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Saturday, January 12, 2002 ![]() ![]() In the age of Pentium IV-powered personal computers, "The Fantasticks" is a quill pen and inkwell. In the age of the microwave oven, it's a wood stove. ![]() ![]() Will Dodger Theatricals turn the Worldwide Plaza Cinemas into off-Broadway theaters? ![]() ![]() Estelle Parsons, Frances Sternhagen and Elizabeth Franz will headline the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater revival of Morning's at Seven, according to Variety. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Alas, The Fantasticks will be holding no more anniversary celebrations at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. ![]() ![]() Marian Seldes flies solo in a special, one-night-only performance to benefit The Acting Company. ![]() ![]() Donna Murphy goes Greek, the Drama League f�tes Liz Smith, and Broadway gets the greatest gift of all. ![]() ![]() A few lessons from Rob Kapilow, who�ll be tuning his inquisitive ears to the American songbook at Lincoln Center on January 27. ![]() ![]() Win free tickets by helping us to brainstorm ideas for terrible shows featuring the music of your fave pop stars by Michael Portantiere posted at 1/12/2002 09:48:02 AM by James Marino | Item Link Friday, January 11, 2002 ![]() ![]() DODGER Theatricals - the veteran producing organization behind "42nd Street," "The Music Man" and "Urinetown" - may be getting into the real estate business.
![]() ![]() Thesp to adapt his play, original cast to star USA Films and Working Title Films have teamed up to send Neil LaBute's latest Off Broadway play, "The Shape of Things," straight to the bigscreen with the original cast intact.... Full Story ![]() ![]() 'Morning's at Seven' latest addition ![]() ![]() 'FLICKER" offers something so intriguingly unique and original that it's well worth seeing despite some rather serious flaws. ![]() ![]() The Bat Theatre Company production of Anne Nelson�s The Guys, which ran for two sold-out weeks in December, is returning to the Flea. (Starring Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Michael Attenborough will be the new artistic director of the Almeida Theatre Company. ![]() ![]() The Boy George musical, Taboo, will begin performances at The Venue three days later than expected. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "...but what I really want to do is direct..." It's coming. You will see. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Marian Seldes flies solo in a special, one-night-only performance to benefit The Acting Company. ![]() ![]() A few lessons from Rob Kapilow, who�ll be tuning his inquisitive ears to the American songbook at Lincoln Center on January 27. ![]() ![]() posted at 1/11/2002 09:20:31 AM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() In Bravo's new reality series, 12 aspiring actors are obviously playing themselves for the camera, trying to outdo one another as personalities with a showbiz future. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() posted at 1/11/2002 05:04:39 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, January 10, 2002 ![]() ![]() posted at 1/10/2002 11:59:04 AM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() An Energetic Scapegoat Butts Back by BEN BRANTLEY The well-spoken fellow who rules the stage in Cornelius Eady's lyrical meditation of a play is a custom-made partner in crime. ![]() ![]() Philanthropy looking to help smaller theaters The Lucille Lortel Foundation has initiated a million-dollar grant program for New York City's not-for-profit theaters. The foundation's action comes in direct response to Gotham's economic downturn as exacerbated by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. ![]() ![]() Mr. Zero, the lead character in the fact-based "Brutal Imagination," is an amiable, articulate man with an easy, self-deprecating sense of humor. This makes it hard to believe he's the chief suspect in the brutal kidnapping and murder of two little boys. ![]() ![]() Ra�l Esparza is set for the Kennedy Center productions of Stephen Sondheim�s Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We Roll Along, according to Variety. ![]() ![]() On Monday, January 17, The Acting Company will present A Very Special Evening With Marian Seldes. ![]() ![]() Hoopz, the Disney musical that documents the story of the Harlem Globetrotters, is set to have its world premiere at Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And today is Karen Rives' birthday... does anyone know what she is up to these days? posted at 1/10/2002 10:19:37 AM by James Marino | Item Link Wednesday, January 09, 2002 ![]() ![]() posted at 1/9/2002 07:45:09 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link ![]() ![]() On Sunday evening, after 17,162 performances, "The Fantasticks" will do the one thing that few thought it capable of. It will close. � Music from 'The Fantasticks' ![]() ![]() Melissa James Gibson's "[sic]" has been extended twice at SoHo Rep, and several commercial producers have expressed interest in moving it to a larger theater. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() St. Ann's hosts Wooster Group's prod'n Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe and Kate Valk star in the Wooster Group's new production, "To You, the Birdie!," which begins performances on Feb. 1. ![]() ![]() Esparza hits the Capital in Sonheim tuners ![]() ![]() East-West fusion dance show to open new Vancouver theater 1/8/02 2:18pm ![]() ![]() Almost 15 years after it opened on Broadway, "Into the Woods," the 1988 Tony-winning Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical, is getting a new song and a new concept for its revival in April. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Composer, orchestrator and arranger Donald W. Johnston died Monday, January 7 of cancer, according to his attorney and friend, David E. LeVine. ![]() ![]() WNYC Radio will broadcast Wallace Shawn�s acclaimed play The Designated Mourner on January 13. ![]() ![]() Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel are hard at work on a musical version of the novella The Light In The Piazza. ![]() ![]() David Warner, who recently graced the Broadway stage with an acclaimed performance in Major Barbara, is returning to West End theater after a three-decade absence. ![]() ![]() Two Broadway shows played their final performances last week: The Rocky Horror Show and Thou Shalt Not. ![]() ![]() HOW do you make a small fortune on Broadway? Start with a large one. Of the seven commercial productions that closed last week or are playing their final performances this week, only two - "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Dance of Death" - have made a profit. