Saturday, March 16, 2002 Blind Item Received: Word on the street is that none other than Harvey Weinstein was brought in yesterday to supervise the ad campaign to save SWEET SMELL. They're putting up major money for a t.v. campaign to fight the nearly universal pans. Expect the commercial to de-emphasize Lithgow and show the leggy chorus girls, ala CHICAGO. Globe and Mail: Broadway goes to the movies again -- but why? [Sweet Smell of Success] posted at 3/16/2002 05:42:20 PM by James Marino | Item Link Toronto Star: E.L. Doctorow serves dinner at the end of the world Script has prescient things to say about Sept. 11th tragedy by Richard Ouzounian Theater Review | 'Miss Evers' Boys': A Tale of a Moral Woman and an Immoral Deception 'A Beautiful Mind' Meets Ugly Oscar Tactics By RICK LYMAN The campaign against "A Beautiful Mind" has struck many in Hollywood as particularly brutal. Prodigal Reviewed by Brooke Pierce Eyre Supply Director Richard Eyre on Arthur Miller and the everlasting pertinence of The Crucible. Charles Nelson's Casts and Forecasts Alan Ayckbourn sets up House at MTC, Monty travels on, and the Roundabout plays host to Edward Albee. Prodigal Review by William Stevenson Photo Op: SWEET SMELL bash - Photos by Bruce Glikas A picture of everyone on Broadway, except Alice Ripley... Ron Raines is Chicago's Newest Billy Flynn As Ken Mandelbaum reported on March 13, Ron Raines will be [Read More] Albee's All Over Set for Gramercy Theatre Edward Albee’s All Over will be the last production of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2001-2002 subscription series at the Gramercy Theatre. The production, imported from New Jersey’s McCarte...[Read More] Cast Changes at CSC's The Underpants Lee Wilkof and Cheryl Lynn Bowers have joined the cast of the Classic Stage Company production of Carl Sternheim’s The Underpants, replacing originally announced company members Fisher Stevens...[Read More] Did Sweet Smell Find Success With NY Critics? The new musical Sweet Smell of Success had a shaky start with critics in Chicago, where it tried out earlier this year. After...[Read More] LIFE IS A DRAG-A-RET By CHRIS WILSON and MARSHA KRANES The groom was not pleased when three Liza impersonators turned up at his bachelor party. I don't usually post Liza stuff -- but how about we all pick dates to see how long this lasts? If men impersonating Liza is going to bother her new husband, the newlyweds have to move to Mississippi to avoid that... PHOTO CALLL: The Sweet Smell of Opening PHOTO CALL: Off-Stage, They Don't Bite: The Leads of Sweet Smell of Success PHOTO CALL: Elaine Paige Congratulates Hamlisch on Sweet Smell PHOTO CALL: 'Don't Look Now': Director Hytner, Kelli O'Hara and Stacey Logan PHOTO CALL: Drawn to the Sweet Smell: Allen, Friedman, Hunter and Orfeh Pinchot and Burns Take Stones on the Road to San Fran, DE, CT New York City Opera Stages Stroman-Ellis Night Music March 7-29, 2003 Ella, Sarah and Ethel, the Ladies of Song, Sing Again in NYC Showcase March 21 Ann Hampton Callaway Will Croon at Brooklyn Center March 16 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 16 Brooks' Brothers Lane and Broderick Exit Producers March 17 DIVA TALK: Kuhn Sings at Lincoln Center, Peters at Radio City and More Middle Ages Sing in Musical Knight Life, Premiering March 15 in CA Cookie Full of Arsenic: NYC's Film Forum Screens 'Sweet Smell of Success' Through March 28 Ian McKellen Is 'Live from New York' March 16 Love, Janis That Much? Off-Bway Joplin Show Offers $100 Top Price Jude Law Returns to London Stage March 18 Unsuitable Girls Begins London Previews April 30 Stevens, Goldenhersh Lose Underpants; Steve Martin Play Now Starts March 21 Albee's All Over Isn't: Roundabout Brings McCarter Staging to NYC Gramercy in June Donna Murphy Takes a Spill, But Helen is Still a Lady Who'll Launch March 19 Sony Classical Will Record Sweet Smell Cast Album March 17 Seattle Rep Premieres Grace and Things in 2002-03 Songwriter Roger Edens' Melodies Linger for Added Shows in NYC, March 19 & 26 Report: Roundabout Assassins Aims for Fall 2003 Audra, Lillias, Bebe & Ann, Bernadette, Chita