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Saturday, January 22, 2005 The evening performance of HAROLD AND MAUDE at the Paper Mill Playhouse is cancelled; however, the matinee performance is going on as scheduled. (Thanks to Lauren at the box office for rescheduling me, and for saving me a trip!) [ B ] Despite Snow, Weekend Broadway Shows Will Go On [ NYT ] A Casting Call of the Wild Two formerly homeless dogs were selected Friday to join the cast of the new Broadway show "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." [ B ] PHOTO OP: A Chitty Casting Call Goes to the Dogs! posted at 1/22/2005 01:29:53 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Friday, January 21, 2005 Features: [ P ] PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Fiddler on the Roof: A Tale of Two Tevyes [ P ] A Life in the Theatre: Manhattan Theatre Club's Artistic Director Lynne Meadow [ P ] Live Without Regis Kathie Lee Gifford makes a dream come true with Under the Bridge News: [ TM ] Dick Gallagher, Composer-Arranger-Pianist, Dies at 49 [ P ] Sally Murphy and Katie Finneran Join Cast of Encores! Tree [ P ] Sweetest Swing, Trying, Last Easter, Nine Parts, Controversial Bezhti Among Blackburn Finalists [ P ] To Hell With Gluck and Handel: Broadway's Phantom of the Opera Turns 17 on Jan. 26 [ P ] Kids' Night on Broadway 2005 Kicks Off Jan. 25 with Pre-theatre Party with Little Women's McGovern and Foster [ TM ] Tony Awards Administration Committee Rules on Eligibility of Fall Shows Reviews: [ CU ] Belfast Blues posted at 1/21/2005 04:20:18 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ B ] Obscure Recordings: Let It Ride! by Ken Mandelbaum Reviews: [ TM ] The Siegel Column Barbara & Scott enjoy the solo cabaret debuts of Jessica Molaskey at the Oak Room and Ritt Henn at The Duplex but flee an earsplitting concert at Irving Plaza. [ TB ] World Premiere Touch of Rapture at New Jersey Rep Review By bob Rendell News: [ P ] 29th Street Rep Returns to Off-Broadway With Controversial Hiding Behind Comets, Feb. 10 [ P ] TDF's Times Square Discount Booth to Debut "Play Only" Ticket Window [ P ] Additional Tony Decisions: The Frogs, Sight Unseen and After the Fall [ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Jan. 15-21: Two Shakes [ P ] Jason Danieley Joins Cast of Reba McEntire-Brian Stokes Mitchell South Pacific; Creative Team Announced [ P ] Love, Janis Star Catherine Curtin Cast in Off-Bway Comedy Bye, Mom! [ P ] Gross Indecency's Bill Dawes to Host Valentine Evening, Love Sucks [ P ] In NYC Theatrical Publicity Game, Shaffer and Coyle Team Up, Candi Adams Moves [ P ] Donmar's Guys and Dolls Finds Its Sarah Brown [ P ] Cullum and Kaye Cast in New York City Opera's Candide posted at 1/21/2005 01:20:34 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ NYP ] BITTER OVER 'SWEET' By MICHAEL RIEDEL "Sweet Charity" isn't even out of the rehearsal studio, and already there's trouble brewing between director and playwright. [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER John Cullum will play Dr. Pangloss, and Judy Kaye the Old Lady, when the New York City Opera revives Harold Prince's Broadway production of "Candide" for 14 performances, beginning on March 4. [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary So, what did Filichia do when he was asked to fork over his Lion King ticket stub in order to get a parking discount? [ P ] DIVA TALK: A Chat with The King & I's Powers PLUS News of Salonga and Benanti "Fiddler on the Roof": [ B ] Critics Revisit Anatevka to Take In New Leads Fierstein and Martin [ NJ ] Review: Fiddler on the Roof BY MICHAEL SOMMERS Returning to their seats from intermission at "Fiddler on the Roof," an 8- or 9-year-old girl was talking with her mom about the show. "I wish," she said, "that the man playing Tevye would clear his throat." "Honey," her mother replied, "that's the way he sounds all the time." [ B ] Fiddler on the Roof Review by Eric Grode Fierstein's warm, wise Tevye is likely to win over even the deepest skeptics. [ TB ] Fiddler on the Roof (Revisited) Review by Matthew Murray After almost two years of making questionable contributions to the American musical theatre, British director David Leveaux has done the impossible: He's injected some soul into his lifeless revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Unfortunately, he's done it in a way that will make you less apt to shout "To life!" than "Hey mama, welcome to the shtetl!" [ DN ] Fierstein isn't fit as a 'Fiddler' by Howard Kissel What makes Fierstein's performance unsatisfying is that he doesn't project any of the depth of Tevye's dilemma. He sees it as a series of comic turns. