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Saturday, June 26, 2004

[ STARS ]  Broadway hand in hand with Summer Stage

Features:

[ NYT ]  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Punch Line By JESSE GREEN
Nathan Lane, king of the belly laugh, has written and is starring in a musical based on the Aristophanes comedy "The Frogs."

[ NYT ]  EXCERPT
'The Frogs'

Excerpts from the openings of three versions of "The Frogs," by Aristophanes, Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane.

[ WP ]  The Producer By Chip Crews
Nearly 78, Mel Brooks Still Has a Song in His Heart, A Skip in His Step and a Monster Hit on His Hands

[ B ]  Photo Op: Little Shop Welcomes Joey and Jessica-Snow

Reviews:

[ WE ]  'Annie Get Your Gun' at Music Theatre BY BUD NORMAN
The production continues its run this weekend at Century II.
With Garrett Long.
Thanks to Gayle for the link!


[ PPG ]  '1776' just right for the season By Anna Rosenstein
With Malcolm Gets and Jacquelyn Piro.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!


[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BLIND NESS: THE IRRESISTIBLE LIGHT OF ENCOUNTER'
Using Congo and Belgians as a Metaphor For Iraq War By ANITA GATES

After its visual artistry, the most striking thing about Ping Chong's multidisciplinary work at La Mama is its resonance here and now.

[ ATW ]  Chong and Co. Make Congolese History Arduous in BLIND NESS
Review by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Blues For an Alabama Sky

[ ND ]  REVIEW: "42nd Street" BY GORDON COX

It sounds like there could be some fun in watching a parent- child duo play an aging actress and her demanding director, but the frisson of interest provoked by the pairing is, it turns out, purely historical.

[ TB ]  Hairspray (Revisited)
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TS ]  Wake up and smell the theatre
Ten performances worth paying for by RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

A piece on some of the great work now visible on Toronto area stages, from Hairspray and Urinetown to Timon of Athens and Waiting For Godot.

News:

[ HC ]  Officials Expect Boost From Theater By JOSH KOVNER
Middletown Expects Economic Boost

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
AFTER we reported how "Trading Spaces" star Paige Davis got down and dirty at the Broadway Bares event at Roseland Ballroom last weekend, Davis tried to downplay her impromptu striptease.

[ BS ]  TCG's 'Theatre Facts 2003' Offers Half-Empty, Half-Full Report

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 26

[ P ]  Brian Stokes Mitchell Performs at Hollywood Bowl July 2-4

[ P ]  Caroline, Anna and Frozen Among 2003-2004's Best Plays

[ P ]  Brown's Last Five Years Is Labor of Love for New Producers

[ P ]  Howard McGillin Bounces Back Into Bway Phantom of the Opera June 26

[ P ]  Malcolm Gets Gets Whipped Into Patriotic Fever in 1776 for Pittsburgh CLO June 25-July 3

[ P ]  Reinders, Litzsinger, Cahoon Added to Nerds Musical Cast at NYS&F, July 15-18

[ TM ]  Musical Theatre Works Suspends Operations

[ TM ]  No Microphones Allowed: Broadway Unplugged Concert Set for September 27 at The Town Hall

[ TM ]  Campbell and Hayden to Star in Syncopation

[ NYP ]  EX-'PO5' STAR IS LEGIT

AFTER an 11-year break from the theater, Neve Campbell is making her Broadway debut.

[ B ]  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to Play the Imperial

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Friday, June 25, 2004

Features:

[ P ]  The Tales of Hoffman
Hairspray's Jackie Hoffman does what she does best at the Public Theater's Joe's Pub � kvetches.

[ B ]  First Person: Musings on The Mystery Plays by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Joey Fatone Celebrates Opening in Little Shop


News:

[ B ]  Playwrights Horizons to Offer Stories Benefit

[ P ]  Short Plays Staged in Unlikely Places for Playwrights Horizons' Fall Benefit

[ P ]  Ally Sheedy Returns to the Stage in The Triple Happiness For Second Stage's Uptown Series

[ P ]  Michael Jibson To Star in John Barry�s Brighton Rock

[ P ]  Barbara Cook Takes Part in Platform Series July 8; Signs CDs, Too

[ P ]  Little Shop's Greene Plays Provincetown Aug. 19-30

[ P ]  The Song Is Ended: Musical Theatre Works Shutters Due to Lack of Funds

[ P ]  Jewish-Gentile Comedy Jewtopia Extends One Last Time in CA; Headed for NY in September

[ P ]  British Detainees Speak Out in Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom in NYC, Aug. 20

posted at 6/25/2004 03:48:15 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chatting with Q's D'Abruzzo, Fraser at the Cabaret, Spielberg's Divas and Quotable Quotes

[ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: Pacific Overtures at Studio 54

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Fatone Saves Ripa From Jaws of Audrey II On "Live With..." Appearance


Reviews:

[ B ]  DVDs: Plays on Film by Ken Mandelbaum
Today, some comments on a batch of non-musical films recently released on DVD.

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott sing the praises of playwright Lynn Nottage and groove on the pizzazz of jazz singer Judy Barnett.

News:

[ B ]  Syncopation to Open at the Longacre on Oct. 24

[ P ]  Neve Campbell and Michael Hayden Confirmed for Syncopation at Longacre

[ P ]  Aldredge, Bryggman, Gaines, Hedaya Fill Jury in Twelve Angry Men

[ B ]  Cast Set for the Roundabout's Twelve Angry Men

[ TM ]  2003-2004 Best Plays Choices Announced

[ P ]  Nine's Karen Akers to Sing on TV June 26

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATER WEEK IN REVIEW, June 19-25: Getting Their Ducks in a Row

Broadway this week tinkered with the seating chart for the big dinner party known as the 2004-05 season, making sure everyone had a place to sit and knew what time to arrive.

