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Saturday, February 12, 2005
[ WP ] Actress Julie Harris's Toughest Lines By Chip Crews
Words Come Hard Since Her Stroke, But Her Passion for the Stage Remains
"A Tree Grows in Broolyn":
[ DN ] This 'Tree' is an evergreen by Howard Kissel
Encores' beautiful revival is a special triumph.
[ NYP ] ENCORES! UP A 'TREE' By CLIVE BARNES
This clumsy, clodhopper of a musical � with its book by the venerable George Abbott and, adapting her own novel, Smith � is at best a poor man's "Carousel," a story of a sweet girl enraptured by a no-good guy who isn't all bad.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN'
Still Looking for Joy Under the Brooklyn Bridge By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The kickoff entry of the Encores! concert musicals series is splendidly sung and staged with evident care.
[ B ] Mine 'Til Sunday by Ken Mandelbaum
Review: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN-Encores!
[ ND ] Branching out to Brooklyn, nostalgically BY GORDON COX
[ B ] PHOTO OP: Looking in on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at Encores!
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'FINDING CLAIRE'
You See That Stranger Over There? She's Your Mother By ANITA GATES
Kim Merrill's play takes you along on the roller-coaster ride of a woman about meet her biological mother for the first time.
Arthur Miller, 1915-2005:
[ NYT ] ARTHUR MILLER (1915-2005)
Original Times theater reviews, articles about and by Mr. Miller, photographs and other resources.
[ NYT ] Miller Recalled as Last of Giants By JESSE McKINLEY
[ ND ] A gigantic loss by Linda Winer
[ LAT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Ordinary people By Lewis Segal
Arthur Miller's Willy Loman, the salesman who was beaten down by the system he so strongly believed in, still has a message for us today.
[ WP ] Appreciation: The Tracks Of Our Tears By Peter Marks
Arthur Miller Dramatized The Pain in Everyday Lives
[ DN ] Icon who rewrote the script by Howard Kissel
[ NYP ] DRAMATIC LIFE & LEGACY OF THEATER'S MISUNDERSTOOD ICON By CLIVE BARNES
IF American drama had its own Mount Rushmore, there hewn out in stone would be the craggy features of Arthur Miller.
[ Y ] The Arts Community Remembers Miller By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer
[ CST ] Miller mined lives of common men BY HEDY WEISS
[ NYP ] DEATH OF A LEGEND By MICHAEL RIEDEL
[ LAT ] Playwright's Classic Dramas Dominated the U.S. Stage By Elaine Woo
[ BH ] Playwright legend Miller pays final call By Terry Byrne
[ TIME ] Death of the Salesman
Richard Corliss on the messages in the life and career of Arthur Miller
[ DFP ] Playwright enriched nation's identity BY MARTIN F. KOHN
[ T ] Why we worshipped classic playwright By Michael Simkins
Like most British actors I grew up with a love almost bordering on worship for the plays of Arthur Miller.
Ossie Davis, 1917-2005:
[ NYT ] Hundreds Mourn Ossie Davis in Harlem By ALAN FEUER
[ ND ] Thousands mourn Ossie Davis By Curtis L. Taylor and Michael Clancy
[ DN ] STAR-STUDDED WAKE FOR ACTIVIST ACTOR OSSIE By LORENA MONGELLI
[ DN ] Many tears BY JOSE MARTINEZ and LEO STANDORA
Celebs throng wake in Harlem for Ossie Davis
Features:
[ TM ] Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
Faith Prince, Jodi Long, Judy Kaye.
[ NYP ] TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE By BARBARA HOFFMAN
How do you spell "enchanted"? That best describes the reaction of a dozen high school students to "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre.
[ WP ] GALA's Grand Entrance By Teresa Wiltz
Curtain Rising on Theatre's Home, Ambitious Goals
[ CSM ] Theaters get 'em while they're young By Kim Campbell
Kids are offered special ticket deals and other perks to help turn them into lifelong fans of the theater.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ BS ] Eight Plays, One Director, Twenty Feet Productions
Marc Silberschatz produces, directs, acts -- and, oh, he does publicity, too. But then, Twenty Feet Productions is his baby and he is determined to get it up and running.
[ LAT ] Tricks up his sleeve By Michael J. Ybarra
Under Chris Smith, the Magic Theatre has thrived critically and commercially.
[ P ] MARQUEE VALUE: Glengarry Glen Ross at the Royale
News:
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
'Vagina Monologues' Offends Uganda; Lane and Broderick, Together Again
[ Y ] 'Mamma Mia!' Comes Home to Sweden By MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writer
[ LAT ] Theater company to change address by Don Shirley
THE West Coast Ensemble has become the second prominent Hollywood theater company to start looking for a new home, on the heels of the recent news that the Actors' Gang is doing the same.
[ B ] Soap Star Paul Anthony Stewart Joins Cast of Fiddler February 15
[ B ] Corey Feldman to Star in Off-Broadway Fatal Attraction Satire Starting 6/30
[ B ] CSC's False Servent Loses Abraham But Gains Plimpton, Buell and Lazar
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 12
[ P ] Bearing Witness: Journals of Actress Fanny Kemble Come Alive in Unbound Feb. 12-March 6 in NYC
[ P ] Billy Porter's "Broadway and Soul" CD Now On Sale; Track List Announced
[ P ] Lea Salonga Kicks Off U.S. Concert Tour Feb. 12
[ P ] Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna Blues Debuts on HBO, Feb. 12
[ P ] Seattle Goes Singin� in the Rain as MGM Musical Begins at 5th Avenue Theatre, Feb. 12
[ P ] Theatre for a New Audience Begins Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Feb. 12
[ P ] Memorial for Phantom Stage Manager Barbara-Mae Phillips To Be Held March 1 at Majestic
[ P ] Which Cast Album Will Win the Grammy Feb. 13? Avenue Q, Assassins, Boy From Oz, Wicked or Wonderful Town?