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF' An Exotic Tevye in Old Anatevka By BEN BRANTLEY With Harvey Fierstein as Tevye, "Fiddler" has gone from having too little of a personality at its center to having too much of one. [ NYP ] 'ROOF' TOPS By CLIVE BARNES Fierstein's singing, pure gravel and honey, is as effective as it is personalized. And his nimbly elephantine dancing is the best I have seen from any Tevye � Robbins himself would have been enchanted. [ ND ] Review: Fiddler on the Roof By Gordon Cox The entire show feels warmer than it did a year ago. [ JN ] The milkman cometh By JACQUES LE SOURD Fierstein turns out to be terrific. [ SUN ] "Fiddler" Plays Another Tune by JEREMY McCARTER Harvey Fierstein, that demure, dulcet-voiced ing�nue, has returned to Broadway. [ ATW ] Fierstein Fit as a Fiddle(r) Review by Andy Propst [ Y ] Fierstein Pretty Good in 'Fiddler' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic [ TM ] Fiddler on the Roof Reviewed By: Marc Miller [ CU ] Fiddler on the Roof [ B ] PHOTO OP: Fiddler Welcomes Harvey and Andrea to Anatevka "Belfast Blues" - Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BELFAST BLUES' Journey From Northern Ireland to Southern California By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Geraldine Hughes is a bright, inviting presence, and the surprising agent of her deliverance from the troubled atmosphere of her youth gives her show a modestly refreshing twist. [ NYP ] A 'BLUES' STREAK By FRANK SCHECK SOME one-person shows are more exhausting for the audience than the performer. Such is the case with "Belfast Blues," in which Geraldine Hughes relates her autobiographical tale of growing up in war-torn Ireland in the 1970s and '80s. [ Y ] Hughes Shines in 'Belfast Blues' By JUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press Writer [ ATW ] Belfast Blues: A Loving Portrait of a Difficult Childhood Review by Andy Propst [ NJ ] Dark hues in 'Belfast Blues' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS [ B ] Belfast Blues Review by Ron Lasko [ R ] Review: Belfast Blues By Alexis Greene Other Reviews: [ TB ] The Magnificent Mr. Vincent Review by Lindsey Wilson [ ATW ] A Lucid, Elegant As You Like It Review by Andy Propst [ DN ] 'Like it'? - Love it! by Howard Kissel [ ND ] Director's daughter poses as she likes it BY GORDON COX Features: [ NJ ] The Maureens have landed BY PETER FILICHIA Maureen Silliman knows she's not in "I Remember Mama" anymore. [ Y ] 'Phantom' Tailored for Moviegoers By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer For the nearly 80 million theatergoers around the world who have seen it since it debuted in 1986, here are some new things you'll see in the film. [ OCR ] Love's labors launched By PAUL HODGINS A Shakespeare devotee boldly sees a new troupe and perhaps a theme park � based around the Queen Mary. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link. [ LAT ] 6 distinct voices with an L.A. link By Karen Wada For these playwrights, preparing a work for the stage is a process both intensely personal yet shared. [ BS ] At Your Service As part of our Welcome to New York spotlight, five Back Stage writers profile organizations that serve the performing arts community in NYC. [ BS ] Now's the Green-Up Time As the economic realities of Broadway make it harder and harder for new musicals by contemporary writers to reach the Great White Way... [ B ] Video: On the Scene: Broadway Festival 2005 News: [ NYT ] For the Tonys, '700 Sundays' Is an Event, Not a Play By JESSE McKINLEY [ B ] First 2005 Tony Eligibility Rulings Deem Frogs New and Six Shows Special [ BS ] Cancelled Play Among Blackburn Prize Noms [ BS ] Are You Eligible for COBRA Subsidy? [ TM ] Bernhard, Lauper, and Sinatra to Perform in Tsunami Benefit Concert at Crobar [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 21 [ P ] "The Phantom of the Opera" Opens Nationwide Jan. 21 posted at 1/21/2005 08:13:34 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Thursday, January 20, 2005 Features: [ CU ] Everything Goes! 50 Years of Social Change By Elyse Sommer Fiftieth anniversaries are events that seed reflection and celebrations. On January 17th, the Drama Desk launched its 50th anniversary season with a panel featuring a group of theater professionals to address some of the changes wrought over the last half century. Another fine story on this event, co-hosted by our own Ellis Nassour. [ P ] Company of Sweet Charity Tries to Make a "Good Impression" With Revised Revival News: [ P ] Tony Committee Decides on 2004-05 Eligibility for Reckless, Twelve Angry Men, Solo Shows [ P ] Laura Benanti Premieres Blame It On My Youth Feb. 7 Two-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti will debut her new concert act, Blame It on My Youth Feb. 7 at Feinstein's at the Regency. [ P ] Leopold & Loeb Musical, Thrill Me, Gets New England Premiere Jan. 20-28 [ P ] Off-Broadway Cast Members Join Kron for Well California Debut [ P ] Off-Broadway's Guantánamo with Chalfant Set to Play in San Francisco [ P ] Equity-LORT Talks to Commence on Jan. 24 [ P ] Prince Music Theater Stages Concert ofAnyone Can Whistle With Moore, Summerhays, Wagner [ P ] The Producers' Brooks and Meehan Team Again on New Animated "Spaceballs" [ P ] Tickets for