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Saturday, April 26, 2003
Features:
[ BS ] Strong in Weakness
David Strathairn can play many levels--including seamy ones--without showy strain.
[ TB ] Deven May on Show You A Thing or Two: The Music of Laurence O'Keefe by Jonathan Frank
[ TS ] Gypsy is a musical mirror of our times by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Mama Rose reflects political zeitgeist
Reviews:
[ TS ] Pitre delivers the chills by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
It was great to have her back, even if it was only for one night.
Louise Pitre walked onto the stage of Massey Hall for her concert with the Canada Pops Orchestra wearing a sleek black sequined gown � and a face mask.
[ TM ] The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels go absolutely ga-ga over Karen Akers in her new show at the Algonquin Hotel's famous but problematic Oak Room.
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
JAY Records releases the cast album of Ahrens & Flaherty's most recent musical, A Man of No Importance.
[ CU ] Passion at DiCapo Opera House Review
With Larry Raiken.
[ CU ] A Year With Frog and Toad Review
News:
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 26
[ P ] Sunset�s Elaine Paige Sets Tour Dates in Where There�s a Will
[ P ] Man of La Mancha Star Enters Broadway Spotlight May 5
[ P ] Schulman's Staging of King and I Begins at Canada's Stratford Fest April 26
[ P ] Peter Mills' Musical, The Alchemists, Bows in NYC April 26
[ P ] Long Day's Journey Has First Night on Broadway, April 26
[ P ] Philly's Arden Has Musical, Café Puttanesca, and Tooth & Claw in 2003-04
[ P ] Tony Snafu?: Urban Cowboy Score May Be Eligible for Nomination
[ P ] "Sopranos" Star Joins Cast of Off-Broadway's The Exonerated Through May 4
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, April 19-25: Outer Limits
[ P ] Fierstein, Banderas, Rivera, Mitchell Set for May �Theater Talk�
[ P ] "The Gin Game" � with Moore and Van Dyke � Now to Air May 4
[ P ] Broadway's A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Revival Extends to June 1
[ P ] Myler Directs NYC Reading of Immigrant Musical May 19-20; Cass Morgan and Adam Heller Sing
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Friday, April 25, 2003
[ B ] Tony Committee to Reconsider Cowboy Score
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Features:
[ P ] DIVA TALK: Here She Is, World! Here�s Rose!: An Interview with Bernadette Peters
Reviews:
[ B ] CDs: Garside the Great by Ken Mandelbaum
I HAD A BALL (Decca Broadway)
News:
[ B ] Roundabout Extends Joe Egg to June 1
[ B ] MTC Considers Adding Iron to Season
[ B ] Groban, Fabian & Pascal Headline Chess Concert
[ B ] Ed's Cavanagh Heads to Urinetown May 20
[ B ] Dreamgirls Aims for 2004 Broadway Return
[ B ] Taboo to Open on Broadway November 13
[ TM ] Eddie Korbich and Marcus Neville at Top of the Heap
[ P ] Star of U.K.�s Throat Chats About One-Man Spectacular
[ P ] Brian Murray and Danny Pintauro Star in "Brand: NEW" Readings in CT, April 25-27
[ P ] EGG's Season Finale "Broadway Workshop" of Musical Traps! Airs in NYC, April 25
[ P ] Tom Cavanagh, Stuckeyville's Favorite Son, Is Urinetown's New Rebel, May 20
[ P ] �And I Am Telling You�: Dreamgirls To Be Revived on Bway Spring 2004
[ P ] Taboo to Begin Previews on Broadway on Oct. 21
[ P ] Stone Cold Dead Serious to Extend to May 17
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News:
[ V ] INSIDE MOVE: PACINO HINTS AT MISSING PERF
Actor attends after all, avoids show rescheduling
Al Pacino is obviously not worried about endearing himself to New York's theater critics. On Thursday, a press rep for the staged reading of "Salome" on Broadway called to inform critics attending the Saturday night performance that there was a "significant chance" that Pacino wouldn't be showing up.
[ NYP ] MAKING THE RULES by MICHAEL RIEDEL
CHITA Rivera's turn in "Nine" is not a leading performance, there are no star parts in "Take Me Out" and "The Play What I Wrote" is not a play.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
NEW YORK'S theater elite are in a state over the one and only writer Peter Stone, who is suddenly seriously ill in New York Hospital with a condition called fibrosis.
Sixth item.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
NEW York University acting students are well-represented on the Broadway stage.
Eleventh item.
[ V ] SIMON'S 'GOODBYE' GUY
Playwright will script, exec produce TV version
Richard Benjamin has been tapped to direct TNT's upcoming remake of Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl."
[ FOX ] A Woody Allen Musical on Broadway?
Bullets Over Broadway, Woody Allen's best movie from the 1990s, may be headed to Broadway itself - as a musical.
