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Saturday, August 28, 2004
[ * ] Singer Laura Branigan has died
In addition to her successful pop singing career, she was hired to star in LOVE, JANIS off-Broadway in May 2002, but was dismissed after two performances.
A lovely lady with a lovely voice. Rest in peace.
posted at 8/28/2004 07:32:44 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Friday, August 27, 2004
News:
[ B ] John Tillinger to Helm Off-B'way's Jewtopia
[ B ] Laugh Whore Delays B'way Perfs by a Week
[ P ] Casting Complete for World Premiere of Night of the Hunter Musical, Bowing Sept. 20 in California
Reviews:
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes
Review by William Stevenson
[ TM ] FringeNYC Roundup 5
Reviewed By: Adam Klasfeld and Dan Bacalzo
posted at 8/27/2004 04:03:09 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ B ] Preview 2004-2005: I'm the Bravest Choreographer by Ken Mandelbaum
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Chalfant and Company Defend Freedom at Guantanamo Opening
Reviews:
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott praise Dracula (kidding!) and check out Fringe shows Africa & Plumbridge, Golden Prospects, and Mimi Le Duck.
[ ATW ] Guantanamo Brings Out the Jacobean Horrors of U.S. Policy
Review by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] Broadway and Beyond: Fringe Roundup 2
XM Satellite Radio
[ SUN ] Turnabout at the Play Fair, Part 4
Fringe Festival reviews by downtown standouts Colleen Werthmann, Sean Dugan, Brooke Berman, Marin Ireland, and Young Jean Lee.
News:
[ P ] Oo-La-La! Refugee From River City Will Sing "The Best of Times" in La Cage
Ruth Williamson, the former Mrs. Shinn in Broadway's most recent run of The Music Man, will give them the oo-la-la this fall playing vivacious Jacqueline, who warbles "The Best of Times" in Broadway's La Cage aux Folles.
[ P ] Mario Cantone Solo Laugh Whore Gets New Broadway Dates and Creative Team
[ P ] New York Celebrity Satire Who Killed Woody Allen? Heads for Hollywood, Sept. 22
[ P ] Jenny Made Her Mind Up: Here Lies Jenny Will Extend One Last Time, to Oct. 3
[ P ] Recording from Little Shop's Greene Now Available
[ P ] PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Aug. 21-27: The Unwelcome Mat
[ P ] Emmy Award Winner Tom Goes from Prymate to Proof
[ P ] Block, Egan, Gibson, Sills and More Sing in PRO Benefit
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[ NYP ] SICK WAYS TO SUNDAY By MICHAEL RIEDEL
THOUSANDS of Republican delegates are planning to take in a Broadway show Sunday afternoon � but will the actors show up for work?
[ P ] Actors' Equity Instructs Performers to Perform During GOP Visit
Features:
[ P ] DIVA TALK: A Post-Wicked Chat with Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth Plus News of Greene and Noll
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Readers suggest more appropriate titles for Ethan Mordden's new book, The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen.
[ NJ ] 'Proof' positive for actress BY PETER FILICHIA
Soap star Heather Tom to play math scholar's daughter at TheatreFest
[ CST ] 'George's' Sunday in Highland Park BY HEDY WEISS
Interview with Michael Cerveris.
[ BG ] He's found escape in life and onstage By Maureen Dezell
Kawa Ada polishes the stories he tells onstage, illuminating fragments of his native Afghanistan, which many Americans barely knew about three years ago but have since learned to fear.
[ BH ] Hub stages should live more dangerously By Terry Byrne
The Boston theater scene is exploding with talent, with theater companies and with spaces to see a broader, richer palette of work. So why is the season filled with lesser Arthur Miller plays ("The Price") and touring productions of "The King and I" (with Sandy Duncan!)?
[ DN ] On the edge & nearly out the door by Robert Dominguez
The coming week's Fringe Festival productions.
[ LADN ] Biting wit By Evan Henerson
'Little Shop of Horrors' comes to Ahmanson
Interviews with Alan Menken and screenwriter Charles B. Griffith.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!
[ BS ] Play Outside! New Theatre Fest Meets the Masses
"I like the fact that we're not performing for aficionados," says playwright Bathsheba Doran. "It's an opportunity for us to encounter a pure response."
[ BS ] As WTC Culture Groups Forge Ahead, Losers Take Solace in Process
Signature Theatre Company was the only theatre organization selected to participate in the LDMC's plans. Yet what of all the theatre companies that were not short-listed?
"Guant�namo" - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'GUANT�NAMO: HONOR BOUND TO DEFEND FREEDOM'
Nightmare Without Hope or Logic By BEN BRANTLEY
The Culture Project's play about British detainees in Cuba exerts an icy visceral charge that is never achieved by flashier satire like Tim Robbins's "Embedded."
