Friday, February 25, 2005

Charity is not so Sweet for one ex-Whoviller. When we hear Who, there will be one, not two.
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[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
HUGH JACKMAN, who electrified Broadway and won a Tony for "The Boy From Oz," will take to the stage again � a world concert tour, starting April 30 at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. George C. Wolfe directs. Kathleen Marshall choreographs.

[ NYP ]  WHAT A DRAG! By MAUREEN CALLAHAN
Theater bigwigs outraged by Travolta pick for 'Hairspray' flick.

[ NYP ]  THE NEW 'LEGENDS!' By MICHAEL RIEDEL
FOR aficionados of off-stage drama, it doesn't get much better than the story of "Legends!" � the ill-fated 1986 comedy by James Kirkwood that paired Mary Martin and Carol Channing as two faded and feuding movie stars.

[ V ]  Inside Move: 'Angry' cast seeks greener jury room
Roundabout asks for an unprecedented 7th extension
Their play is called "Twelve Angry Men," but behind the scenes, the cast of the Reginald Rose revival has been one big happy Broadway family at the American Airlines Theater. Not only do they hang out after the show, they've also banded together to renegotiate their salaries.

[ LAT ]  Chong show's tour canceled by Don Shirley
The national tour of "The Marijuana-Logues," starring Tommy Chong, is up in smoke. It was canceled because Chong's permit to appear in it has been revoked by his parole officer, Chong said Thursday.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
On the Mountain has Filichia considering the unreleased musical theater demos that he'd love to hear.

[ NJ ]  Old role, new feelings: Play about Jamaican couple brings Trinidadian actor back to Crossroads in New Brunswick BY PETER FILICHIA

[ DN ]  American Songbook concert is 100% Arlen By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
The Tony-nominated star of "Caroline, or Change" is shifting careers again.

[ BR ]  'Frasier's' dad has a dark role to play today By ERIC ZENGOTA

[ LAT ]  Taking the fast lane to success By Diane Haithman
Newcomer Dan Stevens, 22, is winning praise for his work in 'As You Like It.'

[ BS ]  P.S. 122 at 25
Moving a 25-year-old cultural institution in a fresh direction without violating the achievements of your predecessor or the spirit of the institution is undoubtedly a daunting task.

[ BS ]  Actors Eye Video-Game Voices By Paul Hyman
Trained Performers Tap a Market Seeking Higher Audio Quality
Interview with Merle Dandridge of "Aida."

[ NYT ]  BOLDFACE NAMES
Memo to the Academy: So Lose the Guards By JOYCE WADLER
"Shockheaded Peter" (second item).

"McReele" - Reviews:

[ JN ]  Opening: 'McReele' By JACQUES LE SOURD
Belber leaves you with a message of all-encompassing corruption. It may be accurate, but you still may want to take a shower when it's over.

[ SUN ]  Prisoner Smith Goes to Washington by JEREMY McCARTER
Stephen Belber invites us to think about the differences between what people say and what they do. Or rather, between what they do and what they�ve done.

[ DN ]  Something phony about 'McReele' by Howard Kissel
The play seems as flat and bland as Neil Patel's sets.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MCREELE'
From Prison to Politics, Fast-Talking All the Way By BEN BRANTLEY
Nobody has much faith in what anybody else says in Stephen Belber�s long-winded, mixed-up drama about a magnetic but suspicious senatorial candidate.

[ NYP ]  LIFE IN 'MCREELE' WORLD By FRANK SCHECK
Unfocused in its plotting and characterizations, the play, being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company, features many compelling moments but fails to cohere into a satisfying work.

[ ND ]  From the big house to the upper house BY LINDA WINER
No matter how many times a character gushes that McReele "makes people believe again," however, "McReele" does not.

[ R ]  Review: McReele By Alexis Greene (Hollywood Reporter)
But in drama as in life, facades eventually wear thin. We want to know how McReele's mind works. There, Mackie's performance falters, and he receives little help from director Doug Hughes or from the playwright.

[ Y ]  'McReele' Conveys Social Responsibility By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ NJ ]  Star in the making: Anthony Mackie's performance makes 'McReele' worth watching BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ATW ]  Race Isn't the Only Issue at Stake in the Campaign of McReele
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  McReele
Review by William Stevenson

[ TM ]  McReele
Reviewed By: David Finkle

[ NYT ]  Slide Show

"Endgame" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ENDGAME'
A Sugarplum Vision Becomes a Taunting Specter By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Tony Roberts, the actor often used to epitomize suave charm in contrast to his own hapless shlubbery, moves into new territory in this middling revival of Beckett�s caustic comedy.