and More at March 18 Dame Benefit on Bway Right On, Maude! Bea Arthur Adds Actors' Fund Performance March 17 Tom Panko, Dancer-Choreographer Who Assisted Onna White, Dead at 74 Amanda Watkins is Goulet's Nellie South Pacific Tour March 19 Broadway Actor Alan Manson, a Ziegfeld for Barbra, Dead at 83 Falls Stages Gilman's Blue Surge at The Public, Beginning April 9 Kathleen Turner and The Graduate Begin Seducing Bway March 15 PHOTO CALL: Bernadette Peters Releases New CD PHOTO CALL: No Oklahoma!, But Hensley, Moore Like Peters' New CD PHOTO CALL: Butz, Scott Put Last Five Years on the Record PHOTO CALL: Brown Shows 'Em How Last Five Years Is Done PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 2-8: No Column How Jewish is Too Jewish?? Hoffman's Popular Solo Visits NY's Emelin, March 15-17 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 15 Albee, Linney Honored at Lortel Awards May 6; Off-Bway Nominees Announced April 2  Joosten, of "West Wing," Makes Serious Inquiries Only in L.A. March 14-April 14 Chicago's Lookingglass Looks to Zimmerman and Schwimmer in 2002-03 NYC's Vital Theatre Is Dressed in Straight Jacket & Tie April 4-27 Phantom Vet Davis Gaines Appears in Cabaret, in Concert and on Video in 2002 Cliff Roquemore, Director and Producer, Dead at 53 Forbidden Love Reigns in San Jose With Nottage's Las Meninas March 16-April 14 Frame 312 Opens at London's Donmar Warehouse Madonna's London Debut Will Go On NJ's George Street Has Diva Festival May 8-18 Summer Season Announced for London's Royal Court Theatre London's Young Writers Festival Now Accepting Scripts StageDirect Captures Regional Fringe Work on Video New Musical, Frog and Toad, Gets NYC Lily Pad in Fall 2002 After Debut in MN Match Me, Sidney: Musical Sweet Smell of Success Opens on Bway March 14 PHOTO CALL: The Goat or Who Is Bowing? PHOTO CALL: Who Is The Goat? They're Not Telling PHOTO CALL: The Goat Is a Family Affair PHOTO CALL: Noises On: Goat Gains a Cherry Ritter, Kober and Sullivan Are Three Js in J For J at LA's Court March 14-April 21 Elton John and Billy Joel last night at the Garden... those two could do a Broadway show together... And speaking of rock star crossover, the Bruce Springsteen musical "Drive All Night" is had their reading on Tuesday. In the cast were Adam Pascal and Kerry Butler... Arci's Place closes doors in preparation for move to theatre district. posted at 3/16/2002 07:13:08 AM by James Marino | Item Link Friday, March 15, 2002 Aspiring Artist Shot Dead In Botched Rob Jerry Bacasa was a musician and artist. He also tended bar at The Public. His uncle is Walter Durkatz, a theatrical agent. Brian d'Arcy James by Paul Wontorek Illeana Douglas by Paul Wontorek Cast Set For Blue Surge at the Public Steve Key, Sarah Knowlton, Rachel Miner, Joe Murphy and Colleen Werthmann are set to star in Rebecca Gilman’s Blue Surge at The Public Theater. The production, directed by Robert Falls, begins...[Read More] Anthony Clark Named New RSC Director Anthony Clark has replaced Edward Hall as director of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Edward III, according to Variety. As we [Read More] Miss Julie Added to Roundabout's 2002-2003 Season Miss Julie will be part of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2002-2003 season lineup. David Leveaux is set to direct the Strindberg classic for the theater company. The Full Monty Lets It Go For London Critics The Broadway production of The Full Monty officially arrived at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre last night. The West End mounting of the hit musical features original Broadway cast members Joh...[Read More] Charles Dickens to Open April 24 at Belasco Broadway.com has learned that Peter Ackroyd’s The Mystery of Charles Dickens, currently running at London’...