Friday, November 05, 2004

Features:

[ P ]  Rejoice, Possums!
Dame Edna Everage is Back With a Vengeance!, dispensing gladiolas and side-splitting wisdom to the masses

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: After a Long Journey The Immigrant Arrives at Dodger Stages

News:

[ B ]  Harvey Fierstein Frontrunner to Replace Molina in Fiddler

[ P ]  Cast Announced for Soho Rep and Flying Machine's Frankenstein, Beginning Dec. 9

[ P ]  Julie Halston Expected as Prudy Pingleton in Broadway's Hairspray

[ P ]  I Am My Own Wife and New Musical Palm Beach Joins La Jolla 2005 Season

[ P ]  A Matinee to Remember: Broadway's Phantom of the Opera Reaches 7,000th Performance Nov. 10

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Twelve Angry Men
posted at 11/5/2004 03:50:58 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYP ]  PLAYING IT BY ART By MICHAEL RIEDEL
WHILE theater owners, lawyers and general managers are still scrambling to get August Wilson's play "Gem of the Ocean" back on track for a Broadway run, the playwright himself says he won't be disappointed if it doesn't happen.

Jujamcyn News:

[ NYT ]  Theater Chain on Broadway May Be Sold to Its President By JESSE McKINLEY

[ P ]  Producer Rocco Landesman Will Buy Jujamcyn Theatres, Representing Five Jewels in Broadway's Crown

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 30-Nov. 5: Landesman Land

[ NYT ]  James H. Binger, 88, Leader of Broadway Theater Chain, Dies By JESSE McKINLEY
Mr. Binger was the ultrawealthy and aristocratic chairman of Jujamcyn Theaters, which owns five Broadway houses.

[ TM ]  Jujamcyn Chairman James Binger Dies at 88

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Cy Coleman is to be honored in L.A. and New York, but what of the lyricists that he's worked with?

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Tony and Olivier Winner Patti LuPone Plus News of Chenoweth and Benanti

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Gary Sandy returns to Texas, Jennifer Tilly goes to the prom, and Mary Catherine Garrison admits that she's not a "theater nerd."

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
Let's Hope John Wayne Doesn't Find Him By JOYCE WADLER
Walking down the red carpet at the premiere of the Showtime series "Huff," David Hyde Pierce displayed both his clever and retentive side.

[ NJ ]  Child's play BY PEGGY McGLONE
How to lure parents back to the theater? Keep the kids occupied

[ BS ]  Going Solo: The Rationale, the Challenges
Why is the one-person show the best way to tell certain stories, moderator Susan Haskins asked a panel of solo theatre artists: Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays, Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh, and three Off-Broadway writer-actors: Mike Albo, Nilaja Sun, and Heather Raffo.

[ BS ]  What's Your Specialty? By Lisa Jo Sagolla
Finding Focused Theatre and Dance Training in Higher Education

"The Immigrant" - Reviews:

[ Y ]  The Immigrant
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
For all the tech superiority of the production package, this sentimental tuner is no barn burner -- and its simplistic message about loving one's border-breaching neighbor might not go over well in today's nasty times.

[ DN ]  Texas strangers find a way by Howard Kissel
The songs, by Steven M. Alper and Sarah Knapp, are primitive verbally and musically jerky.
The evening manages to make something potentially powerful seem entirely artificial.

[ Y ]  'Immigrant' a Slow-Moving Musical By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ ND ]  Feel-good immigrant biography that sings BY GORDON COX
"The Immigrant" unabashedly aims to tug at the heartstrings. The new musical is so good-natured that even those of us inclined to call it sappy will have trouble holding much of a grudge against it.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE IMMIGRANT'
A Russian Couple, Reunited in Texas. Is It Time for Songs? By NEIL GENZLINGER
Mark Harelik's play about his grandfather's relocation to the United States has been turned into a musical, but the songs only underscore the thinness of the original tale.

[ B ]  The Immigrant
Review by William Stevenson

[ TB ]  The Immigrant
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  The Immigrant
Reviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel

[ CU ]  The Immigrant

[ ATW ]  Two New Musicals (The Immigrant, People Are Wrong!) Display Strengths, Weaknesses
Review by Andy Propst

"People Are Wrong!" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PEOPLE ARE WRONG!'
Crazy Gardener Mowing Down the Plot for Hipsters By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
A Manhattan couple seeking relief from city stress find country living more treacherous than expected in this good-natured but ragged rock musical.

[ NYP ]  'WRONG' NOT QUITE RIGHT By FRANK SCHECK
"People are Wrong!" never lives up to its promise of becoming a cult show, instead displaying a preciousness that ultimately proves far more irritating than fun.

[ Y ]  'People Are Wrong' Predictable By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ ND ]  They can't go 'Wrong!' BY GORDON COX

[ TB ]  People Are Wrong!
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  People Are Wrong!
Review by David Drake

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DAVE GORMAN'S GOOGLEWHACK! ADVENTURE'
Search-Engine Serendipity and Frequent-Flier Miles By JASON ZINOMAN
Dave Gorman is an inspiration to lazy writers everywhere, and not just because he's a David Sedaris-like storyteller with uncanny timing.

