle's Intiman, July 30

[ P ]  Thomas Sadoski, Olga Merediz, Jeremy Shamos Join Broadway Reckless Troupe

[ P ]  Penny Fuller Joins Chalfant in MTC's Bill of Williams Plays, Four by Tenn

[ P ]  Arkin, Reeve, Gross To Star in Premiere of Margulies' Brooklyn Boy in CA and Broadway
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Thursday, July 29, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Billy Elliot Scraps Tryout; Starts in West End on 3/11

[ P ]  Billy Elliot Newcastle Premiere Canceled; Musical to Preview in London March 28

[ B ]  Leads Confirmed for Little Women Musical

[ B ]  Complete Cast Set for Broadway's Reckless

[ TM ]  Cullum to Star in and Forsman to Direct The New Group Production of Sin: A Cardinal Deposed

[ P ]  Lane-Broderick Odd Couple Still a Hope; Not Yet a Plan

[ TM ]  Syracuse University to Offer Master's Degree in Arts Journalism

[ P ]  Edward Hibbert in Negotiations for Wizard in TV "Once Upon a Mattress"

[ P ]  RFK Solo Show The Awful Grace of God Extends in Los Angeles to Aug. 29

[ P ]  Rapp Plays Hit Bookstores Aug. 31

[ P ]  The Jury Is In: Complete Cast Reports for Duty on Broadway's Upcoming Twelve Angry Men

[ P ]  Movin' Out's Twyla Tharp Honored for Depiction of War by Vietnam Veterans of America

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Antigone
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Celebrating Squeeze Box with a Small Party

[ B ]  Photo Op: Hairspray Wows the City of Angels

[ B ]  Video: The Frogs Makes a Splash

[ B ]  Video: B'way Bares Takes It Off
posted at 7/29/2004 04:17:30 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Dracula Tuner Delays First Preview Again
This is the fifth time the production has postponed its first preview.

[ P ]  Not Live Yet: Dracula Aims for July 30 First Preview

[ TM ]  Dracula, The Musical Delays Start of Previews Again; First Performance Now Scheduled for Friday, July 30

[ TM ]  Boy From Oz Fans Petition Producers for Video of the Show

[ B ]  Tonight's The Night to Close on October 9

[ P ]  Margo Jefferson Out as Times Second String Theatre Critic

[ P ]  Frozen Marks Show 100 on July 29

[ P ]  Susan Egan to Sing in Lord of the Rings Concert

[ P ]  Wicked's Bundy and Little Shop's Butler to Pitch TV Series

[ P ]  Lypsinka Salutes Joan Crawford in The Passion of the Crawford
posted at 7/29/2004 12:22:31 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ STARS ]  HERE AND THERE, THIS AND THAT: BEATING THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER DOLDRUMS, PART TWO
by ELLIS NASSOUR
More suggestions to conquer the dog days of summer blahs: a new edition of Forbidden Broadway, lip-syncing from a genius of the art, a stage high priestess in a chiller thriller and news of her upcoming return to the stage, a �lost� demo of a failed Broadway musical and a hard to find soundtrack coming to CD.

News:

[ V ]  Times seeking legit critic
Jefferson to change gears, tackle experimental art
On Tuesday, the New York Times newsroom got the word: The paper is looking for a new second-string theater critic, and Margo Jefferson is moving on to a new beat.

[ P ]  Frank Wildhorn and Linda Eder, Couple Who Made Music on Stage and in Studio, Split Up

[ B ]  Full Cast of Margulies' Brooklyn Boy Announced

[ B ]  Blum and Trese Complete 12 Angry Men Cast

[ B ]  Penny Fuller to Headline MTC's Four by Tenn

[ B ]  Public Theater Season Gains Controversy

[ HC ]  'Peter and Jerry' goes off-Broadway, cast intact by Frank Rizzo

[ BS ]  'Vagina' Told To Cease and Desist

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 29

[ P ]  Doug Hughes' School for Husbands in Session at Westport July 29

[ P ]  Beach Boys Musical Good Vibrations Gets July 29-Aug. 1 Workshop; Broadway Next Stop?

