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Saturday, August 10, 2002

[ NYT ]  Finally, Footlights on the Fat Girls by John Waters
: ) Love this show, saw it for the third time Thursday night, it just gets better and better. I'll be eating Fluffernutter sandwiches for the next two months but what the hell!

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[ B ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'GOD OF VENGEANCE'
Is God Listening? Ask the Man Who Thinks So by WILBORN HAMPTON

There is nothing in Sholom Asch's play to raise an eyebrow today, but when it appeared on Broadway in 1923, Jews and gentiles joined to bring obscenity charges against it.

[ DN ]  Fringe Element, Center by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Festival where 'Urinetown' got its start is bigger & more offbeat than ever

[ BS ]  Self-Promotion Key to Finding Fans in Fringe by Leonard Jacobs
When you are just one of the 195 shows in the sixth annual NY Int'l Fringe Festival, it's imperative to find memorable ways to attract attention.

[ BS ]  Vaudeville,Variety, Burlesque--Live Onstage in Times Square by Simi Horwitz
Imagine sword swallowers, aerialists, and jugglers--all housed in a "Palace of Variety" on Times Square. Actually, it's not all that extraordinary.

[ BS ]  Inner Circle Angles Growth by Leonard Jacobs
AEA, SSDC Capitulate on Service Fees; Dramatists Guild Still Firm

[ BS ]  Off-Off-Broadway Theatres Upgrade Equity Contracts by Luke Thomas Crowe

[ P ]  Marti Pellow Extends Engagement in London Chicago

[ P ]  Kevin Anderson and B.J. Crosby Star in Brooklyn Workshop in September

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Got Proof?

[ P ]  Madame Tussaud's Unveils Wax Lane and Broderick on 42nd Street

[ P ]  Sain't She Ain't Ain't in the Berkshires After Aug. 10

[ P ]  CUNY-TV to Broadcast "Working in the Theatre" on Aug. 11, 17, 23

[ P ]  Bernadette Peters to Co-host "Live with Regis and Kelly" on ABC-TV

[ P ]  Fringe Show, Portrait of a President, Looks at Clinton, Aug. 10-25

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 10

[ PP ]  That's MY head you're talking about!

Dominic Papatola, theater critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, reviews the Minnesota Fringe Festival show "Bring Me the Head of Dominic Papatola."

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Friday, August 09, 2002

[ B ]  Harrelson and MacLachlan Face London Critics

[ B ]  Sherie Rene Scott to Play Debbie in Dallas

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Frankie and Johnny Make Love on Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lovely 'Sopranos' on Broadway

[ P ]  "Today" Will Air Hairspray Behind-the-Scenes Special Aug. 15, Performance Date In Future

[ P ]  American Songbook Series Offers La Chanze, Haran and Kapilow in November

[ P ]  Moscow 42nd Street May Have Recording

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Aug. 3-9: Not So Fringey Anymore

[ P ]  Mo' Def: Poetry Jam Will Arrive on Broadway in October

[ P ]  Gambon Joins A Number At U.K.'s Royal Court

[ P ]  Lillias White Stars in Josephine Baker Musical in Chicago Festival Aug. 9 & 10

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[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia takes in Joe DiPietro's revisal of Rodgers and Hart's Babes in Arms at Goodspeed.

[ P ]  Wilde, Capote and Williams Are Carved in Stone in San Francisco Aug. 9-31

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Gypsy At Last!, Divas in Cabaret PLUS Heather Headley's New CD

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: ASCAP Salutes Hairspray's Marc Shaiman

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Hairspray's Dream Team

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kreiger, Adler, Carnelia Honor Shaiman With ASCAP

[ B ]  Did Critics Fall in Love with Frankie and Johnny?

[ B ]  CDs: Jones and Schmidt in Oklahoma Territory by Ken Mandelbaum

ROADSIDE (JAY)

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[ YN ]  Simmons' 'Def Poetry Jam' Headed for Broadway by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - The 2003 race for the special event Tony just got interesting.

[ YN ]  'Frankie and Johnny' Entertains by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ USA ]  Clich�d 'Frankie' hasn't aged well by Elysa Gardner

[ ND ]  Love in a Tentative Embrace by Gordon Cox

Played to the tune of 'Clair de Lune'

[ TM ]  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ CST ]  Waiting in the wings: CURTAIN CALL by Mary Houlihan
Seeing a musical on a Saturday or Sunday morning isn't something you'd do very often. But once a year, the Theatre Building Chicago offers that eye-opening experience during its annual festival of new musicals. Running for two days, back-to-back musicals are presented at a whirlwind pace.
Featuring Lillias White.

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
Reviews of four productions, including "Tell Veronica!" starring Charlene Tilton, and "A Lovely Light," a one-woman show about Edna St. Vincent Millay, starring Marion Ross.

[ BG ]  When play's intentions, not results, take spotlight by Ed Siegel
Reviews of four productions in the Berkshires: "Henry V," "Insurrection: Holding History," "God of Vengeance," and "A Saint She Ain't."

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Rick Skye does a great Liza impression; now, all he needs is a great Liza show.

[ TM ]  Tunes and Tomes
Decca Broadway's operetta reissues aren't complete or completely authentic, but they're still a ripe earful.