[ P ]  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to Inhabit Imperial on Broadway

[ P ]  High-Flying, Adored: Aerial Show De La Guarda to Close Off-Broadway, Sept. 12

[ B ]  Musical Theater Works Closes Its Doors

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News:

[ NYT ]  ON STAGE AND OFF
Small Musicals Lose a Resource By JASON ZINOMAN

The board of Musical Theater Works, dedicated exclusively to developing new musicals, has voted to suspend operations because of a lack of money.

[ HC ]  Goodspeed Decision A Jolt To Town By GARY LIBOW
Officials, Merchants Express Disappointment, Resentment

[ B ]  Long-Running De La Guarda to Close on 9/12

[ B ]  McCourt Subs for Ailing Grey as Wicked Wizard

[ P ]  Joel Grey to Take Medical Leave From Broadway's Wicked

[ B ]  La Cage and All Shook Up Switch Theaters

[ P ]  La Cage Falls Into Marquis in November 2004, All Shook Up to Shake the Palace Come Spring 2005

[ P ]  Sam Shepard to Star in Churchill's A Number Off-Broadway

[ BG ]  Nonprofit theaters continue to struggle By Maureen Dezell

Attendance is up and the number of productions has risen by 15 percent at nonprofit theaters nationwide over the past three years. At the same time, more than half of the country's noncommercial theater companies have been operating in the red, according to a Theatre Communications Group study, whose results were reported this week in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

[ NYT ]  Bobby Short Is Staying On
Bobby Short has extended his run at the Cafe Carlyle through 2005 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the club that year, the Carlyle announced this week.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 25

[ P ]  Ghosts of Sammy, Frank and Dean Swing in Rat Pack Musical, Heaven Help Us!, Bowing June 25

[ P ]  Antony and Cleopatra Launches Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Fest, June 25

[ P ]  Peter Krause and Carla Gugino Heat Up Broadway Summer in After the Fall, Starting June 25

[ P ]  Forever Plaid Will Harmonize in Downtown Pittsburgh's New Cabaret Theatre in Fall 2005

[ P ]  Casting Announced for Bay Street Revival of Once on This Island

[ P ]  New Randal Myler Show Touch the Names Comes to Off-Broadway with Burke and McCormick, July 1

[ P ]  Little Women Plays North Carolina Oct. 13-31; Broadway Beckons in February 2005

[ DN ]  See Hugh later - 'Boy From Oz' closing in Sept.


Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
When replacements take over for stars, a show's advertising campaign can make all the difference.

[ NJ ]  'Sesame Street' icon tries on a new hat: On outdoor stage, actor takes on role representing author M�rquez BY PETER FILICHIA

[ NYT ]  CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
India Resounding in New York By JON PARELES

A new generation of South Asians and Asian-Americans is bringing its hybrid culture to New York's clubs, music halls, and to Broadway.

[ NYT ]  PUBLIC LIVES
A Summer of Career Firsts for an Ageless Star By ROBIN FINN

Olympia Dukakis looks nothing like a mother icon despite portraying one chronically on stage and screen.

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
Edward VIII Would've Called It a Bargain By JOYCE WADLER

At the party for Michael McKean, the new star of "Hairspray," it looked as if Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa had a personal moment.

[ DN ]  He keeps sideshows front and center by Robert Dominguez
As long as Todd Robbins can still pound 4-inch nails up his nose, eat light bulbs and walk barefoot over broken glass, he's determined to keep the concept of the carnival sideshow alive.

[ BS ]  Rainbow Revivals By Erik Haagensen
Contemporary Reception and Interpretation of Gay-Themed Classics

[ BH ]  The inside story: Vaudeville-style 'Hard Hat Concert' offers public a first look at restored Opera House By Terry Byrne

"Everyday People" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  TV WEEKEND | 'EVERYDAY PEOPLE'
Looking for Subtle Harmonies With a Film About Race By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

HBO's movie turns out to be a small, charming tale about a failing Brooklyn diner that deals with the issue of race on the oblique.

[ DN ]  At this diner, sociology to go by David Bianculli
The pieces of the narrative in this HBO Films presentation tomorrow at 9 p.m. range from unconvincing to very compelling - but they don't quite fit together.

[ NYP ]  END OF THE LINE By ADAM BUCKMAN
Do not conclude from this description that "Everyday People" is little more than a bunch of strung-together conversations.
The sum of "Everyday People" is much more than its parts and when it was over, it left me wanting more.

    I saw "Everyday People" at a film festival a few months ago. It's an excellent and very intelligent movie; it examines serious issues and really gives you a lot to think about afterwards. Despite its gritty Brooklyn setting, it's more like a European movie in its tone -- and that's a good thing. Plus it's great to see so many Broadway veterans having a chance to shine, in both large and small roles.
    This is definitely worth seeing.


Other Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE STRAITS'
Only a Gifted Young Briton Gets This Mad at Britain By BEN BRANTLEY

Gregory Burke's harshly predetermined drama about four rudderless teenagers surely deserves an award for most efficient use of a title.

[ NYP ]  KEEN TROUPE TAKES A WALK ON THE WILDER SIDE By DONALD LYONS
THORNTON Wilder was a dazzlingly original dramatist who liked to take ordinary people on miraculous journeys.