[ P ]  Fosse Tony Nominee To Be New Tony in Movin' Out, Aug. 21

[ P ]  Kathleen Chalfant Defends Freedom of British Detainees in Guantánamo, Aug. 20

[ P ]  Peter Krause and Carla Gugino Revisit Arthur Miller's After The Fall on Broadway, July 29

Features:

[ DN ]  Acting in Marilyn's shadow By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Peter Krause and Carla Gugino - better known as funeral director Nate Fisher in HBO's "Six Feet Under" and bounty hunter Karen Sisco, title character of the now-defunct ABC drama - have taken on new personas in their Broadway debuts.

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
Maybe We've Been Phrasing Ours All Wrong By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
We couldn't figure out the crowd at Tuesday night's performance of ANN RANDOLPH's one-woman show, "Squeeze Box."

[ STrib ]  Singer waits in 'Phantom' wings by Rohan Preston
Theater patrons don't shell out big bucks to see the understudy. Singer-actor Sarah Lawrence, who understudies one of the leads in "The Phantom of the Opera," knows this all too well.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ LAT ]  He prefers it rare By Don Shirley
Darko Tresnjak's penchant for obscure plays has raised his profile in the Southland.

[ CST ]  Famous Door ponders the next big thing BY HEDY WEISS
Once a theater company becomes "an institution" -- with a full-time production schedule, a loyal and (hopefully) expanding audience and a permanent staff and board -- a certain hamster-wheel mentality can begin to set in.

Reviews:

[ BH ]  Technological distractions 'Compromise' Horovitz play By Terry Byrne

[ BE ]  Caregivers wrestle with weighty issues in new play at Barrington Stage By Jeffrey Borak
"The God Committee."

[ StL ]  Review: The Music Man By Judith Newmark
At the Muny, with Kim Crosby and Ruth Williamson.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ ND ]  Taking artistic license in life BY GORDON COX
"Fiction."
posted at 7/29/2004 08:03:59 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Q&A: Peter Krause by Katie Riegel

[ B ]  Preview 2004-2005: Three Novels Turned Musicals by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  Hello, Dolly
Ventriloquist Jay Johnson has been talking to dummies for years. The Two and Only is his tribute to a lifelong obsession.

[ TB ]  "Tale as old as time": Behind the Scenes of Beauty and the Beast by Matthew McDermid

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dietz's Fiction Opens at Off-Broadway's Laura Pels

News:

[ B ]  Scott Glenn Joins Picture at the Goodman

[ P ]  Scott Glenn Added to Cast of Miller's Finishing the Picture

[ B ]  Baitz's Letter to Debut at Kirk Douglas in CA

[ P ]  Works of Lonergan, Baitz, Nottage, Blessing and Cruz Part of The Issues Project: Democracy

[ TM ]  The Actors' Fund Announces Online Auction of 1000 Stars

[ TM ]  Caroline Cast and Creators to Sign CDs at Barnes & Noble

[ P ]  Full Cast Announced for John Cullum Dresser

[ P ]  My Big Gay Italian Wedding to Close in August

[ P ]  Second "Tale of Two Cities" Musical Emerges; Bogart Is Sydney Carton, Balgord Is Defarge

[ P ]  You Go, Jo! Little Women Gets Dec. 2 Start Date at Virginia Theatre

[ P ]  Equity Signs Three-Year Pact with ANTC Off-Broadway Theatres

[ P ]  Lauren Kennedy to Be Part of Ten Commandments Musical

[ P ]  Hairspray's Winokur to Star in Film for New Line

[ P ]  Joey, Joey, Joey: Graduate Actress Lands Role on "Friends" Spinoff

[ B ]  Band Chicago Preps Tuner With Eye for B'way

Reviews:

[ B ]  Squeeze Box
Review by Ron Lasko

[ TM ]  Compromise
Boston Review By: Sandy MacDonald
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[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A new book inspires Filichia to list some things that always annoy him when he goes to see a show.