[ ND ] Misfortunes of war BY LINDA WINER
Uneven production threatens the drama of 'Guant�namo'
[ DN ] Capturing detainees' anguish by Howard Kissel
By themselves the victims' monologues are compelling. The attempts to flesh these stories out, however, only accentuate that the evening is more polemic than theater.
[ B ] Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
Review by William Stevenson
If you're not already angry at the Bush administration, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom should do the trick.
[ WP ] Unmaking Made-Up Minds With 'Guantanamo' By Peter Marks
[ CU ] Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
[ TM ] Guant�namo
Reviewed By: David Finkle
Other Reviews:
[ NYP ] FORSOOTH, SUSANNAH SHINES By FRANK SCHECK
BRITISH actress Susannah York is perhaps best known for her mesmerizing turn as a schizophrenic in the film "Images," and she brings the same kind of intensity to this one-woman performance of Shakespearean monologues.
[ ND ] 'Popcorn' violence: It's something to chew on BY STEVE PARKS
New York-area premiere of the Olivier Award-winning play by Ben Elton.
[ CU ] I Love Paris
[ BG ] 'Satan' is a paranormal parade through modern relationships By Gina Perille
[ BG ] A sharp portrait of the 'pain of loving badly' By Ed Siegel
"The Retreat From Moscow," with Sandra Shipley (who understudied Eileen Atkins on Broadway).
News:
[ NJ ] Center stage BY PETER FILICHIA
Double bills
[ BS ] G Rating for 'Dracula': Fangs for the Memories
[ TM ] TheaterMania to Host Discussion With Bare Creators and Cast Members at Ars Nova
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 27
[ P ] ACT's Black Rider Extends Run to Oct. 3
[ P ] NJ's Tony-Honored Crossroads Promises History of the Word and Hines-Helmed Ella Musical in 2004-05
[ P ] Side by Side Replaces Why Do Fools Fall in Love? in Pasadena Season
[ P ] Jan Maxwell Replaces Carmello in Sondheim's Opening Doors
posted at 8/27/2004 08:00:13 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Features:
[ P ] PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Rick Lyon
It's not easy being green, but for the man behind the puppets of Avenue Q, it's just another day at work.
News:
[ B ] Mitchell & O'Brien to Co-Direct Hairspray Film
[ B ] O'Connor in Bombshells Heads to West End
[ TM ] Ellen Schiff to Lecture on American Jewish Theater at Drama Book Shop
[ TM ] Paper Mill Playhouse Appoints Diane Claussen as Managing Director
[ P ] Stroman's Double Feature to Return to New York City Ballet in February
[ P ] Laura Esterman Stars in New England Premiere of Sweet's Imperatives, Sept. 9-25
[ P ] Bat Boy Spreads His Wings For New U.K. Cast Recording
[ P ] Holly Hunter Plays Laura Bush in Reading of Kushner's Only We Who Guard... with Nixon and Kron, Aug. 30
[ P ] Falsettos Star Is Diplomat in Arena Stage's M. Butterfly, Sept. 3-Oct. 17
[ P ] Faithfull and McGrath Star in Waits-Burroughs Musical The Black Rider in CA, Aug. 26
[ P ] Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom Opens in New York, Aug. 26
[ P ] Kind & Ruck Confirmed as the Next Bialystock & Bloom in Bway's Producers, Starting Jan. 11, 2005
[ P ] New Play EVE-olution to Premiere at Cherry Lane Oct. 5
[ P ] Additional Casting Announced for Burnett's TV "Mattress"
[ P ] Durning, Elizondo and Klugman Featured in New Falcon Theatre Season in California
[ P ] Shindle and Franz Open in Cabaret Production Aug. 26
[ P ] LaManna and Schiappa Join North Shore Aida
[ P ] Gypsy Star Replaces Morrison in The Opposite of Sex Musical Debut
[ P ] Carolee Carmello Will Join McLane and McCartney in Broadway's Mamma Mia!
Reviews:
[ TB ] Lulu
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] Browntown
Review by Matthew Murray
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News:
[ Y ] Putting Dion in neon by Robert Hofler, Variety
Following in the footsteps of his "Riverdance," director John McColgan plans to bring another Irish extravaganza across the Atlantic. "The Shaughraun," a 19th-century melodrama by Dion Boucicault, kicks off a national tour in January 2006 in Minneapolis.
[ NYT ] Naked Guys Sing, but Not for Republicans
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
A NEW off-Broadway political parody backed by a longtime Republican operative looks to skewer John Kerry and all those who support him.
