Saturday, May 17, 2003

"Les Miserables":

[ OS ]  A second family by Elizabeth Maupin
Even those who have clocked in to work at Les Mis for the past two or six or 16 years have been surprised at times by the epic quality the show has taken on. Now, as they're gathering their belongings before the final celebratory performances this weekend, they're looking back on a show that has changed their lives.

[ NJ ]  'Les Miserables' passes from Broadway to the record books BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ND ]  The Turnable Pratfalls Go On by Blake Green
For the last couple of months, "Forbidden Broadway," the long-running spoof of the theater world, has been offering its own tribute to the closing of "Les Mis�rables" - an updating takeoff on "One Day More," the anthem that closes the musical's first act.

Features:

[ B ]  Fresh Face: William Ullrich by Beth Stevens
Age: Nine, fittingly.

[ DN ]  Risqu� business by JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
A musical revue celebrates the bawdy body of work of Ruth Wallis

[ NJ ]  Writer becomes 'advocate' for do-it-yourself approach BY PETER FILICHIA

[ SS ]  Marvin Hamlisch still loves the stage by Mike Boehm
Thanks to American Theater Web for this link, and for the Orlando Sentinel story above.

News:

[ B ]  Hitchcock Blonde Set to Transfer to the West End

[ DN ]  A 'Movin' tribute
Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out" swept the 2003 TDF/Fred Astaire Dance Awards.
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Features:

[ ND ]  Hard To Believe: 'Les Miz' Closing This Weekend by Blake Green
It hardly seems possible that 'Les Miserables,' the music of our lives for 16 years is closing this weekend.
With links to a story from 1993 and Newsday's original 1987 review.

[ LAT ]  Requiem for the ravine by Mike Boehm
A Latino community once flourished where Dodger Stadium stands. Its still-debated demise fuels a new play.

[ LAT ]  Two characters in search of an author by Jane Wagner
Step by step, Lily Tomlin and Trudy put their stamp on L.A.

[ CSM ]  Searching for next Seinfeld by Gloria Goodale
"That's what our job really is, to push and push," says casting director Sharon Klein. "You walk in, and they have such specific views of what they're looking for -- it's our job to change that." One casting director, who worked on "Boston Public," says, "We stuffed Chi McBride down (David E.) Kelley's throat."

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  In Performance
The Alchemists

[ CU ]  Meshugah Review

[ CU ]  Romola & Nijinki (Deux Marriages) Review

[ TM ]  The Siegels' Nightlife Notes
The Siegels spend some quality time at Brandy's, then drop in at Danny's to hear Barbara Brussell sing a slew of Bob Merrill tunes.

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
The Man Who Came to Dinner comes to DVD -- along with Kiss Me, Kate, Copenhagen, and The Car Man -- courtesy of Image Entertainment.

News:

[ NYT ]  Wendy Hiller, Spirited Actress, Dies at 90
Dame Wendy Hiller's performances were celebrated for spirit and integrity, and she became a major film personality despite only a handful of starring roles in movies.

[ P ]  John Dossett Praises Gypsy Co-Star Peters

[ P ]  Christine Ebersole Surprised By 2003 Tony Nomination

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Golda's Balcony Extends Once More, to July 6
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Friday, May 16, 2003

Cute story of the day: I'm trying to stay awake to see the cast of Hairspray on today's episode of Caroline Rhea which airs at 1:05 a.m. in the New York City area. I'm watching a tape of Thursday's episode, Bette Midler was a guest and I love Bette Midler. She said they (I assume she meant Marc Shaiman) came to her to invest in Hairspray, she laughed and said, puh-leeze! She didn't invest. Her husband said I'm gonna invest in it, he took the papers and ran, invested his own money. Then the checks started rolling in and Bette said, well, so, what about me? She shook her finger and head no and exclaimed, I was robbed (apparently her husband wasn't sharing the wealth). After the commercial break she explained that she's known Marc Shaiman since he was 16. She said he was such a pest back then, he would nag her and get in her face and she would say please go sit in a corner somewhere. Now, he's an enormous talent, a superstar on Broadway and she's mortified that she didn't invest in his show. She said, "A prophet is without honor in his own country." Now she has to call him up and kiss his ass major, major, she joked that he holds a grudge. It was all in fun. Very cute story. Oh, and Caroline Rhea said she's a major fan, she's seen it six times, I have her beat, I've seen it ten times. : )
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News:

[ B ]  Enchanted April Plans Tour with Broadway Leads

[ TM ]  Drama Desk Stars and Musical Numbers Announced

Features:

[ CCT ]  Movin' on out BY KATHI SCRIZZI DRISCOLL
Paul Benedict of 'Jeffersons' fame flees typecasting on stage

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ OCR ]  Playwrights fest opening eyes by PAUL HODGINS
In its sixth year, SCR's new-play festival merits some national interest - and lands a few name actors.
With a complete schedule and cast list.

[ P-I ]  Randy Skinner knows '42nd Street' backwards and forwards by JOE ADCOCK

[ FW ]  Stayin' alive by Perry Stewart
How does 'Saturday Night Fever' translate to the stage? Ask the understudy.

Reviews:

[ NJ ]  Wishing for more from Woody's comedies BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
Now there's nothing wrong with making money by making people laugh -- and this show certainly packs plenty of light yocks -- but in Allen's case one hopes for something perhaps a bit more thoughtful than these slender diversions.

[ CU ]  Writer's Block Review

[ C ]  Sondheim�s Operas by Terry Teachout
Thanks to barberg on All That Chat for the link!
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Features:

[ TM ]  Sam Waterston in New Haven by: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
The Yale grad co-stars in the The Black Monk, a new David Rabe play based on a story by Chekhov, at the Yale Rep.