[ TM ]  Dave Gorman's Googlewhack! Adventure
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Notes on Mario Cantone, Newsical, Dirty Tricks, Paula West, Mark McCombs, and Friday night late shows at The Duplex.

[ B ]  DVDs: The Prince Is Giving a Ball by Ken Mandelbaum
CINDERELLA (Image Entertainment)

[ TB ]  EATFest - Fall 2004 - Series A
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE PRINCE OF WEST END AVENUE'
An Octogenarian 'Hamlet' With a Catskills Flavor By ANITA GATES
London critics applauded Kerry Shale's one-man show about comical residents of an Upper West Side retirement home, but in New York it could not be a more exhausted clich�.

[ LAT ]  A bracing draft in 'Lungfish' By F. Kathleen Foley
Despite the plot's whiffs of sexism, fine acting and characterization distinguish the Falcon Theatre production.

[ TB ]  Little Shop No Horror at the Paramount
Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes

[ NJ ]  'Lord,' help us BY ROBERT JOHNSON
Since "Lord of the Dance" has not appeared locally in five years, it's easy to forget how simple-minded and trashy this show is. It would be easy, indeed preferable, to forget "Lord of the Dance" altogether.

News:

[ NYT ]  Joe Bushkin, 87, Spirited Swing Era Pianist, Dies By BEN RATLIFF
Joe Bushkin was a pianist with an ebullient style whose career wound through big bands, cabaret, Hollywood and Broadway.

[ IBDB ]  Joe Bushkin's Broadway Credits

[ BS ]  AG's Office: Lortel Cannot Sell White Barn

[ BG ]  Rees to helm Williamstown festival By Maureen Dezell
Plus: Charles Busch to play Dolly Levi, and "The Lion King" extends in Boston.

[ P ]  Roger Rees Prepares to Become New "Daddy" of Williamstown Theatre Festival

[ LAT ]  They'll start with a 'Wedding'
"A Perfect Wedding," a world premiere comedy by historian-turned-playwright Charles L. Mee, will open the inaugural season of the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.
With Wilson Cruz.

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Set for a 12 Miles run

[ P ]  God's Love We Deliver Benefit to Feature Von Essen, Benanti, Sieber, Murney and More

[ TM ]  Frayn and Blakemore to be Interviewed by Finkle at Ars Nova

[ P ]  Sheffield's Don Carlos, Starring Derek Jacobi, to Play London in January 2005

[ P ]  Audra McDonald's Seven Deadly Sins Now Available for On-Line Listening

[ P ]  McBroom and Silberman Debut Songs from New Woman of Will Musical Nov. 6 at Feinstein's

[ P ]  A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant Extends in Los Angeles

[ B ]  The Umbilical Brothers' Speedmouse Cancels Run at Dodger Stages

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 5

[ P ]  Sheeee's Back! and With a Vengeance: Dame Edna Begins Broadway Previews Nov. 5

[ P ]  Julie Halston Is Prudy Pingleton in Hairspray Starting Nov. 5

[ P ]  Neil Patrick Harris and Ron Rifkin Star in World Premiere of Baitz's The Paris Letter

[ P ]  "My Girl" Star Is Isabella in Astoria Troupe's Measure for Measure Nov. 12-21

[ P ]  Producers Star Joins Cast of ABC's "Desperate Housewives"

[ P ]  Rodgers, Charnin and Stone's Two by Two Sets Sail Again Nov. 12; Revised Version Will Test Waters Way Out of Town

[ P ]  Pop Singer Meat Loaf May Be Headed to Broadway

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Seattle's Taproot Unveils 2005 Season

[ B ]  Irish Rep Readies Coward's Rarely Revived Ball
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Thursday, November 04, 2004

News:

[ P ]  James H. Binger, Chairman of Jujamcyn Theatres, Has Died
The Jujamcyn Theatres office confirmed news of the death of James H. Binger, the chairman and co-founder of Jujamcyn Theatres, which operates Broadway theatres including the Virginia and the Al Hirschfeld.

[ IBDB ]  James H. Binger's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Roger Rees to Be New Artistic Director of Williamstown

[ B ]  Roger Rees to Head Williamstown Theatre Festival

[ TM ]  Rees Named Artistic Director of Williamstown Theatre Festival

[ P ]  Can't Take My Eyes Off of You: Jersey Boys Musical Extends Again Through Jan. 2

[ B ]  Jersey Boys Extends Run at La Jolla Playhouse by Four Weeks

[ P ]  Noel Coward's After the Ball Gets U.S. Premiere Dec. 7 Under Tony Walton's Direction at Irish Rep

[ P ]  Tony Winner Melba Moore to Sing at Lincoln Center

[ P ]  Tickets for Good Vibrations Will Go on Sale Nov. 7

[ P ]  Anyone Can Whistle Is Next for Chicago's Ravinia Festival

[ P ]  "Theater Talk" Welcomes Playwright Shanley and the Imperiolis Nov. 5

[ P ]  Twelve Angry Men Star May Be Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bound

[ TM ]  Pascal to Perform Civilian Songs at Joe's Pub

Reviews:

[ TM ]  A Passage to India
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  Becket
London Review by Lizzie Loveridge

Features:

[ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: Whoopi at the Lyceum

[ P ]  Esprit Grows in Brooklyn
Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson, authors of a new musical about folks who live in the borough of Kings, have quite a story to tell�onstage and off
posted at 11/4/2004 03:39:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ B ]  Q & A: Brenda Blethyn by Beth Stevens

[ B ]  Stage Notes: A Raven Rises by Paul Wontorek

[ B ]  Looking Back: '75-'76 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  First Person: Igniting Desire by Heather Raffo

[ NYT ]  'Seagull' Served 3 Ways on Russian Stage Menu By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY
Moscow's School of Contemporary Plays Theater performed all three versions of "The Seagull" in a daylong marathon commemorating the 100th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's death.

