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Saturday, December 04, 2004
Features:
[ WP ] Ruby Dee And Ossie Davis: Their Activism Is No Act By Wil Haygood
[ NJ ] Freda Payne is back, and she's playing a singing legend BY PETER FILICHIA
[ NYT ] Reviving a 'Cinderella' That Charmed a Nation By JACQUELINE CUTLER
Not seen since 1957, Rodgers and Hammerstein's version of the fairy tale, which stars Julie Andrews, will show on PBS this month.
[ NYT ] The Mysteries of Caryl Churchill By SARAH LYALL
Caryl Churchill remains a rare thing, a hugely successful playwright who lets her work speak entirely for itself.
[ NYT ] Comedy Tonight: Broadway Goes Stand-Up By ANITA GATES
Five of the most talked-about shows on Broadway are one-person celebrity productions.
[ NYT ] DIRECTIONS | FEAT
Singing Badly Well By JESSE GREEN
Judy Kaye as Florence Foster Jenkins in "Souvenir."
[ LAT ] A costumer's fitting versatility By Lynne Heffley
Her "School for Scandal" designs touch on Catherine Zuber's taste for a wide range of historical periods.
[ LAT ] The launch of his many ships By Barbara Isenberg
For B.D. Wong, a Sondheim musical was the overture to a pathbreaking career. Now he's "Pacific's" star.
[ LAT ] Theater presenters who dream in words By Don Shirley
Through Bottom's Dream, James Martin and Mitchell Gossett present challenging, language-based plays.
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott on Pacific Overtures, Belle Epoque, and two new shows about the life and music of Fred Astaire.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE HASTY HEART'
Men in the Sick Bay, Waning, Not Waxing, Sentimental By NEIL GENZLINGER
Though John Patrick's play shows its age, fine performances make this Keen Company production at Theater Three a worthy excursion into the past.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'VIVIEN LEIGH: THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE'
War, Comedy and Blanche DuBois By JASON ZINOMAN
This by-the-numbers biographical drama at 59 E. 59 Theaters is a good illustration of the limitations of sticking to the historical record.
News:
[ Y ] Kevin Kline Gets Hollywood Star
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 4
[ P ] Kellogg & Friedman Revise Musical Chasing Nicolette for Prince Music Theater Run Dec. 4-Jan. 2, 2005; Pinchot Stars
[ P ] "A Murder Is Announced" � with Elaine Paige, Zoë Wanamaker and Geraldine McEwan � Debuts on UK TV in January
[ TM ] Jessica Wanamaker Announced as New Executive Director of The Drama League
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Friday, December 03, 2004
Features:
[ TM ] Photo File By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere
Pacific Overtures, Pippin.
News:
[ B ] NYPD Blue's Gordon Clapp Joins Cast of Upcoming Glengarry Glen Ross Revival
[ P ] "NYPD Blue" Star Joins Cast of Upcoming Broadway Glengarry Glen Ross
[ B ] Ralph Fiennes to Headline BITE's Julius Caesar in London
[ P ] Topical Comedy Newsical Gets Two New Stars and Cast Album
[ P ] Pacific Overtures' Reciter B.D. Wong Appears on NBC's "Weekend Today," Dec. 4
[ P ] Kate Baldwin and Leslie Kritzer Featured in Reading of New Musical
[ P ] Urbaniak to Star in Oppy Winner Eno's Pain at DR2 Theatre
[ P ] Candide � with Chenoweth and LuPone � Sets January 2005 TV Broadcast
[ TM ] Schreiber, Shannon, Perez, and Baldwin to Star in Benefit Reading of Holiday Stories by David Sedaris
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Reviews:
[ B ] Did Critics Welcome Pacific Overtures Back to Broadway?
[ B ] CDs: I Believe My Heart by Ken Mandelbaum
THE WOMAN IN WHITE (EMI)
[ ATW ] Two Intimate Shows on 44th Street - Singing Astaire; Cam Jansen
Reviews by Andy Propst
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Pacific Overtures: An Asian Occasion
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Strathairn Leads Williamstown Hit Rodney's Wife to Manhattan with Dec. 1 Opening
News:
[ P ] Ralph Fiennes in Epic Julius Caesar Headlines BITE 2005 Season
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 27-Dec. 3: No Doubt About It
[ P ] Dan Lauria to Star in New Lee Blessing Play in January 2005
[ P ] Sondheim, Porter and Logan's "Lost" Musicals to Be Aired in London
[ P ] David Ian Preparing Bob Marley Catalogue Musical
[ P ] Howes, Lawrence, Neal and Powell Join McKay for Dec. 9 "Broadway: The Golden Age" Signing
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Cats, a Frog and a Toad, and Mother Hubbard in Philly
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[ NYP ] NICKELED & DIMED By MICHAEL RIEDEL
VANESSA Williams, one of Broadway's � one of the world's � great beauties, is playing the legendary Palace Theater this weekend.
You hadn't heard that?
Well, you're not alone.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
David Black prepares for his one-man show about his life as a producer, and Filichia can't wait to see it.
"Pacific Overtures" - Reviews:
[ BR ] Broadway meets Japan By ROBERT FELDBERG
"Pacific Overtures" is like the girl (or guy) you meet at a party who's attractive and interesting but, frustratingly, doesn't set off any sparks.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PACIFIC OVERTURES'
Repatriating the Japanese Sondheim By BEN BRANTLEY
The revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical has the disoriented quality of someone suffering from jet lag after a sleepless trans-Pacific flight.
[ Y ] 'Pacific Overtures' Coarse By MICHAEL KUCHWARA
A "Pacific Overtures" lost at sea?
