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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

    [ TM ]  TheatreWorks USA Co-Founder Jay Harnick Dies at 78

    [ P ]  Jay Harnick, Founder of TheatreWorks USA, Is Dead

    [ IBDB ]  Jay Harnick's Broadway Credits

    [ P ]  London Evita to Close

    [ B ]  London Evita Revival Set to Close in the Spring

    [ P ]  Feb. 28 Drama Desk Panel Focuses on Spring Awakening and Grey Gardens

    Co-moderated by our own Ellis Nassour!

    Features:

    [ B ]  ETCETERA: After Utopia, John Simon Ponders the Meaning of Epic Theater

    [ TM ]  Humana Nurture By: Dan Bacalzo

    A wide spectrum of new works from Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Michael John Garcés, Naomi Iizuka, Carlos Murillo, Alice Tuan, Craig Wright, and more come to the Humana Festival.

    [ TONY ]  Bard to the bone By David Cote

    The Wooster Group gives Hamlet an irreverent video deconstruction.

    [ TONY ]  The straight man By Raven Snook

    Cutup Alan Tudyk tones it down for Prelude to a Kiss.

    [ TONY ]  The 50 greatest New York musicians of all time

    Includes theater and cabaret stars Al Jolson, Barbra Streisand, Ethel Merman, Bette Midler and Bobby Short.

    [ B ]  STAGE NOTES BLOG: Photo Tease: Friends in Footware for Friends in Deed

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Inherit the Wind's 34-Member Cast, Starring Dennehy & Plummer, Meet the Media

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Sardi's Producers a Danza Caricature

    Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

    [ G ]  Comment: The show must go on by Nicholas Hytner

    The salvage of the ever-costlier 2012 Olympics should not come at the expense of British arts

    [ ST ]  Broadway star Chita Rivera: "I see the show as a master class" By Misha Berson

    Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Lari White: My First Affair
    Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton

    The Grammy-winning star of Ring of Fire makes a very auspicious cabaret debut at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room.

    [ V ]  The Broadway Musicals of 1928
    Review By ROBERT L. DANIELS

    Thanks to BklynBoy on All That Chat for the link.

    [ CU ]  The Reporter

    The Reporter is a very British play in many ways. It will appeal to lovers of the worlds of Graham Greene and John le Carre. It shrewdly depicts the refined cruelties of social class and the expertly nuanced hypocrisies of a threatened elite.

    [ TONY ]  Journey's End
    Review by David Cote

    Contrary to received opinion, Journey's End is not an antiwar play, but a gritty tribute to fighting men and fraternal bonds of honor.

    [ TONY ]  Thicker than Water
    Review by David Cote

    Dramatist is the not the hippest job around, but Ensemble Studio Theatre's group Youngblood makes you forget that.

    [ TONY ]  BFF
    Review by Helen Shaw

    Director Josh Hecht stages the play on the world's busiest set, which crowds together a tree, xeroxed windows, clapboard siding and - wait for it - a dolphin.

    [ TONY ]  Sealed for Freshness
    Review by Jeff Lewonczyk

    Sealed for Freshness is a rather disingenuous title for a play whose premise, dialogue, direction and performances run the gamut from dusty to rotten.

    News:

    [ P ]  Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp Musical Movin' Out Won't Dance on PBS' "Great Performances"

    [ P ]  Glenn Casale Directing Grumpy Old Men Musical; Eyeing 2008 Broadway Bow

    [ P ]  Melissa Manchester to Star in Chicago Premiere of Hats! Musical

    [ TM ]  Melissa Manchester to Star in Chicago Production of Hats!

