Friday, October 15, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Beazer, Govich and Martin Added to Vibrations
And some guy named Guarini...

[ B ]  Brokaw & Ashford Sign Up for Cry-Baby Tuner

[ P ]  Ken Ludwig's Leading Ladies with Lauria, Barrett, Connell, Dilly Plays Houston's Alley, Oct. 15

Features:

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Reckless

[ B ]  Photo Op: Reckless Opens With a Bang

Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Opposite of Sex and Can-Can
San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema
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Reviews:

[ B ]  Did Broadway Critics Rave About Reckless?

[ B ]  CDs: A Lady Named Vienna by Ken Mandelbaum
JOHNNY GUITAR (Definite Maybe Productions)
BARBARA COOK SINGS FROM THE HEART (DRG)
JESSICA MOLASKEY: MAKE BELIEVE (PS Classics)

[ TM ]  The Dybbuk
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TM ]  Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere

Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Good Morning for 'night, Mother

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Fashionable Fete for Wonderful Town

News:

[ TM ]  The Acting Company to Honor Seldes and Newman on October 25

[ P ]  Cox, Testa, Frechette, Golden, Zien Appear in Site-Specific "Playlets" for Oct. 18 Playwrights Horizons Benefit on 42nd Street

[ P ]  Callaway, Coleman, Bean and More Added to One Wicked Night Schwartz Evening

[ P ]  Toronto Gets a New Resident Troupe, The Company

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Rick Lyon Brings Friends to Political Follies Concert Oct. 18 in NYC

[ P ]  Richard III's Dinklage and Playbill On-Line's Simonson Featured on "Theater Talk"

[ P ]  Jamie deRoy Welcomes Kathy Brier, Euan Morton and More at Nov. 6 Concert

[ P ]  David Lindsay-Abaire to Write, Avenue Q�s Jason Moore to Direct Shrek�The Musical

[ TM ]  Creative Team Announced for Shrek -- The Musical
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[ NYP ]  COLD NORTH By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A Toronto production company has failed to come up with the millions of dollars it had planned to invest in several of this season's new Broadway musicals, leaving the producers of those shows scrambling to fill significant last-minute gaps in their budgets.

[ NYT ]  Relative Newcomers Picked to Create 'Shrek' Musical By JESSE McKINLEY

[ B ]  Jason Moore to Direct B'way-Bound Shrek Musical

[ LAT ]  It was time for 'Love Letters' By Don Shirley
Readings reunite Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta more than four decades after 'Flower Drum Song.' The pairing is a strong draw for many.

[ INQ ]  Whoopi revisits the past, and it's still fresh By Howard Shapiro
I saw this show last night, and it's very, VERY funny. (And, yes, very fresh - much of the material is new.)
Whether it was worth 60 bucks for 85 minutes, I'm not so sure about... but at least I laughed a lot.

"Reckless" - Reviews:

[ DN ]  Parker comic vehicle is a real clunker by Howard Kissel
Manhattan Theater Club has joined forces with Second Stage to present this well-directed, beautifully mounted revival of a worthless play.

[ ND ]  Glassy-eyed cheer amid Yule horrors BY LINDA WINER
Despite the firm-handed consistency of Mark Brokaw's direction, the unrelenting, catastrophic winsomeness feels more like cartoon than fable.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RECKLESS'
She's All Smiles (Until She's Not) By BEN BRANTLEY
A perkily told sad story of a runaway waif-woman in the wide, wild world, "Reckless" remains a beguilingly sneaky crash course in the loss of innocence.

[ Y ]  'Reckless' a Peculiar Journey By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ SUN ]  Long, Strange Trips by JEREMY McCARTER
Seriously: Who hasn't thought about taking out a contract on a spouse's life?

[ R ]  Theater Review: Reckless By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)
Mary-Louise Parker is nothing if not adorable, and that quality serves her well in this leaden revival of Craig Lucas' absurdist comedy.

[ USA ]  'Reckless' takes the alternate route By Elysa Gardner
* * * out of four

[ TM ]  Reckless
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Mary-Louise Parker is to the present-day theater what Julie Harris was to Broadway during the '50s and '60s.

[ NJ ]  Parker shines in tragicomic 'Reckless' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Actress plays disaster-prone woman who somehow manages to prevail

[ NYP ]  'RECKLESS' IS JUST A WRECK By CLIVE BARNES

[ TB ]  Reckless
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Reckless
Review by Eric Grode

[ Y ]  Reckless
Review by David Rooney, Variety

Features:

[ CSM ]  A faded art form seeks its next 'beautiful mornin' By Gloria Goodale
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ DN ]  New promos hum along by Richard Huff
Ch. 2 has taken a different approach with a series of promos produced with the team behind the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Avenue Q" that has puppets playing Shon Gables, Mario Bosquez and Dave Price.

[ BS ]  A Theatre Industry Brouhaha: Thank You "New York Times!"
A mini donnybrook has erupted in response to the elimination of the free theatre listings that previously graced the pages of the NY Times' Arts & Leisure section.

[ NYT ]  NYC
Sometimes a Terrific Bore Is Just 'Terrific!' By CLYDE HABERMAN
The loser in this presidential election might find a job writing blurbs - like "terrific fun!" or "a masterpiece!" - for theater advertising.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A look back at the people and shows that constituted the First Annual New York Musical Theatre Festival.

