Saturday, September 18, 2004

Features:

[ NYT ]  Swan Songs as a Duo Plan Life's Second Act By ADA CALHOUN
An interview with Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, respectively Kiki and Herb, whose farewell performance is at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.

[ NYT ]  Brother, Can You Spare a Musical?
In comic form, Harvey Pekar describes how Mark Schoenfeld brought "Brooklyn the Musical" to Broadway.

[ NYT ]  Shakespeare, the Bard of Offal By LIESL SCHILLINGER
For "Rose Rage," Edward Hall's shrunk-down version of the Shakespeare trilogy "Henry VI," the stage is an abattoir, and most of the props are raw meat.

[ ND ]  The offal truth BY GORDON COX
'Rose Rage' is the Bard's 'Henry VI' with real guts - and other viscera

[ ND ]  Serving as lonesco's acolyte BY BLAKE GREEN
Playwright Tina Howe has translated two plays by the French absurdist for New York - her dream of a lifetime

[ ND ]  A half-century and still running in Paris by BLAKE GREEN
Eugene Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano," first performed in 1950, has been running for more than half a century in the same tiny Parisian theater where Tina Howe first saw it.

[ LAT ]  A toast to the coast By Karen Wada
California has emerged as a creative staging area for N.Y.-bound plays. The evidence: A flock of works with west coast roots.

[ LAT ]  FALL ARTS PREVIEW: OUT OF TOWN
A nanny stages a comeback by Don Shirley
Mackintosh and Disney are joining forces for a stage version of "Mary Poppins."

[ BS ]  Six in the City, Part I
For someone who hopes to be an actor, the months after graduation is one of the most critical moments in your life. We talked to six recent grads about their experiences.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Altar Boyz
Review by Matthew Murray
If the show isn't quite flawless, at the very least it's wholly entertaining.

[ B ]  Altar Boyz
Review by William Stevenson

[ NJ ]  Too long, too blue BY PETER FILICHIA
'Love Blues' includes warning about lewdness, but not about length

[ CU ]  Symphonie Fantastique

News:

[ V ]  'Hairspray' planning to blow into London
British cast sought for tuner
Good morning, Blighty!

[ INQ ]  Debt-burdened theater cancels three shows By Douglas J. Keating
Burdened by a long-term debt of more than $4 million, Freedom Theatre, one of the city's foremost African American cultural organizations, has canceled three productions of its previously announced four-play season.
posted at 9/18/2004 10:28:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Friday, September 17, 2004

Features:

[ P ]  O Solo Mario
Mischievous, manic Mario Cantone pleads for laughs ï¿½ and gets them ï¿½ in his one-man Broadway outing titled, aptly, Laugh Whore

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lithgow and Butz Get Dirty in San Diego, the Scoundrels Will Soon Be Rotten in NYC

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Movin' in a new direction By PAUL HODGINS
Choreographer Twyla Tharp draws on her expertise with pop music to tell a story with Billy Joel tunes.

[ LADN ]  Big shot By Evan Henerson
Twyla Tharp challenges dancers and audiences alike with 'Movin'

[ ATU ]  Big steps to follow By MICHAEL ECK
Broadway veteran stages 'West Side Story' as Jerome Robbins did it

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Ute Lemper sings at Le Jazz au Bar, and everybody was singing at Mama Rose's first anniversary party.

[ TB ]  Orpheus
Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Of Thee I Sing

[ TB ]  The Underpants
Philadelphia Review by Tim Dunleavy

News:

[ P ]  Anthony Chisholm Replaces Delroy Lindo in Gem of the Ocean

[ B ]  Chisolm Replaces Lindo in B'way-Bound Gem

[ P ]  Wicked's Menzel and McIntyre Will Exit Oz Jan. 9

[ TM ]  Portman, Redford, and Others Go Inside the Actors Studio

[ TM ]  Phoebe Snow to Appear in Fallen Angel at Bay Street Theatre

[ P ]  Empire State Building Rises in Empire, a New Musical, Sept. 19-26 in CT

[ P ]  Tartaglia, Brier, Pinkins and More Join Flea Market Celebrity Tables

[ P ]  Ferguson to Kick Off "Broadway Spotlight" Season with Songs by Finn and LaChiusa

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Pays Tribute to Fred Ebb Sept. 17

[ P ]  Musical Mambo Kings Plays Winter Gig in Windy City Prior to March 2005 Broadway Bow

[ P ]  Jason Graae Checks Into California Grand Hotel; Complete Cast Announced

[ P ]  Fraser and Shindle Head Cast of The Woman Upstairs Musical

[ P ]  Alexander, Duchovny, Field and Kellerman Take Part in Arturo Ui Benefit Reading

[ P ]  Snow, Lanning and Delisco Will Sing in Concert of New Rock Opera Fallen Angel

[ P ]  Lasser and Converse to Star in Food for Thought Reading of Miller Play

[ B ]  Caroline Set to Open Ahmanson Season

[ P ]  Rylance Announces Intention to Quit Shakespeareï¿½s Globe

[ P ]  South Coast Repertory Finalizes Season with World Premiere of Greenberg's Naked Girl
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"The Woman in White":

[ NYP ]  NO 'WOMAN' OF DISTINCTION By MICHAEL RIEDEL

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
NEW LLOYD WEBBER SURE TO BE A WINNER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE WOMAN IN WHITE'
Lloyd Webber's Emoting Victorians By BEN BRANTLEY
The much-anticipated new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber, which opened on Wednesday at the Palace Theater in London, is liveliest at its hokiest.