[ P ] Perchik's Soap Box To Be Taken Over By Soap Star in Fiddler Feb. 15
[ P ] Texas Homos Have More Time to Explain Themselves in Extension in NYC
[ P ] Los Angeles' Taper Nabs America Premiere of Hare's Bush Drama Stuff Happens
[ B ] David Hare's Stuff Happens to Get U.S. Premiere at the Mark Taper Forum
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Friday, February 11, 2005
Arthur Miller, 1915-2005:
[ BBC ] Harold Pinter: My friend Arthur Miller
[ NYT ] AN APPRECIATION
A Playwright Whose Convictions Challenged Conventions By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
[ BBC ] In quotes: Tributes to Miller
[ Y ] Reactions to Death of Arthur Miller
[ Y ] Arthur Miller Wrote Until His Death BY HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
[ CT ] Death of a playwright By Michael Phillips
[ P ] Martin Gottfried to Discuss Arthur Miller on Feb. 11 "Theater Talk"
[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 5-11: The Crucible
On Feb. 11, the edifice of American theatre lost one of the pillars that has help it up for more than half a century.
Reviews:
[ TM ] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ ATW ] Sweet 'Tree Grows' Welcome Opening to Encores! Season
Review by Andy Propst
[ TB ] Barbara and Scott Siegel: The Two of Clubs
Jane Krakowski; KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler; Craig Rubano.
[ B ] Did Critics Cheer The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! Off-B'way?
[ TB ] The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical
Book Review by Alan Gomberg
Features:
[ B ] FRESH FACE: Jenny Powers by Katie Riegel
News:
[ P ] Foster, Graff, Harada, McGovern, Neuwirth, Rivera and More Set for Nothing Like a Dame 2005
[ P ] Royal Shakespeare Company's Summer 2005 Season Announced
[ P ] Fiddler's Harnick to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
[ P ] Jon Lovitz Joins Cast of "Producers" Film
[ P ] Anthony Rapp to Star in Reading of Adam Rapp's Bingo with the Indians
[ P ] Blue Man Group Collaborates on Upcoming Animated "Robots" Score; Performs at Premiere
[ P ] Elementary: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Aiming for Broadway
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[ P ] Broadway Dims Lights Feb. 11 Honoring Celebrated Playwright Arthur Miller
[ Y ] Memorable Lines From Miller Plays
[ Y ] Miller Has Extrodinary Theater Career By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
[ TM ] Legendary Playwright Arthur Miller Dies at 89
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: Death of a Salesman - 1949
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: After the Fall - 2004
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Man Who Had All the Luck - 2002
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Crucible - 2002
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Ride Down Mt. Morgan - 2000
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Price - 1999
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: Death of a Salesman - 1999
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: A View From the Bridge - 1997
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: All My Sons - 1997
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: Broken Glass - 1994
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: Death of a Salesman - 1984
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The American Clock - 1980
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Price - 1979
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Price - 1968
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: Incident at Vichy - 1964
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: After the Fall - 1964
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: A View From the Bridge - 1955
[ P ] Arthur Miller Retrospective: The Crucible - 1953
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[ NYT ] Arthur Miller, Legendary American Playwright, Is Dead at 89
[ IBDB ] Arthur Miller's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Legendary Playwright Arthur Miller Dead at 89
[ P ] Renowned Playwright Arthur Miller, Author of Death of a Salesman, Is Dead at 89
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[ NYP ] DEATH WATCH FOR PLAYWRIGHT MILLER By MICHAEL RIEDEL
FAMILY and friends are gathering around the bedside of Arthur Miller, the 89-year-old giant of the American theater, who is battling cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.
[ LAT ] 'Stuff Happens' at Mark Taper Forum By Don Shirley
The hit British drama on the Iraq invasion is Gordon Davidson's choice for his final production to direct.
[ V ] Roundabout's out of League
Theater co. leaves trade org
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee":
[ NYT ] Winning Its Early Round, 'Bee' Hopes for Broadway By JESSE McKINLEY
[ Y ] 'Spelling Bee' Likely to Hit Broadway By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
[ NYP ] A SOMETIMES FUNNY 'CHORUS LINE' L-I-T-E By FRANK SCHECK
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is sometimes charmingly funny, sometimes cloying and precious. That's "P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S."
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
When it comes to on-time performance, do dentists, doctors, trains, buses, or plays have the best track record?
[ NJ ] Cabaret singer may serenade you BY PETER FILICHIA
Those who attend either of Ann Hampton Callaway's cabarets at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark could wind up as part of the show.
[ DN ] How a 'Ghetto' kid got saved by B'way By ISAAC GUZMAN
Billy Porter's life was saved while he was washing the dishes.
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Chatting with Fiddler's Andrea Martin Plus News of Greene, LaMott and Orfeh
[ DN ] '1966' means going to a go-go By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
[ NJ ] City marks centennial of musical wizard: Beyond the Rainbow' salutes Arlen's songwriting skills BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
"Beyond the Rainbow" is a new exhibition packed with Arlen memorabilia that opens Tuesday at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
The Siegels aren't picking up Good Vibrations but they did spend a rewarding seven hours at Birdland on Monday night.
[ NYT ] TV WEEKEND | 'LACKAWANNA BLUES'
Holding Fast to Dreams in a Destitute World By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
HBO's film of segregation in New York is at its best when it captures the fleeting joys of lost days
[ USA ] HBO's bright 'Lackawanna Blues' holds sway By Robert Bianco
* * * * (out of four)
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | AMERICAN SONGBOOK
A Tycoon Gambles on Greed, Then Love By ANNE MIDGETTE
"Casino Paradise," a musical about a wealthy developer, as seen at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, has a certain na�vet� and lacks a focused plot.
[ WP ] 'Member of the Wedding': A Hushed Occasion By Peter Marks
[ BG ] Trumbo works better on page than on stage By Ed Siegel
[ BH ] Prosaic 'Trumbo' still speaks with conviction By Terry Byrne
[ BG ] Moonstruck By Ed Siegel
The ART poetically explores inner and outer space in a hopeful one-man voyage through 'the far side'
[ LAT ] THEATER BEAT: When words become action
"The Savannah Option" proves a refreshingly literate and articulate new play at NoHo's New Place Studio Theatre.
[ DN ] Fine Styne salute is coming up roses by Howard Kissel
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS! � THE MUSICAL!'