Producer Jean Doumanian, who owned the rights to the movie, and who has since had a very public and litigious falling-out with Woody, has turned the project over to Chicago Oscar winner Marty Richards.
BULLETS has been kicking around for over two years - but now that Marty Richards is involved, maybe it'll go somewhere. I wonder if Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia are still involved...
Thanks to Michael for the link!
[ LAT ] Female voices rise in Kenya by Katie Nguyen, Reuters
'Vagina Monologues' is being staged as a new government promises to address women's issues.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 25
[ P ] Doin' the Lambeth Walk: Me and My Girl Launches Goodspeed Season April 25
[ P ] Leaving Iowa, World Premiere Play With Folk Music, Husks the Corn Belt, April 25-May 18
[ P ] An American Daughter Is Reborn at Arena in Rewrite, April 25-June 15
[ P ] High School Troupe Gives Last 5 Years Its Seattle Premiere, One Night Only, May 22
[ P ] Last 5 Years Makes CT Debut, with Joe Cassidy and Sally Wilfert, April 25
Features:
[ NYT ] No Biz Like This Biz by JESSE McKINLEY
This weekend on 42nd Street, 330 people will train to be producers, that rare breed of theater lovers who seldom get a return on the investment.
[ NYT ] Learning the Game Behind the Scenes
[ USA ] August Wilson sails back to beginning for 'Gem of the Ocean' by Elysa Gardner
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia gets a preview of a new version of The Gin Game starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
[ NJ ] Fortyish actor feels time is right to tackle 'Uncle Vanya' BY PETER FILICHIA
Steven Skybell has always wanted to do "Uncle Vanya."
Amanda Plummer hasn't.
But they're both in Emily Mann's cast, when her translation of Chekhov's 1898 masterpiece begins performances on Tuesday at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton.
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Robert Falls
The new mounting and fourth Broadway production of Long Day's Journey Into Night has had a long, long, and sometimes tortured journey to Broadway.
[ LAT ] It's so ... operatic by David Gritten
A cult favorite on British TV, Jerry Springer comes to the National Theatre stage as the subject of an opera. Let the cursing, chair-tossing -- and fun -- begin.
[ LAT ] A mother lost, an artist found by Mike Boehm
A son unearths the hidden legacy of his talented, difficult parent in 'Lee Miller, the Angel and the Fiend.'
[ CSM ] New British musicals 'will rock you' by Frank Scheck
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'CARA LUCIA'
James Joyce's Daughter, Scars and All by NEIL GENZLINGER
A dense but intriguing theater piece at the Here Arts Center presents a fragmentary, impressionistic version of Lucia Joyce's life.
[ ATW ] Feminine Madness Looking Gorgeous: Cara Lucia, The Women of Lockerbie
[ NYP ] FAVORED 'YEAR' by DONALD LYONS
IT'S happened! Musicals Tonight, the downtown Encores!, is finally putting on a show with witty dialogue, snappy music and a terrific cast - all at the same time.
[ BG ] 'Six Feet Under' writer stumbles with similar plot in 'Pavilion' by Ed Siegel
LOWELL -- If you wanted to make the case that theater was a higher art form than television you would not use Craig Wright as a case study. At least not on the basis of his writing for his 2001 play, ''The Pavilion,'' and for the HBO series ''Six Feet Under.''
[ NJ ] Mamas and Papas songs brighten dark'60s 'Dream' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ NYP ] RUINED! by LINDA STASI
ABC and "The Wonderful World of Disney" have done the impossible. In their awful movie, "Eloise at the Plaza," they have taken one of the most beloved children's characters of all time - kid literature's naughtiest girl - and made her hateful, awful, nasty, mannerless, shrill and, most unforgivable of all, boring.
[ NYT ] TV WEEKEND | 'ELOISE AT THE PLAZA'
Loose at the Plaza Again by ALESSANDRA STANLEY
ABC's made-for-television movie based on the famous book has managed to drain the author's sly wit and melancholy undertone from the story.
[ TB ] Michael Callery, R.I.P.
Michael's messages were ones I always looked forward to reading online. He was opinionated, knowledgeable and funny; we need more people who love theater like he did. His voice will be missed.
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
[ NYT ] Calling Ed by JESSE MCKINLEY
Starting on May 20, Tom Cavanagh, of NBC's "Ed," takes over the role of Bobby Strong in "Urinetown."
Plus news that "Dreamgirls" will be revived on Broadway next year; and an opening date for "Taboo."
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[ P ] Actors� Fund Presents Chess Concert�with Adam Pascal�Sept. 22
[ TM ] Theater Critics to Handicap the Tonys at NYU
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Features:
[ TM ] Hello, Molly! by: Michael Portantiere
The enchanting Molly Ringwald stars in Enchanted April on Broadway.
[ CP ] Green Violin by Steve Cohen
There are several reasons to look forward to the world premiere of Green Violin at the Prince this weekend, and one is the chance to see and hear Ra�l Esparza co-star in the play.