[ B ]  VIDEO FEATURE: Opening Night: Twelve Angry Men

[ B ]  VIDEO FEATURE: Opening Night: Laugh Whore

[ B ]  VIDEO FEATURE: Opening Night: Brooklyn, The Musical

News:

[ B ]  Meat Loaf In Talks to Play Chitty's Evil Child Catcher

[ B ]  Carson Elrod Replaces Rivals-Bound Shamos in B'way's Reckless

[ P ]  Shamos Will Exit Reckless for Rivals

[ B ]  Kelli O'Hara to Star in Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: NY Casting News and New Productions

[ HC ]  'Gem of the Ocean' hits troubled waters by Frank Rizzo
Plus news of the The O'Neill Theater Center.

[ INQ ]  Moses musical struggling to find the promised land By Gary Gentile, Associated Press
Poor reviews hurt "The Ten Commandments," a revisionist version of Exodus, on stage in L.A.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
UPDATE FOR 'WOMEN'

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 4

[ P ]  New Rock Musical People Are Wrong! Opens Off-Broadway with Rock Star, Nov. 4

[ P ]  Tevye in Texas? Musical Immigrant Opens Nov. 4 at Off-Bway's Dodger Stages

[ P ]  Richenthal Hopes to Bring Dennehy Hughie to New York

[ P ]  Zippel and Wilder's Princesses Musical Begins Premiere Run at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Nov. 4

[ P ]  Hal Linden To Twist Tongue in NY G&S Players' Penzance Jan. 7-23, 2005

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'A PASSAGE TO INDIA'
A Minimal Meeting of Forster's Twain By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The Shared Experience stage adaptation of "A Passage to India" reduces E. M. Forster's rich, mysterious novel to a blunt outline.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'PUGILIST SPECIALIST'
Mucking Around in Minds of Marines By NEIL GENZLINGER
The staging is spartan and so are the characters in "Pugilist Specialist," an engrossing, inventive dissection of the American military mind.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'WHO IS FLOYD STEARN?'
In the Head of One Man Looking for Dad By JASON ZINOMAN
Michael Raynor's engrossing solo drama, "Who Is Floyd Stearn?," unfolds as a "Rashomon"-style biographical mystery.

[ ATW ]  An Emotional Roller Coaster Awaits in Who is Floyd Stearn?
Review by Andy Propst
posted at 11/4/2004 09:47:48 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Wee Bit of Yiddish Wisdom By EMILY EAKIN
Caraid O'Brien, an Irish-born Catholic and an instructor at the 92nd Street Y, is one of Yiddish culture's most ardent and least likely champions.

News:

[ P ]  Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara Confirmed for Broadway's Piazza

[ P ]  "Broadway: The American Musical" Series Fares Well for PBS in Ratings

[ P ]  Clarke, Meeand Lamos Appear at LCT "Platform" Events Nov. 17, Dec. 8

[ P ]  "NYPD Blue" and Chicago Star Sharon Lawrence Sings in New Paint Your Wagon

[ P ]  As Bush Wins U.S. Election, Another Bush Saves London's Dubya Trilogy
posted at 11/3/2004 04:24:02 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ TS ]  Pretty Baby Sings Lullaby of Broadway by Richard Ouzounian
Interview with Brooke Shields.

[ TM ]  Follow Spot: Patti LuPone By: Michael Portantiere
Everybody's favorite diva has cabaret, concerts, and even opera on her full plate.

News:

[ P ]  Denis O'Hare Stars in Becket, or The Honor of God in Los Angeles, Nov. 3-7

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams, All Shook Up and La Cage Featured on Thanksgiving Day Parade

[ P ]  Award-Winning Drama Beast on the Moon Aiming for Broadway with Zorich and Metwally

[ P ]  Columnist Jimmy Breslin to Write Play About 9/11 Survivor

[ P ]  "Will & Grace" Star Megan Mullally to Sing at Kennedy Center in March

[ P ]  Long Planned London Run of Falls-Dennehy Salesman Looks Likely

[ P ]  Director Hunt to Speak at Harold Clurman Lecture Series

[ P ]  David Hare and Bill Nighy Launch Faber�s 75th Platform Series at National

[ P ]  Wicked's Chenoweth to Begin "West Wing" Role in November

[ P ]  Our Sinatra Creators to Focus on Astaire in New Show at Birdland

[ P ]  Wicked Star Heads to the Chatterbox Nov. 4

Reviews:

[ ATW ]  Historical Comfort Women Disappoints
Review by Andy Prospt

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: 3 Discs from 3 Grand Ladies

[ CU ]  Tiny Ninja Hamlet
posted at 11/3/2004 01:16:27 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYP ]  BREAKING WHOOPI By MICHAEL RIEDEL
CAN Whoopi Goldberg still light up Broadway? With just three days to go before she begins previewing her one-woman show at the Lyceum, the world-famous comedian appears to be struggling at the box office.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Wonderful Town has "The Wrong-Note Rag," but it's not the only show to contain some surprising music.