See the Idea. Hear the Idea. Steal the Idea. Sing About It! By MARGO JEFFERSON
[ DN ] Singing praises of 'Musical'
[ CU ] The Musical of Musicals (Updated Review)
News:
[ NYT ] Funeral Plans for Ossie Davis
[ BG ] Summer theater planned By Catherine Foster
Including Judy Kaye in "Souvenir" at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
[ BH ] Hotline: Theatre Offensive on the hot seat By Terry Byrne
Tony award winner Faith Prince ("Guys and Dolls") joins Broadway legend Lee Roy Reams as special guests at this year's Hot Seat benefit for The Theatre Offensive.
[ B ] Kevin Spacey's Second Season at the Old Vic to Begin with Richard II
[ TM ] David Edgar to Discuss Pentecost at Ars Nova
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 11
[ P ] Olivier-Winning Shockheaded Peter Begins Off-Broadway Run Feb. 11
[ P ] Nine Actress Stars in Musical Gorilla Man at P.S. 122 March 10-27
[ P ] Philly Big Bang Musical Makes a Noise at Kimmel Center Starting Feb. 11
[ P ] Something Funny's Going On � In Astoria; Lucky Stiff Gets Revival Feb. 11
[ P ] Anna Paquin and Kieran Culkin Star in Gionfriddo's After Ashley Off-Broadway
[ P ] A Doubt Confirmed: Hays, MTC, Berlind and Rudin Will Produce Shanley Play on Broadway
[ P ] Beloved "Pollyanna" and Tony Award-Winning Linda Loman Will Find Sanctuary at Pittsburgh Public
[ P ] Lane-Broderick Odd Couple to Begin Broadway Life Oct. 4
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
Features:
[ TM ] Rising Stars By: Michael Portantiere
Two first-rate singers, Maude Maggart and Jack Donahue, are making their voices heard in cabaret and on recordings.
[ P ] MARQUEE VALUE: Julius Caesar at the Belasco
News:
[ P ] Wanna Be a Part of It? American Theatre Wing Offers College Theatre Students a "Springboard" to NYC
[ P ] Young Jean Lee's New Play Pullman, WA Begins at P.S. 122 March 10
[ P ] Richard Monette Will Step Down as Stratford Fest's Artistic Director in 2007
[ P ] Scoundrels' O'Brien Extends Contract at The Old Globe; Patch Named Resident A.D.
posted at 2/10/2005 03:49:37 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Joanne Bogart & Eric Rockwell
In The Musical of Musicals � The Musical! Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell do double duty: Not only did they write the wickedly funny parody of musical-theatre styles, they star in it.
News:
[ B ] Broderick & Lane Confirmed for B'way Revival of The Odd Couple
[ R ] James Earl Jones Sent to 'Room' for Hallmark By Kimberly Speight (Hollywood Reporter)
James Earl Jones is reteaming with his "Roots: The Next Generations" director Georg Stanford Brown for the Hallmark Channel movie "The Reading Room."
[ P ] Winners of Jonathan Larson Foundation Awards Announced
[ P ] Beyoncé to Sing "Phantom" Song on Academy Awards Broadcast
[ P ] Musical of Musicals�The Musical! Officially Reopens at Feb. 10
[ P ] Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey to Play Richard II at Old Vic
[ P ] "New" Nancy LaMott Recording Soars on Amazon Charts
[ P ] Box Office for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Opens Feb. 14
[ P ] Little Shop's Greene Offers Torch Songs Feb. 17 and 18
[ P ] "Theater Talk" Pays Tribute to Davis and Examines Spring Theatre Season
[ P ] Tony Winner Buckley Part of Broadway Sings the Jews Benefit Feb. 13
[ P ] In Artistic Switch, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Books New Plays for 30th Season
[ P ] "The Wire" Star Set for Mitch; Cast of A Streetcar Named Desire Set
[ P ] Will Mullally, LuPone and Chenoweth Share a Concert Bill?
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[ LAT ] Patch moves to Old Globe By Don Shirley
Jerry Patch, the veteran dramaturge at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, will move south to the Old Globe in San Diego, where he has been named to the newly created position of resident artistic director.
Old Globe artistic director Jack O'Brien has extended his Old Globe contract through the 2007-08 season � but he's taking a pay cut. Patch will have the final say on assembling the Old Globe programming, said the company's executive director, Louis Spisto.
[ B ] Roundabout Delays Passion Play With Plans to Keep Angry Men Deliberating
[ P ] Woman in White Broadway Opening Moved to Spring 2006; Chicago Gets Her First
[ B ] Broadway Woman in White Delays to Spring 2006, Books Chicago Run
[ TM ] The Woman in White to Open on Broadway in Spring 2006
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
"The Woman in White."
[ B ] CDs: Magic Moment by Ken Mandelbaum
In last week's reading of the new musical Cry-Baby, Polly Bergen played the same role she played in the 1990 John Waters movie upon which the musical is based.
CD: THE GAY LIFE (DRG)
Features:
[ NYT ] Sheepshead Revisited By JOSEPH BERGER
Donald Margulies, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who has a new play on Broadway called "Brooklyn Boy," returns to Brooklyn for the first time in 25 years.
[ NYT ] BOLDFACE NAMES
Luckily, No One Asked if She'd Read a Good Book By JOYCE WADLER
Celebrities and several stars of "Lackawanna Blues," the HBO adaptation of RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON's play about growing up in a boardinghouse in a black community, showed up for the premiere at Chelsea West Theaters on Monday.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Megan Mullally: "This summer I'm hoping to put together some concerts with Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth."
[ P ] She's Got a Way: New Mother Parkinson Happy to be Back as Brenda
[ BS ] With Love and Dedication By Sarah Kuhn
Jerry Orbach inspired love and admiration from everyone who knew and worked with him.
[ BS ] Halls of Fame By Laura Hitchcock
Sir Peter and Rebecca Hall offer a master class in, well, everything.