Features:

[ NYT ]  Boosting the Fabulous Invalid By BRUCE WEBER
An exhibit at Vanderbilt Hall that is dedicated to the history of Broadway ads offers lessons in both entertainment history and the history of graphic design.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Wicked's Jennifer Laura Thompson Plus Kristin Chenoweth Soars at Carnegie Hall

[ B ]  DVD/CD Update by Ken Mandelbaum
Today, the annual update on where we stand in terms of CD and DVD reissues.

[ NJ ]  Vet role suits former 'Duke' BY PETER FILICHIA
Wopat shows his range in McCarter production

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A chat with Gary Schocker, whose musical Far From the Madding Crowd will be presented as part of the NYMF.

[ DN ]  Fest spotlights musicals' transitional stage by Robert Dominguez
Are theatergoers ready for a musical version of "Caligula"?
How about a toe-tapping adaptation of the Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun"?
That's just some of the edgy fare being offered up at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Raï¿½l Esparza, Annie Golden, RuPaul, and other stars prepare to let their Hair down for The Actors' Fund.

[ BG ]  He dreams a world By Catherine Foster
Michael Weller's nighttime vision inspires his surreal play of post-9/11 healing

[ CST ]  Theatrical cream rises -- and goes to N.Y. BY HEDY WEISS
Call it the globalization of Chicago theater.

"Symphonie Fantastique" - Reviews:

[ SUN ]  Tripping the Light Fantastique by JEREMY McCARTER
If you have a bong, prepare to light it now.

[ DN ]  It's easy to become immersed in this hallucinogenic journey by Howard Kissel
At times the images are repetitive, but on the whole "Symphonie Fantastique" is a wonderful visual adventure, like the Bach sequence of "Fantasia."

[ ATW ]  Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique a Wondrous Evening
Review by Andy Propst

[ Y ]  'Symphonie Fantastique' Dazzles By LISA TOLIN, Associated Press Writer

[ ND ]  Going with the flow of a neo-puppet show BY MARION LIGNANA ROSENBERG

[ NJ ]  'Fantastique' waterworld BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Drift into dream of movements

[ B ]  Symphonie Fantastique
Review by William Stevenson

[ TB ]  Symphonie Fantastique
Review by Matthew Murray

Other Reviews:

[ CS ]  Go Frock Yourself
Two cross-dressers skirt the comical issues in Leading Ladies. BY CHRISTINE HOWEY
The best performance is turned in by Erin Dilly, who blends the goofy innocence of her character with a determination to follow her theatrical and romantic stars.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ CU ]  Secret Bridesmaids' Business

[ TB ]  Manfest: Program B
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ NYP ]  A GAY ROMP By FRANK SCHECK
IT'S fitting that "The Ethel Merman Disco Album" ï¿½ a piece of musical kitsch beloved by the gay community ï¿½ provides the musical kick-off for "Us," in which Tim Miller purports to prove that all Broadway musicals are essentially gay.

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Slava's Snowshow: Hapless Clowning, Beautiful Spectacle

[ NYT ]  MUSIC REVIEW | UTE LEMPER
Reflecting on World Events in Leather and Lace-Up Boots By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The fearless German singer and actress addressed world events with a full-frontal intensity at Le Jazz Au Bar on Wednesday.

News:

[ DN ]  Call Broadway star a 100G deadbeat BY HELEN PETERSON
Broadway star Tonya Pinkins is a deadbeat mom, according to her ex-husband, who is suing her for $100,000 in back child support.

[ P ]  March, Caroline! Kusher & Tesori's Musical Heads to L.A. and San Francisco; Pinkins and Rose Travel

[ NYT ]  Globe Theater Artistic Chief to Leave Post at End of '05 By SARAH LYALL
Mark Rylance, the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe Theater, is planning to leave the post at the end of next year.

[ V ]  SCR preems 'Naked Girl'
Seventh of Greenberg's plays to premiere at SCR

[ P ]  Johnston, Grant and Webb Dance The Baltimore Waltz for NYC's Signature

[ B ]  Grant and Johnston to Star in Baltimore Waltz

[ P ]  Gypsy Star Julie Halston Replaces Nora Dunn in Off-Broadway's White Chocolate

[ B ]  Halston Replaces Dunn in White Chocolate

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 17

[ P ]  Dixie Carter Opens Café Carlyle's 50th Season Sept. 17

[ P ]  Edward Hall's Rose Rage Is Henry VI Trilogy in Full Bloody Bloom, Sept. 17-Oct. 18 in NYC

[ P ]  Bush and Stewart Target of Finley and Medlin's George & Martha Satire, Sept. 17

[ P ]  The Clean House Begins World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre Sept. 17

[ P ]  And the Earth Moved, New Musical About Asian-American on Unsteady Ground, Plays NY Musical Theatre Fest Sept. 16-29

[ P ]  "Jeopardy!" Tests Contestants' Stage Smarts with "We Love Broadway" Category Sept.17

[ P ]  Davis, Emond, Struthers and La Bohème Among 2004 L.A. Ovation Award Nominees
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Thursday, September 16, 2004

[ P ]  Caitlin Clarke, Regional and Broadway Actress, Dead at 52
Caitlin Clarke, a Broadway actress and teacher who appeared in Strange Interlude, Titanic and Circle in the Square's Arms and the Man and The Marriage of Figaro, died Sept. 9 after a battle with cancer, her friends and colleagues said.

