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Saturday, October 23, 2004
[ STARS ] MOVIN' OUT ENTERS THIRD YEAR ON BROADWAY AND TONY NOMINEE JOHN SEYLA IS STILL SOARING THROUGH THE AIR AT LIGHTNING SPEEDS
by ELLIS NASSOUR
In Movin' Out, the hit Broadway dance musical built around a roster of Billy Joel tunes that enters its third year Tuesday, you might think that John Selya is superhuman. As he soars through the air faster than a speeding bullet and does dizzying, whirling dervish spins, you and thousands of audience members are suspended in a state of disbelief.
[ NYT ] I Appreciate George S. Kaufman By WOODY ALLEN
A fan recalls the "life-changing experience" of discovering the playwright, whose work has been collected by the Library of America.
Features:
[ NYT ] Underground in Sensibility and Space By JASON ZINOMAN
London's avant-garde Shunt theater company is forging an uneasy alliance with the National Theater.
[ NYT ] Sarah Kane's Second Life By JESSE McKINLEY
Sarah Kane is now one of Europe's biggest playwrights. How much of that is the plays, how much the suicide?
[ NYT ] A Gospel, but Not Ever Set in Stone By COELI CARR
A musical 'Oedipus' was staged 20 years ago, and the creators have been tweaking it ever since.
[ NYT ] In Character, a Quick Exit Is Required By HOWARD KAPLAN
For Simon, a sidewalk mime from Trinidad who does his statue act in various Midtown locations, the difficulty isn't standing for ten hours at a time. It's getting off the stage.
[ NYT ] From Australia's Human Holding Pen By RAYMOND BONNER
"Through the Wire," which plays at the Sydney Opera House Studio space through Sunday, offers a critique of Australia's policies on asylum-seekers.
[ LAT ] Shaped, in bits, drips and quips By Charles Mee
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING: If we're formed by our experiences, shouldn't our work be as well? Even Shakespeare cribbed from Cervantes and other earlier work.
[ LAT ] It may not make history, but that's not the point By Kurt Vonnegut
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING: Simply entertaining an audience for a little while is a worthy goal in and of itself.
[ LAT ] The Twyla zone grows By Scott Timberg
Prickly as ever, a cult creator expands her pioneering influence
[ LAT ] 'Take Me Out' is a hit � and a save By Don Shirley
As "Take Me Out" journeys farther into the U.S. hinterland, the question arises how far it will get with its scenes of several teammates on a Major League Baseball team showering together onstage. The actors are nude. Will this really play in, say, Charlotte?
[ LAT ] Bringing a world view to L.A. By Reed Johnson
A trip to skid row stunned Argentine playwright Ar�stides Vargas. His plays affect others the same way.
[ HC ] Edith Head Trip By FRANK RIZZO
Show At Atheneum Tells The Story Of Hollywood's Self-Promoting Costumer To The Stars
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | RADIOHOLE
Bad Table Manners, but Fancy Names to Quote By JASON ZINOMAN
If you learn one thing about the members of this theater troupe from their deliriously entertaining show, it is never invite them to dinner.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MOM, DAD, I'M LIVING WITH A WHITE GIRL'
Guess Who's Coming to Dim Sum By ANITA GATES
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE NEXT-TO-THE-LAST REVUE'
Show Business, the Old-Fashioned Way By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Give "The Next-to-the-Last Revue" points for trying.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE AWESOME 80'S PROM'
Prom Night in the 80's? It Was, Like, So Totally Rad By JASON ZINOMAN
[ NYP ] UP WITH 'DOWNTOWN'
"The Downtown Plays" - the centerpiece of Robert De Niro's first annual Tribeca Theater Festival - isn't going to be in town for long. All the more reason to see it now.
News:
[ B ] La Cage Delays First Preview by One Day
[ NYT ] Julius Harris, 81, Pioneering Black Actor, Dies
Julius Harris was a stage and screen performer who moved beyond stereotypical movie roles for black actors.
[ IBDB ] Julius Harris' Broadway Credits
[ ND ] Look like a Broadway star - for $20 by GORDON COX
Still need to scare up a Halloween costume? Theatre Development Fund, the organization that runs the discount TKTS booths, can help.
[ NYT ] DIRECTIONS | MERCHANDISE
There's No Dresses Like Show Dresses By MELENA Z. RYZIK
You may never be a Broadway actor, but you can dress like one.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 23
[ P ] New Bat Boy Recording Due Oct. 23; Stars Sign CDs in London
[ P ] Bitter Suite: Award-Winning Musical Mistress Cycle Gets NYC Readings Nov. 15-16 With Luker, Murney, Davis
[ P ] Freestyle Love Supreme, a Hip-Hop Improv Musical "Whirlwind," Begins NYC Run Oct. 22
[ P ] Roar Star Featured in Banned Play Sakharam Binder, Oct. 22
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Friday, October 22, 2004
[ NYP ] 'TOWN' FROWN By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE producers of "Wonderful Town" are certainly pleased with the glowing notice their new leading lady, Brooke Shields, received this week from New York Times drama critic Ben Brantley.
What they are not happy about, however, is that Brantley, under orders from his editors, jumped the gun on reviewing her performance.
[ CST ] Speaking with Richard Chamberlain
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Features:
[ B ] Ask a Star: Rosie Perez
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE ON OPENING NIGHT: Brooklyn
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott recommend Reckless, Trying, and Eat the Taste, cover the Cabaret Convention, and have news of movies on Theatre Row.
[ CU ] Jewtopia
News:
[ P ] Joshua Jackson to Co-Star with Patrick Stewart in London A Life in the Theatre
[ B ] Jackson & Stewart to Star in West End's Theatre
[ B ] Holbrook Wins Featured Role in All Shook Up
Curtis Holbrook completes the principal cast of All Shook Up.
[ TM ] Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch to Kick Off Winter Season at Birdland
[ P ] Hewitt and Errico Read from "Dracula" in Greenwich Village Oct. 23
[ P ] East Village Lana Turner: Foreman Finds Latest Star in Coffee Shop
[ B ] Shawn Joins Cast of New Group's Hurlyburly
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"Brooklyn the Musical":
[ B ] Did Critics Think Brooklyn Was Worth the Trip?
[ SUN ] I'll Take Manhattan by JEREMY McCARTER
Finally, a Broadway musical for people put off by the sonic and narrative complexities of "Rent."
[ B ] Photo Op: Brooklyn's Bash Under a Different Bridge
Features:
[ B ] Obscure Recordings: The Streets of New York by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] First Person: A Class Act by Robert Greenblatt
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: "The Music of the Night" Begins Playing in Movie Theatres With "Phantom" Movie in December
News:
[ P ] Mike Read�s Oscar Wilde Closes in London After Single Performance
The spur for the cancellation was the poor bookings for the second night � only five of the theatre�s 466 seats had been sold.
