Saturday, January 08, 2005

[ B ] Idina Menzel Injured Onstage at Wicked During Final Weekend as Elphaba

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News:

[ NYT ]  Two Musical Revivals Bank on Stars From Beyond Broadway By JESSE McKINLEY
The producers of forthcoming revivals of "The Pajama Game" and "Sweet Charity" hope the casting of stars will translate into box office punch.

[ B ]  Terrence Mann & Julia Murney Join Cast for Upcoming Lennon Musical

[ Z ]  Gallagher Joins 'O.C.' Musical Roster
As Aaron Barnhart writes on TV Barn, "Makes me wish they'd asked Jerry Orbach to sing on L&O."

[ USA ]  Butt out: Fox nixes Super Bowl backside ad By Ann Oldenburg
Fox has rejected a Super Bowl ad featuring a Mickey Rooney wardrobe malfunction.

[ R ]  New York Times mulls charging Web readers By Martha Graybow
The New York Times Co. is considering subscription fees to the online version of its flagship newspaper, which now is available for free, but it has no immediate plans to do so, the company said on Friday.

[ NYT ]  Cy Coleman Memorial
A tribute to Cy Coleman, the Tony Award-winning composer of Broadway shows including "City of Angels" and "The Will Rogers Follies," who died at 75 on Nov. 18, will be presented by Ascap at noon on Monday at the Majestic Theater, 247 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by PAM KENT

[ LAT ]  QUICK TAKES by Diane Haithman
Eva Marie Saint to take the stage

Features:

[ Z ]  Chenoweth Takes 'Wing' By John Crook
She declines to comment on rumors that Annabeth eventually will become the full-time White House press secretary, succeeding Allison Janney's phenomenally popular C.J. Cregg. "They're grooming me for something big, but they're making me keep my mouth shut," Chenoweth says, adding that her biggest challenge is educating herself about current political events.

[ LAT ]  PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING
A telling tradition By Charlayne Woodard
In studying the folk tales that were handed down by my people in bondage to teach and comfort, I learned vital lessons about the people themselves.

[ LAT ]  Talent and contradictions By Mike Boehm
A brash ego, self-doubt, rave reviews: 'On the Mountain' playwright Christopher Shinn has it all, except fortune.

[ ND ]  HAROLD AND MAUDE TOGETHER AGAIN BY GORDON COX
Cult movie classic is reworked as musical theater

[ CT ]  GETTING TICKETS
'Spam,' 'Spam,' 'Spam' for a lot By Chris Jones

[ Y ]  Beach Boys Musical Brings Sun to Broadway By JUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press Writer

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ ST ]  Who's to blame when a play bombs? by Graydon Royce
Call it an occupational hazard, but actors frequently find themselves in uncomfortable positions, pressed into doing things they don't feel right about.

[ PPG ]  Billy Porter is 2004 performer of the year in Pittsburgh By Christopher Rawson

[ MN ]  A treat for S.J. audiences: Trapper John M.D. to take stage By Karen D'Souza
Gregory Harrison interview.

[ LADN ]  Spirited Blyth By Valerie Kuklenski
Screen and stage veteran Ann Blyth is headlining "The Fantabulous San Fernando Valley Follies" this weekend at the Performing Arts Center of California State University, Northridge.

[ DP ]  Cathy Rigby on farewell tour of Neverland By John Moore

"Under the Bridge":

[ NL ]  Kathie Lee refuses to die professionally by Cal Thomas

[ NYP ]  NOTHING OUTREGIS IN KATHIE LEE MUSICAL By FRANK SCHECK
STEPHEN Sondheim doesn't have to worry anytime soon, but Kathie Lee Gifford, that relentlessly perky former talk-show host, has delivered a perfectly respectable new family musical.
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Friday, January 07, 2005

News:

[ TM ]  Audra McDonald, Recovered from Illness, to Perform Remaining American Songbook Concerts This Weekend

[ P ]  American Songbook Series Goes On Jan. 7 with Audra McDonald

[ B ]  The West End's Little Women to Close on January 13

[ B ]  John C. Reilly Confirmed for Streetcar at Studio 54

[ P ]  Forecast is Rain as Four Cast in Seattle Staging of MGM Musical Singin'

[ P ]  Bosco, Easton, Seldes, Sternhagen and Prosky to Kick off Winter "Working in the Theatre" Seminar

[ TM ]  Ruehl to Star in Woman Before a Glass Off-Broadway

[ TM ]  Krakowski to Join McGregor in London Guys and Dolls

Features:

[ P ]  And Now For Something Completely Different
Harvey Fierstein leaves Hairspray's doting mother behind for life with father in Fiddler on the Roof

[ TM ]  Under Exposure By: Joseph Marzullo
Donald Trump and other celebs make the scene as Kathie Lee Gifford's musical Under the Bridge opens at the Zipper Theatre.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kathie Lee Gifford Ducks Under the Bridge for Off-Broadway Debut
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[ P ]  Tony Administration Committee Schedules Meeting; Replacement Actors Not Eligible in 2005 Tonys
"The rules specifically preclude the introduction of new categories in mid-year � any new categories can only be voted upon and implemented at their annual meeting in May for the next year. This year's categories were set [last May]."