[ IBDB ]  Caitlin Clarke's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Actors Open a Trunk to Tell Tale of Endangered Elephants in Tusk, a Musical, Sept. 18-30 in NY Musical Fest

[ P ]  Finn, Durang, Wasserstein, Lonergan Pen Site-Specific "Playlets" for Playwrights Horizons Benefit in Its 42nd Street HQ

[ B ]  Lennon Books Broadhurst; Sets Tryout Dates

[ TM ]  Lennon to Open on Broadway in Summer of 2005
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Reviews:

[ B ]  Were Critics Thrilled by The Woman in White?

[ TB ]  M. Butterfly
Washington, D.C. Review by Tracy Lyon
With Stephen Bogardus.

[ N&O ]  'Ragtime' syncs well with today By ORLA SWIFT
In Raleigh, N.C., with Julia Murney, Norm Lewis and Michael Rupert.
Thanks to NYandNC on All That Chat for the link!

News:

[ P ]  Lennon To Sing at Broadway's Broadhurst July 2005 After San Francisco and Boston Dates

[ P ]  Elton John, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis Among 2004 Kennedy Center Honorees

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Stars of The Producers Sing the Anthem

[ B ]  Photo Op: The New York Musical Theatre Festival Gala

[ TB ]  20 Questions with Michael McKeever by Kevin Johnson
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Features:

[ NYT ]  Deficit, Cutbacks and Crisis for Abbey Theater at 100 By BRIAN LAVERY
Grandiose celebrations of the Abbey Theater's first century have been marred by low box-office figures, the cancellation of two plays and job cuts.

[ DN ]  Jackie, oh! By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Some actresses are famous for giving subtle, nuanced performances.
Jackie Hoffman isn't one of them.

[ SFC ]  Wild horses couldn't drag Betty Buckley away from New York. Or so she thought. by Edward Guthmann
Thanks to jimnysf on All That Chat for the link!

[ CST ]  A new address for 'Sunset' BY HEDY WEISS
When "Sunset Boulevard," the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, opens tonight at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, it will mark the first time that the show has been seen in any version other than its standardized Broadway and national touring incarnations.

[ R ]  Lloyd Webber Under Pressure with 'Woman in White' By Paul Majendie

Reviews:

[ G ]  Review: The Woman in White by Michael Billington
It's a pity Jones's book isn't better because the show has a lot going for it. Lloyd Webber has written a particularly good score.
Thanks to John_Patti on All That Chat for the link!

[ CFT ]  Dress Reversal: Ludwig's broad farce "Leading Ladies" debuts at CPH By James Damico

[ ND ]  Oh, grow up! Peter Pan as a city hipster BY GORDON COX
"Straight on 'til Morning."

[ TM ]  Talent
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  Talent

[ TB ]  Caligula: An Ancient Glam Epic
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Manfest: Program A
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ NYT ]  In a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Expect Clowns and Flurries By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A giggle of clowns led by the Russian master Slava Polunin is stirring up laughter and enjoyment at the Union Square Theater in "Slava's Snowshow."

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DAMES AT SEA'
Sing, Hoof and Follow the Fleet: Kid, You're Coming Back a Star By NEIL GENZLINGER
Quite a mix of theatrical and real-life drama is folded into Jean Cocteau Repertory's "Dames at Sea." But someone forgot to bring the electricity.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DEAD PUPPET TALK'
Puppets on the Dark Side, Hooded, Armed and Mournful By ANITA GATES
There are puppets and then there are the puppets Roman Paska's cynical but quietly entrancing and sometimes inexplicably touching one-act multimedia show at the Kitchen.

[ TM ]  The First (and Last) Musical on Mars
Reviewed By: David Finkle

News:

[ P ]  Alone Again: Jackie Mason Heads for Broadway with New Solo, Freshly Squeezed

[ LAT ]  Ovation Awards spread the largess By Don Shirley
Midsize venues in Ventura and Long Beach vie with Center Theatre Group.

[ Y ]  Kennedy Center names honorees
Warren Beatty, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Elton John, Joan Sutherland and John Williams will receive the honor in December, the 27th year of the event.

[ B ]  Details of Oct. Tribeca Theater Fest Revealed

[ P ]  New LaBute, Leight, Rudnick Works To Open in The Downtown Plays at First Tribeca Theatre Festival

[ P ]  Bare: A Pop Opera Will Begin Off-Bway Run Oct. 27, Later Than Expected

[ B ]  Second Bare Delay; Tuner to Start 10/27

[ HC ]  Goodspeed to stage revised 'Seven Brides' in 2005 by Frank Rizzo

[ P ]  Revised Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Will Play Goodspeed Opera House in 2005

[ TM ]  East Fourth Street FAB Arts Festival Set for September 18

[ BSUN ]  Theatre Hopkins is losing its home by J. Wynn Rousuck
The Barn will house John Astin's program

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
You can do "The Time Warp" again.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
"Lord of the Rings" musical (third item).

