Saturday, November 13, 2004

News:

[ NYT ]  New Brutus Is Born. He Looks Familiar. By JESSE McKINLEY
Denzel Washington will be the latest Hollywood celebrity to take on Broadway, this time in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."

[ B ]  Julius Caesar, Starring Denzel Washington, Books Belasco for Spring

[ NYT ]  Investor Comes to the Rescue of Wilson Play By JESSE McKINLEY

[ B ]  Wilson's Gem of the Ocean Delayed for 2nd Time; Starts 11/23

[ WP ]  Kennedy Center Actor Remains Hospitalized By Jacqueline Trescott
Gregory Mitchell, the 52-year-old actor who suffered a heart attack onstage at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, remained hospitalized in serious condition yesterday.

[ B ]  Jeff Goldblum In Talks to Headline Brit Hit The Pillowman on B'way

[ NYT ]  Memorial for Fred Ebb
Among those scheduled to appear at the event, which is open to the public, are his composing partner, John Kander, as well as the performers Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Chita Rivera.

[ P ]  Anger vs. Love: Twelve Angry Men New Extension Bumps Fool For Love Broadway Start

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

[ BG ]  Robbins, acting troupe to bring war play to NU By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan

[ Y ]  'Rent' to Be Filmed in San Francisco

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 13

[ P ]  Rent's Pascal Celebrates New CD "Civilian" at Nov. 13 Concert

[ P ]  Charles Grodin's Co-Op Board Comedy The Right Kind of People Debuts at San Francisco's Magic

Features:

[ NYT ]  Two Once-Angry Men Revisit a Prison Triumph By JESSE McKINLEY
A pair of former Sing Sing inmates who performed "Twelve Angry Men" behind bars took in the current Broadway production on Thursday.

[ NYT ]  The Season of Weighty Dramas By EMILY EAKIN
Eve Ensler and Neil LaBute are staging morality plays set in similar places: the playwrights' not-exactly-flat, constantly growling stomachs.

[ NYT ]  Fringe Beneficiaries By LIESL SCHILLINGER
The Riot Group, having conquered the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is taking on New York.

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | ROLE PLAYING
Uptown Girl By MELENA Z. RYZIK
John Epperson, better known as the lip-synching drag artist Lypsinka, is playing the stepmother in New York City Opera's revival "Cinderella."

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | SAVE THE DATE
June 16, 2005 By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
For her return to the Royal Shakespeare Company after a four-decade absence, Vanessa Redgrave will star in Euripides' "Hecuba" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

[ CST ]  Speaking with ... Hal Prince

[ LAT ]  A betrayal on a world stage By Patrick Pacheco
The political and the personal intersect in Michael Frayn's "Democracy," about onetime West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and the spy who undermined him.

[ TS ]  Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow; no reason to cry by Richard Ouzounian
Thoughts prompted by the premature Toronto closing of Hairspray.

[ BS ]  Tonya, and Change
If art mirrors life, and vice versa, Tonya Pinkins, the actor, appears to be in her prime while Tonya Pinkins, the human being, is finding new levels of contentment and inner peace in her life.

[ BS ]  John Cullum: Uncovering the Anguish

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ MST ]  A classy curtain call for theater titan Binger by Rohan Preston
Funerals don't just give me the blues; they also cause painful headaches. Yet I left Monday's memorial service for Jim Binger not just sad, as expected, but inspired.

[ MN ]  Barbara Cook: Broadway legend relishes her second singing career By Mark de la Vi�a

[ RMN ]  'Jewtopia' rescues pair of careers By Lisa Bornstein
They ended up with Jewtopia, a play that sold out for a year and a half there before moving in October to New York, where it already is sold out through the end of the year.

[ RMN ]  Martin Moran lines up encores to 'Tricky' By Lisa Bornstein

[ OCR ]  Coming to terms with a legend By PAUL HODGINS
Lorna Luft addresses her famous mother's legacy and explores her music in a cabaret show.

[ CSM ]  The spy who ended a chancellor's job By Kim Campbell

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Matthew Murray loves the new Ken Bloom-Frank Vlastnik book on musical theater -- especially its amazing full-color photos.

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

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | CHEKHOVNOW FESTIVAL
A Festival Takes Chekhov to Places He Never Went By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'IRRATIONALS'
Familiar Misfits Are at It Again By NEIL GENZLINGER

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DEATH AND THE PLOUGHMAN'
Trying to Get the Last Word With the Grim Reaper By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The Grim Reaper proves to be a spiffy debater in Anne Bogart's visually elegant staging of a daunting German text dating from the dawn of the Renaissance.

[ OT ]  Snow flies, hearts warm in dazzling stage 'White Christmas' By Chad Jones

[ SFE ]  The 'White' stuff By Tiffany Maleshefski
Holiday musical is predictable but enchanting.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the "White Christmas" reviews.

[ NYT ]  JAZZ REVIEW | PETER CINCOTTI
A Young Singer-Pianist Starts to Leave the Keyboard Behind By STEPHEN HOLDEN
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Friday, November 12, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  La Cage in Quotes by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  Politics, As Usual
The story of German Chancellor Willy Brandt's fall from grace - rife with Cold War intrigue and human failings - is the compelling subject of Michael Frayn's acclaimed new play, Democracy

[ TM ]  Cinderella Story By: Michael Portantiere
New York City Opera revives Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella just as the original TV version of the musical is about to make its home video debut.

[ TM ]  In Your Dreams
TM brings you exclusive video of Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch in performance at Birdland.

