'PROMISING' CELEBS OF 2004 by DAN KADISON

New Year's Resolutions from Broadway stars and others.
Thanks to aisleseat on All That Chat for the link.

Corrections

A Critic's Notebook article in Weekend on Friday about Broadway musicals referred incorrectly to Boy George's score for "Taboo."
Last item.
Thanks to MikeMc on All That Chat for pointing this out.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg to Attend Wonderful Town Dec. 31

Theatre for a New Audience's Engaged to Go On in Honor of Gutierrez

The final production of the 2003-04 Theatre for a New Audience season, the W.S. Gilbert farce Engaged, which was to be directed by two-time Tony Award winner Gerald Gutierrez (The Heiress, A Delicate Balance) will go on in the late director's honor.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses to Close in London

Marti Webb Set for London's Tell Me On A Sunday

Marti Webb, who starred in the original Tell Me On A Sunday as part of Song & Dance at the Palace Theatre in 1982, will replace Denise Van Outen in the current West End production of Tell Me…

Hoopz Musical Still in Development, Minus Parks and Tesori

Film's John Woo to Direct New "Killer"-Meets-"Cabaret" Action Moviemusical

Sinatra Celebration Extends Through March 2004

Paddy Crean, Stage Combat Master Who Worked with Theatre's Greats, Dead at 93

IT COULD HAPPEN! by MICHAEL RIEDEL

SHUBERT Alley office pool 2004. Let's see how clear your crystal ball is.

2003 Wrap-Up: Quotable Quotes

2003 Wrap-Up: Resolutions of the Stars by Paul Wontorek

In Memoriam 2003: Playbill On-Line Recalls Theatre Folk Who Passed On

The Good, the Bad and The Foot-in-Mouth by John Heilpern

Beyond the Top Ten: A Year-End Review by JEREMY McCARTER

Performances you'll brag about having seen when they're big stars, &c.

Pericles leads year's Top 10 plays by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

Helen's Necklace at the Tarragon glittered all over; Shaw Festival saw surprise winner in Happy End

Two Original Stars Return to `The Producers,' Lighting Up the Stage by BRUCE WEBER

"I used to be the king, the king of old Broadway," Nathan Lane sang Tuesday night. It couldn't have been more appropriate.

RE-'PRODUCERS' by TODD VENEZIA and JENNIFER FERMINO

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick produced Broadway electricity last night, as the dynamic duo returned to the roles they made legendary in "The Producers."

PAIR'S COMIC CHEMISTRY BRINGS BACK THE OLD MAGIC by MICHAEL RIEDEL

IT'S nice to have you back, boys. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick returned to "The Producers" last night and restored a show that had gotten a little wobbly on the stage and at the box off…

Lane, Broderick Return to 'The Producers' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer

Photo Op: Turning Back the Clock at The Producers

Gerald Gutierrez, Director, Dies at 53 by MEL GUSSOW

Gerald Gutierrez won two consecutive Tony Awards in 1995 and 1996 as best director for "The Heiress" and "A Delicate Balance," respectively.

Director Gerald Gutierrez Dies at 53 by: Michael Buckley

On two occasions, I had the pleasure of interviewing the director.

Gerald Gutierrez, Acclaimed Director of Broadway Plays, Is Dead

News Beat: Director dies

Gutierrez's funeral will be Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Marine Park Funeral Home, 3024 Quentin Road in Brooklyn.

Peter Filichia's Diary

Filichia takes a peek at the packaging of a few recent cast album reissues from DRG.

AN APPRECIATION

Slipping Out of Definitions by MEL GUSSOW
Alan Bates had a virtuosity that made him difficult to define. When he died on Saturday, the question remained: what was an Alan Bates role?

An Italian Playwright Cuts Prime Minister Down to Size BY JASON HOROWITZ

Dario Fo's scathing satires on authority and establishment have carried the playwright to the heights of Italian letters, a pinnacle capped with a Nobel Prize.

Changing Stages by Alisa Solomon

Questions arise over P.S.122 after Mark Russell resigns

Desert Hearts by David Ng

Julia Cho brings images of Arizona sun and sand to NYTW

'A Little Night Music' to swoon by BY HEDY WEISS

Trick question: Who is the contemporary American equivalent of William Shakespeare?
With Michael Cerveris.

The Siegel Column

Helen Gallagher is dandy. So are The Lady Next Door, Peter Loureiro as Christopher Walken, and singing theater journalist Andrew Gans.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

A Festival Not Resting on Its Laurels by JOHN ROCKWELL
This year's 21st annual installment of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival turned out to be one of the most interesting in years.

'Aunt Dan' More Likable Than Frightening

Review by Andy Propst

The Last Letter: Chalfant in Stirring Performance

Review by Andy Propst

Nothing's Certain for Kornbluth Except Cupid and the IRS by Charles McNulty

Love and Taxes

Sightlines by David Kornhaber

Who Killed Woody Allen?

Sound Advice 12-30-03 by Jonathan Frank

Musical on Sammy Davis Jr. in the Works

Auditions will be held in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles next month by producers casting a new musical about the life of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

New Year Honours: Joan Plowright tops cast of showbusiness names by Jack Malvern

Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 31

Sandra Bernhard Makes Excuses on New Year's Eve

Eartha Kitt Purrs in 2004 at Joe's Pub

Sing for Your Seder: Beau Jest: The Musical! Begins World Premiere Run in Florida Dec. 31

Bang in the New Year: Stomp Appears on Live "The Tonight Show," Dec. 31

Craig Lucas' The Dying Gaul Movie with Scott, Sarsgaard and Clarkson Goes Into Post-Production

'Home Improvement' sidekick dies by Gabrielle Birkner

"He was the kind of actor you depended on," said Helen Gallagher, one of his "Ryan's Hope" co-stars. "He was very steady and very talented actor and such a down-to-earth human being."

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