[Read More] Roundabout books 'Look' Adds 'Nine' to next season The arrival of a long-aborning Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical and a revival of the musical "Nine" are among the high-lights of the Roundabout Theater Co.'s 2002-2003 season announced Wednesday. Road grosses B.O. up; new 'Mamma' hot Audra to TV? Audra McDonald's been signed for a TV pilot for NBC called MISTER STERLING Peter Filichia's Diary A talk with Scott Siegel about his Town Hall series of concerts showcasing songs from bygone Broadway musicals. Follow Spot Remembering Irene Worth and her al fresco performances as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music in Philadelphia last summer. Sweet Smell of Success Reviewed by David Finkle posted at 3/15/2002 09:32:00 AM by James Marino | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS': A Faustian Pact in a City of Demons By BEN BRANTLEY Despite the vastness of the talents that have gone into creating this nocturnal landscape, you're likely to find yourself counting the moments until dawn. 'SMELL': SLEAZY DOES IT By CLIVE BARNES BLACK, black, black - "The Wizard of Oz," it is not, and we're not in Kansas anymore, or even Oklahoma. It's sleaze-time in the gossip-strewn streets of Gotham in the Age of Ike, J. Edgar Hoover and Walter Winchell. It's a Musical Stinker: 'Sweet Smell' can't mask an odor of rot by Howard Kissel The relationship between a power-hungry Broadway gossip columnist and a sycophantic press agent is not, as far as I know, one of the Basic Plots. Sweet Smell of Success review by Charles Isherwood Sweet Smell of Success review by Ken Mandelbaum Sweet Smell of Success review by Thomas Burke 'MATCH ME': STAGE VS. FILM NOIR By LOU LUMENICK THE movie version of "Sweet Smell of Success" is beginning a two-week run at Film Forum today, giving New Yorkers a rare opportunity to see a Broadway musical and its source material at the same time. On Stage and Off: Battling Bad Reviews by Jesse McKinley THEATER REVIEW | 'DANCE OF DEATH': More of Strindberg's Peace Amid Misery By D. J. R. BRUCKNER Report: Roundabout Assassins Aims for Fall 2003 Uh huh. Kathleen Turner and The Graduate Begin Seducing Bway March 15 Audra, Lillias, Bebe & Ann, Bernadette, Chita and More at March 18 Dame Benefit on Bway Right On, Maude! Bea Arthur Adds Actors' Fund Performance March 17 Tom Panko, Dancer-Choreographer Who Assisted Onna White, Dead at 74 Amanda Watkins is Goulet's Nellie South Pacific Tour March 19 Broadway Actor Alan Manson, a Ziegfeld for Barbra, Dead at 83 PHOTO CALL: Bernadette Peters Releases New CD PHOTO CALL: No Oklahoma!, But Hensley, Moore Like Peters' New CD PHOTO CALL: Butz, Scott Put Last Five Years on the Record PHOTO CALL: Brown Shows 'Em How Last Five Years Is Done posted at 3/15/2002 06:59:41 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Thursday, March 14, 2002 Jana Robbins: Cy’s Matters by Peter Filichia Filichia sings the praises of Jana Robbins as she sings the songs of Cy Coleman. Match Me, Sidney: Musical Sweet Smell of Success Opens on Bway March 14 Next for Baz Luhrmann, Bringing 'La Bohème' to Broadway By PETER MARKS Having found a way to mesh the music of Madonna and Richard Rodgers on screen in "Moulin Rouge," Baz Luhrmann will attempt to bring Puccini to the land of "Hello, Dolly!" THEATER REVIEW | 'THE BOMB': 'Our Town,' Mass Nudity and Other Bedfellows By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER Josh Fox's "Bomb" is full of such energy and unpredictable action that its what-might-they-do-next possibilities command interest even as it slogs to a dramatically uninspired end. Something's Pretty Goofy In the State of Denmark by Robert Dominguez It's not every musical that begins by screening a five-minute documentary on its creators, but Heinsplatt & DeSelza were not ordinary songwriters. Music Deeply Felt, But Story's Old Hat by Robert Dominguez When a nice, working-class family opens a show by singing about how good life is, you just know something bad's about to happen. But in the musical "Prodigal," composers Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank give the parable of the prodigal son a decidedly modern twist. King's English by Howard Kissel Samuel Goldwyn is best remembered for mangling the language ("Include me out"), but many of the films he produced (including "The Pride of the Yankees" and "The Best Years of Our Lives") still resonate. THEATER REVIEW | 