[ NJ ]  Wild about Wilder: Keen Company produces two of the writer's short plays BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NYP ]  'STREET' STILL THE LULLABY OF B'WAY By CLIVE BARNES

This is a magical musical, superbly performed, for the most part, and remains one of the great New York night-outs currently around. In its lovely, clich�-strewn fashion, "42nd Street" is precisely what the archetypal Broadway musical is all about.

[ DN ]  One great 'Lady' and fun 'Dolls' by Howard Kissel
The American musical theater is alive and well - in New Jersey. Two spanking revivals of classics - "My Fair Lady" and "Guys and Dolls" - are now running in the Garden State.

[ BG ]  Greed is good By Ed Siegel
ART's smart production of 'The Miser' includes a generous helping of farce

[ BH ]  Generous 'Miser' rewards with wit By Robert Nesti

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos

In his new book, theater journalist Robert Simonson makes the point that, On Broadway, Men Still Wear Hats.

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Thursday, June 24, 2004

[ B ]  The Boy from Oz to Close on September 12

[ P ]  Once Before I Go: The Boy From Oz to Close on Broadway When Jackman Leaves, Sept. 12

[ P ]  Complete Cast of Little Shop Tour � with Rapp and Kelly � Announced

[ P ]  Sweet Charity Shifts Broadway Opening to April 25

[ P ]  Dracula Previews Delayed One Week, Taking Wing July 26

[ P ]  Avenue Q's Gelber and More Stage Folk Appear in HBO's "Everyday People," June 26

[ TM ]  BAM and chashama Announce "Outside Art" Festival

[ TM ]  Atlantic Theater Company's 2004-05 Season Slate Includes Allen and Mamet Premieres

[ TM ]  Brooklyn to Open at the Plymouth Theatre, Starring Eden Espinosa

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Features:

[ B ]  Obscure Recordings: Cool Off! by Ken Mandelbaum

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton

Lois Nettleton plays a botanist at the Acorn Theater, Polly Bergen is set for a run at the Caf� Carlyle -- and Charles Busch is all over the place!

News:

[ B ]  Dracula, The Musical Delays Previews Again

[ P ]  Brooklyn to Play Plymouth Theatre; Wicked's Espinosa Heads Cast

[ B ]  Brooklyn to Play B'way's Plymouth Theatre

[ B ]  Beautiful and Damned to Close in the West End

[ P ]  Jets and Sharks Speak Chinese in The Soup Comes Last, New Play About West Side Story in Beijing

[ P ]  Casting Announced for New London Camelot

[ P ]  Marcovicci and Akers Set to Return to Algonquin's Oak Room

[ P ]  Ron Lasko and Jean-Claude Baker are A.R.T./NY's Local Heros

[ P ]  Former Sally Bowles Is Carla in North Shore's Nine

[ P ]  TKTS Half Price Booth in Duffy Square Turns 31 on June 25

[ P ]  The Frogs Songlist Contains Altered Titles and New Sondheim Songs

[ P ]  Gaines Joins Side by Side by Sondheim; McClanahan, Bergen and McKechnie Guest Narrators

[ P ]  Harden�s Publishes UK �Theatregoers� Handbook�

[ P ]  New Head of Anna Scher Drama School Announced � And It�s Not Scher

[ P ]  World Premiere of Eve Ensler's New Work The Good Body Starts in San Francisco, June 24

[ P ]  Milwaukee Rep Has Three-Actor Cyrano, Two Cabaret Musicals and Pirandello in 2004-05

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News:

[ BS ]  Equity, League Down to Wire By Roger Armbrust
Production Pact Expires on Sunday

[ P ]  Equity-League Contract Deadline Approaches, Councils, Support Voiced

[ B ]  Little Women Cancels New Haven Tryout

[ HC ]  Bringing Broadway To Middletown By JOSH KOVNER And GARY LIBOW

$40 Million Goodspeed Expansion Approved For Site Downtown

[ HC ]  Goodspeed Won't Be 'Just A Theater' By JOSH KOVNER

[ HC ]  Long Wharf has new works for Stage II next season by Frank Rizzo

[ B ]  New Tony Award Nominators Announced

[ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS

AUDIENCES occasionally get so involved in "A Raisin in the Sun" that they actually talk back to the actors.
Second item.
Plus news of Harvey Fierstein, Joel Grey and Richard Dreyfuss.


[ NJ ]  Center stage
By George, he's back by Peter Filichia

One of the Paper Mill Playhouse's most beloved performers will be returning to the theater this fall.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 24

[ P ]  Mitch Albom's Duck Hunter Shoots Angel Premieres at Michigan's Purple Rose June 24

[ P ]  Williamstown Opens Main Stage Season June 24 with Cabaret & Main

[ P ]  Frug Til You Drop: Valerie Wright Is Sweet Charity for Barrington Stage June 24-July 17

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! Star Chats on "The Biz" June 24

[ P ]  River Rep Season in Ivoryton, CT, Begins June 23 with Chapter Two

[ P ]  Star of Off-Broadway's Gay Wedding Set for TV Appearance June 25

[ DN ]  Billy Crystal bringing one-mensch show to B'way By ISAAC GUZMAN

[ NYT ]  Arts Briefing By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

Billy Crystal to make his Broadway debut; BBC will improve training for its newsroom employees; Bob Dylan receives honorary degree.

Features:

[ USA ]  Broadway playwrights take Hollywood hiatus By Elysa Gardner
What do some of Broadway's most esteemed playwrights have in common with some of off-Broadway's most esteemed playwrights? Of all things, Hollywood.