[ B ] Video: In Rehearsal: Altar Boyz
[ B ] PHOTO OP: King Curry of Spamalot Visits Jo March of Concord
News:
[ B ] Chris Bauer to Play Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire at Studio 54
[ P ] Second Round: Spelling Bee Musical Extends Off-Broadway To March 20
[ B ] Critically Acclaimed Spelling Bee Extends Through March 20 at 2nd Stage
[ B ] Scoundrels Composer/Lyricist David Yazbek Eyes Stage Version of Shrek
[ V ] Roundabout gets topper
Wolper new managing director of company
[ TM ] Ossie Davis Public Visitation and Funeral Service Scheduled
[ CST ] Steppenwolf's 30th is risky business BY HEDY WEISS
To celebrate its 30th anniversary throughout the 2005-06 season, Steppenwolf Theatre has decided to take five big risks. For the first time in its history its principal subscription series will be made up entirely of new works.
[ BSUN ] At Hippodrome, a long roar from 'Lion King' by J. Wynn Rousuck
The Lion King will play a 14-week engagement, the longest of any touring show in Baltimore theater history, at the Hippodrome Theatre this summer.
[ HC ] 'Wicked' Joins Broadway Lineup At The Bushnell by Frank Rizzo
[ TM ] MTC and StudentsLive! Awarded Producers' League Grants
[ P ] Mint Production of The Lonely Way to Use Gehry Furniture
[ P ] Bat Boy Spotted North of the Border in Canadian Premiere
[ P ] Reefer Star to Produce Austin Pendleton-Directed Broadway Revival of Weller's Loose Ends
[ P ] Friends and Colleagues Will Remember Peter Zeisler, Co-Founder of Guthrie Theater, Feb. 28 in NYC
[ P ] The Four Seasons Musical Jersey Boys Breaks Long Run Record at La Jolla
[ P ] Tony Winners Chenoweth, Cook and Murphy to Be Part of True Colors Celebration in June
[ P ] Broadway Magazine Featured in Feb. 10 Edition of "Jeopardy"
[ P ] Kirshenbaum & Stitt Test New Revue Sing Me a Happy Song at Goodspeed Musicals
[ P ] "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" with Broadway Stars Neuwirth and Late Orbach Airs March 3
[ P ] Broadway's Harris and Egan Guest on New CBS Drama Feb. 18
[ P ] Tickets Now On Sale for Broadway Doubt, Opening March 31; Previews Begin March 9
[ P ] Roland Goes from Jimmy to Graydon in North Shore Thoroughly Modern Millie
[ P ] Viviano Featured in From Puccini to Webber Plus Concerts with Egan, Luker, Gravitte and Racey
[ P ] Andrea Martin and Debra Monk Join "Producers" Film
[ P ] Luker, Anderson and Clow to Celebrate Sheldon Harnick at Feb. 26-28 Concerts
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 10
[ P ] Tony Winner Rivera Guests on "Will & Grace" Feb. 10
[ P ] Walton Brothers Revue The Eyes Are the First Thing to Go Gets Industry Showing in NYC Feb. 10-11
[ P ] A Tree Grows at City Center as 2005 Encores! Season Gets Underway
[ P ] Acorn Antiques Opens at Theatre Royal, Haymarket Feb. 10
[ P ] 29th Street Rep Spends Time Hiding Behind Comets Feb. 10-March 13
[ P ] Dean Armstrong Stars in Canadian Premiere of Larson's tick, tick�BOOM! in Toronto Feb 10-26
[ P ] Fun and Games Begin at Boston's Wilbur Theatre with Virginia Woolf Pre-Broadway Engagement, Feb. 10-March 6
[ P ] Jewtopia to Recoup Off-Broadway; Chicago, Florida and Detroit Runs Planned
[ P ] Kevin Anderson on Temporary Leave from Brooklyn
[ P ] Livent Investors Win $23.3 Million Judgment
Reviews:
[ B ] Did London Critics Pledge Allegiance to National Anthems?
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'DAY OF RECKONING'
A Heroine Who Embraced Reform (and Explosives) By NEIL GENZLINGER
Melody Cooper's play about the anarchist and labor reformer Lucy Parsons is unevenly paced and clumsily staged, but unlike other theatrical efforts associated with Black History Month, it is not hero worship.
[ NYT ] CABARET REVIEW | 'EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES'
A Mix of Cake and Caffeine, and the Songs of Jule Styne By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Two dizzy throwbacks to old-time show business archetypes join forces in a ferociously entertaining tribute to the composer Jule Styne.
[ ND ] Cabbie steers creaky vehicle in the right direction BY STEVE PARKS
The Catholic playwright Mark Sickman has created one of the few leading-man Muslim characters to make it to an Off-Broadway stage: Reason enough to wish his play well. But two years after its first reading, "Taxi to Jannah" still drives as though it's headed to a workshop.
[ ND ] What tree-cutters do when the ax falls BY GORDON COX
A funerary air hangs over the latest offering from avant-garde auteur Richard Foreman.
[ ATW ] The Cherry Orchard: The Family Estate's Going to Be Sold? Ah Well, Nothing to Be Done
Review by Andy Propst
[ CU ] The Cherry Orchard
[ CU ] The Secret Narrative of the Phone Book
[ Y ] Payback Time for 'Shylock' By PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
[ STARS ] MAUREEN McGOVERN, VIBRANT, POWERFUL AND INTENSE, RETURNS TO BROADWAY IN LITTLE WOMEN
By ELLIS NASSOUR
Little Women marks Maureen McGovern's return to Broadway for the first time since 1989. Known as a twice-Grammy Award-nominated singer and concert artist, she's actually never been far away. Her show-stopping solos about loss and longing and moving on leave audiences wanting more. Maybe it's because McGovern has experienced all this in what began as a rocky career.
[ NYT ] Executives Must Pay $23.3 Million to Broadway Investors, Judge Says By JESSE McKINLEY
Former investors in Livent Inc., the defunct Broadway production group, have won a $23.3 million settlement in federal court.
[ NYP ] BLOWIN' IN THE WINGS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
Tony-winner Twyla Tharp has forbidden anyone to talk to the press about her new show, which features tunes from the legendary Bob Dylan.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
A Drama Book Shop panel discussion of cast recordings has Filichia remembering the good ol' days.