[ P ]  She's Delightful, She's Delicious . . . She's Dee Hoty!
Actress-singer Dee Hoty - star of Broadway's City of Angels and Footloose - returns to the stage as Donna in one of the two national tours of the hit ABBA musical, Mamma Mia!

[ P ]  Afraid? Marian Seldes Plays Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own in NYC, Aug. 19

[ P ]  Decca Broadway Releases Eight Titles on Four Discs

[ P ]  Soho Rep Offers Signals of Distress and Molly's Dream in 2002-03

[ P ]  Luckinbill Is Roosevelt at Off-Broadway's Abingdon, Oct. 18-Nov. 24

[ P ]  Previews of Horovitz's My Old Lady Begin Off-Broadway Sept. 12

[ P ]  Legendary Mime Marcel Marceau Extends in L.A. Through Aug. 25

[ P ]  On the Fringe: New York Festival Kicks Off Aug. 9

[ P ]  There Is Nothin' Like a Dame!: Dame Edna to Launch U.S. Tour This Fall

[ P ]  Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Masterpiece' To Air on PBS; CD Release, Too

[ P ]  Rodgers-Winner, The Fabulist, the Aesop Musical, Gets NYC Reading Aug. 9

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 9

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[ DN ]  Miscast, misguided McNally by Howard Kissel
Before air conditioning, Broadway used to shut down for the summer, and its stars went off to do summer stock. Now it's the reverse - movie and TV stars forgo summer by their pools to do limited runs on Broadway.

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[ NYT ]  Going From Sex to Intimacy By BEN BRANTLEY
Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci bring remarkable wit and humanity to the stirring revival of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune."

[ NYP ]  'CLAIR' PAIR IS PERFECT By CLIVE BARNES
FOR all its rough language and nudity - full frontal and full backal (Kathleen Turner and Nicole Kidman, eat your shy hearts out) - there is something sweetly innocent about Terrence McNally's valentine to romantic love, "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune."

[ V ]  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune review by Charles Isherwood

[ B ]  Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune review by Adam Feldman

[ NYP ]  OUT-OF-TOWN TRYOUTS ARE USELESS - CLOSE 'EM! By MICHAEL RIEDEL
EVER since Newsday published a pan of Billy Joel's "Movin' Out" in Chicago, producers have fretted that the out-of-town tryout is on the way out.

[ NYP ]  ONLY END OF 'ONLY THE END' IS A RELIEF By DONALD LYONS
IN a remarkable coincidence, Jean-Luc Lagarce's "Only the End of the World" is the second French play to debut in New York in the last two weeks by and about a young playwright with AIDS.

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Thursday, August 08, 2002

[ Z ]  'Miami' Replaces Its Host
NBC's search for a pompous, arrogant morning show host is over.
The network has cast actor Matt Letscher to fill the role of Gavin Stone, the aforementioned host on its new comedy series, "Good Morning Miami." The actor who played Stone in the pilot episode, Burke Moses, has left the show. Portions of the pilot will be reshot to reflect the change.
Sad news for Burke Moses fans like us. Still, it should be noted that Matt Letscher is a University of Michigan grad with plenty of stage credits, including a role on Broadway in Neil Simon's "Proposals" five seasons ago.

[ B ]  Alice Ripley Eyes Audrey in Broadway Little Shop
Although no official casting has been announced for the production, Broadway.com has learned that Alice Ripley is expected to take on the role of Audrey in the popular tuner which will open on Broadway in July 2003.
Woo-hoo!

[ TB ]  Frankie and Johnny In The Clair De Lune Review by Matthew Murray

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[ B ]  Kate Levering to Return to B'way's 42nd Street

[ B ]  Stomp Readies for West End Debut

[ B ]  Broadway Dates Set for Gypsy Revival

[ B ]  Photo Op: Harlem Song Opening

[ TM ]  A Different Man
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ TB ]  Stories by Tobias Wolff and The Ghost Of Molly Malone San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

[ P ]  Playbill Mourns Death of Devoted Secretary/Treasurer Russell Cannizzaro
R.I.P.

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[ NYO ]  Coming Up Harvey by Jason Gay
"Queen needs makeup!" Harvey Fierstein said. It was late afternoon on Monday, August 5, and Mr. Fierstein, primed to return to Broadway in heels upon a hot pink, giddy steamroller�the musical version of John Waters� Hairspray�sat before a mirror in a windowless white studio in the West Village, his face under construction for yet another magazine photo shoot. Dressed in a flowered orange smock and sandals, his skin rosy and deprived of eyebrows, chest hair, armpit hair and leg hair, he resembled a pretty pot roast.
Thanks to davei2000 on TB for the link.
I've seen HAIRSPRAY twice and I LOVE this show. It's fun, makes you feel good, and puts a smile on your face all night long. Mailing the CD sampler out earlier this summer was a great idea. It worked for me, I listened to it way before seeing the show and liked the songs immediately. Since I happen to be the one who orders group tickets for my real job, it also worked, I ordered them and after seeing the show called back and ordered even more.