[ CST ]  Sentiment, wry acerbity spice actors' celebration BY HEDY WEISS
There is nothing quite like the annual Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremony to remind you of just how remarkable the Chicago theater scene is, and how smart, funny, irrepressible and dedicated all those who work in it really are.
With another great quote from Victoria Clark.

[ BS ]  Pranks for the Memories
Some of us remember back when the words "trick or treat" meant something. In honor of the extinct tradition of Halloween tomfoolery, I asked actors to recall practical jokes they'd perpetrated, been the butt of, witnessed, or heard about.

[ BS ]  Heather Raffo: Exploring the Complexity of Identity

Reviews:

[ NYP ]  'PONIES' A GOOD BET By FRANK SCHECK
DAVID Mamet meets "The Sopranos" in "Ponies," a pungent one-act play featuring several members of the TV show.

[ BG ]  Actress triumphs over static staging in North Shore Theatre's 'Aida' By Sandy MacDonald

[ Y ]  Leading Ladies
Review by Joe Leydon, Variety

[ Y ]  Wrong Turn at Lungfish
Review by Julio Martinez, Variety

[ Y ]  Dorian
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety

[ Y ]  She Loves Me
Review by Robert L. Daniels, Variety

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Michael Feingold
Pity, rather than criticism, should be offered to Brooklyn: The Musical.

[ VV ]  Justice Song at Twilight
Rose's ancient TV play may not be great drama, but it's a great set of opportunities for actors by Michael Feingold
Twelve Angry Men

[ VV ]  Synge's Play Once Caused Riots; This Time It's Mostly Yawns by Michael Feingold
The Playboy of the Western World

[ VV ]  The Art of Dying
To be young, gifted, and filled with radical suicidal wishes by Alisa Solomon
4:48 Psychosis; Antigone Project

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Charles McNulty
Tiny Ninja Theater Presents Hamlet

News:

[ P ]  California Gets A White Christmas as Irving Berlin Musical Hits the Stage, Nov. 3

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 3

[ P ]  New Broadway Play Democracy Gets Going Day After Election Day

[ P ]  Kevin Elyot�s Forty Winks Awakes at London�s Royal Court Nov. 3

[ P ]  Woody Allen's Second Hand Memory Begins Nov. 3, Directed by a Real Auteur � Himself

[ P ]  Shadows in Shanley's Doubt Are in Shades of Gray, Starting Nov. 3 Manhattan Theatre Club

[ P ]  Anne Bogart Breathes New Life Into German Classic Death and the Ploughman for Off-Bway's CSCNov. 3-Dec. 12
posted at 11/3/2004 07:44:04 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Philip Bosco Tapped for Broadway's Chitty

[ NYT ]  Wilson Play Is Stalled, Awaiting New Money By JESSE McKINLEY
The producers of "Gem of the Ocean," a new play by August Wilson, are postponing the show's first performance while they continued their hunt for financing.

[ B ]  Gem of the Ocean Delays Previews to 11/16

[ B ]  B'way's Mind Games Delays Schedule Change

[ P ]  Mind Games to Add Tuesday Performances Beginning Nov. 30

[ TM ]  Kitty Carlisle Hart to be Honored by Metropolitan Opera Guild

[ TM ]  Benefit Screening of Broadway: The Golden Age to be Held at Makor

[ B ]  2004 Joseph Jefferson Awards Announced

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Wife Waves Farewell

[ P ]  Rainbow Tour: Kathy Voytko Is Evita in New Prince-ly Road Company, Taking Off Nov. 2

[ P ]  Blue Man Group and Liza Featured on Upcoming Season of Fox's "Arrested Development"

[ P ]  George M! Producer Pens and Stars in Falling Off Broadway Set for NYC, Nov. 26

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Comfort Women

[ TM ]  Comfort Women
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SAKHARAM BINDER'
An Indian Father Courage, Using and Losing Women By JONATHAN KALB
"Sakharam Binder," by Vijay Tendulkar, India's foremost living playwright, is being presented in a wonderfully clear and superbly acted production by the Play Company.
posted at 11/2/2004 08:13:23 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Making his Mark
Thanksgiving is on the way, and here are three "Leading Men" we�re especially grateful for: Drew Lachey (Rent), Gary Beach (La Cage aux Folles) and Tim Di Pasqua ("Purpose of Love").

News:

[ P ]  August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean to Delay First Preview
August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, which has been struggling over the past week to replace a shortfall in its $2 million production budget, has delayed its first preview from Nov. 4 to Nov. 16.