Julius Caesar on Sale Jan. 29 [ P ] Hewitt and Lopez Expected to Enter Ariel Dorfman's Purgatorio Workshop in NC [ P ] Joseph Mahowald Joins Cast of Off-Broadway's Lone Star Love [ P ] Lyric Theatre in OK Premieres I Want My 80's Musical! Jan. 20-Feb. 12 [ P ] Balaban to Direct New York Premiere of Manuscript in April 2005 [ P ] Espinosa, von Essen, Machota and More to Sing Lloyd Webber's Unexpected Songs Feb. 21 [ P ] Tony Nominee June Gable Serves Fresh Picon Pie Jan. 27; Molly Picon Musical Moves to Midtown [ P ] "Theater Talk" Welcomes Salem and Hill Jan. 21 [ P ] Orbach, Coleman and LaMott Saluted on Radio Jan. 23 [ P ] 2005 Laurence Olivier Nominations Announced; Mary Poppins Leads Pack with Nine Nominations [ B ] Mary Poppins Soars with Nine Olivier Nominations; Lane, Festen Get Nods [ P ] Peter Zeisler, Resident Theatre Advocate and a Co-Founder of The Guthrie Theater, Dead at 81 Reviews: [ TB ] Cabaret Review: Jessica Molaskey by Warren Hoffman posted at 1/20/2005 06:18:27 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ V ] Wilson drawn back to 'Bright Lights' Deutsch looking to shop CD as a feature Patrick Wilson, now onscreen in "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera," returns to "Bright Lights, Big City" by Paul Scott Goodman, his New York legit debut. The actor heads the show's cast album, which will be released in April on the Sh-K-Boom label. [ R ] Mary Poppins, Producers Lead Race for UK Oliviers [ CE ] Chenoweth, students exchange 'wows' Kristin Chenoweth stayed on in Cincinnati Monday following her weekend Pops performance for a two-hour master class with musical theater majors at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Nice story about Kristin - who, by the way, canceled her appearance at that Bush inaugural event. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link. [ DN ] A troubled girlhood By CELIA McGEE Geraldine Hughes relives 'Belfast Blues' [ R ] Lloyd Webber Bollywood Musical May Play in Bombay Reviews: [ NYP ] LOTS TO 'LIKE' By FRANK SCHECK NEPOTISM gets a good name in this production of Shakespeare's magical meditation on love, "As You Like It," staged by Peter Hall. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'AS YOU LIKE IT' A Comedy That Knows How Cruel Life Can Be By BEN BRANTLEY Sir Peter Hall's production of Shakespeare's comedy, starring his daughter Rebecca Hall as Rosalind, is soul-stirring and exhilarating. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE MEDEA' For a Woman Scorned, the End Is the Beginning By JASON ZINOMAN Jay Scheib's adaptation of Euripides' tragedy about a woman scorned seems more distracting than illuminating, which can also be said about the performing styles of the cast members. [ TM ] The Medea Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo [ TB ] Election Day Review by Matthew Murray [ CU ] Election Day [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'BELIZE' A Military Man Kicks Up His Heels By JASON ZINOMAN Paul Zimet's historical play with music has that familiar musty stench of costume drama. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE TOP 10 PEOPLE OF THE MILLENNIUM SING THEIR FAVORITE SCHUBERT LIEDER' When Great Minds Get Rowdy By MIRIAM HORN This hilariously twisted comedy of anachronism is goofier than a salon but not quite a full-blown farce. [ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | JESSICA MOLASKEY The Hidden Depths of a Ditty and the Evils of Capitalism By STEPHEN HOLDEN Complicated, compelling, and worth seeing more than once, Jessica Molaskey is a performer incapable of dishonesty. [ NYP ] MOONSTRUCK BY UTE By FRANK SCHECK SHE may be performing at the Caf� Carlyle, but the best place to see Ute Lemper would have been in Weimar Germany. News: [ HC ] Stage's 'Othello' Has Unusual Casting by Frank Rizzo [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER Ben Stiller in Talks With Public Theater; Changes for TKTS; Dame Edna Extends Stay [ DN ] Newsline More of the Dame; Julianna gets intimate [ BH ] Hub show features Dennehy in role of blacklisted writer By Robert Nesti "I hope the piece can be a real learning experience for people to learn about something they know so little about," the two-time Tony Award winner said yesterday during a press conference at the Boston Center for the Arts. [ P ] Boston Run of Trumbo with Dennehy Extends Before Performances Begin [ BS ] League: B'way Sales Rise, Other Stats Stubbornly Stagnant [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 20 [ P ] Scott Schwartz to Direct New Reading of Musical The Me Nobody Knows [ P ] Three Women and a Bus: Eartha Kitt Stars in Expectations Jan. 20-30 at Stamford Center [ P ] Jeff Daniels' New Comedy, Norma & Wanda, a Tale of Sibling Revelry, Premieres Jan. 20 [ P ] The Thing About Men Gets Chicago-Area Debut Jan. 20; Pullinsi Directs [ P ] Sarah Jones' bridge & tunnel Plays Pre-Broadway Workshops at Berkeley Rep [ P ] Re-Cast Fiddler on the Roof, With Fierstein