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[ P ]  Chicago Dances On Into 2003 at London's Adelphi

[ P ]  London's Blood Brothers Extends Booking Period

[ P ]  Hollywood Comes to London . . . Again

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A New Chicago Bows

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Roxie Rocks Billy: Marrieds Hall, Spanger Join Chicago

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Denizens of Chicago

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Tale of the Allergist's Producers in Chicago

[ P ]  Bernadette Peters Gypsy Sets Previews and Opening Dates for Spring

[ P ]  Chicago Cabaret Talent Salutes Richard Rodgers on Aug. 16 and 17

[ P ]  Donmar Night and Vanya to Play BAM, Jan. 9-Feb. 9, 2003

[ P ]  How Do You Tell Hairspray's a Hit? Rising Ticket Prices!

[ P ]  Roundabout Cancels Production of Our Town

[ B ]  All-Brit Cast of London's Full Monty Announced

[ B ]  DVDs: Delphine and Solange by Ken Mandelbaum

THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Miramax Home Entertainment)

[ TM ]  1st Annual Starving Artists Ball to be Hosted by Lewis Black and Charles Busch by: Brooke Pierce

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[ USA ]  Time � and timing � is everything for 'Boys'
The third in a series on the production of The Boys from Syracuse.

[ NYT ]  Turning Mysteries of E-Mail and Technology Into Theater by GEORGE GENE GUSTINES
'A new play, `In the Wire,' aims both to entertain and to unravel the complexity of technology.

[ NYT ]  Matt Robinson, 65, TV Writer And a 'Sesame Street' Actor, Dies
He also wrote several plays, including the off-Broadway production "The Confessions of Stepin Fetchit."

[ ND ]  Broadway Tryouts: Are Unwritten Rules Changing? by Gordon Cox
These days, you don't need to be an insider to have an insider's view of a developing Broadway show.

[ NYP ]  FRINGE QUEST by BARBARA HOFFMAN and JOSHUA TANZER
THEY don't call it the Fringe for nothing. With shows like "The Joys of Sex," "Deviant," "Spanking" and "Pissing in the Wind," the theater fest that begat "Urinetown" is nothing if not edgy.

[ BS ]  Fringe Fest Shows Art's Wild Side by Katherine Roth
Producers of the New York International Fringe Festival have revealed a taste of wild things to come at the city's increasingly popular performance and theater arts event.

[ LAT ]  Life-Affirming One-Act Plays by Redoubtable Ray Bradbury by DARYL H. MILLER
Three genial works, based on short stories from the '50s, are grouped in 'Past, Present and Future'

[ NJ ]  'Blue' Uggams BY PETER FILICHIA
Tony-winner Leslie Uggams will play the lead in "Blue," Charles Randolph-Wright's off-Broadway hit that comes to the Paper Mill Playhouse this winter.
Plus an item on Jessica Molaskey.

[ NJ ]  'Snoopy!' makes an ideal matinee BY PETER FILICHIA

[ TS ]  The magical art of Brian Bedford by Richard Ouzounian
STRATFORD, Ont. � On Tuesday night, Brian Bedford strode onto the stage of the Tom Patterson Theatre looking like a corporate executive.

[ P ]  Rattlestick Season Gets Off to Fast Start with Rapp Play, Sept. 4

[ P ]  Leslie Uggams to Headline Paper Mill's Blue, Jan. 8-Feb. 9, 2003

[ P ]  Cheat and Women of Lockerbie Are Women's Project Productions for 2002-03

[ P ]  Andrew McCarthy Talks Tennessee at Williamstown, Thru Aug. 25

[ P ]  Musical I Love a Piano Charts 20th Century Via Irving Berlin Tunes, Aug. 8-Sept. 1

[ P ]  Hope, Crosby and Lamour Conjured in New Musical, Road to Hollywood, Aug. 8 in CT

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 8

[ B ]  Barrett, Struthers & York to Star in Anything Goes at Reprise!

[ TB ]  Dames at Sea
Seattle Review by David-Edward Hughes

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[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Emotions Beneath the Sondheim Chill By BEN BRANTLEY
The jewel of the Kennedy Center's summer-long Sondheim festival is a transfixingly clear revival of "Passion," the Tony-winning musical from 1994.

[ NYP ]  WORTH THE WEIGHT By FARRAH WEINSTEIN
MARISSA Jaret Winokur has lost weight - enough to send a frantic theater crew bringing candy and chocolate shakes to her dressing room.As the chunky star of "Hairspray," the red-hot, yet-to-open Broadway musical based on the John Waters film, the 29-year-old needs to stay plump to play the Ricki Lake role - Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teen who loves to dance and yearns for true love, acceptance and an integrated dance show in 1960s Baltimore.

[ NYP ]  CURTIN, CAST A BIT 'OFF' By CLIVE BARNES
SECOND casts, like second thoughts, are usually not for the better. So it is with Jane Curtin and the rest of the completely new crew of Michael Frayn's "Noises Off" at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

[ DN ]  A self-possessed actress opens up by John Clarke
When Jennifer Ehle won a Tony Award in 2000 for her work in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing," she got a congratulatory telegram from Prime Minister Tony Blair. It was a nice thought, only Ehle isn't British. She's American.

[ DN ]  15 B'way shows closing for a day on Sept. 11 by Robert Dominguez and Patricia O'Haire
Fifteen Broadway shows will be dark on Sept. 11, when the city commemorates the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

[ V ]  New contract costs Roundabout Wilder play by Robert Hofler
Our "Town," your "Town," whose "Town" is coming to town this Broadway season? Adrian Bryan-Brown, spokesman for the Roundabout Theater Co., confirmed the legit org would not be staging the Thornton Wilder classic as part of its 2002-03 season on Broadway.