[ NJ ]  Crossing ethnic barriers at Crossroads BY PETER FILICHIA
'History of the Word' creator calls it 'A Chorus Line' for the hip-hop generation

[ TM ]  Loose Lips
Brian Scott Lipton chats with Edie Falco, Brenda Blethyn, and Deidre Goodwin after hob-nobbing with celebs at Feinstein's.

[ P ]  Laughter and Tears: Falco, Blethyn, Mayer and Norman Talk About 'night, Mother

[ BS ]  A Not-for-Profit Helps Give Plays a Second Chance
In an effort to give quality plays a second chance, producer/director/writer Tony Sportiello recently formed a non-profit service organization, Algonquin Productions.

[ PW ]  Acting Out by Gwen Shaffer
After years of searching for a new home, the Philadelphia Theatre Company builds a venue on the Avenue of the Arts.

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott on Cy Coleman, Julie Halston, Marty Testa, Paul Sparks, Nine Parts of Desire, and more.

[ TB ]  Edward II
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ TB ]  These People
Review by Warren Hoffman

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE DYBBUK'
Two Tales of Dybbuks as an Allegory for Poland and Judaism By NEIL GENZLINGER
"The Dybbuk," an intense, somewhat exhausting work, explores a disquieting piece of Jewish folklore with striking stage pictures and an even more striking soundscape.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PUGILIST SPECIALIST'
Exposing the Military Mind-Set By NEIL GENZLINGER
This engrossing, inventive dissection of the American military mind is being performed with stark precision by the Riot Group.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
For Nature or Against, Music Is the Message By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
In Julie Taymor's production of the "Magic Flute" for the Metropolitan Opera, ritual and artifice eclipse the natural world.

[ NYP ]  POLITICAL FUN-RAISING By FRANK SCHECK
ON a sheer laughs-per-minute ratio, there's no funnier show in New York than the 65-minute comedy written by � and starring � "Urinetown" author Greg Kotis.

[ NYP ]  'SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE' GIVES YOU TOTAL IMMERSION By FRANK SCHECK

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: There's a Reason to Say Hallelujah' to This 'Baby'

[ ND ]  Women's heartbreak over two Iraqi wars BY LINDA WINER

[ ATW ]  Laura's Bush: A Prostitute and Repressed Librarian Rescue the First Lady - Comedy Ensues
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  Spatter Pattern:A Satisfying Noir Where There's One Body for Certain, and Perhaps Many More
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  Veteran actor shines, bringing history to life BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Not so much a bio-drama as a charm piece about a picturesque old gent valiantly finishing out his life, "Trying" is likely to provoke opposing responses.

[ INQ ]  A blacklist victim's witty, wrathful words By Desmond Ryan
"Trumbo," with Bill Irwin.

[ LAT ]  'Dog on Linoleum' finds firm footing By David C. Nichols
Unforced honesty and spiritual purpose drive Leslie Jordan's hilarious solo confessional.

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
"Dorian," with Max Von Essen.

News:

[ B ]  Idol Star Tamyra Gray Heads to Bombay Nov. 9

[ P ]  "American Idol"'s Tamyra Gray to Join Bombay Dreams

[ Y ]  Stagehand settles 1
The Nederlander Organization has come to an agreement on a three-year contract with IATSE's Local 1, whose stagecraft membership includes stagehands as well as lighting, sound and shop technicians.

[ HChron ]  La Jolla director to join Alley Theatre By EVERETT EVANS

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 15

[ P ]  York's Daisy and Violet Hilton Musical, Twenty Fingers, Twenty Toes, Plays Oct. 15-17

[ P ]  Youngsters Play Hollywood Spirituals in A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant

[ P ]  Matthew Broderick Heads Off-Broadway as The Foreigner, Oct. 15

[ P ]  Melissa Errico Returns to the Lair of Dracula Oct. 14

[ P ]  "Oz"-Flavored Musical, Was, Gets World Premiere by Ohio's Human Race Theatre Oct. 14-31
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Thursday, October 14, 2004

News:

[ P ]  Neal Bell's Whodunnit, Spatter Pattern, Gets One-Week Extension to Oct. 31

[ B ]  Spatter Pattern Extends at Playwrights Horizons

[ B ]  Tracey Scott Wilson Wins 2004 Kesselring Prize

[ P ]  Hare's Bush-Iraq Drama Stuff Happens and Celebs Join Tribeca Theatre Festival

[ P ]  Margaret Cho to Make London Stage Debut

[ B ]  London's Murderous Instincts to Close Oct. 16

[ B ]  McEntire & Mitchell Set for South Pacific Concert

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Nine Parts of Desire
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld

Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway's 'night, Mother Prepares for Dawning

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Good Morning for 'night, Mother

[ B ]  Photo Op: Celebs Galore at Casting Awards

[ B ]  Photo Op: The Producers Flaunt It at the NYSE

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Fritz Weaver Returns to New York With Opening of New Play Trying Off-Broadway
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Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Governor McGreevey Visits Avenue Q
Talk about your "Fantasies Come True"!
But where's Mrs. McGreevey? Hmm...