[ P ] Wallace Shawn Joins Cast of Upcoming Ethan Hawke Hurlyburly Off-Broadway
[ P ] Casting Announced for Kennedy Center's Willy Wonka Musical
[ P ] World Premiere Four Seasons Musical Jersey Boys Extends to Dec. 5 in CA
[ P ] Vampires' Von Essen to Offer Solo NYC Concert in March
[ P ] Free Reading of Moses' The Four of Us Set for Oct. 25
[ P ] Cast Set for De Shields "Lyrics & Lyricists" Salute to Razaf
[ TM ] 2005 Theater Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
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"Brooklyn the Musical" - Reviews:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
"This is the Broadway Emergency Hotline, how may I help you?"
[ WP ] 'Brooklyn': Bad to the Bone By Peter Marks
Second-worst, fifth-worst, eighth-worst? When a musical is this awful, you pore over your personal Book of the Lame: Was "Taboo" this bad?
[ B ] Brooklyn
Review by Eric Grode
This misbegotten hybrid of Brecht, story theater, Amelie and American Idol fails so dismally on so many levels that the prevailing impulse is to look away from the stage.
[ ND ] Brooklyn (the musical): It means well BY LINDA WINER
If bright, fresh talent and infectious pop-and-soul music could overcome a ludicrous story and cornball lyrics, the show that opened last night at the Plymouth Theatre might not make a mere 105 minutes feel like infinity times forever.
[ TM ] Brooklyn The Musical
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Espinosa is making the kind of Broadway bow that will still be talked about years hence; it's the equivalent of Jennifer Holliday blasting "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" or Melissa Errico enlivening One Touch of Venus.
[ NYP ] JUMP OFF THE BRIDGE By CLIVE BARNES
WHEN you walk out of a musical humming the costumes, you know that show's in trouble.
[ DN ] 'Brooklyn': Fuhgeddaboudit by Howard Kissel
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL'
Excuse Me, Got Any Spare Fame? By BEN BRANTLEY
The aggressively maudlin "Brooklyn" is a throwback to the whimsy-laden little musicals that blossomed Off Broadway several decades ago.
[ JN ] Borough on Broadway By JACQUES LE SOURD
"Brooklyn The Musical" is definitely not for everyone.
But the show is not easy to dismiss, either, because of the super-abundance of talent evident in the songs, the performances and the design element.
Didn't he like "Dracula" too?
[ Y ] 'Brooklyn' Should Charm Audiences By PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
The quality of the music and the skillful, unobtrusive direction of Jeff Calhoun are more than enough to make the show entertaining.
[ NJ ] 'Brooklyn' can't bridge gap BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Sensational singing not enough to make wannabe a hit
[ ATW ] Star-Making Performances Buried in Brooklyn Rubble
Review by Andy Propst
[ TB ] Brooklyn The Musical
Review by Matthew Murray
[ HC ] Sugary Plot, Rousing Music By MALCOLM JOHNSON
"Jewtopia" - Reviews:
[ NYP ] FUNNY, BUT NOT QUITE JEW-BILATION By FRANK SCHECK
'JEWTOPIA" � a broad comedy about two 30-year-old men in search of the right women � is the perfect show for anyone who thinks Jackie Mason's humor isn't quite Jewish enough.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'JEWTOPIA'
The Art of Pursuing Jewish Girls, for Dummies By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
In a word, oy. Actually, even that small but spectacularly useful Yiddish word won't suffice to register the proper dismay at the feeble-witted comedy "Jewtopia."
[ ATW ] Jewtopia: Just Say Oy
Review by Andy Propst
[ TB ] Jewtopia
Review by Matthew Murray
If, in the end, the show is little more than an escapist comedy, it's definitely an enjoyable one.
[ B ] Jewtopia
Review by William Stevenson
Although it feels more like a two-hour skit than a real play, Jewtopia delivers plenty of laughs.
[ Y ] Nothing Perfect About 'Jewtopia' By JERRY SCHWARTZ, AP National Writer
[ NJ ] Goy's gags would play in the Borsht Belt BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TM ] Jewtopia
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld
Other Reviews:
[ HChron ] Cross-dressing 'Ladies' still funny in spite of old gags By EVERETT EVANS
Erin Dilly is a revelation as the love interest Meg: an adorably spirited and starry-eyed heroine striving to break free from her bossy groom-to-be. Her joyous, kick-the-leg jig when excited is a deft touch of comic characterization.
[ HC ] 'Mack & Mabel' Still Stutters By MALCOLM JOHNSON
The closing show of the Goodspeed season lacks cohesiveness and credibility, and only Noll injects a real, beating heart and whimsical comic sensibility. Unfortunately, time has not healed the show's problems.
[ HC ] Estelle Parsons Elegant In 'Nice' By MALCOLM JOHNSON
[ DN ] Fleshing out 'Temptation' by Howard Kissel
Robert Wilson's "The Temptation of St. Anthony" is based on Gustave Flaubert's virtually unreadable novel about a third-century hermit battling against sensuality.
What Flaubert needed was Bernice Johnson Reagon.
[ LAT ] 'Grand' show on an intimate stage By Daryl H. Miller
Director Peter Schneider streamlines the 1989 musical that won five Tony Awards.
[ HC ] As Martha Mitchell, Judith Ivey Rises To The Occasion By MALCOLM JOHNSON
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | JEREMY DAVENPORT
Standards That Swing; Hold the Sentiment By STEPHEN HOLDEN
On Wednesday at the Oak Room, standards were put through their paces in impeccable arrangements that ranged from high-stepping tunes to sophisticated cha-chas.
Features:
[ NYT ] JUST BROWSING
A Cineplex Beaten Into a Theaterplex By WILLIAM GRIMES
Dodger Stage Holding has transformed a former movie house on West 50th Street into a cluster of five Off-Broadway theaters. So how well does it work?
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Avenue Q's Ann Harada; Family Night at the Cabaret Convention and Showstoppers!
[ NJ ] This 'Lady' is no demon, she's just naive BY PETER FILICHIA
Actress Laila Robins has a new theory on what makes the 'Macbeth' seductress tick
[ TM ] One for the Play People By: Michael Portantiere
A chat with Marc Acito, author of How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater.
[ CST ] Quintessential Dennehy, O'Neill BY HEDY WEISS
[ CT ] Dennehy, in brief by Chris Jones
[ HC ] Putting Flesh On The Bones Of History By FRANK RIZZO
For David Hare, plays are not a matter of politics but people.
