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Saturday, March 02, 2002

POP REVIEW | PATTI LUPONE
Getting Happy With LuPone and a Surprise Guest
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Patti LuPone's Carnegie Hall concert on Thursday culminated in a nervy conceptual coup that should be fondly remembered by the audience for years to come.

Madonna to headline West End play
Material Girl to debut in May previews
Madonna is the latest thespian newcomer to the West End, where she will open May 23 in an Australian comedy called "Up For Grabs." The David Williamson play has been described as a satire on the art market.

'Time' And Again
It's time for "One Mo' Time" � again. The 1979 Off-Broadway musical hit, which spent 3 1/2 years at the Village Gate, then traveled to London for another year and a half years (including a command performance for Queen Elizabeth), is belatedly reaching the big time � just like so many of the performers it portrays.

Into The Woods Delays Its Opening a Day
The Broadway production of Into The Woods will open a day later than expected. The Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine tuner is no...[Read More]

Margulies and Alexander at Long Wharf Next Season
The Long Wharf Theatre 2002-2003 season will include the world premiere of a play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies and a new production of Eugene O'Neill�s Mourning Becomes Electra, st...[Read More]

Life After George to Shutter in London
Hannie Rayson�s Life After George will end its West End run on March 16, after only a month of performances. The play, starring Stephen Dillane, had been booking through the spring.

The Mystery of Charles Dickens Eyes the Belasco
Peter Ackroyd�s The Mystery of Charles Dickens, which is returning to the West End in March, may hit Broad...[Read More]

PHOTO CALL: Drama League Salutes Gossip Maven Liz Smith Feb. 25

PHOTO CALL: Horray for Hughes: Actors Fund Honors Barnard Feb. 25

Life After George Departs West End

Urinetown Featured on Radio's "Studio 360"

Vineyard Is Swimming With Watermelons in New Paulus Piece

Fiona Shaw Painting Hung in National Portrait Gallery

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 2

Buckley, Mason, Cantone, DeLaria Are Among 2002 MAC Award Nominees; Gala Is April 1

Bea and Billy Sign 'Just Between Friends' CDs at NYC Tower Records March 4

Into the Woods Changes Opening to April 30

Report: Callow's Solo Dickens Show May Reach Bway in April

Miss Saigon Will Open Paper Mill Season, Sept. 4-Oct. 20

Report: Bway La Boheme Will Have Three Casts

Archerd: Luhrmann salutes "Singin' in the Rain" Thu Feb 28, 2:21 AM ET
This is the column that PBOL references above.

Cy Coleman's GraceGoes Silent in Amsterdam

New Musical Uncle Broadway Premieres in Chicago, March 1-May 26

Tiffany's Last Show Has Bening, Daly as Bennett's Talking Heads March 12-30

Guthrie Theatre to Premiere Miller's New Blues in September

PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 23-March 1: Who's That Actress?

Ralph Fiennes Returns to the Royal National in The Talking Cure

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Friday, March 01, 2002

Peter Filichia's Diary
Catching up with Norbert Leo Butz as he prepares to open in The Last 5 Years.

Ma Sherie Amour
Sherie Ren� Scott�s role in The Last 5 Years hits close to home by Brian Scott Lipton

Follow Spot
Updates on Kevin Chamberlin, Katie Finneran, Louis Gossett, Jr., Bea Arthur, and their various endeavors.

Araca is busy! Word has it that it looks like DEBBIE DOES DALLAS has booked the JANE STREET THEATER for the full production. It hopes to open in mid-June.

Riedel checked in this morning with me. (He is a faithful reader you know!) He assures me that the last show he invested in was Seussical.

posted at 3/1/2002 03:55:25 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Backstage: CD Workshops Face Legal Challenge by Laura Weinert
    The California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has issued an opinion that casting director workshops constitute a "clear violation of the provisions of section 450 of the California Labor Code" and ordered all such workshops in the state of California to cease and desist. In a letter sent out on Feb. 21, workshop owners were given official notice that they have 20 days to respond to the law enforcement agency indicating that they have complied.
This is not a challenge to Equity workshops, but rather "classes" offered by schools like TVI here in NYC and LA that students pay thousands to meet casting directors and agents.
[Thanks to Craig for the link!]

How Cowboys and Cowgirls Get Into Step
By ROBIN POGREBIN
The choreographer Susan Stroman's exuberant leaps and do-si-dos for "Oklahoma!" appear to be the perfect spring antidote to this country's trying autumn.
� Music from 'Oklahoma!'