[ DN ] Making bold 'Overtures' by Howard Kissel
Paradoxically, it is far less exotic than the original production by Harold Prince, which had a kind of reverence for Japanese culture quite absent here.
[ WP ] 'Pacific Overtures': West Meets East in A Show Gone South By Peter Marks
The only thing major about this revival is the scale of the disappointment.
[ JN ] See this Sondheim By JACQUES LE SOURD
"Pacific Overtures." Loved it then. Love it now.
[ ND ] Opportune new route to Sondheim's Japan BY LINDA WINER
How right it feels, finally.
[ NYP ] UNSPECIFIC 'OVERTURES' By CLIVE BARNES
The performances even here are not always equal to Sondheim's material. The most disappointing is B.D. Wong's Narrator, who lacks weight and presence, but the entire ensemble appears more nimble than impressive.
[ TB ] Pacific Overtures
Review by Matthew Murray
At last it can be told: The official color of Japan is beige. This stunning revelation comes to us direct from the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Pacific Overtures at Studio 54, where beige isn't just the dominant color, it's the driving philosophy.
[ HC ] A Society Transformed By MALCOLM JOHNSON
'Pacific Overtures' A Striking But Remote Musical About Rise Of Japan
[ NJ ] Sondheim's Asian invasion BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TM ] Pacific Overtures
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ B ] Pacific Overtures
Review by Eric Grode
[ NYT ] Slide Show: Scenes From 'Pacific Overtures'
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE CHAIRS'
A Couple Playing a Couple, With Minimal Bleakness By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
David Gordon's version of Eugene Ionesco's play, which ignores many of the author's staging dictates, is self-indulgent and largely ineffective.
[ TM ] The Chairs
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ Y ] The Chairs
Review by Frank Rizzo, Variety
[ Y ] Paint Your Wagon
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety
This fresh conception by playwright David Rambo ("God's Man in Texas") improves considerably on Lerner's original book and is infinitely superior to the labored, overblown 1969 film version.
[ LAT ] More shimmer than shine By Daryl H. Miller
Music and staging are dandy, but 'Paint Your Wagon' misses some golden opportunities.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SOUVENIR'
The Story of a Delusionally Bad Philadelphia Singer By JASON ZINOMAN
Judy Kaye nails the role of Florence Foster Jenkins with her perfectly imperfect pitch in this two-character biographical play.
[ TB ] Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference
Review by Warren Hoffman
[ NYP ] HOW TO MAKE SEX BORING By FRANK SCHECK
IN Richard Nelson's new play, the lighting remains at a very low level, and so does the emotional temperature.
[ Y ] On the Record
Review by Chris Jones, Variety
The big problem now for presenters as "On the Record" wends its way around the country will be trying to sell adults on coming to hear "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" while also letting auds know that there's not much here for kids expecting to meet a mermaid or a sleeping beauty.
[ LAT ] Actor grabs Macbeth by throat By Mark Swed
It is the performance of a single actor, Stephen Dillane, and it is a performance � prodigious, incandescent, incantatory � that defies belief.
[ NYT ] MOVIE REVIEW | 'CLOSER'
When Talk Is Sexier Than a Clich�d Clinch By A. O. SCOTT
In spite of the teasing promise of its title, Mike Nichols's deft drama does everything it can to push you away.
Features:
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Christmas Carol's Jackée, Pippin in Concert, Divas on Disc and News of McDonald and Ripley
[ B ] FIRST PERSON: Wagons Ho! by Joanna Gleason
[ Y ] Andrews reflects on 'Poppins' by Army Archerd, Variety
[ NJ ] Bard inspires another songfest, 'Illyria' BY PETER FILICHIA
There have been five musical versions of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" on and off-Broadway in the last four decades. Now there's yet another at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison.
[ P ] Burning Love: All Shook Up, the Musical, Gets Its Inspiration from Strange Bedfellows � Shakespeare and Elvis
[ B ] PHOTO OP: Can't Help Falling for All Shook Up
[ R ] 'Vagina Monologues' Author Moves Up to the Stomach By Claudia Parsons
[ RFT ] Comings Back BY DENNIS BROWN
It's homecoming week for two St. Louis-born theater luminaries
Doug Storm on "Dance of the Vamipires"; playwright Willy Holtzman.
[ MH ] 'Bug' delves into a creepy world BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Tracy Letts interview.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
[ B ] Video: In Rehearsals: Good Vibrations
[ P ] MARQUEE VALUE: Monty Python's Spamalot at the Shubert
News:
[ R ] 'Law' Catches Up with Imperioli
He will fill in for "Law & Order" star Jesse L. Martin, who will take off early to star in Chris Columbus' big-screen adaptation of "Rent," reprising his role from the original Broadway production of the hit musical.
[ R ] U.S. Students Get Chance to Stage Broadway Musicals By Gary Hill
Just what we need -- more 10-year-old divas.
[ NJ ] Center Stage by Peter Filichia
The Paper Mill Playhouse production of "The Baker's Wife" now has its baker and its villain.