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Tonys Approach Plus Chats with Nominees Melissa Errico and Christine Ebersole

News:

[ P ]  April to Enchant U.S. in Fall 2004 Tour

[ B ]  Cast and Dates Set for Roundabout Big River

[ B ]  Smits & Esparza Eye Pulitzer Winner Anna

[ P ]  Zanna, Don't! Will Get Cast Album from PS Classics Come Summer

[ P ]  Dame Wendy Hiller, a Favorite of Shaw's Who Played London, Bway and Films, Dead at 90

[ P ]  Roundabout-Deaf West Big River Opens on Broadway July 24; Cast Set

[ P ]  Elaine Paige Brings Where There's a Will to U.K.'s Richmond Theatre May 19

[ P ]  New Culture Clash Work Chavez Ravine Makes World Premiere at L.A.'s Taper, May 17-July 6

[ P ]  Smits and Esparza Likely for McCarter's Anna in the Tropics

[ P ]  Dukakis Is Clytemnestra Off-Bway in Early 2004; Aldredge Designs Aquila's Agamemnon

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEWW, May 10-16: Merry Antoinette
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[ STARS ]  GEORGE S. IRVING LOOKS BACK ON A HALF CENTURY IN THEATER by ELLIS NASSOUR
George S. Irving, the Tony Award-winning scene-stealer, reflects on his 50 years as an actor.

News:

[ B ]  Burstyn's Widow to Land at Longacre in October

[ P ]  Report: Ellen Burstyn Comes to Broadway as Oldest Living Confederate Widow

[ P ]  Scott, Meloni, Wallach and Jackson Take Part in Neighborhood Playhouse theAtrainplays Gala

Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: At Last, Lila Tremaine by Ken Mandelbaum
FADE OUT-FADE IN (Decca Broadway)
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News:

[ V ]  SMITS, ESPARZA MAY BOARD FOR 'TROPICS'
Play follows cigar makers in Depression-era Florida
Jimmy Smits and Raul Esparza are circling the McCarter Theater of Princeton, N.J.'s upcoming production of "Anna in the Tropics," winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in drama.

[ LAT ]  Pulitzer sampling at playwright fest by Don Shirley
They could rename this year's Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory the Pulitzer Playwrights Festival. And the Pulitzer cachet appears to be enhanced by some notable Hollywood names participating in the readings at the Costa Mesa theater.

[ BBC ]  'Shaw's favourite actress' dies
Oscar-winning British screen and stage actress Dame Wendy Hiller has died at the age of 90.

[ IBDB ]  Wendy Hiller's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 16

[ P ]  Florida Engagement of Little Shop of Horrors Opens May 16

[ P ]  2003 Tony Nominee David Henry Hwang At Work on Disney�s Tarzan

[ P ]  Gorshin Will Take Gracie on the Road Come Fall

[ P ]  Springtime for Henry Plays Boston's Huntington Theatre Company, May 16-June 15

[ P ]  Frenchie Davis, Idled American Idol, Is New Soloist in Broadway's Rent, May 16

[ P ]  World Premiere of Vogel's The Long Christmas Ride Home Plays RI, May 16-June 29

Features:

[ NYP ]  AFTER SUNDAY, WE'LL 'MIZ' THIZ MUSICAL
AFTER 16 years in New York and more than $400 million in ticket sales, "Les Miserables" will play its final performance Sunday. Cameron Mackintosh, its legendary producer, yesterday recalled how the show went from being an obscure Paris oddity to a worldwide blockbuster.

[ NYP ]  WOODY WORSHIP by BARBARA HOFFMAN
FOR eight years he was Miles Silverberg - Murphy Brown's nebbishy, neurotic boss.
Now he's David, the neurotic plastic surgeon in "Writer's Block," two one-act plays written and directed by that notorious neurotic, Woody Allen.

[ DN ]  Foote making tracks to BAM by PATRICIA THOMSON
When "To Kill a Mockingbird" premiered in 1962, Seventeen magazine named it "movie of the month." But the film's studio, Universal Pictures, thought the movie would flop.

[ CST ]  Writer checks into the Algonquin BY MARY HOULIHAN
Cheri Coons is a good candidate for time travel. Her destination? The Algonquin Roundtable.

[ LAT ]  Let sleeping eras and their stars lie by Don Shirley
As Al Jolson�s fans gather, there is much in his legend that should remain buried.

Reviews:

[ DN ]  Woody plays it again for laughs, Off-B'way by Howard Kissel
In his debut as a theater director, Allen has prodded a marvelous cast to get the maximum mileage out of the humor.

[ NYP ]  TWO AFFAIRS TO REMEMBER by DONALD LYONS
THE screwed-up world of Woody Allen finds compelling expression in "Writer's Block," two new short plays that opened last night at the Atlantic Theater Company.

[ TM ]  Writer's Block Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ NYT ]  REVISIONS
Plays Need Reimagining, Not Merely Reviving by MARGO JEFFERSON
For theater to regain popularity, it needs to present rare, challenging works, such as "Salome" and "The Blacks: A Clown Show."

[ NHR ]  Yale Rep's 'Black Monk' a shining moment by E. Kyle Minor
NEW HAVEN - Theatergoers may debate why Anton Chekhov devised "The Black Monk" as a novella rather than a play. Those wise enough to take in Yale Repertory Theatre's striking production of this provocative story about the dangers of genius will simply applaud David Rabe for finally delivering it to the stage.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

[ NYP ]  POKING FUN AT RUBES by RUSSELL SCOTT SMITH
IT'S easy to ridicule the sentimental Americana spooned up by Garrison Keillor types, and Lake Wobegon gets a thorough New York City spanking in "Wigfield," a demented comedy at the Jane Street Theater.