and Martin, Celebrates a Jan. 20 Broadway Opening [ P ] White Christmas May Receive Multiple Productions in 2005 [ P ] GLAAD Media Awards Nominees Include Bare, La Cage and Dog Sees God Features: [ BS ] 'Flight' of Imagination (and Hard Work) "It was the red seats," admits Charlayne Woodard, on a break from rehearsals for the premiere of her first multicharacter play, Flight, opening this weekend at Center Theatre Group's new Kirk Douglas Theatre. [ BS ] Rights Make Delights To bring pet projects to fruition, self-starting actors sometimes find themselves rolling up their sleeves and getting involved in nitty-gritty business details, particularly when negotiating for the licensing rights to plays. [ TS ] Invading Blue Men give T.O. a taste by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN 15-minute romp staged for media [ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES So We're Talking Raft Over Troubled Water? By JOYCE WADLER KIM CERMAK GARFUNKEL had a one-night-only gig at Au Bar on Monday night, singing SONDHEIM and LOESSER and such. [ B ] PHOTO OP: Fun, Laughs, Good Time Checking Out Sweet Charity posted at 1/20/2005 08:15:25 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Wednesday, January 19, 2005 [ B ] Revivals: An Update by Ken Mandelbaum News: [ ND ] Just the ticket(s) BY RHODA AMON After club�s buy of seats to his show went sour, comic�s remedy was Crystal-clear: gift of 55 replacements Thanks to NYNance on All That Chat for the link! [ B ] Jenna Russell to Play Sarah Brown in London's Upcoming Guys and Dolls [ P ] "The Simpsons" Actress Yeardley Smith Brings Her More to Los Angeles [ P ] Menzel in Good Spirits Post Wicked Accident [ P ] Dame Edna Extends Vengeance Run Through June 4 [ P ] York's "Mufti" Season to Include Rosewater, Jamaica and Darling of the Day [ P ] Additional Dates Announced for Lea Salonga Tour [ P ] Tevye TV: Harvey Fierstein Appears on "The Late Show" Jan. 19 [ P ] Greene, Kazan, Warren and Tilly Part of Women Behind Bars Reading [ P ] Address Unknown Added to George Street Playhouse Season [ P ] Avenue Q's D'Abruzzo Featured in Another Saturday Night in New York Concert [ TM ] D'Abruzzo et al. to Perform Songs from New Musical Another Saturday Night in New York at Donnell Library [ P ] Concert to Benefit Matthew Shepard Foundation Will Feature Batt, von Essen, de Haas, Hewitt and Rodriguez [ P ] Jackie Hoffman Continues Kvetching in Hollywood, Jan. 21 and 23 [ TM ] Film Version of The Exonerated to Air on CourtTV [ TM ] GLAAD Announces Nominees for 16th Annual Awards [ TM ] Broadway Bears VIII Auction Slated for February 20 [ B ] Broadway Grosses: Happy Harvey Reviews: [ TB ] Sound Advice: Best Vocal-Instrumental Albums of 2004 by Jonathan Frank [ TM ] The House of Bernarda Alba Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo [ SUN ] Arden's Ideas, Foreman's Frontiers by JEREMY McCARTER Sir Peter Hall lets Shakespeare be in "As You Like It"; "The Gods Are Pounding My Head" explores Planet Foreman. posted at 1/19/2005 04:23:01 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ NYP ] BEACHED BOYS By MICHAEL RIEDEL IT'S an open secret on Broadway that the latest loser from Dodger Theatricals � the production company whose motto could be "Flops R Us!" � is "Good Vibrations," currently in previews (and apparently at sea) at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. [ DN ] Trump musical has him fired up By RICHARD HUFF Somewhere David Merrick is spinning in his grave. Features: [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Kaye Ballard's new memoir leaves Filichia longing for more about the stars and shows that figured in her lengthy career. [ SFC ] Her mom, as much as ACT, prepared Anika Noni Rose By Steven Winn [ SFC ] Tonya Pinkins is ready for success. She wants more than just finding the humanity in the bad guys she plays -- and she'll probably get it. By Steven Winn Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above. [ BS ] Coupling Back Stage West spoke to Eva Marie Saint and Jeffrey Hayden during their lunch break about working with one's spouse, the demands of glamour, and the latest of many collaborations during their 53-year marriage-- a concert reading of Randy Myers' Touch the Names, about the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. [ BH ] African American fest makes 'Ascension' By Robert Nesti Jacqui Parker is well aware that it's risky to produce a theater festival in January, when a cold snap or snowstorm can put it in jeopardy. "But," the Elliot Norton Award-winning actress and administrator said, "people need to go out; and, like I say, January may be the coldest month of the year, but we've got the hottest theater in town." News: [ V ] B'way PR vets bow shingle Broadway has a new publicity firm, as longtime press agents Bill Coyle and Jeremy Shaffer have joined to firm Shaffer-Coyle Public Relations. They open shop at 325 W. 38th St. on Feb. 7. [ NYT ] Peter Zeisler, 81, Co-Founder of Guthrie