[ DN ] Mos knows success BY ISAAC GUZMAN
Grammy nominee and star of TV and movies, he's Def-initely on a career roll
[ B ] Video: Opening Night: Brooklyn Boy
News:
[ V ] 'Jewtopia' recoups Off B'way
Previews to begin in Chicago, Coral Springs, Detroit
Off Broadway comedy "Jewtopia" will officially recoup its $625,000 capitalization Sunday, just 20 weeks after it began previews at the Westside Theater.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 9
[ P ] David Mamet Brings His New Romance to the House He Built, Atlantic Theater Company, Feb. 9
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE CHERRY ORCHARD'
For a Maligned Soul, a Hint of Sympathy By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
In the Classical Theater of Harlem's powerful production of Chekhov's play, an intriguing balance arises between Lopakhin, the bourgeois former serf, and the aristocratic family whose fortunes are all but dried up.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SHYLOCK'
O My Ducats, O My Daughter, O My Sidekick By PHOEBE HOBAN
The most riveting lines in Gareth Armstrong's dissertation on one of Shaekspeare's most memorable characters belong to Shakespeare himself.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SECRET NARRATIVE OF THE PHONE BOOK'
An America of Love, Lies and Oligarchy By ANDREA STEVENS
Gordon Cox's satiric new play, a self-described "romantic comedy hijacked by a conspiracy thriller," falls victim to overearnest lecturing and a convoluted plot.
[ ATW ] The Secret Narrative of the Phone Book: How Much Can We Trust Directory Information?
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] As Henry V Fights in France, Londoners Have a 'Shoemaker's Holiday'
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] Sleeping Beauty: A Dark, Rich Treat
Review by Andy Propst
[ CU ] The Savannah Option - Los Angeles Review
[ VV ] Boroughing in the Past by Michael Feingold
Brooklyn Boy
[ VV ] Politics and Religion in a Timely French Play at Public by David Ng
[ VV ] A Seismograph of our National Self-Indulgence by Charles McNulty
My Price Point
[ VV ] Thalidomide, Shmalidomide: A Determined Star Is Born by Alexis Soloski
The Flid Show
[ VV ] Circling in on Existential Agony by Charlotte Stoudt
Thom Pain (based on nothing)
[ VV ] Spicy Plateful of Rice Still Full of Beans by Michael Feingold
Counsellor-at-Law
[ VV ] The Bad Intentions of 'Good Vibrations' by Michael Feingold
[ INQ ] These 'Good Vibrations' are unsettling, at best By Desmond Ryan
Good Vibrations makes a compelling case for the argument that the next person who thinks it would be nice to cobble together a musical from the Beach Boys' beloved songbook should be run over by a little deuce coupe.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
News:
[ B ] Kevin Anderson Abruptly Leaves Brooklyn for Film Role
Rumors swirled over the weekend that Anderson had left the production for good, amid industry chatter producers were trying to stunt cast the role (with Patrick Swayze among the list of actors who have passed).
[ P ] Slabtown and Garbo in My Eyes Get Denver Center Workshops in Spring
[ P ] Brenda Braxton to Return to Broadway's Chicago Feb. 21
[ P ] Original Tony-Nominated Star Parkinsonto Return to Broadway's Movin' Out Feb. 8
[ P ] Full Cast Announced for Encores! Tree Grows of Brooklyn
[ P ] Liza Penning Screenplay About Life in a Cabaret, and Has CD, Acting and Concert Plans
[ P ] Solo Performer Mike Albo's Book "The Underminer" Published
[ TM ] L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award Nominees Announced
[ TM ] 2005 Richard Rodgers Award Winners Announced
Features:
[ B ] PHOTO OP: Off-Broadway's Spelling Bee Gets High Marks
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: The Spelling Bee Begins at Off-Broadway's Second Stage
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Naughton and Rashad Salute National Corporate Theatre Fund at Roundtable
Reviews:
[ CU ] The Pinter Project
[ TB ] Raw Impressions Music Theatre Marathon 2005
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] Broadway Downtown Series at The Duplex: Sally Mayes, Barbara Walsh
Review by Warren Hoffman
[ TB ] Sound Advice: Reviews of "The Frogs" and "Try to Remember: The Fantasticks" by Rob Lester
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Features:
[ B ] FIRST PERSON
Good Vibrations star Jessica-Snow Wilson discusses her dread of auditions... and how that's nothing compared to beach attire.
[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Christina Applegate
Beginning Feb. 8, the blonde and pretty Christina Applegate will begin carrying a brand-new, Broadway-bound revival of Sweet Charity on her shoulders.
[ B ] Q & A: Adam Arkin by Beth Stevens
[ C ] 'B' Role Gets A+ From Bishop By BILL BRIOUX -- Toronto Sun
KELLY BISHOP agrees that her character on The Gilmore Girls is "a piece of work." The 60-year-old actress, who won a Tony Award on Broadway in the original production of A Chorus Line, can't believe some of the things she gets away with as sharp-tongued matriarch Emily Gilmore.
[ BS ] Black History Month By Simi Horwitz
An Overview of Black Theatre and Lots of Events
[ BS ] Sampling of Salutes to Black History Month
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Television Personalities Behar and Simmons Visit Ruth Brown at Cabaret Opening
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ DP ] Tasty tidbits from a risqu� songbook By John Moore
Actress Jane Krakowski reprises risqu� material from yesteryear on Wednesday.
[ BR ] Those loud thuds you hear are musicals falling By ROBERT FELDBERG
There have been musicals as bad, even worse, before, but I can't remember when there were so many clunkers in a row.
[ NY ] Singular Sensations
Photographs by Oliviero Toscani, Styled by John Vertin
Eighties exuberance returns, flaunted by Broadway's high-kicking hoofers.
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - Reviews:
[ B ] Are Critics Buzzing About William Finn's Spelling Bee at Second Stage?
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE'
The Will to Win Spelled Out With a Lisp By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Can you spell irresistable? Drat! I mean, irresistible?
[ INQ ] The word for it is 'w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l' By Howard Shapiro
Can you spell b-e-t-t-e-r t-h-a-n B-r-o-a-d-w-a-y?