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: DECEMBER 3
[ P ] Breakfast Club Parody Returns to Off-Broadway, Dec. 3-Jan. 29
[ P ] Laurence Luckinbill Is Hemingway in Off-Bway Premiere, Dec. 3-19
[ P ] Patrick Marber's Closer Film with Owen, Law, Roberts and Portman Opens Dec. 3
[ P ] Films of Closer and The Phantom of the Opera Honored by National Board of Review
[ P ] Frank Wildhorn Is Working on a Frankenstein Musical, But It's Not What You Imagine
[ P ] All Shook Up Cast Album Expected in Spring 2005
[ P ] More Cast Summoned for Off-Broadway's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
[ P ] Tennessee Williams and Moises Kaufman Arm Themselves at Steppenwolf, Dec. 2
[ P ] Theatre Companies Among Awarded for NEA's Over $21 Million Arts Grants
[ P ] Workshop Theatre to Present Rattlesnake Off-Broadway, Dec. 2
[ P ] Woolf to Howl at Broadway's Longacre
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Thursday, December 02, 2004
Features:
[ P ] Physical Comedy Is a Chore, But Schwartz and Co. Make It Look Easy in The Foreigner
[ P ] MARQUEE VALUE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Imperial
[ P ] MARQUEE VALUE: Gem of the Ocean at the Walter Kerr
Reviews:
[ B ] Did London Critics Purr Over Holly Hunter in By The Bog of Cats?
[ TB ] Sound Advice - Holiday Collection
CD Reviews by Jonathan Frank
[ CU ] Rodney's Wife
[ CU ] Democracy
News:
[ B ] Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to Play Broadway's Longacre Theatre
[ P ] More Talk: Peccadillo's Algonquin Round Table Play Extends Again
[ P ] Falco, Baranski and Shawn Workshop The Threepenny Opera in New York
[ P ] Dorothy Fields' Son and Daughter-in-Law Talk About Mom on Dec. 9
[ P ] Off-Broadway Opening Date of Altar Boyz Now March 1
[ P ] Marian Seldes Stars in Dec. 10 Reading of Pinter's The Room
[ B ] Hollywood Kid Robert Evans Plans Broadway Bio-Show
[ P ] The Kid Stays in the Picture: Robert Evans to Star in One-Man Broadway Show
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[ DN ] Orbach fights cancer By GEORGE RUSH
"Law & Order" detective Jerry Orbach has been handed what may be the toughest case of his career - a battle against prostate cancer.
[ NYT ] After a Hollywood-Style Rise and Fall, a Turn to Broadway By JESSE McKINLEY
Robert Evans, film executive and Hollywood lothario, said he would write and star in an autobiographical stage show on Broadway next spring.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
BABS PLANNING ONE MORE FAREWELL TOUR
Features:
[ Y ] Despite its rep, L.A. is legit By TONYA PINKINS
You'll hear the notion that "L.A.'s not a theater town" from so many different people that it can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I certainly felt that way only a few months ago, but having performed "Caroline, or Change" on both Broadway and now during its run at theAhmanson, I can honestly say that I could not agree less with this so-called truism.
[ NYP ] WOULD YOU STAR IN SOMETHING CALLED 'FAT PIG'? By BARBARA HOFFMAN
[ B ] Q & A: Vanessa Williams by Tony Phillips
[ TM ] Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Jake Robards on Rattlesnake and Craig Bierko on Modern Orthodox. Plus: Karen Mason celebrates Christmas in three different cities!
[ DN ] Here's the story of a lovely 'Carol' By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
[ BS ] Tours de Force
What skills does it take to take your performance on the road? Adjusting your performance to suit changing venues can be a challenge, but it's part of the adventure of touring.
[ BG ] A real tragedy By Joseph P. Kahn
Grappling with his brothers' brutal crime, a teen finds expression in theater
[ DN ] B'way fun, fun, fun By DAVID HINCKLEY
Familiar sounds hit the Great White Way
[ B ] PHOTO OP: A Good Day for Good Vibrations
[ P ] PLAYBILL ARCHIVES: Pacific Overtures � 1976
"Rodney's Wife" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'RODNEY'S WIFE'
The Strain of Politeness as Irritation Drives a Plot By BEN BRANTLEY
In his new play, Richard Nelson offers a deep and sorrowful understanding of how much loneliness there often is in lust.
[ JN ] No respect By JACQUES LE SOURD
There ought to be a law: Playwrights, even good playwrights, shouldn't be allowed to direct their own plays.
[ ND ] Wounding us deeply, but tenderly BY LINDA WINER
Toward the end, "Rodney's Wife" comes dangerously close to a soaper at the melancholy villa (designed by Susan Hilferty), where the dark walls are the color of rust, and rainstorms never clear the air. Even then, however, this is quality soap.
[ Y ] Rodney's Wife
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
The tiny minds in these craniums are hardly worth probing, and once their prejudices have been aired and their scandalous secrets exposed, there's nowhere to go but home in disappointment.
[ Y ] Little Life in 'Rodney's Wife' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
[ ATW ] Rodney's Wife: Family Secrets, Familial Roles
Review by Andy Propst
[ B ] Rodney's Wife
Review by William Stevenson
[ TB ] Rodney's Wife
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] Rodney's Wife
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Other Reviews:
[ TB ] Souvenir
Review by Matthew Murray
For everyone who ever wanted to be great and fell short of the mark but still never gave up on their own impossible dreams, Souvenir is an intensely collectible - and memorable - show.
[ NJ ] Tone-deaf diva BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Kaye gives warm-hearted performance as famously talent-free singer
[ B ] Souvenir
Review by William Stevenson
[ DN ] Vanessa moxie a holiday treat BY DAVID SPRAGUE
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL'
The Spirit of Christmas Never By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Haunted by the ghosts of television shows past, this musicalized "Christmas Carol" is a show of modest ambitions and extremely modest attainments.
[ CT ] 'On the Record' lacks everything By Michael Phillips
There's been a freak nautical accident. Somehow a Disney Cruise Line vessel has foundered on the stage of the Auditorium Theatre, bringing with it an indistinct musical revue called "On the Record," in which 74 years' worth of tunes commissioned by SS Disney�terrific songs, many of them�are packaged and performed in such a way that begs the question: When do we dock at Cozumel?