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Danny Is Back, In Fighting Form

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Bit of Tennessee in the City, Five by Tenn Opens at MTC Off-Broadway

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Tennessee Williams One-Acts Premiere at MTC

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Five by Tenn

News:

[ P ]  Broadway's Biltmore Theatre Added to the National Register of Historic Places

[ P ]  Lyricist Fred Ebb Honored at Ambassador Theatre Memorial Nov. 15

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 6-12: Harvey Lights a Fier Under Fiddler

[ P ]  NYC Agents Step Into the Spotlight to Sing, Dance and Raise Money for BC/EFA in Dream Out Loud Nov. 15

[ P ]  Emmy Winner Keating Is Scrooge in Guthrie's 30th Annual A Christmas Carol

[ P ]  Julie Walters, Celia Imrie and Sally Ann Triplett Sign On for Acorn Antiques

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

[ P ]  "The Very Best of Michael Crawford"-with Woman in White Tune-to Hit Stores Nov. 22

[ P ]  Wall to Wall 12-Hour Marathon Concert to Honor Stephen Sondheim in 2005

[ P ]  On the Town Star Offers Joe's Pub Concert in January

[ P ]  Thoms Joins "Rent" Film; Pascal Deal Nearly Complete

[ B ]  Off-Broadway's Guantanamo to Close at 45 Bleecker December 19

[ TM ]  Naming of Arthur Miller Theatre at University of Michigan to be Celebrated in NYC Event
posted at 11/12/2004 04:18:12 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ WAPO ]  Actor Collapses at Kennedy Center
Cast Member Hospitalized; Baryshnikov Show Cut Short

posted at 11/12/2004 01:38:49 PM by James Marino | Item Link

[ NYP ]  IT HAD TO BE JEW BY MICHAEL RIEDEL
Harvey Fierstein interview.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Forget what the youth of today is listening to; what is the youth of today writing for tomorrow?

[ NJ ]  The 'wright stuff BY PETER FILICHIA
Amy Irving is perfect for the part of a playwright in 'Celadine,' created just for her

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: A Chat with Cinderella's Sarah Uriarte Berry Plus LuPone at Feinstein's and News of O'Malley and D'Abruzzo

[ ND ]  'Comedy and tragedy at once' By Blake Green
Humor flows easily between Edie Falco and Brenda Blethyn, stars of the revival of �night, Mother,� a prize-winning play about suicide

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
MAKING WHOOPI ON BROADWAY

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
ABOUT this latest assault on Liza Minnelli.

[ BG ]  Burning man By Catherine Foster
Michael T. Weiss turns up the heat in an incendiary play

[ BS ]  Teaching Connections
Finding ways to bring together the world of the performing arts and the world of education...

[ BH ]  'Guitar' makes perfect musical for writer By Terry Byrne
"This movie is a wacked-out western," says Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, book writer and originator of the idea of turning the 1954 film "Johnny Guitar" into a musical.

[ BH ]  Bang! Pow! Oof! Boston actresses are gunning for laughs in SpeakEasy's campy 'Johnny Guitar' By Terry Byrne

[ BH ]  'Lion' cast roars in AIDS benefit By Robert Nesti

[ NYT ]  Multimedia Feature: From Sketch to Stage
Tobin Ost, the costume designer for "Brooklyn, the Musical," explains how he used garbage bags, purses, duct tape and stuffed animals to create the show's inventive designs.

"White Christmas" - Reviews (thanks to American Theater Web):

[ CCT ]  Transition to the stage suits 'White Christmas' By Pat Craig

[ MN ]  Musical 'White Christmas' is all window dressing By Karen D'Souza

[ SFC ]  It's early, but a bit of Christmas cheer never hurts. Especially when the songs are written by Berlin. By Robert Hurwitt

"Five by Tenn" - Reviews:

[ DN ]  Must-Tennessee by Howard Kissel
Since his death in 1983, Tennessee Williams has continued to grow in stature. This impressive production of five Williams one-acts, four of which were only recently discovered, can only enhance that growth.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'FIVE BY TENN'
Rhinestones Are Next Door to Glass By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
"Five by Tenn," a selection of Tennessee Williams one-acts � four of which were exhumed from a Texas archive � offers little cause for excitement.

[ Y ]  Five by Tennessee Williams By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Some works by famous playwrights are obscure for a reason.

[ ATW ]  Williams' Biography, Experimentation Brought to the Stage in Five by Tenn
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  In 'Five by Tenn,' sum is greater than parts BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ND ]  Taking the long view of five short plays BY GORDON COX

[ TM ]  Five by Tenn
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ Y ]  Five by Tenn
Review by David Rooney, Variety

[ B ]  Five by Tenn
Review by William Stevenson

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Another Broadway Quiz! Plus: Patti LuPone at Feinstein's, Lucille Carr-Kaffashan at Mama Rose's, and two plays by John Patrick Shanley.

[ LAT ]  Writer turns spam scam into laughs By David C. Nichols
In 2003, Dean Cameron opened a desperate e-mail from a so-called Nigerian prisoner, "Dr. Mrs. Miriam Achaba," pleading for assistance in liberating $30 million. Instead of deleting, Cameron sent a reply: "Great! Do you have any toast?"

[ DN ]  'Eve-olution,' sans big bang by Howard Kissel
Halfway through "Eve-olution," a play by two women, performed by two other women, somebody said the word "Paxil." It got a laugh. That suggests something about the limited appeal of "Eve-olution."

[ DN ]  In 'Jewtopia,' a few well-chosen yuks by Howard Kissel
So I laughed. So sue me.

[ R ]  Review: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea By Larry Worth

[ ND ]  Losers' bar code: blue, but not so deep BY LINDA WINER

[ BG ]  Art and ambition collide in Hare's 'Nice' By Ed Siegel

[ Y ]  Nora (A Doll's House)
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety

News:

[ B ]  Linda Eder to Perform The Holiday Concert at Palace in December

[ P ]  Linda Eder to Play Broadway's Palace Theatre Dec. 17 and 18

[ P ]  Two Weeks Added to Woody Allen's New Play, Second Hand Memory, at Off-Bway's Atlantic

[ B ]  Woody Allen's Off-Broadway Memory Extended to Jan. 23

[ HC ]  Bushnell stepping up community outreach efforts by Frank Rizzo

[ BS ]  Equity Backs Health-Care Report

[ BS ]  Mixed Results on Local-Option Measures Around the Nation

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 12

[ P ]  Sondheim to Sondheim: Roundabout Sets Sail on Broadway with Pacific Overtures

[ P ]  When Billy Met Broadway:Crystal Starts Debut Solo 700 Sundays, Nov. 12

[ P ]  Cam Jansen Opens at Lamb's Theatre Nov. 12; Writer O'Keefe Chats About New Musical

[ P ]  Cinderella � with Starry Broadway Company � Begins Performances Nov. 12

[ P ]  Martin Charnin Floats Revised Two by Two in Tennessee Tryout Nov. 12-Dec. 18

[ P ]  Family Tensions Mount in Rodney's Wife, Richard Nelson's New Play, Starting NYC Run Nov. 12

[ P ]  Guantánamo Announced Closing Date of Dec. 19

[ P ]  Keen Company Pursues a Hasty Heart Off-Broadway Nov. 20

[ P ]  Hamlet Gets His Day in Court at Kaye Playhouse Nov. 15

[ P ]  Penetration Play, a World Premiere About Two Friends, a Mother and Expectations, Gets NYC Run by 13P Troupe Nov. 20-Dec. 11

[ B ]  Dana Reeve Withdraws from MTC's Brooklyn Boy

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Harvey Fierstein, "Hott Feett."