[ INQ ]  No crying for this 'Evita' by Douglas J. Keating
The opening words in the Walnut Street Theatre production of Evita come from Che. He tells the audience to turn off cell phones and beepers and not take pictures.
He then grabs hold of a dangling rope, is lifted into the flies, and the musical proper gets under way.
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[ TM ]  The Ladies (and Men) Who Brunch By Peter Filichia
Filichia interacts with stars, writers, producers, and other high-powered folks at the press reception for this year's Tony Award nominees.

[ NYP ]  HUGH'LL BE ASKED By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THE producers of the Tony Awards have asked "X- Men" star Hugh Jackman to host this year's telecast, theater sources told The Post yesterday.
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Thursday, May 15, 2003

[ STARS ]  SALLY MAYES ON URBAN COWBOY�s MECHANICAL BULL RIDE by ELLIS NASSOUR
Who says actors don�t say nice things about producers? A case in point would be Sally Mayes, a 2003 Drama Desk Award nominee as Featured Actress in a Musical, singing the praises of lead producer Chase Mishkin and associate producers Barbara and Peter Fodor [they are not the travel writers] for their efforts to keep the much-lambasted musical Urban Cowboy open against any odds of ever turning a profit.

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Fall Calendar Takes Shape by JESSE MCKINLEY
With the distraction of the Tony nominations passed and the distraction of the Tony Awards yet to come, several Broadway producers are finding the time to nail down details for the months ahead.

"Writer's Block" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'WRITER'S BLOCK'
Woody Being Woody (Well, Who Else?) by BRUCE WEBER
"Writer's Block" feels a little secondhand, as if the auteur has borrowed a lot of it, albeit from himself.

[ USA ]  Odes to self-involved fall off Allen's 'Block' by Elysa Gardner

[ YN ]  Sexuality Impedes Inspiration in 'Block' by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ R ]  Theater Review: Writer's Block by Frank Scheck
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Much like his movies of recent years, Woody Allen's stage directing debut features an outstanding ensemble cast wading through distinctly thin material.

[ B ]  Writer's Block Review by Adam Feldman

Other Reviews:

[ B ]  Meshugah Review by Adam Feldman

[ B ]  Romola and Nijinsky Review by William Stevenson

[ B ]  American Dreams: Lost and Found Review by Ron Lasko

Features:

[ BS ]  Prepping for L.A.
Where does L.A. fit into the New York and "regional" actor's life? Is there work to be had? Is the business really so different out there? We take a look in today's feature.
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Features:

[ B ]  Vote For Our 4th Annual Audience Awards!

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Urban Cowboy: Reba, Broadway Cowgirl

News:

[ B ]  Movin' Out Sweeps 2003 Astaire Awards

[ B ]  Nine with Banderas Extends Through September

[ B ]  Stars Added to Henry IV at Lincoln Center

[ P ]  Hamill and McClanahan Share Dance Lessons on Broadway in Fall 2003

[ P ]  Hairspray Composer Shaiman Adds Lift to Hollywood's "Down With Love," May 16

[ P ]  Movin' Out Sweeps TDF/Astaire Awards 2003

[ P ]  The Play What I Wrote Will Tour in 2004; Sidelined Toby Jones Back In Show May 15

[ P ]  Roy Scheider Replaces Anthony LaPaglia in Trumbo, May 19; Quinn Also Added

[ P ]  Never Gonna Dance Books Broadway's Broadhurst for Dec. 4 Open; Designers Set

Reviews:

[ TB ]  Down a Long Road Review by Matthew Murray
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Features:

[ TM ]  Brunch With the Stars by: Michael Buckley
This year's hopefuls schmooze, pose, and nosh at the annual press reception for Tony Award nominees.

News:

[ B ]  Never Gonna Dance Sets Dates at the Broadhurst

[ B ]  Look of Confusion; Tuner Keeps Extension

[ P ]  Upcoming Broadway Peter Allen Musical The Boy From Oz Completes Casting

[ P ]  Natasha Richardson Opens in London Lady From the Sea May 15

[ P ]  At Wit's End, Musical Tale of The New Yorker, Makes Chicago Debut May 21

[ P ]  Robert Stack, of Bway's Upcoming Little Shop of Horrors, Dead at 84

[ P ]  Olympia Dukakis Honored at Aquila Theatre Co. Benefit May 15; She's Clytemestra in 2004

[ P ]  Primary Stages Presents World Premiere of Romola and Nijinsky, May 15-June 1

[ P ]  Dennehy and Falls Considering King Lear as Next Project

[ P ]  2003 Tony Nominee Ebersole to Play Evangelist McPherson in Reading of New Musical

[ P ]  Ethan Hawke, Billy Crudup, Dana Ivey Join Cast of Lincoln Center Henry IV

[ P ]  Dresser's Rounding Third, Tale of Little League Dads, Expected to Slide Into NYC Premiere
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News:

[ YN ]  'Untouchables' Actor Robert Stack Dies by LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES - Robert Stack, whose granite-eyed stare and menacing baritone spelled trouble for television's fictional criminals in "The Untouchables" and real ones in "Unsolved Mysteries," died at his home. He was 84.

[ IBDB ]  Robert Stack's Broadway Credits
He recorded the opening narration for the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS revival currently trying out in Florida.