[ P ]  Will Replacement Cast Members Be Eligible For Tony Awards?

Features:

[ B ]  Obscure Recordings: Cabaret Girls by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chatting with Avenue Q's Ann Sanders Plus News of LaMott, LuPone, Krakowski and Menzel

[ SUN ]  How to Make the Public Great Again by JEREMY McCARTER
As Oskar Eustis takes the reins, an agenda for the Public Theatre.

[ SUN ]  Onstage, Some Ideas Whose Time Has Gone by MICHAEL FRIEDMAN
One composer's "highly informal, painfully biased, and infinitely expandable moratorium for the American theater".

News:

[ BBC ]  BBC boss defends Springer opera
Jerry Springer star David Soul also defended the screening, saying people had a "right to quality entertainment".

[ P ]  Duff and McDonald Cast in Donmar's Days of Wine and Roses

[ P ]  Mark Russell Presents "Under the Radar" Festival at St. Ann's Warehouse

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 1-7: Missing Pieces

[ P ]  Reilly and Ryan Set as the Kowalskis in Upcoming Broadway Streetcar with Richardson

[ P ]  Brooklyn Cast to Perform Live at CD Signing

[ P ]  "Phantom of the Opera" CD Is Number One on Billboard Soundtrack Chart

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl to Be Modern Art Lover Guggenheim in Off-Broadway's Woman Before A Glass

[ B ]  Mercedes Ruehl to Play Peggy Guggenheim in Woman Before a Glass Off-B'way
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[ NYP ]  TONY ALTERATION By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A plan is afoot to make cast replacements in long-running Broadway shows eligible for Tony Awards, The Post has learned.

Features:

[ DN ]  Songwriter sets 'New' standards By BREANNE L. HELDMAN
Susan Werner takes the stage at Danny's Skylight Room tonight and Sunday to perform her own songs from her most recent album, "I Can't Be New."
Go see her. You won't regret it.

[ BG ]  Companies see roles differently By Catherine Foster
In "The Glass Menagerie," which begins previews tonight at the Lyric Stage Company, the actor playing Tom, the brother and narrator, is Vincent Ernest Siders, an African-American.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
What Broadway replacements do you wish had been recorded? Filichia tallies readers' choices.

[ NJ ]  Still in the game and on 'Winning Streak' BY PETER FILICHIA
He entered the public consciousness by playing Jack Arnold, the father of teenagers in the hit TV series, "The Wonder Years."

[ CST ]  Silly 'Spamalot' has plenty of heart BY KEVIN NANCE

[ CST ]  Cast members get a grip on Python

[ NYT ]  Don't Blink: You May Miss the Show By JASON ZINOMAN
"Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" is like an entire Fringe Festival condensed into one show, the theatrical equivalent of channel surfing.

[ DN ]  Linden leading a troupe of 'Pirates' BY ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

[ BH ]  For a play on words, this has few 'Rivals' By Terry Byrne
Mrs. Malaprop has a way with words.
"She's very gaseous," says Mary Louise Wilson, who plays the classic comic character in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of "The Rivals," beginning tonight.

[ MH ]  Guys take a hard look at loving and losing BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Charles Strouse on his new show "Real Men," starring Michael Rupert.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ LAT ]  There's something funny going on in Middle-earth By Hugh Hart
A madcap musical take on the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy has become hobbit-forming for theatergoers

[ LAT ]  Ask the Critic: Lewis Segal
With musicals making a comeback on film, is there a Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers or Gene Kelly for this generation?

"Under the Bridge" - Reviews:

[ JN ]  Under whelming By JACQUES LE SOURD
Why you would take your child to a bar-cum-theater in the garment district to see an uninspired Christmas show in January, we'd never guess.

[ NJ ]  Nice career move for Kathie Lee: Gifford writes new musical's script and lyrics BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Gifford, who created both script and lyrics for this pleasant, family-oriented musical, has done a solidly professional job.

[ ND ]  Sentimental Par-ee from Kathie Lee BY GORDON COX
Kathie Lee Gifford has taken up writing musicals, and the results probably won't surprise anyone. Her first effort, "Under the Bridge," is as blandly sentimental as you'd expect from an entertainer who has titled her forthcoming CD "Songs in the Key of True."