Theater Review | 'Necessary Targets': Exploring the Pain of Bosnian Women

On Stage and Off: Another Actor Is Flying Solo

CD Technology Stops Copies, but It Starts a Controversy
By AMY HARMON
The recording industry has begun selling CD's designed to make it impossible for people to copy music to their computers, trade songs over the Internet or transfer them to portable MP3 players.

Women Of Bosnia Ill-Served
For the first 10 minutes of Eve Ensler's "Necessary Targets," which is set in a Bosnian refugee camp, the audience's task is to determine which of two American characters is the more hateful: the psychiatrist or the trauma counselor.

Bea at the Booth Extended Indefinitely
The limited run of Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends has turned into an open-ended one. The show, which was previou...[Read More]

Paper Mill Adds Saigon to Next Season's Roster
As Ken Mandelbaum reported earlier this week, the Paper Mill Playhouse will present Miss Saigon as part of i...[Read More]
I am pretty sure that this was talked about on All That Chat and RATM weeks ago...

Alfonso Ribeiro Confirmed for Golden Boy at Encores!
As Ken Mandelbaum mentioned on February 22, Alfonso Ribeiro will indeed headline the upcoming Encores! produ...[Read More]

L.A. Drama Critics Award Noms Announced
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? tops the list of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominations. The Greenway Court Theater production of the play earned eight nominations. The [Read More]

Madonna Set to Make West End Debut
Plans for Madonna�s West End stage debut are now confirmed. The pop icon will star in Australian playwright David Williamson�s Up For Grabs at Wyndhams Theatre.

Rappaport Delays Broadway Bow
The Broadway revival of I'm Not Rappaport, originally expected to open at the Booth Theatre in April, is be...[Read More]

NOT SO SWEET
By MICHAEL RIEDEL
'WE got our b - - - s back."That's how one producer of "Sweet Smell of Success" sums up the changes made to the new $10 million musical since its Chicago tryout last month.
Has Riedel started to invest in Broadway shows?

GRAMMY RATINGS WHAMMY
RATINGS for the Grammy Awards show were no hit. The awards, which aired on CBS on Wednesday night, averaged 19 million viewers - down 29 percent from last year and the lowest for the show since 1995.
It's not just the Tonys. All awards shows, except Oscars, are headed south.

Off-Off-Bway Concert Series, Musicals Tonight!, Will Revive My Favorite Year

Cast Changes at London Phantom of the Opera

Holliday Hosts Hoofers in '21 Below!' at Town Hall in NYC, March 1

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Eros and Psyche

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Erysichthon and Myrrha

PHOTO CALL: Metamorphoses: Phaeton

Shubert Alley Says: Hairspray Tickets Go on Sale May 5

Long Wharf Gets Margulies World Premiere in Two Days in 2002-03

One Mo' Time Performs on "Rosie," March 5

Huntington Theatre Elects Nixon's Nixon for March 1-April 7 Term in MA

London's Long-Running Buddy Closes March 3

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 1

Bea Arthur Is Now Open-Ended Run; Paper Doll Not Booth-Bound

It Takes a Village: Revised Baker's Wife Will Sing in CT Nov. 7-Dec. 1

Nathan Lane Taking Second Stab at Sitcoms

Mother Clap Carries On at Aldwych Thru March 23

After Seattle, Alexander Is Electra at CT's Long Wharf; Marguiles Premiere Follows

Madonna to Star in Comedy Up for Grabs in West End This Spring

Van Outen Is In as Bway Roxie in Chicago March 18-April 21

L.A. Drama Crix Give Flower Drum Song Only One Nod; Crivello, Sills Nommed

Ribeiro and Butler to Star in Encores!' Golden Boy March 21-24

Tom Hewitt Rules Hatcher's Beauty in San Diego March 31-April 27

Rappaport Will Play Bway Come Summer; Is Booth Doll House?

Mulgrew and Tea at Five May Reach Bway in Fall

Mamma Mia! Two Opens in Providence, RI Feb. 28 With Lund and Marsden

The (Quincy) Patriot Ledger: This Graduate is more about Mrs. Robinson and more funny than the film
[Thanks to Andy Propst at American Theater Web for the link!]