[ Y ] 'Spelling Bee' Has Humor, Heart By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
How do you spell hit? Quite simple, really.
[ DN ] 'Spelling' isn't even 'Bee'-list by Howard Kissel
"Bee" is a cartoon full of strained humor. Given the possibilities of the subject, it's irritatingly sophomoric.
[ WP ] 'Putnam County Spelling Bee': Funniest Thing on Seven Consonants By Peter Marks
[ HC ] Six Young Misfits In A Clever, Funny 'Spelling Bee' By MALCOLM JOHNSON
[ JN ] Spell of success By JACQUES LE SOURD
The show is not for children, but adolescents will love it right alongside the adults.
[ ND ] To bee, or not to bee: 'Putnam' casts a clever spell BY LINDA WINER
[ NJ ] Busy 'Bee' delivers stimulating sting BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ TB ] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'THE CONFESSIONS OF PUNCH AND JUDY'
Warring Puppets Are Human, but Punches Continue to Roll By JASON ZINOMAN
Punch and Judy have been beating each other senseless for centuries as puppets, but two real-life actors do the quarreling in this rigorously performed modern update.
[ CU ] The Confessions of Punch and Judy
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'TEXAS HOMOS'
The Doctor and Preacher, a Secret Exposed By NEIL GENZLINGER
The play about the lives of two secretly gay men as seen at the Abingdon Theater Arts Complex is artfully constructed and convincingly acted.
[ ATW ] Texas Homos: Men Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Review by Andy Propst
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Notes on Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy and Brian Stokes Mitchell's debut club act at Feinstein's at the Regency.
[ ATW ] Gay Romance Explored in Joy
Review by Andy Propst
[ CST ] 'Layla's Dream' follows 'Colored Girls' in style, theme BY HEDY WEISS
Ntozake Shange's new play, "Lavender Lizards and Lilac Landmines: Layla's Dream," suggests that the author -- still best remembered for her groundbreaking 1976 work "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf" -- has lost none of her taste for baroque titles.
[ CT ] 'Layla's Dream' rings affecting and true By Michael Phillips
[ LAT ] A 'Goat' of a different color By James C. Taylor
The actors mine Edward Albee's play about bestiality for laughs but lose its darker side.
[ CU ] A Life in the Theatre � London Review
[ NJ ] Waking turns to curse in twisted 'Beauty' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ BSUN ] Lessons from a toppled tyrant in another time
19th-century play aptly foreshadows current events By Mary Carole McCauley
Oh, if only George W. Bush could have seen the gripping, 19th- century French drama Lorenzaccio before he first was sworn in as commander-in-chief.
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | CRAIG RUBANO
Songs That Bring Us Cheek to Cheek, Only Not Too Close By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The theatrical baritone's formal approach made for a show that was entertaining but limited.
News:
[ P ] Cahoon Is Child Catcher in Broadway's Chitty
[ B ] Kevin Cahoon to Complete Chitty Cast as Child Catcher
[ B ] Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Looks to Record Women, Boyz and Scoundrels
[ P ] Dirty Rotten Cast Album Being Explored; Altar Boyz and Billy Porter Discs Coming
[ P ] That's Hot: Hilton Spoof I Love Paris to Get New Heir-Head
[ P ] Casting Complete for Kennedy Center Mister Roberts
[ P ] Anti-Smoking Legislation Worries West End Theatre Folk
[ P ] Bright Lights' Goodman to Present Tiny Dancer Musical in U.S. and U.K.
[ P ] Lainie Kazan, "Survivor"'s Jerry Manthey and "Seinfeld"'s Liz Sheridan to Be Part of V-Day Vagina Monologues Benefit
[ P ] Museum of Television & Radio to Screen Beyond the Fringe with Bennett, Cook, Miller and Moore
[ P ] Rubin-Vega, Irving, O'Halloran and McGinnis Will Share First Kisses Feb. 13
[ P ] Ragusa to Star in Reading of New Musical Vanity Fair
[ P ] La Cage Star Heads to the Chatterbox Feb. 10
[ V ] 'March' draws 'Best' actors
It looks like a reunion for the 2000 Broadway cast of "Gore Vidal's The Best Man." Chris Noth will join Charles Durning and Michael Learned in the world premiere of the scribe's "On the March to the Sea" at Duke U. in Durham, N.C.
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: Jan. 31 - Feb. 6
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Gem Sparkles in its Final Week
[ V ] B'way can't shake chills
Warmer weather fails to heat Broadway
[ V ] Prexy named for Radio City
Marciano to overlook legendary music hall
[ WP ] Backstage: A Life in Sharp Focus By Jane Horwitz
This fall, if all goes well, University of Maryland theater students and others will be able to view a collection of nearly 400 video recordings of Washington area theater performances dating back to 1993.
Plus director Marshall W. Mason on "The Member of the Wedding."
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Rehabilitating Macbeth
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 8
[ P ] Brian Dennehy Reprises Off-Broadway Role in Trumbo for Boston, Feb. 8-March 6
[ P ] Guirgis and Hoffman Reopen Apostle's Case in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Feb. 8
[ P ] Nancy Dussault Stars in Maugham's The Constant Wife in Miami Feb. 8-March 6
[ P ] Kevin Spacey Opens in London National Anthems Feb. 8
[ P ] Pinkins, Davis, Caroline and Little Night Music Vie for L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards
[ P ] Sweet Charity Begins Its Run at Broadway With Feb. 8-20 Minneapolis Tryout
[ P ] George Street's Lend Me a Tenor � with Fraser and Testa � Begins Performances Feb. 8
[ P ] Goodspeed Musicals' Sue Frost to Exit the Land Where the Good Songs Go
[ P ] An Act to Catch: Musical Comedy Saturday Night at Grossinger's Tells the Tale of Famed Catskills Resort
[ P ] Playwrights Read Work from New "Plays and Playwrights" Anthology on Feb. 20
[ P ] Margulies, Dietz, Lucas Among Finalists for Regional Steinberg New Play Award
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Monday, February 07, 2005
Features:
[ B ] Random Notes on This and That: 2/7/05 by Ken Mandelbaum
[ TM ] Follow Spot: Megan Mullally By: Michael Portantiere
"The funniest woman on TV" is all set to shake up Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
[ P ] The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Registration Roster
Playbill.com takes an exclusive look at William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin and Rebecca Feldman's new musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, focusing on all nine major characters and the actors who portray them.