Includes an interview with Ra�l.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Urban Cowboy: That's How Joan Rivers Rides
News:
[ B ] Tony Eligibility Determined For 2nd Batch of 2002-03 Shows
[ B ] Starry Salome Extends to June 14 at Barrymore
[ P ] Smits, Lopez Star in Reading of Pulitzer Winner, Anna in the Tropics, April 26
[ P ] Order More Veils: Salome Extends on Broadway Until June 14
[ P ] Tony Administration Committee Makes Many Eligibility Rulings
[ P ] Ann Crumb and Terry Burrell Among Foursome in NYC Reading of Musical, Island, May 5
[ P ] National Actors Theatre�s Persians Sets Dates; Creative Team Announced
[ P ] Golda's Balcony Extends Again to June 1; Further Extensions and Commercial Transfer Possible
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[ P ] Everything�s Coming Up Rose: Peters Returns to Gypsy April 24
[ P ] Nine Stars Banderas, Rivera, Krakowski, Masterson Guest on "Charlie Rose," April 24
[ P ] From Zanna, Don't! to From My Hometown, Amas Plays New Musical, June 10-July 13
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: BC/EFA Easter Bonnet Competition
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News:
[ P ] Technician in Critical Condition After Accident at Disney�s Aladdin
The Associated Press reports that the technician fell 42 feet while testing special effects for the musical, which opened Jan. 17 at the Hyperion Theater inside Disney's California Adventure Park in Anaheim.
[ P ] Three �Broadway Divas� to Open June Cabaret Festival in Australia
Side Show�s Emily Skinner, recent Les Miz star Lauren Kennedy and The Wild Party�s Julia Murney will perform special arrangements of material written by Jason Robert Brown, Andrew Lippa, Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich at the third annual festival.
[ P ] Bergen, Bogart, Nouri in Negotiations for Wildhorn's Camille Claudel; Dendy Choreographs
[ P ] Baldwin, Izzard and Other Broadway Folk Join �Working in the Theatre� Seminars, April 29-May 1
[ P ] Beach Takes His DeBris to L.A. April 24, But Returns to Bway Producers in Fall
[ P ] �Broadway Teaching Lab� Set for July 17-19
[ B ] Jimmy Smagula Steps into the B'way Spotlight
Features:
[ TVG ] Will Hollywood Hijack a Hairspray Star?
If you've caught the exuberant Broadway adaptation of Hairspray, you'll know what we mean when we say that Kerry Butler damn near steals the show.
Thanks to Marty for the link.
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[ B ] Hairspray Between the Covers, Eloise on TV by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] Enchanted Ashley
The force of nature known as Elizabeth Ashley � returning to Broadway this month in Enchanted April � is her own best creation.
[ P ] Drama Book Shop Presents Live in 2003 Series, May-December 2003
[ P ] Omnium Gatherum Hopes to Bow Off-Broadway in Late Summer Early Fall
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Reviews:
[ NYP ] DON'T DARE TO 'DREAM' by DONALD LYONS
"DREAM a Little Dream" is like a reel of "A Mighty Wind" minus the satire - a Canadian folkie's account of his rock 'n' roll doings in the mad '60s.
[ DN ] California schemin' with the Mamas and Papas by Robert Dominguez
"Dream a Little Dream" is an engaging, engrossing examination of the turbulent 1960s music scene - as seen in the rocky career of the Mamas and the Papas.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'DREAM A LITTLE DREAM'
A 'Papa' in His 60's, Dreamin' of the 60's by BRUCE WEBER
This reverential and nostalgic paean to the Mamas and the Papas is entirely oblivious to its own sanctimony.
[ CU ] Dream A Little Dream Review
[ TB ] Dream a Little Dream Review by Matthew Murray
[ B ] Dream a Little Dream Review by William Stevenson
[ TM ] Dream a Little Dream Reviewed By: David Finkle
[ TB ] Cara Lucia Review by Matthew Murray
Features:
[ NJ ] Grinding it out: Three women who put the bump in the night for 'Gypsy' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
[ BH ] Get shown 'a Thing or Two' by Robert Nesti
"Show You a Thing or Two: The Music of Laurence O'Keefe."
[ BH ] Chanteuse adds sizzle to Hub with rare visit by Robert Nesti
When Ute Lemper takes to the stage, don't expect to hear "My Funny Valentine.''
[ NJ ] Mrs. Wallnau as Mrs. Lincoln by Peter Filichia
Mary Todd Lincoln is on the move.
Plus news on Paper Mill and the "Shakespear-e-thon."