'MR. GOLDWYN': Making a Movie Mogul's Life a Stand-Up Comic's Shtick By BRUCE WEBER Anyone old enough to remember Alan King's gigs on "The Ed Sullivan Show" will get a nostalgic kick out of his performance as the legendary film producer Samuel Goldwyn. Mr. Goldwyn review by William Stevenson CDs: From Romberg, A Hit and a Flop by Ken Mandelbaum MISS EVERS' REGRETS By DONALD LYONS AMONG the most troubling events of 1930s America was the decision of government doctors, deprived of federal funds, to investigate syphilis by allowing it to proceed unchecked in some black males in Alabama while deceiving them into thinking they were being cured. AMAZINGLY BAD ‘GRACE' By DONALD LYONS OCCASIONALLY, there comes along something so tasteless, so preposterous that one can only gape in awe. And it's directed to underline its cartoonish qualities. And then there is its resemblance to a play by the same author that lasted exactly a night on Broadway some years ago. Will Simon Callow Play Dickens at the Belasco? Hollywood/Ukraine Actress Peggy Hewett Dead at 56 Larson's tick, tick...BOOM! Will Tour at Least 21 Weeks, Starting January 2003 Full Monty's Megawatt First Night in London PHOTO CALL: The Goat or Who Is Bowing? PHOTO CALL: Who Is The Goat? They're Not Telling PHOTO CALL: The Goat Is a Family Affair PHOTO CALL: Noises On: Goat Gains a Cherry posted at 3/14/2002 06:06:22 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Wednesday, March 13, 2002 Follow Spot Patti LuPone’s publicist corrects a New York Post report concerning a flap over actors soliciting contributions to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in curtain speeches. It must be the truth since her publicist is telling it. Cause he was there. In New American Blues, the Toll of 9/11 By KIRK JOHNSON Some songwriters are expressing their feelings about Sept. 11 through artistic expression. • Audio: Songs of 9/11 'Lion' sets L.A. close Show to travel to Chicago "The Lion King" will conclude its long run in Los Angeles at the end of this year. The musical opened at the Pantages Theater in October 2000. 'Producers' waltzes Vienna org plans first non-English prod'n Broadway grosses Biz off; 'Stritch' 348g Legit lord looks to the east Lloyd Webber backs new Bollywood tuner in London Real Drama? Never You Mind An uneven blend of snappy one-liners, clichéd romantic situations and mother-daughter melodrama, "Surviving Grace" seemingly suffers from the same debilitating symptoms that afflict one of the main characters. It often forgets it's supposed to be a play. 'Noises Off' Calms Down Helen Hayes Award Nominees Announced Each year the Helen Hayes Awards, named for the first lady of American theater and Washington, D.C. native, Helen Hayes, honor achievement in professional theater in the D.C. area. Nominations were an...[Read More] Broadway Grosses: Mo' Blues Will One Mo’ Time have that much more time on Broadway? The musical, which opened last week, continues to struggle at office. The musical played at a mere 23.50% two weeks ago at the Longacre T...[Read More] The Diva Will Go On; LuPone Stays in Noises Off What exactly is going on with Broadway diva Patti LuPone? The New York Post reported today that LuPone quit [Read More] Dates Set for Annual Easter Bonnet Competition The 16th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition will take place at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23. The event, a culmination of six weeks of fundraising by various...[Read More] Foote's Getting Frankie Married Premieres in CA March 29-May 5 Gould and Kane Awaken in Chayefsky's Middle of the Night in L.A. March 20-24 Magic Moment: New Dramatists Honors Barbara Cook May 14 Less Starry, but Still Controversial, The Exonerated Arrives in L.A. April 13-June 2 PHOTO CALL: Oklahoma!: 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'' PHOTO CALL: Oklahoma!: Aunt Eller and Laurey PHOTO CALL: Oklahoma!: His 'Lonely Room', She 'Caint Say No' PHOTO CALL: Oklahoma!: People Will Say We're in Love PHOTO CALL: Oklahoma!: The Farmers and the Cowmen Have a Stage Role, Mr. Goldwyn; Alan King is Film Mogul Off-Bway Gabriel