[ Y ] The Right Kind of People
Review by Dennis Harvey, Variety
The evening's diversions can't quite hide the fact that its target is an easy one, and these particular kinds of people remain of great interest only to themselves.
[ Y ] Grand Hotel - The Musical
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
[ Y ] Singing Astaire
Review by Robert L. Daniels, Variety
[ ATW ] ATW Holiday Gift Guide 2005: Histories of the B'way Stage with Glorious Visuals
Reviews by Andy Propst
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Three Shows to Look For This Holiday Season
News:
[ WP ] Promised Arts Effort Trimmed By Jacqueline Trescott
Congress Allots NEA $2 Million Of Bush's $18 Million Request
[ BS ] NEA Gives $19.9M in Arts Grants By Roger Armbrust
Grants for theatre went to 34 New York City organizations. The Vivian Beaumont Theater led the NYC grantees with $60,000 to support the world premiere of "Dessa Rose," a new musical based on a novel by Sherley Anne Williams.
[ HC ] NEA grants $187,000 to state groups by Frank Rizzo
[ CST ] 'Clock,' 'Omnium,' 'Gershwin' to stay BY HEDY WEISS
"George Gershwin Alone," the one-man show about George Gershwin -- created by and starring actor-pianist Hershey Felder -- is in an open run that is likely to continue for much of the coming year at the Royal George Theatre.
[ B ] Jeffrey DeMunn Joins Judas Iscariot; Portia Switches to For Reele
[ Y ] Abbey Theater lands $2.7 mil Irish grant
[ HC ] Hayley Mills In 'Pattern' At Atheneum By Noah Kores
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: DECEMBER 2
[ P ] In the Middle of the Sea: Sondheim and Weidman's Pacific Overtures Floats on Broadway Anew
[ P ] Bill Pullman Is Blind, Broken Leader in Benefit of Oedipus at Colonus, Dec. 2 in NYC
[ P ] Hai -Ya! It's Karate, Kid!, High-Kicking New Musical Spoof, Premieres in NYC Dec. 2-18
[ P ] Huffman, Wopat, Burstein to Be in Dec. 6 Reading of Durang's Macao
[ P ] We'll Always Have Paris: Doug Field's Off-Broadway Hilton Spoof to Run Indefinitely
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Wednesday, December 01, 2004
[ P ] "Fun, Fun, Fun": Good Vibrations Invites Press to Beach Party
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Energetic Cast Sharpen Their Good Vibrations Before Sending Them Out Through the City
[ B ] Bat Boy to Close in the West End on February 14
[ TM ] 2005 Nightlife Awards Concert Slated for January 31
[ P ] Jana Robbins Sings Styne & Sondheim, Remembering the Gypsy in Her Soul, at Helen's in NYC Dec. 5-26
[ P ] Rubin-Vega, Creel and Arden Team Up for Jan. 17 Concert
[ P ] Benefit Reading of "Wonderful Life" Radio Play Lures More Stars, Including Dishy, Morgan and Charles, Dec. 6 in Greenwich Village
[ P ] Lose Each Inhibition: La Cage aux Folles to Make "Today" Show Appearance Dec. 2
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Features:
[ B ] Random Notes on This and That: 12/1/04 by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] THE LEADING MEN: Pacific Heights by Wayman Wong
In this holiday season, here are three heavenly "Leading Men" who sing like angels: Paolo Montalban (Pacific Overtures), Michael Arden (Easter Rising) and Tommy Foster (The METH-od to My Madness).
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Kathie Lee Gifford
You know her as a morning TV host, a Broadway performer from Putting It Together and as an advocate for children in need. Now, meet Kathie Lee Gifford � musical theatre writer.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Letters to God Gets Visit By Theatre Goddess and Granddaughter
News:
[ P ] The Pillowman � with Billy Crudup and Jeff Goldblum � to Play Broadway's Booth
[ B ] McDonagh's The Pillowman to Begin at the Booth Theatre in March
[ P ] David Drake Stars in Santaland Diaries Dec. 2-19
[ P ] Sundown, Peter Link's Musical About the OK Corral, Gets Studio Cast Recording With Blanchard & McLane
[ P ] David Kernan�s Kern Goes to Hollywood Gets 20th Anniversary Production at London�s King�s Head
[ P ] "Brooklyn the Musical � Live!" to Be Released Dec. 14
[ P ] Audra McDonald to Premiere Contemporary Show at Lincoln Center; Houston Opera Debut Set for 2006
[ P ] Little Women's Foster and McGovern Among Stars Set for 2005 Nightlife Awards
[ P ] Gals of "The View" to Welcome a Broadway Dame
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[ NYP ] TOBEY NOT TO BE By MICHAEL RIEDEL
BOYISH action hero Tobey Maguire nearly signed up for the Broadway-bound revival of "The Glass Menagerie" last week, but passed on the show after a meeting with its director, David Leveaux, went off the rails.
[ P ] Playbill On-Line Celebrates a Decade as the Theatre's Website
Theatre entered the Internet Age 10 years ago, on Nov. 24, 1994, the day Playbill On-Line began covering Broadway and beyond�on stage and off�on a day-by-day, moment-by-moment basis.
And we're all better off because of that. Congratulations!
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Oh, the thinks community theaters can think! Here's the story of a Long Island production of Seussical.
[ NYT ] All They Have to Do Is Act Naturally By GLENN COLLINS
The actors in the holiday show by the Aching Dogs Theater Company are actual waiters, waitresses and bartenders.