[ TB ] The New Group: Interview with Scott Elliot by Beth Herstein
News:
[ P ] Patty Duke to Play Meir in National Tour of Golda's Balcony
[ B ] Patty Duke to Play Golda Meir in the National Tour of Golda's Balcony
[ B ] Losing Louis to Replace Simply Heaven in the West End
[ P ] Hampstead�s Losing Louis Gets West End Transfer Feb. 23
[ P ] Family Reunion: The Petersons Meet at Joe's Pub Again on Feb. 7
[ P ] More Tour Dates Announced for Wicked
[ P ] Former NPR Reporter Felde Appears at Michigan Premiere of Her Bosnia Play, A Patch of Earth
[ P ] Harold Prince Working on New Weill-Lenya Musical with Alfred Uhry
[ P ] Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit to Be Recorded By DRG
[ P ] Cabaret Gourmet Feb. 7 Benefit Features Cerveris, Gasteyer and Ziemba
[ P ] Boston Pops Season to Include a Sondheim Celebration
[ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Scoundrels' Lithgow, Butz and Scott, plus The Frogs on "Radio Playbill" Feb. 7-20
[ P ] Corey Feldman to Star in Stage Fatal Attraction
[ P ] Reading of Two Boys in a Bed � with David Drake � to Benefit Rattlestick Theatre
[ P ] Sam Harris to Celebrate Gay Pride at Joe's Pub Concerts
[ P ] Oscar Winner Tomei Joins Cast of LaBute's This Is How It Goes
Reviews:
[ TB ] Disposable Men
Review by Warren Hoffman
[ CU ] Don Carlos
London Review by Charlotte Loveridge
With Derek Jacobi.
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[ B ] Tomei to Star Opposite Stiller & Wright in This Is How It Goes at the Public
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled By BEN SISARIO
Tomei Does LaBute
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Will this week's Encores! production redeem the reputation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?
[ NYT ] Jerry Orbach Still Belongs, and the Pinochle Goes On By JAMES BARRON
[ DN ] The Buzz on 'Bee' By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Musical minds its p's & q's to tap a spellers market
[ ND ] 'Last leading man' goes solo BY BLAKE GREEN
Mitchell heats up February with a cabaret gig, his first, at Feinstein's
[ NYP ] BOMBS AWAY! By JOSH GETLIN
CHANCES are you don't remember a New Yorker cartoon where a grandfather thunders at children gathered around him: "I came to this country with nothing but the hair on my back!"
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'SLEEPING BEAUTY'
When Bad Things Happen to Good Princesses By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
The Young Vic Theater Company of London presents a vigorously staged, grotesquely comic version of the familiar fairy tale at the New Victory Theater.
[ NYT ] MUSIC REVIEW | DARIUS DE HAAS
Re-imagining the Awe That Is Stevie Wonder's By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The fastidious theater singer re-imagined Stevie Wonder's signature songs with an earthy vocal forcefulness at Lincoln Center on Friday.
[ NJ ] She did it all for love ... and a role BY PETER FILICHIA
Actress' desperate measures produce madcap comedy
[ CST ] Ross ably crams 'Rings' trilogy into 60 minutes BY JEFF VRABEL
[ NYer ] PRISONERS OF ENVY by JOHN LAHR
Donald Margulies and David Rabe on the not-so-sweet smell of success.
[ CU ] Brooklyn Boy
[ R ] Review: 'Little Women: the Musical' By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)
[ TS ] The Broad In Broadway Is Back by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Dame Edna.
News:
[ V ] Bay area stages play politics
Brava Theater to bow 'Guantanamo,' Aurora solicits scripts
The 2004 presidential election left theater folk in the famously left-leaning San Francisco Bay area reeling -- and looking for ways to make meaningful artistic statements in the face of an administration they believe stands for everything most nonprofit theaters eschew.
[ V ] Leigh, Gambon return to National
Director's prod'n to open in September; thesp to play Falstaff
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 7
[ P ] Musical of Musicals � The Musical! to Perform at Tower Records
[ P ] Composers Schwartz and Goodman Are Special Guests at Feb. 21 New Voices Concert
[ P ] Hooray for Love! New Voices Collective Stages Valentine Concert Feb. 7, with Songs by Lippa, Heisler, Thalken, Goldrich
[ P ] Off-Broadway Buzz: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Musical Opens
[ P ] Lingoland Begins Previews at York Theatre Company Feb. 7
[ P ] Laura Benanti Premieres Blame It On My Youth Feb. 7
[ P ] "Broadway Spotlight" Shines on Good Vibrations' Burgess Feb. 7
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Sunday, February 06, 2005
[ TB ] Anyone Can Whistle at the Prince Music Theater
Review by Tim Dunleavy
posted at 2/6/2005 01:45:28 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ Y ] 'Sideways' Wins SAG Award for Best Cast By DAVID GERMAIN
For dramatic TV series, the late Jerry Orbach won the actor honor for "Law and Order." Orbach died in December.
"How bittersweet. But it's still sweet," said Orbach's widow, Elaine. "Jerry had a motto: Never leave a hit show. ... May you all never leave your hit show."
Features:
[ DN ] Waiting to wow us BY BILL STEVENSON
The life of an understudy can be a saga of frustration, but a chance to go on can spell stardom
[ HC ] The Prince of Broadway By FRANK RIZZO
Theater Legend, Back With A Touring 'Evita,' Still Calling The Shots
[ NYT ] Gunplay, as Art, Sets Off a Debate By JENNY HONTZ
A U.C.L.A. graduate student's performance art project that involved the use of a gun has prompted two resignations and a debate on the limits of expression at the university.
[ MSNBC ] Fathers and Sons By Brian Braiker
Adam Arkin has returned to the city he still feels is home. He recently spoke with NEWSWEEK�s Brian Braiker about fatherhood, his new Broadway gig and the affinity he has for the titular character.