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Long Wharf Finalizes American Voices Series for '05
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Thursday, November 11, 2004

News:

[ P ]  Breakfast Club Parody Returns to Off-Broadway, Dec. 3-Jan. 29

[ P ]  University of Michigan Alum on Broadway Celebrate New and Only Arthur Miller Theatre, Nov. 15

[ P ]  The Producers' Nathan Lane Breaking West End Wage Records

[ P ]  Lackawanna Blues with Wright, Schreiber, Smits, Perez To Air on HBO in Feb. 2005

[ P ]  Dana Reeve Withdraws From Broadway's Brooklyn Boy

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! Opens in Madrid Nov. 11; Scotland Tour Begins Nov. 12

[ P ]  Studio Arena Theatre Artistic Director Will Leave Buffalo Troupe at Season's End

[ P ]  Bombay Producers Honored at New York Stage & Film Gala; Jay-Alexander Directs Musical Show

[ P ]  Opposite of Sex Star Reads New Two-Person Musical Bonnie and Clyde, Nov. 16 & 18

[ P ]  Audra McDonald to Join Choir for Free Christmas Concerts Dec. 16-18

[ P ]  Report: August Wilson Says Hays Is Gem's Angel

[ P ]  Stars From Avenue Q, Wicked, Hairspray and More Featured on "Carols for a Cure Volume 6"

[ P ]  Wicked to Recoup Entire Investment By End of 2004

[ B ]  Lorca, Strindberg & Theatre de Complicite Added to National Season

[ TM ]  Jones and Uggams to Star in Broadway Run of Kennedy Center's On Golden Pond

Reviews:

[ SUN ]  The New, New Nora by JEREMY McCARTER
After "Nora", all bets are off; Danny will kick your ass.

[ TM ]  Nora
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CU ]  The Foreigner

Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Harvey Fierstein Has Already Departed for Anatevka, New Fiddler Star Gets Dressed Up

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: It's An Early and White Christmas in San Francisco

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Quaid, Wood and Smith-Cameron Get Knocked Around Courtesy of Roth and the God of Hell Off-Broadway
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[ NYT ]  Andrew Lloyd Webber and James Earl Jones Plan Broadway Returns By JESSE McKINLEY
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Woman in White" will open on Nov. 10, 2005. James Earl Jones will return to Broadway after a 16-year hiatus in a revival of "On Golden Pond."

[ B ]  The Woman in White to Land on Broadway for 11/10/05 Opening

[ P ]  Woman in White to Debut on Broadway in November

[ B ]  On Golden Pond With Jones & Uggams Set for March Bow at Cort

[ P ]  On Golden Pond Will Shimmer on Broadway in Spring 2005, With James Earl Jones and Leslie Uggams

Features:

[ Y ]  Broadway's 'Wicked' Expecting Big Profits By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Just before Christmas, an event that warms the heart of commercial theater producers everywhere will take place at "Wicked," Broadway's $14 million "Wizard of Oz" prequel: Pay back.

[ NYP ]  WHAT A DAME! By BARBARA HOFFMAN
THERE are one-man shows and one- woman shows . . . and then there are Dame Edna's shows.

[ NYP ]  THE JOYS OF BEING THE MRS.
BELIEVE it or not, possums, Dame Edna has a better half. In fact, she's had four.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: There's Nothing Like a Dame, Ms. Everage Visits Telecharge

[ DN ]  Casting tale in new light By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
The rags-to-riches story is still intact.
So are the delightfully hummable songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
But this is not your mother's "Cinderella."

[ LAT ]  Still beating the Bushes By Don Shirley
In the aftermath of the election, left-leaning theater artists keep the political heat on 'roast.'

[ BS ]  Catching Up with Larry Gelbart By Dany Margolies

[ NYT ]  Inviting the Cosmos Onto the Stage By MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS
Laurie Anderson's "End of the Moon," is the creative result of her "secret dream" come true � a two-year stint as NASA's official artist.

[ BH ]  Deaf West Theatre's 'Big River' mixes singing and signing By Robert Nesti

"Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA'
A Kickbox Pas de Deux Over Drinks By BEN BRANTLEY
This warmly acted revival of John Patrick Shanley's 1984 play stars Adam Rothenberg and Rosemarie DeWitt as self-loathing losers who meet mean in a Bronx bar.

[ TB ]  Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Review by Matthew Murray
A candy with a hard, bitter outer shell can still have a soft, gooey center. A sample of just such a confection is available now at Second Stage, where a revival of John Patrick Shanley's 1984 guilty pleasure of a play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea just opened.

[ DN ]  Lovers' fight still packs a lotta punch by Howard Kissel

[ JN ]  "Danny," not too deep By JACQUES LE SOURD

[ NJ ]  Passion runs 'Deep' in riveting revival BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ TM ]  Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ Y ]  Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Review by David Rooney, Variety

[ CU ]  Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

[ B ]  Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Review by William Stevenson

"Death and the Ploughman" - Reviews:

[ ATW ]  Death and the Ploughman: The Eternal Question:Why Does Death Who He Does, When He Does?
Review by Andy Propst

[ TB ]  Death and the Ploughman
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Death and the Ploughman
Review by David Drake

[ CU ]  Death and the Ploughman

[ Y ]  Death and the Ploughman
Review by Chris Jones, Variety

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'NORA (A DOLL'S HOUSE)'
A Nora Who Goes Beyond Closing Her Prison's Door By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
More than one door slams in Thomas Ostermeier's slick new staging of Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House," but you have to listen carefully to hear the impact.

[ TB ]  Irrationals
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Titus Andronicus
Review by Warren Hoffman

[ Y ]  The Producers
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
Lane has never seemed -- or sounded -- so fresh, his amazing generosity of spirit, lung power and comic timing making him the American goodwill ambassador to Britain we sorely need right now.