[ P ]  Confession: The New Group Offers Talkbacks at Sin (A Cardinal Deposed) Performances

[ P ]  Penelope Wilton to Star in Lorca�s The House of Bernarda Alba at National Theatre

[ P ]  The Producers, The Woman in White, Festen and Part Troll Extend in London

[ P ]  New York and London Stores to Salute "Phantom of the Opera" Film

[ P ]  Frechette and Shor to Be Part of Free Reading of Star of Mine

[ P ]  Will Soliloquize for Food: Downtown Artist Pursues Funding on Web for Steve Sells Out

[ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Amy Irving Celadine

[ P ]  Taboo's Carlson and Jekyll & Hyde's Cuccioli to Star in Lorenzaccio

[ P ]  Pascal's "Civilian" Hits Stores Nov. 2; CD Signing Set for Nov. 9

[ P ]  Rose Rage, The Light in the Piazza, Trying, Free Man of Color, Victoria Clark, Fritz Weaver Win 2004 Jeff Awards in Chicago

[ P ]  Additional Casting Announced for LuPone Regina

[ P ]  Musical Zanna, Don't! Is Now Just Zanna!, and It's Aiming for Broadway in 2005

Reviews:

[ TM ]  She Loves Me
New Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews a new biography of Fine and Dandy composer -- and Gershwin consort -- Kay Swift.
posted at 11/2/2004 02:57:04 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ HChron ]  Jane Connell: Born to clown By EVERETT EVANS
Connell has every expectation that Leading Ladies will go to Broadway. "Ken wants it to. And the Helen Hayes (Theatre), which will be perfect for it, is going to be free in January."
She also says this will be her last stage role.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

News:

[ CT ]  Shakespearean 'Rose Rage' wins 4 Jeff Awards By Chris Jones
"I've never been nominated for anything, let alone won," said Victoria Clark, who flew in from New York for the ceremony and won for best actress in a musical. "Although I did buy about 5,000 raffle tickets for my son's school this year."

[ CST ]  Jeff Awards stamp meaty 'Rose Rage' prime play, 'Piazza' best musical BY HEDY WEISS

[ Y ]  B'way B.O. no treat
Gotham's streets teemed with ghosts, devils and Michael Jacksons over the weekend, and you can bet they weren't headed to "Wonderful Town."

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: October 25-31

[ Y ]  Hollywood Musicals Star Peggy Ryan Dies
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Peggy Ryan, who teamed with dance partner Donald O'Connor in movie musicals such as "This Is the Life" and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," has died at age 80.

[ IBDB ]  Peggy Ryan's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Ann Harada and Hubby Welcome New Baby Nov. 1

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
WHICH baby boomer will be next? First Bill Clinton, 58, had bypass surgery, and now it's Patty Duke's turn.

Broadway.com seems to be working out a few bugs today, switching back and forth between their old design and a very impressive redesign. The links below point to the "new" site � if they don't work, try again later.

[ B ]  Reworked Zanna! Gets Ready for Spring Broadway Bow

[ B ]  Bogosian Set for Judas Iscariot at the Public

[ P ]  Eric Bogosian Is The Devil in Upcoming The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

[ B ]  Falling Off Broadway to Play Peter Jay Sharp

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 2

[ P ]  New Broadway Play Democracy Gets Going on Election Day

[ P ]  "Florida on My Mind": Hoagy Carmichael Musical Begins Coconut Grove Playhouse Run

[ P ]  Gloria Reuben Stars in Glyn O�Malley's A Heartbeat to Baghdad at NYC's Flea

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Brief Glimpse at Indianapolis' Thriving Theater World

Features:

[ NYT ]  A 'Revival Meeting' to Open the Neediest Cases Season By JULIE SALAMON
"Rebirth at Ground Zero," Monday's invitational event at the Winter Garden, ushered in the 93rd consecutive New York Times Neediest Cases Fund.

[ P ]  Brooke Takes Manhattan
If you think you know Brooke Shields, think again. The statuesque beauty makes 'em laugh in that love letter to NYC called Wonderful Town

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Christmas Carol Musical Comes Hits the Airwaves Nov. 28

[ B ]  Photo Op: Stars Come Out for the Actors' Fund Gala

[ B ]  Photo Op: Peeking in on Lone Star Love

[ DN ]  Drumming up Blue recruits BY ETHAN SACKS
Dozens of aspiring actors and drummers attended a casting call for the world-famous Blue Man Group yesterday, hoping to join the troupe at one of the company's seven shows around North America and Europe.

[ WP ]  Backstage: Longevity Is the Soul Of This Witt By Jane Horwitz
Howard Witt Gladly Plays 'The Price' in Baltimore

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ NH ]  Sandy Duncan's back as a very difficult woman BY CHRISTINE DOLEN

[ DFP ]  THE FULL MCNALLY: The playwright and winner of four Tony Awards brings heart and humor to 'The Full Monty,' opening tonight at the Fisher Theatre BY MARTIN F. KOHN

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'GOD'S DAUGHTER'
Daddy Dearest and Home (Call Me When He's Dead) By NEIL GENZLINGER
"God's Daughter," a drama about a woman drawn back to her unhappy childhood home, delivers a jolt that is usually absent from this increasingly overworked genre.

[ ND ]  ...or not to be tiny, that is the question BY GORDON COX
It would be a pleasure to report that Tiny Ninja Theater is more than a novelty. Based on the evidence of its "Hamlet," however, it looks as though the mini-cult performances presented by Tiny Ninja get by on a single joke.