[ NYP ] PLAY TIME By BILL HOFFMAN
Ruben Santiago-Hudson plays a wild-card character in "Gem of the Ocean," August Wilson's new Broadway show - but it's still not as wild as this nice-guy actor's real life.
News:
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
CINCOTTI JAZZES UP DARIN BIOPIC
Plus news on Tony Randall's National Actors Theater.
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly By BEN SISARIO
Martin McDonagh is at it again; What hath "Jerry Springer: The Opera" wrought?
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 1
[ P ] A Family of Role-Players Is Shaken by a Secret in Richard Nelson's Rodney's Wife, Opening in NYC Dec. 1
[ P ] The Clean House Get Philly Premiere With Lizbeth Mackay and Gerry Bamman, Starting Dec. 1
[ P ] The New Group (naked) Launches With David Cale's A Likely Story, Dec. 1
[ P ] Souvenir � with Judy Kaye � Opens at the York Dec. 1
[ P ] Christmas In Paris Touches Outcasts in Kathie Lee Gifford Musical, Under the Bridge, Starting NYC Run Dec. 1
Reviews:
[ NYT ] A Jazzy Gloss on Astaire in Old New York By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Two superb tributes, one with Eric Comstock at Birdland, the other with Andrea Marcovicci at the Algonquin Hotel, offer yin-yang perspectives on a legend.
[ Y ] Angels in America
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
The result of a defanged "Angels" is to betray the play's raison d'etre, no matter how skillfully the opera places itself musically in this post-Stockhausen age.
[ VV ] The Adults' Hour
Shanley's Doubt builds suspense out of the best material available: Fair-mindedness by Michael Feingold
[ VV ] In Woody Allen's Second Hand Shop, Some Durable Goods by Michael Feingold
[ VV ] Le Petit Mort
Visions of death and desire in the Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec by Charlotte Stoudt
Belle Epoque
[ VV ] Sightlines by Michael Feingold
The God Of Hell
[ VV ] Sightlines by Alexis Soloski
The Penetration Play
[ ATW ] 'Penetration Play'
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: No Doubt About Shanley's Doubt
[ ATW ] ATW Holiday Gift Guide 2005: Script Anthologies by Andy Propst
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Features:
[ B ] FIRST PERSON
Democracy star Michael Cumpsty has appeared on B'way in two of Michael Frayn's more cerebral plays. What's the key to these high-minded works?
[ NYT ] A 60's Psychedelic Tale of Youth Conquering All (the Revolutionaries Are Puppets) By STEVEN HENRY MADOFF
"Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty," a bitingly funny and psychedelic piece of puppet theater, is a funky adaptation of the 1968 movie "Wild in the Streets."
News:
[ B ] Amy Ryan to Star as Stella in the Roundabout's Streetcar
[ P ] Laurence Luckinbill Is Hemingway in Off-Bway Premiere, Dec. 3-19
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"Pippin":
[ TM ] Glory, Glory! By: Michael Portantiere
A starry concert performance of Pippin raises money for The National AIDS Fund.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Murney, Benanti, O'Donnell Find Their "Corner of the Sky" at Pippin Benefit
[ P ] Benefit Pippin Concert Raises Thousands
[ P ] Ben Vereen to Appear at Tilles Center in Long Island Dec. 3
News:
[ P ] Hormel Bestows New SPAM Cans to 100 Ticket Buyers as Spamalot Box Office Opens, Dec. 6
[ P ] Billy Crystal Back in Broadway's 700 Sundays Nov. 30 Following Illness
[ P ] Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre Tells A Novel Romance Off-Broadway
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Harvest Bounty
[ B ] Jose Llana Joins Cast of William Finn's Spelling Bee at Second Stage
[ B ] Manhattan Theatre Club Extends Acclaimed Doubt Through January 30
[ P ] Paquin and Culkin Set for Kinney-Directed After Ashley Off-Broadway
[ P ] Christine Baranski to Star on Broadway in Dinner
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News:
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
CHRISTINE Baranski is coming to Broadway in "Dinner," an Agatha Christie-style drama, now playing to great notices at the National in London.
Second item.
[ B ] Kieran Culkin, Tim Hopper and Anna Paquin Set for After Ashley
[ B ] Tracy Shayne to Play Roxie Hart in Chicago Beginning on December 13
[ P ] Tracy Shayne Is Roxie in Broadway's Chicago Beginning Dec. 13
[ B ] Richard Kind to Star as B'way's Max Bialystock Earlier Than Expected
[ Y ] Actor John D. Barrymore Dies at 72
LOS ANGELES - John Drew Barrymore, the sometimes troubled heir to an acting dynasty and absent father of movie star Drew Barrymore, died Monday.
[ Y ] Broadway has reason to give thanks
Thanksgiving lifted Broadway out of its B.O. funk as 33 shows brought in $17,364,990, up $3,476,111, or 25.03%, over the previous lackluster session.
The total tally, however, falls short of recent turkey weeks.
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: Nov. 22-28
[ R ] Elaine Stritch Eyeing Cafe Stint By Robert Osborne (Hollywood Reporter)
Look for an announcement soon that Elaine Stritch will do a run next year at the Cafe Carlyle, the city's top cabaret destination.
[ P ] Housewives and Angels Outscore Menken and Ahrens Musical "A Christmas Carol" in Ratings
[ B ] Shockheaded Peter to Play Off-B'way's Little Shubert Theatre
[ P ] Olivier-Winning Shockheaded Peter to Play Off-Broadway's Little Shubert Theatre
[ P ] Complete Cast Set For The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Off Broadway
[ P ] Aida's Finley to Head Cast of Nights on Broadway III
[ P ] Rivera, Stritch, Ziemba, Ebersole and More to Salute Bobby Short at Feb. 14 Benefit
[ P ] Is Ben Vereen Wicked-Bound?