[ TB ]  Under the Bridge
Review by Matthew Murray
Is it damning Under the Bridge with faint praise to call it the best "homeless people living under a bridge" musical of the season? Maybe, but at least the presence of Brooklyn on Broadway gives the maudlin, predictable show at Off-Broadway's Zipper Theatre a chance to look and sound decent.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'UNDER THE BRIDGE'
Parisian Hobo and Urchins From Kathie Lee, Lyricist By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Even those forgiving of spoon-fed sentiment may find it hard to warm to "Under the Bridge," a new musical by Kathie Lee Gifford and David Pomeranz.

[ DN ]  Kathie Lee gifted, up to a point by Howard Kissel
The musical confirmed my fear that whimsy, which can work in a children's book or even a movie, is rough going in the theater.

[ B ]  Under the Bridge
Review by William Stevenson
Under the Bridge is a polished children's musical with engaging songs that are energetically performed. I just wonder if kids today are in the market for a treacly show about a bum and a homeless family.

[ Y ]  'Under the Bridge' Overly Earnest By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ CU ]  Under the Bridge

[ TM ]  Under the Bridge
Reviewed By: David Finkle

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott see Forbidden Broadway twice and Falling Off Broadway once too often. Plus: A new Frankenstein and a surprise from Sylvia McNair.

[ Y ]  Tap Star Glover Conquers Classical By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO, Associated Press Writer

[ ND ]  Super Savion By Susan Reiter

[ ATW ]  The Trial: A Swirling Nightmare
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  A 'Winter's Tale' From a Child's Point-of-View Glistens with New Meaning
Review by Andy Propst

[ BSUN ]  Caught up in a legacy of violence By J. Wynn Rousuck
Violence suffuses Kwame Kwei-Armah's Elmina's Kitchen, a British play receiving a galvanic American premiere at Center Stage.

[ NYT ]  MOVIE REVIEW | 'SOLITUDE'
Sibling Slugfest, � la George and Martha By DAVE KEHR
An intersibling death match reminiscent of Sam Shepard's "True West," the independent feature "Solitude" details a tortured, possibly incestuous relationship.

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled By BEN SISARIO
Mercedes Ruehl is to star in "Woman Before a Glass," a new Off Broadway play by Lanie Robertson based on the life of Peggy Guggenheim.

[ TM ]  Roundabout Theatre Company Signs on as Co-Producer of Glengarry Glen Ross

[ P ]  Roundabout Backs Assassins Director's Upcoming Staging of Glengarry Glen Ross

[ P ]  Alternate Jurors: Foxworth and Jennings Replace Bosco and Larry Bryggman in Twelve Angry Men

[ B ]  Jennings Replaces Bryggman in the Roundabout's Twelve Angry Men

[ V ]  Barrington Stage preps 'Follies'
Wilde's 'Earnest' will follow tuner on MainStage

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 7

[ P ]  Kim Cattrall Starts London Previews Jan. 7 in Whose Life Is It Anyway?

[ P ]  Secret Garden Tony Winner Stars in Kurt Cobain-Inspired On the Mountain

[ P ]  Mary Louise Wilson is Mrs. Malaprop in Boston Staging of The Rivals, Jan. 7

[ P ]  Intern Intrigue: DC Sex Scandal Inspires Premiere of Aphrodisiac, Jan. 7-30 in NYC

[ P ]  Real Men, an Intimate New Musical By Charles Strouse, Opens Jan. 7 in Miami

[ P ]  Fear No More, New Frogs Recording Gets Early Web Release Jan. 7

[ P ]  We're Still Hot, Hit Canadian Musical About a High School Reunion, Aims for Jan. 9 Start Off-Bway

[ P ]  Marian Seldes Is Madwoman of Chaillot at Star-Studded Benefit

[ P ]  David Suchet to Star in Man and Boy at London's Duchess

[ P ]  Full Casting for London On the Town Announced

[ P ]  Bye, Mom! Or, How Not to Bury Your Mother Digs in Off-Broadway Feb. 4

[ P ]  Shear Madness Celebrates Year 25 in Boston on Jan. 31

[ P ]  New York Musical Theatre Festival Seeking Scripts for 2005

[ P ]  Shakespeare Society Holds Ian McKellen Film Retrospective Feb. 7

[ TM ]  A Shakespearean Film Retrospective of Sir Ian McKellen Scheduled at Kaye Playhouse

[ P ]  Dean Armstrong is Jon in Canadian Premiere of Larson's tick, tick...BOOM! in Toronto

[ P ]  TACT Gives New Life to Harold Brighouse's Little-Known Zack Jan. 22-24 in NYC