[ B ] Carolee Carmello to Star in B'way's Mamma Mia!
[ B ] Burtka Replaces Morrison in Sex Tryout in CA
[ B ] Pasadena Playhouse Cancels Fools Fall in Love
[ TM ] The Shakespeare Society to Honor Michael Kahn
[ NYT ] Whoopi Goldberg, Nothing But By JASON ZINOMAN
Whoopi Goldberg, who burst onto the scene with her one-woman show in the mid-1980's, is bringing the performance piece back to Broadway.
[ HC ] 'Mabel and Mack' Goodspeed-bound by Frank Rizzo
Or whatever it's called.
[ NYP ] LIZ SMITH
'MATTRESS' REDUX
[ CST ] Broadway in Chicago lands proven shows for '05 BY HEDY WEISS
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 26
[ P ] Bombay-Style Twelfth Night Opens in London Aug. 26
[ P ] Cullum Meets Cullum in New Knoxville Production of The Dresser
[ P ] Forever Tango to Return to Shubert Sept. 21
[ P ] Delaware Theatre Company Teams With Broadway Producer Bill Haber on Partners, Sept. 15-Oct. 3
[ ATW ] Broadway and Beyond: News Round-Up
Ensler's 'Good Body' coming to B'way; 'Sunset' in Chitown casting; 'Woman in White' nears first preview; Casting for Allen's latest...
XM Satellite Radio
Features:
[ NYT ] Drama as Sport for Culture Die-Hards By JESSE McKINLEY
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the world's largest arts festival and just part of the annual August onslaught of culture in this compact city.
[ TM ] Loose Lips
Brian Scott Lipton chats with John Cullum, keeps tabs on Norm Lewis, and looks forward to some Joe's Pub shows by Broadway faves.
[ DN ] In Gitmo play, the enemy is us By CELIA McGEE
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would do well to avoid the Culture Project on Bleecker St. so his heart won't go Dick Cheney on him.
[ BSUN ] Parks keeps 'Venus' alive through break By Mary Carole McCauley
The play continues during intermission
Interview with Suzan-Lori Parks.
The Fringe Festival - Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEWS | NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
She's Oh So Wonderful and Proud of It By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The British performer Tara Hendry plays the vixen superheroine in a highly entertaining monologue by the English writer Terry Newman.
[ TM ] FringeNYC Roundup 4
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: Andru's Head
Review by William Stevenson
[ NYP ] GOOD GRIEF! 'PEANUTS' PALS ALL GROWN UP By FRANK SCHECK
ONE of the most popular offerings at this year's International Fringe Festival, this unauthorized parody attempts to do for the lovable "Peanuts" gang what "Avenue Q" did for "Sesame Street."
[ ATW ] Day #10 FringeNYC 2004 - Dog Sees God; Show Ho
Reviews by Andy Propst
[ ATW ] From the Fringe: The Last Detail
Review by Laura Shea
[ ATW ] Days #11 & #12 FringeNYC 2004 - Onion Girl; Vampire Cowboy Trilogy
Reviews by Andy Propst
Other Reviews:
[ ND ] REVIEW: "'I'm Gonna Kill the President!" BY GORDON COX
The assassination comedy "I'm Gonna Kill the President!" proves better in theory than, if you'll forgive the pun, in execution.
[ NYP ] GUERRILLAS IN OUR MIDST By FRANK SCHECK
IT takes guts to present a show titled "I'm Gonna Kill the President! A Federal Offense," even in the politically friendly East Village.
[ BH ] Zeitgeist's 'Satan' is easy to love despite uneven cast and direction By Terry Byrne
[ WP ] 'Red Flower' Wilts in the Heat of Battle By Peter Marks
[ CU ] CurtainUp in the Berkshires
Summer 2004 -- a Look Back At the Season By Elyse Sommer
[ CU ] Dracula: The Musical
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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
[ B ] CDs: Melville Musical by Ken Mandelbaum
Rex Smith has been mentioned for the cast of Goodspeed Musicals' fall world premiere production of Princesses.
THE CONFIDENCE MAN (Original Cast Records)
STORYVILLE (Original Cast Records)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
News:
[ B ] Forever Tango Extends Through the Fall
[ B ] Glengarry Glen Ross to Play Royale Theatre
[ P ] Glengarry Glen Ross to Follow 'night, Mother Again; Set for May 1 Opening
[ B ] Tracey Ullman Readies Best Bits for Broadway
Tracey Ullman is readying her one-woman show, Tracey's Best Bits, for a Broadway bow during the 2005-2006 season.