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 16

[ P ]  Apostles of Pop, The Altar Boyz, Sing in New Musical Sept. 16-25 in NYC

[ P ]  Theatre Folk Trek with Dying Friend to Lourdes in Lavery Comedy Last Easter, Sept. 16

[ P ]  Show-Folk Ian Holm and Michael Blakemore Release Autobiographies

[ P ]  Karen Mason and Jana Robbins to Sing Sondheim Sept. 18

[ P ]  Callaway, Crosby, McCartney, Murney and Walsh Part of Women on Stage Benefit

[ P ]  A New Twist Launches Dodger Stages With Sept. 16 Opening of Symphonie Fantastique

[ P ]  Cast Set for Church Sex Scandal Drama Sin: A Cardinal Deposed Off-Broadway

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: NY Musical Theatre Fest is Underway; What's On Tonight?
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

[ P ]  Brooklyn Creators Put Their Hearts Into New Musical

News:

[ P ]  Stratford Festival Has Dolly! and Into the Woods Side by Side With Shakespeare in 2005

[ P ]  Musical of Musicals ï¿½ The Musical! to Close Oct. 2

[ P ]  Royal Shakespeare Company Announces 2005 Season and 2006 Complete Works of Shakespeare Festival

[ P ]  Pinkins, Gandolfini, Neuwirth, Hoffman Set for "Celebrity Charades" Rematch, Sept. 27
posted at 9/15/2004 03:43:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ DP ]  The Rat Pack revives heavenly sound By John Moore
Las Vegas icons seek redemption in a musical shooting for Broadway
Thanks to Nancy for the link!

[ TM ]  All Over the Map By: Dan Bacalzo and Adam Klasfeld
Immoral Imperatives in Cape Cod, Death of Yazdgerd in San Francisco, Conscription of the Fates in St. Louis, and Wait and See in Coral Gables

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Crawford and Lloyd Webber Reunite As Woman in White Haunts West End

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Angry Men, Twelve to Be Exact, Begin Long Deliberations On the Way to Broadway

News:

[ Y ]  RSC turns to comedy by Matt Wolf, Variety

[ B ]  London's Murderous Instincts Delays Previews

[ P ]  York's Musicals in Mufti Season to Include Henry, Sweet Henry; Twenty Fingers, Twenty Toes; and Greenwillow

[ P ]  Christian Slater Opens in London Cuckoo's Nest Sept. 15

[ P ]  Judges Announced for 50th Annual Obie Awards; Ceremony Set for May 2005

[ P ]  Brel Sings Brel on New DRG Recording "Infiniment"

[ P ]  "Best of Liza Minnelli" CD Now in Stores

[ P ]  Martin Charnin's The Next-to-the-Last Revue Begins Open-Ended Run Sept. 30

[ P ]  "American Idol"'s Hudson and Broadway's Sieber Join All-Star Hair Concert

[ P ]  Mary Poppins Has World Premiere in Bristol Sept. 15
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[ NYP ]  CURTAIN RAISERS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
Broadway's "insiders" have returned to Shubert Alley, all revved up for what, with luck, will be a rollicking new theater season. Let's look at what they're buzzing about.

[ NYT ]  Jerry Turner, Oregon Troupe Director, Dies at 76 By JESSE McKINLEY
Jerry Turner was the longtime artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the nation's best-regarded regional theaters.

[ B ]  CDs: A Trip to Monte Carlo by Ken Mandelbaum
Linda Balgord (the final Broadway Grizabella in Cats, Norma Desmond in the first Sunset Boulevard U.S. tour) will play Marie Dindon in the La Cage aux Folles revival. Nancy Opel had been previously mentioned for the role.
CD: LUCKY STIFF (JAY)
CD: PACIFIC OVERTURES: HIGHLIGHTS/ENO (JAY)

[ TB ]  A Must See! by Alan Gomberg
Interview with Steven Suskin

[ NYT ]  All in a Day's Frenzy: 6 Plays in 24 Hours By JASON ZINOMAN
"The 24-Hour Plays" is an annual theatrical high-wire act in which six one-acts are written, cast, directed and performed in less than a day.

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: All in a Day's Frenzy

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia reports on the eight shows that he saw while attending the Shaw Festival in Ontario.

[ BS ]  Don Stephenson: Finding the Madness
It's all too easy to turn the insect-eating Renfield into a high-camp caricature. And campiness is precisely what actor Don Stephenson hoped to avoid.

[ B ]  First Person: Becoming Ionesco by Tina Howe

[ TS ]  Linney gains weight, admirers by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Legion of admirers for sunny actress

[ TS ]  Drafting a career in theatre
Architect's son Oren Safdie is rising young playwright Critical drubbing sparked play, writes Richard Ouzounian

[ INQ ]  'Philly Fan' sets the stage for venting By Desmond Ryan

[ ND ]  Puppets, popping up everywhere, manipulate the imagination and feed a primal fascination BY JOHN HABICH

[ VV ]  Stage Left: A Radical Queer With an Eleven O'Clock Number in His Heart by Alisa Solomon
Tim Miller's New Solo Piece, Us; the Public Theater Sits Tight

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Esparza Lets Down His Flaxen Waxen Hair at Concert Rehearsal

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Award Winning Performers Turn-Out to Support John Kerry

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Lepers of Baile Baiste
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ CU ]  The Lepers of Baile Baiste

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DOG SEES GOD'
Good Grief, C. B., You Blockhead, Is It Really Bye-Bye to the Beagle? By ADA CALHOUN
After winning an excellence award at the New York International Fringe Festival, Bert V. Royal's parody of the Peanuts gang has made a rapid transfer to the SoHo Playhouse.

[ VV ]  Good Grief!
The Peanuts turn freaky when given the Royal treatment by David Ng
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott ship out with Dames at Sea at the Jean Cocteau Rep, then come ashore to spend time with Hair of the Dog's Men.