[ P ]  Frankie and Johnny with Falco and Tucci Opens Aug. 8 at Belasco

[ P ]  Tickets for Broadway's Amour Available Aug. 19

[ P ]  Egypt to Harlem to Midtown: Aida, Little Ham Sing at 'Broadway in Bryant Park,' Aug. 8

[ P ]  Priscilla Lopez Stars in Class Mothers '68 Off-Broadway, Nov. 25

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Wednesday, August 07, 2002

[ CT ]  The buzz from Chicago: Buzz off
A Chicago Tribune editorial on the "Movin' Out" review controversy.
Thanks to Jim Romenesko's MediaNews for the link!


[ YN ]  Gotham Theater Irate About Football Gridlock
NEW YORK (Variety) - Not everyone in New York is ready for some football. The National Football League kickoff bash scheduled for Sept. 5 in Times Square could tackle Broadway theaters, some producers say.
According to one source, the football blowout is such an impending disaster for midtown theaters that the NFL has offered to buy $250,000 worth of tickets as compensation.

[ YN ]  Goering Lives Again in Chilling Stage Profile
With the renaissance of the Far Right in Europe, the timing could not be better for a chilling new portrayal of twisted Nazi genius Hermann Goering.

[ YN ]  The Wonderful World of Tolkien Obsessives
Forget the classic saga and the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" movie -- welcome instead to the wonderful world of a small-town Tolkien admiration society.

[ P ]  Irving Is Alving in Classic Stage's Ghosts

[ P ]  Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards Nominations Announced

[ P ]  Linda Gray to Replace Vacationing Turner in The Graduate

[ B ]  Amy Irving to Star in Ghosts at CSC

[ B ]  Linda Gray Fills In as Mrs. Robinson

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[ P ]  Additional Casting Announced for Broadway's La Boheme

[ P ]  Famous Door Gets Midwest Premiere of Cider House Rules, Jan. 17

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Frankie and Johnny at the Claire de Lune: Lovers Spar...

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Frankie and Johnny at the Claire de Lune: And Fall Back in Love

[ P ]  Bogardus Withdraws from NSMT's I Sent a Letter to My Love; Casting Nearly Complete

[ P ]  Darko Tresnjak Stages Rare Shakespeare Pericles at San Diego's Globe Aug. 25-Oct. 6

[ P ]  Hurt and Wilton to Star in New Friel Play at London's Gielgud Theatre

[ TM ]  All Singing! All Dancing! All Broadway! by: Michael Portantiere

An appreciation of the ten best Hollywood film versions of Broadway musicals.

[ TM ]  Harlem Song Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce

[ B ]  Nickel Fills In for Homebody at Mark Taper

[ TB ]  Camelot
St. Louis Review by Tony Burnett

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[ B ]  Preview #6: An Off-the-Wall Musical from Paris by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Were Critics Jazzed About Harlem Song?

[ P ]  Barbara Cook to Offer Master Class at D.C.'s Kennedy Center Aug. 13

[ P ]  One Porter to Another: Barrett and Rachel York to Headline Reprise! Anything Goes

[ P ]  Intiman's Nickel and Dimed Replaces Homebody at L.A.'s Taper

[ TB ]  SMT's Jekyll & Hyde is Edgier, Grittier, and Sexier
Florida Review by Matthew MacDermid

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[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD'
Don't Do Anything, Just Stand There by NEIL GENZLINGER

Jean-Luc Lagarce's play has an awful lot to say but considerably less to impart.

[ ND ]  Da' Right Man for the Job by Linda Winer
Wolfe brings style, history to 'Harlem Song'

[ USA ]  'Song' is a sultry siren beckoning visitors to Harlem by Elysa Gardner

[ BSUN ]  'Lion King' & I by Tori Campion

Prince George's Kiah Victoria beams with pride -- and glee -- at her role in the Broadway hit.

[ CST ]  McDonald celebrates 'joy' amid the chaos BY HEDY WEISS
Audra McDonald's new album "Happy Songs" (Nonesuch) was a long time in the making, and during its gestation, much was happening in her own world, as well as in the world at large.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia wonders who has written the most Tony-winning roles, and the answer is not terribly surprising.

[ ND ]  Extra-Best Man by Beth Whitehouse
Dentist's altar ego trip on 'Sex and the City'

[ P ]  Sh-K-Boom To Present Ripley, Kitt, Naughton at 'Songwriter�s Circle' in Brooklyn

[ P ]  Kristin Chenoweth To Open American Songbook Series in Oct.; Season Includes Mazzie & Barrowman

[ P ]  Not Hairspray, It's Hairstory!: San Fran's Rhino Has 'Do-Related Revue Sept. 5-Oct. 5