News:

[ Z ]  'Joey's' New Neighbor Moves In
NBC's "Friends" spinoff "Joey" has finally found a neighbor/love interest for its title character.
Andrea Anders, a theater actress who's appeared in "The Graduate" on Broadway, takes over from Ashley Scott, who played the part in the show's pilot.

[ LAT ]  For Douglas Theatre's first season, six first stagings By Don Shirley
Works by Charles L. Mee, Jon Robin Baitz and Charlayne Woodard will be included in the mix.

[ Y ]  Kirk Douglas Theater bows with 6 preems

[ LAT ]  FINALLY
QUICK TAKES: Orange County Performing Arts Center has booked "On the Record," the staged compilation of Disney songs announced last week, as a replacement for the canceled "Wonderful Town" in the center's Broadway series, Sept. 6-18, 2005.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Marissa Jaret Winokur (third item).

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 28

[ P ]  Tomei, Scott and Weber Are Glittering Triangle in Coward's Design for Living at Williamstown July 28

[ P ]  Convention Run of Gurney Comedy Mrs. Farnsworth Begins in New York, July 28

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Diary of a Chambermaid
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ LAT ]  Depth and talent: 'Gimmicks' work By Philip Brandes
Polished singing and performances make the cast of "Side by Side by Sondheim" a formidable double threat.
With Teri Ralston, Davis Gaines and Tami Tappan Damiano.

[ NYP ]  LAMER THAN TRUTH By FRANK SCHECK
STEVEN Dietz is such a good writer, it makes you wish his latest work, "Fiction," was a more successful play.

[ VV ]  The Illusion Fields
A lot of skill and talent has gone into The Frogs, but somehow there's no creative pooling by Michael Feingold
The Frogs

[ VV ]  Sleep Is Death
Complicit� renders Murakami's Tokyo in surreally bright strokes by Ed Park
The Elephant Vanishes

[ VV ]  Sightlines: On Edge by Alexis Soloski
"By Hazelle Goodman"

[ NYT ]  BOOKS OF THE TIMES | 'FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT'
In a Topsy-Turvy Life, Finding Her Secret Garden By DINITIA SMITH
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina has written a biography of the author of "The Secret Garden," one of the most influential children's books ever written.
posted at 7/28/2004 07:52:13 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Little Shop Closing; Little Women Books Virginia

[ P ]  Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors to Close Aug. 22

[ P ]  Little Women Will Make a Home at Broadway's Virginia Theatre in December

[ P ]  Confessions of a Mormon Boy Gets Manhattan Premiere in FringeNYC Aug. 13-29; Hofsiss Directs

[ P ]  The Controversy Added to Public Theater 2004-05 Season

[ P ]  Concert of Leopold & Loeb Musical, Thrill Me, Will Benefit York's Reading Series Aug. 1

[ P ]  Jon Secada Is Dreamer Joseph in U.S. Mini-Tour of Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[ P ]  Trio of Leads and Creatives Set for Upcoming Broadway Revival of Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross

[ P ]  Brooklyn's Brick Theatre Launches "Hell Festival," Running Thru Aug. 22

[ P ]  Johnson to Direct London Cuckoo's Nest with Slater

[ P ]  Stage Stars Hoffman, Janney, Johnston, Theroux, More Join "Strangers With Candy" Movie

[ P ]  Susan Egan Signs New CD, "Coffee House," Aug. 18 in NYC

[ P ]  Edelman, Clark, Carmello and Baldwin Set for Sondheim's Opening Doors

[ P ]  Pop Group Chicago's Songlist to Be Score for New Musical Colour My World

[ TM ]  Baby, What a Big Surprise: Chicago to Hit Broadway with Colour My World

[ P ]  Millie Tour Sees Cast Changes; Roland Is Jimmy, Pope Is Muzzy

[ P ]  How to Succeed's Mullally Sings in Concert Aug. 21

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara and Scott attend Forever Tango, Junie B. Jones, Children's Letters to God, and the launch party for a new Johnny Mercer CD.