[ P ]  Final eBay Bid for May 18 Les Miz Tix Hits $18,750; BC/EFA Benefits

[ P ]  Ziemba and Graff Join Williamstown Threepenny Opera Cast

Reviews:

[ B ]  Starry Sexual Perversity Cast Faces London Critics

[ B ]  DVDs: Further Adventures in Motion PIctures by Ken Mandelbaum
THE CAR MAN (Image Entertainment)
COPENHAGEN (Image Entertainment)
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Reviews:

[ NYT ]  Insights for Washington (With a Hey Nonino) by BRUCE WEBER
Washington D.C. provides a perpetually apt backdrop for Shakespeare, whose scrutiny of power always penetrates to the corruptible bones.

[ NYT ]  In Performance
Reviews of "A Girl of 16," "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," "American Menu," "Apokryphos," "Yiddishbbuk" and the Irene Diamond Concert.

News:

[ B ]  Stage Notes 05/13/03 by Paul Wontorek

[ R ]  'Hairspray' Star Calls Show Tony Awards Underdog by Larry Fine
"Hairspray" won the most Tony nominations and has had sell-out audiences for 10 months, but star Harvey Fierstein insisted on Wednesday the off-beat musical is the underdog in the race for Broadway's top honors.

[ R ]  Go-Go's Members Score 'Lovelace' Musical by Todd Martens
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Go-Go's principals Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin are putting the finishing touches on an off-Broadway musical based on the life of late porn star actress Linda Lovelace.

[ HC ]  Rock 'n' Roll To The Rescue At Seven Angels Theatre by Frank Rizzo
Elvis is out, and rock 'n' roll is in. In a move that would rival one of the King's swivel hip shifts, Waterbury's Seven Angels Theatre dumped one show and whipped another into shape in a matter of days.

[ ND ]  Tony Campaigns Shift Into Shmooze by Gordon Cox

[ TM ]  Amour Cast Recording to Be Released on July 8

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 15

[ P ]  Woody Allen's Writer's Block, with Neuwirth and Reiser, Opens Off-Broadway May 15

[ P ]  You've Got a Friend: New Feiffer Play Begins at Lincoln Center May 15

[ P ]  Sh-K-Boom�s Amour Arrives in Record Stores in July

[ P ]  Tammy's In Love: Wynette Musical Stand By Your Man Begins Goodspeed Run May 15

Features:

[ BH ]  Dennehy makes long day's journey to honor Norton by Terry Bryne
Monday night will be a busman's holiday for actor Brian Dennehy.

[ DN ]  Fest winner 'Icarus' set to fly again by Robert Dominguez
The Latino-themed play "Icarus & Aria" returns to New York this month with the same eclectic blend of literary influences that attracted Fringe Festival audiences six years ago.

[ DN ]  Dance diva gives 'Donkey' new kick by REBECCA LOUIE
Brenda (Shannon) Greene may have helped kill the last desperate days of disco when her 1983 single "Let the Music Play" fed house beats to ravenous turntables everywhere, but the dance icon will breathe life back into the genre when she joins the "The Donkey Show" this weekend.

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ CPD ]  Former teen idol is still riding a wave on tour with 'Grease' by Tony Brown
At 63, Frankie Avalon doesn't go to the beach that often. But the Big Kahuna still likes playing in the sand.

[ DFP ]  The Purple Rose of off-Broadway: Lanford Wilson's 'Rain Dance' comes together in New York, with some help from Michigan's Guy Sanville BY MARTIN F. KOHN
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003

OFF:
[ NYT ]  Manhattan Judge Orders M.T.A. to Roll Back Fare Increase
The order applies to over 7 million daily riders who began paying a 50-cent fare increase on subways and buses on May 4 and 400,000 commuters on suburban trains.
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News:

[ B ]  Van Pattens to Star in B'way-Bound Harvey

[ B ]  The Look of Love Cancels Extension; Closes 6/15

[ B ]  Butler and O'Hare Honored with Derwent Awards

[ P ]  Omnium-Gatherum Will Bow Off-Broadway at the Variety Arts

[ P ]   Movin' Out Composer Billy Joel May Perform at the 2003 Tony Awards

[ P ]  Van Pattens Join Durning in Cast of Broadway-Bound Harvey at Laguna Playhouse

[ P ]  Details About May 18 Les Miz Finale Revealed

[ P ]  Singer Jon Secada Takes Over Emcee in Cabaret, June 6

[ P ]  Brooks and Meehan Expect to Complete Young Frankenstein in Spring 2004

[ P ]  Errico, Lithgow, Daltrey to Star in Hollywood Bowl My Fair Lady Concert

[ P ]  Broadway's Nine Revival May Extend with Star Antonio Banderas

[ P ]  Swan Lake�s Adam Cooper to Star in West End On Your Toes

[ P ]  Sexual Perversity Arrives In London May 14

[ P ]  Hairspray and Take Me Out Stars Are Clarence Derwent Award Winners

Features:

[ P ]  Meet the (Young) Stars of Broadway
Playbill On-Line has joined forces with Camp Broadway and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL:City Center Spring Gala

Reviews:

[ TM ]  American Dreams: Lost and Found Reviewed By: Philip Hopkins

[ ATW ]  Briefly Noted: Broadway Musicals of 1953, Nothing of Origins, Almost Blue

[ CU ]  Gypsy Review
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[ P ]  Marroquin, Braxton, Harrison and Ryan Star in New Chicago Tour, Launching June 10 in DC

[ P ]  42nd Street�s David Elder Part of Cole Porter Revue June 1-9

[ B ]  Hall & Bracco to Play Mrs. Robinson on the Road
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[ B ]  Lessons of the Season #5 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  Whole Lot of Hairspray: Rhea Devotes May 16 Show to Musical

[ P ]  Tony-Winner Zimmerman's Notebooks Gives Sneak Peek at Panel Discussion, May 19

[ P ]  Jessica Molaskey and The Pizzarellis Play Feinstein's May 28-June 22

[ P ]  Theatre Performers Gear Up for New Weekly Talk/Variety Show

[ P ]  Jekyll & Hyde's Robert Evan Part of 100 Years of Hollywood
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News:

[ NYP ]  BILLY, BE A HERO by MICHAEL RIEDEL
THEATER people are starting to get nervous about this year's Tony telecast. The show, which will be broadcast June 8 from Radio City Musical Hall, is still without a host and is low on celebrity presenters.