[ BG ] Director goes public with 'Endgame' rehearsals By Catherine Foster
Andre Gregory conducts an open rehearsal of Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," with Larry Pine and Gerry Bamman, who appeared in the play with Gregory 30 years ago.
[ B ] Photo Op: Christmas in October
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Mamma Mia! Welcomes Three New Members to the Family
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Murphy, Cerveris and Mazzie Rekindle Their Passion for Sondheim at Concert
News:
[ R ] Fans Fail to Go Wilde Over London Musical
Oscar Wilde would have thoroughly approved of the chorus of howls which greeted a musical about his life that closed in London after just one night -- one of the shortest West End runs on record.
[ Y ] Lindsay-Abaire dips pen into 'Inkheart'
[ Y ] Doug Hughes not in running for Public producer race
[ Y ] Kennedy Center to Premiere 'Willy Wonka'
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 22
[ P ] The Producers Begins London Previews; Producer Ian and Writer Meehan Talk to PBOL
[ P ] Broadway Says 'night, Mother to Falco and Blethyn With Oct. 22 First Preview of Norman Revival
[ P ] Eve Ensler Begins Her Broadway Debut in The Good Body, Oct. 22
[ P ] They Might Be Giants Singer Stars in New Rock Musical People Are Wrong!, Oct. 22
[ P ] Critically-Acclaimed New Golden Pond Plays Wilmington, DE, Oct. 22-31; Will Ripples Spread?
[ P ] Walnut Street's Cats Is Set in Philly Junkyard;Little-Known Song Added to Fresh Staging
[ P ] The Memory of Love's Refrain: Hoagy Musical Shines Some Star Dust on Coconut Grove, Nov. 2-21
[ P ] Dodgers and Stage Holding Discuss Change in Producing Partnership
[ P ] Jerry Orbach to Host Hall of Fame Ceremony
[ P ] Terrence McNally to Pen Book for Shaiman-Wittman Catch Me If You Can
[ HC ] 'Pamela's First Musical' coming to Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Vampires Descend on Theaters Nationwide
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Thursday, October 21, 2004
Features:
[ P ] It's Today! Jerry Herman Juggles Mack & Mabel and La Cage This Fall (And He Wouldn't Mind a Grand Tour)
If life's a banquet, as Auntie Mame said, you can't help noticing this fall that Jerry Herman's plate is full.
[ B ] Photo Op: Passion for a Good Cause
Reviews:
[ B ] Did B'way-Bound Little Women Astonish Critics?
[ B ] Were California Critics Kind to Jersey Boys?
[ TB ] Polk County: A Folkloric Play with Music Resurrected
Review by Bob Rendell
[ CU ] Dirty Tricks
News:
[ B ] Michael Hayden Set for Dessa Rose Cast
[ P ] Michael Hayden Added to Cast of Musical Dessa Rose
[ P ] The Woman in White Sees Single Hit U.K. Pop Charts; Show May Head to U.S.
[ P ] Ewan McGregor in Talks to Star in London Guys and Dolls
[ P ] Gillett, Rusinek and Hogsed Join NYCO "Cinderella" Cast
[ P ] Maggie Gyllenhaal and Juliana Margulies Book Dates at Public Theater
[ P ] McKinley, Musto and Pacheco Analyze Theatre Season on "Theater Talk"
[ P ] Tony Winner Glenn Close Signs for Full Season of "The Shield"
[ P ] Rue McClanahan and Rachel York Part of Actors' Fund Dear George Benefit
[ P ] Wicked's Chenoweth Featured on PBS' "Nightly Business Report" Oct. 21
[ P ] White Christmas' Brian d'Arcy James Gets in the Holiday Spirit with New Solo CD
[ P ] Oy Meets Girl: Jewish-Gentile Comedy Jewtopia Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 21
[ B ] Goodspeed Offers Another Look at Amour
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[ STARS ] DANCERS GALORE TAKE TO CITY CENTER STAGE FOR CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS BENEFIT
By ELLIS NASSOUR
Not one, not a couple, not a quartet, not merely a company but a hundred dancers will fill the stage of New York's City Center for Monday's Career Transition For Dancers 10th Anniversary gala, Dancing On Air: A Dance Tribute To Television. Could this be the dance entertainment event of the new season?
[ Y ] Little Women - The Musical
Review by Robert C. Page III, Variety
The less a patron knows about the book or Alcott, the more this musicalized version's charm will work.
[ Y ] Jersey Boys
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety
Although many tunes showcased in this Broadway-aimed production don't achieve maximum impact -- due to frustratingly abrupt cutoffs -- and the Marshall Brickman/Rick Elice book sometimes sets aside gritty realism for corny humor, "Jersey Boys" is consistently enjoyable, a fleshed-out biopic.
Features:
[ DN ] No babbling about Brooks in this comedy By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Playwright Michelle Kholos' first work is an autobiographical comedy-drama about marriage and crazy extended families.
But while Kholos recently married into a colorful showbiz clan, don't expect to see any characters based on her famous in-laws.
[ ND ] Such a premise! By Peter Goodman
In 'Jewtopia,' a sketch grown into a play, a Catholic lad learns how to be Jewish
[ TM ] Boy for Sale By: Michael Portantiere
An award-winning production of Alan Bowne's Forty-Deuce is revived.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
Richard Dreyfuss (second item).
[ Y ] Arthur Miller Creates a New Work By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
[ BS ] Lass is More
Men must find their inner femininity, not physical tricks, to play women.
"Dirty Tricks" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'DIRTY TRICKS'
Mrs. Mitchell on Line 3, Something About Watergate By BEN BRANTLEY
Like its compulsively chatty heroine, Martha Mitchell, the one-woman show "Dirty Tricks" is scattershot, hazy and, yes, desperate.
[ WP ] 'Dirty Tricks': Watergate Crank Too Fondly Recalled By Peter Marks
Plus "Richard III."
[ NJ ] Watergate wife BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Judith Ivey captures the spirit of the not-so-crazy Margaret Mitchell
[ Y ] Martha Mitchell Talks and Talks By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ Y ] Dirty Tricks
Review by David Rooney, Variety
[ ATW ] Ivey Shines in Mitchell Bio-Drama, Dirty Tricks
Review by Andy Propst
[ JN ] No new tricks By JACQUES LE SOURD
[ B ] Dirty Tricks
Review by Eric Grode
[ TB ] Dirty Tricks
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Dirty Tricks
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Other Reviews:
[ TM ] EVE-olution
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ ATW ] EVE-olution: Two Fine Actresses Explore Highs and Lows of Motherhood
Review by Andy Propst
[ Y ] Eve-olution
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY'
Finding Answers for Theological Questions, to a Gospel Beat By JON PARELES
Robert Wilson gets funky with "The Temptation of St. Anthony," which opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday as part of the Next Wave Festival.