[ P ]  Director and Choreographer Announced for Paper Mill Annie

[ P ]  Joe Morton Stars in Uhry Premiere, Without Walls, at Williamstown

[ P ]  Rhymin' With Mrs. C: Marion Ross Is Millay in L.A. in August

[ P ]  Make Them Hear You: CA's TheatreWorks Stages Ragtime Sept. 4-29

[ P ]  MCC Season at New Home Includes LaBute Play and Brian Murray

[ P ]  Musical Version of Noah's Ark Headed to ABC-TV

[ P ]  Fynsworth Alley To Release Christopher Durang Comedy Aug. 27

[ P ]  Hibbert, Connolly, Cunningham Are Outward Bound in Westport, Aug. 7-24

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 7

[ B ]  Photo Op: Brave New World Press Event

[ TM ]  FringeNYC 2002 Kicks Off With a Press Preview

[ VV ]  ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS by Charles McNulty

In the Solitude of Cotton Fields; "Swim Shorts: A Festival Of Aquatic Theater"

[ VV ]  LONDON FIELDS by David Finkle
New Dramas Make Connections�No Music Required

[ VV ]  THE CENSOR WITHIN by R.C. Baker
'MAD' Man Joe Raiola's Divine Comedy

[ BS ]  Diversity is the Password
Eclecticism is what unifies the six new musicals that will be presented at this year's New York City-based National Alliance of Musical Theatre.

[ BS ]  Nine Musicals Named for New Int'l Festival by Simi Horwitz
The International Festival of Musical Theatre, which launches this fall (Oct. 14-Nov. 3) in Cardiff, Wales, will showcase nine musicals selected by a panel of 80 theatre practitioners from nearly 200 submissions from 16 countries.

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[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HARLEM SONG': An A Train Through History By BEN BRANTLEY
Time is music in George C. Wolfe's adrenaline-laced valentine to a neighborhood.

[ NYP ]  UPBEAT, UPLIFTING UPTOWN TRIBUTE By DONALD LYONS
'HARLEM Song" is a 90-minute commercial for Harlem, delivered with verve, sass, tears and occasional wit.

[ NYP ]  'GLENGARRY' A REAL HARD SELL WITHOUT STILLER By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE producers of the upcoming revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" say Ben Stiller's abrupt withdrawal from the show (first reported by Liz Smith), doesn't trouble them a bit.

[ DN ]  Dances with Wolfe at Apollo by Howard Kissel
Part documentary, part spectacle, George C. Wolfe's "Harlem Song" is an ambitious attempt to create a live entertainment that conveys the rich legacy of Harlem over the last 80 years.

[ V ]  Harlem Song review by Charles Isherwood
Public Theater impresario George C. Wolfe has not always been lucky in his sorties uptown. Now Wolfe is venturing even further uptown for "Harlem Song," a musical revue that celebrates the cultural and social history of the neighborhood from the stage of one of its fabled landmarks, the Apollo Theater on 125th Street.

[ B ]  Harlem Song review by Adam Feldman

[ DN ]  A Mr. Smith goes to town by Robert Dominguez
Like a merely average student trying desperately to impress the teacher, "Midwestern Chum" strains to be a madcap, raucously funny audience-pleaser about backroom skulduggery at a big-city school board. While it doesn't quite make it as zany farce or biting satire, it isn't a total flunk-out, either.

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Tuesday, August 06, 2002

[ B ]  Lawrence to Take Over as Little Sally in Urinetown

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Hot Time

[ B ]  Hanan, Anderson & Ari Set for Jolson & Company

[ P ]  Tell Her You Love Her: Megan Lawrence Is Little Sally in Urinetown Aug. 27

[ P ]  Menzel, Kennedy, Porter, Bogart & Bean Perform in NYC Concert Series

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: July 29 - August 4

[ P ]  Stoppard's Coast of Utopia Opens at U.K.'s National Theatre

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[ B ]  CDs: Too Good for the Average Man by Ken Mandelbaum
Mentioned for the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha: Stephen Bogardus as Dr. Carrasco; Mark Jacoby (who co-starred with La Mancha star Brian Stokes Mitchell in the original cast of Ragtime) as The Padre; Natascia Diaz as Antonia; and Frederick Owens as Captain of the Inquisition.

[ P ]  Al Fresco Events Planned at London's National

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Harlem Song Sings at Historic Apollo

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Linda Eder Stokes-ed for Harlem Song

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Friends of George

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Braxton and Belafonte Salute Harlem Song

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Pullman Bid Goat Good-Bye Sept. 8

[ P ]  Mamma Movin' On: Mason Exits ABBA Musical in Early October

[ P ]  New Dot.Comedy � Ctrl+Alt+Delete � Makes NYC Bow Oct. 19

[ P ]  Maya Days to Play Aida for Vacationing Simone Beginning Aug. 18

[ P ]  PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Michael C. Hall

Michael C. Hall was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the hit HBO series "Six Feet Under." Now the talented actor returns to Broadway in his second Kander and Ebb musical, Chicago, starring as the slick lawyer Billy Flynn.

[ TM ]  Follow Spot
A talk with Joe De Gise II, one of the stars of Chicago City Limits -- and a Hare Krishna, to boot.

[ TM ]  Cabaret Notes
Classy Karen Kohler makes a marvelous Marlene at Judy's Chelsea.

[ TB ]  Beautiful Thing Chicago Review by Charles Eichler

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[ NYT ]  Whatever the Space, a Sense of Theater by ROBIN POGREBIN
He had already tackled dozens of trendy restaurants, but now David Rockwell has faced the challenge of Broadway with his designs for the musical "Hairspray."