[ NYT ]  Two Wilsons in Cahoots for Archive by MEL GUSSOW
There are two Robert Wilsons deeply involved in the arts in New York: Robert M. Wilson, the theater and opera director, and Robert W. Wilson, the philanthropist and former chairman of the New York City Opera.

[ NYP ]  BID IT ADIEU
HOW much would you pay to see the last of "Les Miserables"?

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS
SO I gave a party in my home for the friends of Marty Richards who won the Oscar for producing "Chicago." Let me outline the dynamics of a Marty party.

[ NJ ]  Rising Star nominees
The Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the nominations for the 2003 Rising Star Awards recognizing excellence in New Jersey high school musical theater.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 14

[ P ]  Four for Four: Peters Is Latest Actress Tony-Nommed for Role of Rose

[ P ]  Au Revoir: Final Les Miz Playbill Celebrates May 18 Milestone

[ P ]  Hall and Bracco Are Mrs. Robinson in Graduate Tour, Matriculating in August

[ DN ]  'Take Me Out' NYC critics' pick
The New York Drama Critics' Circle has voted Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out" as best play of the 2002-03 season.

[ NYP ]  CRITICS PICK 'HAIRSPRAY'

Reviews:

[ DN ]  Terkel pieces too thin to command the stage by Howard Kissel
Fifty years ago, if you saw the title "American Dreams: Lost and Found" on a marquee, you would have expected an inspirational evening. Nowadays, you know just as certainly that such a title announces an evening of people whining about the failure of the American Dream, as do many of the people in this adaptation by Peter Frisch of a 1999 book of interviews by Chicago author Studs Terkel.

Features:

[ DN ]  Designer Loquasto: King of the smart set by CELIA McGEE
Commuting between heaven and earth can take its toll on a person, even when he's Santo Loquasto.

[ NYT ]  Writer's Youths in Pain Have the Will to Survive by JESSE McKINLEY
"Stone Cold Dead Serious" playwright Adam Rapp focuses on the plight of teenagers out of artistic opportunism and sympathetic exploration.

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia bestows his coveted Restie Awards upon the shows and actors who've been overlooked this season.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Valley of the Dolls! Hairspray & Barbie at Bloomie's

[ NJ ]  Number one with a bullet over Broadway by Jim Six
Broadway, here I come! To tell the truth, I have never really understood the lure of the Great White Way.
Thanks to Ted for the link!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2003

[ P ]  Hairspray, Take Me Out, Talking Heads Win 2003 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards

[ B ]  Hairspray & Take Me Out are Tops with NY Critics
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According to TVGuide.com, Kristin Chenoweth will receive a "psychic reading" this Monday (May 19) on the syndicated series CROSSING OVER WITH JOHN EDWARD.

Sigh.

News:

[ TM ]  Marsha Mason Reads Madame Killer at Makor

[ TM ]  Barbara Cook to Sign Mostly Sondheim Videos at Tower

[ TM ]  Casting Announced for Henry V at the Delacorte

[ P ]  Les Miz Leads Says Au Revoir on "Radio Playbill" May 12-18

[ P ]  "Chicago" Director Rob Marshall Talks One-on-One at SDCF, May 13

Reviews:

[ VV ]  The Clarifying Fog
Integrity's Back on Broadway�Has Anyone Noticed? by Michael Feingold
Long Day's Journey Into Night; The Look of Love

[ VV ]  Positively 4th Street
Dorothy Allison Gets Adapted; Phillips Gets Searched by Alexis Soloski

[ TB ]  Sound Advice by Jonathan Frank
Jonathan covers the reissues of OBC recordings Nine, Anyone Can Whistle, House of Flowers, Candide, Pal Joey, the Australian cast recording of Hair, and the OBC recording of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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[ P ]  Hytner�s Henry V Opens at London�s National May 13

[ P ]  Hickey, Sieber and Harris Star in New ABC Sitcom

[ P ]  What You Talkin' Bout? Avenue Q's Gary Coleman Injured But Expected for Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: No Strings: Cast Party

[ P ]  New NBC Season Features Whoopi Goldberg and Christine Baranski; McDonald�s �Sterling� Canceled

[ P ]  Bidding Hits $13,100 for Tickets to Final Les Miz Performance; BC/EFA Will Benefit

[ P ]  Sarah Silverman Brings Jesus Is Magic Back to NYC at Zipper Theatre, May 13-24

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Ridin' into the Sunset
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Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Boublil and Legrand by Ken Mandelbaum
LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT (Universal)
CALL ME MADAM (Prism)

News:

[ B ]  Complete Cast Announced for NYSF's Henry V

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 5-11

[ P ]  �Unusual Way�: Nine Star Heads to the Chatterbox May 15

[ P ]  Off-Off-Broadway Company Pairs Ibsen's Eyolf with New Work, May 17-June 22

[ P ]  Another Op'nin': Kiss Me, Kate Comes to DVD, May 13

[ P ]  Alix Korey, Ron Orbach, Jesse Bernstein Head Cast of Berkshire's Enter Laughing, June 17-July 4

[ P ]  Liza's Back on Broadway: The Boy From Oz Casts Stephanie J. Block

[ P ]  Fynsworth Alley Reissues Kuhn and Carmello on CD

[ P ]  Stars Come Out to Honor August Wilson at New Dramatists Benefit May 13

[ P ]  Gravitte and Luker Team for Bravo Broadway! Concert in July

[ P ]  Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz Comes to Bway�s Gershwin in June
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The Tonys:

[ DN ]  In award game, everybody plays by Howard Kissel
In recent years the only compensation for the agony and expense of mounting a Broadway show is that you are likely to get some Tony nominations, which, whatever else happens, you can regard as a consolation prize.