[ CU ] Psycho Beach Party
[ CU ] Eyes of the Heart
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: History of Chicago Theater Explored in Christiansen's 'A Theater of Our Own'
News:
[ B ] Terrence McNally to Pen Book for Catch Me Tuner
[ BS ] Lincoln Center: $1.5B Impact
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 21
[ P ] Brian Dennehy Stars in Hughie at Goodman Theatre Oct. 21-Nov. 21
[ P ] Once Upon a Time: New Musical Brooklyn Opens at the Plymouth Oct. 21
[ P ] Attack on Newsman Dan Rather Relived in Kenneth � What is the Frequency?, Oct. 21
[ P ] Oy Meets Girl: Jewish-Gentile Comedy Jewtopia Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 21
[ P ] Second Stage Dives into Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Oct. 21
[ P ] Ooh-La-La! Goodspeed's Norma Terris Will See Revised Amour, Plus Lawnchair Man and Pamela's in 2005
[ P ] "Phantom of the Opera" Movie Soundtrack Set for Nov. 23 Release
[ P ] Producer Roy Miller Leaves Paper Mill to Venture Out on His Own; He'll Make Drowsy Chaperone Sing
[ P ] Susan Sarandon Portrays Laura Bush in Kushner's Only We Who Guard... at Long Wharf Oct. 25
[ P ] Noise/Funk Tony Winner Savion Glover Directs New Timmy The Great Musical, Oct. 26
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Wednesday, October 20, 2004
[ B ] DVDs: Always Mademoiselle by Ken Mandelbaum
Derrick Williams (Wicked, Aida) will play Big Daddy in the Sweet Charity revival.
DVD: BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES II (Acorn Media)
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Backstage with Brassy Bette
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Songwriting Legends Visit Brooklyn Just Before Broadway Opening
News:
[ P ] Bach, Shindle and Foster Are Weird Triangle of North Carolina Theatre's Jekyll & Hyde Oct. 22-31
[ P ] Results of West End Theatre Audience Survey Now In
[ B ] Farr Named Artistic Dir. of Lyric Hammersmith
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Features:
[ SUN ] Jefferson Mays: The Exit Interview by JEREMY McCARTER
This time's it's Jefferson Mays as himself.
[ ATW ] Dispiriting Journey
One man's foray into the unlikely blend of arts and Republican politics
Reviews:
[ TB ] Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted
Philadelphia Review by Tim Dunleavy
[ TB ] The Rivals and Under Glass
New Jersey Reviews by Bob Rendell
News:
[ P ] Original Off-Broadway Star Brings Groucho: A Life In Revue to Boston, Oct. 20
[ P ] Wicked to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary with Week of Events
[ P ] London's Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Appoints New Artistic Director
[ P ] Russell, McCarthy and Atkinson Join Piven for MCC's Fat Pig
[ P ] What a Vision: Amanda Plummer Will Play Joan of Arc at Canada's Stratford Festival in 2005
[ P ] Eve-Olution � with "Cosby" Star Le Beauf � Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 20
[ P ] Cast Set for A Richard Rodgers Celebration in Song
[ P ] Film Remake of "The Women" May Feature Ryan, Bening, Bullock and Judd
[ P ] Songs From Lloyd Webber's Woman in White Available On-Line
[ P ] A Conversation with Paula Vogel Set for Oct. 24
[ P ] Sixteenth Annual Cabaret Convention Sets NYC Dates for 2005
[ P ] Christian Slater Extends Stay in London Cuckoo�s Nest
[ P ] Chitty's Michael Ball to Release DVD and CD
[ B ] 2004 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
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[ B ] Broadway Producing Company Announces Plans for Layoffs By JESSE McKINLEY
Dodger Theatricals, one of Broadway's biggest producing companies, has announced staff layoffs.
[ NYP ] NATHAN'S STORY By MICHAEL RIEDEL
NATHAN Lane was walking into his house in East Hampton last Friday, all set to enjoy a break from the stage, when the phone rang.
[ N&O ] 'Little Women' grows up By ORLA SWIFT
First review of "Little Women" from its North Carolina tryout.
Thanks to NYandNC on All That Chat for the link!
[ SD ] 'Boys' walks like a man By Anne Marie Welsh
Four Seasons-fueled play is one for all seasons
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ LAT ] Oh, what a legacy left by these 'Jersey Boys' By Daryl H. Miller
In spirit, "Jersey Boys" is a cousin to such music-propelled projects as "Buddy ... The Buddy Holly Story." It's unlikely to be embraced by theater critics or rock historians. But nostalgia-hungry audiences will scream for more.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Fanny Brice is one of the subjects of Filichia's musings about Broadway: The American Musical.
[ B ] Stage Notes: Falco Goes Fa La La La La by Paul Wontorek
I'm grooving to a CD of ten jazzy, funky, heartfelt holiday classics both old and new courtesy of Broadway star and all-around hep cat Brian d'Arcy James.
[ DN ] 'Brooklyn' is litter-perfect By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Most Broadway designers would cringe if people said their creations look like junk.
But Ray Klausen and Tobin Ost smile when they hear that about what they did for "Brooklyn," opening tomorrow at the Plymouth.
[ BH ] Ferrante bets his 'Life' on Groucho's comedy By Robert Nesti
[ BS ] Renovators Give New Life to Movie Palaces
Reviews:
[ INQ ] Song and spite in lumber camp By Douglas J. Keating
Although Zora Neale Hurston wrote Polk County in the early 1940s, the production at McCarter Theatre is its first, and you have to think Hurston, who died 44 years ago, would be pleased with it.
[ NJ ] Civil fights BY PETER FILICHIA
A Crossroads, a day in the life of a spirited urban history class
[ Y ] 15th Annual Cabaret Convention by Robert L. Daniels, Variety
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'LAURA'S BUSH'
A Bawdy Lampoon Saving the First Lady From Despair By ANITA GATES
The Vital Theater Company's political play has an interesting premise but the script and the execution lack sophistication.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'NEWSICAL'
An Asylum of Inflated Personalities By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
"Newsical" is a fast, funny and irreverent topic musical revue that zestfully serves up its skewered famous and foolish.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'EYES OF THE HEART'
Surviving the Khmer Rouge By ANITA GATES
Mia Katigbak gives a restrained performance of dignity, pain and a dash of bitter humor in this beautifully done one-act drama about the place where horror and grief meet.
[ LAT ] A striking view of human frailty By Philip Brandes
Rubicon Theatre stages Tennessee Williams' 'The Night of the Iguana' with great clarity and power.