[ P ] More Subjects Cast for "Holy Grail" Broadway Musical Monty Python's Spamalot
[ P ] David Rooney Replaces Isherwood as Variety's Top Drama Critic
[ P ] River Rep's Proof Has Real-Life Father and Daughter Playing Tensions of a Broken Bond, Aug. 25-Sept. 5
[ P ] Nominations for Tony Honors Now Being Accepted; Winners to Be Announced in September
[ P ] With Songs in Their Hearts, Molaskey, Mason and Tranelli Each Get a CD on PS Classics Oct. 5
[ P ] Broadway Record Company Petition Surpasses 5,000 Mark
[ P ] North Shore Finds Its Aida and Radames for Regional Aida Production
[ P ] Hairspray Star Heads to the Chatterbox Aug. 26
[ B ] Feldshuh Takes Golda's Balcony to L.A. in Feb.
[ P ] Golda Goes West, as Feldshuh Opens L.A. Staging; Broadway Show May Continue
[ P ] David Mamet Developing New TV Drama Series
Reviews:
[ TB ] One Red Flower
Washington, D.C. Review by Tracy Lyon
[ TB ] Say You Love Satan
Boston Review by Suzanne Bixby
[ TB ] Dowling's Death of a Salesman at Guthrie is Miller at tragic best
Review by Elizabeth Weir
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[ Y ] 'Golda' goes to L.A. stage
Tovah Feldshuh will exit the one-woman Broadway play "Golda's Balcony" Jan. 2 to bring the show to L.A.'s Wadsworth Theater beginning in early February.
The Broadway version's final closing date is still uncertain, however.
[ NYP ] RICH MAN, POOR SHOW By MICHAEL RIEDEL
IT is theatrical lore that ever since his death in 1931, Broadway impresario David Belasco has haunted the theater that bears his name.
But I'm not sure he's there anymore.
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
Filichia watches and reports on the elusive film version of Where's Charley?
[ LAT ] The glorious diva of evil By Lynne Heffley
�Little Shop of Horrors� goes on the road with a newly built star. Don�t call her late to dinner.
[ BS ] Turning a Show into a Franchise
Clearly, Lee Summers is a composer, book writer, lyricist, and actor. But equally important, he is an entrepreneur.
[ B ] Photo Op: A Supreme Visit on Avenue Q
[ B ] Photo Op: A Bittersweet Closing for Little Shop
The Fringe Festival:
[ BS ] Diary of a First-Time NYC Fringe Producer
In Weeks 2 and 3, he worried about how he would pay for it, writing a new ending, and making salary offers to friends-turned-employees.
[ ATW ] From the Fringe: Irish Authors Held Hostage
Review by Laura Shea
[ ATW ] Day 9 FringeNYC 2004
Moonchild; Young Zombies in Love
Reviews by Andy Propst
[ VV ] Stage Directions: Last Licks at the New York International Fringe Fest by Alexis Soloski
[ VV ] It's Alive!
Zombies, opium smokers, and Tupperware ladies, oh my! by Alexis Soloski
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: Granola! The Musical
Review by William Stevenson
Other Reviews:
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'COMEDY OF ERRORS'
Order Archly Bows to Sweet Confusion By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
At the home of Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Mass., Cecil MacKinnon deliberately creates an Ephesus more frantically miscellaneous than the world Shakespeare imagined.
[ BH ] Skipping fast-paced, madcap 'Errors' would be big mistake By Terry Byrne
[ ND ] REVIEW: "The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest" BY GORDON COX
[ ATW ] Some Notes on Theater Piece I'm Gonna...
[ VV ] Low Blood Count
Is that an undead corpse biting our collective necks, or just another corporation at work? by Michael Feingold
Dracula: The Musical
[ VV ] Kyle Jarrow Offers Droll New Version of A Farewell to Arms by Alexis Soloski
Armless
News:
[ NYP ] MAMET TRIES TV
[ Y ] Spidey legit a draw
MEXICO CITY-- Just as "Spider-Man 2" was breathing its last gasps here, sticking a few final pesos atop a $20 million local box office pile, the webslinger has found new life.
[ R ] Heche Enters Into Therapy for 'Everwood' By Nellie Andreeva (Hollywood Reporter)
Tony-nominee Anne Heche has joined the cast of the WB Network's acclaimed family drama as a regular, playing a love interest for star Treat Williams.