[ ATW ]  Dave Gorman Crafts an Excellent Adventure from a Googlewhack
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: 3 Releases from Bayview Records Reviewed

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Max and Leo Conquer London; Donmar Doings; "Phantom of the Opera"; "Encores! Bash."

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Greeting the season

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 11

[ P ]  Ringwald, Biggs and Bierko Go Orthodox in New Off-Broadway Play

[ P ]  A Little More Mascara: La Cage aux Folles is Back on Broadway, Starting Nov. 11

[ P ]  Morsels by Tennessee Williams Served in Five by Tenn, Opening Nov. 11 at MTC

[ P ]  Marissa Jaret Winokur Takes Role in Farrelly Brothers Film "Fever Pitch"

[ P ]  Phantom's Pfisterer Joins Starry Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Cast

[ P ]  Melting Pot Theatre Benefit Is a Starry Radio Recreation of "It's a Wonderful Life," With Edelman, Carmello, Burton Dec. 6

[ DN ]  Newsline
Fierstein on the 'Roof'
Fierstein already has sung music from "Fiddler" onstage. In MCC Theatre's Miscast concert in April 2002, Fierstein and Kristin Chenoweth sang the duet "Do You Love Me?" with Fierstein singing the role of Golde and Chenoweth singing Tevye.

[ TM ]  Fierstein to Replace Molina as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

[ TM ]  Bruce Vilanch to Host 16th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition
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Wednesday, November 10, 2004

[ B ]  Fierstein "Thrilled" to Accept Fiddler Offer; Starts Perfs As Tevye Jan. 4

[ P ]  Good Morning, Anatevka! Harvey Fierstein Will Play Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof Starting Jan. 4

Reviews:

[ B ]  Broadway Phenomenon The Producers Faces West End Critics

[ B ]  CDs: Lover, Come Back to Me by Ken Mandelbaum
THE NEW MOON (Ghostlight Records)

[ TB ]  The Highest Yellow
Washington, D.C. Review by Tracy Lyon

[ CU ]  Talk of the Town

Features:

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Pascal Plugs Civilian at Tower

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Toasting Tamyra: An Idol Lands in Bombay

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: "Shakalaka" Idol Tamyra Gray Joins Broadway's Bombay Dreams

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Phantom Toasts 7,000 Performances

News:

[ B ]  Don Carlos and Primo Set for West End Transfers in 2005

[ TM ]  MCC to Present Escape: 6 Ways To Get Away Benefit

[ TM ]  TADA! Accepting Submissions for One-Act Play Contest

[ P ]  Basil Twist Debuts New Show, Dogugaeshi, at Japan Society, Nov. 18-23

[ P ]  Woman in White CD Signing Set for Nov. 16; Song List Announced

[ P ]  Link, Brescia, Garnye and Strunk Among A Promise of Hope Benefit Performers

[ P ]  PBS Salutes "Bill Irwin, Clown Prince" � with Taymor, Williams and Guare � Dec. 15

[ P ]  Abraham, Ripley and White Reunite for Standup Shakespeare Nov. 22

[ P ]  Two Producers Stars Head to the Chatterbox Nov. 11

[ P ]  Tickets to Monty Python's Spamalot Go On Sale Nov. 28; AmEx Gold Cards Get Jump Nov. 10

[ P ]  Feinstein's Books Chita Rivera and Brian Stokes Mitchell for Early 2005

[ P ]  "American Idol"'s Justin Guarini Leaves Cast of Good Vibrations

[ P ]  Cathy Wydner, a "Peggy" in 42nd Street Who Matured to a "Mother" in Ragtime, Dead at 43
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[ NYP ]  SEND IN THE CLOWN By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A "Fiddler on the Roof" with Harvey Fierstein as Tevye? Sounds crazy, no? Maybe not. Fierstein, last seen prancing around Broadway in a housecoat, is auditioning today to replace Alfred Molina, who will leave the show after the first of the year.

[ P ]  Will Harvey Fierstein Be the Next Tevye in Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof?

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia's thrilled by the new coffee-table book Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time.

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
An Understudy on the Stage He Bought By ROBIN FINN
"Sopranos" regular Michael Imperioli's Off Off Broadway theater premotes new plays, mounts no tired revivals and retreads no Shakespeare.

[ BS ]  A "'night, Mother" Roundtable

[ BS ]  Fritz Weaver: Building Judge Biddle in "Trying"

"The Producers":

[ BBC ]  Press reviews: The Producers
UK newspaper critics heap lavish praise on Mel Brook's musical The Producers, which opened in London's West End on Tuesday.

[ BBC ]  Review: The Producers By Neil Smith
Watching Dreyfuss' replacement Nathan Lane recreate his Tony-award winning tour de force on the West End stage, it's hard to imagine anyone else ever performing the role.

[ T ]  Laughter all the way as Hitler's troupers go down a storm
Charles Spencer reviews The Producers at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

[ BBC ]  Getting The Producers to the West End By Keily Oakes

Other Reviews:

[ BSUN ]  'The Highest Yellow' is madness at its best By J. Wynn Rousuck
In this stunning musical - receiving its world premiere at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va. - a young doctor is the character in greatest danger of losing himself, of disappearing.

[ WP ]  'The Highest Yellow': Gloomy, Gloomy Night By Peter Marks

[ NJ ]  Coaches deliver extra-base hit BY PETER FILICHIA
'Rounding Third' provides level playing field for sharp exchanges on competition

[ NJ ]  A leg up on treasured holiday traditions BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
It's already Christmas in a typically big way over at Radio City Music Hall, where the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" bowed for the 72nd year.

[ CU ]  A Perfect Wedding

[ ATW ]  A Tiny Hamlet That Demonstrates Larger Talent
Review by Andy Propst

[ Y ]  Gorman's Show on Travels Lively By JUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press Writer

News:

[ R ]  Liza Minnelli Slaps Assistant with Countersuit

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Tallulah Bankhead; Brooke Shields; Matthew Broderick.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 10

[ P ]  HERE Finds a Suspicious Package on Its Stage Nov. 10

[ P ]  John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Opens Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Broadway's Phantom of the Opera Reaches 7,000th Performance Nov. 10

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: Some Ways to See and Hear the Work of Stephen Schwartz
posted at 11/10/2004 07:46:51 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Idol Star Guarini Leaves Company of Good Vibrations
"The producers of Good Vibrations and cast member Justin Guarini have parted company," was the only official statement offered to explain his departure.