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Forever Tango's Sultry Summer Return

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Fabulous Opening for Fiction
posted at 7/27/2004 08:09:18 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ P ]  Water Leak at Belasco Halts Dracula Rehearsal; First Preview Delayed to July 29

[ B ]  Flood Causes Dracula to Delay Previews Again

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Holding Steady
posted at 7/27/2004 01:34:10 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ P ]  Water Leak at Belasco Halts Dracula Rehearsal

[ NYP ]  STAR BUCKS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
Which stars really mean something at the box office?
To find out, The Post surveyed more than a dozen top theater producers, agents and publicists.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Bruce Vilanch on future "Hairspray" casting (Jim J. Bullock and... Anthony Hopkins?).
Second item.

[ V ]  Chicago's tunes have legit allure
Prod'n eyes regional theater opening next year
Add another band to the list of rockers going the tuner route -- Chicago. The songs of the popular horn-based act are being adapted for "Colour My World," a classic "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back" musical, according to producer Richard Akins.

[ V ]  B.O. business as usual on Broadway
'Forever Tango' takes up some slack

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: July 19-25

[ Y ]  Last of Movie Palaces Gives Regards to Broadway By Robert Osborne
The 1,440-seat Astor Plaza at 44th and Broadway, which opened in 1974 with Barbra Streisand's "For Pete's Sake," will shutter and be converted into a live rock concert hall.

[ B ]  Desmond Richardson Is New Tony in Movin' Out

[ P ]  Ullman Nabs Role in TV "Once Upon a Mattress"

[ B ]  Ullman, Not Winokur, to Star in ABC Mattress

[ B ]  Carlson, Cox, Lewis & Lozano Set for Easter

[ P ]  Watermill�s Sweeney Todd Opens at Trafalgar Studios July 27

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 27

[ P ]  Don't Let It Be Forgot: Robert Goulet Stars in Camelot Tour, Starting July 27 in Atlanta

[ P ]  Next Page To Stage Project Paris Commune Starts at La Jolla Playhouse, July 27

[ P ]  So Long, Dearie: Two Tonys Among Property Stolen From Channing's Storage Space

[ P ]  Ed Gass-Donnelly's Descent Plays Toronto's Summerworks Fest Aug. 5-15

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Brief Overview of NY's Roundabout Season '04-'05
XM Satellite Radio

[ TM ]  Broadway Production of Syncopation Canceled

Features:

[ AJC ]  Song sung 'Purple': The Making of a Broadway Musical - Part 2 By WENDELL BROCK
Creative team hews to the notion that it's all got to be just right
The latest in the AJC's excellent series on the making of "The Color Purple."
Thanks to Brad for the link!

[ OCR ]  A thoroughly modern career By PAUL HODGINS
Life on the road for an actor in a touring musical isn't glamorous, but it beats waiting tables.
Darren Lee.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ CT ]  CURIOSITIES
Theatrical treasures you can't find on Broadway by Chris Jones

[ NYP ]  WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS By BARBARA HOFFMAN
YOU don't have to be a blonde to play Paris Hilton. You don't even have to be a woman.

[ BH ]  Do lions' roars rattle the cheap seats? By Robert Nesti
It's a given that �The Lion King� looks great from the front of the beautifully refurbished Opera House, especially from an aisle seat, where the life-size puppets can easily be touched as they parade by.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | 'FOREVER TANGO'
Sex and Danger Slithering at the Shubert By JENNIFER DUNNING
The show at the Shubert Theater has reduced its emphasis on history and focused on its strengths, wittily stylized dancing set to popular Latin music.

[ ND ]  Review: "Forever Tango" BY RHONDA GARELICK
While the show is too long at two hours, overall it's a delicious night of sexy ballroom dancing, haunting music and beautiful people.