Theater, Dies By DAVID CARR Peter Zeisler helped found the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and was for many years executive director of the Theater Communications Group. [ IBDB ] Peter Zeisler's Broadway Credits [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER [ BS ] Humana Fest Selects 2005 Playwrights [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 19 [ P ] Tony Nominee Blumenkrantz Among Songwriters of a Quartet of Short Musicals, The Living End [ P ] Heigh-Ho! Pop Group Barenaked Ladies Will Score Shakespeare's As You Like It Reviews: [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE GODS ARE POUNDING MY HEAD! (A K A LUMBERJACK MESSIAH)' Lumberjacks Get the Blues in Foreman Land By BEN BRANTLEY "Gods" is as majestically mad and funny as any Richard Foreman spectacle, but it also leaves you feeling more than a little sad. [ VV ] Foreman Has The Chops by Michael Feingold A kinder, gentler image theater sings a requiem for the barely surviving heart of the world [ VV ] Sightlines: Transforming The House Of Mirth Into a Hall of Beautiful Images by Rachel Wetzsteon Innocents [ ATW ] Wharton's 'Mirth' Beomces Hypnotic Theater-Dance Piece in Innocents Review by Andy Propst [ ATW ] Lorca's Monstrous Matriarch - Bernarda Alba - Returns Review by Andy Propst [ ATW ] Cult Film Harold and Maude Sweetly Reconceived as Musical Review by Andy Propst [ VV ] Imperialist History as Marxist Pageant and Brechtian Ballad by Charlotte Stoudt Belize [ VV ] Stage Left: An Introspective and Highly Sequined Musical Cabaret by Alisa Solomon posted at 1/19/2005 08:18:29 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Features: [ TM ] Isn't That Annoying? By: Craig Coursey A primer on how to behave when you attend the theater. [ NYT ] Devoted Students Rally to Help a Music Teacher By DANIEL J. WAKIN Former students of Helen Hobbs Jordan, teacher to stars like Bette Midler and Melissa Manchester, are holding a benefit this month to help pay her rent. [ B ] PHOTO OP: Stars Light Up Broadway Festival Reviews: [ TM ] The Siegel Column Ute Lemper sizzles at the Caf� Carlyle and Sam Harris soars at Joe's Pub but, as far as Barbara and Scott are concerned, Aphrodisiac flunks at PS 122. News: [ P ] White Chocolate Melts Off-Broadway Jan. 30; U.K. Staging Next [ B ] Off-Broadway's White Chocolate to Close on January 30 [ P ] Stage Stars Harris, Hoffman, Hunt, Newman Fill HBO Films "Empire Falls" [ TM ] Albee, McCann, Richards, and Thomas Speak at Drama Desk Seminar [ P ] Ruth Warrick of "All My Children" Is Dead at 88 posted at 1/18/2005 08:22:24 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link News: [ R ] Lloyd Webber may sell entertainment empire Millionaire musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber may soon be singing all the way to the bank after getting an offer for his Really Useful Group, worth up to 500 million pounds. [ B ] The Roundabout Considers Bringing London's Sweeney Todd to B'way [ P ] Broadway Grosses: Jan. 10-16 [ P ] Ben Stiller In Talks to Star in Off-Broadway Debut of Neil LaBute's This Is How It Goes [ P ] Billy Crystal Takes 700 Sundays From Memory to Broadway to Memoir [ P ] Eartha Kitt Stars in Expectations, a New Play by Susan Barsky, at Stamford Center Jan. 20-30 [ P ] Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus and Euridice to Be Part of Lincoln Center Series [ TM ] 2005 Nightlife Awards Update [ TM ] Actress Ruth Warrick Dies at 89 Reviews: [ CU ] Bark! Los Angeles Review posted at 1/18/2005 05:25:35 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ CST ] The unlikely star of 'Spamalot' BY HEDY WEISS In the months leading up to the opening of "Monty Python's Spamalot," it was the well-known triad of male stars -- Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce -- who garnered most of the attention. But on opening night it was the show's girl power that emerged. [ NYT ] Actors Exit One Troupe to Build Another By DINITIA SMITH Disaffected members of the Jean Cocteau Repertory have managed to successfully recreate the troupe's former ideals with the Phoenix Theater Ensemble. News: [ P ] Andrew Lloyd Webber Considering Sale of Four West End Theatres [ B ] Andrew Lloyd Webber in Talks to Sell Four West End Theaters [ B ] As You Like It Added to the Summer's Offerings at the Delacorte [ P ] Public Theater to Offer Two Summer Productions at the Delacorte [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER More Outdoor Shakespeare [ P ] The Apprentice May Be Heading to Broadway [ NYT ] Virginia Mayo, Movie Actress, Dies at 84 By RICHARD SEVERO Virginia Mayo played opposite Bob Hope in "The Princess and the Pirate," cavorted with Danny Kaye in four of his early comedies and was badly abused by James Cagney in "White Heat." [ LAT ] Actress Virginia Mayo Dies By Dennis McLellan [ IBDB ] Virginia Mayo's Broadway Credits [ TS ] Panasonic ponies up millions to rename theatre by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN The name game continues in Toronto theatre. [ B ] New Mom Elizabeth Parkinson to Return to Movin' Out Company in February [ B ] Ben Stiller Tapped for Stage Return in LaBute's This Is How It Goes at Public [ B ] Will Kelly Osbourne Play Tracy Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray? [ INQ ] Inqlings | The senator and Sheryl Lee set summer nuptials By Michael Klein [ P ] Caroline's Jenkins to Offer Phenomenal Woman in March [ P ] Twentieth Century's Heche to Star in WB Comedy Pilot [ P ] Corin Redgrave�s London King Lear Begins Jan. 18 [ P ] From Ruth to Roxie: Wonderful Town's Shields Confirms Role in London Chicago [ P ] Spelling Bee Folk Head to the Chatterbox Jan. 20 [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 18 [ P ] Jessica Molaskey Makes Solo Algonquin Debut Jan. 18 [ P ] Jekyll's Cuccioli and Taboo's Carlson Star in Lorenzaccio Beginning Jan. 18 [ P ] Psycho-Sexual Triangle Stirs in Primary Stages' Sabina Off-Broadway [ P ] Arliss Howard Is Father to A Number of Sons in Off-Broadway Churchill Work [ P ] Malcolm Gets to Reprise Role in A New Brain Reprise! Concert; Chamberlin and Morrow Cast, Too [ P ] HBO to Tape Whoopi; Tracey Ullman Special, Too [ NYT ] Ruth Warrick, Veteran Film and TV Star, Dies at 88 By DAVID CARR [ DN ] Actress Warrick, 88, dies BY DAVID HINCKLEY Features: [ CST ] Ex-hostage offers blessing for 'Someone' revival BY KEVIN NANCE When Chicago theater producer Dan Roche got the idea last year of producing a revival of "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" (which opens Wednesday at Victory Gardens Theater), the first person he thought of was Terry Anderson. [ P ] Word Play Dana Ivey stars as the mistress of misuse � The Rivals' Mrs. Malaprop [ B ] Fresh Face: David Larsen by Cara Joy David [ WP ] Backstage Mark Russell, Shooting From the Lip By Jane Horwitz "I'm working on a song about Alberto Gonzales, but I can't find a rhyme for 'thumbscrews,' " deadpans Mark Russell. Ba-dum-bum. Plus Kate Mulgrew on "Tea at Five." [ BSUN ] At the Lyric: How to keep the show going on By Mary Carole McCauley Competition, small stage problematic [ B ] PHOTO OP: Show People Descend on Irving Plaza [ B ] PHOTO OP: Stars Greet Oz's New Elphaba [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Albee, McCann, Thomas Among Theatre Luminaries at Drama Desk Panel Discussion [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Whoopi Joins Peters and Jackman in Broadway Hall of Fame at Tony's Di Napoli Reviews: [ NJ ] Time takes its toll on this tale BY PETER FILICHIA Mary Fengar Gail should have learned a lesson in editing from Rod Serling. [ WP ] 'Tattooed Girl': Less Than Novel Onstage By Peter Marks [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA' A Hothouse With a Maid Who Can Crack Wise By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON The Pearl Theater Company's take on Federico Garc�a Lorca's portrait of desire lacks the smoldering pauses and passion that permeate the play. [ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SECRET IN THE WINGS' Bumps Along the Road to That Happy Ending By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Mary Zimmerman refracts a handful of mostly obscure fairy tales through her distinctive aesthetic in her play at the McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, N.J. [ ATW ] Gehri Dosti: Five Diverse Plays Tackle Gay Issues in Southern Asia Review by Andy Propst [ ATW ] A Father and Son Work to Start Their Own 'Winning Streak' Review by Andy Propst [ ATW ] CDs in Brief: Wonderful Town, Brooklyn Review by Andy Propst [ CP ] Diminutive diva a hit at Pops By Mary Ellyn Hutton Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel calls Kristin Chenoweth "My Little Pistol," but she was more like a bombshell Sunday evening at Music Hall. posted at 1/18/2005 01:58:50 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Monday, January 17, 2005 [ ABC ] In Memoriam: Ruth Warrick 1916-2005 Ruth Warrick, one of ALL MY CHILDREN's original cast members as the portrayer of Phoebe English Tyler Wallingford, died on January 15 in her New York City home of complications from pneumonia. She was 88. Thanks to Deirdre on All That Chat for the link. [ IBDB ] Ruth Warrick's Broadway Credits [ Z ] Goldberg, Ullman Return for HBO Comedy Specials Taping later this month at New York's Lyceum Theatre, "Whoopi Goldberg: The Spook Show" will be based on her recent one-woman show "Whoopi: Back to Broadway." [ OS ] Latest Modern Millie is thoroughly hard-working By Elizabeth Maupin You might think that Millie Dillmount and Darcie Roberts have a lot in common. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link. posted at 1/17/2005 05:56:49 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link [ P ] London's National Theatre Plans Version of Tristan, DV8 Show and Steven Knight Debut Play [ P ] "90210" Star Joins Los Angeles Cast of Albee's Tony Winner The Goat [ P ] London's Festen Welcomes New Cast Members and Announces Extension [ P ] Tony Winner Hensley to Star Opposite LuPone in Kennedy Center Regina [ P ] Avenue Q Tony Award Winners Sign with R&H Org's Williamson Music [ P ] SNL's Sweeney Not Yet Letting Go as World Premiere Extends for Third Time in Los Angeles [ P ] Chicago Playwrights Essmann and Healy Win 2004 Heideman Award for Ten-Minute Works posted at 1/17/2005 03:33:10 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Reviews: [ B ] CDs: Nathan Lane Is a God by Ken Mandelbaum THE FROGS (PS Classics) News: [ B ] Max von Essen to Replace Lennon-Bound Chase in Paper Mill Baker's Wife [ P ] Max von Essen Joins Paper Mill's Baker's Wife [ P ] Hairspray's Vilanch to Host Nightlife Awards; Ripley, Danza, Bergen and McArdle Join Ceremony [ P ] The Exonerated with Dennehy, Glover, Sarandon Set to Debut on Court TV Jan. 27 [ P ] Bernhard and Imperioli Join Star-Studded MCC Benefit [ P ] Irish-American Exchange Has LaBute, Friel Works Set for Ireland; McPherson NY-Bound [ P ] Blazer and Sutherland Part of Jan. 20 Ricky Ian Gordon Concert [ P ] Howard Feuer, Casting Director, Dead at 56 [ P ] Alice in Wonderland � with Wicked's Chenoweth � Postponed [ P ] "Fockers" Slips to 2 at Box Office; "Phantom" Holds at 9 [ P ] Close and "Closer" Among Golden Globe Winners [ P ] Jan. 17 Duplex Concert Celebrates Scott Alan; Wicked's Block Withdraws posted at 1/17/2005 01:24:53 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Features: [ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary Put away your books, notes, and cast recordings: It's time for the Broadway University Midterm Exam. [ TM ] All Over the Map By: Adam Klasfeld and Dan Bacalzo Joyce Carol Oates on The Tattooed Girl in D.C. Plus: Forbidden Vegas in Las Vegas and The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen in Chicago [ CST ] Korean-themed production to mix theatrical, culinary BY MISHA DAVENPORT If the show "Cookin' " -- opening tonight at the Chicago Theatre -- were a dish, its main ingredient would be Nong-ak. [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Welsa Whitfield Brings a Dose of Pure Imagination to NYC [ P ] PHOTO CALL: "Sex and the City" Star Wonders Whose Life is it Anyway? on London Stage Reviews: [ TB ] Scientific Americans Review by Lindsey Wilson [ CU ] The Eyes of Babylon [ NYer ] MAD WOMEN by HILTON ALS �K.I. from �Crime� � and �Belize.� [ NJ ] 'Crime' transcends language barrier: Actress fleshes out slice of Dostoyevsky novel BY MICHAEL SOMMERS [ NJ ] Scary fairy tales, and a happy ending BY PETER FILICHIA Zimmerman cleverly evokes the terror at the heart of popular children's stories [ B ] Chicago Critics Check Out Brodway-Bound Elvis Tuner All Shook Up [ BS ] The Blacker the Berry the Sweeter the Juice Reviewed By Madeleine Shaner In this one-man show, so many aspects of Mario Burrell are on display that it's never quite clear who the central character is. Is it the sweet-voiced, appealing young man of obvious talents whose bio includes the Broadway company of Rent, and several regional theatre, TV, and movie credits? [ ATW ] Under the Bridge: Light-Hearted Need in 1950s Paris Review by Andy Propst [ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | UTE LEMPER A Shadowy Realm Ill-Met by Moonlight By STEPHEN HOLDEN The fearless theatrical diva reinvents familiar songs by vocally emphasizing the associations of moonlight with vampirism and dementia in her new show at Cafe Carlyle. [ NYT ] DANCE REVIEW | NEW YORK CITY BALLET A Small Boy's Dream Changes People to Animals By JOHN ROCKWELL In Christopher Wheeldon and John Lithgow's "Carnival of the Animals," most of the metaphorical equations are apt, and the ensemble dancing is first rate. News: [ TM ] Ricky Ian Gordon to Perform at LGBT Community Center on January 20 [ TM ] Marx and Lopez Sign With Williamson Music [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly by SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 17 [ P ] Rubin-Vega, Creel and Arden Team Up for Jan. 17 Concert [ P ] Broadway Talks Series Spotlights Democracy, La Cage, Jewtopia and Little Women [ P ] F. Murray Abraham to Discuss Shylock at 92nd Street Y's Makor [ P ] Wicked's Stephanie J. Block Part of Jan. 17 Duplex Concert [ P ] Company Manager William Conn Remembered at Jan. 24 Memorial [ P ] Mexican Playwright Jorge Kuri Conjures Up a World of Bitterness and Stolen Hearts at La MaMa [ P ] "As Time Goes By": Actors' Fund to Present All-Star Reading of "Casablanca" posted at 1/17/2005 07:39:30 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link Sunday, January 16, 2005 [ CST ] 'All Shook Up' a fun mix of the King, Bard BY HEDY WEISS Though derivative in almost every way, shape and form -- including the now-trendy use of established songbooks spun around newfangled storylines a la "Mamma Mia!" -- the show also is surprisingly enjoyable. [ CT ] 'All Shook Up' an efficient tale full of Elvis Production an amiable, brainless love story with surprising appeal By