[ P ]  Cast Complete for World Premiere of Stephen Belber's McReele Off-Broadway

[ B ]  O'Keefe, Long & Strozier Join the Cast of Off-B'way's McReele

[ P ]  Bradley, Wood and Macfayden to Join Gambon for Hytner's Henry IV Plays

[ P ]  Even Bigger: Fat Pig Extends Off-Broadway to Feb. 26

[ P ]  LuPone Plays LuPone on TV's "Will & Grace"

[ P ]  Piazza's Clark to Direct Andreas and Graae in Jan. 29-31 Lyrics & Lyricists Concerts

[ P ]  Tony-Winning Millie Star Joins ABC's "Desperate Housewives" Jan. 9

[ P ]  Broadway Bares 15 Sets June Date

[ P ]  Chicago Raises Thousands to Aid Disaster Relief Effort

[ P ]  Ewan McGregor Guys and Dolls to Preview at London's Piccadilly Beginning May 19

[ B ]  Balaban and Bryggman to Lead Mamet's Romance at the Atlantic
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Thursday, January 06, 2005

[ P ]  Audra McDonald Cancels Jan. 6 Concert Due to Illness
posted at 1/6/2005 04:13:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NWH ]  FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT
Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
posted at 1/6/2005 04:08:47 PM by James Marino | Item Link

Features:

[ CST ]  Waiting for opening night BY KEVIN NANCE
By the time Chicago theater critics weigh in on the pre-Broadway runs of "Monty Python's Spamalot" and "All Shook Up" (which have their official openings on Sunday and Jan. 13, respectively), their engagements will be more than half over.
Since word of mouth is already in full swing, we thought we'd listen in on the chatter in the crowd immediately after Tuesday's performances.

[ HC ]  Grandma Diva By OWEN McNALLY
The Accent's On Versatility For Rita Moreno, Still In Top Form At Age 73

[ DN ]  Kathie Lee takes it to the 'Bridge' By REBECCA LOUIE

[ NYT ]  A Director Takes On Chekhov, but With Kitchen Linoleum and a Lot Less Talk By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH
Pavol Liska's pared-down adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" exposes the play's absurdist humor and howling sadness.

[ NYP ]  NOT WORD WEARY By DESMOND BUTLER
AT age 24, Ron McLarty wrote an 800-page novel.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Patti LuPone; Joe Allen.

[ BS ]  To Sea, or Not to Sea?
Work on cruise ships has long been a means by which performers can acquire stage experience, make money, see the world, and taste a little bit of the good life.

[ B ]  Sweet Charity
Check out the great little Flash video - the first preview of this show.

Reviews:

[ BSUN ]  Fantasy a star on London stages by J. Wynn Rousuck
In London over the holidays, I took in three musicals that reinforced one of the most magical tenets of theater - that the stage is, above all, a place of imagination.

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | 'CLASSICAL SAVION'
Annotating the Classics, With the Feet By ANNA KISSELGOFF
Savion Glover is not the first to tap-dance to classical music, but the stunning intensity he brings to "Classical Savion" makes the evening a revelation for eye and ear alike.

[ NJ ]  Tapping into classics BY ROBERT JOHNSON
Glover takes Bach seriously in imaginative blending of old and new

News:

[ V ]  Theaters set new programs
Bob Balaban and Larry Bryggman will headline David Mamet's courtroom farce "Romance" at the Atlantic Theater. Several Mamet revivals have graced the Off Broadway company's sked over the past 20 years.

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by BEN SISARIO

[ HC ]  Laurie Kennedy Joins Cast Of Yale's `Comedy Of Errors' by Frank Rizzo

[ NJ ]  Center stage by Peter Filichia
Blair Brown, director.

[ B ]  MCC Theater Extends Neil LaBute's Fat Pig Through February 26

[ INQ ]  Boyd to be renovated, reopened in 2006 By Daniel Rubin

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 6

[ P ]  Obie-Winners Zimet and Maddow Collaborate on Belize, Jan. 6

[ P ]  American Songbook Season Begins With a Contemporary Audra McDonald Concert

[ P ]  Chicago Revival Edges Out Grease for 10 Spot Jan. 6

[ P ]  Annalee Jefferies Endures Bad Dates for Hartford Stage Run, Jan. 6-Feb. 6

[ P ]  Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves: Under the Bridge, a New Musical Written by Kathie Lee Gifford, Opens Jan. 6 in NYC

[ P ]  Bard and Band Rock in The Comedy of Aerosmith Jan. 6 in California

[ P ]  World Premiere of Mamet's Courtroom Comedy, Romance, Has Balaban, Nobbs, Bryggman and More

[ P ]  Richard Foreman's Latest (and Last?) to Begin Off-Broadway Jan. 6

[ P ]  Broadway's Adam Pascal to Appear on "The View" and "Early Show"