[ Y ]  'Forever Tango' Returns to Broadway By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO, Associated Press Writer

[ HC ]  A Madcap 'Charley' By MALCOLM JOHNSON
Noah Racey Stars In Goodspeed Crowd-Pleaser

[ TB ]  4 B
Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Squeeze Box

[ CU ]  The God Committee

[ TM ]  Forbidden Fruit
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ECHOES OF THE WAR'
J. M. Barrie Fairy Tales for Adults in a Time of War By NEIL GENZLINGER
Today these two one-act plays by J. M. Barrie, presented under the title "Echoes of the War" at the Mint Theater, seem like lovely but slight character studies.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'JUNIE B. JONES'
Adventures of a First Grader With Music as Sassy as She By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
For most children school's out; but class is happily, tunefully in session at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING'
Overambitious Army Sergeants in the Salad Days of the Raj By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Rudyard Kipling's 1888 tale about two scheming former British Army sergeants in India brims with timely resonance at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

[ DN ]  Their life's an open book by Howard Kissel
Everything about the play, directed by David Warren, has an elegance and richness our theater sees too seldom.
"Fiction."

[ ATW ]  Do You Have Anything Closer? @ MITF:A Ticket Seller's Tale
Review by Laura Shea

[ CST ]  CSO serves up a delightful dessert of its own BY WYNNE DELACOMA
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth was part operatic diva, part Broadway baby and part timid homebody....

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Jeffrey Meyers's biography of Somerset Maugham, new from Alfred A. Knopf, is perused by Charles Wright.
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Monday, July 26, 2004

Features:

[ TM ]  Michael Mayer's Double Play
Leslie (Hoban) Blake lunches with the director of After the Fall and A Home at the End of the World.

[ TB ]  The Next Door Neighbor Doesn't Live Here Anymore
An Interview with David Garrison by David-Edward Hughes

[ B ]  Photo Op: Hairspray Wows the City of Angels

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Doug Wright Watches As Kiki & Herb Begin to Die For All of Us

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Frances Sternhagen Hears Echoes of the War Off-Broadway

News:

[ P ]  Syncopation Cancels Fall Date with Broadway

[ B ]  B'way Production of Syncopation Called Off

[ B ]  Recurring Roxie D'Amboise Back to Chicago 8/10

[ P ]  She'll Reach for the Gun . . . Again: d'Amboise Returns to Chicago in August

[ B ]  Casting Set for Ionesco One-Acts at the Atlantic

[ TM ]  Scribes Will Converge for Third Festival of 'Wrights at 92nd Street Y

[ TM ]  Broadway Notables to "Bring It On" for Kerry/Edwards

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Lopez and Marx Head Aug. 2 Musical Benefit for Kerry/Edwards Campaign

[ P ]  Rare Songs by Avenue Q's Lopez and Marx Part of Aug. 1 Concert

[ P ]  Atlantic Theater Invites Kofoed, Maxwell, Skybell Into Ionesco's Absurd World, Sept. 1-17

[ P ]  Broadway Musicals Movin' Out, The Boy From Oz and 42nd Street Close to Recouping

[ P ]  Pre-Teen Tries to Cheer Up the Messiah in FringeNYC's Jesus and Mandy, Aug. 14-28

[ P ]  London Opera House to Stage Musicals

[ P ]  Sound of Music's von Trapp Family to Sing Once More

[ P ]  Alan Cumming to Host Show on New Gay Cable Network

[ P ]  Third Bare Concert Date Added

[ P ]  Mazzie and Danieley to Head Cast of Reprise! Brigadoon

Reviews:

[ CU ]  An Overview of the New Summer Play Festival By Jenny Sandman

[ TM ]  The Glass Menagerie
Washington DC Review By: Michael Toscano
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Features:

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 7/26/04 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Splashy B'way Opening for The Frogs

Reviews:

[ B ]  Were Critics Seduced by the Return of Tango?

[ TM ]  Fiction
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ SUN ]  Speak, Diary by JEREMY McCARTER
Styles change, fashions come and go, but writers find one subject eternally fascinating: writers.