[ ATW ] Broadway and Beyond: Asian American Theater Company's 'Vacation' for '04-'05
XM Satellite Radio
[ P ] I Am My Own Wife Makes Room Oct. 31 for Whoopi at Broadway's Lyceum
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 25
[ P ] Fore! Meadow Brook Theatre Has Michigan Premiere of Golf: The Musical Aug. 25
[ P ] A Little Princess, the Musical, Begins World Premiere in CA Aug. 25
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
News:
[ B ] I Am My Own Wife to Shutter on October 31
[ B ] Cast Announced for Lone Star Love Off-B'way
[ P ] Good Vibrations to Begin Broadway Previews Dec. 4
[ B ] Beach Boys Tuner Vibrations Sets B'way Dates
[ P ] The Foreigner Starring Matthew Broderick Extends
[ B ] The Foreigner Extends Off-B'way Engagement
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Sly Slips with New Stars
[ P ] Raisin, Musical That Bursts Beyond Hansberry's Kitchen-Sink Drama, Gets Starry Concert Oct. 25
[ P ] New Phantom London Cast Members Announced as Lloyd Webber Gets Busy
[ P ] Bailiwick Rep has Musical Animal FarmPlus First Lady Suite and Jewish Christmas in 2004-05
[ P ] Fare Hike for Farewell Performance of Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz; Tix Top $350
Features:
[ TM ] Waiting for Righty By: Adam Klasfeld
A look at some of the left-leaning shows that will be playing in NYC during the RNC.
Reviews:
[ CU ] Kristin Chenoweth concertizes at Tanglewood
[ CU ] 2004 New York International Fringe Festival
CurtainUp's fringe page continues daily updates
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: Confessions of a Mormon Boy
Review by William Stevenson
posted at 8/24/2004 06:13:38 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
News:
[ P ] Variety's Isherwood Named New New York Times Critic
[ B ] Variety Critic Isherwood Moves to NY Times
[ P ] Noll Lands Role of Mabel in Goodspeed Mack & Mabel
[ Y ] Vet film/TV helmer Petrie Sr. dies at 83
Daniel Petrie Sr., director of "A Raisin in the Sun" and winner of two Emmy Awards, died Sunday of cancer at his home in Los Angeles.
[ IBDB ] Daniel Petrie's Broadway Credits
Features:
[ LAT ] Clear Channel's cultural plunge brings mixed reviews By Mike Boehm
Some art critics, curators and theater producers fear showmanship will trump seriousness for center stage.
[ WP ] Backstage: Cerveris's 'Passion' for Rock By Jane Horwitz
Back at Kennedy Center, Sondheim Standout Is Singing a Different Tune
[ BS ] Rich Tapestry
A perfectly shaded performance is like a fine piece of fabric; one can savor the intricate details, but the seams should never show. Perhaps that's one reason the role of a skilled seamstress is an ideal fit for the widely acclaimed Viola Davis.
[ CT ] Top Chicago talent loves to head 'Into the Woods' By Chris Jones
With Kate Fry.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ DP ] For Marcovicci, life is a cabaret By Kyle MacMillan
Singer to perform, lead workshop on "great American songbook"
[ MN ] 'Princess' reborn By Nerissa Pacio
THEATREWORKS MUSICAL ALTERS DETAILS OF GIRL'S FAMILIAR TALE
Reviews:
[ INQ ] Wilde's lover, in two lives By Douglas J. Keating
"The Lives of Bosie," with Austin Pendleton.
[ TM ] The Siegel Column
Susannah York is Shakespeare's girlfriend. Plus: the Siegels on the Fringe shows Granola!, Andru's Head, and Patriot Acts.
[ ATW ] Broadway and Beyond: CDs: The Ladies Sing
Susan Egan, Ann Hampton Callaway, and the listener...
XM Satellite Radio
[ TB ] Never Tell
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TM ] FringeNYC Roundup 3
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
[ ATW ] From the Fringe: Mankynde
Review by Laura Shea
[ ATW ] From the Fringe: Terrible Infant
Review by Laura Shea
Other News:
[ P ] Striking 12, GrooveLily Musical That Rewrites Little Match Girl, Gets NYC Concerts Sept. 11-12
[ P ] Wicked's Schwartz to Contribute Songs to Andersen Musical
[ P ] Callaway, Daly, Ripley, Rivera, White, Wilson and More Line Up to Salute Cy Coleman at Annual S.T.A.G.E. Concert
[ P ] Off-Bway's Oldest Profession On Hold Aug. 24-27
Performances of the New York City premiere of Paula Vogel's The Oldest Profession are on hold Aug. 24-27 due to a family emergency of one of the cast members.
