Saturday, June 08, 2002

We just got a "Blind Item" that said that last night's first preview of The Prince and The Pauper sucked. Now, people... that is not a very good use of the "Blind Item" form, is it?
posted at 6/8/2002 12:56:54 PM by James Marino | Item Link

Linda Eder and Rob Evan will be singing at the Belmont Stakes today. NBC's coverage begins at 5:00 pm Eastern time. Remember that the television show may cut the singing in favor of commercials. The lineup includes:
3:00 p.m. Linda Eder sings "God Bless America," sky divers do flag-waving jump. (not on tv)
5:30 p.m. Robert Evan sings "This Is the Moment."
5:59 p.m. Eder sings "New York, New York."
6:10 p.m. Post time for the Belmont Stakes.
Thanks to Ted for the news!
posted at 6/8/2002 11:14:19 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Doug Storm has been cast in Dance of the Vampires. (Thanks to Ted for the link!)

[ YN ]  'Carousel' Celebrates Richard Rodgers by MICHAEL KUCHWARA
NEW YORK (AP) - If you are going to celebrate the music of composer Richard Rodgers, there is no better way to do so than a performance of "Carousel."

[ YN ]  Carousel Photos
Just click to enlarge!

[ LAT ]  Spark of the New by JAN BRESLAUER
Four years in the making, an avant-garde "King Lear" may define the future of experimental theater in L.A.

[ LAT ]  The Claws Are Out by JOHN CLARK
Filming a play is risky enough. When it's "The Women," an anachronistic cat fight presents special challenges.

[ LAT ]  A Former Lawyer Tries Something New by MIKE BOEHM
At midlife, the first prosecutor in a famed Savannah murder case has struck out on a new path: actor and playwright.

[ LAT ]  'Ghetto Cabaret' Blurs the Line Between Survival, Collaboration by PHILIP BRANDES, F. KATHLEEN FOLEY

[ LAW ]  Memory of a Friend: Ray Stricklyn, 1928-2002 by Lee Melville

[ WP ]  Barbara Cook's Feast for the Ears by Nelson Pressley
Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the link!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Homeless Children's Theatre Honors Congressman Rangel

[ P ]  Houston's Alley Gets Chills With Veiller's Chair, Christie's None July 5-Aug. 11

[ P ]  Alan Cumming Forms Theatre Company, Completes Novel & Hosts TV Special

[ P ]  LuPone, Chalfant, Eichhorn & Wilson Star in "Food For Thought" in June

[ P ]  Kristin Chenoweth Chats with Garrison Keillor on June 8 Radio Broadcast
There are profiles of all the guests at the Prairie Home Companion website.

[ P ]  Full Monty Closes L.A. Kickoff June 8, Travels on to Boston, DC, Japan

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JUNE 8

[ P ]  Craig Carnelia's Musical, Actor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Will Become Cowboy Waltz in Fall

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 1-7: Tonys and Aftermath

[ P ]  "The Producers" Opens at Second New York Theatre June 7

[ B ]  Brave Theater Marathon to Commemorate September 11

[ YN ]  Backstage: Dirty Tricks: Could the Tony's Be Tarnished?

[ TB ]  Pipe Dream Review by Richard Connema

[ DN ]  Pop's New Cover Girl Wows 'em at Town Hall by JIM FARBER
What ever happened to interpretive singing?
I'm listening to her new CD at this very moment. You should be too.

[ CST ]  Headline goes here and here and here
I guess the real headline writers have the day off on Saturdays!
posted at 6/8/2002 09:28:28 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'CAROUSEL': A Barker, a Mill Worker and Oh, That Fatal Chemistry By BEN BRANTLEY
A stirring concert presentation of "Carousel" on Thursday night at Carnegie Hall definitely put the music first.

[ DN ]  Rodgers Rides Again - 'Carousel' concert makes a fitting salute to composer By HOWARD KISSEL
During the curtain calls after the thrilling concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" at Carnegie Hall Thursday night, Hugh Jackman, whose New York stage debut the concert marked, embraced John Raitt.

[ P ]  Crucible Exorcised from Broadway's Virginia Theatre June 8

[ P ]  Phantom of the Opera Offered at TKTS for First Time
posted at 6/8/2002 07:36:40 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

Friday, June 07, 2002

[ P ]  My First N.Y.C. Apartment
Some of Broadway's best - including Tony winners Bebe Neuwirth, Cady Huffman, Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman and John Lithgow - recall their early years in the city they call home

[ P ]  They'll Take Manhattan
From the now-closed The Women through this season's Tony-winning Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, playwrights and designers discuss how they captured the look and feel of New York onstage

[ TM ]  Flights of Angels Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ INQ ]  A playwright is born by Desmond Ryan
Review of "Barbra�s Wedding" by Daniel Stern.

[ BS ]  Theatres Begin to Respond to Sept. 11 By Simi Horwitz
Through Drama, Comedy and Music

[ BS ]  Originals in the Works: Part 2 of 2 By Leonard Jacobs
Groups Spend Summer Launching New Plays
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[ B ]  Carousel In Concert by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Hugh Jackman Set for Oz in Fall 2003

[ B ]  Cast Set for Roundabout's Boys From Syracuse

[ B ]  LaBute's The Distance from Here to Play at MCC

[ P ]  Private Lives Star Alan Rickman on June 7 "Charlie Rose" Broadcast

[ P ]  Zien, Hewitt, Dokuchitz, Wilkof Are Roundabout's Boys, Beginning July 24

[ P ]  Playbill Acquires Publishing Rights to Rival Stagebill

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Tony Thoughts, Millie on Disc PLUS News of Peters & Minnelli

[ P ]  Len Cariou Will Play Anne Heche's Father in Bway Proof July 2

[ P ]  Henry VIII Is Back at London's Bridewell Theatre

[ P ]  Football Finds Its Way to the U.K. Stage

[ P ]  Cats Tour of U.K. Confirmed

[ P ]  London's Woman in Black Celebrates 13 Years Onstage

[ P ]  MCC Adds NY Premiere of Neil LaBute's The Distance From Here to Season

[ P ]  L.A.'s Theatre West and Celebs Salute Martin Landau at June 21 Benefit

[ TM ]  Costume Designer Florence Klotz to Receive 2002 Patricia Zipprodt Award

[ TM ]  Carousel
Reviewed By: Michael Portantiere
Sold out to the rafters quicker than you can say "clambake," the star-studded Carnegie Hall concert version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel largely lived up to expectations.