News:

[ B ]  Kravitz Joins Sly Fox; Pinchot Switches Roles

[ P ]  Caroline's Cox, Taboo's Carlson in Lavery's Easter at MCC This Fall
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Features:

[ STARS ]  HERE AND THERE, THIS AND THAT: BEATING THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER DOLDRUMS
by ELLIS NASSOUR
The dog days of summer are beating down on us. If you're looking for ways to beat them, here are some suggestions from what's on Off Broadway, free in Central Park, a reading from an erotic page-turner, inexpensive highlights from a theater festival near you and the offerings of a trio of "museums" where you can beat the heat in air-conditioned comfort.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Whatever this power player wants, he gets -- whether in baseball or on Broadway.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Billy Crystal in Shubert Alley

"Fiction" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FICTION'
But Beneath All That Pseudosophisticated Banter Lurks a Secret By NEIL GENZLINGER
With its literary citations and pop-culture references, Steven Dietz's play is bent more on flattering the audience than on telling it something it doesn't already know.

[ Y ]  'Fiction' an Unsparing Look at Marriage By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Take this as fact. "Fiction," a new play by Steven Dietz, is a work of uncommon insight, an adult, unsparing and yet often witty look at the intimate relationship between a man and a woman during a time of crisis.

[ ATW ]  A Marriage Filled with Much Fiction
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  Fiction
Review by Eric Grode

"Forever Tango" - Reviews:

[ DN ]  Bravo! 'Tango' still dazzles by Howard Kissel

[ NYP ]  SENSUOUS & STEAMY 'TANGO' By CLIVE BARNES

[ ATW ]  Come And Meet the Sultry Latin Feet of Forever Tango
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  Forever Tango
Review by Celia Wren

[ NJ ]  Forever in love with the tango BY ROBERT JOHNSON
Intimate Argentinean duets suggest passion and mystery

Other Reviews:

[ ATW ]  In Toasted, It's Recovery with an Unpleasant Twist
Review by Andy Propst

[ ND ]  'Hometown' should hail from the Apollo BY GORDON COX

News:

[ Y ]  Breaking into black by Robert Hofler, Variety
"We're just inches away," says James L. Nederlander. After 90 weeks of Broadway biz, "Movin' Out" looks to recoup its $10 million capitalization in early August.

[ LAT ]  'Anna in the Tropics' to open playhouse season By Don Shirley
Pasadena Playhouse's 2005 season will include the Los Angeles County premiere of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Anna in the Tropics" and a co-production of a new play, "Open Window," with Deaf West Theatre.

[ Y ]  Biz lips; 'Producers' $1.3m
Road grosses fell 3.8% to $10,663,571 during Week 7 (July 12-18).

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 26

[ P ]  Eve-olution to Play Cherry Lane Theatre in October

[ P ]  David Drake and Thomas James O'Leary Are Farm Boys Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Gossip Column Star Paris Hilton Auditions for TV Gig in I Love Paris, July 26

[ P ]  Phantom to Haunt Las Vegas in Spring 2006

[ B ]  Vegas-Sized Phantom to Haunt Strip in 2006

[ P ]  Carol Kane and Jason Kravits Join Broadway's Sly Fox; Pinchot and York Move Up

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: MTC Programs on Broadway and Off with World Premieres and One Revival
XM Satellite Radio
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Sunday, July 25, 2004

[ NYT ]  Revised 'Phantom' Going to Las Vegas By JESSE McKINLEY
Organizers hope to sell the show as a new experience to millions of vacationers, bored gamblers and musical theater fans.

[ V ]  Strip mauls Great White Way
Sin City lures 'Avenue,' 'Rock You' to its roster
"It's a deal with the devil," sniped one New York producer about Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum's much-maligned deal to send "Avenue Q," their Tony Award-winning musical, to Las Vegas. "Broadway producers won't ever get slot machines in their lobbies."