[ NJ ]  A lot to love at Paper Mill BY PETER FILICHIA
James Brennan's production is substantially stronger than the flawed, unsuccessful 1994 Broadway revival (excluding one tasteless joke involving a bedpan). This is the version that should have be sent to New York, starting with the glorious sets (by Michael Anania and Chuck Keating) of a handsome perfume shop and swank restaurant.

[ ATW ]  Sakharam Binder: A Fascinating Glimpse Into India
Review by Andy Propst

[ NYer ]  THE FURY AND THE JURY by JOHN LAHR
Women, and men, make themselves heard.

[ BG ]  'Maine' goes a little too heavy on the light moments By Louise Kennedy
PORTLAND, Maine -- John Cariani's stated purpose in his new play, "Almost, Maine," now receiving its world premiere at the Portland Stage Company, is to entertain the audience... As entertainments go, it's slight, sweet, and by turns mildly annoying and mildly charming.
posted at 11/2/2004 10:03:40 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Monday, November 01, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  La Cage on Disc by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Photo Op: Avenue Q's Bag of Tricks

[ B ]  Photo Op: Farewell to B'way's Award-Winning Wife!

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Wild Birthday for Wicked!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Wicked Day Celebrates First Birthday for Musical On Halloween Eve

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Depp and Lansbury Honored by Actor's Fund at Oct. 30 Gala

[ TM ]  Photo File By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Angela Lansbury and Liza Minnelli are only two of the stars caught by Joseph Marzullo's camera for our latest photo roundup.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Results Are In: She Loves Me Triumphs in New Jersey
Review by Bob Rendell

News:

[ P ]  Raul Esparza Set to Star in Broadway's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[ P ]  Report: The Color Purple Musical to Raise $8 Million Before Broadway Run

[ P ]  George Hearn and Neil Patrick Harris to Join LuPone for Kennedy Center Regina

[ P ]  Seattle's ACT Theatre Sets 2005 Season with Bach, Vincent, Flight, Iguana and Born Yesterday

[ P ]  Monologue Work Pieces To Return to New York at Dodger Stages in December

[ P ]  BMI Musical Theatre Showcase Presents New Musicals Nov. 1

[ P ]  Brooklyn's Young Charlie Pineapple Theatre Offers Of Mice and Men Dec. 3

[ P ]  Playwright Brian Parks Leaves a Suspicious Package at HERE, Nov. 10-Dec. 4

[ P ]  Bobby, Larsen, Ritchie and More to Be Part of Christmas Reading

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Best of Edinburgh Comes to NY This Week

[ P ]  Phantom's Davis Gaines to Headline Broadway on Ice Tour

[ P ]  Alessandrini's Forbidden Vegas to Begin Sin City Previews Nov. 19

[ TM ]  Full Casting Announced for Pippin Concert to Benefit National AIDS Fund

[ P ]  Memorial for Lyricist Fred Ebb Set for Nov. 15
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[ P ]  Michael Arden Will Be Title Player in Pippin; Laura Benanti Is Catherine

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Gamble Pays Off for Theatergoing on the Cheap in London By MATT WOLF
A traditionally hard-to-fill theater in London has lured in new theatergoers and has averaged a 95 percent attendance rate by slashing the cost of tickets.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia catches up with some famous Broadway types who we haven't heard much from recently.

[ NJ ]  New faces can revive old shows BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
"Just being a star isn't enough," says "Chicago" and "Wonderful Town" producer Fran Weissler. "Every star can't play every role. Some very talented stars just don't fit into your show."

[ Y ]  Two Hollywood theater troops get religion by Rob Kendt, Variety
Anyone can make fun of religion, but two L.A. stage productions are taking a different tack. They satirize local controversial beliefs by ironically celebrating them.

[ BH ]  Innovative director Barnes-storms across 'Western World' By Terry Byrne

News:

[ Y ]  Vegas gets 'Forbidden' spoof

[ Y ]  Atlanta's Alliance Theater in good health
Second straight year with balanced budget, surplus

[ Y ]  Biz rises; 'Producers' 756g
Road grosses jumped 16.0% to $12,041,548 during Week 21 (Oct. 18-24).

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
WANT TO SEE big stars? The Stella by Starlight gala on Nov. 8 at the Pierre will blow the hotel roof off...
Last item.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 1

[ P ]  Busy Playwright John Patrick Shanley Discusses Off-Broadway Shows at NYC Barnes and Noble, Nov. 1

[ P ]  Stars Sing at Only Make Believe Benefit Concert Nov. 1

[ P ]  One Wicked Night with Stephen Schwartz and Valerie Smaldone Presented Nov. 1

[ P ]  Rose Rage, Light in the Piazza, Trying, Moonlight and Magnolias Vie for Jeff Awards Nov. 1 in Chicago

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE UNPOSSESSED'
A Lively Don Quixote Fantasy of Shadow Puppets and Stilts By LIESL SCHILLINGER
The Double Edge Theater company's tribute to Cervantes's play is a series of masterfully juggled off-kilter skits that bring the life of the imagination to the stage.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TWO BROTHERS WHO ARE NOT BROTHERS'
Questions of Faith and Fate By NEIL GENZLINGER
Paul Rawlings's play on faith and fate at the Players Theater offers limited insights into the cosmic questions it seeks to explore.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'UNCLE JACQUES' SYMPHONY'
Slight Variations on a Familiar Theme By JASON ZINOMAN
The SoHo Playhouse's multi-character solo show seems more interested in showing off an actor's capacity for different accents than telling great stories.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
Lost in the Joyful Noise of Sophocles By ANITA GATES
When the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Legendary Soul Stirrers break into "Stop: Do Not Go On," the third musical number in "The Gospel at Colonus," it's as if a light has come on.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: Texas, L'il Darlin' and "Brel Infinement"

[ TB ]  The Devil Winks
Review by Warren Hoffman
If you think that heroin junkies, bisexual artists, and angry hippie poets could make for a interesting evening of theater, think again.