[ TB ]  Endgame
Review by Matthew Murray
Samuel Beckett purists can rest a bit easier now: The apocalypse has been averted. Well, at least partially.

[ ATW ]  Is This God's Endgame?
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  Endgame
Review by David Drake

"On the Mountain" - Reviews:

[ TB ]  On the Mountain
Review by Matthew Murray
No one expects a return to the Well-Made Play school of dramatic writing, but well-made plays - with solid beginnings, middles, and ends - will be welcome as long as there's theatre. As far as Christopher Shinn's On the Mountain is concerned, two out of three ain't bad.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ON THE MOUNTAIN'
Seeking the Lost Song of a Lost Rock Star By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Christopher Shinn, an up-and-coming playwright of exceptional talent, trains his focus squarely on the unexceptional in "On the Mountain," a gentle wisp of a play.

[ HC ]  Shinn's Search Of Psyche By MALCOLM JOHNSON
'Mountain' An Absorbing Look At Damaged Souls, But It Feels Incomplete

[ Y ]  Mom, Daughter Come to Terms in 'Mountain' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ NJ ]  More like a molehill: 'On the Mountain' fails to develop promising situation and ends abruptly BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ ATW ]  Outsiders Attempt to Fit in On the Mountain
Review by Andy Propst

[ B ]  On the Mountain
Review by Edward Karam

[ TM ]  On the Mountain
Reviewed By: Dan Bacalzo

[ CU ]  On the Mountain

[ NYT ]  Slide Show

"Diary of a Mad Black Woman":

[ DN ]  'Diary': Week's lamest entry? by Jack Matthews
I haven't seen any of Perry's previous work, but "Diary" is an absolute mess with no coherent tone, story or point of view.

[ BG ]  This 'Diary' lacks any revelations By Wesley Morris
Blows to the head are delivered with more subtlety than the message of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."

[ CE ]  Playwright finally gets his due By Jack Garner, Gannett News Service

[ P-I ]  Playwright turns to a bigger medium for his stories By BETSY PICKLE, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE
Since his first play, "I Know I've Been Changed," became a breakout hit in 1998, Tyler Perry has quietly been making a name for himself as one of the most successful playwrights in underground American theater. Now he's ready to make some noise.

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Chita glitters and The Frankenstein Summer sparks; We're Still Hot is anything but; The Owl and the Pussycat take a bow.

[ DN ]  David Hinckley's Critic at Large: A hot serving of golden Brown jazz
You still have five nights to get up to Le Jazz Au Bar and catch one of the most exhilarating events to come through New York this month: Ruth Brown, sitting down for an hour or so, just singing her songs.

[ ATW ]  Anderson's End of the Moon at BAM Mixing Art and Science Religiously
Review by Andy Propst

[ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT
Reviews, including William Link's new comic mystery "Never Murder a Ghost."

News:

[ CST ]  Producer's exit at humanities fest confuses even her BY HEDY WEISS
The resignation of Eileen Mackevich as president and executive producer of the Chicago Humanities Festival, where she had worked as a founding force for 16 years, came as quite a surprise.

[ LAT ]  Big plans for small companies By Don Shirley
The artistic director of Center Theatre Group proposes opening the Kirk Douglas Theatre to other local groups.

[ LAT ]  NAACP picks Theatre Award winners by Don Shirley

[ BS ]  42nd St. Land Deal May Affect Off-B'way

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

[ BH ]  Hotline: 'Follies' in Barrington By Terry Byrne

[ BG ]  Timing's right for Huntington's production of 'Laughing Wild' By Maureen Dezell

[ P ]  New Durang Play, Miss Witherspoon, Gets World Premiere at McCarter in Fall

[ TM ]  Counsellor-at-Law's John Rubinstein To Be Interviewed by David Finkle at Ars Nova

[ NYT ]  Tom Patterson, Stratford Festival Founder, Dies at 84 By WOLFGANG SAXON
Tom Patterson was the native son who dreamed of and started the Stratford Festival of Canada, the largest repertory theater in North America.

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 25

[ P ]  A Very Naughty Greek Play Gets Cheeky About Politics in World Premiere by Aquila in NYC

[ P ]  Weill Again, Beguiled Again: Ute Lemper's New Carlyle Act Gets Recorded for CD Feb. 25

[ P ]  The God Botherers, Comedy About Aiding the Third World, Gets U.S. Premiere in NYC

[ P ]  The Heat Is On: Anti-Musical Performance of Missed Sigh Gone Plays Boston, Feb. 24

[ P ]  Craig Lucas' New Strindberg Adaptation Seduces Its Miss Julie

[ P ]  Mercy! Gareth Armstrong's Shylock Gets Extension to April 3 in Greenwich Village
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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Features:

[ P ]  Sisters, Under All That Hair
In the upcoming Broadway production of Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling's play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor, actress Christine Ebersole will get her hair washed on stage at every performance.