Features:

[ CU ]  Interview: Michael John LaChiusa
By Elyse Sommer

[ BG ]  On with the show, and out with a good book By Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times
Between the jazzy numbers of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," during breaks as brief as two minutes, musicians in the Ahmanson Theatre's orchestra pit holstered their horns, kicked back from their keyboards, and began to read.

[ BG ]  Local orchestral maneuvers include lots of reading, too By Catherine Foster

[ NYT ]  New Kids on the Boards By JASON ZINOMAN
Joey McIntyre, from New Kids on the Block, and Joey Fatone, from 'N Sync, are attempting second careers as musical theater actors.

[ ND ]  Broadway transfer BY BLAKE GREEN
Mortician heartthrob Peter Krause brings the angst of his 'Six Feet Under' character to that of Quintin in the revival of Arthur Miller's 'After the Fall'

[ NJ ]  Actor rises up in 'After the Fall' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ LAT ]  Onstage expos�s By Patrick Pacheco
When playwrights raid their own lives for material, the results can be revealing.

[ NYT ]  The Perils of Marital Honesty By TRISH DEITCH ROHRER
In Steven Dietz's 25th play, "Fiction," at the Laura Pels Theater, a marriage is tested when the wife learns she has three weeks to live.

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
'Fiction'
In the first scene of Steven Dietz's new play, married novelists are in the middle of a heated, often hostile, debate � and most likely loving every minute of it.

[ ND ]  Julie White is feeling right at home by BLAKE GREEN

[ CT ]  Play delivers blistering attack on U.S. policy By Chris Jones
Timely 'Guantanamo' written, rehearsed, produced in weeks

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Final "At Sea" Thoughts Plus Broadway Belters and News of Buckley, Greene and Callaway

[ BS ]  Try to Remember By Elias Stimac
New Ways to Strengthen Your Memorization Skills
Includes quotes from Carolyn McCormick.

[ BS ]  Women Center Stage 2004
Although a work presented at Women Center Stage 2004 may or may not be feminist, the festival is decidedly political, asserts artistic director Allan Buchman.

[ LAT ]  ON THE SHELF
The Jewish role in musical theater By Don Shirley

[ LAT ]  A drive in the night By Victoria Looseleaf
TOOLS: With gas prices sky-high, Los Angeles Opera has an eco-friendly solution to smog-spewing sedans in its current offering, "A Little Night Music."

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Merrily [Very] The Frogs Goes to Hell

[ TM ]  A Froggy Night By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
TM photographer Joseph Marzullo snaps away during the opening night party for the Lincoln Center Theater production of The Frogs.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Frogs Leaps to Opening Night

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Jerry's Got Soul

[ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: Pacific Overtures at Studio 54

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following stories!

[ BEE ]  OK all the way By Rasmi Simhan
'Oklahoma' cast explains why it tugs at the heart
With quotes from Sarah Uriarte Berry.

[ HChron ]  Foote lights up stage again By EVERETT EVANS

[ HChron ]  What she did for love By EVERETT EVANS
Kay Swift's loyalties belied her talent

[ PPG ]  Patti Lupone concert replaces 'Tea at Five' By Christopher Rawson

[ RFT ]  Boring Breakfast BY DENNIS BROWN
If Breakfast at Tiffany's is exceptional for its assemblage of talent, it is also the biggest waste of talent at the Muny since maybe forever.

Reviews:

[ WP ]  'Glass Menagerie': Fragile and Beautiful, In All Its Facets By Peter Marks
It is to Sally Field's enormous credit that Amanda Wingfield does not plow through the Kennedy Center's exquisite revival of "The Glass Menagerie" like a runaway bulldozer.

[ BSUN ]  'Menagerie' focus homes in on Tom By J. Wynn Rousuck
Flashes of freshness brighten Kennedy Center production

[ TB ]  Forever Tango
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Little Shop Of Horrors
Revisited 2004
Theatre Review by Matthew Murray
Never let it be said that the bloodless can't return at least partially to life.