[ P ]  Bat Boy Winging Northward for Feb. 9 Canadian Premiere in Toronto
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Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Features:

[ B ]  Q & A: 1/5/05 by Ken Mandelbaum

News:

[ P ]  Josh Lucas Is Gentleman Caller in Broadway Menagerie

[ B ]  Josh Lucas to Play the Gentleman Caller in Broadway's Glass Menagerie

[ B ]  Frances Sternhagen Confirmed for Upcoming Steel Magnolias

[ P ]  Marsha Mason and Frances Sternhagen Join Broadway's Steel Magnolias

[ P ]  MTC Confirms Arkin, Sills and Rasche for Moonlight & Magnolias, a Backstage Tale of "Gone With the Wind"

[ P ]  Upcoming TV Broadcast of Jerry Springer�The Opera Causes Uproar

[ P ]  Jerry Springer�The Opera to Air on BBC 2 TV Jan. 8

[ P ]  Carman Lacivita of Rose Rage Wins Equity's Bayfield Award

[ P ]  Original Broadway Star Robins Gets Frozen in Los Angeles, Jan. 5

[ P ]  Singing Forest with Kristine Nielsen and Robin Bartlett Begins at Long Wharf, Jan. 5

[ P ]  New Amsterdam Theatre to Host 19th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

[ P ]  Faith Prince and Tom Wopat Begin Limited Harold Arlen Concert Tour Jan. 12

[ P ]  Conversation with Tony-Winning Composer William Finn Set for Jan. 9

[ B ]  Film Version of Tim Robbins' Embedded Gets Sundance Channel Deal
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[ NYP ]  NO ROOM FOR 'DOUBT' By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A theater-booking jam is making it difficult for the play to transfer from the Manhattan Theater Club to a Tony-eligible Broadway house.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
In these lean times, a group of small labels is working to keep musical theater cast recordings alive.

[ BH ]  This threesome isn't afraid to stage 'Virginia Woolf' By Terry Byrne
Film star Kathleen Turner, stage star Bill Irwin and award-winning playwright Edward Albee came to Boston yesterday to talk about the pre-Broadway run of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which bows at the Wilbur Theatre for three weeks starting Feb. 10.
"This time," said Albee, "we'll be doing the entire play."

[ DN ]  No angels By REBECCA LOUIE
Dramatists wing it at B'klyn festival

[ INQ ]  Doting on his audio book, now on paper By Sandy Bauers
Sometimes, when Ron McLarty is holding his book cover in his hand - something he does a lot - "I just get teary about it. It's an emotional time."

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Nathan Lane (second item).

[ VV ]  Foreman's Film Society
New York theater's philosopher king goes to the movies by Tom Sellar
Talking With Richard Foreman

News:

[ INQ ]  A deal to save the historic Boyd Theatre to be detailed today By Daniel Rubin
The Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia's last movie palace, is to be saved under a deal that will allow Clear Channel to stage concerts, musicals and Broadway-sized productions there, Mayor Street is to announce today.

[ V ]  Legit pic 'Embedded' on Sundance Channel
The Sundance Channel has bought the pay TV rights to the taped version of Tim Robbins' satirical antiwar play "Embedded."

[ V ]  'Magnolias' blooming with two B'way vets
Lovely ladies 'Steel' show, while Lucas calls

[ V ]  Legit thesps see earnings rise
Overall employment remains unchanged from '02-'03

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By BEN SISARIO
Broadway Has Record Week; Tom Wopat.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 5

[ P ]  Steven Pasquale Meets a Fat Pig Off-Broadway Starting Jan. 5

[ P ]  Kern Goes to Hollywood � Via Islington � Beginning Jan. 5

[ P ]  Harold & Maude Sing at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse Beginning Jan. 5

[ P ]  Menopositive! We're Still Hot, Hit Canadian Musical About 35th High School Reunion, Begins NYC Run Jan. 7

[ P ]  New Elizabeth Swados Musical Jabu to Premiere at Flea Off-Broadway Feb. 16

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews Writer's Block, a musical-theater-themed murder mystery by Bruce Kimmel.