[ BG ] Bringing a new Rose into bloom by Louise Kennedy
Shakespeare theater project puts design in a cultural context
[ LAT ] Now, don't be shy by Leslee Komaiko
The Burglars of Hamm put on a show that's strictly for the party hearty.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Salome: The Reading: Daddy Dearest
News:
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 24
[ P ] Mamma Mia!�s Pitre Offers April 24 Concert
[ P ] Amour�s Errico Heads to Chatterbox April 24
[ P ] Nathan Lane to Host Broadway Cares Benefit May 4 at Lincoln Center
[ P ] Wallace Shawn Appears in Carmilla at New York's La Mama E.T.C., April 26
[ P ] Evita Canceled at Helen Hayes Theatre Company; Swango Dances Instead
[ P ] Elegies Recording Available on Internet June 1; in Stores June 24
[ P ] Tony Winner LaPaglia Joins Trumbo Cast; Izzard, Dreyfuss, Robbins Back In
[ P ] Night of the Hunter, the Musical, Gets NYC Readings April 24-25, With Raines and Fowler
[ P ] Craig Lucas Sheds Light on New Guettel Musical Piazza
[ DN ] Schreiber to play 'Henry V'
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Wednesday, April 23, 2003
News:
[ ES ] Stage sex: Yard inquiry by Tim Cooper and Richard Holliday
Scotland Yard is today investigating a controversial new play after it apparently showed live sex acts in a London theatre.
Complete with a photo gallery...
[ B ] Peters Misses Gypsy Perfs Due to Cold
Bernadette Peters will remain out of Gypsy tonight while she recovers from a bad cold. Standby Maureen Moore, who has been going on as Rose since April 21, will play the starring role at this evening's performance, according to a production spokesperson.
[ P ] 2003 Joseph Jefferson Citations Nominees Announced, Representing Best of Non-Equity Chicago
[ SFC ] Mamet, O'Brien coming to Magic by Robert Hurwitt
David Mamet and Edna O'Brien are coming to San Francisco -- not only their newest work but the internationally famed authors as well -- in the Magic Theatre season announced Tuesday by incoming artistic director Chris Smith.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ BS ] Mayor Cuts DCA 23%
The harrowing state of the New York City economy has led Mayor Michael Bloomberg to wield the sharp budgetary ax, including a 23% slashing of the city Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA).
[ P ] Cholly Atkins, Tony Award-Winning Choreographer, Dead at 89; Danced With "Honi" Coles
[ P ] Design Team Chosen for Liev Schreiber Henry V in Central Park
[ P ] Actress Looks in Mirror to See Geisha Next Door, New Solo Comedy, April 23 and 30 in NYC
[ TM ] Bay Street Theatre to Present Staged Readings of Two New Plays, April 26-27
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: A Toast for the Lortel Nominees
[ TM ] Photo File by: Michael Portantiere and Joseph Marzullo
Spring fever grips NYC theater folk at the annual Easter Bonnet Competition and other celebratory events.
Love the redesign, guys!
Reviews:
[ ATW ] Talking Heads Boasts Exquisite Detail in Writing and Acting
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Features:
[ B ] Q&A: John Turturro by David Cote
News:
[ B ] From My Hometown Set for Off-B'way in June
[ P ] Dominic Tigue Chats About Role in London's Latest Oklahoma!
[ P ] NYC's Epic Rep Has Reading of Too-Hot-for-Ohio Play, Paradise, April 25
[ P ] Crabbe Chats About His Adaptation of Pinter Novel The Dwarfs in U.K.
[ P ] Dance of the Vampires Composer Brings Musical "Wuthering Heights" to MTV
[ P ] Philadelphia Theatre Co. Has World Premiere Hollywood Tale, According to Goldman, in 2003-04
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Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Hats Off for the 17th Annual Easter Bonnet
[ B ] Tonys 2003 #3 by Ken Mandelbaum
News:
[ P ] Peters Standby, Maureen Moore, to Play Gypsy�s Rose April 23 Matinee
[ P ] Nine Star Antonio Banderas Appears on "Live with Regis & Kelly," April 24
[ P ] Critics and Columnists Talk Tony on June 2 Panel
[ P ] Barnett, Bodnar, Hibbard, Romoff Star in Yeston Rewrite of Loesser's Hans Christian Andersen
[ P ] West End Contact to Close Early
[ P ] Paper Mill�s Family-Friendly Grease to Feature Songs from Film
[ P ] Sengbloh Replaces Aida�s Simone as Actress Mourns Jazz Mom�s Death
[ P ] Manilow's Harmony to Sing in Florida in Fall; Broadway Next?
[ P ] Neuwirth and Reiser Begin Previews in Woody Allen�s Writer�s Block April 23
[ P ] �A Cause for Celebration!�: Tony Winner Cronyn Helps Guthrie Celebrate 40 Years
[ B ] Contact to Close Early in the West End
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News:
[ NYP ] PRODUCERS TAKE AIM AT TIMES' BIG BEN by MICHAEL RIEDEL
BEN Brantley has pen pals. Two prominent Broadway producers have fired off letters to the powerful New York Times drama critic, taking him to task for interjecting snide remarks about one show in a review of another.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
This incredible cast and company of Oscar Wilde's "Salome: The Reading," is currently in previews and opening at the Ethel Barrymore on April 30 in a limited engagement until June 7. In a long lifetime of interviewing I had never before sat with such a great gathering of the anointed of theater and film.
