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Interesting news regarding Kander and Ebb's "Curtains" and "The Minstrel Show," and Encores!' Jack Viertel on the possibility of public presentations for unproduced shows.
"Cy's death is untimely, but the circle is complete because he started with jazz," Gelbart said.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
Even by the undistinguished standards of Allen's recent films, this is a pallid effort.
All hail Billy Crystal, the new king of Broadway!
His "700 Sundays" took in $635,476 for six previews, pushing the one-man show into the No. 6 slot on the top 10 chart.
'Like Jazz', the musical that bowed at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A., is getting the backing of TransAmerica and will definitely bow on B'way in the fall.
Cy Coleman's funeral (third item); Cathy Rigby (fifth item).
(Variety) — The road joined Broadway in getting a huge boost during Week 24 (Nov. 8-14), as grosses jumped 19.9% to $14,285,502.
Broadway iconoclasts Georges and Albin are swimming against the tide.
(Variety) — The stagehands union rattled its sabers at a Sunday meeting and voted unanimously to authorize its leadership to call a strike against Broadway theaters.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
While "Copenhagen" made distinct gains in its transatlantic crossing, acquiring warmth and texture, the Broadway transfer of National Theater hit "Democracy" loses out on several counts.
Tommy Chong, recently released from jail for selling pipes that could be used for smoking dope, makes his Off Broadway debut in the long-running "The Marijuana-logues."
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Review by Chris Jones, Variety
Review by David Rooney, Variety
The comic brilliance is intact, but two decades of celebrity from film and television roles, a talkshow and a sitcom have taken their toll on Goldberg's humility, making her a far less giving performer, less willing to shed her own persona and slip seamlessly inside another character.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
Perhaps somewhat hastily hustled together to hit the boards during election season, the play trades knowingly in the current climate of fear. While its political satire is blunted by unsound plot logic, the vigorous staging and performances nonetheless make for dynamic theater.
Review by Robert Koehler, Variety
While the writing is at times crisp, it circles its themes repetitively and presents them with an irritating pretentiousness.
Although Caroline is superbly played by Tony nominee Pinkins, and Kushner has written her with uncompromising honesty, she remains a remote, unsatisfying centerpiece for a musical.
Road grosses rose 4.4% to $11,914,350 during Week 23 (Nov. 1-7).
Review by Dennis Harvey, Variety
Bad news: Makers of this stage adaptation have kept the thing most disposable about the movie, the plot. Good news: This song pastiche is so packed with brightly staged, well-chosen Irving Berlin numbers that the storyline barely registers.
Jeff Whitty nabbed a Tony for his first book for a musical, "Avenue Q." Now the author of "The Plank Project" -- a parody of "The Laramie Project" about a 1,000-pound transvestite who falls …
For the past five weeks, gross and paid-attendance numbers look frighteningly close to what Broadway produced post-9/11.
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Review by David Rooney, Variety