    [ P ]  Murray, Baldwin, Jerome, Wolpe and Moore to Be Part of Project Shaw Reading

    [ TM ]  Baldwin, Murray, Vilanch, Wolpe, et al. Set for Project Shaw

    [ TM ]  Mantegna, Moresco, Warren, Wilde, et al. Set for VetStage Seminars

    [ TM ]  Edward Albee to Be Honored by New Dramatists

    [ P ]  New Dramatists to Honor Edward Albee May 17

    [ P ]  Two New Works by Playwright Adam Rapp Are NYC-Bound

    [ P ]  We Will Rock You Gets Chicagoland Run April 20-May 5

    [ P ]  John Glover to Join Drowsy Chaperone April 17

    [ P ]  Michael Patrick King's At Least It's Pink Extends to April 1

    [ P ]  World Premiere of Naughty Joseph Andrews Bounces Into MD's Salisbury University

    [ P ]  Taye Diggs to Headline Work & Show Festival in Tribeca

    [ P ]  McLane, Jackson, DiBuono, Johnston and Tepe Will Be Broadway Divas at the Kennedy Center

    [ P ]  "The After Party" to Welcome Make Me a Song Star March 2

    [ P ]  Diahann Carroll Extends Upcoming Feinstein's Engagement

    [ P ]  Jason Robert Brown to Play Week at Birdland; 13 Has Been Recorded

    [ P ]  Charlie Rose to Welcome Harold Pinter March 1

    [ P ]  People Who Need People: Singles' Night on Broadway Is Feb. 28

    [ P ]  King O'Hurley Gets His Court for Las Vegas Spamalot Run

    [ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl to Receive Guild Hall's Lifetime Achievement Award

    [ P ]  Becky Ann Baker to Mother Jeffrey Carlson on "All My Children"

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      • [ NYP ]  MISS USA TURNING INTO MESS BROADWAY By MICHAEL RIEDEL

      No Riedel column today (at least not online), but here's an extra item of his from last Friday that we overlooked.

      [ NYP ]  10 YRS. FOR SLAIN-ACTRESS ROBBER By LAURA ITALIANO

      [ BSUN ]  'Ray Charles' out at Lyric by J. Wynn Rousuck

      This cancellation means the entire subscription season has been scrubbed, a situation mirroring that at Washington's Warner Theatre, where the same company, under the name Baci Management, had booked a series.

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: February Leftovers

      [ NYT ]  An Audience-Friendly Theatrical Town, Chicago Is By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

      The flow of audiences and artists between Chicago's established theaters and the up-and-comers has been instrumental in maintaining its stature as the country's most vibrant dramatic capital after New York.

      "Equus":

      [ R ]  Potter star Radcliffe wins rave reviews in "Equus" By Paul Majendie

      Radcliffe won praise for his performance but critics argued that Peter Shaffer's play, first performed in 1973, had not stood the test of time.

      [ R ]  Potter star Radcliffe bares all in "Equus" By Paul Majendie and Mirja Spernal

      [ BBC ]  Radcliffe makes compelling debut By Neil Smith

      [ G ]  Equus
      Review by Michael Billington
      ****

      [ T ]  Radcliffe's naked talent makes Equus a hit
      Charles Spencer reviews Equus at the Gielgud Theatre

      [ TS ]  There's life after Potter by J. Kelly Nestruck

      Daniel Radcliffe smokes, gets naked and delivers a 'heartbreakingly vulnerable' performance in Equus

      [ I ]  Compelling Radcliffe exposed by lack of tension By David Lister

      [ USA ]  'Harry Potter' makes racy stage debut (AP)

      [ CM ]  POTTY RADCLIFFE FANS FORCE GRIFFITHS OUT THE WINDOW

      Veteran actors JENNY AGUTTER and RICHARD GRIFFITHS had to leap out of a window in a desperate attempt to get away from crowds of fans after HARRY POTTER star DANIEL RADCLIFFE.

      Other Reviews:

      [ NYT ]  Two Comedies Fly, and One Falls Flat By MATT WOLF, International Herald Tribune

      Three comedies in London reflect the continuing challenges of their genre: George Etherege's "The Man of Mode," Thomas Otway's "The Soldiers' Fortune" and "Boeing-Boeing" by Marc Camoletti.

      [ NJ ]  'Temp' hovers in the low end BY PETER FILICHIA

      [ NYP ]  DIALOGUE'S REALISTIC BUT STORY LINE'S ALL WET By FRANK SCHECK

      If "BFF" has been satisfied to simply move us rather than wallow in its trickery, it might have proved something more than a stylistic exercise.