[ P ] Hairspray's Thorell and 42nd Street's Leavel to Be Part of Lone Star Love Musical; Casting Near Complete
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 24
[ P ] Secada Is Dreamer Joseph in Mini-Tour of Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Launching in Atlanta
[ P ] Snow Business: Slava's Snowshow Bows Off-Broadway Aug. 24
[ P ] Anthony Rapp is Suddenly Seymour as Little Shop of Horrors Starts in Los Angeles, Aug. 24
[ TM ] Broadway's Sly Fox to Close This Sunday
[ DN ] Newsline
Shields coming to 'Town'; Curtains for 'Sly Fox'
posted at 8/24/2004 12:26:17 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Monday, August 23, 2004
[ B ] Sly Fox to Close on Sunday, August 29
At the time it closes, it will have played 22 preview and 173 regular performances.
[ P ] Broadway Comedy Sly Fox Closes Shop Weeks After Cast Changes
Features:
[ TM ] The Tattooed Actor
When an actor's body art recently needled David Finkle, our scribe started wondering how tattoos affect stage performers' careers.
News:
[ B ] Clayburgh Eyes Role in B'way's Steel Magnolias
[ P ] Menken and Rice's King David Will Rule Again in 2004-05
[ P ] Charles Eaton, Member of Famous Theatre Family, Dies at 94
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: August 16-22
[ P ] Starry Threesome Announced for Ragtime at North Carolina Theatre, Sept. 11-19
[ P ] Upcoming Glengarry Star Alda Elected to "The West Wing"; McCormack, Smits Too
posted at 8/23/2004 06:15:34 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Snapshot from an Outer Borough: Brooklyn Stars Heading to Manhattan
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Little Women Sisters Visit Head of the Family's Cabaret Act
News:
[ P ] Brian Dennehy to Do Hughie at Goodman Theatre Oct. 21-Nov. 21
[ B ] Dennehy Set for Falls-Helmed Hughie in Chicago
[ B ] Get Tix for Matthew Broderick in The Foreigner
[ TM ] Amas to Present Raisin in Concert
[ P ] Walnut Street's Annie Warbucks Features Quinn, Robertson, Bodnar and Martello, Sept. 7-Oct. 24
[ P ] Michael Mayer to Stage Adult Comedy Mr. Marmalade by Newcomer Noah Haidle
[ P ] Mark Lamos to Bring Sheridan's The Rivals Into the Beaumont
[ P ] Lynne Meadow To Stage NYC Premiere of "Gone With the Wind"-Inspired Play, Moonlight and Magnolias
[ P ] Off-Broadway's Bug Likely to Recoup by Fall
[ P ] Barrett, Graae and Blackhurst Part of Cabaret Convention at Sea
[ P ] R&B Musical From My Hometown Closed Aug. 21
[ P ] Jerry Mitchell and Barbara Carroll Part of New York Public Library's Dorothy Fields Tribute
[ P ] Casting Near Complete for Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha"
[ P ] Fascinating Aida to Play NY's Acorn Theatre, Sept. 22-Nov. 14
[ P ] New Musical The Immigrant to Play Dodger Stages in October
[ P ] Morgan Fairchild Will Be Mrs. Robinson in 2004-05 Graduate Tour; New Director Expected
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[ B ] Fairchild Joins Graduate Tour as Mrs. Robinson
[ B ] Preview 2004-2005: Guettel Gets to Broadway by Ken Mandelbaum
Reviews:
[ TM ] Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews Mary C. Henderson's fascinating new book The City and the Theatre: The History of New York Playhouses.
[ ATW ] Broadway and Beyond: 2 From Sepia - Make a Wish and Hazel Flagg
XM Satellite Radio
[ ATW ] Days 7 & 8 FringeNYC 2004
Common Knowledge; Odysseus Died from AIDS
Reviews by Andy Propst
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act
Review by Eric Grode
[ B ] FringeNYC 2004: Die, Die, Diana: A Musical
Review by Eric Grode
posted at 8/23/2004 12:23:01 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Features:
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary
We've all heard of the Karp that tormented Diana Morales in acting class, but here's another you should know.
[ DN ] Phantom of the musical By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
Of all the bad reactions to the new Broadway version of "Dracula" � and there have been many � one is particularly haunting.
It's the ghost of playwright-producer David Belasco, thought by some to be stalking the W. 44th St. theater where the musical is being staged.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Lemenager and Richardson Prepare for Movin' Out
Reviews:
[ NYT ] CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
Striving for Authenticity With Ye Olde Guesswork By JOHN ROCKWELL
Two notable efforts, one at the Globe and the other at the BBC Proms festival, pointed toward new ideas for staging Shakespeare and Wagner.
[ LAT ] A dour artist on the verge By Daryl H. Miller
Van Gogh's talent -- and moodiness -- are awakened in the contrived, depressing 'Vincent in Brixton.'
With Stephanie Zimbalist and Graham Miller.