[ B ] Fresh Face: Laura Shoop by Cara Joy David
[ BG ] Giving voice to a silenced screenwriter By Catherine Foster
Dennehy tackles blacklisted Trumbo
[ CT ] There's something about 'Alice' By Web Behrens
Lewis Carroll's tales have inspired characters songs, movies and even a theater company. How LOOKINGGLASS plans to honor its heritage.
[ NYT ] Audio Slide Show: From Sketch to Stage
William Ivey Long, the costume designer for the Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles," describes the challenges of turning men into chorus girls.
[ NYT ] Where All the Neighborhood Is a Stage By ADA CALHOUN
Over the past few years, Williamsburg, Brooklyn has evolved into a full-fledged theater district. Call it Off Off Off Broadway.
[ NYT ] The Walking Cure By CHOIRE SICHA
Christopher Shinn's sixth play, "On the Mountain," is a testament to the lingering shock of the death of Kurt Cobain.
[ NYT ] DIRECTIONS | SPACE STUDIES
Squeeze Play By ERIC GRODE
In "Yaneura (Attic)," as many as 13 actors cram into a 19-square-foot space a little smaller than a Twister game board.
[ LAT ] Watch. Think. Squirm. By Jan Breslauer
Shock is the point, or beside it, as playwrights confront audiences with unsettling truths.
[ LAT ] A thinking child's theater By Peter C. Brosius
Plays performed live have a tremendous power to engage youngsters, and a nationwide movement is receiving help from writers in doing just that.
[ P ] A Life in the Theatre: Producer Paul Libin
[ WP ] Fury Tales, Plumbing the Depths of Rage By Peter Marks
Rage and blood. Two plays from vastly different epochs arrive on Washington stages in the coming months, each with roots in a bottomless fury.
[ BS ] The Audience Asks About You By Jean Schiffman
What do outsiders want to know about acting, and how much should you tell them?
[ BS ] Living in All Worlds: Working in Film, Theatre, and TV By Gwen Orel
If you want to work in television and film, get your training in theatre first.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ HChron ] What a Hoty By EVERETT EVANS
Tony nominee is devil-may-care in Anything Goes
[ PTR ] LuPone's one-woman concert whirls around 'Matters of the Heart' By Alice T. Carter
[ PPG ] LuPone doesn't shy from getting to the heart of the matter By Johnna A. Pro
Edward Albee:
[ BG ] Its time has come By Catherine Foster
'Virginia Woolf' is back, and what was once shocking now simply seems contemporary
[ OCR ] 'The Goat' not easy to get By PAUL HODGINS
Master playwright Edward Albee offers a few hints about what's going on in his controversial work involving bestiality.
[ LADN ] L.A. gets Edward Albee's controversial 'Goat' By Evan Henerson
[ BS ] Men Behaving Badly By Les Spindle
Veteran actor Brian Kerwin thrives on button-pushing fare.
[ P ] Albee's Tony Winner The Goat with "90210" Star Opens in Los Angeles, Feb. 6
Reviews:
[ WP ] Jessica Molaskey, the Bright New Face -- and Voice -- of High-End Cabaret By Terry Teachout
But that in NOT a picture of Jessica, no matter what the caption says!
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: A New Recording of Sondheim's The Frogs
[ NJ ] Heard but not seen: Gorshin's tribute to George Burns belongs in more intimate theater BY PETER FILICHIA
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'MY PRICE POINT'
Disarming Fury and Self-Mocking Froth By ROBERT SIMONSON
In his latest solo piece, a disarmingly sweet 80-minute harangue, Mike Albo takes sharp aim at celebrity-obsessed consumer culture.
[ WP ] 'Score': Music As Bernstein's Staff of Life By Nelson Pressley
[ INQ ] Writer's comic ear can't save 'Brooklyn Boy' By Desmond Ryan
[ OCR ] 'Boy' makes good By PAUL HODGINS
An improved 'Brooklyn Boy' comes home, and its toughest audience seems to like what it sees.
News:
[ BSUN ] Mechanic Theater's role appears likely to change By Jill Rosen and Lorraine Mirabella
The Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, once the keystone of downtown redevelopment efforts, has been sold to a parking facilities developer and faces an uncertain future that ranges from conversion to a movie theater to becoming rubble.
[ Z ] ABC Goes with Two 'Jakes' on Thursdays
TV Barn.com writes: The single-camera sitcom about a sleazy talent agent starring John Stamos will premiere on Mar. 13 in "Desperate Housewives'" Sunday slot. After that, though, it'll be double-pumping on Thursday nights against "Survivor," "Joey," "Will & Grace" and "The O.C."--lotsa luck!
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A New Gig for Taymor
[ NYT ] Weddings & Celebrations: Joanna Mintzer, Robert Steckman
The bride, 35, is the director of marketing and communications for Camp Broadway, a theater arts education company for children that is based in New York.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 6
[ P ] Sail Away: Wilson's Gem of the Ocean Ends Brief Broadway Run Feb. 6
[ P ] Lone Star Love Rides Into the Sunset Feb. 6
[ P ] World Premiere of Aquila's A Very Naughty Greek Play Has Father and Son on Opposite Political Sides
[ P ] CAP21 Plans Spring Workshop of Musical Six of One, by Loesel & Burkell
Ossie Davis, 1917-2005:
[ WP ] Appreciation: The Star on Life's Stage By Wil Haygood
Ossie Davis Played a Major Role in Civil Rights
[ JN ] Talking with Ossie By PETER D. KRAMER
I called Ossie Davis last week, catching him en route to an engagement. A man answered the phone in his car.
[ NYT ] Ossie Davis, Actor, Writer and Eloquent Champion of Racial Justice, Dies at 87 By RICHARD SEVERO and DOUGLAS MARTIN
Ossie Davis helped widen horizons for blacks on stage and screen while fighting zealously for civil rights from Washington to Hollywood.
[ NYT ] Photographs: The Career of Ossie Davis
[ DN ] Ossie Davis dies at 87 BY DON SINGLETON
Hailed as brilliant actor and activist
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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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