[ B ]  Sarah Uriarte Berry Joins Broadway Cast of Light in the Piazza

[ P ]  Sarah Uriarte Berry Wins Role of Franca in Light in the Piazza

[ R ]  Nathan Lane Rides to London Rescue with Producers
After the rapturous reception by the first night audience, Brooks told them: "So much for British reserve, you people should be arrested for disorderly conduct."

[ B ]  Vineyard's People Are Wrong! Extends to December 11

[ P ]  Rock On: People Are Wrong! Musical with They Might Be Giants Singer Extends Off-Broadway

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Will Bombay Get a Boost?

[ P ]  Walnut Street's Cats Is Set in Philly Junkyard Starting Nov. 9

[ P ]  Secret Agent Man: Conrad Adaptation Open Off-Broadway Nov. 11

[ P ]  "Broadway: The American Musical" Documentarian and Author Appear at Barnes and Noble, Nov. 11

[ P ]  Alan King Remembered at 92nd Street Y Nov. 15

[ P ]  Behind the Rose Tattoo: New Solo Play, La Magnani,Goes Beneath the Surface of Italian ActressNov. 14-24 in NYC

[ P ]  Umbilical Brothers' Speedmouse Slows Down as Off-Broadway Arrival Delayed

[ P ]  Dreaming of a White Christmas, Irving Berlin Musical Opens in San Francisco, Nov. 7

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Highest Yellow
Virginia Review By: Michael Toscano

[ VV ]  Language of Comedy
20 years later, Larry Shue's comedy is as funny as ever, and maybe even more relevant by Michael Feingold
The Foreigner

[ VV ]  Whose Rock Is This Anyway? Urban Chic vs. Upstate Weird. by Michael Feingold
People Are Wrong

[ VV ]  Sightlines by Michael Feingold
A Passage to India

[ VV ]  Backhand Compliment
Pig iron battles Gombrowicz in a fiendishly physical match by Alexis Soloski
Hell Meets Henry Halfway

[ VV ]  Harem Scarem
Infamous Indian drama makes its long-awaited NYC debut by David Ng
Sakharam Binder

Features:

[ B ]  Video: On the Scene: Phantom Celebrates 7,000 Performances
posted at 11/9/2004 07:52:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

On All That Chat, Wayne Bryan has posted the following sad news about a favorite performer of ours:

Cathy Wydner, a wonderfully versatile and accomplished actress-singer-dancer, has died of cancer in California. She appeared on Broadway as Peggy Sawyer later in the run of the original production of 42ND STREET, and repeated the role to great acclaim in many subsequent regional productions. She portrayed Polly in CRAZY FOR YOU for American Musical Theatre of San Jose and again at Music Theatre of Wichita, where she also portrayed Nellie in SOUTH PACIFIC. She was quite wonderful as Mother in the national tour of RAGTIME, and other credits include AND THE WORLD GOES ROUND. Her heart shaped face reminded some of the young Ruby Keeler, and but her astonishing combination of voice, dance and acting was entirely her own. She had battled various cancers for the past few years, and she will be greatly missed by her friends and family, most especially her husband and three year old son.

[ IBDB ]  Cathy Wydner's Broadway Credits

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A Mimi for 'Rent'; The Umbilical Brothers; new leaders for the American Theater Wing.

[ Y ]  B'way B.O. bust continues
Broadway's disastrous Halloween session was followed by the double whammy of the election and the end of daylight-saving time.

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Nov. 1-7

[ NYT ]  Gibson Kente, 72, South African Playwright, Is Dead
Mr. Kente was the first South African to tackle onstage the poverty, crime and politics of the country's sprawling townships under white rule.

[ NYT ]  Letter: Low-Price Theater Tickets

[ LAT ]  Panel seeks greater funding for arts By Mike Boehm
An advisory council is exploring ways to bring L.A.'s per capita support in line with that of other cities nationwide.

[ P ]  New Director and Set Designer Sign On For Little Mermaid

[ B ]  Acclaimed Team of Zambello & Tsypin to Bring Mermaid to B'way

[ P ]  Tickets Now On Sale for Gypsy of the Year Competition; Hairspray's Vilanch to Host

[ P ]  It's Karate, Kid!, High-Kicking New Musical Spoof, Premieres in NYC Dec. 2-18

[ P ]  English National Opera�s On the Town to Star Adam Garcia and Caroline O�Connor

[ P ]  Palm Beach Creators Developing New Musical from "Heartbreakers" Movie

[ P ]  Producers Tour, Jacques Brel and McKeever's Running With Scissors Win Florida Carbonell Awards

[ TM ]  South Florida's Carbonell Award Winners Announced

[ P ]  Strindberg, Hare and Complicite Feature in National Theatre�s Spring 2005 Season

[ P ]  Original Cast of Songs for a New World Reunite at Jason Robert Brown Concert

[ P ]  Will "Will & Grace" Star Mullally Join McGregor for London Guys and Dolls?

[ P ]  Tony Winner Lane Returns to New York in January for "Producers" Film

[ P ]  Mel Brooks' The Producers � with Lane and Evans � Opens in London Nov. 9

[ P ]  Joel Blum Is Feste in Illyria, a Musical Twelfth Night at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 9

[ P ]  Disney's On the Record � with Emily Skinner � Begins National Tour Nov. 9

[ P ]  "Broadway: The Golden Age" Arrives on DVD Nov. 9 with Bonus Features

[ P ]  Bombay Dreams Welcomes "American Idol"'s Tamyra Gray Nov. 9

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: News from Las Vegas and CA

Features:

[ NYP ]  ALL ABOUT EVE & OTHERS LIKE HER By BARBARA HOFFMAN
AS befits someone who's spent a decade talking about vaginas, Eve Ensler doesn't mince words.

[ B ]  First Person: Laughing Through the 'night by Michael Mayer

[ WP ]  Backstage: Michael Frayn's Next Big Reaction By Jane Horwitz
Plus casting news for Jeffrey Carlson and Robert Cuccioli.

[ TIME ]  Setting a New Stage for Kids By RICHARD ZOGLIN
From fresh productions of old favorites to plays with a social message, children's theater is rapidly growing up. Plus, the five best in the U.S.
Thanks to Wayman Wong on All That Chat for the link.