[ TB ] The Gathering Room
Review by Matthew Murray
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEWS | NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
Musings on Murkier Aspects of Humans, War and Politics By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Reviews of "Radio:30" at the Puffin Room; "A is for Aardvark" at the Studio at Cherry Lane Theater; "Let There Be Light!" at 440 Studios, among others.
[ ND ] The dances of a lifetime (Fosse's) and for all time BY STEVE PARKS
Debra McWaters, the choreography protege to whom Reinking entrusted the national and international tours of "Fosse," has treated the revue as organic epitaph rather than mausoleum etching.
News:
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 23
[ P ] Worth Street Theatre Stages "Voices of Peace and Dissent" Aug. 23, with Cerveris, Cantone and Feldshuh
[ P ] Little Shop Star Offers Week of Concerts in Provincetown
[ P ] Cabaret Star Heads to the Culture Club Sept. 17
Deborah Gibson, who is currently co-starring in the Reprise! mounting of Brigadoon, will perform at Culture Club next month.
[ P ] Phantom to Become China's Longest-Running Musical
[ P ] Mickey and Jan Rooney to Play Show in Branson, MO
[ P ] From Nanny to Maid: Living Out Star Mendoza Heads The Clean House World Premiere
[ P ] Off-Broadway Revival of Ain't Supposed to Die Set for Sept. 29-Oct. 31
[ P ] McLane, Dvorsky, Goodwin Features in Cape Playhouse World
posted at 8/23/2004 07:39:02 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link
Sunday, August 22, 2004
[ NYT ] Charles Eaton, 94, Member of Dancing Family, Dies By WOLFGANG SAXON
Charles Eaton, a member of an American entertainment clan whose credits go back to the Ziegfeld Follies, died on Sunday in Norman, Okla. He was 94 and had been living with his sister, Doris Eaton Travis, one of four surviving Ziegfeld girls.
[ IBDB ] Charles Eaton's Broadway Credits
Features:
[ HC ] The Real Producers By FRANK RIZZO
But Brothers Tom And Jack Viertel Have Little In Common With Show's Dastardly Max Bialystock
[ B ] Stage Notes: 08/20/04 by Paul Wontorek
More on the Fringe.
[ CT ] Chicago looks to FringeNYC for exposure By Liza Weisstuch
[ NYT ] The Apprentices: Counting Bees and Collecting Butts By JESSE GREEN
Apprentices at the Williamstown Theater Festival � novice actors, age 17 to 22 � do the least glamorous work at the festival (and sometimes get to act).
[ NYT ] To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
Shakespeare's Globe in London is helping scholars explore the issue of whether someone else wrote William Shakespeare's plays.
[ NYT ] For a Reformed Wavoid, the Play's the Thing By DANNY HAKIM
A man has written a play mostly based on his experience of losing what little money he had, and a lot more that he borrowed, on shares of Wave Systems.
[ NYP ] JOHN LEHR: HEY, THANKS FOR SHARING By MAUREEN CALLAHAN
John and Jennifer Lehr are the new reigning couple of Too Much Information.
[ NYP ] THE BEST IS YET TO COME By RUSSELL SCOTT SMITH
Interview with Emmy Rossum (second item).
[ BG ] 'Nine' is a musical leap for soap star By Tatsha Robertson
[ ND ] Elevating the present art of improvision BY STEVE DOLLAR
[ WP ] The Makeup of A True Pioneer By Glenn Dixon
Blackface Didn't Mask Minstrel's Talent and Pluck
Bert Williams.
[ R ] Theater Reaches Out to Autistic Children By Barbara Lewis
[ Y ] Noises Off: Rockwell rocks
During rehearsals for "Hairspray," Jerry Mitchell turned to Jack O'Brien to say, "He may be the most famous person we know!"
[ B ] Photo Op: Tradition Continues with Broadway in Bryant Park
[ B ] Photo Op: Little Women Sisters Visit Marmee McGovern
[ B ] Photo Op: A Rare Look at Movin' Out in Rehearsal
[ B ] Photo Op: A Toothsome Bash for B'way's New Dracula
Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!
[ BEE ] Rock 'n' roll Messiah By Jim Carnes
'Superstar' takes modern approach to ages old story
With Max von Essen as Jesus.
[ OCR ] A critic is reminded of the effect of his words by PAUL HODGINS
"Brigadoon" - Reviews:
[ LAT ] It's a Highland fling By Lynne Heffley
A Reprise! rendition of "Brigadoon" overcomes some rough patches to sing "It's Almost Like Being in Love."