Byrne Among Producers of Kings of Kilburn in NYC March 13-April 21 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 13 Long Runs on Broadway Less Starry, but Still Controversial, The Exonerated Arrives in L.A. April 13-June 2 The Lion King L.A. Staging Closes Late 2002, Roars Again in Chi in 2003 Enchantment Passing Through: Aida Gets Surprise Substitute on Bway LuPone Back in Noises Off March 12 Following Backstage Ballyhoo Broadway Grosses: March 4-10 The Mysteries Extends Run at London's Queen's Theatre London's Full Monty Opens March 12 New Cast For West End Mamma Mia! Broadway Celebrates 15 Misérables— And Glorious — Years March 12 Patti LuPone Raises Her Voice, But Not in Song posted at 3/13/2002 08:48:20 AM by James Marino | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'THROW PITCHFORK': Painting a Family Portrait and Finding a Father's Soul By BRUCE WEBER Alexander Thomas's autobiographical one-man show tells the story of his growing up black and poor, and his subsequent life as an aspiring actor in Hollywood and New York. THEATER REVIEW | 'SURVIVING GRACE': A Dying (and Still Difficult) Mother By BRUCE WEBER "The Apple Doesn't Fall . . ." closed after its opening night performance on Broadway in 1996. It is back with a new title, and it is still ghastly. POUTY LUPONE BACK ON BOARD By MICHAEL RIEDEL FOUL-mouthed Broadway diva Patti LuPone was in full damage-control mode yesterday, telling sympathetic reporters that she planned to report for work at last night's performance of "Noises Off" and denying she had quit the show. posted at 3/13/2002 04:32:11 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Tuesday, March 12, 2002 For Theaters and Museums, a Rapid Rebound By ROBIN POGREBIN New York City's theaters and museums, which suffered a drop in attendance after Sept. 11, are now reaching or exceeding pre-attack attendance predictions. Arts in America: Dramaturges Take a While to Define Themselves Gelbart 'Lysistrata' pulled Brustein version to be substituted A couple of millennia after its debut, Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" is still proving controversial. B'way comes in like a lion Early March brings 19% B.O. boost Allen's a Greek God 'Oklahoma!' Steps Into The Future Ali Hakim, the energetic, crafty peddler in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", could learn a thing or two from Susan Stroman. Better yet, from her father. The choreographer's all-new dance numbers for "Oklahoma!", opening on Broadway March 21, are being touted as a highlight of the production and in many ways, she says, she owes it all to her dad. 'Golden Boy's' Ribeiro: A Real Dancer in the Ring Acclaimed Actress Irene Worth Dies at 85 Acclaimed actress Irene Worth, who won three Tony Awards during her illustrious career, has died at the age of 85. The cause, according to the Associated Press, was a stroke. The Plot Thickens at the RSC Director Edward Hall, son of Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sit Peter Hall, has left the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hall, who was scheduled to direct Edward the Third at the theater, walked...[Read More] New York Critics Face Albee's Goat The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Edward Albee’s controversial new work, has had the New York theater community buzzing for months....[Read More] Broadway Cares' 2002 Easter Bonnet Tickets Go on Sale April 16 Tranelli, Pistone, Mason Enjoy Dinner at Eight Musical Reading March 12 Pillow Book Talk: 36 Views Begins NYC Premiere at Public March 12 PHOTO CALL: Get On the Bus: Tomei Signs the Joe Papp Bus PHOTO CALL: Get On the Bus: Mandy Signs the Joe Papp Bus U.S. Premiere of Aussie Musical, Prodigal, Opens March 12 in NYC Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def Are Bway Kin in Topdog, Starting March Broadway Belongs to Kids March 12 in Sixth Annual Kids' Night on Bway Of Minds and Mothers: Surviving Grace Opens Off Bway March 12 Tiffany's Last Show Has Bening, Daly as Bennett's Talking Heads March 12-30 Tony-Winner Ebersole Returns to 42nd Street March 12 Peters' Rodgers and Hammerstein