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers cast their votes for songs by Irving Berlin and other greats as among the most beautiful ever heard on Broadway. New features on XM Radio: "Those Fabulous Flops" in which XM takes a loving look at shows that didn't do so well on the Great White Way. A current list includes songs from -- All American, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Bring Back Birdie, The Civil War, Darling of the Day, Dude, The Human Comedy, Jennie, King of Hearts, Late Nite Comic, Magdalena, Merrily We Roll Along, My Favorite Year, One Night Stand, Parade, Pickwick, Rags, Rex, Shelter, Side Show, So Long 174th Street and Starmites. You will hear this feature on an average of 4-5 times a day with a song from each show, adding more shows as we go. Also, coming on Saturday and Sunday, the 19th and 20th, Program Director, Bill Schmalfeldt, will be hosting a special on the music of Kurt Weill -- "From Berlin to Broadway: The Curious Style of Kurt Weill." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() posted at 1/9/2002 09:00:24 AM by James Marino | Item Link Tuesday, January 08, 2002 ![]() ![]() Off-Broadway Boston Celebrates BC/EFA Monday, January 14 at 8pm at the Stuart Street Playhouse A favor? If anyone knows John Jeffrey Martin personally, can you have him contact me? Thanks. posted at 1/8/2002 12:30:58 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() Though climate was mild, closings hurt B.O. Every blizzard should arrive on Monday. As snow fell on Gotham Monday, Broadway producers could only give thanks that the storm did not arrive a day or two earlier and KO the weekend B.O. for the first session of 2002 -- which is what happened last year ![]() ![]() An appreciation if the life and career of Eileen Heckart by Michael Buckley ![]() ![]() Songs by Sondheim, Jones & Schmidt, Ahrens & Flaherty, etc. are included on readers� personal lists of the most beautiful songs ever to grace Broadway. ![]() ![]() A candid assessment of the work of some notable choreographers, writers, and actors turned directors. ![]() ![]() Tony-nominated director Christopher Ashley will helm the upcoming national tour of Seussical. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Steven Berkoff is bringing his one-man show, Berkoff is Back, to 45 Bleecker for an eight week limited engagement. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() $285,946 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I worked with Avery about 10 years ago at the Jupiter Theater in Florida, where he was Artistic Director. I was in a production of Show Boat with him where he was Capt. Andy and I was 4th chorus boy on the right. There is no denying that he was out of control on the stage, but the audiences really ate it up. Obits are very factual, and don't really contain the important information. Isn't it interesting that the people who write obits do not really know who they are writing about? If I wrote Avery's obit, here's what I would mention. I felt that Avery was always about what he could give to anyone: laughter to the audience, knowledge and technique to his students, and his personal generousity to me and many others. He will be sorely missed. posted at 1/8/2002 08:59:17 AM by James Marino | Item Link Monday, January 07, 2002 ![]() ![]() posted at 1/7/2002 04:13:00 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link ![]() ![]() DWIGHT Eisenhower was president - and our current president was just shy of 14 - when "The Fantasticks" opened to far from enthusiastic reviews at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, in 1960. ![]() ![]() January 6, 2002 -- There has always been political theater. Even Shakespeare gave his history plays a Tudor slant - probably to please, or at least not displease, good Queen Bess. ![]() ![]() January 6, 2002 -- Ryan Driscoll, who stars as Hermie in "Summer of '42" at the Variety Arts Theater, is the only 18-year-old carrying a musical in New York. Yes, Ryan is very talented and we hope to see lots of him in the future. But carrying the musical may be generous on a few fronts. 'Summer' stands on itself and the fact that he is 18 is not remarkable, especially in light of Laura Benanti really carrying Sound of Music a few seasons ago, on Broadway with much higher stakes, nonetheless. ![]() ![]() I wonder why the story didn't lead with, "As first mentioned on Talkin'Broadway..." ![]() ![]() Although there were nominations in over 100 categories for the 44th Annual Grammy Awards, Broadway fans were waiting for the nominees in the Best Musical Show Album category. ![]() ![]() Christine Ebersole takes a powder, Mufti puts Richard Rodgers on hold, and the great Eileen Heckart loses her battle with cancer. ![]() ![]() On the rebound from 9/11, downtown theater is buzzing with the beautiful and the bizarre. In our never-ending quest for educating our readers, we want to remind you that one can infact, break their coccyx. Please don't do that. It hurts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wait... Atlanta is not "points north and west of the city"... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That headline is not really a "cause and effect" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() posted at 1/7/2002 10:21:19 AM by James Marino | Item Link Sunday, January 06, 2002 ![]() ![]() posted at 1/6/2002 12:04:59 PM by James Marino | Item Link ![]() ![]() LaChanze. Thanks to TB's jim for the link ![]() ![]() posted at 1/6/2002 10:59:54 AM by the other James | Item Link Check out your newspaper for the I Love New York Theater brochure. (The brochure is not in the New York Post.) ![]() ![]() Barbara Cook ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ryan Driscoll ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() See link above for information on a January 9 benefit ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reality TV and Theater !! Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ![]() ![]() Also closing today: The less than sold-out Rocky Horror Show, Thou Shalt Not, and tick, tick.. BOOM posted at 1/6/2002 07:29:36 AM by the other James | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News] |
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