[ TM ]  Thoroughly Enjoyable Millie
By: Brooke Pierce

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[ NYT ]  Funny Bones Get a Workout All Over Town by PETER MARKS
While the stand-up scene has retrenched a bit since the boom years of the 1980's, the city is still the ultimate testing lab for laughter.

[ NYT ]  Members of Iranian Troupe Are Refused Entry by U.S. by CELESTINE BOHLEN
The Lincoln Center Festival has reduced the number of shows of a musical drama from Iran, after 10 members of the Iranian troupe were denied visas to enter the United States.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Trans-Atlantic Back and Forth by JESSE MCKINLEY
Lord Lloyd Webber's newest production, "Bombay Dreams," began previews last Friday in London, and there's already talk that it could potentially be another big hit.

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES by James Barron
Stritch, Unabridged
This time, nobody cut off ELAINE STRITCH. This time, she was handing out the awards.
Second item.

[ NYP ]  ONSTAGE HANDS-OFF APPROACH TO SEX by CHIP DEFFAA
IN 1900, Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler caused a sensation with "Reigen" (translated as "The Round Dance"), frankly tracing the casual sexual couplings of 10 people.

[ NYP ]  ALL THE SNAFUS THAT FIT; TIMES AD GETS THEIR 'GOAT' by MICHAEL RIEDEL
EVERYBODY in the theater business knows The New York Times is a big champion of "Metamorphoses" - but this is ridiculous.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Tony-related items (bottom of the column).

[ DN ]  Lorca Inspires Drama About a Queen of Mean by Robert Dominguez
Playwright Oscar A. Col�n looks to Spanish writer Federico Garc�a Lorca for inspiration with "Becoming Bernarda," a well-acted, tightly staged drama that imagines the origins of one of Lorca's better-known characters.

[ NYO ]  Off the Record by Sridhar Pappu
Robin Pogrebin, who covers theater for The New York Times, mistakenly slammed a door on the fingers of a hit Broadway comedy-and freaked some anxious actors and producers-when she wrote in her June 3 Tony Awards recap that actress Katie Finneran "won for best featured actress in a play for her performance in the farce Noises Off, which has closed."
Thanks to Wayman on All That Chat for the link!

[ NJ ]  Musical 'Dorian' reflects its Wilde origins BY BETTE SPERO
Tony Adase was in the audience two years ago at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., when composer Richard Gleaves' musical, "Dorian," played there.
"I loved the book. ... The music hit me between the eyes," Adase said. "It's gorgeous."

[ NJ ]  The lord is verily a lady in medieval m�nage BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
NEW YORK -- A bright comedy set against the Dark Ages, "Silence" is an imaginative new play by British author Moira Buffini.

[ NJ ]  Actor recalls 6 decades of leading leadies BY PETER FILICHIA
When George S. Irving takes the Paper Mill stage on Friday night in "My Fair Lady," his fair lady will be Glory Crampton. He last appeared in the classic musical nine years ago, also at the Millburn theater, with Judy Blazer in the title role.

[ NJ ]  Lucci in person belies soap opera image BY PETER FILICHIA

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
From Channing to Lansbury to Streisand, the Broadway musicals of 1964 positively glittered with stars.

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Character actor William Ryall steps into the spotlight-and the Siegels sure hope he'll stay.

[ WP ]  The Welcome Wagon by Nelson Pressley
Round House Moves In With a Stirring 'Our Town'

[ LAT ]  More Than Just a Numbers Game by SEAN MITCHELL
Like 'A Beautiful Mind,' 'Proof' explores mathematics, mental illness and family dysfunction. But it works best as a detective story.

[ CST ]  Music with a dramatic flair is on the program by Hedy Weiss
For years now, Ravinia has been much more than a festival of purely classical music in an appealingly leafy setting. Artists in the fields of jazz, cabaret, dance, classic pop and world beat have all been an intrinsic part of the annual roster.

[ CST ]  Speaking with ... Bobby Short BY BILL ZWECKER

[ B ]  Len Cariou Joins New Proof Cast July 2

[ B ]  Photo Op: Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald Headline Carousel - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Into the Woods to Get the Boot (Again)

[ B ]  Goat Producer McCann Responds to False Metamorphoses Ad

[ B ]  CBS Orders Episodes of Nathan Lane Comedy

[ P ]  Mike Burstyn Plays Doctor in National Tour of Allergist's Wife Come Fall

[ P ]  2002 Theatre Benefit Planned for Town Hall Sept. 11

[ P ]  Joey McIntyre Gets Gig in TV's 'Boston Public'; Casting Is Ongoing for tick, tick Tour

[ P ]  Swoosie Kurtz and Harry Groener Join Cast of Bway-Bound Imaginary Friends

[ P ]  Hecht, Ballard, Seal, Vaughn Star in Harwood's Quartet at Berkshire Fest, July 9-27

[ P ]  New Sheldon Harnick Musical, The Phantom Tollbooth, to Debut in MA, Aug. 6-23

[ P ]  Jackie Mason and Pat Carroll Come to Nyack's Helen Hayes in September

[ P ]  Revised Babes In Arms Bows at Goodspeed July 12; Skinner Choreographs

[ P ]  Cantone, Can Do: Roundabout Replays Evening With Mario Cantone June 16-17

[ P ]  Roundabout Is All Over Albee, as Revival Begins June 7
Rosemary Harris, Michael Learned and Myra Carter star in this latest high-profile revival of an Albee work. The production originated at NJ's McCarter Theatre.