[ VV ]  The Phoenix Theater Debuts with a Madcap Rendering of Kafka by Francine Russo
Andr� Gide and Jean-Louis Barrault's The Trial

[ VV ]  British Writer Seeks Geeky Contact by David Ng
Dave Gorman's Googlewhack! Adventure
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Features:

[ B ]  First Person: Gem's Rocky Road by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Elaine Stritch sings, the Bergmans talk, and second-generation performers shine on NYC stages.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Feldshuh's Golda Bids Farewell to NYC, Packs Bags for LA

News:

[ P ]  Broadway Enjoys Biggest Week in Box Office History

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Holiday Bonus

[ P ]  "Sex and the City" Mystery Man To Star in Premiere of Gore Vidal's On the March

[ P ]  Casting Announced for NYC Debut of Hot 'n' Throbbing March 8-May 1

[ B ]  Full Cast Set for Paula Vogel's Hot 'N' Throbbing Off-Broadway

[ P ]  Bat Boy to End London Run; Far Pavilions Is Next at Shaftesbury

[ B ]  London's Bat Boy to Close a Month Earlier Than Expected

[ P ]  Big Shot:Tharp-Joel Musical Movin' Out Recoups Broadway Investment

[ P ]  In Final Weeks, First Tour of Producers Gets a Refugee From Urinetown; Company Folds Jan. 30

[ P ]  Anthony Crivello to Star in Workshop of New Musical Deep Song

[ P ]  Season at L.A.'s Kirk Douglas Theatre Shuffled to Include New Works Fest, Readings and Workshops

[ P ]  South Asian Same-Sex Relationships Take Center Stage in Circle East's Gehri Dosti

[ P ]  Sullivan and Nadler to Celebrate Styne in Everything's Coming Up Roses

[ P ]  Just in Time: Cabaret Star Wesla Whitfield Releases New CD, "In My Life," Coinciding With NYC Engagement

[ P ]  Jessica Molaskey to Make Algonquin Debut Jan. 18

[ P ]  Morgan Fairchild Is Mrs. Robinson to May 1 in Graduate Tour

[ P ]  Wicked's Block and All Shook Up's Jackson Among Stars to Pay Tribute to Cassidy in Song Bird

[ P ]  Krakowski to Offer Better When It's Banned at Feb. 1 Concert

[ P ]  La Cage aux Folles Star Heads to the Chatterbox Jan. 6

[ TM ]  Cahoon, Creel, and Rubin-Vega are Show People in Concert

[ TM ]  "An Intimate Night" at the Plaza for MTC

[ P ]  Sweet Charity to Play the Hirschfeld Theatre

[ P ]  Wopat and New Producers Join Team for Broadway Revival of Glengarry Glen Ross

[ B ]  Tom Wopat Joins Cast of Glengarry Glen Ross B'way Revival
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[ V ]  Wopat a real Mamet man
'Glengarry' adds Wopat to cast

Features:

[ B ]  Q&A: Richard Kind by Beth Stevens

[ DN ]  A star's change of tune By CELIA McGEE
Audra McDonald opens the Songbook

[ BS ]  Singers of the Night
"There's a lot of responsibility in carrying a film of this size." So asserts the 18-year-old, New York City-born Emmy Rossum....

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
BACK ON BROADWAY
Delta Burke.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Jerry Orbach.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott report on After the Ball, Aga-Boom, and Nancy Witter's comedy act at Don't Tell Mama.

[ USA ]  Off-Broadway casts spotlight on darkness By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY

News:

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Dec. 27 - Jan. 2

[ Y ]  B.O. down; 'Good' 256g

[ B ]  Sweet Charity Starring Applegate Books Hirschfeld for April 21 Opening

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly By BEN SISARIO
"Mamma Mia!," "Sweet Charity."

[ P ]  Billy's Back: Brent Barrett Returns to Chicago Jan. 4

[ P ]  Steven Pasquale Meets a Fat Pig Off-Broadway Starting Jan. 5

[ P ]  Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin Join Fiddler on the Roof Jan. 4
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Monday, January 03, 2005

Features:

[ TM ]  Flying High By: Dan Bacalzo
Ethan Hawke talks about his career and his role in The New Group production of Hurlyburly.

[ R ]  New Film Asks: Was Merchant of Venice Gay? By Claudia Parsons

[ NYer ]  JAZZBO by CLAUDIA ROTH PIERPONT
Why we still listen to Gershwin.

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Kristin Chenoweth and the San Francisco Symphony and Forever Tango
San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

News:

[ P ]  Colm Feore and Jessica Hecht to Inhabit Denzel's Rome in Julius Caesar

[ P ]  American Aaron Lazar to Play Lead in English National Opera's On the Town

[ P ]  Matt Cavenaugh, Adriane Lenox, Liz McConahay Cast in Most Wanted Cunanan Musical Workshop

[ P ]  Astaire Revue Extended at Birdland

[ P ]  Broadway's de Guzman, Hart and Shindle Star in Alley Theatre's After the Fall

[ P ]  Anna Massey, Tom Wilkinson and Ray Cooney Honored By Queen

[ P ]  "Nancy LaMott-Live at Tavern on the Green" to Hit Stores Feb. 1

[ P ]  Mint Theatre Company Turns to Schnitzler Again With The Lonely Way

[ P ]  Altar Boyz Musical Finds Its Fifth Apostle for Off-Bway Run

[ P ]  Casting for Paper Mill's Drawer Boy - with John Mahoney- Now Complete
posted at 1/3/2005 03:45:22 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Features:

[ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Oh, Danny Boy!
Happy New Year! Here are four "Leading Men" loaded with drive who�ll be thriving in �05: Danny Gurwin (Little Women), John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Brian and Ted Farley (Rose�s Turn).