[ ND ]  'Puppet Talk' isn't theater for dummies BY GORDON COX

[ VV ]  Dead Heads
Existential puppets contemplate the mysteries of animation by Jorge Morales
Dead Puppet Talk

[ ND ]  Edgy, energizing 'Cabaret,' old chum BY STEVE PARKS

[ SUN ]  Slap-Happy Days Are Here Again by JEREMY McCARTER
The foolishness of "Of Thee I Sing", the guts of Nick Hytner, &c.

[ BH ]  Marcel Marceau and Company create 'Fantastique' show By Robert Nesti

[ TM ]  Us
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ VV ]  Packing the Flag
Anyone can whistle a happy tune, but it's not so easy going far from the home you love by Michael Feingold
Us

News:

[ P ]  It's Official: New York Times Friday Theatre Column Is No More

[ Y ]  Shakespeare Works Performed in One Season
LONDON - All the written works of Shakespeare will be performed for the first time in one season in 2006, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Tuesday.

[ B ]  American Idol's Jennifer Hudson Added to Hair

[ B ]  Keenan-Bolger & Ferguson to Star in Finn's Bee

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Bobby Short; Fred Ebb.

[ B ]  Bid Online for BC/EFA Flea Market Items Today!

[ TM ]  Kushner to Read From Caroline, or Change at Coliseum

[ P ]  Melissa Errico Rests Voice, Misses Dracula Performances

[ P ]  Psychosomatic Blindness is Subject of NAATCO's First Original Play, Eyes of the Heart

[ P ]  Tartaglia, York, Murney, More Sing Songs from "A New Generation of Broadway Composers," Oct. 4

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 15

[ P ]  Mary Poppins Has World Premiere in Bristol Sept. 15

[ P ]  Dozens of Women Connected by String of Pearls in Off-Broadway Play, Sept. 15

[ P ]  The Woman in White Opens in London Sept. 15

[ P ]  The Con Is On: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the Musical, Starts San Diego Run Sept. 15

[ P ]  Ralph G. Allen, Theatre Scholar Who Loved Burlesque and Co-Conceived Sugar Babies, Dead at 70

[ TM ]  Writer Jerome Chodorov Dies at 93

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: N.C.'s Barebones Builds a Season with Off-B'way Hits Including 'Psycho', 'Runt' and 'Ugly'
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004

[ CNY ]  Broadway ads getting more theatrical play By Miriam Kreinin Souccar
Equity rule change lowers costs of using casts in commercials; will market like films
Thanks to dgabriel on All That Chat for the link.

[ P ]  Michael Hartig, New York Theatrical Agent, Dead at 68

Features:

[ B ]  Q&A: George Hearn by Kathy Henderson

[ ND ]  King of clones: Blue man BY BLAKE GREEN
Once they realized they were replaceable, Blue Man Group's founders were on their way to minting a fortune in cobalt copies

[ ND ]  The new blue men by BLAKE GREEN

[ BS ]  Direct Connection
In helming plays, Daniel Sullivan likes to foster all possible links--character to character, and writer to performer.

[ BS ]  Arms and the Woman
These days films crackle with fightin' females. Not only that but actors are depending less and less on stunt doubles. Now is the time, ladies, to add a new tool to your kit: choreographed combat.

[ WP ]  Backstage: GALA Arcs Toward A Grand Future By Jane Horwitz
Patrick Page: From Scar to Shakespeare
Second item.

[ TM ]  Photo/Video File By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Hugh Jackman gives his final performance in The Boy From Oz, and the 2004 Broadway on Broadway concert fills Times Square with joy.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Hair Tease

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'US'
Upfront Political Artist Taps Inner Show Queen By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Tim Miller, in his new solo show at P.S. 122, shows that a highly developed social conscience does not necessarily preclude a deep immersion in the cheery aesthetics of the American musical.

[ NJ ]  'Us' is stripped-down story of life choices BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ CT ]  'Stuff Happens' ï¿½ and gets a reaction in major anti-Bush play By Michael Phillips

[ ND ]  9/11 tale: a weapon of mass persuasion BY LINDA WINER
David Hare's "Stuff Happens" is arguably the most significant artifact yet to grow from our catastrophic times. Certainly, thus far, it is the most ambitious.

[ TM ]  Of Thee I Sing
New Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray
Whether you're going for Bush, Kerry, or someone else on November 2, cast your vote for this show.

[ NJ ]  Candidate for retirement? BY PETER FILICHIA
'Of Thee I Sing' has aged out of relevance

[ ATW ]  Of Thee I Sing Gives Audiences a Reason to Cheer for Presidential Antics
Review by Andy Propst

[ ND ]  There's no business like UFO business BY GORDON COX
A description of "The First (and Last) Musical on Mars" could sound misleadingly charming.

[ TB ]  The First (and Last) Musical on Mars
Review by Matthew Murray

[ BG ]  Little wizardry in this 'Tommy' By Gina Perille

[ BH ]  'Tommy' proves deaf, dumb and blind to power of Who's music By Terry Byrne

[ BG ]  A predictable fling, plus a lecture By Ed Siegel
Jeffrey Sweet's "Immoral Imperatives," with Malachi Throne.