[ P ]  Musical Prince and the Pauper Gets Off-Bway Staging at Lamb's Beginning June 7

[ P ]  San Francisco Gets West Coast's First Taste of First Love June 7-30

[ P ]  Tom Mallow, Producer Who Was a Major Player in National Tours, Dead at 72

[ P ]  The Boot Is Back: Giant Shoe Returns to Into the Woods Theatre, June 13

[ P ]  Richardson-Hoffman Miss Julie Set for Longacre Jan. 14, 2003

[ P ]  New York Times Ad Confusion: Best Play Tony for Metamorphoses or The Goat?

[ TB ]  Candida Review by Tracy Lyon
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Thursday, June 06, 2002

[ P ]  CBS Orders Episodes of Nathan Lane Sitcom for Midseason

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Theatre World Award Winners Def, Bohon and Mol

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Theatre World Indeed: British Winners

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Theatre World Winner: Louise Pitre

[ P ]  New Group Is Smelling a Rat Longer; Cast Extends Through July 14

[ P ]  MTC Will Tend House and Garden to July 28

[ P ]  Topdog Producers Negotiating with Cast to Extend Bway Run

[ P ]  San Francisco Jams With Def Poetry June 18-July 28; Broadway Next?

[ P ]  Brian Murray to Star in New Uhry at Hartford

[ P ]  Schedule of Upcoming Broadway Shows

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Maxwell Presents Women's Project Award to Harris

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mann Presents Women's Project Award to Rashad

[ P ]  Rejected Writers Find Welcome at Off-Broadway's Endpapers

[ P ]  L.A. Gets "Carrie"-d Away in Teen Angst Parody Mandy's Yearbook June 6-July 13

[ P ]  Soft Lights, Sweet Music: Berlin's Face the Music Gets NYC Concert Revival June 11-23

[ P ]  Matchmaker Sings in Zanna, Don't!, the Musical, June 10-12 in NYC

[ P ]  Jimmy James Brings Cher, Eartha Kitt and Others to Joe's Pub in June

[ P ]  TV Stars Come Out for Blank's Young Playwrights Fest in L.A. June 6-30

[ P ]  P.S. 122 Defends Richard Maxwell's Caveman, Last Chance June 6-7

[ P ]  Music from Metamorphoses to Be Released as CD June 6

[ P ]  Jackman Confirmed for Bway Oz; Projected Bow Now Fall 2003

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mackintosh Gets a Hammerstein

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Oscar Finds Faith at Mackintosh Fete

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Ziemba, McGillin, Luker Sing for Mackintosh

[ P ]  West End's Seasonal Shake-Up Follows Queen's Jubilee

[ TB ]  Interview with Lonny Price by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Roundabout's Miss Julie to Bow at Longacre

[ B ]  House and Garden Extends at MTC

[ B ]  Hugh Jackman Set for Oz in Fall 2003

[ B ]  Ralph Fiennes to Headline Brand at RSC

[ B ]  Mastrantonio & Sabella Join Mitchell in La Mancha

[ B ]  Broadway Under The Stars Concert is Tribute to NYC

[ B ]  Brian Murray to Star in Uhry Premiere in Hartford

[ ND ]  What Will Tony Winners Do for an Encore? by Patrick Pacheco

[ DN ]  Actors, Run for Your Lines! by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Halfway through the first act at a recent performance of "House," stage manager James Fitzsimmons gets the message he doesn't want to hear.
"Uh-oh," says Fitzsimmons, frowning at the words crackling over his headset. "Either they're going too fast, or we're going slow."

[ DN ]  Literary Catfight B'Way-Bound

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
News on a musical about Sammy Davis Jr.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Tony-related items on Sheryl Lee Ralph, Hugh Jackman and Liam Neeson.

[ TM ]  Kathleen Freeman Memorial Tree Flourishes on West 46th Street by: Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  Out and About by: Dan Bacalzo
New York theater gets fabulous for Gay Pride Month.

[ TM ]  SELF DEFENSE, or death of some salesmen Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

[ YN ]  'Sunday in the Park' Looks at Artist by MICHAEL KUCHWARA
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Art isn't easy."
So goes one of the more persistent refrains in "Sunday in the Park with George," Stephen Sondheim's most personal and heartfelt musical, a show now receiving an inventive, carefully thought-out production as part of the Kennedy Center's summer-long salute to the composer.

[ YN ]  Broadway on Quixotic Quest for Fall by Robert Hofler

[ YN ]  Def Poetry Jams Onstage by Robert Hofler

[ YN ]  'Woman in Black' Still Chilling After 13 Years by Paul Majendie
On Friday, the cult thriller celebrates its 13th birthday in London's theaterland after tingling more than two million spines in Britain alone.

[ LAT ]  THEATER REVIEW
Strong Voices Waft Over 'South Pacific' by DARYL H. MILLER
Like a breeze off the water, a fresh new revival of "South Pacific" has swept into the area--spiced with mystery and enchantment, yet chased along by a gathering storm.

[ NJ ]  Center stage: 'Gypsy' in his soul by Peter Filichia
posted at 6/6/2002 03:01:58 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ B ]  Revivals #2 by Ken Mandelbaum
posted at 6/6/2002 01:57:45 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

[ P ]  Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald Ride the Carnegie Hall Carousel June 6
And BroadwayStars will most assuredly be there!

[ P ]  Liza's Back! To Be Recorded Live

[ P ]  Mastrantonio and Sabella Join Broadway Man of La Mancha

[ P ]  Will Jerry Herman's Miss Spectacular Be a Broadway Musical?