[ LAT ]  River City Slickers by SEAN MITCHELL
"Will & Grace's" Eric McCormack and musical theater powerhouse Kristin Chenoweth amp up "Music Man"

[ BSUN ]  'Night' smiles a little uneven by J. Wynn Rousuck
Blair Brown lights up Kennedy Center stage

[ TM ]  A Little Night Music Reviewed By: Michael Toscano

[ YN ]  Great White Way Red Hot Last Week by Robert Hofler
NEW YORK (Variety) - While Broadway braces for the cruel month of September, box office last week outpaced the heady days of early August 2000.

[ BS ]  An Intimate Conversation With William Finn by Mark Dundas Wood
Musical Theatre Works wrapped up its "Intimate Conversations" series when composer-lyricist William Finn ("Falsettos," "A New Brain") was interviewed by MTW Artistic Director Lonny Price.

[ YN ]  Archerd: Moore, Van Dyke Reunite for PBS by Army Archerd
Hollywood history was being made again on the tradition-filled Stage B at KCET in Hollywood.

[ NYP ]  ROSIE SIDEKICK'S SCARY STALKER by MICHAEL STARR
FORMER "Rosie O'Donnell Show" bandleader John McDaniel is being stalked by a homeless British woman - who's now on the loose after failing to appear for a court date.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MIDWESTERN CHUM'
A Big-City School Board's Close Calls by ANITA GATES

"Midwestern Chum," a play about the inner workings of a big city's school board, has been conceived as farce.

[ TB ]  Midwestern Chum Theatre Review by Matthew Murray

[ BG ]  Wit, camp, and murder make 'Jump Rope' a romp by Ed Siegel

[ BH ]  Tangled plot trips up Kuntz's `Jump Rope' in second half by Terry Byrne

[ TB ]  Jump Rope
Boston Review by Suzanne Bixby

[ WP ]  Backstage: A Chance to Learn From the Master Cook by Jane Horwitz
Area Singers to Study Onstage With the Great Song Stylist

[ P ]  Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro Receives Starry Reading Aug. 6

[ P ]  New Harnick-Black Musical Begins in Harwich, MA, Aug. 6

[ P ]  The Prague-nosis is Good for adobe, as Off-Broadway Show Begins Aug. 6

[ P ]  New York's Public Theater Offers Open House Sept. 28

[ P ]  Anderson and Ari Join Cast of Off-Broadway's Jolson & Company

[ P ]  Guthrie Presents World Premiere of Miller's Blues Through Sept. 8

[ P ]  Molly Ringwald Resumes Role of Sally Bowles in N.Y. Cabaret Aug. 6

[ P ]  Chicago Welcomes Its New Roxie Hart � Amy Spanger � Aug. 6

[ P ]  Christine Ebersole Opens Cabaret Season at Caf� Carlyle, Sept. 5

[ P ]  Addicted, Seriocomic Solo Show About Highs and Lows, Debuts in Denver Aug. 6

[ P ]  Wiz's Bridgewater Infuses Weill Classics With Jazz for 'This is New,' on CD Aug. 6

[ P ]  Jim Walton and Priscilla Lopez Star in Bye Bye Birdie in MI Aug. 6-10

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 6

[ BS ]  Producer Schwartz Honored

Theatre, film, and TV producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz has been named a Fellow by the College of Fellows of the American Theatre.

[ WP ]  The Play's the Thing? Not at Tahoe's Shakespeare Festival by Scott Sonner, Associated Press

[ YN ]  Male Comedian Adapts the Vagina Monologues by Paul Majendie

[ YN ]  Author Calls Shakespeare a Tonic for Young, Old by David Gregorio

[ TB ]  Benefactors and Be Aggressive
San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

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Monday, August 05, 2002

[ B ]  Overton to Replace Silverstone in The Graduate

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Rude Mechanicals Extends DeLillo's Valparaiso Thru Aug. 18

[ P ]  Alicia Silverstone Exits The Graduate Sept. 1; Biggs Returns Aug. 20

[ TM ]  MacRae, Siravo, McGinnis, Kimball in Sheba Reading by: Michael Portantiere

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[ B ]  Ctrl+Alt+Delete Sets Dates for NY Premiere

[ B ]  Full Cast Announced for Contact in the West End

[ B ]  Two World Premieres Set for Falcon Theatre

[ B ]  LORT Contract Ratified by Equity Members

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music: 'Later'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music: 'Every Day A Little Death'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music: 'Liasons'

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music: The Count and the Actress

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Little Night Music: 'Send in the Clowns'

[ P ]  More Mee: It's Wintertime in Seattle Aug. 16-Sept. 15

[ P ]  Janie Dee Opens London's Divas at the Donmar Series Aug. 5

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Nixon, Davis See a Brave New World

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Orfeh Sings of Brave New World

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Perez Has Late Night, Early Morning; Davis Makes Impact

[ P ]  L.A. Falcon's First Season Heats Up with Fahrenheit 451 and Rae In Old Lady in Love

[ P ]  Casting Announced for London Contact

[ P ]  Shakti's Pillow Book Comes to London's Arts Theatre

[ P ]  Berkoff's Ground Zero Requiem Part of Edinburgh Festival

[ P ]  Abbamania Extends Its London Run

[ P ]  U.K. Debut of Fuddy Meers Postponed Again

[ TM ]  Footage of Lifetime Achievement Tonys to Julie Harris and Robert Whitehead to be Screened at ATW Seminar on August 8 by: Michael Portantiere

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[ DP ]  N.Y. director in tune with Denver
Roderick's three national musicals on DPAC stages
Wouldn't a better headline for this have been, "Everybody Loves Ray (Roderick)!"