[ CU ]  Sakharam Binder

[ HP ]  Gender Splendor BY LEE WILLIAMS
Old-fashioned Leading Ladies -- a surprise hit

[ HP ]  Dressing for dollars By Don Maines
After its premiere run at the Alley, the consensus is that �Leading Ladies� will be cross dressing its way to Broadway.

[ BG ]  'Party' brims with energy, talent By Richard Dyer
Lippa's "Wild Party," directed by Jack Noseworthy.

[ BH ]  Act like an Egyptian: Brad Anderson and Montego Glover star in 'Aida.' By Robert Nesti
With Janine LaManna.

[ CST ]  Chamberlain holds his own in charming 'Scrooge' BY HEDY WEISS

[ CT ]  Chamberlain as Scrooge is not the same old story By Michael Phillips

[ TB ]  Wonderful Town (revisited)
Review by Matthew Murray
Sometimes a step backward really is a step forward.

[ ND ]  Shared agonies over a cardinal's grief BY LINDA WINER
"Sin" and "Antigone Project."

[ NYP ]  'SIN' IS ANYTHING BUT SENSATIONAL By FRANK SCHECK
THE subtitle of "Sin" is "A Cardinal Deposed," and it's an all-too-accurate reflection of the dryly legal tone of this drama about the Boston archdiocese sex abuse scandal.

[ NYP ]  STILL MOVIN' By CLIVE BARNES
JACK-KNIFE sharp and ice hot, the great Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical "Movin' Out" has careened into its third year on Broadway � still in terrific shape and looking as vibrant as it did the first night.

[ HC ]  'Twelve Angry Men' A Liberal Triumph By MALCOLM JOHNSON

[ CU ]  Laugh Whore

[ Y ]  Gemini: The Musical
Review by Toby Zinman, Variety

[ ATU ]  Colm Wilkinson's a crowd-pleaser of casino caliber By STEVE BARNES
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | MELISSA MANCHESTER
Looking Down That Road and Crying Out Softly By STEPHEN HOLDEN
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Sunday, October 31, 2004

Features:

[ WP ]  At Long Last, All Systems Are Gogh For 'Yellow' By Nelson Pressley
Composer LaChiusa's Difficult Musical Shapes Up

[ LAT ]  ESSAY
Loss and joy By Tony Kushner
Music leavens the agony of an era in 'Caroline, or Change.'

[ BSUN ]  Director finds a home in theater and film By J. Wynn Rousuck
Marylander with eclectic career brings 'Millie' tour to Hippodrome

[ BG ]  Harold Prince, the legend, takes his show on the road By Catherine Foster

[ BH ]  He can't let her go: Hal Prince is hands-on with 25th anniversary production of his hit musical 'Evita' By Terry Byrne

[ CT ]  AT THE PLAYWRIGHTS' TABLE By Michael Phillips
WHEN AUGUST WILSON SITS DOWN TO WRITE, HE FEELS THE PRESENCE OF ALL THE DRAMATISTS WHO CAME BEFORE HIM. INTIMIDATING? NOT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN WHERE WILSON HAS. STILL, HE'S HAPPY TO HAVE THE ROLE MODELS.

[ BG ]  From jeers to cheers By Maureen Dezell
Once scandalous, 'Playboy' now seen as a theater classic

[ NYT ]  Tennessee Williams's Tales From the Crypt By JESSE GREEN
Decades after his death, new Tennessee Williams characters and even plays are materializing. Now, with "Five by Tenn," a strange afterlife just got stranger.

[ NYT ]  How Politics Plays on the World Stage By BEN BRANTLEY
Wherever George Bush is in the polls, he never seems far from a theater, and neither do Condi, Rummy or Tony Blair.

[ INQ ]  In high gear By Howard Shapiro
Mikhail Baryshnikov, mover and shaker in the arts community, never slows down. This week, he cruises into the Prince.

[ DN ]  'Pulling the Lever': The people have spoken By REBECCA LOUIE

[ HC ]  Despite Opposition, Artists Have Right To Talk Politics
"If you want to do theater, do theater," says actress Mary Beth Hurt, playing the "real" Laura Bush in a Long Wharf Theatre reading last week of Tony Kushner's "Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy."

[ HC ]  Political Trick Or Treat By FRANK RIZZO
In Hartford, Author Gore Vidal Skewers Bush, The Press

[ DN ]  Betraying Willy BY ELLEN TUMPOSKY
Here's a play about German politics every American will identify with

[ LAT ]  Beyond her darkness By Mike Boehm
Sarah Kane took her life after finishing '4.48 Psychosis.' The play could help bring in her earlier, much lambasted, work from the fringes.