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Stars Come Out to See Chita at Feinstein's

[ CP ]  Lost in Your Thighs by Cory Frolik
For someone whose lyrics contained not a syllable of vulgarity, Debbie Gibson's new Playboy spread incites plenty of curse words.
Like "Jesus [explicit word] Christ, she's [same explicit word] hot," uttered by more than one male exiting Tower Records last Friday where the '80s pop icon was on hand signing autographs.

News:

[ P ]  Roundabout Ends Season with Broadway Revival of The Constant Wife

[ B ]  Roundabout Offers The Constant Wife Instead of Passion Play

[ R ]  Izzard Documentary on Target for September Bow By Borys Kit (Hollywood Reporter)

[ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Musicals Move In

[ Y ]  Christian Slater Files Divorce Petition

[ P ]  Christopher Durang Stars with Debra Monk in His Laughing Wild for June Run in Boston

[ P ]  Skins Get Shed at La MaMa March 3-13

[ P ]  Luba Mason Pieces Songs Into "Collage" Cabaret in L.A., Through March 10

[ P ]  Cast Announced for Midwest Premiere of Take Me Out

[ P ]  Midwest's Steppenwolf Goes Pacific With World Premiere

[ P ]  An Evening With Jeanine Tesori Will Include Chat and Songs, to Benefit Transport Group, Feb. 28

[ P ]  Elizabeth Ashley and Lucie Arnaz Have Something in Common � a Man � in Premiere of Ann and Debbie in Florida

[ P ]  Wicked Tour Books Stops in Florida and Philadelphia

[ P ]  "Broadway By the Year" Announces Full Season

[ P ]  Jerry Springer Controversy Continues

[ P ]  Mary Poppins Cast Album Will Fly Into Shops April 4

[ P ]  Macy and Stiles to Star in Screen Adaptation of Mamet's Edmond

[ P ]  Jennifer Tilly Joins All-Star "Casablanca" Reading

[ P ]  Will Frears Replaces James Lapine as Director of Off-Broadway's Terrorism

[ P ]  Disney-Miramax Breakup Imperils Film Version of Damn Yankees

[ P ]  Schwimmer Will Headline LaBute World Premiere In London

[ B ]  David Schwimmer to Make West End Stage Debut in Neil LaBute's Some Girls

[ B ]  The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Extends at the Public through April 3

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Tunes, Tomes, & Videos
Charles Wright reviews new biographies of actors Canada Lee and Tallulah Bankhead, who had several things in common.

[ TB ]  The Graduate
Washington, D.C. Review by Tracy Lyon

[ TB ]  Movin' Out
Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain
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News:

[ P ]  Wicked's Chenoweth Lands More Film Roles

[ P ]  Will John Travolta Star in Hairspray Film?

[ P ]  Jeff Calhoun Joins Creative Team of Himself and Nora Musical; Complete Cast Announced

[ ES ]  New Friend for the West End By Luke Leitch
David Schwimmer will take the lead role in Some Girls, a new play by the world's most in-demand playwright Neil LaBute, at the Gielgud Theatre in May.
Thanks to leeinlondon on All That Chat for the link!

[ P ]  Mack's Back in Town: Cumming, Falco, McKay Set for New Broadway Threepenny Opera

[ B ]  Cumming, Falco and McKay to Star in Threepenny Opera at Studio 54

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
"Threepenny Opera";A Rascal's Run; Richard and Robert Sherman are to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

[ P ]  Tom Patterson, the Father of Canada's Stratford Festival, Dead at 84

[ NYT ]  Ara Berberian, Bass Singer in Opera and Musical Theater, Dies at 74 By ANNE MIDGETTE
He was not exclusively an opera singer. Other notable credits included the 1964 studio recording of "Oklahoma!," in which he sang Jud Fry to John Raitt's Curly.

[ B ]  Underwood, Rose, White and Doug to Appear in Purlie at Encores!

[ V ]  New helmer takes over U.S. 'Terrorism'
Will Frears has replaced James Lapine as director of "Terrorism" by the Presnyakov brothers

[ B ]  John Cariani to Replace Biggs in Off-Broadway's Modern Orthodox

[ B ]  Reduced Shakespeare Co. to End Nine-Year Run at London's Criterion Theatre

[ R ]  Brooke Shields Takes Fox's 'Car' for a Spin By Nellie Andreeva (Hollywood Reporter)
Brooke Shields is returning to series television.