[ SFC ]  EDITORIAL: Jerry and Lenny
JERRY ORBACH was so full of life that you couldn't imagine him sick, or even mildly depressed.

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Wrong Note Rag by Ken Mandelbaum
WONDERFUL TOWN (Brooke Shields) (DRG)
LIZA OF LAMBETH (Thames)
SUNDOWN (Original Cast Records)

[ TB ]  Merm and Me
Florida Review by Kevin Johnson

News:

[ TM ]  TheaterMania to Present William Finn in Conversation With David Finkle at Ars Nova

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! to Finally Play Sweden

[ P ]  Pacific Overtures' Leung to Sing at Splash; Debut Recording in the Works

[ P ]  Oneil Begins One-Week Wicked Stint Jan. 4

[ P ]  Taboo's Boy George Among Artists to Be Heard on Tsunami Benefit Recording

[ P ]  "Fockers" Still on Top; "Phantom" Remains in Top Ten

[ B ]  Jason Danieley to Headline A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at Encores
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Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
What's contributor Filichia's reaction to the TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings?

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
BIG-TALENT WOMAN
Sutton Foster.

[ DN ]  Playing it straight By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Harvey Fierstein takes on 'Fiddler'

[ BH ]  Playwright explores life through characters' flaws By Terry Byrne
The Marquis de Sade? A German transvestite?
Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright Doug Wright obviously isn't interested in stock characters. But his ability to find the humanity in wonderfully flawed people gives them astonishing life.

[ NYT ]  Bring In da Bach, Bring In da Mendelssohn (Keep the Fresh Energy) By SYLVIANE GOLD
Savion Glover, the 31-year-old dynamo whose walloping tap dance revivified an American art form, now wants to conquer the classics.

[ LAT ]  Douglas offers freedom to change by Don Shirley
Center Theatre Group's new Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City "gives us the flexibility and capability to make changes even after the 'opening' in our short runs," wrote artistic director Gordon Davidson in his program note for "The Paris Letter" - the venue's second production, which closes today.

The Year in Review / The Year Ahead:

[ SUN ]  The Year in Theater, More and/or Less by JEREMY McCARTER
The 10 (or So) Best (or Whatever) Something (or Other) of 2004.

[ P ]  Theatre Year in Preview: Playbill On-Line Looks Ahead to the New Year on Broadway

Reviews:

[ CU ]  Mary Poppins

News:

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 3

[ P ]  Carol Burnett Returns to Pine Valley in January 2005

[ P ]  Wicked's Bean to Be Part of Duplex Evening Jan. 17

[ P ]  Billy's Back: Brent Barrett Returns to Chicago Jan. 3

[ P ]  John Tartaglia Is AD-LIBerty Jan. 3 at Joe's Pub

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by BEN SISARIO
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Sunday, January 02, 2005

Jerry Orbach, 1935-2004:

[ NYT ]  OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Bright Lives, Big City By PETE HAMILL
Susan Sontag and Jerry Orbach lived and died as members of the same tribe, the New York tribe.

[ NYT ]  A FAN'S NOTES/LYNNE SHARON SCHWARTZ
He Spoke New York

[ DN ]  'A glorious talent' BY NANCY DILLON

[ NYP ]  FINAL CURTAIN FOR JERRY By HEIDI SINGER

Features:

[ HC ]  The British Invasion By FRANK RIZZO
Even Roger Rees Is Surprised All-American Williamstown Trusted Its Management To Foreigner

[ DN ]  A big hand for Dad by David Hinckley
A star talking about his father can trigger our own memories

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: Joel Schumacher's "The Phantom of the Opera"

[ P ]  A Life in the Theatre: Usher Mim Pollock

[ NYT ]  Fierstein as Tevye: Sounds Crazy, No? By JESSE MCKINLEY
Harvey Fierstein is making the leap from doing drag to doing deedle-deedle-dum in the role of Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof."

[ NYT ]  The Older Woman (Four Times His Age) By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Estelle Parsons is taking the stage as Maude, the octogenarian seductress, in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of "Harold & Maude: The Musical."

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | BOTTOM LINE
Let's Put on a Loser By JESSE McKINLEY
"Taboo" and "Little Shop of Horrors" were among the notable Broadway closings of 2004. What were their estimated losses, and what went wrong?