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Thursday, February 28, 2002

Boston Herald: Triple star power can't save stage's misguided `Graduate'

Boston Globe: 'Graduate' succeeds, to a degree
Turner offers master class but second act falls short

[Thanks to Brian in Boston for the links!]

posted at 2/28/2002 09:27:30 AM by James Marino | Item Link



Big Winners at the Grammys: Alicia Keys, U2 and 'O Brother' by NEIL STRAUSS
At the 44th Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys won five honors, U2 took four and the soundtrack to "O Brother Where Art Thou," was a surprise winner of album of the year and four other awards.

Arts in America: Stages Explore the Drama of the Civil Rights Story
A kind reader pointed out: "the play referred to [in the article is] "Waiting to Be Invited" [which] is part of Ensemble Studio Theatre's 'Going to the River' festival�of plays by African-American women beginning March 10th."

It's not 'Rappaport' revival on B'way until this July
'Paper Doll' to fill in at Booth Theater in spring
The revival-laden Broadway season loses one. The producers of "I'm Not Rappaport" have pushed back its opening from late April to the second week of July.

Tiffany theater going silent after 'Talking'
Bening, Daly, Kurtz among headliners

Every Day V-Day For Ensler
There is almost more makeup strewn around feminist playwright Eve Ensler's office suite than in Bloomingdale's cosmetics department. Swooping in for yet another photo shoot, she declines an invitation from one of several assistants to touch up her bright-red lipstick

The Producers Cast Album Wins a Grammy
The Producers nabbed a Best Musical Show Grammy to add to its pile of awards. The honor is given to the album's producer, Hugh...[Read More]

Bea Arthur on Broadway Extends Again
Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends, with Billy Goldenberg at the Piano, is [Read More]

Ray Winstone Headlines the Royal Court's Night Heron
Ray Winstone is set to headline the Royal Court Theatre production of Jez Butterworth�s The Night Heron. Other cast members include popular television actress Jessica Stevenson, Roger Morlidge...[Read More]

Alan Campbell Joins Contact on Broadway
Alan Campbell is joining the Broadway company of Contact. The actor, who previously starred as Michael Wiley in the touring pro...[Read More]

PENNY'S PRICELESS
By CHIP DEFFAA
SELLING the last ticket for Penny Arcade's show, box-office worker Kyle Jarrow commented: "It's like a party upstairs. And it lasts two hours."

BLIND PRODUCTION OF 'MURDER' WORTH SEEING
By DONALD LYONS
THE Theater by the Blind is presenting the premiere of "Murder in Baker Street" by Judd Woldin. It's an elegant, lively melodrama that takes place in 1903 at and near the home of Sherlock Holmes.

LOVE THIS �FOOL'
By DONALD LYONS
SAM Shepard's best plays are fires struck from the kindling of his own life.

OH, RICKY! WE CAN OWN LUCY'S HOME
IF you really love Lucy you can buy her childhood home on the Ebay Website. The house, a three-bedroom, 11/2-bath frame house in Celoron, N.Y. where "I Love Lucy" star Lucille Ball spent her formative years before moving to Manhattan is selling for $98,500 on the real-estate section of the popular auction Web site.

Margraff's Red Frogs Hop With Harding Into P.S. 122 Feb. 28

Bang the Drum, or Anything: Stomp Turns Eight Off-Broadway Feb. 28

Before They Don His Underpants, CSC Honors Steve Martin April 1

Bernadette Peters Serenades White House with Showtunes

FringeACT Festival Brings Best of Local Playwrights to Seattle March 1-3

SITI's BOB and Room Arrive in San Francisco March 6-31

Ravenhill Revived: Shopping and... Returns to NYC, Feb. 28-March 24

Shirley Knight and Diane Venora Are Ensler's Necessary Targets, as OB Show Opens

Patti LuPone to Concertize at Carnegie Hall, Feb. 28

Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 28

Right On, Maude! Bea Arthur on Broadway Extends Again at Booth, to March 31

Cast Album of The Producers Wins Grammy Award

Paper Doll Plays NC Prior to NYC With Thomas and Abraham, Feb. 28-March 10

The Theatre Is Full of Noises: Virginia Adds Sound Wall for Crucible

Alan Campbell Joins Contact March 19

Allergist's Wife Will Tour, But Production Details Still Being Explored

UK Joe Egg Goes to Television

The RSC Heads For Haymarket

New Butterworth Play Set for Royal Court, April 17

National Theatre Opens Fiona Shaw Masterclass

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Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Peter Filichia's Diary
Throwing caution to the winds, Filichia offers an appreciation of Frank Wildhorn, who�s back in town with a cabaret show.
Hey, what is that on the calendar... oh look, there it is, "Feb 27, 2002: Hell Froze Over".

posted at 2/27/2002 05:21:43 PM by James Marino | Item Link



Black Actors Are Still Keeping Their Eyes on the Prize
By RICK LYMAN
For the second time in Academy Award history, three of the 10 acting nominees in lead roles are black. But instead of drawing cheers from those fighting for greater black representation in Hollywood, the situation is raising concerns.