[ NYP ]  TONY BALONEY by MICHAEL RIEDEL
OF course, Bernadette Peters, the occasional star of "Gypsy," was going to get a Tony Award nomination. She's a beloved Broadway icon who won a Tony for being miscast in "Annie Get Your Gun."

[ NJ ]  Those '60s shows: Broadway's Tony award nominations look to the past BY PETER FILICHIA

[ DP ]  Littleton actor wins early Tony by John Moore
All 10 in opera leads given special award
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ P ]  Tony�s Family Affair: Dossett and Pawk Receive First Tony Nominations

[ P ]  Joe Egg Stirs Tony's Notice for Third Time Running

[ P ]  First-Time Tony Nominees Dominate Acting Categories

[ P ]  With Tartuffe, Brian Bedford Is Five for Five

[ NYP ]  'HAIR' & 'MOVIN' OUT' TOP THE LIST by MICHAEL RIEDEL
"Hairspray" - the hit Broadway musical that spoofs the '60s and stars a fat man in drag - picked up 13 Tony Award nominations yesterday, including best musical, best score and best book.

[ ND ]  A Good Hair Day on Broadway by Gordon Cox

[ DN ]  'Hairspray' holds the lead

[ NYT ]  'Hairspray' Leads Field of Tony Nominees by ROBIN POGREBIN

News:

[ P ]  Columbia Broadway Masterworks Series Offers Pal Joey, House of Flowers, Candide, Anyone Can Whistle and Nine May 13

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 13

[ P ]  August Wilson Honored By New Dramatists May 13; Goldberg and Mitchell on Hand

[ P ]  Life of Bway Casting Agent Vinnie Liff Celebrated May 13 at Majestic

[ P ]  Complete Cast of Liev Schreiber Central Park Henry V Announced

[ P ]  The Life's Chuck Cooper is W.E.B. Du Bois at Berkshire Fest

Features:

[ RMN ]  Revolution hits road by Lisa Bornstein
'Les Miz' ending long Broadway run, but tour stops in Denver this week
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ TS ]  'A certain amount of gold' by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
It took 30 years and The Italian Job to get Donald Sutherland back to Venice.
Interview with Sutherland that touches on stage, including his desire to do Long Day's Journey with Kiefer.

[ NYT ]  Letters: Hats Off to Harvey Fierstein

Reviews:

[ LAT ]  Mining a rich vein by Tony Perry
More lecture than drama, powerful "Fire on the Mountain" delves into Appalachian coal workers' difficult lives.
Written by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman -- co-authors of the 1999 Tony-nominated musical "It Ain't Nothing But the Blues" -- and directed by Myler, "Fire" revisits an American workplace that was dirty, dangerous and exploitative and yet inspired some of the nation's more enduring folk music.

[ DN ]  Paper Mill's night of the Round Table is a shining revival by Howard Kissel
Given how deeply embedded Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot" is in the national consciousness, it's surprising how uneven it is.

[ NYT ]  In Performance
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
'Private Jokes, Public Places'
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Monday, May 12, 2003

[ TM ]  A League of Their Own by Michael Portantiere
This year's Drama League Awards luncheon was packed with stars, from Fierstein and Dennehy to Banderas and Winokur.

[ TM ]  From Stage to Screen: A DVD Roundup by Brook Pierce
The Man Who Came to Dinner comes to DVD -- along with Kiss Me, Kate, Copenhagen, and The Car Man -- courtesy of Image Entertainment.
posted at 5/12/2003 07:41:54 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

[ Z ]  NBC Fall Schedule 2003-04
Among the cancelled series: Audra McDonald's "Mister Sterling."

[ YN ]  Children's Theatre Co. Enjoys Tony Honor by JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press Writer

[ B ]  La Boh�me Leads Excited for Special Tony Award

[ B ]  2003 Tony Nominees React to the Big News

[ NYT ]  'Hairspray' Leads the Tony Awards, With 13 Nominations by STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
The musical adaptation of the John Waters cult film led the Tony nominations, which were announced this morning at Sardi's restaurant in New York.

[ NYT ]  List of Nominees and Past Reviews

[ NYT ]  Slide Show: Scenes From Tony-Nominated Plays
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Features:

[ B ]  Q&A: Jane Krakowski by Paul Wontorek

Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: True Love by Ken Mandelbaum
HIGH SOCIETY (Warner Home Video)

News:

[ TM ]  SDCF Announces Marshall-DeLuca Panel Discussion and Names Winner of Mike Ockrent Fellowship

[ TM ]  Gazzara is Berra at Bay Street Theatre

[ P ]  London�s Greenwich Theatre Greets 1930�s Film Star May 13
A musical about the amazing life and times of Jessie Matthews will have a
week's run at Greenwich Theatre, beginning May 13.
If it's about Jessie, I have a feeling Kathy O'Connell might be chartering a plane to see it...