[ DP ]  New Yorkers love John Denver


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[ B ]  Ben Stiller Drops Out of Glengarry Glen Ross

[ P ]  Mantello Says Assassins Is a Go for Roundabout's 2003-2004 Season

[ P ]  Ben Stiller Withdraws from Upcoming Glengarry Glen Ross Revival

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH

Quietly is the way Ben Stiller intends to live his life in the future. Ben gave us an exclusive quote that I pass on to all who looked forward to his co-starring with Danny DeVito in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Glengarry Glen Ross," this January on Broadway.
Plus items on "The Goat," Chita Rivera and Kitty Carlisle.

[ DN ]  Sizzling summer on B'way by ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
With four new shows, it's unseasonably busy

[ WP ]  One Enchanted Evening by Nelson Pressley
'A Little Night Music' Brings A Lot of Summer Smiles

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'IN THE SOLITUDE OF COTTON FIELDS'
Over at Grand Central, Questions, Questions by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

Much talk and little action characterizes Bernard-Marie Kolt�s's enigmatic two-character, one-act, intermissionless work.

[ NYP ]  'WINTER'S TALE' TOLD WELL by DONALD LYONS
IT was an overcast, threatening summer evening in Montauk. But at a quarter to eight, the skies cleared and nature turned just in time into a perfect backdrop for the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival production of "The Winter's Tale."

[ NYT ]  LETTERS
'Sex and the City'; Glass Museuems; Josh Groban

Includes letters to the editor by George Wolfe and Stephen Sondheim.

[ B ]  The Best of Times Is Now by Ken Mandelbaum
If in terms of musical theatre history this could very well go down as the summer of Hairspray, then the summer of 1983 was surely the summer of La Cage aux Folles. And perhaps because I recall that time so vividly, parallels between the '83 show and the one now previewing keep coming to mind.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
A firsthand report from the FutureFest of new plays in Dayton, Ohio.

[ USA ]  After 'Sopranos,' Falco hits new notes by Elysa Gardner
Edie Falco is not alone in suffering for her art. Just ask her dog.

[ ND ]  Well Worth Waiting For by Blake Green
Edie Falco thought her days slinging hash were over, but she's happy to do it again in 'Frankie and Johnny,' a revival produced especially for her

[ ND ]  Tucci Takes Time for the Stage by Gordon Cox
Stanley Tucci has only one job these days, and that's a luxury for him.

[ P ]  The Perfect Wife
With her acclaimed performance in All Over at Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theatre, award-winning actress Rosemary Harris is quickly becoming the theatre's preeminent interpreter of Edward Albee's women.

[ CST ]  Cavanaugh tries theater, but it's still rock 'n' roll BY MISHA DAVENPORT
It's lunchtime at the Grillroom and Michael Cavanaugh is in a bit of a rush. On a short break from rehearsals of "Movin' Out," he's just crossed the street from the Shubert Theatre, where he has been appearing six times a week, performing selected works by Billy Joel.

[ TS ]  Brian Bedford, no-holds Bard by Richard Ouzounian
A veteran looks back on his rocky start and current triumph

[ BG ]  The subject is Judy McIntyre, actress and big sister by Maureen Dezell
The actress's star has never risen as high as that of her baby brother. But memorable roles in such recent shows as ''Molly Sweeney,'' ''Bailegangaire,'' and ''The Maiden's Prayer'' have earned her a prominent place in the Boston-area theatrical firmament.

[ BG ]  For a dramatic family, the Footlight Club is the perfect stage by Maureen Dezell
Years before he sang and danced his way into young girls' hearts around the world as a New Kid on the Block, Joey McIntyre made his musical theater debut in ''The Music Man'' at the Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain.

[ LAT ]  Salaam, West End by DAVID GRITTEN
Andrew Lloyd Webber turns the music over to an Indian composer for his latest stage spectacular

[ LAT ]  He Sees Our Past Clearly by HUGH HART
Charles Phoenix turns old slides into a show that reveals an era's optimism

[ BE ]  'God of Vengeance' explores the shadow world of moral ambiguity by Jeffrey Borak
Jack Chapman, the pivotal character in Donald Margulies' adaptation of Sholom Asch's "God of Vengeance" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, is a businessman, a lapsed Jew who, in his advancing middle age, has decided to take back his ...

[ BE ]  A curiosity from England makes an American bow by Jeffrey Borak
Mae West, a frequent visitor to Berkshire area stages this summer, is back again, this time trailing iconic glory. She's in "A Saint She Ain't," a curious musical from England that is having a more-miss-than-hit American premiere at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.

[ BG ]  Bogosian's disappointing 'Angel' fails to take wing by Ed Siegel
WILLIAMSTOWN - Few writers have captured the end-of-the-millennium sense of fragmentation as well as Eric Bogosian.