[ B ]  Metamorphoses Ad Claims Best Play Tony Win to The Goat's Dismay
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Wednesday, June 05, 2002

[ B ]  Topdog Extends Broadway Engagement

[ B ]  Mike Leigh's Smelling A Rat Extends to July 14

[ B ]  From the Shelf: Walking Through Walls, Avec Amour by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Ask a Star: Sheryl Lee Ralph

[ P ]  L.A.'s Ahmanson Announces Producers Dates, Tomlin's Search for 2002-03

[ YN ]  CBS Orders Lane Laffer 'Life'
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[ NYP ]  TREASURE CHEST by MICHAEL RIEDEL
ONE of the big musical theater entries for next season has been delayed at least a year so its rising young star can first make a fortune in Hollywood.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Tony-related items on Louise Pitre and Andrea Martin.

[ P ]  Hot Dog: Fire Cuts Short Topdog Show; Performances Resume Tonight

[ P ]  WNET/Thirteen To Rebroadcast "The No�l Coward Story" June 5

[ P ]  Martin Esslin, Author of "Theater of the Absurd," Dead at 83

[ P ]  NCTF Presents Langella and Ruehl With Awards June 10; Shear Hosts

[ P ]  From Big River to Brooklyn, Jeff Calhoun is N.Y. Bound

[ P ]  'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star Brad Garrett No Longer Chicago Bound

[ P ]  Mancha Will Tilt at Martin Beck This Fall

[ P ]  Finneran, Eder, Butz, Krakowsky, Glover Added to "Broadway Under the Stars," June 10
That's Krakowski.

[ P ]  Young Leads Cast in Broadway's Dance of the Vampires

[ P ]  Sibling Revelry Spices Gip Hoppe's Heart of Jade, in Boston June 13-29

[ P ]  Magic Theatre Premieres Ted Kaczynski, Body Familiar, 8 Bob Off in 2002-03

[ P ]  L.A.'s Geffen Will Build Second Theater; Renovate Playhouse in 2004

[ P ]  David Drake's Son of Drakula Bows in NYC, Oct. 24-Nov. 10

[ P ]  Paper Mill's My Fair Lady Begins June 5; Complete Casting Announced
Glory Crampton is Eliza Doolittle and Paul Schoeffler is Professor Henry Higgins in the new production directed by Robert Johanson.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lucas' Thing Bows at Opening

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Darkness Lightens at Opening

[ P ]  Michael Tolan to Bring Flights of Angels to Emelin Theatre, June 5-16

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 5

[ P ]  Despite Lackluster Ratings, Tony Awards Go Out on High Note

[ P ]  "You Like Me, You Really Like Me": Memorable Quotes from Tony 2002

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
At the end of the zany, caustic musical comedy, Urinetown, a treatise on population, poverty and consumption, written in 1798 by sociologist Thomas Malthus, is held aloft. Did the creators of the musical about a drought-stricken world where folks have to "pay to pee" have its roots in liberal politics or in Laurel and Hardy? The Tony Award-winning lyricist-librettist Greg Kotis and lyricist-composer Mark Hollmann explain what they were thinking when they created what's seen as the funniest show this side of The Producers.

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Where Chekhov Left Off by BRUCE WEBER
There was nothing as riveting or as deep at this year's Spoleto Festival USA as "Two Plays After," a delicious and thoughtful pairing of one-acts in homage to and in reconsideration of Chekhov.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'JOE AND BETTY'
Mom and Dad, You Were Perfect . . . Nightmares by BRUCE WEBER
As a portrait of an ugly marriage as it appears to an adolescent, Murray Mednick's play is a harrowing, deeply distressing and memorable, if not exactly enjoyable, comedy.

[ NYT ]  The Musical 'Sweet Smell of Success' Is to Close by JESSE McKINLEY
"Sweet Smell of Success," one of the most expensive and eagerly anticipated musicals of the season, is to close on June 15 with a loss of some $10 million.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SELF DEFENSE'
A Killer, Yes, but She's a Good Old Girl by ANITA GATES
Aileen Wuornos, who has been refered to as America's first female serial killer, is the inspiration for Carson Kreitzer's third play about women who kill.

[ NYT ]  MUSIC REVIEW | PIZZARELLI FAMILY
A Family Affair Keeps It Light, Wry and Swinging BY STEPHEN HOLDEN
When it comes to exploring the darker emotions, the Pizzarellis keep their hands off. They embody a cabaret paradigm of pop-jazz music as hip, intelligent fun.

[ NYT ]  Martin Esslin, Drama Theorist, Dies at 83 by MEL GUSSOW
Martin Esslin, a drama critic, teacher and the author of "The Theater of the Absurd," a seminal book for experimental playwrights, died on Feb. 24 in London.

[ DN ]  Success Proves Elusive: 'Sweet Smell' to Close by HOWARD KISSEL

[ DN ]  Madonna: The Girl's All Right by JIM FARBER
Madonna fans watch her stabs at acting the way a mother surveys her child's first moves on the playing field: She just hopes the kid makes it through without too much shame or bloodshed.

[ INQ ]  Actor's angst led to his 'Wedding' by Desmond Ryan
Four years ago, Daniel Stern, a seasoned actor but fledgling playwright, was sitting at his desk in his Malibu home and getting nowhere with a two-character piece. It wasn't a case of writer's block, but what was going on down the street.

[ USA ]  Tony Curtis is 'Hot' again by Elysa Gardner

[ USA ]  'The Guys' takes 9/11 to big screen by Elysa Gardner

[ B ]  Fire at Ambassador Interrupts Topdog/Underdog

[ B ]  Man of La Mancha Set for Martin Beck Theatre

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Allergy Attack

[ B ]  Photo Op: 2002 Theatre World Awards - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Video: Backstage at Metamorphoses

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Mos Def is among those honored with Theatre World Awards this year.