[ P ]  Ripley, Foster and Company to Record Little Shop CD June 23

[ P ]  Bulletin: Urban Cowboy To Close on Broadway, May 18

[ P ]  Complete Cast of Sondheim-Weidman Musical Bounce Announced

[ P ]  Report: Douglas and Zeta-Jones May Team for London Private Lives

[ P ]  MTC Biltmore Season to Feature Robert Sean Leonard, Laura Linney and Liev Schreiber

[ P ]  Blair Brown, Ron Eldard Take Part in Man of the House Reading

[ B ]  Stars On Board for MTC's First Biltmore Season

[ B ]  Lacking Best Musical Nom, Cowboy to Close 5/18

[ TM ]  Urban Cowboy to Close on May 18

The Tonys:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 2003 Tony Award Nominations

[ P ]  Hairspray � with 13 Nods � Tops 2003 Tony Award Nominations

[ P ]  Just the Nominees, Please: 2003 Tony Award Nominations Announced

[ B ]  2003 Tony Award Nominations Announced

[ TM ]  2003 Tony Award Nominations Announced at Sardi's
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This just in: Urban Cowboy to close Sunday, May 18.
posted at 5/12/2003 12:05:44 PM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

[ TONYS ]  Tony Award Nominations

posted at 5/12/2003 08:30:00 AM by James Marino | Item Link

News:

[ V ]  TOPLINERS LEAD MTC HOME
Venue reopens Oct. 16 with 'Violet Hour'
Laura Linney, Robert Sean Leonard and Liev Schreiber headline the Manhattan Theater Club's first season at the newly renovated Biltmore Theater on Broadway.

[ NYP ]  CURTAIN UP ON ZAGAT by BARBARA HOFFMAN
WHO would have guessed that "Menopause the Musical" packs a bigger punch than "Movin' Out"; that "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" is hotter than both "Hairspray" and "The Producers" - or that "Les Miserables" is Broadway's No. 1 love story?

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
THE SIGNS and portents indicate that shiny new Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones and her famous hubby, Michael Douglas, who caught the gold some time ago, will co-star in a London stage production of "Private Lives" next year.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
THE London stage version of Toby Young's media memoir, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," is getting mixed reviews - mainly because the star is too good-looking to convincingly portray a sad sack like Young.
Fifth item.

[ SFC ]  Channing says, 'Hello, hubby' by Carolyne Zinko
Carol Channing married her junior high school sweetheart, Harry Kullijian, on Saturday, seven decades after they broke up.
Thanks to KHom on All That Chat for the link!

[ YN ]  'Hairspray,' Revivals Vie for Tony Nods by MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
"Hairspray," the smash musical hit based on the cult John Waters film comedy about a chubby high school girl, is likely to sweep the 2003 Tony Award nominations.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 12

[ P ]  Tony-Winning Rose Directs Whose Family Values! May 14-June 29

[ P ]  Bay Street Dedicates the 2003 Season to Steinbeck and Pharaoh

[ P ]  Joe Egg Star Michael Gaston Gets New Roles in Intrigue and Landscape

[ P ]  Broadway's Nathan Lane Stars Off-Broadway in Trumbo, May 12

Features:

[ NYT ]  Found: A Twain Play Good Enough to Stage by JESSE McKINLEY
The University of California Press is publishing a play it says is worthy of Mark Twain's legacy that has already been optioned by a Broadway producer.

[ ND ]  New York Kind of Guy by Blake Green
Manhattan native Paul Reiser is the perfect persona for Woody Allen's new play

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia explains why he loathes "composer anthology" revues, from Jacques Brel to that Bacharach/David thing.

[ BG ]  'Bat Boy' to the rescue by Maureen Dezell
As many theater companies struggle, SpeakEasy soars on show's fang and fortune

Reviews:

[ CST ]  Actors make for a 'Gay' old time at the theater BY HEDY WEISS
"A Long Gay Book" is a little jewel of a musical that celebrates love, language, human eccentricity and the sheer pleasure of observing all that the world has to offer.
The latest Frank Galati-Stephen Flaherty collaboration.

[ HC ]  New Bloom On An Old Chestnut by MALCOLM JOHNSON
Goodspeed Delivers High-Stepping Magic With `Me And My Girl'

[ NYer ]  FOGBOUND by JOHN LAHR
Eugene O�Neill on the ties that bind.
Plus "The Look of Love."

[ TB ]  Lost & Found Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Bed & Breakfast Review by Matthew Murray

[ NJ ]  'Legit' theater too formal for quirky lounge act BY MICHAEL SOMMERS
For uninitiated playgoers, "Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre" takes a bit of preliminary explanation.

Happy birthday, Erin Dilly!
Looking forward to seeing you in PUTTING IT TOGETHER at the Cape Playhouse this summer.
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Sunday, May 11, 2003

News:

[ NYP ]  BERNADETTE BURNS HER FANS AGAIN by PERRY CHIARAMONTE, TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and ZACH HABERMAN
There were plenty of broken hearts on Broadway yesterday afternoon as "Gypsy" star Bernadette Peters missed another show due to her ongoing respiratory illness - but the preternaturally perky Peters was back in the role of Mama Rose last night.

[ NYP ]  UNDERSTUDY PROVES TO BE OVERACHIEVER by DONALD LYONS
SO what is Maureen Moore, the frequent replacement for Bernadette Peters in the new "Gypsy," like?

[ P ]  Recovering Peters Sits Out May 10 Matinee of Gypsy, Returns for Evening Performance

[ ND ]  Top (less) Billing by Blake Green
Since there's no telling how or when the spirit is going to move her, audiences at Broadway's "Salome: The Reading" have to wait until late in each performance to find out if Marisa Tomei will go topless.