[ TM ]  Broadway Bears VIII Raises More Than $116,000 for BC/EFA

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 24

[ P ]  Robert Brustein Chats With Oskar Eustis at Feb. 24 Public Theater Event

[ P ]  Broadway-Bound Sweet Charity Blows Into Windy City, Feb. 24-March 13

[ P ]  Media and Politics Spin in Stephen Belber's McReele, Opening Off-Broadway Feb. 24

[ P ]  New Glass Menagerie, With Jessica Lange, to Begin Previews on Broadway Feb. 24

[ P ]  On the Mountain, Inspired by Cobain, Courtney and Their Legacy, Opens Feb. 24 in NYC

[ P ]  Jana Robbins Sings "Rules of the Road" in One Hell of a Ride! The Songs of Cy Coleman March 7

[ P ]  The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Extends Off-Broadway Through April 3

Tyler Perry:

[ INQ ]  Writing his own success story By Annette John-Hall
Once, "home" was a car. Now, it's a 26-room mansion. Tyler Perry, urban theater impresario, has moved to the next frontier, with a first film opening tomorrow.

[ LAT ]  Pages from Perry's 'Diary' By Mark Olsen
Adaptation of "Mad Black Woman" shows its creator is finally on Hollywood's radar.

[ NJ ]  'Madea' is witty way to do time BY PETER FILICHIA
New York has Dame Edna Everage. Newark's got Madea Simmons.
Tyler Perry is back at Symphony Hall -- this time in drag -- playing the unflappable and hilarious Ms. Simmons in "Madea Goes to Jail."

Features:

[ CT ]  Miller's last days reflected his life By Richard Christiansen
'I was very proud of him,' playwright's sister recalls

[ TB ]  Interview with Faith Prince By Beth Herstein

[ BH ]  'Saigon' protest play shouldn't be 'Missed' By Heather V. Eng
With two Boston-area theaters launching spring productions of "Miss Saigon," a coalition of local Asian-American artists created "Missed Sigh Gone" as a response.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dirty Creators Celebrate Their Scoundrels Before Performance

Reviews:

[ NYP ]  CHITA, CHITA, BANG, BANG! By FRANK SCHECK
To spend such an intimate evening this Broadway legend, who became a star in the original production of "West Side Story" nearly 50 years ago, is an opportunity not to be missed.

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | CHITA RIVERA
A Voice of Old Broadway Helps to Make Things New Again By STEPHEN HOLDEN

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'THE WORKROOM'
In the Aftermath of War, Reconstructing Their Lives By PHOEBE HOBAN
The strongest suit of this play is not so much the post-Holocaust historical framework, but the relationships between different women as they try to make sense of their lives.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'WE'RE STILL HOT'
Losing Hope and Their Figures, Friends Reunite By ANITA GATES
J. J. McColl, the playwright and lyricist of this melodramatic musical, does not have a gift for punchy lyrics, as demonstrated in numbers like "Hormones" and "Whirligig Glands."

[ NYT ]  PERFORMANCE ART REVIEW | LAURIE ANDERSON
Candles and Computers Glow as Technology Becomes Art By ANNE MIDGETTE

[ CU ]  Intrigue and Love

[ LAT ]  'Roberta' revives a Kern-ucopia By Rob Kendt
Musical Theatre Guild revisits the 1933 show, whose Jerome Kern score still wears very well indeed.
With Roger Befeler, Kim Huber and Susan Watson.

[ LAT ]  Cinderella gets disco fever By Lynne Heffley
"Cindy and the Disco Ball," with Christine Lakin and Chris Prinzo.

"Shockheaded Peter" - Reviews:

[ NYP ]  IT'S A COMEDY, BUT HANG ONTO YOUR KIDS! By FRANK SCHECK
STRESSED-OUT parents and overworked nannies alike will find vicarious enjoyment in this British import, a Grand Guignol-style collection of musical fairy tales with decidedly unhappy endings.

[ ND ]  Eerie fun? Try some corn on the macabre BY LINDA WINER
This is family entertainment for families that find togetherness in "Edward Scissorhands" and Edward Gorey drawings.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Features:

[ MSNBC ]  Broadway: Spanish Inquisition By Devin Gordon, Newsweek
You've got Grail! The hilarious musical 'Monty Python's Spamalot' is set to open. Eric Idle and Mike Nichols talk rabbit

[ P ]  How Green Was My Flatbush
The present meets the past when a Brooklyn Boy journeys home again in Donald Margulies' new play.