[ TM ]  New York Stories in Black and White Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ NJ ]  Luna Stage makes the big leap BY PETER FILICHIA
Actor Paul Murphy, portraying Estragon in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" at Luna Stage Company in Montclair, spoke this line: "Let's not do anything safe."
Members of an invited audience, on hand for an open house last weekend for the opening of Luna's new $850,000 space, had to grin.

[ VV ]  LIFE UNSURANCE by Michael Feingold
Boys and Girls by Tom Donaghy; This Thing of Darkness by Craig Lucas and David Schulner

[ VV ]  LOVE'S LABORERS LOST by Charles McNulty
Self Defense, or Death of Some Salesmen by Carson Kreitzer; A to B by Ricardo A. Bracho

[ VV ]  THE ARTIST AS YOUNG DOG by Francine Russo
An Exhibit of Auteur Directors

[ VV ]  REELING IN THE EARS by Alexis Soloski
Thin Walls by Alice Eve Cohen

[ BH ]  Hub producers celebrate awards by Terry Byrne
Boston-based producers reveled in a total of nine Tonys from Sunday's 56th annual celebration of Broadway.

[ LAT ]  '42nd St.,' Lily Tomlin Set for Ahmanson by DON SHIRLEY
"Mamma Mia!" "Bring in 'Da Funk" are also on the schedule, and a recent Broadway drama is being sought as well.

[ LADN ]  Younger than springtime by Alessandra Djurklou
Though he plays the mature romantic lead in the revival of `South Pacific,' Robert Goulet has too many other roles in life to think of slowing down.

[ LADN ]  A winning construct by Evan Henerson
David Auburn's play 'Proof' began with a simple idea, and then one thing followed from another.
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Tuesday, June 04, 2002

[ P ]  Jackie Mason to Serve Prune Danish to Broadway, Oct. 8

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 27 - June 2

[ P ]  Guthrie's Board Decides to Continue Arts Center Despite Ventura's Veto

[ P ]  Hamilton and Pope join Chicago June 4; Mexico's Marroquin, June 18

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Paper Mill's Fair Lady

[ B ]  Marroquin is Chicago's New Roxie Hart

[ B ]  Jackie Mason to Bring Prune Danish to B'way

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Mary Cleere Haran again displays her affinity for the work of Lorenz Hart (and Richard Rodgers) at the Oak Room.

[ TM ]  Sunday in the Park with George Reviewed By: Michael Toscano

[ BS ]  Face to Face: Scott Alan Evans by Simi Horwitz
TACT's co-artistic director discusses his company's latest production of 'Long Island Sound' and the current Noel Coward's renaissance

[ TNY ]  BABY HUNGER by JOHN LAHR
Tom Donaghy on not so gay parenting.
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[ P ]  "Broadway Under the Stars" Debuts in NYC's Bryant Park, June 10

[ P ]  Best Musical, Best Play: Best Box Office

[ P ]  The Honeymoon's Not Over: Private Lives Will Extend to Sept. 1

[ P ]  Bob Dishy to Join Cast of Bway's Morning, June 18

[ P ]  Welcome to the Night: Sweet Smell Goes Dark June 15

[ B ]  Swoozie Kurtz to Join Jones in Imaginary Friends

[ B ]  CBS Tony Telecast Receives Lowest Ratings Ever

[ B ]  Bob Dishy to Join Cast of Morning's at Seven

[ B ]  CDs: Great Ladies Try a Musical by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
Latino playwrights are spotlighted in the latest three-play rep series at INTAR.
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[ B ]  Sweet Smell of Success to Close June 15
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[ NYT ]  Bright Lights and Bright Ideas by DAVID HERSOVITS
Maybe people do crave a touch of resistance with their entertainment, some surprise, some mystery, even a little bit of intellectual challenge when they go to theater.

[ NYT ]  Corrections
An article yesterday about this year's Tony Awards referred incorrectly to the Broadway run of "Noises Off"...

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Casting news on "Imaginary Friends."

[ BSUN ]  Kennedy's 'Park' connects all the dots by J. Wynn Rousuck
Musical about Seurat links themes, acts, even centuries

[ LAT ]  New Geffen Gift Will Expand Playhouse by DON SHIRLEY
Film and pop mogul David Geffen is giving a second $5-million gift to the Geffen Playhouse--the Westwood theater company named after him--as part of a capital campaign that aims to raise money to add a small second stage and expand the existing 498-seat Westwood theater.

[ LAT ]  Proof of What Happens When You Just Let Go by DAVID AUBURN
A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright talks about a valuable search for the unexpected and the inevitable.

[ NJ ]  Teens earn solid grade in 'Brink of Life' BY PETER FILICHIA
What's more endearing than seeing a group of talented kids show that they're as good as the most seasoned pros?

[ WP ]  Backstage: Studio's Double Load Of Kenneth Lonergan by Jane Horwitz
Includes an item on Brian Stokes Mitchell making an appearance at a middle school.

[ YN ]  Archerd: Liza thrills Gotham fans by Army Archerd

[ P ]  Lost in Cyberspace
Mike Daisey's one-man show, 21 Dog Years: Doing [email protected] � now playing Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre � is an insider's darkly humorous account of life at a dot-com.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Party On, Millie!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Millie Winners Foster and Ashford

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Whoopi, Mayer, Christian Party With Millie

[ P ]  Bogardus, Moore Star in Chicago for WV Public Theatre July 9-14

[ P ]  Tour of Some Like It Hot, the Musical, Begins June 4 in TX; Tony Curtis Headlines

[ P ]  My Mann!: Death in Venice Begins Off-Broadway, June 4

[ P ]  Swank, Lowe Perform Credeaux Canvas for L.A. Theatre Works June 26-30

[ P ]  Chasing Rainbows: Molaskey and de Haas Discs Get June 4 Street Date

[ P ]  Edward Albee Speaks in Hartford June 4, Coinciding with CT Seascape

[ P ]  The Devil and the Delta Blues: Uggams Stars in Off-Bway's Thunder June 4; Opens June 20
After many attempts, Thunder Knocking on the Door, a musical blues fable about the Devil and a guitar competition, finally makes its New York City. Leslie Uggams and Chuck Cooper star.