[ TM ]  Photo File By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere

News:

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Forbidden Broadway SVU

[ P ]  Malcolm Gets, John McMartin and Alex Gemignani Join Passion Benefit Concert; Cast Nearly Complete

[ P ]  Jerry Herman and Mark Saltzman Adapting Mrs. Santa Claus, the Musical for the Stage

[ P ]  Tracey Scott Wilson's The Story Wins Kesselring Prize

[ P ]  Mugleston Takes the Town Again as Shields Honors Commitment

[ P ]  Princess Grace Awards for 2004 Announced

[ P ]  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Tickets Go on Sale in November

[ P ]  Assassins' Fisher and Eisenhauer Among Design Award Winners

[ P ]  Lonny Price to Direct Free Moss Hart Tribute

[ P ]  Cabaret Convention Line-Up Announced: Ebersole, Akers and Callaways Among Performers

Reviews:

[ B ]  Trying
Review by William Stevenson

[ TM ]  Trying
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TB ]  A Must See! Brilliant Broadway Artwork by Steven Suskin
Review by Jonathan Frank

[ TB ]  Jerry Herman: Poet of the Showtune and Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood
Reviews by By Alan Gomberg
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[ P ]  Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell To Have Some Enchanted Evening in Carnegie South Pacific Concert

[ P ]  Report: Advance Ticket Sales to Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays Reaches $6 Million

[ Y ]  Cirque Du Soleil Show to Feature Beatles By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS - The Beatles are teaming up with Cirque du Soleil to create a theatrical production that will replace the legendary Siegfried & Roy act at The Mirage hotel-casino.

"Trying" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TRYING'
An Accomplished Life, Now Confronting Death By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The indignities of aging assume aspects both touching and comic in this slight and sentimental new play by Joanna McClelland Glass.

[ DN ]  'Trying' succeeds in crank-ing out a hit by Howard Kissel
Among the virtues of plays about crusty old men developing nonsexual friendships with much younger women is that they allow great older actors to strut their stuff. "Trying" does that for Fritz Weaver.

[ Y ]  'Trying' Explores Adventure of Aging By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ ATW ]  Trying: Familiar Turf Deftly Trod
Review by Andy Propst

[ TB ]  Trying
Review by Matthew Murray

[ CU ]  Trying

[ NYT ]  Nicholas Duke Biddle, 83, Scion of Wealth Who Helped the Poor, Dies By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Connected to "Trying"...

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'NINE PARTS OF DESIRE'
A Solitary Woman, Embodying All of Iraq By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Heather Raffo's impassioned theatrical documentary gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women.

[ CU ]  Nine Parts of Desire

[ B ]  DVDs: What Lola Wants by Ken Mandelbaum
DAMN YANKEES (Warner Home Video)

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TRIPTYCH'
Three Women After One Man By JASON ZINOMAN
The Irish Repertory Theater's production of Edna O'Brien's emotionally bruising drama stumbles every time a very awkward pause slows matters down.

[ ND ]  Dancing and partying like it's 1989 BY SAM THIELMAN
"The Awesome '80s Prom" is a theme dance punctuated by bits of theater, some improvised, some scripted, all cheerfully populated by a legion of interchangeable stereotypes culled from old John Hughes movies.

[ INQ ]  Abbey meddles with a classic By Desmond Ryan
"The Playboy of the Western World."

[ NJ ]  Giving it the old college try at Centenary BY PETER FILICHIA
"The Rivals," the latest offering at Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown, contains a good deal of intercourse. Of course, when Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote it in 1775, intercourse (as the play mentions more than once) meant conversation.

[ ND ]  Weak smiles over (lack of) substance BY SAM THIELMAN
"Spatter Pattern."

[ NYP ]  'GEORGE & MARTHA' BARELY WORTH THE FUSS By FRANK SCHECK

[ CU ]  Cloaca (London Review)

[ CU ]  Whores

[ BH ]  'Asking' questions a result of controversial gay policy By Robert Nesti

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: New Discs from Barrowman and Cincotti

Features:

[ ND ]  Back to a 'Reckless' time BY BLAKE GREEN
Craig Lucas sets out to explore as he brings his early dark comedy to Broadway

[ BS ]  L.A. Theatre Works Celebrates 30 Years

[ BS ]  Actors on a Budget: Tempting Tastes By Katherine Bryant
A Stomach-Stuffing Survey of Manhattan's Most Affordable Eateries

[ BS ]  A Whole New World
Following successes in big-studio filmmaking, Peter Schneider revisits his theatrical roots.

[ NJ ]  Big trend on campus BY KELLY HEYBOER
Colleges are investing in theaters that can serve as regional art centers

News:

[ B ]  The Opposite of Sex Extends San Fran Run

[ BS ]  Calleri, Carnahan Among Artios Casting Winners

[ NYP ]  DE NIRO MAY 'STAGE' COMEBACK By MICHAEL WARNER
Screen legend Robert De Niro has hinted he may return to where it all began � the New York stage.