[ BH ]  Drag diva Busch fulfills dream with title role in 'Auntie Mame' By Robert Nesti

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: McKean Joins Hairspray; Fierstein, Feldshuh Wish Him Well at Reception

[ B ]  Photo Op: Hairspray Throws a Hoppin' Party for New Stars

[ B ]  Photo Op: Paige Davis Trades TV for Broadway

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Swoosie Kurtz Reads From New Book "On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats" at Drama Book Shop


Reviews:

[ TM ]  Hairspray
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ TM ]  Miss Julie
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ NYP ]  'BOISE' I DUNNO By DONALD LYONS

"BOISE" may call itself a comedy, but this unpleasant and implausible play about sexual dysfunction eventually topples over into madness.

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: 'Fine and Dandy' Comes to CD
XM Satellite Radio

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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

[ P ]  Billy Crystal Comes to Broadway's Broadhurst in 700 Sundays in November

[ B ]  Billy Crystal Brings 700 Sundays to Broadhurst

[ P ]  Goodspeed Musicals Will Move to Middletown, CT � Under Certain Conditions

Goodspeed Musicals � the company that gave early life Annie, Man of La Mancha and other hit shows � will likely move from its longtime home in East Haddam, Connecticut, to nearby Middletown by 2008, the not-for-profit announced June 23.

posted at 6/23/2004 04:14:18 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



[ V ]  HBO's saying 'Hey Ya' to OutKast by MICHAEL FLEMING
Cabler teams with duo on pop tuner
HBO will start production in late summer on its first musical, an original period tuner starring OutKast's Andre 3000 and Big Boi.

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Reviews:

[ B ]  CDs: Every Street's a Boulevard by Ken Mandelbaum
HAZEL FLAGG (Sepia)

[ B ]  Hairspray (06/04)
Review by Eric Grode

Michael McKean is a very funny actor. Hairspray is a very funny musical. Michael McKean in Hairspray is, well, sort of funny.

[ B ]  Does Hairspray Still Have Hold with New Stars?

News:

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Boh-Doh-Dee-Oh!
The Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, which closed on June 20, had a significant boost in its last week on Broadway.

[ P ]  Star of Off-Broadway's Gay Wedding Set for TV Appearance June 25

[ P ]  Tony Winner Hinton Battle To Choreograph OutKast Movie Musical for HBO

[ P ]  Cult Hit Here Lies Jenny Has a Late-Night Deal Starting June 24

[ P ]  North Shore's Nine Finds Its Guido in TV Star

[ P ]  Cole Porter Collection Featured on New CD, "It's De-Lovely"

[ P ]  Irving Cast in Paper Mill She Loves Me

[ P ]  Mercedes Ruehl and Alan Alda Set for Rosenblatt Reading

[ P ]  "Sound of Music" Part of Top Ten List of Best Movie Songs


Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dr. Ruth Checks Up On Hugh Jackman

posted at 6/23/2004 12:56:28 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link



Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
When it comes to multiple recordings of a show, which do you prefer -- original or revival cast albums?

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
You Could Plotz From That Palazzo By JOYCE WADLER

The love affairs! The glittering parties! The palazzo in Venice! Why can't one's life be more like a Cole Porter song, you wonder?

"Hairspray" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'HAIRSPRAY'
Playing Comedy Straight (As Far as It's Possible) By BEN BRANTLEY

Portraying the plus-sized Baltimore housewife Edna Turnblad, Michael McKean is more creditable than credible.

[ Y ]  'Hairspray' Party Still Hopping By JUSTIN GLANVILLE, Associated Press Writer
"Hairspray" remains the best party on Broadway.

[ DN ]  'Hairspray' gets fab re-'do by Howard Kissel

[ NJ ]  'Hairspray' holds its style despite 2 years of cast changes BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ NYP ]  'HAIRSPRAY' HOLDS UP PRETTY WELL By CLIVE BARNES

[ ND ]  Review: 'Hairspray' BY GORDON COX

[ SUN ]  You Can't Stop the Sweets by JEREMY McCARTER

"Hairspray" is candy, but it's good candy. Plus a peek at Broadway's engine room, and Cole Porter's bad singing.

Other Reviews:

[ ND ]  Review: 'Rough Crossing' BY CHRISTOPHER REARDON
Sunday night's performance at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, where it runs through July 4, prompted enough laughter to capsize a small yacht.

[ ATW ]  Miss Julie Tentatively Moves to the Middle East
Review by Andy Propst

[ CU ]  Miss Julie

[ VV ]  Jungle Fevers
Ping Chong travels imagistically into The Heart of Darkness by Alisa Solomon

Blind Ness: The Irresistible Light of Encounter

[ TM ]  Blind Ness
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ CST ]  Take a delicious sip of 'Strong Poison' BY HEDY WEISS

To understand just what distinguished the British mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers from the legions of others working in the same genre, you need look no further than the many romantic relationships (and potential marriages) she cooked up for "Strong Poison," the book that has been turned into a new and thoroughly engaging stage production at Lifeline Theatre.

[ CT ]  'Strong Poison' a little on the weak side By Michael Phillips

[ VV ]  Unknotting Nottage
Lynn Nottage's satire on black America comes equipped with morals�but should it? by Michael Feingold

Fabulation

[ VV ]  Observing a Drone Go Stir-Crazy: Is That Drama or Psych Lab? by Michael Feingold
Boise

[ NJ ]  Davidsons lead stellar 'State Fair' BY PETER FILICHIA
What a joyous experience is "State Fair" at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven.

[ ATW ]  One Woman's Contemplating The Girl That I Marry
Review by Andy Propst

[ StL ]  Review: "Meet Me in St. Louis" By Judith Newmark

At the St. Louis Muny, with Walter Charles and Georgia Engel.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!