With Stephanie Zimbalist and Efram Zimbalist Jr.
[ VV ] Rachel in Wonderland
In Reckless's insane, unstable world, staggering coincidences may be all you can believe in by Michael Feingold
[ VV ] Small in Height, Dinklage's Richard Is Tall in Acting Stature by Michael Feingold
[ VV ] Sightlines by Michael Feingold
Trying
[ VV ] Trading Places
Two productions�one heavy, one extra-lite�tackle race by Alisa Solomon
The Dybbuk; White Chocolate
[ USA ] 3-night 'Broadway' is one classy act By Robert Bianco
* * * * (out of four)
News:
[ Y ] Inside Move: Dreyfuss mulls teaching by Matt Wolf, Variety
The night before Richard Dreyfuss was to make headlines in London for ankling West End musical "The Producers," the Oscar winner attended an elegant Democrats Abroad soiree and said he was toying with an entirely new profession -- teaching.
[ DN ] Newsline
Richard Dreyfuss; TDF; Jeremy Piven.
[ Y ] Does Hare have the right 'Stuff' for U.S.?
[ Y ] Memorial for Christopher Reeve on Oct. 29
[ B ] Russell & McCarthy Join Cast of MCC's Fat Pig
[ ATW ] Eliran Murphy Group Asks NY Times to 'Save the Listings'; Petition Online
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Rubicon's Season Has Begun with Zimablists in 'Iguana', 'Fools', 'Songs' and More Follow
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 20
[ P ] Mamma Mia! Welcomes New Cast to the Winter Garden Oct. 20
[ P ] Murphy, Mazzie and Cerveris Star in Passion Benefit Concert Oct. 20
[ P ] Dirty Tricks, a Spotlight onMartha Mitchell Starring Judith Ivey, Opens Oct. 20 at The Public
[ P ] Wrong Way Up, New Rock Musical by Robert Whaley and Tony Grimaldi, Gets NYC Staging Oct. 20-Dec. 15
[ P ] Amas Musical Theatre Re-Hydrates Raisin Musical for Benefit; Norm Lewis, Chuck Cooper, Tamara Tunie Sing Oct. 25
posted at 10/20/2004 09:04:39 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Features:
[ B ] First Person: Jumping into Chocolate (Or, How I Became Off-B'way's Roger Bart) by Julie Halston
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Edie Falco
[ B ] Photo Op: Peeking in on Pacific Rehearsals
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Roundabout Readies Pacific Overtures for Broadway
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Playwrights Horizons Tells the Stories on 5 Stories at Gala
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Ute Lemper Joins the Stillers to Benefit the Calhoun School
News:
[ B ] Spamalot Extends in Chicago; Shifts B'way Dates
[ P ] Monty Python's Spamalot Adds Shows in Chicago, Bumps Broadway Dates
[ P ] The Chalk Garden, With Brookes, Returns to Off-Broadway Oct. 19-31
[ P ] McKellen, Hines, McCann, Gurney, Murray, Parsons to Be Inducted Into Theatre Hall of Fame
Actors Len Cariou, Gregory Hines, Ian McKellen, Brian Murray and Estelle Parsons, playwright A.R. Gurney, designer Santo Loquasto and producer Elizabeth Ireland McCann will be inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame on Jan. 24, 2005.
[ P ] The Water, Musical About a Town in Peril, Gets Premiere at University of Michigan Nov. 18-21
[ P ] Lobby Hero Replaces Lady Macbeth Sings the Blues in Old Globe Season
[ P ] Jeremy Irons Tells The Soldier�s Tale in London and Iraq
[ P ] Annie Golden and Joe Machota Set for York's Greenwillow; Complete Cast Announced
[ P ] New Plays by Bader, Kunken, Socol, Talbott and Zusy Heard in Hudson Stage Reading Series in Westchester, NY, Starting Oct. 22
[ P ] Larry Kramer Saluted at 92nd Street Y, Oct. 24
[ B ] Emily Bergl Joins Cast of LCT's The Rivals
[ B ] Off-B'way's Variety Arts Closes as Legit House
[ TM ] Variety Arts Theatre Closes
[ B ] Jeremy Piven Set to Star in Fat Pig at MCC
[ TM ] TDF Costume Collection Moving Sale Slated
[ TM ] Sarandon to Play Laura Bush in Long Wharf Reading of Kushner Play
Reviews:
[ TM ] When Aunt Daphne Went Nude
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld
posted at 10/19/2004 04:59:39 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
"Broadway: The American Musical":
[ STARS ] PBS-TV'S AMAZINGLY COMPRENSHIVE BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL AIRS OCTOBER 19-21
One hundred years of Broadway milestones and musicals will flash to life on the PBS series Broadway: The American Musical - and Ellis Nassour takes you all, all, all the way through it with an extensive EPISODE GUIDE.
[ NYT ] Series Looks at Broadway as a Prism for History By DINITIA SMITH
PBS's documentary series, "Broadway: The American Musical," is a pageant of music, dance and rare film clips of Broadway's most vibrant moments.
[ SUN ] Another Golden Age? BY MICHAEL FEINGOLD
[ WP ] 'Broadway': The Show Of Shows By Tom Shales
This is really an introduction to the American musical, but millions of people who have yet to be satisfactorily introduced will thus be done a great service and be entertained within inches of their lives.
[ LAT ] PBS series gives its regards to 'Broadway' By Robert Lloyd
A new six-hour documentary shows how musicals are a success, even when they fail.
[ PDN ] 'Musicals' series may have you singing by Ellen Gray
I could have watched all night.
[ DN ] Bravo for the best of 'Broadway'! by David Bianculli
[ CST ] 'Broadway' hidebound BY PHIL ROSENTHAL
PBS' "Broadway: The American Musical," an epic nearly a decade in the making, proves you can immerse yourself in a subject and still not learn very much.
[ BSUN ] The shows go on in 'Broadway' By J. Wynn Rousuck
[ ATW ] Decca Broadway/Columbia Masterworks Allow You to Relive the Magic (or Most of It) with New 5-CD Set
Review by Andy Propst
[ P ] PBS Honors Theatre and Artists in "Broadway: The American Musical" Documentary, Oct. 19-21
Features:
[ B ] Q&A: Bruce Vilanch by David Drake
[ NJ ] The perfect setting for 'Jewtopia' BY PETER FILICHIA
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
'RECKLESS' PURSUIT OF MANDY MOORE
[ ND ] Flaubert reinterpreted BY KATTI GRAY
Hoping that a serious operetta won't be tagged as just gospel song-and-dance
[ DN ] Dramatic advances in Tribeca By CELIA McGEE
The first Tribeca Theater Festival opens tonight.