[ Y ]  Innovating at the speed of sound by Mark Blankenship, Variety
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- What is the sound of an android flying? That's the question that met sound designer Hillary Charnas when she started work on Rolin Jones' "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow" at Yale Repertory Theatre.

[ Y ]  The 'Idol'-ization of Broadway by Robert Hofler
As every "American Idol" addict knows, judge Simon Cowell thinks "Broadway" is a dirty word.

[ ND ]  Fast Chat: Mario Cantone by Blake Green

[ CST ]  Ghosts and magic: 'Scrooge' calls on illusionist BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO

[ TS ]  Blythe Wilson's a proud new Mamma by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
ABBA show a big step for gifted star

"Twelve Angry Men":

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | CASTING
Judge, Jury and More
All 12 of the jurors in "Twelve Angry Men" have had at least one "Law & Order" guest appearance, and most of them are repeat offenders.

[ B ]  Photo Op: A Triumphant Opening for Twelve Angry Men

[ ND ]  YOU, THE JURY BY BLAKE GREEN
Audiences will decide if the new production of '12 Angry Men' - 1 hour and 45 without intermission - is a hit

[ ND ]  The path to Broadway by BLAKE GREEN

[ B ]  Twelve Angry Men Extends B'way Run Two Weeks

Richard Christiansen:

[ CT ]  STAGECRAFT By Rick Kogan
RICHARD CHRISTIANSEN'S 40 YEARS OF CRITICISM BUILT AN AUDIENCE FOR QUALITY THEATER AND PUT CHICAGO ON THE WORLD'S CULTURAL MAP

[ CST ]  The critic whose star rose with the theater he loves BY MARY HOULIHAN
Richard Christiansen knew he was onto something when on a chilly November night in 1963 he saw the opening of a new play in a tiny theater on North Broadway.

[ CST ]  City's a stage for this critic BY HEDY WEISS
His sense of history is impeccable. But I have a bit of a problem with Richard Christiansen's math.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  A career blossoms from "Rent" success By Misha Berson
Seeing him portray the narrating student filmmaker Mark, in the premiere of the seismic mid-1990s hit rock-opera "Rent," it was hard to imagine Anthony Rapp being anyone else.

[ P-I ]  Moving 'Horrors' puppet is a monster of a task By JOE ADCOCK
Musicals are close to the heart of 'Little Shop' puppeteer

News:

[ Y ]  Friends, Family Gather for Reeve Memorial By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer
Brian Stokes Mitchell sang "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha," and Rui Shi, a young woman who studies piano at Juilliard, performed a piece Reeve himself used to play � Mendelssohn's "Song Without Words." The memorial closed with the cast of Broadway's "The Lion King" performing the song "Circle of Life."

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
There was rejoicing when it was announced that "The Producers" was going to be remade in New York. But when Richard Dreyfuss was fired from the London stage musical of the same title, Nathan Lane - slated to star in the movie with Matthew Broderick - had to fly across the pond to replace Dreyfuss.
The loss of Lane has put the picture, which is to be shot at the new Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, on hold.

[ BS ]  Paper Mill Experiences Change By Gwen Orel
N.J. Theatre Sees Positions Eliminated, Theatricality Emphasized

[ BS ]  Play Journal Treats Theatre as Literature

[ B ]  Pieces (of Ass) to Play Dodger Stages

[ DN ]  Election is no 'Laugh'
Mario Cantone, whose one-person show, "Laugh Whore," opened to enthusiastic notices a week ago, has canceled his performance Tuesday to encourage potential audience members to vote.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 31

[ P ]  A Celebration of First Time Voters to Feature Rubin-Vega, Ensler, Kushner and More Nov. 1

[ P ]  Agents, Managers and Directors Sing in BC/EFA Benefit Nov. 15

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: Cathy Rigby, Star of New Peter Pan Tour, Offers Flying Tips on "Radio Playbill" Nov. 1-14

[ P ]  Wilson Cruz and Jennifer Elise Cox Featured in Mee's A Perfect Wedding Debut in L.A., Oct. 31

[ P ]  Broadway's Thanksgiving Week Performance Schedule

[ P ]  Talent Agent Michael Hartig To Be Remembered at Nov. 14 Memorial in NYC

[ P ]  Housewife's Eyes Wide Open in Award-Winning9/11 Comedy, The Sleeper, at Arkansas Rep

[ P ]  Andrew V. Yelusich, Costume and Set Designer Who Created Vivid Worlds at Denver Center and Beyond, Dead at 50

[ P ]  Aznavour Songs Fill New Musical Happy Anniversary!, Getting NYC Reading With Schaffel and Cuccioli

[ P ]  I Am My Own Wife Closes on Broadway Oct. 31; Jeff Mays Packs His Bags for National Tour

[ P ]  Tickets to Finn's Spelling Bee Musical Off-Broadway Go On Sale, Nov. 5

[ P ]  Trapezoid Musical Opens at Theater Three Oct. 30

[ P ]   BAM's Joseph V. Melillo Award OBE by Queen Elizabeth

[ P ]  London Jerry Springer Producer Says Show Will Go On

[ P ]  Cheyenne Jackson Dons Leather Jacket to Star in All Shook Up, Replacing Jarrod Emick

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 23-29: Got Money?
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