[ NJ ]  Center Stage by Peter Filichia
No tricks, all treats

[ HC ]  Doug Hughes in running for Public Theater job by Frank Rizzo

[ Y ]  StageRight to open 'Clara's Christmas Dreams'

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 14

[ P ]  Matisse or Not Matisse: Estelle Parsons Ponders Painting in The Bay at Nice, Oct. 14

[ P ]  Mary-Louise Parker Celebrates a Very Un-Merry Christmas in Broadway's Reckless, Opening Oct. 14
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Features:

[ P ]  Radiantly Reckless
Like the colleague she so admires � Reckless playwright Craig Lucas � the always compelling Mary-Louise Parker defies genres

[ B ]  Photo Op: Rejoicing with the Richard III Cast

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Rent Reunion in NJ

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Vilanch, Hoffman, Rose and Paquin Among Attendees at the Artios Awards Oct. 12

News:

[ P ]  I Am My Own Nurse: Tony-Winning Wife Star Misses Performances Oct. 12-13

[ B ]  Wife Cancels October 13 Performance

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Wonderful Week for Brooke
It looks like blue skies ahead for Brooke Shields. The new star of Wonderful Town is working magic at the box office, where the show improved its grosses by $117, 762 over the previous week's tally.

[ B ]  Hawke to Star in the New Group's Hurlyburly

[ B ]  String of Pearls Extends Off-Broadway Run

[ P ]  Primary Stages Strings Lowe's Pearls Longer as Off-Broadway Show Extends

[ P ]  The Opposite of Sex Musical Extends World Premiere with Added Songs

[ P ]  Theatre Investment Fund Rebrands as Stage One and Allows Lower Stakes from Backers

[ P ]  Star Architect Frank Gehry Will Design Performing Arts Complex on World Trade Center Site

[ P ]  Stricken Jerry Hall Cancels My Darlin' Janey Run

[ P ]  Steppenwolf, About Face and Tectonic Team on Williams' One Arm

[ P ]  Women's Project Opens 2004 Season With Antigone Project, Offering Sophocles Via Five Modern Writers

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
In his new book on musicals since 1978, Ethan Mordden often lets despair and bitterness get the better of him.
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Features:

[ B ]  Q&A: Mary-Louise Parker by Kathy Henderson

News:

[ NYT ]  Gehry Is Selected as Architect of Ground Zero Theater Center By ROBIN POGREBIN
Frank Gehry, admired for his use of undulating titanium and steel, is to be the architect of a new performing arts center at ground zero.

[ P ]  "Ring Them Bells": Producers' Oscar, Foster and Schworer Head to the Stock Exchange

[ P ]  Julie Andrews and Beverly Sills to Host Hart to Hart; McDonald Performs

[ P ]  New Bat Boy Recording Due Oct. 23; Stars Sign CDs in London

[ P ]  Cast Complete for Off-Broadway's Modern Orthodox

[ P ]  Marin Mazzie Guests on CBS Sitcom Oct. 18

[ P ]  Report: Hughes and Russell Top Candidates for Public Theater Job

[ P ]  Guantanamo Baywatch to Complete Dubya Trilogy at London�s New Players Theatre

[ P ]  Jerry Hall to Play Calamity Jane in U.K.'s My Darlin� Janey

[ P ]  Soho Playhouse to Reopen with Uncles Jacques' Symphony

[ P ]  Wayne Brady Extends Chicago Engagement

[ TM ]  Sondheim, Lapine, and Patinkin to Headline Democratic Fundraiser at Bernstein Residence

[ NYT ]  Wally Harper, 63, Arranger and Composer, Dies By BEN SISARIO
Wally Harper was a director, arranger and composer on Broadway who was Barbara Cook's musical director and collaborator for 30 years.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Arthur Laurents Retools His Hallelujah, Baby!
New Jersey Review by Bob Rendell
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Features:

[ DN ]  B'way posters play a difficult role By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
We looked at posters for six upcoming plays to see which ones create ballyhoo � and which ones go belly up.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Yesterday marked the first anniversary of a one-performance-only show and a marriage.

[ LAT ]  A new stage in their kinship By Lynne Heffley
TV vets Stephanie Zimbalist and her dad, Efrem Jr., are sharing more than memories these days.

[ HC ]  At Sea In A Car By FRANK RIZZO
Baryshnikov (The Actor) Takes Center Stage As A Madman In A Kafkaesque Drama

News:

[ NYP ]  PUBLIC TO NAME ITS NEW CHIEF By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE Public Theater, one of the city's premier non-profit cultural institutions, is close to naming a successor to its current chief, George C. Wolfe, who is stepping down at the end of the year.

[ B ]  Paul Schoeffler Tapped for Sweet Charity

[ Y ]  'Raisin' to raise roof at 'Blast' bash
The musical, based on Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," hasn't had a major Gotham production since it preemed on Broadway in 1973.

[ Y ]  'Pugilist' punching its way to 45 Below

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 13

[ P ]  New Comedy When Aunt Daphne Went Nude Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 13

[ P ]  Close as Pages in a Book: Little Women, the Musical, Begins Pre-Broadway Tryout in North Carolina Oct. 13

[ P ]  A Biddle Meets His Match: Trying, Joanna Glass' New Play, Opens Oct. 13 Off-Bway

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: October 4-10

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: 3 New Female Vocal Discs Released by PS Classics

Reviews:

[ Y ]  Julia Sweeney: Letting Go of God
Review by Julio Martinez, Variety

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEWS | 'EAT THE TASTE'; 'BARBARA BUSH NEVER SLEPT HERE'
In the Bushland Trenches, but Reaching for the Stars By CAMILLE SWEENEY
In the zany "Eat the Taste," John Ashcroft sets his sights on the Great White Way. In "Barbara Bush Slept Here," H. Patrick Kenilworth, a Texas Democrat, quits politics in disgust.