[ CCT ]  Witty ï¿½Immoralï¿½ looks at options By TIM MILLER

[ ATW ]  Boys Still Won't Grow Up - Even in Williamsburg
Review by Andy Propst of 'Straight on 'Til Morning'

[ ATW ]  Paska's Dead Puppet Talk A Treat for Eyes and Mind
Review by Andy Propst

[ BG ]  Marceau still a master of the art of the invisible By Louise Kennedy

[ HC ]  'Hair' we go again By EVERETT EVANS
Follicle frolickle fun but outdated
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

News:

[ Y ]  B'way biz takes Labor Day break
It wasn't the worst Labor Day week on record. Paid attendance in 2002 and 2003 was marginally lower than the 152,738 recorded last week. So much for the good news.

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Golden Boy

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: September 6-12

[ R ]  Jackman Packs Laughs Into His Final 'Oz' Show By Robert Osborne

[ Y ]  Barnes email raises furor by Karen Fricker, Variety
DUBLIN -- Having just survived a threat to his leadership, Ben Barnes, the artistic director of the Abbey Theater, got himself into further hot water last week by sending out an email to international colleagues in the theater industry, breaking ranks with the theater's board and council.

[ P ]  Alternate Juror: Peter Friedman Replaces Dan Hedaya in Twelve Angry Men on Broadway

[ B ]  Friedman Replaces Hedaya in 12 Angry Men

[ P ]  "Angels in America," Elaine Stritch and Laura Linney Among Creative Emmy Winners

[ B ]  Elaine Stritch Documentary Wins Emmy Award

[ NYT ]  Despite Cellphone Ban in Theaters, Dialing Continues By HOPE REEVES

[ NYT ]  Rent Subsidies Are Preserved for Manhattan Plaza Tenants By DAVID W. CHEN

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Brooke Shields; Dorothy Loudon.

[ P ]  Actor Raymond Barry Appears in His Own Play, Foul Shots, Off-Broadway

[ P ]  78th Street's Straight on 'Til Morning Extends

[ P ]  Tony Kushner Reads from Caroline at Coliseum, Sept. 22

[ P ]  "Broadway on Broadway" Concert Telecast Sept. 14

[ P ]  Beauty and the Beast Welcomes New Belle Sept. 14

[ P ]  Original Renters Pascal and Rubin-Vega Team for Upcoming Concert

[ P ]  Hit Fringe Musical Gets New York Reading with Hunter Foster, Jenn Collela, Annie Golden and More

[ P ]  Chatterbox Celebrates Hair Sept. 16

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 14

[ P ]  Hecuba ï¿½ with Clare Higgins ï¿½ Opens at Londonï¿½s Donmar Sept. 14

[ P ]  LESS Gives More to New Adam Rapp Play Finer Noble Gases Off-Broadway, Sept. 14

[ P ]  Euan Morton Stars in Caligula, Ancient Rome's Answer to Taboo, in NY Musical Festival Sept. 14-28

[ P ]  "Six Feet Under"'s Jeremy Sisto Takes the Mound in Los Angeles Take Me Out, Sept. 14

[ P ]  Broadway Lights to Be Dimmed in Memory of Fred Ebb Sept. 14

[ P ]  Nederlanders Pluck Duck Hunter From Purple Rose Garden; Albom Comedy Sits Down in Detroit Nov. 17-Jan. 2

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Paper Mill's She Loves Me

[ P ]  Like You Like It, Musical Set in a 1980s Mall, Gets Premiere at NY Musical Theatre Fest Sept. 26-Oct. 4

[ P ]  Cast of Harlem Revival of Natural Death Announced

[ P ]  Paul Rudd Discovers Remains of Denmark's Royal Family in Fortinbras Sept. 13

[ P ]  Reading of Easter Rising Musicalï¿½by Bare's Michael Ardenï¿½Set for December

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Seattle's Current Offerings Include Hairspray; Love and Taxes; I Do! I Do!; In the Offing - Oliver!; The Magic City and More

[ TM ]  Encores! Slates A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Purlie, and The Apple Tree

[ P ]  Martin Short's Broadway Solo Show Postponed Until Fall 2005

[ NYT ]  Jerome Chodorov, Broadway and Film Writer, Dies at 93 By JESSE McKINLEY
Mr. Chodorov was a prolific playwright and librettist and co-author of the book for the musical "Wonderful Town."
posted at 9/14/2004 01:54:16 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Monday, September 13, 2004

Reviews:

[ B ]  Did Critics Get Caught Up in Hare's Stuff?

[ B ]  Were CA Critics Impressed by Brooklyn Boy?

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Nick and Jessica Visit the New Star of Rent

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Comes Together in Times Square for Annual Concert

News:

[ P ]  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Gets Extension at Old Globe Prior to Broadway; Added Perfs Are Oct. 26-31

[ B ]  Scoundrels Extends Pre-B'way Run at Old Globe

[ P ]  Wonderful Town Sister Cast in Paper Mill's She Loves Me

[ B ]  Leads Set for She Loves Me at Paper Mill

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: Tina Landau and Political Musicals on "Radio Playbill" Sept. 13-26

[ P ]  Jerome Chodorov, Librettist and Playwright Who Turned My Sister Eileen Into Wonderful Town, Dead at 93

[ P ]  The Ten Commandments Tour to Part Red Sea at Radio City Music Hall in 2005

[ P ]  Jerry Zaks to Direct Kevin Spacey in London Philadelphia Story

[ B ]  Zaks to Direct Spacey in The Philadelphia Story

[ P ]  Shorts by Whitty, Leight, Lindsay-Abaire Set for The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway, Sept. 13

[ P ]  Dench and Anderson Featured in New British TV Series ï¿½Theatrebizï¿½; U.S. Broadcast to Follow