CD to Be Released on March 12 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 12 Judith Light, Michael Rupert, Cladia Shear, Brian Stokes Mitchell Nommed for 2002 Hayes Awards DIVA ALERT: Bernadette Peters To Make Radio City Music Hall Debut Legendary Actress Irene Worth is Dead at 85 Donna McKechnie Revives Her Musical Comedy Life at Arci's March 11, 18 & 25 The A Train Pulls Into London's Donmar Warehouse Stage Connections: The West End's Waldorf Hotel PHOTO CALL: Burn, Babies, Burn: The Crucible Bows PHOTO CALL: Eyre and Miller Join Their Crucible Cast PHOTO CALL: At The Crucible: John Proctor and Sally Bowles PHOTO CALL: I Was John Proctor Too!: Daniel Day Lewis Attends Crucible Opening PHOTO CALL: Accused and Accusers: All Cast Is Equal at Crucible's Party PHOTO CALL: Crucible Coup: Julia Stiles and Harrison Ford Are Miller Animals Barbican Celebrates 20th Anniversary Seattle's 5th Avenue Gets Hairspray and Full Monty in 2002-03 Orlandersmith's Yellowman Plays CT's Long Wharf April 3-May 5 Live With Rosie: Kathie Lee Gifford Chats March 12 It's a Helluva Town: Ebersole, Mason and Callaway Salute NYC on CUNY-TV South Coast Rep Reads Davalos' Daedulus March 11 Beast Roars Its Way to Bway's Top 10 March 13 Peter Filichia's Diary If you had the chance to travel back in time to one major Broadway event, which would you choose? Photo Op: Mercedes & Bill do THE GOAT - Photos by Bruce Glikas Video: CRUCIBLE opening night Field Trip: THE GOAT opening posted at 3/12/2002 07:22:52 AM by James Marino | Item Link B'WAY DIVA CALLING IT QUITS OVER 'AIDS' FLAP By MICHAEL RIEDEL Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone quit the hit Broadway comedy "Noises Off" over the weekend after clashing with cast members and management about asking audiences to contribute to a theater AIDS charity. Thanks to Chandler on All That Chat for the link. posted at 3/12/2002 06:47:06 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Monday, March 11, 2002 Spotlight on Norbert Leo Butz by Nancy Rosati Theater Review | 'Scab': Roommates' Yen for the Same Man, and Other Problems Bronfman 'Dance' on B'way Lincoln Center taping has raised tuner's profile. Edgar Bronfman Jr. will return to Broadway after nearly a 25-year absence. The former vice chairman of Vivendi Universal has joined the producing team for the Broadway-bound musical "Never Gonna Dance," scheduled to open in Gotham next season. HONING CRAFT FOR A SONG By CHIP DEFFAA THE future of Broadway might be on West 57th Street.That's where aspiring composers, lyricists and librettists gather weekly to practice their craft at the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshops. BMI Musical Writers Get MTC Showcase March 11, With Graff, Isaacs Singing Talk Show Watch: Minnelli on 'Today,' Peters 'Live' A Meal for Molaskey: Musical Dinner at Eight Sits Down for NYC Reading March 12 Seattle Rep Premieres New Moliere Don Juan March 11-April 13 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 11 Josefina Gabrielle by Paul Wontorek Photo Op: CRUCIBLE opening - Photos by Bruce Glikas Photo Op: A splashy opening night - Photos by Bruce Glikas posted at 3/11/2002 07:27:12 AM by James Marino | Item Link THEATER REVIEW | 'THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?' A Secret Paramour Who Nibbles Tin Cans By BEN BRANTLEY Edward Albee's new play is about a profoundly unsettling subject, which for the record is not bestiality but the irrational, confounding and convention-thwarting nature of love. IT ISN'T KID STUFF By CLIVE BARNES YES, there really is a goat in Edward Albee's new play, "The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?" which opened at the John Golden Theatre last night, but you wouldn't want to pet it. BOOTY & THE BEAST By BARBARA HOFFMAN WHILE a man-goat love affair seems tough to believe, it's happened before.Academics have traced human-animal intimacy as far back as 520 B.C., where a Greek vase of the time was etched with a scene giving new meaning to the phrase "stag party." Albee's Latest A Tragedy? If you're going to have an affair with an animal, as someone does in Edward Albee's "The Goat," why, you might ask, choose one with horns and an ornery disposition rather than one that is sweet, cuddly and more pliable? posted at 3/11/2002 06:12:27 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link Newsday: Those Sneaky Previews by Linda Winer IT IS HARD to believe we have to haul ourselves through this unpleasantness again, but here goes... Suddenly - or so it suddenly seems - consumer guidelines for Broadway advertising are slipping through the cracks between goodwill and bad intentions. In other words, just as Broadway revs up for the hearty spring portion of New York's historically wounded season, producers from eight of 14 incoming Broadway projects have chosen not to disclose when shows are in previews and when shows finally open. She has a point... The Seattle Times: The most happy actress Patti Cohenour... [Thanks to Tim for the link!] posted at 3/11/2002 12:14:22 AM by James Marino | Item Link Sunday, March 10, 2002 Can you spot this major faux pas on the website for LAST FIVE YEARS? Perhaps it is mistakes like this that keep lawyers busy... When Your Characters Are Speechless, Let 'Em Sing! By NICHOLAS HYTNER The new musical "Sweet Smell of Success" is playing in previews to audiences who seem mostly not to know the 1957 movie on which it is based. This should be required reading for anyone in the business. Halle Berry, Bruised and Beautiful, Is on a Mission By DANA KENNEDY Halle Berry could become the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best actress — for her performance as a worn-out waitress in "Monster's Ball." Arts Awaken After the Taliban By ANDREW SOLOMON After the depredations of the Taliban and the devastation of war in Afghanistan, an optimistic and exuberant artistic community emerges. • Slide Show As Targets Evolve, So Must the Satire More Than a Bright Golden Haze When he got a letter saying that Trevor Nunn of Britain's National Theatre wanted to direct "Oklahoma!", Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, was at first unimpressed. The Pieman Cometh... 'Oklahoma': Celebrating the American Spirit TRYING TO GET AT WHAT'S REAL ON STAGE By CLIVE BARNES There's a subtle difference between naturalism and realism in the arts, always worth considering in matters theatrical. 'KISSING' FRIENDS By LOU LUMENICK Let's say you're a nice, straight, Jewish actress from Connecticut fed up with the shallow sitcom roles you've been playing. What do you do? I've said it before, keep you eye on Jennifer Westfeldt, she is going to be huge. [Jennifer was the best Julie Jordan I've ever seen.] TOTALLY STRAIGHT - OR ARE THEY? Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen are both straight, but each had youthful attractions to women. CAN THEY 'PRODUCE'? By CHIP DEFFAA Here come the replacements. It's one of the toughest acts to follow in one of the great successes in Broadway history, but when the blockbusting duo of "The Producers," Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, finally pack it in next Sunday, a new pair will take center stage. Andrea Martin, Sweet Smell, Donna McKechnie to Appear on 'Rosie' The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Opens on Broadway March 10 Stritch Gets Her '60 Minutes' March 10 PHOTO CALL: Frecette, Swift, Rogers Take a Dazzle-ing Bow PHOTO CALL: Frecette, Swift and Rogers Dazzle Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Dazzling Dreamgirls and 1943 Show Tunes Nobody Does It Like Her: Jana Robbins Sings Cy Coleman at Arci's in NYC March 10-31 Today In Theatre History: MARCH 10 It was 41 on 44th yesterday... Nathan's vocal problems got a Presidential reprive yesterday as George Bush Sr. [41] came to see The Producer's yesterday for the matinee. It's amazing how a VIP can speedup the healing process... We wonder if Mr. Lane will do this week's matinees as well. Surely in this city we can find a VIP or two with as much clout as a former president to come to the last matinees? posted at 3/10/2002 09:42:38 AM by James Marino | Item Link BroadwayStars is powered by Blogger Pro! [Past News]
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