[ P ]  DeLaria and Urinetown Headline June 24 Fundraiser at LGBT Center

[ P ]  Geoff Hoyle Brings Feast of Fools to La Jolla June 11-July 14

[ P ]  Bye, Bye Henrik: Off-Broadway's Ibsen Series Reaches Its Conclusion, June 4

[ P ]  Elizabeth Ashley Is Regina in DC Little Foxes; Hadary and Dullea Co-Star, June 4-July 28

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JUNE 4

[ P ]  Hopper Heads Cast of Off-Broadway's Endpapers, Beginning June 11

[ P ]  Ragtime's Dawson Stars in Tale of Cinderella at Lincoln Center

[ P ]  John Raitt and Eden Riegel Join All-Star Carousel at Carnegie Hall

[ P ]  Jeremy Irons to Host PBS' "Beckett on Film" Series
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It is said that all SWEET SMELL group sales after 6/15 were cancelled yesterday... And is it true that the Public is firing its entire literary department? Or is that just a nasty rumor?
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[ NYT ]  The Science of the Tonys, Impenetrable and Inexact By ROBIN POGREBIN
Those looking for logic could be forgiven for coming away confounded from Sunday night's Tony Awards.

[ NYP ]  STRITCH: SORRY By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE executive producer of the Tony Awards doesn't believe he owes Elaine Stritch an apology for cutting short her acceptance speech Sunday night.

[ DN ]  B'way Deserves Tony For Best Revival By HOWARD KISSEL
At the end of the Tony Awards Sunday night, Michael David, a founding partner of Dodger Theatricals, one of the prime producing teams on Broadway, noted that despite the opinions of cynics � I assume he meant people like me � it was well-nigh miraculous that the Broadway season just ended was as rich as it was.

[ DN ]  Tonys Hit Ratings Low By RICHARD HUFF

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'TRANSATLANTICA': When the Dead Keep Coming Back to Life By BRUCE WEBER
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Monday, June 03, 2002

[ P ]  Basketball Trumps Theatre in Overnight TV Ratings

[ P ]  TV Stars Come Out for Blank's Young Playwrights Fest in L.A. June 6-30

[ P ]  Gerroll Leaves MTC's House and Garden, Falls for Blithe Spirit

[ P ]  Despite Times Obit, Noises Off 'Alive and Kicking'

[ B ]  Revivals #1 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Tonys 2002: Metamorphoses VIP Party - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Tonys 2002: The Dodgers Toast U-Town and Woods - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Tonys 2002: Perfect Pairs - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ TM ]  The Day After the Tonys by: Michael Portantiere
Notes on who won, who lost, and who got robbed.
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[ TM ]  What Was Really on Elaine Stritch�s Mind by Peter Filichia
The inimitable Miss Stritch supplies some off-stage drama in the press room at the Tony Awards.
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[ WP ]  Connecting the Dots by Nelson Pressley
'Sunday in the Park' Blurs Sondheim's Seurat

[ NJ ]  Glorious tunes keep 'Carnival!' humming BY PETER FILICHIA

[ LAT ]  Despite Fine Cast, 'Smash' Isn't a Success by TONY PERRY
The tepid, largely unamusing and wholly unprovocative production of "Smash," which opened Saturday at the Old Globe Theatre, has been adapted from one of the lesser novels of George Bernard Shaw.
The overriding question is not how, but why.

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
Buzz about Bea: Why this Golden Girl was a no-show

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: Scenes From the Tonys

Would someone please tell the Times that "Noises Off" hasn't closed?

[ ND ]  Behind Stage, Dramas Play by Robert Kahn

[ ND ]  Photo Gallery: Tony Awards

[ CST ]  Chicago contingent second to none at this year's Tonys by Hedy Weiss

[ B ]  Gimme, Gimme: Millie Takes 6 Tonys, Including Best Musical; The Goat Named Best Play

[ B ]  Tony Predictions: Who Had a Clear Crystal Ball?

[ B ]  Say What!? Overheard in the Tony Press Room
"It's called Thou Shalt Not II. I'm very proud of it. I simply won't let it die." -Thou Shalt Not composer Harry Connick Jr. joking about his next project

[ B ]  Thank You! The 2002 Tony Acceptance Speeches

[ B ]  London to Get Tony Winners Bates & Langella

[ B ]  2002 Tony Awards Telecast Review by Adam Feldman

[ B ]  Photo Op: Tonys 2002: Inside Millie's Post-Tonys Bash - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Photo Op: Tonys 2002: Broadway Fashionistas - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Photo Op: Tonys 2002: The Winners' Circle - Photos by Bruce Glikas

[ B ]  Video: Tonys 2002: On the Red Carpet

[ P ]  Millie Is Big 2002 Tony Award-Winner; The Goat Grabs Best Play
The 2002 Tony Awards brought direction honors to John Rando and Mary Zimmerman, plus acting nods to John Lithgow, Sutton Foster, Lindsay Duncan, Frank Langella, Alan Bates, Katie Finneran and Shuler Hensley.