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
OPENING night of Seth Rudetsky's off- Broadway comedy "Rhapsody in Seth" attracted Broadway's leading ladies, like Bebe Neuwirth, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba, "Hairspray's" Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Third item.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
WHEN Broadway and cabaret singer Josephine Premise died two years ago, her daughter, Susan Fales-Hill, organized a memorial tribute in the St. Regis ballroom where Premise once sang "Je Ne Regrette Rien" (I Regret Nothing)."
Eleventh item.
[ NYT ] Shakespeare to Tour, Thanks to N.E.A. by BRUCE WEBER
The Shakespeare in American Communities project will bring professional-quality performances to some 100 small and midsize American cities in all 50 states.
[ NYT ] Cholly Atkins, 89, Dancer and Choreographer, Dies by DOUGLAS MARTIN
Cholly Atkins was a superb dancer who brought the polished precision of his legendary tap act with Honi Coles to choreographing the most celebrated Motown performers.
[ DN ] Step-father of Motown by David Hinckley
Cholly Atkins died this weekend at the age of 89, taking a full page of history with him. But he left behind the wise advice to always watch your step, and those who did as he suggested were well rewarded.
[ NYP ] 'XXX' LETS IT ALL HANG OUT by BARBARA HOFFMAN
WHATEVER happened to "No sex please, we're British"? Now playing London: A sexually explicit play based on a Marquis de Sade book that's bound to whip critics into a frenzy.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 23
[ P ] Dream a Little Dream, Mamas and Papas Bio-Musical Opens, April 23
[ P ] First of Four Julia Jordan Plays This Season, St. Scarlet, Begins in NYC, June 10-July 5
[ P ] Play What I Wrote Gets Pierce-ing New Guest
[ P ] Playwright Horizons Has Musical Wilder, New Plays by MacLeod, Wright in 2003-04
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia toasts Shakespeare on his 439th birthday by recalling recent New York City productions of his work.
[ MN ] 'Producers' new stars Short, Alexander pass trial by fire by Karen D'Souza
Bialystock and Bloom got a brand new look Monday night when Jason Alexander and Martin Short goose-stepped their way into ``The Producers'' for the first time.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2003
News:
[ P ] More Moore: Peters Standby, Maureen Moore, to Play Gypsy�s Rose April 22
[ YN ] Nashville Songwriter Felice Bryant Dies
Felice Bryant, who with her late husband wrote "Bye Bye Love" and other Everly Brothers hits and the hand-clapping bluegrass standard "Rocky Top," died Tuesday. She was 77.
[ IBDB ] Felice Bryant's Broadway Credits
[ B ] Barry Manilow's Harmony Sets Pre-Broadway Run
Broadway.com has learned that the show, which premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 1997, will begin performances at Fort Lauderdale's Parker Playhouse on October 21.
[ B ] Easter Bonnet Raises Over $2 Mil for BC/EFA
[ B ] Simone Misses Aida to Mourn Mom Nina
[ B ] Nouri to Play Rodin to Eder's Camille Claudel
[ P ] Here's Lucie: Arnaz Stars in Machado's Tale of Cuban Exiles, Once Removed, in Miami
[ P ] Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $2.15 Million
[ P ] Take Me Out Star Denis O�Hare Steps Up To Bat on "Radio Playbill" April 22-28
[ P ] Mose the Fireman, a 19th Century New York Theatre Icon, Returns to the Boards Off-Broadway, May 29-July 19
[ P ] New York Theatre Workshop Garners Annual Edwin Booth Award
[ R ] Sex Show to Test London Theater Fans' Limits by Astrid Zweynert
[ DMN ] Neil Simon excuses self from Dallas appearance
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
Features:
[ B ] Photo Op: Happy Birthday, Millie Dillmount!
[ BS ] More Than a Sad Story
Geraldine Hughes discusses the difficult process of making the personal theatrical.
[ VV ] The Beautiful Noise
The Expanding Role of Theater Sound Design by David Finkle
Reviews:
[ VV ] Aurally Sound
What You Hear's OK, but What Are You Seeing? by Michael Feingold
Nine by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston; A Year With Frog and Toad by Willie and Robert Reale
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[ P ] Len Cariou Heads the Cast of National Actors Theatre�s The Persians
[ P ] Play What I Wrote Graduates New Guest
[ P ] Full Cast of No Strings at Encores! Announced
[ P ] Graham Norton is Red-Handed as NYC Return Engagement Starts, April 22
[ P ] Mamma Mia!�s Pitre Offers April 24 Concert
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Features:
[ B ] First Person: How I Arrived on Broadway by Karen Akers
[ B ] Fresh Face: Toby Jones by Beth Stevens
Reviews:
[ B ] DVDs: Bialystock and Bloom, Together Again by Ken Mandelbaum
RHINOCEROS (Kino)
News:
[ B ] Donmar Adds Works by Osborne & Marber
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Spring Fling
The Phantom of the Opera got the biggest boost, up $177,218 to come in at $664,017. Returning Phantom Hugh Panaro, who played his first performance on April 14, performed to houses 96.13% full on average.