[ BEE ]  Anna Deavere Smith: A one-woman force By Marcus Crowder
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Stars Were Out Nov. 8 at the "Stella by Starlight" Gala

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'DEAR VIENNA'
Freud's Road Not Taken By LIESL SCHILLINGER
"Dear Vienna" asks us to imagine what would have happened if Sigmund Freud had started out as a playwright before dreaming up psychoanalysis as a safer day job.

[ TB ]  Dear Vienna
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HELL MEETS HENRY HALFWAY'
A Little Taste of Hell By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Absurd, unbalancing and exhilarating, "Hell Meets Henry Halfway" is a Tilt-a-Whirl of a show that leaves you dizzy and means to.

[ Y ]  Hell Meets Henry Halfway
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety

[ ND ]  Bobbing along in an idea that's still amidships BY GORDON COX
An unofficial Shanley-palooza kicks off this week with "Sailor's Song."

[ NJ ]  Poor acting and staging sink 'Sailor' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ Y ]  Sailor's Song
Review by David Rooney, Variety

[ LAT ]  Ways of the heart get their 'I do' By Daryl H. Miller
Charles L. Mee's gently philosophical play is funny and fresh as it ponders the beginnings and endings of love.

[ Y ]  A Perfect Wedding
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
High Heels and High Kicks: The Holiday Glitter Is Back By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is, as always, a warmhearted, spirit-lifting joy to behold.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE TALK OF THE TOWN'
Those Bludgeoning Wits of Yesteryear By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Dorothy Parker's cynical epigrams leave a pepper crust on this tidy but far too perky musical about the Algonquin Round Table.

[ NJ ]  Engrossing play butchers sensibilities BY PETER FILICHIA
There's that famous line about an accident on the highway: You can't look at it, but you can't look away from it, either.

[ Y ]  Evita
Review by Frank Rizzo, Variety

[ CT ]  August wilson: 1965 though eyes of a master storyteller by Michael Phillips

[ DN ]  'Foreigner' revival borders on the inane by Howard Kissel
"The Foreigner" is too feeble to sustain an evening.

[ TB ]  The New CLO Cabaret Theater and Forever Plaid
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner
posted at 11/9/2004 01:57:14 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Monday, November 08, 2004

Features:

[ B ]  Q & A: Eve Ensler by David Drake

[ B ]  Photo Op: The Immigrant Opens Off-Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broderick May Be The Foreginer, But He's No Stranger To New York Audiences

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Britons Finally See The Producers As West End Production Opens

News:

[ B ]  Tracie Thoms Completes Principal Cast of Rent Film as Joanne

[ P ]  Vital Theatre Company Inaugurates New Off-Broadway Home with Dear Vienna, Nov. 8

[ P ]  Grey Gardens Musical and Terrence McNally's New Gay-History Play, Some Men, Chosen for Sundance Lab at White Oak

[ P ]  Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman Writing Musical Version of Honeymoon in Vegas

[ P ]  Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch Kick Off Winter Season at Birdland Nov. 8

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Sailor's Song
posted at 11/8/2004 04:35:18 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ B ]  La Cage on Video by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Photo File By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Celebs turn out in force as The Foreigner opens Off-Broadway.

News:

[ B ]  Ewan McGregor Set as Sky Masterson in Donmar Guys and Dolls

[ P ]  Donmar's 2005 Season Announced: McGregor in Guys and Dolls, New LaBute Play and Partnership with U.S. Producer

[ B ]  Twelve Angry Men Extends to 1/9; Fool for Love Delays Four Days

[ P ]  More Jury Duty: Twelve Angry Men Extends to Jan. 9

[ P ]  Ed Harris-Directed Fool for Love Now to Begin on Jan. 19

[ B ]  Adam Garcia and Caroline O'Connor to Headline UK On the Town

[ P ]  When Harry Met Barry to Play Three London Preview Performances Prior to 2005 West End Run

[ P ]  Edward Hall to Direct Natasha Richardson in Streetcar

[ P ]  Urinetown's Rando May Direct Wedding Singer Musical

[ P ]  Frayn and Blakemore to Discuss Democracy Nov. 14

[ P ]  Schaffel and Cuccioli Sing Aznavour Songs in Reading of New Musical Happy Anniversary! Nov. 8

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Tartaglia to Offer Joe's Pub Concert in 2005

[ P ]  HBO's "Six Feet Under" to End After Upcoming Fifth Season

[ P ]  "Rent" Film Finds Its Mimi

[ P ]  Howard Keel, Actor Who Introduced "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Annie Get Your Gun" to Movie Audiences, Dead at 85

[ TM ]  Howard Keel, Star of Stage, Film, and TV, Dies at 85
posted at 11/8/2004 01:30:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
How would some recent Tony races have been different if men and women competed against each other?

[ INQ ]  'Huff' star seeks his next grail in Broadway's 'Spamalot' By Gail Shister

News:

[ NYT ]  Howard Keel, Musical Star, Is Dead at 85 By DAMIEN CAVE
Howard Keel was the barrel-chested star of lavish Hollywood musicals like "Show Boat," "Kiss Me Kate," and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."

[ Y ]  Howard Keel, Star of Musicals, Dies at 85 By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

[ B ]  Broadway & Hollywood Musical Star Howard Keel Dead at 85

[ IBDB ]  Howard Keel's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Rosario Dawson Set as Mimi in Rent Film; Heredia Tapped for Angel

[ B ]  Edward Hall Replaces Warchus as Streetcar Revival Director

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by BEN SISARIO
News from the Roundabout.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
MARISA Tomei wants it known she never signed on to join an "Alaska Theater Cruise" with several geriatric performers.

[ NYT ]  Change, as It Does, Returns to Times Square By DAVID W. DUNLAP
The old Studebaker Building, which rose at the dawn of the last century over Long Acre Square (better known as Times Square), is about to come down.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 8

[ P ]  Hairspray's Shaiman to Preview Catch Me If You Can Song on TV

[ P ]  Chatterbox's Rudetsky Deconstructs the Bradys Nov. 11

[ P ]  Stella By Starlight Honors Adler, Kushner, Miller and Brando Nov. 8

[ P ]  Patti LuPone Returns to Feinstein's Nov. 8 with Lady With the Torch, Part II

[ P ]  Tony Winner Michael Cerveris Plays Joe's Pub Nov. 8

[ P ]  Theatre "Family" The Petersons Gather at Joe's Pub Nov. 8

[ P ]  Marc Kudisch Is van Gogh in LaChiusa and Strand's Highest Yellow, Opening at Signature Theatre in VA

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

[ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond:Casting News Around NYC

"The Foreigner" - Reviews:

[ B ]  The Foreigner
Review by William Stevenson
The Roundabout's diverting new production, with a dynamite cast led by Matthew Broderick and Frances Sternhagen, provides more than a few laughs and a very good time.