[ P ] Eden Espinosa Star Heads to the Chatterbox Dec. 2
[ TM ] HERE Presents Culturemart Beginning January 5
[ NJ ] Shakespeare Theatre unveils 2005 season BY PETER FILICHIA
[ P ] What Country, Friends? A Musical One, in Illyria at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Nov. 30-Dec. 26
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 30
[ P ] A Christmas Carol � with TV's Williams, Harry and Conaway � Begins Performances Nov. 30
[ P ] Previews for Second Part of His Dark Materials Begin Nov. 30
[ P ] Rent Veterans Shields and Jackson Perform With Rock Group Poncho at NYC's Belt Nov. 30, Dec. 4
[ P ] Critically Acclaimed Doubt Gets Extension to Jan. 30
[ P ] Daniel Davis Rests Voice in Anticipation of Return to La Cage
[ P ] Brad Oscar Is London-Bound in Producers; Richard Kind Bites Into Broadway Bialy Dec. 21
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly By BEN SISARIO
London 'Producers' Change
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond:Following 'Morning' at FL's Caldwell, 'April', 'Stones' and a 'Family Picnic'
[ P ] Zadan and Meron to Produce Hairspray; Fierstein May Reprise Edna
Features:
[ BS ] Give Our Regards to Vegas?
Back Stage West spoke with some experts in the national showbiz arena to gain a perspective on why and how this new phenomenon is occurring, and what it might mean to the national theatrical market as a whole.
[ P ] Broadway's Little Women Team Sees Musical as a Sentimental Journey, But Avoids Muddy Road of Mawkishness
[ LAT ] 'The Conversation' By Mary McNamara
"Struggling actor" isn't the part Michael O'Neill, like many veteran TV and film professionals, thought he'd be playing in middle age. Feeling undervalued and underpaid, it's tough to avoid that talk.
[ LAT ] Charles Grodin: Naughty and nice By Michael J. Ybarra
The surly personality is an act, but it comes in handy as he skewers bias in his play 'The Right Kind of People.'
[ LAT ] Attuned to art everlasting By Mike Boehm
To mark World AIDS Day, Michael Kearns readies an overview of two decades of material addressing the crisis.
[ BSUN ] Power Plays By Mary Carole McCauley
In the kingdom of business, the Donald's got nothing on Shakespeare.
[ NYT ] The Stage Is Set: Enter Horses at Full Gallop By JOE SHARKEY
The founder of Cirque du Soleil is taking an elaborate new equestrian-based circuslike extravaganza called "Cavalia" on tour.
[ WP ] Backstage: Death, the Uninvited Wedding Guest By Jane Horwitz
Darcie Roberts interview (second item).
[ OCR ] Remixing 'Paint' By PAUL HODGINS
A famed Lerner and Loewe musical gets a makeover at the Geffen Playhouse.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ Y ] Brosnan talks pix and Lego bricks by Army Archerd, Variety
Viola Davis; Ernest Thompson.
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'PIECEWORK'
Only the Fire Was Real, but the Cast Is Credible By NEIL GENZLINGER
Robyn Burland's play about the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fends off skepticism with straightforward characters and a judicious sprinkling of historical references.
[ WP ] Kennedy Center's 'Willy Wonka' Is Simply Sweet By Nelson Pressley
[ TB ] A Tale of a Tiger
Review by Matthew Murray
The presidential election may have come and gone, but political theatre remains alive and well in New York.
[ TM ] A Tale of a Tiger
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ DN ] Blasts from the past are a holiday treat by David Bianculli
For fans of vintage TV, the CBS presentation of 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and the PBS telecast of 1957's "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" still are worth noting.
And worth watching.
[ ATW ] Making the Round Table Sing - No Small Task, Some Success in The Talk of the Town
Review by Andy Propst
[ Y ] Wonderful Town
Review by David Rooney, Variety
While Shields clearly is not in the same league of effortless song-and-dance accomplishment as Murphy, she brings a zesty spirit and self-effacing charm to the role that makes it new and fresh.
[ ATW ] ATW Holiday Gift Guide 2005: Any Theater Fan Would Welcome a New Release from Ghostlight by Andy Propst
posted at 11/30/2004 01:28:37 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, November 29, 2004
News:
[ P ] Is Al Pacino Planning a Broadway Return?
Al Pacino, most recently on Broadway in Oscar Wilde's Salome: The Reading, will likely return to the stage in August Strindberg's The Father.
[ P ] Patrick Wilson in Talks for Neil Simon Revival
[ P ] Danette Holden and Michael Gruber Star in Singin' in the Rain for Theatre Under the Stars, Dec. 2-19
[ P ] These Two Guys Walk Into a Diner in Reading of Critical Moment, Dec. 3 in Westchester
[ B ] Brad Oscar to Replace Nathan Lane in London's The Producers
[ B ] Musical Version of Acorn Antiques to Debut in London
[ P ] Sequestered Further: Twelve Angry Men Extends on Broadway Anew to March 27
[ P ] White Christmas Snows Upon San Francisco to New Year's as Musical Extends
[ P ] Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit Changes Opening Date
[ P ] My Mother's Feet Gets World Premiere in Toronto March 2005
[ P ] Laura Benanti is Princess Caraboo in Workshop of New Musical
[ P ] Wicked to Play Chicago's Ford Center in April 2005
[ P ] Ayers Is Fiyero in Broadway's Wicked Beginning Jan. 11
[ P ] Avenue Q Creators Lopez and Marx Go it Solo at Nov. 29 Concert
[ P ] Kander and Ebb's Curtains May Get Workshop in February 2005
[ P ] Stroman, Thompson on Board for Kander-Ebb Minstrel Show
Reviews:
[ CU ] The Highest Yellow
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following feature!