[ NYT ]  LETTERS
'Alexander'; Broadway Orchestras; The Modern; Pedro Almod�var

[ BSUN ]  Message from father to son simmers in the 'Kitchen' By J. Wynn Rousuck
British playwright, Renaissance man took inspiration from August Wilson

[ BG ]  Facing the truth By John Donnelly
With biting humor and a wig, Pieter-Dirk Uys takes on his homeland's history

[ BG ]  An acting exercise moved Pamela Gien to write a powerful play about her childhood in South Africa By Louise Kennedy

[ BG ]  With play about de Sade, he embraces the extremes By Louise Kennedy
Award-winning writer says that early-'90s 'Quills' has relevance today

[ TS ]  Ten easy ways to make a critic happy by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Wishes for the 2005 Toronto theatre season include appearances by victor Garber and Kim Cattrall as well as a visit from the tour of Movin' Out.

[ CT ]  WINTER ARTS PREVIEW 2005: THEATER By Michael Phillips
Love, life, death -- and John Malkovich too

[ Y ]  Al Pacino Began Career As Stand-Up Comic

[ Y ]  Emmy Rossum Happy to Get 'Phantom' Lead

[ PP ]  Tom Jones and Joseph Thalken reinvent 'Harold and Maude' at Paper Mill. By: Jillian Kalonick

[ IS ]  Charles Busch isn't just camp By Peter Szatmary
Registering a hit surprised playwright by indicating he was considered a novice.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above.

[ LAT ]  Into the stratosphere By Irene Lacher
David Noro�a hits a lot of high notes as Frankie Valli in "Jersey Boys." With any luck, the exertion will continue.

[ NYT ]  ABOUT NEW YORK
The Last Act Is Charity, by Accident By DAN BARRY
Ah, the holidays at Radio City. Rockettes. A camel. Lost hats, gloves and watches.

[ Y ]  U.K. Holidays Incomplete Without Pantomime By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Serving Up Giddiness in London's Silly Season By BEN BRANTLEY
The early days of winter in the London theater scene have brought a wave of panto productions featuring balmy songs, bad puns and cross-dressers.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Words to the Wise Performance Artist: Get Help. Collaborate. Grow. By MARGO JEFFERSON
Most performers don't see the need to collaborate, but joining with complementary talents expands horizons and makes the work stronger.

[ TS ]  Cherry picking in Chicago by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
The offstage sounds are what you will never forget from Tina Landau's breathtaking production of Cherry Orchard now on view at the Steppenwolf Theatre.

[ BE ]  A nod to individual accomplishments in theater in 2004 By Jeffrey Borak
As the prideful, deliciously eccentric and competitive William Barfee in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at Barrington Stage's Stage II, Dan Fogler made it all look so easy in what was, for me, easily the year's best performance by an actor.

[ NYT ]  'The World of Christopher Marlowe': A Brawler and a Spy By JOHN SIMON
Born the same year as Shakespeare; died at 29. Was Marlowe, the subject of a new biography by David Riggs, the better writer while alive?

[ CU ]  Hallelujah, Baby!

News:

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 2

[ P ]  Tony Winner Swoosie Kurtz Guests on Showtime's "Huff"

[ P ]  Screening of New HBO Series�with Frank Langella�Presented by BC/EFA

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: Little Women's Foster and McGovern on "Radio Playbill" Jan. 3-16

[ P ]  Amanda Green and Tom Kitt Appear at Birdland on Jan. 24 and 31

[ P ]  Loman Family Picnic and Awake and Sing! Featured in Jewish Drama in America Readings in CT

[ P ]  iPod, iMom: Daisy Eagan Stars in Life After Rock Drama On the Mountain World Premiere

[ NYP ]  MUSIC IN THE '7TH' KEY
THE hills are alive with the sound of music � on "7th Heaven."
The long-running, popular WB drama will feature a special musical episode on Valentine's Day, reports TV Guide.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
TRAGIC PLAY

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Sarajevo to Celebrate Sontag

[ P ]  Smokey Joe's Cafe Star to Offer Music and Comedy at Upstairs at Studio 54

[ P ]  Lee Roy Reams Joins Feb. 14 Bobby Short Salute at the Waldorf

[ P ]  Bye, Bye, Lullaby: 42nd Street Ends Its Popular Revival Run Jan. 2; Tour Marches On

[ P ]  Casket of Broadway's Dracula the Musical Sealed Jan. 2

[ P ]  Golda Leaves Office on Jan. 2; Feldshuh's Next Stop Is L.A.

[ P ]  Basil Twist's Underwater Symphonie Fantastique Closes Off-Broadway Jan. 2
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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)

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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]

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Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

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Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

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TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

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

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TBA - Equus

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TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

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TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

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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