Reviews:
[ NJ ] Time warp BY PETER FILICHIA
British farce flows gracefully through 40-year puzzle at Bickford
[ INQ ] Dazzled by setting, puzzled by the lead By Howard Shapiro
"Gemini, The Musical."
[ TM ] Broadway
Pittsburgh Review By: Michael Portantiere
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'ROMEO AND JULIET'
Star-Crossed Lovers, in Bondage By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The Jean Cocteau Repertory's abridged, frenzied production of Shakespeare's play makes a strong case for "Romeo and Juliet" as slapstick comedy.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE IMAGINARY INVALID'
A Classic Played in the Twitch of an Eye By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The Pearl Theater Company's production of Moli�re's comedy, aside from the performance of Robert Hock, lacks the relentless goofiness that the play is meant to showcase.
[ ND ] At first, they didn't really succeed BY GORDON COX
From the first moments of the new play "Trying," actor Fritz Weaver creates an arresting depiction of an obstinate man aging.
[ NYP ] A WEAVER OF GOOD WORK By FRANK SCHECK
CURMUDGEONS are one of theater's most beloved archetypes, and you'll find a perfect example of one these days at the Promenade Theatre.
[ NYP ] TRIP GOING NOWHERE By FRANK SCHECK
GREAT novelists, as a general rule, don't tend to make great playwrights � even Henry James had trouble transferring his literary genius to the stage. Acclaimed Irish author Edna O'Brien proves it again with "Triptych," which seems like an outline in search of a play.
[ NYer ] RUNNING WILD by JOHN LAHR
�Richard III� and �Reckless.�
News:
[ P ] Off-Broadway's Variety Arts Theatre to Close
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Meager Musicals
The 2004-2005 season has two new musicals on the boards and neither is doing great business at the box office.
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: October 11-17
[ P ] "Entourage" Star Jeremy Piven Cast in LaBute's Fat Pig
[ P ] Emily Bergl Is Lydia Languish in Lincoln Center's The Rivals
[ P ] Rachel York to Be La Chanze's Companion in Dessa Rose
[ B ] LaChanze & Rachel York to Headline Dessa Rose
[ P ] Chita Rivera and Brian Stokes Mitchell Join Showstoppers Concert
[ P ] John Barrowman to Star in London Premiere of Finn's Elegies; May and Ward Also
[ Y ] Dreyfuss ankles tuner
"It's always very sad," Stroman said, "but ultimately, we have to deliver a show to that audience on Friday night." And Dreyfuss, she said, "had been complaining about aches and pains; his body wasn't up to the task."
[ ES ] Sacked Dreyfuss confesses By Alexa Baracaia
Richard Dreyfuss confessed that he could not sing a note or dance one step - days before he was dropped from his starring role in the West End musical The Producers.
Thanks to michael_oh on All That Chat for the link!
[ Y ] 'Cuckoo' keeps flying over West End
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 19
[ P ] Five by Tenn Raises Tennessee Williams' Gems Up to the Light, Starting Oct. 19 at Manhattan Theatre Club
[ P ] Tevye in Texas? Musical Immigrant BeginsCommercial Run at NYC's Dodger Stages Oct. 19
[ P ] Mike Read�s Musical Oscar Wilde Opens at Refurbished Shaw Theatre, Oct. 19
[ P ] Nine's Akers Makes Le Jazz Au Bar Debut Oct. 19
[ P ] Tribeca Theater Festival Launches First Annual Downtown Event in NYC, Oct. 19-31
[ P ] Thousands of Theatrical Costumes On Sale to Public Oct. 26-28
[ P ] Stars Set for New York Reading of Bush War Drama Stuff Happens, Oct. 18
[ P ] Mamma Mia! Turns Three Oct. 18; New Cast Arrives Oct. 20
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: NYC Casting Updates - 'Orthodox', 'Cinderella', 'Glengarry', plus 'Sin' and 'Tricks' in Performance
posted at 10/19/2004 11:00:09 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, October 18, 2004
[ P ] Report: Broadway Producers, Angry About New York Times Theatre Coverage, to Meet
[ P ] Only Make Believe Benefit to Feature Fierstein, Morton, Kimball, Runolfsson and More
[ B ] Photo Op: Mamma Mia! Divas Wave Goodbye
posted at 10/18/2004 04:02:44 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Reviews:
[ TM ] Lullaby of Broadway By: Matthew Murray
The new PBS documentary Broadway: The American Musical is good for the novice but frustrating for the purist.
[ B ] Giving My Regards to Broadway by Ken Mandelbaum
[ B ] Were Critics Sweet on the New Stars of Town?
[ TB ] World Premiere of Was
Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
Features:
[ P ] Shaved & Hairsprayed
To play Hairspray�s mother of all mothers, Edna Turnblad, Bruce Vilanch made the supreme sacrifice for his art: he shaved
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Brooke Shields Paints the Town Red in Her Wonderful Return to Bway
News:
[ NYT ] Tiny L.E.D.'s Grow Into Mighty Theatrical Lights By IAN AUSTEN
Lamina Ceramics plans to introduce a light-emitting diode array with heat-reduction technology that allows it to be as bright as a theatrical light without a meltdown.
[ P ] Schoeffler Replaces Dixon in Paper Mill's She Loves Me
[ P ] "Phantom of the Opera" Soundtrack to Feature "Learn to Be Lonely"; Pre Orders New Being Accepted
[ P ] Jackie Hoffman Concludes Two-Years-Plus Stay With Broadway's Hairspray
[ P ] Reckless' Brokaw to Direct Cry-Baby Musical
[ P ] Terrence Mann and Charles Busch Join All-Star Pippin Concert; Barre to Direct
[ P ] Bella Itkin and Court Theatre to be Honored at Nov. 1 Jeff Awards
[ P ] Tickets to New Sam Shepard Play God of Hell Are Now on Sale
[ P ] Chalfant, McLaughlin and Blount Part of Driving to the Interior Reading
[ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Theatre Author Ethan Mordden on "Radio Playbill"
[ P ] Field's Off-Broadway Hit I Love Paris Extends to Dec. 13
[ P ] Egan and Graae to Be Part of Society of Composers & Lyricists Evening
[ P ] Avenue Q, Wicked and More Featured on Dec. 15 "Jeopardy!"
[ P ] Lane Replaces Dreyfuss in London's The Producers
[ B ] Lane Replaces Dreyfuss in London's Producers
[ TM ] Lane Replaces Dreyfuss in The Producers in London
posted at 10/18/2004 01:05:29 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYP ] LANE WILL ANCHOR BRIT 'PRODUCERS' By MICHAEL RIEDEL and BILL HOFFMANN
[ BBC ] Dreyfuss pulls out of Producers
[ WOS ] Lane Replaces Dreyfuss in The Producers
Thanks to Ann and leeinlondon on All That Chat for the links.