[ NY ] Michael Frayn's Influences
Interview By Boris Kachka
posted at 11/29/2004 02:55:18 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ B ] DVDs: Madness in the West End by Ken Mandelbaum
Add Ernie Sabella to the cast of the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, in the role of Herman.
DVD: OUR HOUSE (Universal)
DVD: MASS AT THE VATICAN CITY (Kultur)
News:
[ Y ] 'Chicago' duo brushes up 'Hairspray'
New Line Cinema has set Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce "Hairspray," the film version of the hit Tony-winning musical that is set for a mid-2005 start in Baltimore and 2006 release.
[ Y ] Carrying late composers' tunes by Robert Hofler, Variety
Interesting news regarding Kander and Ebb's "Curtains" and "The Minstrel Show," and Encores!' Jack Viertel on the possibility of public presentations for unproduced shows.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
CY'S PARTING GIFT
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
THE early buzz on the movie adapatation of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" isn't exactly boffo.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia suggests some improvements for the Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon.
[ NYT ] Peter Brook Considers Matters of Faith and Power By ALAN RIDING
All three of Mr. Brook's new French-language plays at the Th��tre des Bouffes du Nord address questions of religion and power.
[ SFC ] LET IT SNOW by Russell Blackwood
Making it snow on stage for "White Christmas" isn't an easy task.
[ DFP ] Director says 'Evita' still has relevance BY MARTIN F. KOHN
"The Phantom of the Opera" notched its 7,000th performance on Broadway this month, and Harold Prince, its director, is practically ... purring.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.
[ NYT ] FOLLOWING UP By JOSEPH P. FRIED
Return Engagement Behind Prison Bars
In the 1960's and 70's, Adela Holzer was well known on Broadway as a producer and an investor in shows that included the hit rock musical "Hair."
Second item.
[ NYT ] To Stretch City's Budget for the Arts, Chicago Turns to EBay By DAVID BERNSTEIN
Chicago will hold the first charitable eBay auction to be sponsored by an American city, to benefit the city's cultural programs.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Father Meets Son as Van Peebles' Ain't Supposed to Die... Gets Off-Broadway Revival
Reviews:
[ NYT ] OPERA REVIEW | 'ANGELS'
A Sprawling Play Transplanted to a Musical Middle Ground By PAUL GRIFFITHS
Peter Eotvos has produced a slippery and musically delightful combination of opera and musical from Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," as seen at the Th��tre du Ch�telet in Paris.
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Blessedly Short but Not at All Short-Shrifted By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Good, bad or indifferent, one-act plays have been flooding the city's stages.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE PENETRATION PLAY'
Sexual Tension Along the Jersey Shore By JASON ZINOMAN
Winter Miller's talent for dialogue exceeds her plotting facility in her play about the flexibility of sexual identity at Mint Space.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TIMELESS DIVAS! MUSICAL STARS OF THE SILVER SCREEN'
Music From the Movies, Midcentury Style By ANITA GATES
While it's hard to go wrong with four talented people singing songs from 1930's, 40's and 50's movies, at times the show feels unpleasantly forced.
[ NJ ] Interesting find from the '40s BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
For lovers of obscure works, Keen Company provides a worthy archeological service with its respectable staging of "The Hasty Heart."
[ ATW ] Hearts Will Be Touched by Word War II Drama, The Hasty Heart
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] Dame Edna's Back and Succeeeding, for the Most Part, with Her Vengeance
Review by Andy Propst
[ NYer ] THE DESTINY OF ME by JOHN LAHR
Dame Edna, Woody Allen, and the selfish gene.
[ NJ ] Still a scandal after all these years BY PETER FILICHIA
The play is called "Ghosts," but those looking for a poltergeist-filled thriller had best not head to Luna Stage in Montclair.
[ NYP ] THERE'S MORE TO SEE OF TENNESSEE By FRANK SCHECK
Presented with a fine cast and staged by the talented Michael Kahn, artistic director of Washington's Shakespeare Theatre, "Five by Tenn" hardly reveals any lost gems.
[ Y ] Dirty Dancing
Review by Michaela Boland, Variety
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | BABY JANE DEXTER
A Belter Who Refuses to Shout and Growl By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Ms. Dexter takes pains to defy expectations both in her choices of material and her interpretations in her program at Helen's Supper Club.
[ ATW ] ATW Holiday Gift Guide 2005: Holidays CDs
BC/EFA's 'Carols for a Cure'; 'Silver and Gold' from V. Williams by Andy Propst
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Some Holiday Week Theater Picks, Part 4
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Some Holiday Week Theater Picks, Part 5
Other News:
[ P ] York Presents Free Reading of New Musical Heaven Knows; Casting Announced
[ P ] Elaine Stritch to Be Interviewed at Free NYC Chat Dec. 2
[ P ] "Phantom of the Opera" Announces Worldwide Opening Dates
[ P ] Espinosa, Brier, Chase and Guarini to Rock Broadway Dec. 6
[ Y ] 'Dirty' tuner takes first steps Down Under by Michaela Boland, Variety
[ Y ] Box office bumps up a bit
(Variety) � Road grosses slid up a hair, 0.4%, to $14,341,385 during Week 25 (Nov. 15-21).
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly By BEN SISARIO
Marx and Lopez concert (last item).