[ Y ]  The Foreigner
Review by David Rooney, Variety
A capable cast captained by ever-amiable Matthew Broderick in a puckish turn provides a steady trickle of laughs but not much sustenance in the Roundabout's revival of "The Foreigner."

[ ND ]  Feeble humor becomes 'Foreigner' policy BY LINDA WINER
If you want to see one of Matthew Broderick's hands pretend to eat his other hand and then throw it up, the Roundabout Theatre Company has some tiresome silliness for you.

[ TM ]  The Foreigner
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Normally, I don't set much store by guilty pleasures, but I'm going to make a partial exception with the revival of Larry Shue's comedy The Foreigner.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE FOREIGNER'
An Uneasily Proper Briton Among the Rustics By BEN BRANTLEY
Larry Shue's deliberately doltish comedy, a downtown hit in the mid-1980's, is a good fit for the eternally open-faced Matthew Broderick.

[ JN ]  Foreign, and funny By JACQUES LE SOURD
Who would have expected a daffy, 20-year-old comedy by a dead playwright to be revived, and found to be more timely than when it was brand-new?

[ NYP ]  FOREIGN A-FLAIR By FRANK SCHECK
MATTHEW Broderick has gotten lots of mileage from his adorable appeal. Never has he needed it more than in this Roundabout Theatre revival, which marks his first appearance on the boards since "The Producers."

[ Y ]  'The Foreigner' a Daffy Delight By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ ATW ]  The Foreigner Laughs for Troubling Times
Review by Andy Propst

[ NJ ]  This old favorite is as funny as ever BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

"Sailor's Song" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SAILOR'S SONG'
Waltzes by Strauss, Philosophies by the Sea Bag By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
John Patrick Shanley's play, a minor work burdened by long-winded rhapsodies on the meaning of life, is imperfectly realized in this Labyrinth Theater Company production.

[ ATW ]  A Sailor's Song Filled with Romanticism of Movie Musicals and Eugene O'Neill
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  Sailor's Song
Review by Edward Karam

[ TB ]  Sailor's Song
Review by Matthew Murray

Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Onstage, the War Never Ends as Playwrights Pose Questions of Responsibility and Guilt By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Three plays examine the legacy of forced prostitution in Japan during World War II.

[ DN ]  Christmas kicks into high gear By RICHARD HUFF
The calendar shows it's early November, but inside Radio City Music Hall the Christmas spirit is alive and well.

[ NJ ]  Laugh while the laughing is good BY PETER FILICHIA
So will the audiences at Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre in South Orange be laughing wildly at "Laughing Wild"?
Yes, at least for the first act of Christopher Durang's 1987 farce.

[ NJ ]  Notorious woman BY PETER FILICHIA
Solo show takes a good whack at the legend of Lizzie Borden

[ Y ]  Basic Training
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety

[ BG ]  'Evita's' weaknesses no match for this production By Ed Siegel

[ BH ]  Weakly resurrected 'Evita' looks good, falls flat By Terry Byrne

[ TB ]  Hell Meets Henry Halfway
Theatre Review by Warren Hoffman

[ TB ]  The Just Assassins
Review by Warren Hoffman

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

[ NJ ]  Exuberant silliness propels rock musical BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
'People Are Wrong!' blends quirky story, tuneful score

[ CU ]  People Are Wrong!

[ CU ]  She Loves Me

[ NJ ]  Musical arrives with little fanfare BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
'Immigrant' tale is based on Jewish family's early struggles in America

[ NYT ]  JAZZ REVIEW | JANE MONHEIT
A Torch Singer in Improv Terrain By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The singer Jane Monheit was out of her element doing improvisational jazz at Frederick P. Rose Hallon on Thursday.
posted at 11/8/2004 07:57:03 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, November 07, 2004

[ Y ]  Detour along B'way 'Avenue' by Zachary Pincus-Roth, Variety
Showbizzers will be sorting out the impact of the 2004 election for months, but Broadway's "Avenue Q" has already come to that bridge and crossed over it.

[ G ]  Profile: Nathan Lane by David Smith
A virtual unknown - in Britain, that is - has been flown in to rescue The Producers, set to be the biggest West End production this year. His rave reviews will not surprise Broadway, however, where he is theatre's hottest property
Check out more British news at American Theater Web.

Features:

[ CT ]  Kushner: 'We're in for some very, very bad times' By Michael Phillips

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: "Stage Beauty" and "Finding Neverland"
This month's column features chats with playwrights/screenwriters Jeffrey Hatcher ("Stage Beauty") and Allan Knee ("Finding Neverland").

[ ND ]  Brooke to the rescue BY BLAKE GREEN
Brooke Shields' star power had kept 'Wonderful Town' going after Donna Murphy left the musical. Is it time for a show of her own now?

[ ND ]  Lifetime in the limelight by BLAKE GREEN
Brooke Shields has spent virtually her entire life in the public eye. Here are some highlights.

[ BSUN ]  Tapping the powers of fantasy and transformation By J. Wynn Rousuck
Acclaimed director Mary Zimmerman seems to thrive on the unconventional

[ WP ]  'Pericles': A Play That Demands A Bard Attitude By Philip Kennicott

[ NJ ]  A playwright of many parts BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Having mentioned women's unmentionables in a worldwide way with the fresh talk of "The Vagina Monologues," playwright/performer/activist Eve Ensler felt she had liberated herself as well as thousands of other people.

[ NJ ]  'Mamaleh' plays winning hand BY PETER FILICHIA
Musical features 3 mothers swapping stories about their lives during monthly card game

[ NYT ]  A NIGHT OUT WITH
Kristen Bell: Into the Fast Lane By STRAWBERRY SAROYAN

[ NYT ]  The Confessions of John Patrick Shanley By ALEX WITCHEL
The ebullient, darkly funny playwright has had a very messy life. Fortunately it all comes out in his plays.

[ NYT ]  Edie Falco, Unmarried to the Mob By JESSE GREEN
Anticipating life without Tony Soprano, Edie Falco returns to her first love, the theater, with " 'night, Mother."