[ NJ ]  Desires bared in 'Nine Parts' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NJ ]  Fertility drama has lots of labor pains BY PETER FILICHIA
Can you say "laparoscopy"?

[ NYP ]  'CHOCOLATE' PUFF By FRANK SCHECK
WILLIAM Hamilton has been a New Yorker cartoonist for nearly 40 years, so it's no surprise that his satirical play � about an upper-class East Side couple who wake up one morning to find themselves black � has a cartoonish feel.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Blackface Master Echoes in Hip-Hop By MARGO JEFFERSON
A record company has recently released the recordings of black vaudevillian Bert Williams, an early master of speech-song and vanguard of hip-hop.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Stage Notes: Mimi & Roger: Another Time, Another Place by Paul Wontorek

[ TM ]  Paula Vogel: The Signature Season By: Gerard Raymond
A talk with the playwright whose work is being celebrated by the Signature Theatre Company.

[ B ]  First Person: The Little Show That Could by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Spirited Party for Spatter Pattern

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bway Luminaries Gather to Hear Cy Coleman at Feinstein's

News:

[ P ]  Good Vibrations Delays First Preview to Dec. 20; Opening Now Jan. 27

[ B ]  Good Vibrations Delays Broadway Bow

[ P ]  Ållo? French Approve Use of Cell Phone Jammers in Theatres

[ P ]  Here's to You, Anton! Gregory, Pine, Malcolm Salute Chekhov

[ P ]  Cy Coleman's Grace Kelly Musical Has Gurney, the Bergmans and Blakemore Attached

[ P ]  Friday Near the Park with John: Sondheim, Patinkin and Lapine Come Out for Kerry

[ P ]  Parker, Benchley, Kaufman and Woollcott Gather in Peccadillo's Talk of the Town, Nov. 4

[ P ]  Report: The Ten Commandments Musical Delays Plans for New York

[ P ]  "Motorcycle Diaries" Star Gael Garcia Bernal to Appear in Blood Wedding at Almeida

[ P ]  Marine Assassin Drama Pugilist Specialist Moves to 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, Nov. 3

[ P ]  Eartha Kitt and Lea DeLaria Join NYCO Cinderella; Casting Complete

[ B ]  Delaware Gets Jones & Uggams in Golden Pond

Reviews:

[ ND ]  A 'Richard' of remarkable breadth BY LINDA WINER
As of Monday, when Peter DuBois' seductively hideous production of "Richard III" opened at the Public Theater, Dinklage has overshadowed memories of such New York Richards as Al Pacino, Denzel Washington and Ian McKellen.

[ VV ]  New Blood From Noir
Bell's thriller wonders: When chronicler meets criminal, whose death is this, anyway? by Michael Feingold
Spatter Pattern (or, How I Got Away With It)

[ VV ]  Couldn't You Just Kill Your Friends Sometimes? Lavery Makes It Look Like Fun. by Michael Feingold
Last Easter

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Michael Feingold
Opening Doors

[ VV ]  Fools for Love
Donnellan's frenetic Othello lets you see its actors sweat by Charles McNulty
Othello

[ VV ]  Helping Hand
A Maxwell parable tries to save the fallen creeps among us by Alexis Soloski
Good Samaritans
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"Richard III" - Reviews:

[ SUN ]  Sizing Up Shakespeare by JEREMY McCARTER
In life, possibly not; in Shakespeare, definitely so: Size does matter.

[ DN ]  This 'Richard' lacks a hunch, or even a clue by Howard Kissel
The New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, from early on, has followed the advice of Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the momentous words "You Gotta Get a Gimmick."

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'RICHARD III'
A Big Throne to Fill, and the Man to Fill It By BEN BRANTLEY
Ascending the throne has never been more of a struggle for Shakespeare's most Machiavellian monarch than it is in this production at the Public Theater.

[ HC ]  Uneven 'Richard' Lacks Depth By MALCOLM JOHNSON
Shortcomings Mar Fine Acting

[ NYP ]  TOWERING JOB By FRANK SCHECK
It's Dinklage's unforgettable star turn that elevates this "Richard" to great Shakespeare.

[ NJ ]  Short actor a towering 'Richard III' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ JN ]  "Richard," uneven By JACQUES LE SOURD

[ ATW ]  Richard III: A Stunning Achievement Amid Other Misfires
Review by Andy Propst

[ Y ]  Production of 'Richard III' Uneven By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ Y ]  Review: Richard III by David Rooney, Variety

[ B ]  Richard III
Review by Eric Grode

[ TB ]  Richard III
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Richard III
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ CU ]  Richard III

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'GOOD SAMARITANS'
When Naturalism Isn't Natural, Subvert the Realism By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Richard Maxwell trains his unsentimental eye on the potentially misty story of two loners struggling and failing to connect.

[ CU ]  Good Samaritans

[ ATW ]  War's Effects Spanning the Centuries
Hecuba; Last of the Boys; Nine Parts Desire
Reviews by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Hecuba

[ ND ]  Three women revolve around a man in 'Tryptich' BY GORDON COX

[ TB ]  Now I Lie
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ WP ]  'Anna' in Tampa: End of Stogie By Peter Marks
The only thing that catches fire in Arena Stage's disappointing "Anna in the Tropics," the story of a family of cigar makers in sultry, Depression-era Tampa, is the tobacco.