[ ATW-XM ] Broadway and Beyond: Casting News for 2005 on the Great White Way
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 29
[ P ] They've Got "Magic to Do": All-Star Cast Presents Pippin Concert Nov. 29
[ P ] The Foreigner Adds Dec. 5 Benefit Performance with Cast Reception
[ P ] Cumming, Smits, Bombay Dreams Cast Sign "Staplers of the Stars" for Online Auction
[ P ] Algonquin Wits Natter On as Talk of the Town Extends
[ P ] Donmar Warehouse's New Staging of Musical Grand Hotel Opens Nov.29
[ P ] Wright's Grey Gardens and McNally's New Gay History Play, Some Men, Get Starry Florida Workshops
[ P ] New Show Tunes Emerge in Men's Songbook Cabaret Dec. 5 at NYC's Opia
[ P ] Casting for Wicked Tour Revealed; Tix for Toronto Run on Sale Nov. 29
posted at 11/29/2004 09:57:42 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, November 28, 2004
[ NYT ] THE PUBLIC EDITOR
Arts Editors and Arts Consumers: Not on the Same Page By DANIEL OKRENT
When The Times tossed the Sunday Arts & Leisure Guide in favor of a single page listing selected cultural items, to many readers it was like replacing a symphony with a jingle.
[ B ] Understudy Steps in Mid-Show for Ailing La Cage Star Daniel Davis
Features:
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
EDNA MELTS MUSIC LEGEND
[ BG ] Online communal effort helps get plays off the ground By Catherine Foster
Playwright creates 'Binges' to share ideas
[ BG ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Competition may kick-start a finer art By Louise Kennedy
The Rockettes are coming! The Rockettes are coming!
[ CT ] 'Record' a whole new world for Disney musicals By Chris Jones
[ NYP ] HOW 'GEISHA' GOT BOUNCED AROUND By SARA STEWART
It's a miracle that "Memoirs of a Geisha," Ziyi Zhang's new movie, is actually getting made.
[ NJ ] Song and Dance BY ROBERT JOHNSON
As single mom, she raised tap dance prodigy; now gospel singer nurtures her own career
[ NYT ] QUESTIONS FOR DAVID ROCKWELL
Toy-Store Story
Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON
Better known for adult playgrounds, the architect takes on F.A.O. Schwarz's flagship Fifth Avenue store.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: A Christmas Carol Musical Hits the Airwaves Nov. 28
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ CPD ] Broadway star is excited to perform in hometown by Tony Brown
Michael McElroy made it all the way from Shaker Heights to a Tony Award nomination on Broadway.
[ LADN ] A fresh coat on 'Paint Your Wagon' By Evan Henerson
Director of Oscars, writer on 'CSI' update musical
Reviews:
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: A Two-Piano Finian's Rainbow and the Encores! New Moon
[ TM ] The Hasty Heart
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ TM ] Belle Epoque
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ TB ] The Last Christmas of Ebenezer Scrooge
Review by Lindsey Wilson
News:
[ B ] Block and Kassebaum to Headline Wicked Tour Cast
[ NYT ] VOWS
Lindsey Kupferman and Eric Nederlander By SHANNON DONNELLY
Eric Arthur Nederlander and Dr. Lindsey Beth Kupferman can thank a contractor's glacial pace for ultimately bringing them together.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 28
[ P ] Belters Evening � with Ripley, Harriell and McDonald � to Celebrate Bill Russell
[ P ] Forever Tango Struts Out of Shubert Theatre on Nov. 28
[ P ] Alexander, Krakowski and Martin Haunt Grammer's Scrooge in TV "A Christmas Carol" Musical
[ P ] Hairspray Ends in Toronto Nov. 28
[ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Top Cast Albums of 2004 on "Radio Playbill" Nov. 29-Dec. 12
posted at 11/28/2004 09:55:33 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
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2007-08
Broadway Season
June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)
July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]
Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)
Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]
Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)
Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)
Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)
Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)
Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)
Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)
Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)
Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins
Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends
Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)
Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]
Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]
Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)
Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)
Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]
Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)
Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)
Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)
Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)
Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)
Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)
Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]
Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)
Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)
Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)
Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)
Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]
Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)
Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)
Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)
May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)
May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)
May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
TBA - Godspell
2008-09
Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)
Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet
TBA - 50 Words
TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)
TBA - American Buffalo
TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]
TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]
TBA - Being There [Permut]
TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]
TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]
TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]
TBA - Broomhilda
TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]
TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]
TBA - Camelot
TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]
TBA - Catch Me If You Can
TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]
TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]
TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]
TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]
TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]
TBA - Duet
TBA - Equus
TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]
TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]
TBA - Farragut North [Richards]
TBA - Father of the Bride
TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)
TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]
TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers
TBA - Golden Boy
TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]
TBA - Hitchcock Blonde
TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest
TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]
TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)
TBA - Josephine [Waissman]
TBA - Leap of Faith
TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]
TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]
TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman
TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]
TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]
TBA - Monsoon Wedding
TBA - The Night of the Hunter
TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]
TBA - Orphans
TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]
TBA - Paper Doll
TBA - The Paris Letter
TBA - The Philadelphia Story
TBA - Peter Pan
TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]
TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
TBA - The Princess Bride
TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]
TBA - Poe the Musical
TBA - Rain Man [MGM]
TBA - Robin Hood
TBA - Secondhand Lions
TBA - South Pacific
TBA - Speed-the-Plow
TBA - Stalag 17
TBA - Starry Messenger
TBA - Syncopation
TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities
TBA - Torch Song Trilogy
TBA - Turn of the Century
TBA - West Side Story
TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]
TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]
TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]
TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]
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