      [ ATW ]  7th Season of Broadway by the Year Concerts Kicks Off with a Salute to 1928
      Review by Andy Propst

      [ VV ]  Coasting to the Finish by Michael Feingold

      Stoppard's Utopia trilogy is complete. But is there one evening of drama in it?

      [ VV ]  A Brainy Couple's Mourning After by John Beer
      A Very Common Procedure

      [ VV ]  Everybody Is Kung-Fu Fighting in this Comic Odyssey by David Ng
      The Jaded Assassin

      [ VV ]  Vomit, Brutality, and a Revolution Revival
      Sightlines: by Andy Propst

      [ VV ]  Debauched Tales of Drugs, C-List Actresses, and Men Behaving Badly by Alexis Soloski
      Nelson; Your Face Is a Mess

      [ VV ]  Nashville Outcasts Don't Get as Far Out of Town as You Might Think by Edd Hurt
      Cortney Tidwell; Lone Official

      [ ATW-XM ]  Broadway and Beyond: A Miscellany of CDs
      Ripley and Skinner; Tony DeSare; Present Arms

      Features:

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Todd Haimes

      It's been 17 years since Todd Haimes surprised all by being named the artistic director of The Roundabout Theatre Company.

      [ SUN ]  A New Way to Put on a Play By KATE TAYLOR

      The theater company 13P (for 13 Playwrights, Inc.) launched in 2003 with a slogan that was designed to grab attention. "We don't develop plays. We do them" was a dig at the way big theaters tend to approach new work: by sponsoring readings or workshops that only in rare cases lead to a production.

      [ WP ]  Backstage: In Sync With a Hollywood Legend By Jane Horwitz

      Lypsinka's Co-Star Finds That His Role in 'Passion' Calls for More Than Mere Lip Service

      [ ND ]  Getting into the act BY DANIEL BUBBEO

      At last, pursuing that passion for a professional performing career

      Thanks to Shakespeare_in_the_Dark on All That Chat for the link.

      [ B ]  SPECIAL FEATURE: Oy Vey! Four Funny Shows that Keep the Faith

      [ B ]  STAGE NOTES BLOG: A Video Peek at Life on Avenue Q in Londontown

      [ B ]  VIDEO: On the Scene: Showtune Sex Swaps at Broadway Backwards 2 Benefit

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Company Celebrates New Cast Recording with Singing and Signing

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Altar Boyz Meet Their Maker

      [ DN ]  Broadway springs into action By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

      Season to be alive with the sound of musicals

      News:

      [ LAT ]  Reception to be held in memory of Shurtleff

      [ P ]  Hairspray Tony Winner Winokur Cast in CBS Comedy Pilot "Fugly"

      [ P ]  Berkeley Rep Goes To the Lighthouse as Woolf Novel Adaptation Opens

      [ P ]  Windmills, Beware: Man of La Mancha Opens at Long Wharf Feb. 28

      [ P ]  Show Boat with Huber, Burrell and Cody in Fort Worth Begins Feb. 28

      [ P ]  People Who Need People: Singles' Night on Broadway Is Feb. 28

      [ P ]  Romance/Romance, with the Bogarts, Begins Paper Mill Run

      [ P ]  Imperioli Plays Chicken at Studio Dante Feb. 28

      [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 28

      [ P ]  Anna Magnani's Life Profiled in Theresa Gambacorta's La Magnani in NYC

      [ P ]  Eric Bogosian Hosts Q&A Session for Broadway's Talk Radio March 1-2

      [ B ]  Jeanette Bayardelle, LaToya London & Michelle Williams to Star in Color Purple Tour

      [ TM ]  LaToya London and Michelle Williams to Star in Color Purple Tour; Full Cast, Creative Team Announced

      [ CST ]  'Purple' adds solid gold R&B star BY HEDY WEISS

      [ P ]  "Idols" Star Hurt as Car in Dutch Grease Falls Off Stage

      [ P ]  Mazursky to Direct Catskill Sonata at Hayworth in L.A.

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