[ BG ]  One man makes 'Another American' memorable By Sally Cragin

Features:

[ BS ]  The Big Turnoff
Pre-show announcements about cellphones and pagers have become their own high art.

[ BS ]  Critic's Choices
Even reviewers need to keep up their skills.

[ ND ]  Those who teach, can - and do BY BLAKE GREEN
Revered voice coach takes a starring role Off-Broadway

[ BH ]  Sandy Duncan puts foot down in 'King' By Robert Nesti

[ R ]  Massive Hepburn Archive a Revelation By Robert Osborne (Hollywood Reporter)

[ NYT ]  Notre Dame Now Seeks an Identity in the Arts By BRUCE WEBER
The university has built a $64 million arts complex meant to enhance, if not to wholly alter, the profile of the campus and the region.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Farewell, Frogs!

News:

[ NYT ]  Letters: On Broadway, Offstage

[ Y ]  B'way sails through Columbus holiday
Broadway got a nice $2 million bump from the holiday weekend, though the estimated $12.6 million gross for 24 shows falls about $1 million short of what Broadway did a year ago.

[ P ]  Adam Rapp's Finer Noble Gases Linger Longer as Off-Broadway Show Extends

[ P ]  Chicago's Goodwin Part of Cast of McCarter's Polk County

[ P ]  Critically-Acclaimed New Golden Pond Will Play Wilmington Oct. 22-31

[ P ]  Taboo's Berry to Star in NYCO Cinderella; Sieber Is Her Prince

[ P ]  Hairspray's Steele Heads to Joe's Pub in November

[ P ]  Arkin, Weller and Campbell Featured in Free Reading of Tulip Craze

[ P ]  Wicked Cast Members Set to Perform in Oct. 24 Concert

[ P ]  Casting Announced for York's Daisy and Violet Hilton Musical, Twenty Fingers, Twenty Toes

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 12

[ P ]  "Sopranos" Star Produces Off-Broadway Premiere of Ponies

[ P ]  Hey, Big Spender: Cy Coleman Returns to Nightclub Roots With Trio Gig at NYC's Feinstein's Oct. 12-23

[ P ]  Mario Cantone Begins Life as Laugh Whore of Broadway Oct. 12

[ P ]  Broadway Understudies Shine in Piano-and-Voice At This Performance... Show Oct. 11

[ NYT ]  Christopher Reeve, 'Superman' and Crusader for Stem Cells, Dies By DOUGLAS MARTIN

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Urinetown Authors Give Ashcroft Something to Sing About in Satirical Eat the Taste

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Browse New Scripts from Your Computer at Playscripts.com
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Monday, October 11, 2004

[ * ]  ABC to air Reeve special tonight
posted at 10/11/2004 06:07:57 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ B ]  Harris Joins Cast of Off-B'way's Modern Orthodox

[ B ]  Burrows and Bernal to Appear at Almeida

[ P ]  Sarah Paulson in Talks to Play Laura in Broadway Menagerie

[ P ]  Golda's Balcony Will Close on Broadway on Jan. 2 When It Loses Its Golda

Features:

[ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: Laugh Whore at the Cort

[ B ]  Photo Op: Celebrating Last Easter
posted at 10/11/2004 04:20:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ B ]  Random Notes on This and That: 10/11/04 by Ken Mandelbaum
Poor Andrew Lloyd Webber can't seem to get a break in The New York Times.

[ TB ]  Cabaret Interview with Cy Coleman by Jonathan Frank

[ P ]  The Lady Eve
Eve Ensler � playwright, performer and activist � returns to Broadway in The Good Body, a further exploration from the author of The Vagina Monologues into the ways that women view their bodies and themselves

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Public's "Power Plays" Begin with Dinklage Led Richard III

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Linklater and Tom Revive Hecuba at 45 Bleecker

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Spatter Pattern

News:

[ TM ]  TheaterMania to Host Talk With Paula Vogel at Ars Nova

[ P ]  Frogs Cast Goes Into Recording Studio Oct. 12

[ P ]  Memorial for Broadway and Regional Actress Caitlin Clarke To Be Held Oct. 18 in NYC

[ P ]  John Stix, Broadway and Off-Broadway Director Who Inspired Students at Juilliard and Beyond, Dead at 83

[ P ]  Plays by Yew, Son, Helm Part of Public's "New Work Now" Festival, Oct. 22-31

[ P ]  Musical Lone Star Love Lassos John Houseman Theatre

[ B ]  Jeffrey Tambor Joins Cast of B'way's Glengarry

[ TM ]  Actor Christopher Reeve Dies at 52

[ P ]  Christopher Reeve, Hollywood's "Superman," Who Never Abandoned Theatre, Dead at 52

[ B ]  Sarah Paulson in Talks for Glass Menagerie Role
posted at 10/11/2004 02:05:40 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

News:

[ Y ]  Christopher Reeve, 'Superman' Star, Dies at 52

[ B ]  Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at Age 52

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: An Actor and an Activist

Michael Feingold has posted on All That Chat the news that director and teacher John Stix has died.