News:

[ Y ]  AFI Says 'Over the Rainbow' Top Movie Tune By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer

[ P ]  Talk Show Watch: Paige Davis on "Today," Phylicia Rashad on "The View" and Broadway Week Continues on "Regis"

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 23

[ P ]  Rebeck Premiere Water's Edge, With Kate Burton, Launches 2004 Williamstown Season

[ P ]  Soundtracks of "Three Little Words," "Finian's Rainbow," "Summer Stock" Get Fresh CD Life on Rhino Handmade Label

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond:Musical Nerds, Amy Irving and Lucy Liu All Part of the NY Stage and Film's Season at Powerhouse
XM Satellite Radio

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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Joey Fatone Gets Jump Start on Little Shop Lead

[ P ]  'N Sync's Joey Fatone Makes Early Appearance in Little Shop of Horrors

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: June 14-20

[ P ]  Jane Martin's Flaming Guns Fire at Stamford Center in CT June 22-27


Reviews:

[ B ]  Miss Julie
Review by Celia Wren

[ TB ]  Miss Julie
Review by Matthew Murray

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Features:

[ B ]  Preview 2004-2005: Gods of the Theatre, Smile on Us by Ken Mandelbaum
Mentioned for the upcoming Broadway La Cage aux Folles: Gary Beach as Albin, Douglas Sills as Georges, and Nancy Opel as Marie. But Sills has also been mentioned as a possibility for Spamalot.

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Bares 14 Lets It All Hang Out

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Ziemba, Feldshuh, Mays Tip Their "Hats" to Simonson and His New "Broadway" Book

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Regis and Kelly Get the Puppet Treatment From Avenue Q


Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
One-person shows: Jane Monheit, George S. Irving, and (yes) The Two and Only. Plus a sniff of The Marijuana Logues and a trip to Boise.

News:

[ B ]  Off-B'way's Fame on 42nd Street to Close 6/27
At the time it closes, it will have had 40 previews and 264 regular performances.

[ P ]  Fame to End Off-Broadway Run June 27

[ B ]  Billy Elliot to Play the Victoria Palace Theatre

[ P ]  Billy Elliot to Open at London's Victoria Palace Theatre March 2005

[ B ]  Broadway Bares 14 Earns $525,000 for BC/EFA

[ P ]  Broadway Bares Brings in Big Bucks for BC/EFA

[ TM ]  Schoenfeld Speaks Against Plan for New Jets Stadium

[ P ]  Cast Set for Free Shakespeare on the Common Much Ado About Nothing in Boston

[ P ]  Lucas' Singing Forest, Sam Waterson in Travesties and Jazzy Guys and Dolls Set for Long Wharf

[ P ]  Ensemble Announced for Lloyd Webber's Woman in White

[ P ]  Neve Campbell Likely for Knee's Syncopation Opposite Michael Hayden

[ P ]  Stage and Screen Star Martha Plimpton Sings in Together Again for the Third Time!, July 16-Aug. 7

[ P ]  Ebersole Replaces Smart in All-Star Mame Concert

[ P ]  Sly Fox Offers Audience Q&A on Tuesdays, Beginning June 29

[ P ]  Robert Goulet Ascends the Throne of Camelot Again; Mini-Tour Launches in Atlanta July 27

[ P ]  Songs by People Who Aren't Dead Plays July 8-31 at Opia

[ P ]  La Chanze and Co. Ready Musical The Color Purple for Final Staged Reading, June 27

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Features:

[ NYP ]  STROMAN, LANE GIVE A LEG UP FOR 'FROGS' By BARBARA HOFFMAN
YOU can take "The Frogs" out of the water but you can still make a splash.

[ DN ]  One 'Mo' time for '80s comedy duo By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney haven't performed together in New York for 15 years.

[ R ]  Kathy Najimy Circling Lifetime Series

[ P ]  Harrison Gets Wicked in Broadway Debut

Wicked welcomes "Queer as Folk" star Randy Harrison to the land of Oz

[ BG ]  He hopes his painful role in 'Sin' helps bring healing By Catherine Foster

[ WP ]  In London, A Butler Serves Up The Dish By Glenda Cooper

[ BS ]  Learning To Sell It

What can you get out of a commercial acting class?

News:

[ ND ]  Actors, producers try to avert Broadway strike By Elizabeth Sanger

[ Y ]  B'way playing out post-Tonys boost

Two weeks out from the Tonys, Broadway built ever so carefully on the awards momentum. Box office rose $200,192, 1.29% from the previous session, as 29 shows brought in $15,748,377, a record for this time frame.

[ HR ]  Martin stays locked in on 'Law & Order' By Nellie Andreeva
"Law & Order" star Jesse L. Martin is finalizing a multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal to stay on the case on Dick Wolf's veteran NBC drama series, sources said.

[ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
PAIGE Davis, star of The Learning Channel's "Trading Spaces," could easily trade places with a stripper.

[ P ]  Paige Davis Joins Broadway's Chicago June 22

[ INQ ]  Inqlings

A bloody bit of realism during Wednesday's performance of The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? at Plays & Players Theatre.
John Glover (third item).

[ NYP ]  THE STARR REPORT By MICHAEL STARR
The folks from the Tony Award- winning show "Avenue Q" brought Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa pup pets to yesterday's "Live with Regis & Kelly," which is saluting Broadway this week.