Theater Review | 'Quake': In a 'Chick Flick,' Moving State to State and Man to Man

Theater Review | 'Double Agency': One-Acts Deal in Delicate Negotiations, in the Music Hall and Home

New Latino Plays Take Center Stage
Cyn Ca�el Rossi was a 13-year-old aspiring playwright when she began seeking out plays about people like herself. "I was looking for works that were identifiable, but there were no voices [representing] Caribbean-Latina playwrights," says Ca�el Rossi, who grew up on the lower East Side in a Puerto Rican-Spanish family.

GOSSETT GONZO by MICHAEL RIEDEL
OSCAR-winner Lou Gossett Jr. is making a quick exit from "Chicago" after giving what several sources described as "harrowing" performances during which he froze on stage, forgot whole pages of dialogue and appeared "completely at sea."
This situation was first mentioned on Talkin'Broadway's "All That Chat" section two days ago...

Broadway Grosses: Oh, What A Beautiful Beginnin'
The season is blossoming�six shows are currently previewing on Broadway. Oklahoma! is off to a great start�it only played one performance but it filled the large Gershwin Theatre to 100% capaci...[Read More]

Reynold Levy Chosen as New President of Lincoln Ctr.
Reynold Levy has been chosen to be the new president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, according to The New York Daily News. Before his appointment is official, the Lincoln Center boar...[Read More]

Paper Doll Will Not Open at the Cort After All
Mark Hampton and Barbara J. Zitwer�s Paper Doll will not open at the Cort Theatre after all. Although the play was [Read More]

Louis Gossett Jr. Out of Chicago
Louis Gossett Jr. is out of Broadway�s Chicago because of �health reasons,� a production spokesperson confirmed to Broadway.c...[Read More]


Producers, Monty, Mamma, Sweeney, Seussical Up for Grammy Feb. 27

Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy Gets L.A. Theatre Works Airing Feb. 27-March 3

Long Island's Theatre Three Stages One-Act Fest Feb. 27-March 20

Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 27

Jessica Molaskey's Hotly-Anticipated Solo CD Gets May 21 Web Release; Street Date June 4

Louis Gossett, Jr. Leaves Chicago for Health Reasons

Feldshuh and Callaway to Sing in Premiere of Lady In Penthouse B, at York April 30

Maggie Smith Reschedules to March 1 on 'Charlie Rose'

Huntington Theatre Elects Nixon's Nixon for March 1-April 7 Term in MA

Broadway Grosses: February 18-24

Paper Doll Not Cut Out for the Cort, But Spring on Bway Still Possible

Gabriel Byrne Among Producers of Kings of Kilburn in NYC March 13-April 21

L.A.'s Rubicon Revives Ellington's Beggar's Holiday w/ Anderson, March 1-10

Evan, McCartney Read Ripper Musical in NYC March 4-7

What's New, Buenos Aires? Bway Evita Highlights CD in Stores March 26

Rags Gets Revised Concert Reading w/ Runolfsson in NYC, March 15-16

San Jose Rep Plans Orpheus, Culture Clash, Drawer Boy for 2002-03

Wooster Group's DUMBO Birdie Keeps Flying Till March 29

Follow Spot
With a little help from his friends at Nonesuch, Billy Porter shines in the brand new, note-complete recording of Dreamgirls in concert.

posted at 2/27/2002 07:21:15 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Tuesday, February 26, 2002

City's New Cultural Affairs Commissioner Settles In by ROBIN POGREBIN
Kate D. Levin takes the lead of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs just as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposes sweeping budget cuts.

Theater Review | 'Circumference of a Squirrel': Oh, What Woes a Squirrel Can Start

B'way trending up
B.O. betters holiday weekend receipts by 7%
With B.O. up 7.63%, Broadway defied past trends and improved on the previous session's holiday weekend.