[ IBDB ]  John Stix' Broadway Credits

[ Y ]  Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson is in talks to star as Laura opposite Jessica Lange and Ethan Hawke in the upcoming production of "The Glass Menagerie."

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia assesses Basha Hammerstein's tell-all book about her marriage to the son of a legendary lyricist-librettist.

[ DN ]  Little Big Bard By CELIA McGEE
4-foot-6 Peter Dinklage takes on a giant role: Richard III

[ TS ]  His toughest jump By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Elvis Stojko in "Grease."

Reviews:

[ DN ]  Taymor's 'Flute' is utterly enchanting By HOWARD KISSEL

[ NYT ]  OPERA REVIEW | METROPOLITAN OPERA
Coloring Mozart's World With Puppets and Gewgaws By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Julie Taymor's production of "Die Zauberfl�te" on Friday was so packed with stage tricks that the exceptional musical performance by the strong cast was overwhelmed.

[ NJ ]  Strange neighbors can give you the willies BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Despite its lurid title, "Spatter Pattern (or, How I Got Away With It)" is one of those wee-small-hours sort of thrillers that are more brooding than bloody in nature.

[ TB ]  Spatter Pattern or How I Got Away With It
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Spatter Pattern
Review by Edward Karam

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FINISHING THE PICTURE'
Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Painted in Words By BEN BRANTLEY
Arthur Miller's disguised take on Marilyn Monroe at the Goodman Theater is not clouded by prurience, but it does not provide much in the way of illumination either.

[ NJ ]  Songs from the heart at George St. BY PETER FILICHIA
Considering that Tony voters once gave a Best Musical Actress Award to Leslie Uggams for her role in "Hallelujah Baby!" one must wonder how many they'd now give Suzzanne Douglas for playing the same part.
Two? Ten? Twenty?

[ TB ]  The Imaginary Invalid
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Dorian
Los Angeles Review by Sharon Perlmutter

[ NYP ]  'EASTER' WITHOUT PASSION By FRANK SCHECK
IT'S not a good sign when, during a play about a terminally woman on a trip to Lourdes, you find yourself checking your watch, wondering when is she going to die already?

Other News:

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 11

[ P ]  Box Office to Broadway's DemocracyOpens Oct. 11

[ P ]  Susan Egan to Sing Jerry Herman at Nov. 8 L.A. Concert

[ P ]  Additional Casting Announced for Amy Irving Celadine

[ P ]  John Cullum Is Boston Clergyman Law in New Group's Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Oct. 11

[ P ]  Callaway, Crosby, McCartney and Walsh Are Women on Stage Oct. 11

[ P ]  Richard Easton to Participate in Reading of Turning Night Oct. 18-20

[ P ]  Jeffrey Tambor Joins Cast of Broadway Glengarry
posted at 10/11/2004 08:00:13 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Quoting from the Drudge Report:

"Nikki Finke in Los Angeles is reporting that actor Christopher Reeve is dead, according to sources close to the actor. He died suddenly Sunday. News of his death has not been reported publicly yet. His family will make an announcement Monday at the earliest. Reeve was just mentioned Friday in the second live presidential debate by John Kerry. Noting he was a friend of the paralysed Reeve, Kerry said he was in favor of further stem cell research because Reeve could walk again one day thanks to such science...."

[ IBDB ]  Christopher Reeve's Broadway Credits
posted at 10/11/2004 01:55:02 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, October 10, 2004

Features:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Theaters' Names Lose Their Luster By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Theater lovers can only be dismayed by the news that the Shubert Organization will rename two of its Broadway theaters after two of its executives.

[ B ]  Stage Notes: Two Scoundrels, Two Audreys and One Musical Moses by Paul Wontorek

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: "Being Julia"

[ DN ]  Show of shows by Howard Kissel
Give your regards to B'way in a museum

[ INQ ]  Playwright Innaurato's home for a 'Gemini' with music By Douglas J. Keating

[ NJ ]  A 'lifer' on stage, Bosco is back on Broadway BY STUART MILLER

[ Y ]  'Brooklyn' Illustrates Risks of Broadway By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer

[ Y ]  New tuner takes a cue from 'Q' by Robert Hofler, Variety
Nothing but the empty Royale Theater separates "Brooklyn" and "Avenue Q," on West 45th Street. Can the little guy do it again without the drawing power of stars, special effects and a movie tie-in?

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Brooklyn Reunion for Rosie and McD

[ ND ]  HIS KINGDOM FOR THIS PART BY GORDON COX
Gaining a reputation as a serious actor, Peter Dinklage tackles the role of the 'deform'd' king in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'

[ BSUN ]  By the Bard? By Mary Carole McCauley
Who wrote all those Shakespeare plays and poems? A group of much-maligned scholars has a surprising answer.

[ BG ]  The masked man By Jonathan Bate
Little is known about the life of William Shakespeare, and the works themselves are an unreliable key to the man. That hasn't stopped scholars from trying to get inside his head.

[ NYT ]  Mario Cantone's Loud Family Reunion By ERIC MESSINGER
Mario Cantone is taking his caustic comedy to Broadway in a one-man show, "Laugh Whore." But first he visited his ancestral stomping grounds.