[ TB ] Brigadoon
Review by Sharon Perlmutter
[ OCR ] 'Brigadoon' a kilty pleasure By PAUL HODGINS
Let's just say that love conquers all, even 100-year curses, flying sporrans and bad Scottish accents.
[ LADN ] 'Brigadoon' shines through mist By Evan Henerson
Engaging duo lead well-voiced cast
Thanks to American Theater Web for the last two links above.
The Fringe Festival - Reviews:
[ SUN ] Turnabout at the Play Fair, Part 2
Fringe Festival reviews by downtown standouts T. Ryder Smith, Marin Ireland, Brooke Berman, Louisa Thompson, and Adam Rapp.
[ TB ] Jonestown: The Musical
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] The Imaginary, All-True Leni Riefenstahl Show
Review by Matthew Murray
[ TB ] Gork!: The Retard Always Wins!
Review by Warren Hoffman
Theatre in the Berkshires - Reviews:
[ BE ] New play talks about the trap of getting what you want By Jeffrey Borak
Terrence McNally's "Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams" with Boyd Gaines, Debra Monk, Marian Seldes, Larry Pine and Kellie Overbey.
[ BG ] McNally's 'Dedication' lacks conviction By Richard Dyer
[ CU ] They're Playing Our Song
With Amanda Watkins and Chip Zien.
[ BE ] They're playing a breezy 'Song' at the Berkshire Music Hall By Jeffrey Borak
[ BE ] Moliere comedy poses unsettling questions for contemporary audiences at BTF By Jeffrey Borak
[ CU ] The Misanthrope
Other Reviews:
[ P ] ON THE RECORD: archy and mehitabel and Something to Dance About
This week's column discusses the "back alley opera" archy and mehitabel (starring Carol Channing) and Kim Criswell's recording of songs from Call Me Madam.
[ NYT ] THEATER REVIEW | 'I CAN ONLY COME SO FAR'
Sending Up the Downtown Life By ADA CALHOUN
In an hourlong show last week, Mike Albo reinforced his status as the ultimate satirist of the downtown New York social landscape.
[ ND ] What a piece of work is this woman York BY GORDON COX
Susannah York's voice reverberates so powerfully in the theater at the Blue Heron Arts Center that it sounds as if it could carry all the way down the block.
[ TB ] Richard II: The War of the Roses Begins With a Bang at NJ Shakespeare Theatre
Review by Bob Rendell
[ INQ ] Where's a stake when you need it? By Howard Shapiro
Why do the ushers in the Belasco Theatre distribute Playbills, when barf-bags are infinitely more appropriate?
News:
[ Y ] Snug as a 'Bug'
"Bug" is the exception that proves the current Off Broadway rule, that commercial productions of new plays are a dicey investment.
[ Y ] B.O. off; 'Phantom' 724g
Road grosses dropped 8.2% to $11,478,819 during Week 11 (Aug. 9-15).
[ Y ] Geffen gears up for overhaul
A dirt floor, stone walls and roof are all that remain of West L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse, as the former furniture store and lodge hall prepares for its extreme makeover.
[ HC ] Ah, Anticipation: New Season Dawns On Broadway by Frank Rizzo
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 22
[ P ] Exit, Michael Ritchie: Williamstown's 2004 Season Comes to a Close Aug. 22
[ P ] Chilling Bryony Lavery Play Frozen to Close on Broadway Aug. 22
[ P ] Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors Closes Its Doors Aug. 22
[ P ] Sirius Satellite Radio: Jerry Springer and New Assassins on "Radio Playbill" Aug. 23-Sept. 5
[ P ] TheOldest Profession Gets to Work Off-Broadway Aug. 21
[ P ] Broadway's Robert Evan and Kate Shindle Reprise Jekyll & Hyde in Concert, Sept. 8-12
[ P ] Avenue Q's Tartaglia Nominated for a Relly Award
[ P ] Zanna, Don't! Pen Brings The Chaos Theories to Fringe NYC
[ P ] Broadway's Richardson Joins Cast of Movin' Out, Aug. 21
[ P ] Brooke Shields Set for Wonderful Town
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Broadway Season
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July 10 - Xanadu (Hayes) [Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel and Sarah Murchison/Dale Smith]
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Nov 8 - Young Frankenstein (Hilton)
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Mar 27 - Gypsy (St. James)
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Apr 30 - Thurgood (Booth)
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May 7 - Top Girls (Biltmore)
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Broadway Season
Oct 16 - Billy Elliot (Imperial)
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Dec 14 - Shrek: The Musical (Broadway) [DreamWorks]
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TBA - 50 Words
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TBA - Benny & Joon [MGM]
TBA - Billy Elliot
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TBA - Torch Song Trilogy
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