Lighting Way Of Dancing's Brightest
When Jennifer Tipton went off to college in the mid-'50s, her goal was to be an astrophysicist. She wanted to be the first person on the moon. Shortly after she arrived at Cornell, she found another way to fly high � she became a dancer, studying with a disciple of Martha Graham.

Lincoln Center Picks Prez

Critics Weigh In on Pre-Broadway Rappaport
As we first reported on January 31, I�m Not Rappaport is coming to Broadway�s Booth Theatre later this seas...[Read More]

Tim Rice Honored with Voices in London
This year's annual The Night Of 1000 Voices will be dedicated to the work of lyricist Tim Rice. The charity concert, scheduled to take place at the Royal Albert Hall on May 5, is expected to in...[Read More]

Fringe Hit 21 Dog Years Heads Off-Broadway
Mike Daisey�s 21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com, which won the award for Best Solo Show in last year�s NYC Fringe Festival, is coming to the Cherry Lane Theater. The play will begin perform...[Read More]

Occupant Suspends Performances Due to Star's Illness
The Signature Theatre Company is canceling performances of Edward Albee�s Occupant from February 23 through March 19. As we [Read More]

The Feast of Snails Ends Run in London
�lafur J�hann �lafsson�s The Feast of Snails will end its run at the Lyric Theater on March 23. The play, which marked David Warner�s return to the London stage after a three-decade absence, ju...[Read More]

The End of an Era for Westbeth Theatre Center
When Bill Bailey�s Bewilderness plays its last performance at the Westbeth Theatre Center on Saturday, March 30, it will mark the end of era. A day later, on March 31, the producing organizatio...[Read More]

Campbell Opens Carlyle Cabaret Gig Feb. 26; Readies New Album

South Coast Rep's Pacific Playwrights Fest Reads Henley, Nottage and Jordan April 26-28

San Jose Rep Premieres Nottage's Las Meninas March 16-April 14

Prodigal, Bible-Inspired Aussie Musical, Makes U.S. Debut in NYC Feb. 26

Barnes and Noble Plays Host and Setting to Three New Plays, Feb. 26

PHOTO CALL: Cake for Aida: Pascal Welcomes Simone to the Palace

PHOTO CALL: Amneris Gets Amorous at Aida Party

Alan Is King of the Promenade, as Mr. Goldwyn Begins Previews

DRG Releases Student Prince, Nervous Set Discs Feb. 26; More Due

ABBA DVD, Set for Feb. 26 Release, Includes Mamma Mia! Footage

Double Your Pleasure: Nonesuch to Release Two-Disk Dreamgirls Concert CD, Feb. 26

Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 26

Pitt Public Announces Drawer Boy, Much Ado, La Mancha for 2002-03

Noises Off Takes Night Off Feb. 28 While LuPone Concertizes; Perf Added March 3

George Faison Named Acting Artistic Director of Dormant Crossroads

Dame Judi Dench Wins BAFTA Best Actress

Norwegian Nightsongs at Royal Court from Feb. 27

PHOTO CALL: MTC Is All For Four

Vocally Ailing Mulgrew to Cut Back on Hartford Tea Shows

Byrne Piven, Influential Chicago-Area Actor and Teacher, Dead at 72

PHOTO CALL: Here's to the Lady Who Sings: Stritch Opens on Broadway

PHOTO CALL: Everybody Rise!: Dale, Nixon and Neuwirth Celebrate Stritch's Bway Opening

PHOTO CALL: The Sweet Smell of Stritch or Is She the King (Lion King, that is)?

Bway's Smell of the Kill Opens Box Office, Feb. 25

Bway Box Office for Topdog/Underdog Opens Feb. 25

Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia saw the Last Five Years on stage and off last night at the Martin Beck... with Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott in the audience of Sweet Smell. Last Five Years and Sweet Smell producer Marty Bell brought everyone along last night for a look/see.

posted at 2/26/2002 08:52:36 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Monday, February 25, 2002

Peter Filichia's Diary
Deprived of royalties from his uncle's body of work, Lorenz Hart�s nephew says: "Show me the money!"

posted at 2/25/2002 03:25:26 PM by James Marino | Item Link



THEATER REVIEW | 'ALL OVER'
Albee Hides Death Behind Curtains by BEN BRANTLEY
Rosemary Harris's version of cool heat sends off stellar light waves in this revival of Edward Albee's 1971 drama, which is not the most audience-friendly play.