[ P ]  Jude Law May Play Hamlet at Londonï¿½s Young Vic

[ P ]  Mandy Patinkin Off-Broadway Show to Run Sept. 20-Oct. 17

[ P ]  New Romantic Musical One Hundred Years Into the Heart Plays New York Musical Fest Sept. 14-Oct. 3

[ P ]  Skinner, Sutherland, Brown and Samonsky to Star in Disney's On the Record; Complete Cast Announced

[ P ]  Paula Vogel's Oldest Profession Opens Sept. 26 at NYC's Signature

[ P ]  Upcoming Marcy and Zina Show to Feature Green, Murney, Lippa and More

[ P ]  Producers Co-Stars to Sing National Anthem Sept. 13

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Broadway's All Shook Up

[ P ]  Encores! Season to Include Chenoweth in Apple Tree Plus Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Purlie
posted at 9/13/2004 03:44:11 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Wonderful Town Librettist Chodorov Dead at 93
Man, what a lousy weekend this was...

[ IBDB ]  Jerome Chodorov's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 9/13/04 by Ken Mandelbaum
The death of Fred Ebb came as a shock for a couple of reasons.

[ B ]  Skinner & Sutherland Headline Record Tour

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Brooklyn Boy
Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter

[ TB ]  Of Thee I Sing and Of Mice and Men
New Jersey Reviews by Bob Rendell

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following reviews:

[ CCT ]  'The Secret' turns tales into artistry By Pat Craig
THE TONE of Mary Zimmerman's "The Secret in the Wings" at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is set immediately, with flickering lights and the sound of thunder -- the classic dark and stormy night.

[ BEE ]  'Secret' should be shared by fans of live theater By Marcus Crowder

[ CE ]  One 'diva' stands out in Cincinnati Pops Broadway revue By Janelle Gelfand
With Christianne Noll, Jan Horvath and Debbie Gravitte.
posted at 9/13/2004 01:46:34 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Apple Tree, Brooklyn, Purlie Set for Encores! in '05
The 2005 Encores! season lineup has been announced. The season will be composed of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Purlie and The Apple Tree starring Tony winner (and recent Wicked star) Kristin Chenoweth.

[ V ]  Zaks to direct Spacey's 'Story'
Helmer takes a whack at 'Philadelphia'

[ CPD ]  An evening full of comical, belly-laugh, yummy treats by Tony Brown
No. 1, guys in dresses. No. 2, Shakespeare. No. 3, friends of Dick Cheney's daughter.
These three disparate elements come together in a highly combustible and almost continuously hilarious new comedy by Ken Ludwig, Broadway's reigning gagmeister.

Obituaries:

[ NYT ]  Fred Ebb, 76, Lyricist Behind 'Cabaret' and Other Hits, Dies By JESSE McKINLEY
Mr. Ebb was a devilishly witty member of the legendary musical theater team responsible for the songs in classic shows like "Cabaret" and "Chicago."

[ TS ]  The lyricist who razzle-dazzled Broadway by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

[ USA ]  Broadway loses a trouper in Fred Ebb By Elysa Gardner

[ DN ]  'New York, New York' lyricist Fred Ebb dies BY KERRY BURKE and JANE H. FURSE

[ TM ]  Fred Ebb, Lyricist of Cabaret and Chicago, Dies

[ Y ]  Actor O.L. Duke Killed in N.Y. Car Crash
Duke was returning home after performing in the off-Broadway play, "Waitin' 2 End Hell," when a car cut him off, said his wife, Monica Duke. His vehicle jumped a divider and struck an oncoming car, according to police.

[ NYT ]  Ralph G. Allen, Who Wrote 'Sugar Babies,' Dies at 70 By MARGALIT FOX

[ IBDB ]  Ralph G. Allen's Broadway Credits

[ NYT ]  Jonathan Scharer, 56, Producer Of 'Forbidden Broadway' Spoof, Dies By WOLFGANG SAXON

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia arrives at Niagara-on-the-Lake and prepares to see eight shows in the Shaw Festival.

[ NJ ]  Of happiness and tragedy BY PETER FILICHIA
Actor brings years of thought about role of Lennie to 'Of Mice and Men' production

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 09/10/04 by Paul Wontorek
Brooke Shields; "Brooklyn."

[ DN ]  A trek to Broadway by way of 'Brooklyn' By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
In "Brooklyn, the Musical," starting Broadway previews next week, a down-and-out street singer ends up performing at Madison Square Garden.
Farfetched? Not quite.

[ B ]  Fresh Face: Blair Ross by Cara Joy David

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: The New York Musical Theatre Festival

[ LAT ]  PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING
Into each play, some life intrudes By Mitch Albom
Writing books is scant preparation for the collaborative land mine of writing for stage or screen.

[ LAT ]  Into each play, some life intrudes By Richard Greenberg
Hits and errors. Home runs and bunts. Baseball and stage writing aren't really that different, are they?

[ BS ]  Manhattan Transfer
More and more, L.A. and N.Y.C. are sharing the wealth, moving productions from coast to coast.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Filling Times Square with Showtunes and Stars

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ SD ]  Hitting the right note By Jennifer de Poyen
Writing a key musical number for 'Scoundrels' was no easy feat

[ SD ]  John Lithgow savors the sweet smell of success By Jennifer de Poyen

[ OCR ]  How 'Morrie' came to be By PAUL HODGINS
A modest memoir's unlikely saga leads from the bedside to the best-seller list, then the stage.