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: The Faces of Edie Falco

[ NYT ]  Nora the Killer Doll By JONATHAN KALB
Henrik Ibsen's shape-shifting feminist heroine turns vicious in Thomas Ostermeier's breathless and pop-infused adaptation of "A Doll's House."

[ NYT ]  Where the Theater Is a Kibbutz, and the Kibbutz Is a Theater By CHRIS FUJIWARA
The Double Edge Theater's 105-acre estate in Ashfield, Mass., is the dramatic equivalent of a kibbutz.

[ Y ]  Golden Gate open to new things by Jean Schiffman, Variety
SAN FRANCISCO -- If it was once a cliche of theatrical vernacular to bomb in New Haven, a bound-for-Broadway show these days is just as likely to bomb -- or score -- out West.

[ Y ]  Novel idea: Skip the show, read the book

[ USA ]  For Disney tunes, it's showtime By Elysa Gardner
The tunes in Disney's new musical production, On the Record, have been sung many times by a cast of thousands, among them a hunchback, a puppet, several princesses and assorted varieties of fish and mammals.

[ HC ]  Angelica Torn, Once Overshadowed, Can Turn On Star Power By JEFF RIVERS

[ HC ]  A Grand Old Jewel Sparkles In Waterbury
Story by FRANK RIZZO | Photos by CLOE POISSON

[ CT ]  'Wicked' awesome? by Chris Jones
Buoyed by teens, 'Wicked' sells in New York and heads out on the road

[ TS ]  Passion of the Christ(s)
He can fill churches and help win elections, but what makes him such a modern-day theatre star? Two plays coming soon to Toronto are among a flock on Jesus's life, writes Richard Ouzounian

[ BG ]  Playwright probes space between black and white By Cate McQuaid
In the middle of Thomas Gibbons's "Permanent Collection," a play about race and art, a white man speaks the unspeakable.

[ LAT ]  Overflowing with ambition By Mike Boehm
Despite � or perhaps because of � its extremely small size, the Black Dahlia Theatre has had an impressive string of successes.

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: The Immigrant Opens Off-Broadway

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Stage Celebs Support Only Make Believe Charity

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Oscar, Murney, O'Donnell "Believe" in Helping Children at Concert

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following articles!

[ OCR ]  'Caroline' travels uncommon path By PAUL HODGINS

[ SD ]  Still a Jersey boy By Lee Grant
Frankie Valli and his fans give each other a thrill

[ IS ]  The magic unmasked By Peter Szatmary
Take a backstage look at some of the magical moments in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

[ IS ]  What's going on as 'Phantom' unfolds onstage By Peter Szatmary

[ CCT ]  'White Christmas' gets a Best of Broadway staging By Pat Craig
Walter Bobbie interview.

[ CCT ]  FOREVER YOUNG By Pat Craig
"Peter Pan."

[ MN ]  Man-eating plant goes high-tech in `Little Shop' By Karen D'Souza

[ PPG ]  Lenora Nemetz goes full circle to cabaret By Christopher Rawson

[ CE ]  McAuley grad beaming on Broadway
Finneytown's Amy Miller is on Broadway, hoofing in the chorus of 42nd Street just off Times Square.

[ P-I ]  Gay playwright's a natural for writing about baseball By JOE ADCOCK

[ SD ]  McAnuff adds to La Jolla season By Anne Marie Welsh

[ SD ]  'Scoundrels' spruced up, ready to regard Broadway By Anne Marie Welsh
A second visit to the David Yazbek-scored musical starring John Lithgow showed how the smallest changes � a line or two here, a nip-and-tuck there, and more time onstage for the actors � have changed the Broadway-bound show for the better.

[ LADN ]  All the right casting moves in well-acted 'Wrong Turn' By Evan Henerson

[ PP ]  Ex-Honeywell chief, theater mogul dies BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Executive also active in family foundation

News:

[ B ]  John Rando to Helm Broadway-Bound Wedding Singer

[ B ]  Cast Set for California Production of The Paris Letter

[ BS ]  Equity Working Dues Increase

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
ENVIRONMENTAL activist/actor Ed Begley Jr. - known for his electric car and clean-energy home - has turned down the lead role in "SUV: The Musical!," the new comedy from The Post's own Gersh Kuntzman.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
GYPSY ROSE'S BROOKLYN GANG

[ Y ]  Tate and National talking Strindberg

[ Y ]  'Cabaret' goes back to Berlin

[ Y ]  B.O. down; 'Scrooge' 291g
Road grosses took a 10.1% dive during Week 22 (Oct. 25-31), falling to $10,820,751, mainly because one company of "The Producers" was on hiatus. Also, "Hairspray" plunged $522,826 to $492,159 in moving from Costa Mesa, Calif., to Tucson, Ariz.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 7

[ P ]  Michael Ball Christmas Concert to Air on BBC Radio 2

[ P ]  Barrowman, May and Ward Featured in London Premiere of Finn's Elegies

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: 'night Mother Star Edie Falco on "Radio Playbill"

[ P ]  Shue's The Foreigner Returns To Off-Broadway 20 Years Later with Matthew Broderick

[ P ]  Part 1 of 3: John Patrick Shanley's Sailor's Song Opens Off-Broadway, Nov. 7

[ P ]  New Kirk Douglas Theatre Opens with A Perfect Wedding by Mee, Nov. 7

[ P ]  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, an Old Globe Hit, Ends Nov. 7 in San Diego; Next Stop Is Broadway

[ P ]  Glengarry Glen Ross Star Tambor Leads Second Season Premiere of "Arrested Development," Nov. 7

[ P ]  Dame Edna Everage Makes TV Appearance Nov. 17

[ P ]  Cam Jansen Musical Begins Off-Broadway Previews Nov. 6

[ P ]  Whoopi Takes the Lyceum Stage Again as Goldberg Show Begins Previews Nov. 6

[ P ]  New Musical Irrationals � with Jim Walton � Begins Previews Nov. 6

[ P ]  Pinkins and Rose Return for Los Angeles Caroline, or Change, Starts Nov. 6

[ P ]  Stephen Spinella Stars in Off-Broadway's Svejk, Starting Nov. 6
posted at 11/7/2004 11:14:39 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

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BROADWAYSTAR'S FIVE DAY FORECAST

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]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

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