"Wonderful Town" - Reviews:
[ NYP ] BROOKE'S A WONDER By CLIVE BARNES
Both Shields as Ruth and Wills as her Sister Eileen are smashing. These two are not replacements, they are renewals.
[ DN ] Brooke sparkles by Howard Kissel
Is Brooke Shields nuts? If so, it's a good thing, because nuts is what musical comedy needs.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'WONDERFUL TOWN'
Brooke Shields as a Naif Who Can't Get a Date By BEN BRANTLEY
Ms. Shields is game, gawky and supremely likable as Ruth Sherwood, the man-scaring writer from Ohio, in "Wonderful Town" at the Al Hirschfeld Theater.
[ Y ] Shields Channels Ball in 'Wonderful Town' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
She has paid her dues. Isn't it about time the woman is allowed to star in a new show of her own?
[ ND ] Brooke's 'Wonderful' world BY LINDA WINER
Her dancing is good enough, her singing is good enough and, except for the impulse to mug her reaction shots, she uses her formidable body with the confident abandon of a woman unafraid to look foolish.
[ B ] Wonderful Town
Review by William Stevenson
The main question, of course, is whether Shields is up to acting, singing and dancing the demanding role. The verdict so far--and she has only been doing the show for two weeks--is a qualified yes.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia waxes melismatic about Frank Loesser's score for Greenwillow, this week's Musicals in Mufti selection.
[ B ] Stage Notes: Meeting Mother by Paul Wontorek
[ BE ] Barbara Cook pays homage to a musical partnership By Richard Houdek
Thanks to John_C. on All That Chat for the link.
[ HChron ] Original 'Chorus Line' cast member Baayork Lee directs Theatre Under The Stars' production By EVERETT EVANS
Other Reviews:
[ ST ] "Musical": gotta sing, dance, make money by Kay McFadden
"Broadway: The American Musical" starts like an infomercial and ends with a big, wet kiss for Disney.
In between are six hours of song and dance guided by that lesser-known muse, Hyperbole.
[ JN ] Broadway on PBS By PETER D. KRAMER
[ TB ] When Aunt Daphne Went Nude
Review by Matthew Murray
[ NJ ] Humor and honesty in McCarter's rediscovered gem BY PETER FILICHIA
[ CU ] Grand Hotel (Los Angeles)
[ CU ] Gemini - The Musical (Philadelphia)
[ ND ] Upstaged BY LINDA WINER
Most of the opening night elecricity so far this season is being generated in London, not New York
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: I Sing! and Man with a Load of Mischief
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SPATTER PATTERN (OR, HOW I GOT AWAY WITH IT)'
A Tip: Lend That Cup of Sugar, Then Shut the Door By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Neal Bell's moody new murder-mystery at Playwrights Horizons is ambitious and a little conflicted.
[ HC ] Parker Sure-Fire In Revived 'Reckless' By MALCOLM JOHNSON
[ CU ] Reckless
News:
[ NYP ] PLAYTIME AT TRIBECA FEST By BARBARA HOFFMAN
THE play's the thing � but Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal aren't taking any chances.
[ Y ] Churches Installing Cell Phone Jammers
The private use of cell phone blockers is illegal in the United States and most Western countries.
But the tide is turning.
[ V ] 'Les Miz' hits the road
Tour slated to run through 2005
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: National News Miscellany
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 18
[ P ] Dancing on Air: Rivera, Rashad and Mitchell Set for Oct. 25 Career Transition for Dancers Benefit
[ P ] 15th Annual Cabaret Convention�with Salutes to Porter, Wilson and Howard�Begins Oct. 18
[ P ] Avenue Q, Wicked and More Featured on Dec. 18 "Jeopardy!"
[ P ] Cumulative Broadway Grosses Through Oct. 10, 2004
[ P ] Bare's Arden and Taboo's Morton Part of "Today's Talent Sings for Tomorrow" Concert
posted at 10/18/2004 08:25:37 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, October 17, 2004
[ STARS ] PBS-TV'S BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL AIRS OCTOBER 19-21
One hundred years of Broadway milestones and musicals will flash to life on the PBS-TV series Broadway: The American Musical -- and Ellis Nassour guides you all, all, all the way through it.
For more articles on the PBS miniseries, scroll down to the bottom of today's listings.
Features:
[ HC ] A Makeover For 'Mack & Mabel' By FRANK RIZZO
Composer Jerry Herman's Favorite, Circa 1974, Gets Another Shot At Goodspeed
[ HC ] Theaters Finding Success With The Color Black
[ HChron ] Use the farce, Ludwig By EVERETT EVANS
Some like it funny: playwright's 'Leading Ladies' a nod to Wilder and Will Shakespeare
[ NYT ] Trial by Actors: Judging 'Twelve Angry Men' By ADAM LIPTAK
[ LAT ] When Top 40 gets a narrative By Don Shirley
The request lines are lighting up for 'jukebox musicals,' which take an act's catalog to a new level.
[ LAT ] From big time to play time By Mary McNamara
Peter Schneider was a major player at Disney. Now he's directing a musical on a little stage in Burbank. It's a new spin on the Hollywood ending.
[ NYT ] BROADWAY
Annie, Get Your Calculator By SEAN KELLY
The Shubert Organization recently announced plans to rename two of its theaters after two of its executives.
[ ND ] Fast chat: Judith Ivey
[ BG ] Elaine Stritch tells the story her way By Louise Kennedy
[ TS ] Brent Carver no stranger to Death's shadow by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Actor has role at dying relative's side in CanStage play Vigil
[ WP ] Andrea Martin Meets Her Match By Ann Greer
[ CCT ] Actor's loss is his gain: a plum 'Producers' role by PAT CRAIG
Bob Amaral on his gastric bypass surgery.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ Y ] 'Producers' crosses pond
[ DN ] Big hair big fun By BREANNE L. HELDMAN
A night on the town with the cast of 'The Awesome '80s Prom'
[ CT ] 'Trying' times By Chris Jones
Will a show beloved by Chicagoans score with off-broadway audiences?
[ Y ] It's a hot time in Chi town
Like latter-day Lewis and Clarks colonizing the Midwestern wilderness, out-of town journos have been showing up in Chicago in peculiar profusion of late. All have been shocked -- shocked! -- to discover the city's legit riches.