"Dames at Sea" - Reviews:

[ TB ]  Dames at Sea
Review by Matthew Murray
No one ever said it's easy to find your sea legs. For proof, you need look no further than the Jean Cocteau Repertory's woozy new production of Dames at Sea.

[ NJ ]  These 'Dames' should have stayed at sea BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TM ]  Dames at Sea
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  Dames at Sea

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'STUFF HAPPENS'
Current-Event Cartoons as the Stuff of Theater By BEN BRANTLEY
David Hare's new play about the making of the war in Iraq is a valiant, high-reaching history lesson.

[ WP ]  At Arena Stage, a 'Butterfly' With Wings By Peter Marks
With Stephen Bogardus.

[ NJ ]  Close to perfection BY PETER FILICHIA
A masterful revival of Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men'

[ TM ]  Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  "Bat Boy" in London

[ B ]  CDs: Vocal Reissues by Ken Mandelbaum
THE BEST OF LIZA MINNELLI (Columbia/Legacy)
TAMMY GRIMES/ THE UNMISTAKABLE TAMMY GRIMES (Collectables)

News:

[ WP ]  For Kaiser, A Longer Tenure By Jacqueline Trescott
Kennedy Center Extends Post to 2011

[ B ]  Spelling Bee Added to 2nd Stage Season

[ P ]  Finn & Lapine Together Again for Musical Spelling Bee at Off-Bway's Second Stage in 2005

[ P ]  Begin the Beguine! PS Classics Inc. Will Restore and Record Porter's Jubilee and Donaldson & Kahn's Whoopee

[ DN ]  Broadway sings!
Broadway was a bargain yesterday as more than 50,000 fans packed Times Square for a free preview of the upcoming season.

[ DN ]  Call him Leo Bloom-berg?
Could "Springtime for Hitler" mean more "revenue time" for New York?
Mayor Bloomberg sure hopes so.

[ B ]  All Shook Up Cast Shapes Up for Broadway

[ B ]  Delayed Oldest Profession to Open September 26

[ LAT ]  'Fools' rushes out of lineup by Don Shirley
Why did "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" fall apart?

[ NYT ]  Disney Chief to Leave, Setting Off Race for Job By LAURA M. HOLSON and GERALDINE FABRIKANT

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Lincoln Center Theater Preps 3 Musicals to Follow 'Frogs'

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 13

[ P ]  Revised Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Will Play Kennedy Center for New Year Week; Expect Woman in White Tunes

[ P ]  Oklahoma! National Tour Resumes Sept. 14

[ P ]  Rudetsky to Reprise Rhapsody in Seth for Trevor Project Benefit

[ P ]  Murney Is Mother, Lewis Is Coalhouse in Ragtime at North Carolina Theatre Sept. 11-19

[ P ]  Producers Actor Plays Legendary Dancer Astaire in Change Partners Musical
posted at 9/13/2004 08:58:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, September 12, 2004

[ Y ]  Lyricist Fred Ebb Dies of Heart Attack By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Ebb died Saturday at his home, said David McKeown, an assistant to composer John Kander, Ebb's longtime collaborator. The lyricist was believed to be 76, although Ebb always was "sweetly vague" about his age, said director Scott Ellis, who worked with him on several shows.

[ P ]  Fred Ebb, Broadway Lyricist of Cabaret and Chicago, Dead at 71

[ IBDB ]  Fred Ebb's Broadway Credits

[ TM ]  In All Kander (and Ebb)
Jim Caruso asks a host of theater notables to name their favorite song by the unbeatable team of John Kander and Fred Ebb.

[ IS ]  Gregory Harrison: Actor loves depth of 'Chicago' role By Peter Szatmary
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

The New Season:

[ NYT ]  Audio Slide Show: Fall Theater 2004
The Times's theater critics discuss highlights of the new season, including Sam Shepard's return as an actor, and a cabaret duo's farewell.

[ NYT ]  The Playwright of the Moment Cracks Up By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Sure, Bryony Lavery can do violence. Sadism, no problem. But can she make an audience laugh with "Last Easter," a comedy about cancer?

[ NYT ]  ANNOTATED LISTINGS | THEATER
Woody, Whoopi, Miller, Mamet and Elvis By BRUCE WEBER
A month-by-month guide to the fall theater season.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | BEN BRANTLEY
Of Moles and Men
Michael Frayn's sharp-witted drama, "Democracy," was inspired by the career of the former West German chancellor Willy Brandt.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Once More, With Too Much Feeling
Carnegie Hall will be the site of the final local appearance of Kiki and Herb, New York City's most endearingly unhinged chanteuse and her emotionally damaged helpmeet at the piano.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | BEN BRANTLEY
Her Three Sons
There is guaranteed to be more than star appeal to "A Number," Caryl Churchill's densely resonant, hourlong futurist drama about genetic engineering.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | BEN BRANTLEY
The Return of the Hostess From Hell
All hail the return of the American theater's favorite fun couple, George and Martha, those guest-baiting, blood-drawing denizens of academe in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | CHARLES ISHERWOOD
A Girl Named Brooklyn

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S PICK | CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Lincoln Center Goes Moulin Rouge

[ ND ]  Critic's Picks: Theater for the new season by GORDON COX
posted at 9/12/2004 08:01:35 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Tony-Winning Lyricist Fred Ebb Dead at 72
posted at 9/12/2004 10:43:26 AM by James Marino | Item Link

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Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

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TBA - 50 Words

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TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

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TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

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TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

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TBA - Equus

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TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

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TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

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TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

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