Michael Phillips It may well end up being one of the better songbook musicals, which may not say much, but . . . well, it may not say much. [ LAT ] 'Alice' falls off opera schedule by Chris Pasles Opera enthusiasts looking at Los Angeles Opera's announcement of its 2005-06 schedule wondered what had happened to Unsuk Chin's "Alice in Wonderland," starring Kristin Chenoweth, which the company had announced last April for the coming season. [ NYP ] PAGE SIX UMA Thurman might need some dubbing in the movie version of "The Producers." Features: [ B ] Q & A : Sutton Foster [ P ] CHANNELING THEATRE: Ruben Santiago-Hudson, S. Epatha Merkerson and George C. Wolfe Chat About "Lackawanna Blues" [ DN ] Cantone, covert cook By ROSEMARY BLACK Mom�s chiding didn't deflate actor' love for baking [ NYT ] The Most Welcoming Theater in London By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE At London's National Theater, where Nicholas Hytner is artistic director, everyone is invited: Dick Cheney, Greeks, Mike Leigh and those who can only afford $20 tickets. [ NYT ] A Distinguished Director Named Dad By DAVID EDELSTEIN Sir Peter Hall is directing his daughter, Rebecca, a young woman with little formal training but apparently even less fear, in "As You Like It" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. [ TS ] The king of pain by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN In a world of random acts of violence and inexplicable loss, we need something to hope for. Tennessee Williams' answer was simple: `Pain can purchase perfection.' [ CT ] Intimately acquainted with success By Chris Jones Lynn Nottage adds 'Intimate Apparel' to her list of plays that keep critics abuzz and everyone guessing [ MN ] Mixed reception doesn't dim playwright's pride in musical By Karen D'Souza Tony Kushner must be the most charismatic telemarketer ever. Thanks to American Theater Web for the link! [ BS ] Face Time You probably recognize William Sadler, but it may take you a few minutes to figure out where you know him from. [ NYP ] HAWKE'S NEW PREY By RUSSELL SCOTT SMITH [ NYT ] Actors You've Never Heard of Are Becoming the Ones Heard Most By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN Most of the narrators who record audiobooks are actors you probably wouldn't know if they jumped out of your soup. [ ND ] Shepherding Shepard at the White Horse BY STEVE DOLLAR It would be easy to confuse the White Horse Theater Company with a repertory group devoted exclusively to producing the dramas of Sam Shepard, perhaps the signature American playwright of the past 30 years. [ V ] Brits hit right note with tunes Fresh approaches revitalize genre in Blighty Thanks to a Broadway production climate of financial and creative conservatism, Tony voters might be struggling in May to fill nomination quotas in the tuner categories, both new and revival. [ BS ] Going Both Ways At the 2004 New York ActorFest, casting director Joseph McConnell moderated a panel of his professional colleagues, examining their considerations in casting actor talent for stage, film, and television. The actor-oriented seminar, titled "Going Both Ways: Adapting Yourself for Stage and Screen," became a roundtable discussion, revealing important insights from five of New York's major players. [ P ] PHOTO CALL: Cast of Popular Show Pieces Together Some Relief for Tsunami Victims [ B ] PHOTO OP : Fans Get a Taste of Brooklyn at CD Signing News: [ NYT ] Howard Feuer, 56, Dies; Cast Films and Many Broadway Shows [ IBDB ] Howard Feuer's Broadway Credits [ HC ] Assessing Theater-Building Projects As New Era Dawns by Frank Rizzo [ LAT ] La Jolla subscribes to a full-year plan By Irene Lacher The bold theater company raises the curtain on a new year and a new era with its freshly completed $16.5-million complex. [ BS ] Meltdown at Alaska Theatre Confab? Founder Resigns From Valdez Conference; Albee Not Participating [ BS ] AEA Nays Canuck Blue Man In a show of support for Canadian Equity, Actors' Equity Association has ordered its members not to perform in the Canadian production of Blue Man Group. [ V ] Irish get peek at LeBute, Friel One-person show slated to start in fall [ NYT ] Arts, Briefly 'Vibrations' Slows Arrival [ P ] Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 16 [ P ] Broadway's Taylors Star in World Premiere of Charlayne Woodard's Flight in L.A. [ P ] Q's Tartaglia to Offer AD-LIBerty in February [ P ] 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards Presented Jan. 16; "Phantom" and "Closer" Up for Top Honors [ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Cast and Songs From William Finn's Spelling Bee [ P ] Murney and Gasteyer to Be Part of March 7 Marcy and Zina Show [ P ] New Album from Wicked's Chenoweth Due in April [ P ] John Malkovich Is a WWI Hungarian Pol in Steppenwolf's Lost Land, March 31 posted at 1/16/2005 10:19:21 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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