[ TB ]  Forbidden Fruit
Review by Warren Hoffman
What a delightful, entertaining, and riveting carnivalesque mess Forbidden Fruit is.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Caroline, or Change and Ankles Aweigh

[ BG ]  Cape's 'On Your Toes' is a nimble comic affair By Richard Dyer

[ ND ]  A petulant protagonist BY GORDON COX
"Junie B. Jones."

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Cabaret acts by Roz Ryan, Georga Osborne, and Susan Peirez. Plus: three major Latino comics at the Cherry Lane and Patriot Act at NYTW.

[ INQ ]  'Frogs' has few fellows in war talk By Desmond Ryan
Of course, film and theater are inherently unlike in their economic and creative constraints. Yet the different means these three artists use to approach essentially the same goal makes for a fascinating and instructive contrast.

[ INQ ]  Sondheim's 'Frogs' takes erratic leaps By Desmond Ryan
It's a sobering idea to accept that two and a half thousand years ago - before the world ever laid eyes on the likes of Mamma Mia! and Taboo - thinking people were already depressed by the state of the theater and fearful for its future.

[ SUN ]  Road to Perdition by JEREMY McCARTER
Somewhere amid the gaudy, billowing folds of �The Frogs� lurks a slim, smart comedy waiting to hop out.

News:

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
'THE BOY FROM OZ" brought back the music and persona of Peter Allen, and in a manner that would have astonished even Peter himself. Now the legendary disco hits and perhaps the life of legendary songwriter Paul Jabara are Broadway-bound.
Last item.

[ HC ]  Breaking Up Is Hard For Eisen, Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo
It's never easy to end relationships.

[ LAT ]  A script change: Ehn replaces Parks by Don Shirley
ARTS NOTES: Avant-GARDE playwright Erik Ehn has replaced "Topdog/Underdog" Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks as director of CalArts theater school's writing for performance program.

[ B ]  Carol Kane Joins Fox as York Switches Roles

[ P ]  New Albee Double Bill Peter and Jerry to Play Off-Broadway in October

[ B ]  Albee's Peter and Jerry to Play Little Shubert

[ B ]  Kim Cattrall to Make British Stage Debut in Life

[ P ]  Kim Cattrall Returns to London and Stage in Whose Life is it Anyway?

[ TM ]  Broadway-Bound Musical A Tale of Two Cities to Have Invitation-Only Presentation at Little Shubert

[ TM ]  Johnny Guitar Cast Recording Now Available

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 25

[ P ]  Intimate Apparel Undresses at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum, July 25

[ P ]  Anna in the Tropics' Ortiz Cast in New CBS Drama; Jones and Seldes Also Appear

[ P ]  Wicked Signing with Composer Schwartz Canceled

[ P ]  Dietz Diary Drama Fiction with Irwin, White, Bergl Opens Off-Broadway, July 25

[ P ]  Ontario's Blyth Festival, a Voice for Canadian Plays, Turns 30 July 25

[ P ]  Forever Tango Opens at Broadway's Shubert Theatre July 24

[ P ]  Bare's Michael Arden Sings Pop and Theatre Songs in Aug. 15 Concert in NYC

[ P ]  Wilson, Hall, Mayes and Graae to Sing at Yale's 2004 Cabaret Conference

[ P ]  Here Lies Jenny's Neuwirth Says Goodbye to Brutish Barflies July 24, Only To Attract New Ones

[ P ]  Marry Me a Little and Diary of Adam and Eve Presented in Rep in NYC, Aug. 4-15

[ P ]  Christian Slater�s One Flew Over the Cuckoo�s Nest Director Withdraws

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl May Play Mistress of Modern Art Guggenheim in New York Solo Show

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 17-23: Splash!

[ P ]  Shanley's Doubt Will Include Ellis and Goldenhersh

[ P ]  Cafe Carlyle Season to Feature Theatre, Cabaret and TV Stars

[ P ]  Equity Council Approves New Production Contract

[ P ]  Arnaz, Cook, Daly, Vilanch and More Set for Help Is On the Way X

[ P ]  Report: Gary Beach to Be Albin in La Cage
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