[ WP ]  Backstage: Combustible Properties By Jane Horwitz
Playwright Sets 'Radiant Abyss' in A Real Estate Office With a Dark Vu

[ P ]  Second Bare Concert Date Added

[ P ]  "Defying Gravity": Wicked Sheet Music Now Available

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 22

[ P ]  Wicked Welcomes "Queer As Folk" Star Harrison June 22

[ P ]  Gay Men's Chorus Season Concludes with McNally-Penned Out on Broadway June 22

[ P ]  Miss Julie Opens Limited Off-Bway Engagement June 22

[ P ]  42nd Street's Shirley Jones Honored June 24

[ P ]  Sondheim, Lane and Stroman's The Frogs Finds a Lily Pad at Lincoln Center Beginning June 22

[ P ]  Jimmy Smits and Kristen Johnston Fight Over Nothing in Central Park, June 22

[ P ]  Soprano Tammy Hensrud Sings From Chanson to Cabaret in White Barn Series at NYC's Lortel June 22

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: 'Immigrant', 'Pirates' and 'Anna' All Part of Arizona Theatre Company's '04-'05 Season
XM Satellite Radio


Reviews:

[ NJ ]  Muddy sound: Static threatens to drown out thoughtful play BY PETER FILICHIA

[ WP ]  A Six-Pack, a Tastykake and Thou By Peter Marks

We should all know better than to fall for a lost soul like Ina, the dizzy hourly employee of Angus MacLachlan's new comedy of minimum-wage manners, "The Radiant Abyss."

[ ATW ]  Gone, but Not Forgotten...
George S. Irving, 'Lapse'
Review by Andy Propst

[ BSUN ]  'Cyrano' is a clever adaptation By Mary Carole McCauley

Human imperfection is celebrated in Shakespeare Theatre production

[ ATW ]  Broadway and Beyond: Barbara Cook in Performance and on Disc
XM Satellite Radio

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Monday, June 21, 2004

News:

[ B ]  Scolari Set to Replace Latessa in Hairspray

[ B ]  Neve Campbell Eyes Role in Syncopation

[ P ]  CT's Stamford Center Erects Empire, Musical About the Famed Building, in 2004-05

[ P ]  Another Steve Martin Movie "Leap of Faith" Heads for Broadway Musicalization

[ P ]  Susan Egan Brews a New Solo CD, "Coffee House," Aimed at Sept. 7 Release


Features:

[ B ]  Photo Op: Millie Waves Goodbye to Broadway

[ B ]  Photo Op: Broadway Bares 14 Lets It all Hang Out

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News:

[ B ]  Bruce Vilanch to Star in Broadway's Hairspray

[ TM ]  Kathie Lee Gifford Joins With Johnny Mercer Foundation to Promote the Great American Songbook

[ TM ]  Ruth Brown, "Queen of R&B," to Perform at Le Jazz au Bar

[ P ]  Pellow to Make Broadway Debut in Chicago Beginning Aug. 2

[ P ]  Swoosie Kurtz to Read From New Book "On Broadway, Men Still Wear Hats," June 22

[ P ]  Toronto's Factory Has Brad Fraser's Cold Meat Party and Nurses Chekhov's Children in 2004-05

[ P ]  The First Rule About Musicals Is...: Cult Novel-Turned-Film "Fight Club" May Become Musical

[ P ]  Side Man's Frank Wood and Kevin Geer Reteam for Cape Cod Theatre Project's Kitty


Features:

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Thoroughly Modern Millie High Steps Its Way Out of the Marquis Theatre

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tartaglia & Sieber Nearly Bare It All at Annual Broadway Event

[ TM ]  If You've Got It, Flaunt It! By: Joseph Marzullo and Michael Portantiere

Broadway Bares 14 rocks Roseland and raises a ton of money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Washington, DC Review By: Michael Portantiere

[ TM ]  Charlie Victor Romeo
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld

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Features:

[ B ]  Preview 2004-2005: The Overview by Ken Mandelbaum

[ B ]  Stage Notes: 06/18/04 by Paul Wontorek

[ B ]  Photo Op: Joanne Woodward Visits Wonderful Town

[ B ]  Photo Op: The After-Party for Kathy & Mo's Afterbirth


News:

[ P ]  McCarter's Season Includes Rebeck World Premiere and Zimmerman Play

[ P ]  Nettleton, Benjamin, Auberjonois Star in How to Build a Better Tulip, Sprouting Off-Broadway June 30

[ P ]  Following Avenue Q, Queen Musical Will Make Its Home in Las Vegas

[ P ]  Brown, McGovern and Lemper Head to Le Jazz Au Bar

[ P ]  Nunn to Direct Glenn Close in Night Music on Broadway in 2006

[ B ]  Glenn Close to Star in Night Music on Broadway

[ P ]  Chicago Tour Resumes in August with Braxton, Harrison and Woods

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News:

[ Y ]  Vet quartet set to take 'Leap' by Robert Hofler, Variety
A new musical from composer Alan Menken, a revival of "A Little Night Music" starring Glenn Close and a road tour of "Hair" are at the top of the list of projects in the works at the Frankel/Viertel/Baruch/Routh Group.

[ NYT ]  Arts Briefing By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Producers of a rock musical on Queen have decided to open the show in Las Vegas; a Christian version of "American Idol" is in the works; Philip Roth picks a biographer.

[ Y ]  Leibman going back to school
Tony-winning actor Ron Leibman will assume the role of chair of the acting department at the Actors Studio Drama School this fall.

[ Y ]  B.O. up; 'River' rolls out
Road grosses inched forward 0.2% to $13,412,449 during Week 2 (June 7-13).