[ P ]  Elaine Stritch Upset by Shortened Acceptance Speech

[ P ]  Private Lives May Extend a Month on Broadway

[ P ]  Katie Finneran Will Return to Broadway Soon

[ P ]  Fortune's Fool May Play London in Fall

[ P ]  Mary Zimmerman Hopes to Bring Arabian Nights to NYC

[ P ]  Urinetown to Reach Tokyo

[ P ]  Rob Ashford Marvels About Winning Over Former Boss Stroman

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Shuler and Paula Hensley

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Jason Biggs and Edward Albee

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Susan Stroman and Warren Carlyle

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Louise Pitre and Lindsay Duncan

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Vanessa Williams and Andrea Martin

[ P ]  PHOTO: Harry Connick Jr.

[ P ]  PHOTO: John Raitt and Peter Gallagher

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Mos Def, Suzan-Lori Parks and Jeffrey Wright

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: The Girls in the Red Dresses: Katie Finneran and Laura Benanti

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: The Girls in the Black Dresses: Lea Salonga and Edie Falco

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Nancy Opel and Mary Tyler Moore

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Marc Kudisch and Felicia Finley

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Brian d'Arcy James and John Lithgow

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Whoopi Goldberg and Alicia Silverstone

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Billy Crudup and Mary-Louise Parker

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Calista Flockhart

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Judy Kaye and John Cullum

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Assif Mandvi and Josephina Gabrielle

[ P ]  Tony Arrivals: Stanley Tucci and Paul Rudd

[ P ]  Babyface's Musical Love Makes Things Happen Arrives at NYC's Beacon June 10-16

[ P ]  Women's Project Honors Julie Harris and Phylicia Rashad June 3

[ P ]  Theatre World Awards Handed Out June 3

[ P ]  London Cast Recording of Boys From Syracuse Due on CD June 25

[ P ]  Final Toss of the Dice: Guys and Dolls Tour, With Maurice Hines, Ends June 4-9 in TX

[ P ]  Author Steven Suskin To Sign "Broadway Yearbook" on June 3 & 4

[ P ]  Leeds Returns to I Love You, You're Perfect Off-Bway June 3

[ P ]  Anthony Rapp Sings in Broadway Spotlight Series June 3

[ P ]  Mackintosh Honored by York June 3; Callaway, Ebersole, Luker, Oscar Among Performers

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JUNE 3

[ USA ]  Hopelessness nearly overwhelms 'Darkness' by Elysa Gardner

[ TB ]  Findlay man could win one of Broadway's top awards tonight by TAHREE LANE
Gavin Creel is nominated for a Tony award as best actor in a musical
Thanks to ttril on All That Chat for the link!

[ SDUT ]  It's a thoroughly made-over 'Millie' by Anne Marie Welsh
From La Jolla to Broadway, musical's composer, lyricist performed major surgery

[ SDUT ]  La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe have a history with Tony by ANNE MARIE WELSH
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above!
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[ P ]  Complete List of Winners: Millie, Woods, The Goat, Private Lives Win 2002 Tonys

[ NYP ]  NOW COMES 'MILLIE' TIME By KATE SHEEHY
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" thoroughly trounced the competition by dancing off with six Tonys, including the coveted Best Musical award, last night.

[ NYP ]  ELAINE STRITCH !@#$% FURIOUS OVER CBS'S CRUELEST CUT By MICHAEL RIEDEL
A furious Elaine Stritch told CBS to "go f - - -" itself last night after the network cut to a commercial midway through her Tony acceptance speech.

[ NYP ]  THE GREAT BLACK WAY By LIBBY CALLAWAY
WHAT'S the difference between a Tony girl and an Oscar girl? About a dozen yards of black satin and several buckets of beads. The women at Broadway's awards night looked chic and put-together, but they lacked the sparkle of their Tinseltown red-carpet counterparts.

[ DN ]  This Millie Charms Tony - Musical comedy scores as the night's big winner By RICHARD HUFF

[ DN ]  Tony Shows Off What Broadway Is Made Of - Real troupers present heartfelt celebration of the 2002 season By PATRICIA O'HAIRE and ROBERT DOMINGUEZ

[ DN ]  A Prime(-Time) Opportunity To Give Much-Needed Boost By RON GIVENS
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[ NYT ]  At Tonys, 'Millie' Is Tops, but Its Book and Score Aren't By ROBIN POGREBIN
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" won the Tony Award for best musical while "Urinetown: The Musical" won for best direction, score and book of a musical.

[ NYT ]  New Soles and Heels for Vagabond Shoes By STEPHEN HOLDEN
At Friday's show at the Beacon Theater, Liza Minelli hit the stage like a tornado, making an astounding comeback.
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Sunday, June 02, 2002

[ P ]  Complete List of Winners: Millie, Woods, The Goat, Private Lives Win 2002 Tonys

[ B ]  Gimme, Gimme: Millie Takes 6 Tonys, Including Best Musical; The Goat Named Best Play
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Elaine Stritch's appearance on 60 Minutes will be repeated tonight on CBS -- a great kick-off to Tony night!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Company on a Sunday

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Georges and Dot Enjoy a Sunday

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Errico as Sunday's Dot

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Esparza as Sunday's George

[ OCR ]  Method to the madness by PAUL HODGINS
David Auburn finds success and a Pulitzer Prize in the genius-sanity link with 'Proof.'

[ MH ]  Broadway: Revival of the fittest BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Features quotes from Katie Finneran and Laura Benanti. Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above!

One more, just for fun...

[ MH ]  Hotel, shmotel -- I'll just shtay in the shtreet by Dave Barry
So we went to New York City for some urban excitement, which began when we saw our hotel. To avoid hurt feelings, I will call it by a made-up name, ''The Hotel Shpennsylvania.'' It's in midtown Shmanhattan, across the street from Shmadison Square Garden.
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[ KCS ]  KC's Nancy Opel finds herself among Tony Award nominees by ROBERT TRUSSELL
Thanks to Jim on All That Chat for the link!

[ KNS ]  John Cullum: A career gone to 'potty?' by Doug Mason
'Urinetown' could bring Knoxville-born actor a third Tony Award
Thanks to rosieb on All That Chat for the link!