[ B ] Choreographer Cholly Atkins Dead at 89
[ P ] Neil Patrick Harris Emcees Broadway's Cabaret Through May 11
[ P ] Maury Yeston Makes NYC In-Store Appearance With CD Songbook Cast, April 22
[ P ] Cameron Mackintosh Plans New West End Theatre
[ P ] Lane, Taymor, Rudnick, Falco and LaBute Take Part in Tribeca Film Festival Panel Discussions in May
[ P ] Marcovicci Hosts June 14 Benefit with Egan, Devine, Garrett and McBroom
[ P ] Comden Profiled by League of Professional Theatre Women at Free May 12 Event
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News:
[ YN ] Choreographer Cholly Atkins Dies by ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS - Cholly Atkins, who choreographed the smooth moves of countless Motown artists and won a Tony Award when he was 75, has died. He was 89.
[ B ] Cholly Atkins' Broadway Credits
[ NYP ] CINDY ADAMS
News on Bobby Short's condition; and Yakov Smirnoff.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
LORD of the Dance Michael Flatley is moving here. The Irish star is working on a big new Broadway dance show that "should come out in three or four months," a pal said.
Final item.
[ NYP ] TRIBECA CHATS FOR FILM FEST by MEGAN LEHMANN
NATHAN Lane will team up with "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to debate comedy in film as part of the Tribeca Film Festival's slate of panel discussions announced yesterday.
[ V ] NO BROADWAY REBIRTH
Easter B.O. dips below past totals
Broadway has seen bigger Easter baskets. The $14,903,933 cume fell short of the $16.06 million record set in 2001 and the $15.16 million from Easter week 2002.
[ NJ ] It may not be curtains for arts center BY PEGGY McGLONE
Think of it as intermission, rather than the end of the show.
That's what board members of the John Harms Center for the Arts in Englewood are saying about the closing of the theater, a 1,400-seat former movie house built in 1926.
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 22
[ P ] Inspired by Hamlet, Humble Boy Makes U.S. Debut April 22 at MTC
[ P ] Ahrens and Flaherty's My Favorite Year Gets NYC Concert Reading April 22-May 4
[ P ] Valentino, The Musical Gets NYC Run Off-Off Bway in Hope of Greater Fame, April 22-May 18
[ P ] Leslie Uggams Is Muzzy in Millie, Starting April 22
[ DN ] Inside Outer track to 'H'spray,' 'Nine' by PATRICIA O'HAIRE
While the theater season is winding down, the awards season is just heating up.
Reviews:
[ NYT ] Theater in Review
Perhaps there's a reason that "Daisy Mayme," revived by the Pearl Theater Company, has rarely been seen since its Broadway premiere in 1926. Also reviewed: "The Flashing Stream."
[ ATW ] This Daisy Arrives Just in Time for Spring
[ WP ] When Puppets Get Refreshingly Out of Hand by Peter Marks
Adult Musical Parodies Kiddie Culture
[ ATW ] Musical Nine a Troubled, Yet Pretty, Mix
[ ATW ] The Ontological Detective Satisfying Existential Noir
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Monday, April 21, 2003
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: April 14-20
URBAN COWBOY's attendance is 17.1%.
Yikes.
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News:
[ R ] Jazz-Soul Singer Nina Simone Dies in France
[ R ] Nina Simone - Singer Who Could Not Be Pigeon-Holed
Nina Simone, who died on Monday aged 70, defied categorization -- she was at once a jazz singer, a blues singer, a pop singer, a gospel singer and a folk singer, as well as a brilliant pianist.
Among her many great accomplishments: She was the mother of AIDA star Simone.
[ YN ] Brit Actor Cake Betrothed to HBO's 'Marriage'
British actor Jonathan Cake has been cast as the male lead in "Marriage," Steven Bochco's drama series for HBO set to debut next year.
[ BS ] Trio to Scale Musical 'Heights'
Erika Christensen, Mike Vogel and Katherine Heigl are in final negotiations to topline "Wuthering Heights," MTV's musical adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel.
[ BS ] Morgan Freeman to Raise Funds for Miss. Theater
[ BS ] Evel Knievel Signs Over Rights For Rock Opera
[ P ] Willa Kim to Receive 2003 Zipprodt Award April 28
[ P ] Murray, Pintauro, Ming-Na Featured in "Brand: NEW" Readings at Hartford Stage, April 25-27
[ P ] Sing, Sisters! Musical Little Women Will Play New Haven Prior to Bway, Spring 2004
[ BS ] The MACs to the Max
The MAC Awards were held on April 14 at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and it was a madcap extravaganza that lasted over four hours and ran till midnight.