[ HC ]  Director Leaving O'Neill Center by FRANK RIZZO
Howard Sherman resigned as executive director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford to become more involved in full-scale theatrical producing elsewhere.

[ HC ]  Elvis Inc. Blocks Local Tribute Show by FRANK RIZZO
Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. got all shook up when it found out that a small, nonprofit theater was planning a musical tribute to the singer titled "The King of Memphis: The Music of Elvis."

[ NJ ]  A surprise twist in the John Harms Center saga BY PEGGY McGLONE
Theater officials trying to save the John Harms Center for the Arts in Englewood have reached an agreement with Fleet Bank that could lead to the reopening of the former movie palace turned performance venue.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 11

[ P ]  Tony Award Nominations to Be Announced at Sardi's Early May 12

[ P ]  Zimmerman's Trojan Women Ends at Goodman May 11

[ P ]  Steppenwolf's Garage Presents Midwest Premiere of MacLeod's Things, May 22

[ P ]  Avenue Q Reconstruction: Musical Closes Off-Broadway, May 11; Broadway Next

[ P ]  Cafe Society Pours Its Last in Chicago, May 11

Features:

[ ND ]  Of Art, Politics and Censorship by Linda Winer
Watching Vanessa Redgrave's magnificent performance in Broadway's new revival of "Long Day's Journey into Night," it is easy to forget how close Americans came to losing this transcendent artist altogether.

[ ND ]  Woody Without Cameras by John Anderson
From the opening title - "Riverside Drive" - projected against the Atlantic Theater Company's closed curtain, to the silhouetted skyline it opens on, there's been no hiding the fact that Woody Allen is the fidgety intellect behind "Writer's Block."

[ DP ]  Dialogue over gay ballplayer runs from safe to (get) out! by John Moore
How do you know when your story has become a really big deal? When a version of it winds up as the lead item on espn.com and gay.com on the same day.
Thanks to ElleWhy on All That Chat for the link!

[ CST ]  Jonathan Larson's legacy lives on through family BY MISHA DAVENPORT

[ INQ ]  Stritch stages life as cabaret in Phila. by David Patrick Stearns

[ DN ]  The long and Short of it by Howard Kissel
If any New Yorker deserves to be called an "institution" it is Bobby Short, who just began his 35th year as the "saloon singer" at the Cafe Carlyle.

[ P ]  CHANNELING THEATRE: A Chat with Tony Winner B.D. Wong

[ NYT ]  A Sweet Interlude at Camp Sondheim by MICHAEL JOSEPH GROSS
IN the movies, stories about summer camp go something like this: during eight hormonally stormy, class-conflicted, authority-challenging, practical-joke-filled weeks, a group of teenagers who might never have met during the school year become friends for life.

[ NYT ]  Now in London: I Was Jilted by a Lesbian Dwarf!
By some strange alchemy, "Jerry Springer � The Opera" at the Royal National Theater in London spins trash into gold.

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
Long Day's Journey Into Night
"It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a sea gull or a fish."

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ SFC ]  Made for each other by Christopher Hawthorne
Sweet Kristin Chenoweth is good witch in 'Wicked'

[ SFC ]  Bad witch Menzel basks in her good fortune by Christopher Hawthorne

[ SFC ]  'Wicked' blesses Schwartz by Steven Winn
Composer jumped at staging quirky 'Oz' spin-off

[ SFC ]  'Oz's' many meanings by Robert Hurwitt
Much has been read into story

[ NHR ]  Conjuring 'The Black Monk' by Laura Collins-Hughes
Rabe and Chekhov: Not such an odd pair after all

[ NHR ]  �Law & Order� actor delves into Chekhov via Rabe by E. Kyle Minor
Having acted in several of Anton Chekhov�s plays, Sam Waterston thought he appreciated how the Russian playwright and short-story writer created his characters. Yet it wasn�t until he worked in Russia that Waterston understood that Chekhov�s talent lies in his objective observation of human behavior.

Reviews:

[ TS ]  Vanessa Redgrave fills stage by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
Star-studded cast revives Eugene O'Neill's classic Long Day's Journey Into Night

[ BG ]  Dark humor lights up the New York stage by Ed Siegel
Did you hear the joke about the couple with the retarded kid? Or the nun who disappeared from her coffin? How many gay baseball players does it take to unsettle society?
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[ V ]  Curtain up on fractious finale
Season ends with biz abuzz about 'Gypsy'
The Broadway season drew to a close last week, as chatter continued to revolve around the strange fate of "Gypsy," the Sam Mendes-helmed revival of the landmark musical that outran its outrageously bad word of mouth and seems poised to become a hit.

[ V ]  B.O. dives; 'Aida' 464g
Broadway grosses

[ V ]  B.O. declines; '42nd' 973g
Road grosses

[ V ]  Noises Off: Changing Lanes

[ V ]  Everyone's talking about 'Jerry'
Royal National Theater prod'n garners rave reviews, boffo biz
Jerry Springer -- The Opera

[ V ]  Crix' tally
'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,' 'Nine'
posted at 5/11/2003 09:34:17 AM by James Marino | Item Link

[ NYT ]   All My Children By HARVEY FIERSTEIN
My failures in motherdom seemed to be rooted more in my personal limitations than in my gender.
posted at 5/11/2003 07:14:49 AM by Matthew Murray | Item Link

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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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Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

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Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

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May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

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2008-09
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Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

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

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TBA - 50 Words

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TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

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TBA - Billy Elliot

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

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TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

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TBA - Equus

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TBA - Father of the Bride

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TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

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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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