[ MH ]  He's quite a character on stage BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Marc Kudisch is tall, good-looking and possessed of a booming baritone that's one of the best on Broadway.
But don't call him a leading man.

[ MH ]  'Rising star' still in ascendance BY CHRISTINE DOLEN
Laura Benanti made her first big splash in theater at 16, playing the lead in her small New Jersey high school's production of Hello, Dolly!. Scouts from the professional Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn saw the show and gave Benanti the theater's first Rising Star Award.
Boy, were they right.

[ BE ]   It's the best of times for Kate Burton by Jeffrey Borak

[ PJ ]  For Rex Smith, Kiss Me, Kate could be the last BY MICHAEL JANUSONIS

[ HC ]  `Our Town' Sentimental? Play Being Re-Examined On A National Scale by FRANK RIZZO
Thanks to American Theater Web for the links above!

[ ND ]  Yes, We Have No Second Bananas by Blake Green
Seasoned star-caliber performers compete for a Tony for featured actor in a musical

[ ND ]  The Transforming Powers of Water by Blake Green
A pool makes a magical stage for Broadway's 'Metamorphoses,' the Tony-nominated version of Ovid's myths - but, oh, to keep it clean...

[ ND ]  Goats, Witches And More by Linda Winer
Newsday's theater critic plays favorites, naming her picks for Tony honors

[ TS ]  Andrea Martin gets real by Richard Ouzounian
After 30 years of being funny, she decided to change. The result: Oklahoma! and a Tony nomination

[ TS ]  Into The Woods all over again by Richard Ouzounian
A review, or as Richard calls it, "a fan letter to Laura Benanti." Thanks to Richard for the links!

[ WP ]  Cook's Tour de Force by Chip Crews
At 74, Singer Hitting the Road With 'Mostly Sondheim'

[ LAT ]  Craftsmen of the Stage by STEVEN OXMAN
Unlike giants of the theater, these playwrights deserve praise simply for working year in and year out.

[ LAT ]  Album of a Native American Past by SCARLET CHENG
In 'Jump Kiss,' Diane Glancy conveys memories, enhanced with family photos, of her family life in 1950s Kansas.

[ INQ ]  Invitation to Phila.: Come to the cabaret by David Patrick Stearns
Forty-eight performers will show off their pipes in an unconventional convention this week.

[ P ]  New Guys: Carole Kane and Stephen Lang Join The Bat's 9/11 Drama in NYC, July 9-Aug. 9

[ P ]  Off-Bway Sensation, Syringa Tree, Ends NYC Run, Anticipates Two-Year Tour

[ P ]  Radio Playbill Previews the Upcoming Broadway Season, June 4-9

[ P ]  Steven Suskin ON THE RECORD: Two Gents, of Verona and Dogpatch

[ P ]  2002 Tony Awards Presented Tonight at Radio City Music Hall

[ P ]  TV's Gurwitch Is Betty in New Mednick Drama, Opening Off-Broadway June 2

[ P ]  6th Annual L.A. Actors Fund Tony Party Honors Carol Channing June 2

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JUNE 2

[ P ]  Elizabeth Franz Discovers a Play and Wins a Tony Nomination
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[ P ]  2002 Tony Awards Presented Tonight at Radio City Music Hall

[ NYT ]  On Broadway, the Come-On Lacks Confidence By BEN BRANTLEY
Seeking to stay healthy in an age ruled by technology and mass-produced images, Broadway has never seemed so desperately eager to please or less sure of how to do so.

[ NYP ]  HOW I'D ADD SOME PIZZAZZ TO TONYS By CLIVE BARNES
The Tony Awards really are not that interesting. If they were, people would pay them more attention - even to the extent of remembering who had won.

[ NYP ]  BRIGHT LIGHTS By BARBARA HOFFMAN
It wasn't the best of times - but it wasn't the worst, either.Surely this theater season has nothing on the last one, when "The Full Monty" opened to raves, Mary-Louise Parker wowed 'em in "Proof" and a smartly retooled "42nd Street" tap-tap-tapped its way to strong box-office returns.

[ DN ]  Diamonds in the Rough - Tonight's Tony Awards reflect a poor season enlivened by a few gems By HOWARD KISSEL
This week, Variety reported that for the first time in a decade, Broadway grosses did not top those of the season before. Given the Sept. 11 tragedy and its economic consequences, it's miraculous that the season turned out as well as it did.

[ NYP ]  FOSTER KIDS: B'WAY BROTHER AND SISTER DUO KEEP IT ALL IN THE FAMILY By CLAIRE SIEGEL
She's favored to win the Tony tonight for Best Actress in a Musical, but the awards have already been a bit of a disappointment for Sutton Foster.

[ NYP ]  HER CO-STAR 'FELT LIKE A JEALOUS EX' By CHIP DEFFAA
It was in the speakeasy scene during previews of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" when star Sutton Foster heard Gavin Creel (who plays her boyfriend, Jimmy) whisper words not in the script: "Sutton, I just blew my knee out."

[ P ]  Everybody Party!: Tony Celebrations Held Around the City

[ NYT ]  In the West End, the Accent Is Decidedly American By BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE

[ NYP ]  VIVA REVITA-LIZA By CLIVE BARNES
IN show business, as in a shipwreck, the key to survival is simply hanging in there.

[ NYT ]  Wanted: American Actors With a Taste for Fish and Chips By MATT WOLF

[ DN ]  The Melody Lingers On - A poignant memory of Richard Rodgers in his centenary week

[ P ]  Barring Reprieve, The Elephant Man to Close on Bway, June 2

[ P ]  Harriet Harris Follows Her Instincts to a Tony Nomination
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Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

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Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

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Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

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

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Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

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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]

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Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

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May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

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TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

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TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

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TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

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

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

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TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

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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]

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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]

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