Features:
[ TS ] Behind the sex appeal by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
"People think a sexy girl has no heart. I'm out to change that perception," says Jane Krakowski.
Richard gets all the good assignments...
[ YN ] Masterson Tackles Insecurities in 'Nine' by PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer
Mary Stuart Masterson was almost as apprehensive about playing Luisa in the Broadway revival of "Nine" as her character is about sharing her husband with paparazzi and a whirlwind of adoring women.
[ P ] Making Out Like A. Banderas
Antonio Banderas makes his Broadway debut as a man falling apart and falling in love in Nine
[ BS ] Transferring Shows from Nonprofit to Off-Broadway Commercial Venues
The theatrical season ending this June has seen several productions successfully journey from nonprofit to commercial runs.
[ TM ] All That Jazz by: Michael Portantiere
Diane Schuur gets her act together and takes it to the Blue Note.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ SB ] 'Les Mis�rables': New York braces for end of play's run as touring company heads to Sacramento by Jim Carnes
[ SB ] 'Les Miscellaneous'
An A-to-Z guide to 'Les Mis�rables' by Jim Carnes
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[ B ] Cast Announced for No Strings at Encores!
James Naughton, Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Marc Kudisch, Emily Skinner and Caitlin Carter will join Maya Days in the upcoming Encores! production of No Strings.
[ TM ] NYTW to Receive 2003 Edwin Booth Award
[ P ] Craig Lucas to Direct Film Version of The Dying Gaul with Campbell Scott
[ P ] Oscar Winner Chris Cooper Stars as Trumbo in Off-Broadway Play, April 21
[ P ] "Sound of Music" Documentary Languishes as Star Andrews Denies Footage
posted at 4/21/2003 03:06:54 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
[ NYT ] Satellite Radio Gains Ground With Right Mix of Partners
XM Radio grows. This is a very good thing!
posted at 4/21/2003 01:19:34 PM by James Marino | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Thirtieth Anniversary by Ken Mandelbaum
Even though Gypsy had returned to Broadway just fourteen years earlier, Barry and Fran Weissler decided to mount a thirtieth-anniversary revival in 1989.
News:
[ P ] Korey, Runolfsson, Buntrock and More Sing Friedman at Listen to My Heart Showcase
[ P ] New York International Fringe Festival to Run Aug. 3-24
[ P ] Tony, Tony, Tony: Tony-Related Events Scheduled for April and May
[ P ] 3 Musketiers, Sound of Music Lead Dutch Theatre Award Noms
[ P ] Stangl to Direct Churchill's Obie-Winning Top Girls at Guthrie Lab, May 16-June 15
[ P ] LuPone and Lane Inducted Into Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame; Gala Set for June
[ P ] Cabaret�s Julie Wilson Offers Master Classes May 2-4
[ B ] B'way-Bound LLittle Women to Play New Haven
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Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Thirty-five years after William Goldman wrote his classic book, Filichia looks back on the 1967-68 B'way season.
News:
[ P ] Outer Critics Circle Noms Announced; Nine and Hairspray Lead with 12 Nods
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
Julie Andrews interview (second item).
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 21
[ P ] Daniel Sullivan Directs Star-Studded Cast for April 21 Benefit at Public Theater
[ P ] Coming Out of the Pit, Music Directors Show off Their Own Tunes, April 21 at Symphony Space
[ P ] Murney, Skinner, Ziemba Sing Bock and Harnick atMelting Pot Benefit April 21; Fan Tix Available
[ P ] Alexander and Short Join Producers Tour in San Fran, April 21-26, Prior to L.A. Run
[ P ] Alda, Ruehl, Finneran, Tucci Take Part in Bay Street Readings, April 26-27
[ P ] Mancha�s Mitchell and Mastrantonio Host Easter Bonnet Competition April 21-22
[ P ] Newman, Pendleton & Latessa Headline Food for Thought Reading April 21
[ P ] A Slice of Knife: Florence & Carrie, a Murder Mystery With Music, Gets NYC Reading April 21
Reviews:
[ CST ] Contemporary parallels lend raw power to 'Women' BY HEDY WEISS
After weeks of you-are-there battlefield coverage, it might seem redundant to watch a play about the horrors of war. Yet among the many triumphs of director Mary Zimmerman's production of "The Trojan Women," which opened over the weekend on the Owen stage of the Goodman Theatre, is its ability to endow all too familiar scenes of ferocity, devastation and grief with a level of reality that too often strangely eluded the television screen.
[ LAT ] Fabric of a life woven into 'Apparel' by Don Shirley
Lynn Nottage's involving play about a successful seamstress who seeks a new life has a nice fit.