For the Industry, Less to Celebrate at the Grammys by BERNARD WEINRAUB
The Recording Artists Coalition is seeking nothing less than a radical redefinition of the way the recording industry does business.

Arts fest a haven for diversity
Palestinians, Israelis among newcomers to int'l event
Palestine's Al-Kasaba Theater, Israel's Inbal Pinto Dance Co., London's multiracial music-theater company the Shout and France's Transe Express musicians and trapeze artists will be among the newcomers to New Haven's annual Intl. Festival of Arts & Ideas this summer.

PHOTO CALL: Thoroughly Modern Whoopi Checks in With Millie

PHOTO CALL: Makin' Whoopi: Goldberg Checks in With Millie and Muzzy

NYC's Lark Reads Tate's Fast Blood March 7-11

My One And Only Opens in London Feb. 25

Belber's Tape Gets SF Premiere April 19-May 12 at Magic

Seattle Rep Premieres New Moliere Don Juan March 11-April 13

Orange Flower Water, Silence of God Premiere in WV Fest, Summer 2002

Eder, Evan and Noll Set for Wildhorn Concerts Feb. 25 and March 4 in NYC

Actors' Fund to Salute Barnard Hughes, Feb. 25

Off-Broadway's Inverse Launches Reading Series with Corny, Feb. 25

Elaine Stritch to Entertain at Drama League Benefit, Feb. 25

Jamie Theakston Joins Art in London

Feast of Snails to Close Early

OOB's Manhattan Theatre Source Gets Transfusion of Blood Type: RAGU, Feb. 24

Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Cy & Bea, Bialystock & Bloom

Broadway Bound Fortune's Fool Has Stamford Tryout, Thru March 3

Off: Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I must remember that Catherine + red wine + access to the internet is a bad thing. With all the "Happy Birthdays" sung into my voicemail, I can release a CD. Hmmmm....

posted at 2/25/2002 07:24:51 AM by James Marino | Item Link

Sunday, February 24, 2002

On and Off Broadway, a Season Awash in Starlight

Six Decades Later, Still the Great American Musical

Can the Same Old Song and Dance Be New Again?
Interview with creative team of L5Y and Millie

A Hollywood Maverick, but Also a Broadway Baby
Fortune�s Gold

Pulling Out of the Garage for a Visit to Brooklyn
The Wooster Group

Back to the Woods, With Darker Lyrics and a Dancing Cow

'One Mo' Time': It Came From New Orleans

It's Sondheim's World but They Get a Shot at Reimagining It


Not a 'Star'?
Berkoff May Be The Best

What They Did For 'Love'

Newsday's Patrick Pacheco does a review of the upcoming season.

Private Lives Cast Rounded Out; Tix Go on Sale Feb. 24

Elaine Stritch and Kate Mulgrew Appear on 'Rosie'

174th Street Benefit Will Star Murney, Prince and George S. Irving Feb. 24-25

Love And Death
New season of Six Feet Under begins next Sunday. OK, shoot me, it's not theater.

The Frugal Theater Goer's Guide to Discount Tickets

posted at 2/24/2002 09:39:09 AM by the other James | Item Link

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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

Nov 9 - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (St. James)

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

Dec 3 - The Farnsworth Invention (Music Box) [Dodger Properties with Steven Spielberg, Dan Cap Productions, Fred Zollo, Latitude Link and the Pelican Group]

Dec 4 - August: Osage County (Imperial) [Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Steppenwolf]

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

Dec 16 - The Homecoming (Cort) [Richards, Frankel]

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

Feb 21 - Sunday In The Park With George (54)

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

Mar 6 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Broadhurst) [Stephen C. Byrd]

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

Apr 17 - A Catered Affair (Kerr) [Jujamcyn Theaters, Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment / Ron Fierstein, Richie Jackson and Daryl Roth]

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

TBA - Busker Alley [Margot Astrachan, Robert Blume, Kristine Lewis, Jamie Fox, Joanna Kerry & Heather Duke]

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

TBA - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Bob and Harvey Weinstein]

TBA - Cry Baby [Grazer, Gordon, McAllister, Epstein]

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

TBA - Harmony [Guiles, Karslake, Smith, Fishman]

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

TBA - Jerry Springer: The Opera! [Thoday, McKeown]

TBA - Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train (Circle)

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

TBA - Porgy and Bess [Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh, Panter, Tulchin/Bartner]

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

This list is compiled from various sources. If you have corrections to the Broadway Season, please contact us.

 
   


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