[ NYT ]  Playing Hedda Gabler, Dripping in V-8 Juice By DAVID EDELSTEIN
Elizabeth Marvel loves the madness of a stage-trashing role in Ivo van Hove's ferociously loopy production of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler."

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | COPING
No Spoonful of Sugar? By ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH
As the Broadway and flu seasons converge, performers discuss the products that keep them onstage.

[ NYT ]  Multimedia Feature: From Sketch to Stage
Catherine Zuber, a costume designer, explains how Klimt, Botticelli and Fellini inspired her work on the Broadway production of "Dracula, the Musical."

[ LAT ]  Astray in the manger By Charles McNulty
Off-Broadway, it was a sleeper hit. But how will the unauthorized (and deeply sincere) camp of this 'Pageant' play in the cradle of Scientology?

[ MN ]  The world's a stage for Lisa Loomer By Karen D'Souza
SOCIAL JUSTICE DRIVING FORCE IN 'LIVING OUT'
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ BG ]  Sandy Duncan: An old-school star is reborn By Maureen Dezell
The veteran actress gets back on the road with 'The King and I'

[ NYP ]  LIVE AND LIVELIER By BARBARA HOFFMAN
Theater has never been bigger or better in this town - and we're not talking about Broadway. More and more troupes and theaters around the city are catering to kids and the adults who bring 'em.

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Add the name Jeffrey Tambor to the stars of the revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning David Mamet play "Glengarry Glen Ross,'' scheduled to open on Broadway on April 8 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, n�e Royale.
Fifth item.

[ B ]  Radio City Run of Ten Commandments On Hold
The musical version of The Ten Commandments, starring Val Kilmer, will not be coming to Radio City Music Hall in January after all. The New York run of the troubled tuner has been indefinitely postponed.

[ Y ]  B.O. up; 'Superstar' 482g
Road grosses rose 7.5% to $10,759,099 during Week 18 (Sept. 27-Oct. 3).
New tuner "The Ten Commandments," starring Val Kilmer at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, would not release figures.

[ B ]  Lone Star Love Moves to Houseman Theatre

[ LAT ]  A crosstown volley of words By Don Shirley
"Skip the drama of going downtown, come to the Geffen."

[ Y ]  Australia sings again by Michaela Boland, Variety
SYDNEY - It's been 16 years since producers have rolled the dice on an original, full-scale Australian musical.

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Billy Crystal on "Letterman", Rosie Perez on "Leno" and Sigourney Weaver on "The View"

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 10

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: "Broadway: The American Musical" Director on "Radio Playbill," Oct. 11-24

[ P ]  The Season of Peter Dinklage Officially Opens With Unveiling of Richard III at Public Theatre

[ P ]  Molina, Sieber, Huffman, Callaway and Mason Part of Voices for Change III Oct. 10

[ P ]  Daphne Rubin-Vega Takes Part in Reading of Play at Jean Cocteau Rep

[ P ]  Benefit Reading of Bentley Play to Launch New Phoenix Theatre Ensemble Oct. 25

[ P ]  Richard Dreyfuss to Devote Himself to Stage Work

[ P ]  A Star is Born Again as SNL's Sweeney Debuts New Solo Letting Go of God, Oct. 9

[ P ]  One Actress Relates Nine Parts of Desire as Off-Broadway Show About Iraqi Women Opens Oct. 9

[ P ]  Robert Picardo Is Patriarch in World Premiere of Gemini, the Musical, Oct. 9-31 in Philly

[ P ]  Mom, Dad, I'm Living With a White Girl Gets U.S. Premiere in NYC Oct. 9-Nov. 7

[ NYT ]  Hildy Parks, TV Producer, Dies at 78 By FELICIA R. LEE
Hildy Parks Cohen, the producer, writer and actress known as Hildy Parks, wrote the first 20 Tony Awards telecasts as well as 20 other television specials.

[ TM ]  Music Man Wally Harper Dies at 62

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Lenny, the indispensable By Mark Swed
The conflict roiling inside of Leonard Bernstein found fervent, ecstatic release in each note of music he made. Listening again, it's still clear this was one incomparable man.

[ TM ]  Eat the Taste
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
Eat the Taste has got to be the most offbeat sequel to a hit musical ever written.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'WHITE CHOCOLATE'
Well, They Were White Last Night By BEN BRANTLEY
In William Hamilton's play, a rich white society couple wake up in their fancy Upper East Side apartment to discover that overnight . . . they've turned black!

[ Y ]  'Easter' Gets Light Treatment By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ TB ]  Finishing the Picture, by Arthur Miller
Chicago Review by John Olson

[ ND ]  From 411 BC, a comedy still stands tall BY GORDON COX
A large, vine-covered sculpture of a phallus. Frequent use of coarse sexual euphemisms. Men driven to distraction, in a constant, visible, state of arousal. It could be the latest crude teen comedy at the multiplex or it could be "Lysistrata."

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | SANDY STEWART
When the Most Special Effect Is Avoiding Special Effects By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Sandy Stewart, a no-frills pop-jazz classicist, performed with her son, the pianist Bill Charlap, at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.

[ BS ]  Take the Fall, Please
The flood of new shows that land ashore in NYC every October give me entirely too many ways to spend my meager paycheck.
posted at 10/10/2004 10:13:59 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

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

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TBA - Equus

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TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

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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]

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TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

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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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