[ LAT ]  Much Ado About Festival's 20th Year by SUZIE ST. JOHN
The season is extended as young Shakespearean players graduate to the main stage at Ojai's Libbey Bowl.

[ ND ]  A Midsummer Camp's Dream Come True by Mitchell Freedman
The play's the thing at Boys and Girls Harbor, as the Bard gives kids a chance to be stars

[ BS ]  House Feels Like Home
At last working on the Taper Mainstage, playwright Chay Yew recognizes the thwarted women of Bernarda Alba.

[ BS ]  Int'l Theatre Scene in U.S. Feels Security Crackdown by Simi Horwitz
When British-born actor Steven Berkoff was deported from Ann Arbor, Mich. last month because he had overstayed his visa by one day in 1997, it was only the tip of the iceberg for theatres and producers, nationwide, whose stock and trade is presenting international theatre.

[ B ]  Details of Brave New World Announced

[ B ]  Noises Off (8/02)
Review by William Stevenson

[ P ]  Calling All "Little Girls": Paper Mill Seeks Annie & Orphans in Aug. 21 Open Call

[ P ]  Casting Now Complete for Paper Mill Miss Saigon; Perfs. Begin Sept. 4

[ P ]  Big New Off-Broadway Theatre to Be Called Little Shubert

[ P ]  Cow Songs: Into the Woods' Chad Kimball Offers Concert Aug. 5

[ P ]  Tracy Letts Named Ensemble Member of Chicago's Steppenwolf

[ P ]  Tango Fatone: 'N Sync's Joey Fatone is Mark in Bway's Rent, Aug. 5-Dec. 22

[ P ]  Tix for L.A. Producers , with Alexander and Short, On Sale Aug. 5

[ P ]  Little Ham Replaces Dance of the Vampires at Broadway in Bryant Park, Aug. 8

[ P ]  Kids Go to Camp - Broadway Style - Aug. 5-9

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 5

[ P ]  Fringe Show, Portrait of a President, Looks at Clinton, Aug. 10-25

[ P ]  Twiggy-Gerroll Blithe Spirit Gives Up the Ghost at Bay Street, Aug. 4

[ P ]  Bogosian's Red Angel Cools Off at Williamstown, Aug. 4

[ P ]  Seldes Herself Plays Once More in Play Yourself as OB Show Closes, Aug. 4

[ P ]  Plimpton to Star in Steppenwolf's Time of Your Life; Childress Drama Set

[ P ]  Anthony Rapp Plays Final Henry V Performance at Boston Common, Aug. 4

[ P ]  Eric Grode's STAGE TO SCREEN: American Film Theatre & TV Theatre in Sept.

[ P ]  McCormack and Chenoweth Sing The Music Man Aug. 4 at Hollywood Bowl

[ P ]  Henner, Weber, Linden Featured at "Working in the Theatre" Seminar; Julie Harris Footage Also

[ P ]  Gettin' Outa Town: 42nd Street National Tour Launches Aug. 4 in Kansas City

[ P ]  San Francisco La Boh�me Run Goes On Sale Aug. 4

[ P ]  Beauty and the Beast Becomes 8th Longest-Running Show Aug. 4

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 4

[ P ]  Millie, Woods, Producers to Appear on 'Rosie'

[ P ]  Red Hot Mama Cools Down: Tucker Tribute Ends Perfs. Aug. 4

[ P ]  Phantom Divas Bibb, Culliver and Vroman Are 'Leading Ladies' in New Concert Act

[ P ]  CT's O'Neill Music Theater Conference Present Three New Musicals, Aug. 3-18

[ P ]  Rosemary Harris Interviewed on NY1 Aug. 3-5

[ P ]  Henry Goodman Stars in London Follies; Previews Begin Aug. 3

[ P ]  Wong, Wood, Hayden, Hingle Star in Our Town in Sag Harbor, Aug. 13

[ P ]  Artists Unite at Guthrie Theater Benefit for Minnesota Town of Roseau

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 3

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH

A plug for "Endpapers" (third item).

[ AJC ]  ALL IN THE FAMILY by KATHY JANICH
Georgia-raised siblings find Broadway success
Hunter and Sutton Foster.
Thanks to BacktoBefore on All That Chat for the link!

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Sunday, August 04, 2002

[ NYT ]  In 'Frankie and Johnnie,' Haltingly, Clothing Falls Away By JOHN LELAND
Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci map out the tactics of nudity for a revival of Terrence McNally's "Frankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune."

[ NYT ]  Broadway Getting Jitters as Advance Ticket Sales Fall By JESSE McKINLEY
Since Sept. 11, thousands of Broadway theatergoers have been buying their tickets in a strikingly different way � much more spur of the moment rather than far in advance.

[ NYT ]  Hope Is High, Far, Far Out There, on the Fringe By JASON ZINOMAN
The New York International Fringe Festival has always been home to oddball drama students, avant-garde performance artists and inspired exhibitionists, but this year audiences will be looking for something else: a Broadway hit.

[ NYP ]  MARIAN SELDES: AMERICAN DIVA By CLIVE BARNES
Just recently, I've been searching for an answer as to who might be the American theatrical diva for our time.

[ P ]  Beauty and the Beast Becomes 8th Longest-Running Show Aug. 4

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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
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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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