[ BG ] In movie about man-hating transsexual, they found a musical By Christopher Muther
Pair takes on cult classic "Breckinridge"
[ ND ] Taking over-the-top short stories to the stage BY STEVE DOLLAR
One of those ongoing collaborative projects that bubble to the surface every so often, the Pumpkin Pie Show is the off-kilter brainchild of Clay McLeod Chapman.
[ NYT ] An American and Her Nine Iraqi Sisters By LAUREN SANDLER
Trying to understand her Arab roots better, the writer-actress Heather Raffo gets under the skin of very different characters in "Nine Parts of Desire."
[ NYT ] COPING
Fleeing the Killing Fields, but Not Escaping By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Sarem Teng, who now lives in New York City, survived the execution or starvation of more than a million of her people under the Khmer Rouge regime.
News:
[ TS ] Mirvish may cancel Queen musical by MARTIN KNELMAN
Seeking new deal with actors' union
Thanks to tdot on All That Chat for the link!
[ HC ] Cassidy And The Kid, Just For Kicks (And Charity) By FRANK RIZZO
[ B ] Julie Halston Joins Cast of Hairspray on Nov. 5
[ Y ] Noises Off: Manhattan's BAM?
Plus news on SH-K-Boom Records.
[ LAT ] 'Broadway' tour an ice blended by Lynne Heffley
"Phantom of the Opera" star Davis Gaines and 1976 Olympic champ Dorothy Hamill are pairing off. On the ice, that is.
[ NYT ] The Guide By CHOIRE SICHA
Ten-minute plays, 24-hour symphonies and three different Godzillas: a full week of culture around the city and country.
[ Y ] Biz rises; 'Golden' 454g
Road grosses rose 9.1% to $11,741,319 during Week 19 (Oct. 4-10), which had two shows more than the previous week.
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
[ LAT ] Split venues for Geffen season by Don Shirley
The Geffen Playhouse's current season will not occur entirely at the 499-seat Brentwood Theatre, as initially announced.
[ B ] Cho's B.F.E. Completes Playwrights Season
[ P ] Julia Cho's B.F.E. Added to Playwrights Horizons Season; Co-Production Plays Long Wharf, Too
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: OCTOBER 17
[ P ] The Lion King to Be Featured on TV's "Jeopardy!"
[ P ] "Oh What a Night": Jersey Boys Four Seasons Musical Opens at La Jolla, Oct. 17
[ P ] Bare's Arden and Taboo's Morton Part of "Today's Talent Sings for Tomorrow" Concert
[ P ] Calhoun School Gala Benefit to Feature Performances by Lemper, McDormand, Sheedy and the Stillers
[ P ] Tix to Bway's All Shook Up On Sale by Phone Oct. 17
[ P ] Dame Edna Tickets Go On Sale Oct. 17; Box Office, Oct. 18
[ P ] Gay Valentine Music Celebration to Benefit BC/EFA
[ P ] Forbidden Broadway SVU � with Avenue Q, Wicked, Assassins and Dracula Spoofs � Begins Oct. 16
[ P ] Q's Tartaglia to Perform at Acting Company's Event Honoring Seldes and Newman
[ P ] Rattigan's Rare WWII Drama, Flare Path, Gets Concert Revival by TACT in NYC Oct. 16-18
[ P ] SHINE Awards to Feature Broadway's Bell and Mapa
[ P ] Hip-Hop History of the Word Speaks Its Mind Oct. 16-24 at Crossroads Theatre Co. in NJ
[ P ] Tina Landau To Direct World Premiere of Noah Haidle's Rag and Bone at Long Wharf Theatre
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 2-8: Lucas Productions
[ P ] Actress Sally Field Plays Laura Bush in Kushner's Only We Who Guard... in Hollywood, Oct. 18
"Broadway: The American Musical" � Features and Reviews:
[ LAT ] Drama in the score By Patrick Pacheco
The musical, once Broadway's darling, has taken it on the chin. But never underestimate an underdog.
[ ND ] Regards to Broadway BY BLAKE GREEN
In its six-part documentary, a valentine to Great White Way musicals, PBS covers the boards from Irving Berlin to Mel Brooks
[ ND ] Performing for your pleasure, on PBS...
[ BG ] Engaging `Broadway' presents musicals' history By Ed Siegel
Things fall apart in the final act
[ BG ] A strong start, but the same 'Wicked' end
By and large the CDs follow the same strengths and weaknesses of the series -- a great selection from the early days and the golden age, but too much Andrew Lloyd Webber and his ilk for contemporary times. They both end with the mediocre "Wicked."
[ SS ] Making a song and dance By Jack Zink
Somehow, Disney chairman Michael D. Eisner doesn't seem out of place as the one person who can describe the essence of musical theater for the new PBS miniseries Broadway: The American Musical.
[ MH ] A love letter to Broadway musicals BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
[ WP ] The Broadway Musical: America's Showcase By Judith S. Gillies
[ WT ] Dull tour of 'Broadway' By Jayne Blanchard
[ MN ] Pulse of a nation By Charlie McCollum
posted at 10/17/2004 11:25:01 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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2007-08
Broadway Season
June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)
July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]
Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)
Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]
Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)
Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)
Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)
Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)
Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)
Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)
Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)
Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins
Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends
Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)
Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]
Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]
Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)
Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)
Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]
Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)
Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)
Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)
Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)
Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)
Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)
Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]
Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)
Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)
Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)
Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)
Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]
Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)
Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)
Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)
May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)
May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)
May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
TBA - Godspell
2008-09
Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)
Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet
TBA - 50 Words
TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)
TBA - American Buffalo
TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]
TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]
TBA - Being There [Permut]
TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]
TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]
TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]
TBA - Broomhilda
TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]
TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]
TBA - Camelot
TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]
TBA - Catch Me If You Can
TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]
TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]
TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]
TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]
TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]
TBA - Duet
TBA - Equus
TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]
TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]
TBA - Farragut North [Richards]
TBA - Father of the Bride
TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)
TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]
TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers
TBA - Golden Boy
TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]
TBA - Hitchcock Blonde
TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest
TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]
TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)
TBA - Josephine [Waissman]
TBA - Leap of Faith
TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]
TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]
TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman
TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]
TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]
TBA - Monsoon Wedding
TBA - The Night of the Hunter
TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]
TBA - Orphans
TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]
TBA - Paper Doll
TBA - The Paris Letter
TBA - The Philadelphia Story
TBA - Peter Pan
TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]
TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
TBA - The Princess Bride
TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]
TBA - Poe the Musical
TBA - Rain Man [MGM]
TBA - Robin Hood
TBA - Secondhand Lions
TBA - South Pacific
TBA - Speed-the-Plow
TBA - Stalag 17
TBA - Starry Messenger
TBA - Syncopation
TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities
TBA - Torch Song Trilogy
TBA - Turn of the Century
TBA - West Side Story
TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]
TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]
TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]
TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]
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