[ NJ ] This'll 'Kill' ya: Can 3 wives ice their husbands? BY PETER FILICHIA
Who'd expect the Women's Theater Company to do a locker-room comedy?
[ DN ] Bard-ed lady is splendid, if a bit broad by Howard Kissel
In the delightful production of "As You Like It" that Erica Schmidt has directed for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Bryce Dallas Howard, as Rosalind, shows her feminine side only at the very end, when she finally kisses her suitor, Orlando.
posted at 4/21/2003 07:42:38 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, April 20, 2003
[ B ] 2003 Outer Critics Circle Noms Announced
posted at 4/20/2003 11:39:52 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ ND ] Bouncing Past the Critics by Linda Winer
Yes, it is happening again. The community of theater critics is turning itself inside out over whether to storm the barricades at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in late June and buy our own tickets to review "Bounce."
[ BG ] TV or not TV? by Vanessa E. Jones
For young playwrights, working for the small screen is no big deal
[ HC ] From `Seussical' To Lose-ical To Renew-sical by FRANK RIZZO
"We will get our investment back," Gentry says of the tour, which ends this summer, after which it will be downsized as a non-Equity tour for the hinterlands.
[ NJ ] Gennaro brings unique talents to Jersey theater BY PEGGY McGLONE
Musical theater is the Gennaro family business, so when Michael Gennaro started his new job this week as president and CEO of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, it was more than a professional move.
It was personal.
[ WP ] Washington's Bard Sanctuaries by Peter Marks
Audiences Here Take a Shine to The Classics. No Wonder So Many Theaters Are Dusting Them Off.
[ NYT ] Seen This Guy Lately? by A. O. SCOTT
Al Pacino was so contained in "The Godfather," his best performance. So why has he been chewing the scenery for the past decade?
[ NYT ] Pacino on Pacino (and on the Video Monitor)
[ CST ] "The Lion King" arrives in Chicago BY HEDY WEISS
Everything that director and designer Julie Taymor had done in the theater before being hired for "The Lion King" disqualified her for the job.
[ CST ] Awakening youngsters to the stage experience BY MARY HOULIHAN
The subculture of children's theater has always existed on the outer edges of "grown-up" theater. So it was an inspired and surprising move when Disney Theatricals hired Julie Taymor to create the stage version of one of the company's most popular films.
[ CST ] Local performers find themselves caught up in 'The Circle of Life' BY JAE-HA KIM
Unlike most of the local theater scene, Derek Hasenstab had no clue "The Lion King" was casting in Chicago when he got a call to audition for the extravaganza. Actually, he didn't know what the musical was about, much less the plot of the animated Disney film that inspired the production.
News:
[ YN ] Movie Star Karen Morley, 93, Dies
Karen Morley, the blond star of 1930's movies whose career was cut short in 1947 when she refused to answer questions at a Congressional hearing about her possible involvement with the Communist Party, has died.
[ B ] Karen Morley's Broadway Credits
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
'AND, here's an envelope from Marilyn Horne. Oh - it's empty!" So wisecracked those two jokers, Nathan Lane and Terrence McNally, at the recent tribute Lincoln Center held for all-time mover and shaker Beverly Sills.
Plus items on Bill Maher, Karen Akers and Tommy Tune.
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Blue Man Group on "Leno", Antonio Banderas on "Regis", Kate Mulgrew on "Caroline"
[ LCJ ] ATL nearly produced Pulitzer winner by JUDITH EGERTON
"Anna in the Tropics," the play about Tampa cigar-makers that recently won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was considered as an entry in this year's Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
posted at 4/20/2003 03:11:24 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ NYT ] To Find Her Feet, She Started With the Shoes by STEPHEN HOLDEN
Playing the object of a foot-fetishist's affections in "Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet," Lynn Redgrave decided that costume was character.
[ NYT ] Uncutesy Shows: One Mom's Quest by ROBIN POGREBIN
The secret to the success of "A Year With Frog and Toad": It moves you without trying too hard.
[ NYT ] EXCERPT
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
An excerpt from Peter Nichols's play, "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg."
[ NYT ] A NIGHT OUT WITH
'Gypsy' Girls: Let Them Entertain You by LINDA LEE
Three actresses who play strippers in the musical "Gypsy," went out recently to inspect the talent of the real strippers at Private Eyes.
Reviews:
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: Lloyd Webber & Rice's Superstar and Skinner's Paris �90
[ CU ] The Flashing Stream Review
News:
[ P ] Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Expected April 20
[ P ] Today In Theatre History: APRIL 20
[ P ] Hershey Felder's New Work Romantique, with Crivello and Zimbalist, Plays A.R.T. in MA, Aug. 1-17
[ P ] Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello Tour Page-to-Stage Wigfield, May 2
Thanks to Douglas for pointing out the misspelling on Paul's last name - we have fixed it.
posted at 4/20/2003 12:43:32 AM by Tim Dunleavy | 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]
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