[ Y ]  Indie trio feels 'Unbeatable'
Project based on Noojin's Off Broadway one-act play

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 21

[ P ]  Mamma Mia! Offers Actors' Fund Performance Aug. 24

[ P ]  Jane Powell to Host Screening of Movie Musical "Seven Brides," July 6

[ P ]  Gavin Creel Starts in The Mystery Plays at Second Stage's New Plays Uptown, June 21


Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia is updating his book Let's Put on a Musical, and you can help.

[ NYT ]  A New Upstate Theater With a Five-and-Dime Soul By MICHELLE YORK
The Adirondack Theater Festival, now in its 10th season, has made an old Woolworth's building its home and is drawing crowds and business to upstate New York.

[ Y ]  Noises Off: Candor and Ebb
Maybe it's time to get John Kander and Fred Ebb onstage.

[ NYT ]  STYLE
It's De-Movie Star By KEN GROSS

Kevin Kline plays Cole Porter to de-limit.

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'BOISE'
A Midlife Crisis That Gets Very Messy By ANITA GATES

A married businessman undergoes a terrifying journey of realization in David Folwell's savvy absurdist comedy at the Rattlestick Theater.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'UN BUSTO AL CUERPO'
When a Woman's Self-Esteem Requires Some Silicone By D. J. R. BRUCKNER

The potentially heavy subjects of body image and adulthood at Repertorio Espa�ol are made light, fascinating and funny by the play's director and cast.

[ NYP ]  'AFTERBIRTH' SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BORN By DONALD LYONS
While the old stuff retains its comic bite, the new stuff is strained and unfunny, as if the two authors had really lost interest.

[ TB ]  Yankee Doodle Dandy
Dallas Review by John Garcia

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Sunday, June 20, 2004

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

[ AJC ]   Seeing purple
The Making of a Broadway Musical: First of an occasional series

With this report, AJC theater critic Wendell Brock begins an examination of how the musical "The Color Purple" will come to life this fall at the Alliance Theatre. Today we meet producer Scott Sanders, who put the show together and chose Atlanta for the world premiere.

[ PP ]  The next stage for Asian actors BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Performers of Asian descent have made breakthroughs in the past decade, but they still face barriers and an uncertain future.

[ PP ]  Luneys take 'Miser' to Massachusetts BY DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA
Theatre de la Jeune Lune is taking its show on the road. Again.

[ DP ]  "Warriors" producer rips Canadians over bad reviews By John Moore

Features:

[ NYT ]  Cole Porter's Two Biopics? They're Night and Day By TODD S. PURDUM
Unlike "Night and Day," the 1946 film starring Cary Grant, the new MGM biopic "De-Lovely" celebrates Cole Porter in all his complexities.

[ P ]  STAGE TO SCREEN: Kevin Kline Has a "De-Lovely" Time

[ DN ]  People like us
Diner-based Brooklyn drama puts race & class on the table by Denis Hamill

'Everyday People' is no everyday movie.

[ HC ]  Goodspeed's Argument For State Funding
A Move To Middletown Could Open Possibility Of Subsidy

[ CT ]  Conservatives making waves in arts world By Chris Jones
In recent weeks, Gary Sinise, the co-founder of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, has been hitting the talk-show circuit to promote his campaign to provide school supplies for the United States military to distribute to Iraqi children.

[ NYT ]  Soft Financing Causes Arts Groups to Make Hard Choices By STEPHANIE STROM
Fundamental changes in the nature of their financing suggest that arts organizations will continue to struggle even as the economy recovers.

[ BG ]  Virtually vaudeville By Celia Wren
A group of theater historians is bringing vaudeville back to life -- in cyberspace

[ BG ]  In Provincetown, 25 playwrights take their turn in 'Line' By Catherine Foster

[ BG ]  Pooling their resources for Moliere's 'Miser' By Catherine Foster

ART, Theatre de la Jeune Lune team up in production of classic

[ BS ]  Swing-Out Sisters
With cheeky enthusiasm and slapdash sense of style, the Wau Wau Sisters (pronounced vow-vow) have a carved a unique niche in NYC's slow-emerging Neo-Burlesque scene.

[ NYT ]  WHAT I'M WEARING NOW
The Father-Daughter Act By JENNIFER TUNG

Martha Plimpton and Keith Carradine have more than 85 film and stage credits between them, but they like to play it down with their wardrobes.

[ LAT ]  Think panache, not Pinocchio By Mike Boehm
Mark Harelik brings layers to Cyrano that would have been difficult for him 20 years ago. Too bad Broadway's missing out.

[ NYP ]  HAMPTONS DIARY
P. Diddy; Jason Biggs; Richard Kind and "Rough Crossing"; Deborah Gibson.

News:

[ B ]  Ramirez to Star in Monty Python's Spamalot

[ B ]  McGillin to Sub Again for Panaro in Phantom

[ P ]  Howard McGillin Bounces Back Into Bway Phantom of the Opera June 26

[ B ]  Fahrenheit Filmmaker Moore to Play B'way in Fall

[ GFT ]  Actor John Lithgow performing benefit for Conrad theater By JARED MILLER

[ ND ]  Sans Sean, 'Sun' rises to the occasion by JOHN HABICH

Half the people in the long line at the Royale Theatre box office Tuesday night wanted refunds; the rest wanted their turned-back tickets. When the curtain rose 10 minutes tardy on Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" - without chameleon popster Sean Combs in the leading role - there were only a few vacant seats.

[ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 20

[ P ]  Broadway Bares 14 Struts Its Stuff June 20

[ P ]  Scheer Recalls Moscow 42nd Street in From Russia, With Love June 27-28

[ P ]  Young Performers Sing New Show Tunes in Metropolitan Music Revue June 20 at the York

[ P ]  New Miss Saigon Production Begins UK Tour, July 14

[ P ]  Thoroughly Modern Millie Ends Broadway Run; National Tour Continues and U.K. Tour Expected

[ P ]  Goldrich & Heisler on Sirius/"Radio Playbill" June 21-July 4

[ P ]  Case Closed: St. Germain's Ears on a Beatle Ends Off-Broadway June 20

[ P ]  Fierstein, Linney, Cumming, Tartaglia, Sieber Receive 2004 Pride Awards, June 24; Hedwig Star Hosts

[ P ]  Dear God: Children's Letters, the Musical, Begins Performances Off-Broadway June 19

[ P ]  Broadway's Hunky Rocky Horror Star Takes a Swing at Take Me Out in FL June 19-July 18

[ P ]  Aaron Sorkin Working on A Few Good Men for London and New Play for Dublin's Abbey

[ P ]  PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 12-18: The Money Makers


Reviews:

[ TB ]  George S. Irving - Still Carrying On
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Big Kids
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  The King and I
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner

[ CU ]  Fabulation

[ BG ]  Recordings breathe new life into two failed musicals By Richard Dyer

Kurt Weill's "The Firebrand of Florence" was a Broadway flop in 1945, closing after 43 performances. Stephen Sondheim's "Bounce" (2003) played only Chicago and Washington, D.C.; it has never reached Broadway at all.

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2007-08
Broadway Season

June 28 - Old Acquaintance (AA)

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

Aug 19 - Grease (Atkinson)

Oct 4 - Mauritius (Biltmore) [MTC]

Oct 11 - The Ritz (54)

Oct 18 - Pygmalion (AA)

Oct 25 - A Bronx Tale (Kerr)

Nov 1 - Cyrano de Bergerac (Rodgers)

Nov 4 - Rock 'N' Roll (Jacobs)

Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)

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

Nov 10: Local One Strike Begins

Nov 28: Local One Strike Ends

Dec 2 - Cymbeline (Beaumont)

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

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

Dec 6 - The Seafarer (Booth)

Dec 9 - Is He Dead? (Lyceum)

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

Jan 10 - The Little Mermaid (Lunt)

Jan 15 - The 39 Steps (AA)

Jan 17 - November (Barrymore)

Jan 24 - Come Back, Little Sheba (Biltmore)

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

Feb 28 - Passing Strange (Belasco)

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

Mar 9 - In The Heights (Rodgers)

Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)

Mar 29 - Macbeth (Lyceum)

Apr 3 - South Pacific (Beaumont)

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

Apr 24 - Cry Baby (Marquis)

Apr 27 - The Country Girl (Jacobs)

Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)

May 1 - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (AA)

May 4 - Boeing-Boeing (Longacre)

May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)

TBA - Godspell

2008-09
Broadway Season

Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)

Nov 08 - Dividing the Estate (a Shubert theater)

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

Talked About
Not Scheduled Yet

TBA - 50 Words

TBA - Addams Family (Elephant Eye)

TBA - American Buffalo

TBA - An American Vaudeville [Farrell, Perloff]

TBA - The Beard of Avon [NYTW]

TBA - Being There [Permut]

TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]

TBA - Billy Elliot

TBA - Brave New World [Rachunow]

TBA - Breath of Life [Fox]

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

TBA - Broomhilda

TBA - Bye Bye Birdie [Niko]

TBA - Camille Claudel [Wildhorn]

TBA - Camelot

TBA - Carmen [Robin DeLevita and The Firm]

TBA - Catch Me If You Can

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

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

TBA - Designing Women [Alexis]

TBA - Don Juan DeMarco [New Line]

TBA - Dreamgirls [Creative Battery]

TBA - Duet

TBA - Equus

TBA - Ever After [Adam Epstein]

TBA - Fallen Angels (Shubert) [Kenwright]

TBA - Farragut North [Richards]

TBA - Father of the Bride

TBA - The Female Of The Species (TBA)

TBA - Fool For Love (AA) [Roundabout]

TBA - Girl Group Time Travelers

TBA - Golden Boy

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

TBA - Hitchcock Blonde

TBA - The Importance Of Being Earnest

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

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

TBA - Josephine [Waissman]

TBA - Leap of Faith

TBA - A Little Princess [Ettinger, Dodger]

TBA - Midnight Cowboy [MGM]

TBA - The Minstrel Show - Kander and Ebb and Stroman

TBA - Moonstruck [Pittelman, Azenberg]

TBA - Mourning Becomes Electra [Haber, Boyett]

TBA - Monsoon Wedding

TBA - The Night of the Hunter

TBA - The Opposite of Sex [Namco]

TBA - Orphans

TBA - Pal Joey [Platt]

TBA - Paper Doll

TBA - The Paris Letter

TBA - The Philadelphia Story

TBA - Peter Pan

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

TBA - The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

TBA - The Princess Bride

TBA - Princesses [Lane, Comley]

TBA - Poe the Musical

TBA - Rain Man [MGM]

TBA - Robin Hood

TBA - Secondhand Lions

TBA - South Pacific

TBA - Speed-the-Plow

TBA - Stalag 17

TBA - Starry Messenger

TBA - Syncopation

TBA - A Tale Of Two Cities

TBA - Torch Song Trilogy

TBA - Turn of the Century

TBA - West Side Story

TBA - The Wall [Weinstein, Mottola, Waters]

TBA - Will Rogers Follies [Cossette]

TBA - The Wiz [Dodger]

TBA - Zanna [Dalgleish]

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

 
   


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