[ TM ]  Chita Sings! By: Joseph Marzullo; text by Michael Portantiere
Liza Minnelli, John Kander, and other celebs turn out as Chita Rivera opens her club act at Feinstein's.

News:

[ P ]  Dates Set for New Off-Broadway Play Flight

[ B ]  Gregg Edelman, Brian d'Arcy James & Kerry O'Malley to Headline Flight

[ P ]  Jane Alexander Show What of the Night to Arrive March 16 at Lortel

[ P ]  Target Margin Continues Faustian Bargain With Faust in Love Off Broadway, March 17-April 25

[ P ]  Sirius Satellite Radio: Ahrens & Flaherty Play Dessa Rose on "Radio Playbill" Feb. 21-March 6

[ P ]  After The Fall Actress Joins Cast of Off-Broadway Going to St. Ives

[ P ]  Dudley's Slag Heap to Play Cherry Lane Theatre

[ B ]  Heath Lamberts, Original Beauty and the Beast Player, Dead at 63

[ P ]  Heath Lamberts, Respected Character Actor and Farceur of U.S. and Canadian Stage, Dead at 63

[ TM ]  Actor Heath Lamberts Dies at 63

[ TM ]  Off-Broadway Hit Hurlyburly Will Move to New 37 Arts Complex in April

Reviews:

[ TM ]  Shockheaded Peter
Reviewed By: Brooke Pierce
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Features:

[ B ]  Looking Back: '66-'67 by Ken Mandelbaum

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Best Cuddle Up to Those Cute Bears at Yearly Charity Event

News:

[ NYT ]  A Flush of Miramax Films Before a New Regime By SHARON WAXMAN and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
As early as last October, one Hollywood agency circulated an internal memo showing that Disney had waived its rights in more than two dozen Miramax projects in development, and that the Weinsteins planned to let go of at least a third of them, including a high-profile remake of the musical "Damn Yankees!" That project's producers, Craig Zadon and Neil Meron, declined through a spokesman to comment.

[ B ]  Zorich and Metwally to Star in Beast on the Moon at the Century Center

[ P ]  Lauded Beast on the Moon Gets NYC Premiere Off-Broadway, With Metwally and Zorich

[ P ]  Ripped From the Copyroom: Newsical Adds New Gossip Scoop "Michael Musto Song"

[ P ]  Broadway Bears VIII Raises Thousands for BC/EFA

[ P ]  Underwood, Cullum, White and Rose to Star in Purlie! for Encores!, March 31-April 3

[ P ]  TV Stars Flock to Bucks County Playhouse for Musical Season
What do Linda Dano, Loretta Swit, Bonnie Franklin, Adrian Zmed and Eddie Mekka all have in common?

[ P ]  "Food for Thought" Reading Features Titanic Star Feb. 24

[ P ]  Track Listing Announced for Sh-K-Boom's Bright Lights, Big City

[ TM ]  Peter Foy, Maestro of Stage Flight, Dies at 79

[ P ]  All Shook Up Gets Choreographic Boost From a Fosse Veteran

[ P ]  FX Picks Up Laura Benanti Comedy Pilot
As reported here last week... ;-)

Reviews:

[ B ]  Were New York Critics Thrilled by Off-B'way's Shockheaded Peter?
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[ NYP ]  LANGE DEEP-SIXES MISTER ROBERTS By MICHAEL RIEDEL

[ PPG ]  Obituary: Heath Lamberts / Renowned stage actor and comic genius By Christopher Rawson
A detailed biography, with lots of photos.

[ IBDB ]  Heath Lamberts' Broadway Credits

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
Do songs always have to advance a show's plot? One Peter (Stone) thought so; what does another (Filichia) think?

[ LAT ]  Their 'Q' rating keeps going higher and higher By Philip Brandes
Vegas and Hollywood beckon for sassy puppet creators Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez.

[ WP ]  The Reliable Source By Richard Leiby
Jennie Eisenhower, Making Herself Perfectly Clear

[ INQ ]  Words from a teacher of great actors By Gene D'Alessandro
You'd think theater critic and artistic director Robert Brustein would be sick of actors by now.

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Beach Boy Brian Wilson Catches Good Vibrations

"Shockheaded Peter" - Reviews:

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SHOCKHEADED PETER'
Nasty Surprises for Bad Children (and Grown-Ups, Too) By BEN BRANTLEY
"Shockheaded Peter" is both the silliest and the most sinister show in town. It is also, as it happens, one of the smartest.

[ SUN ]  Spook Your Children Well by JEREMY McCARTER
As it reopened last night at the Little Shubert, the show captivated me, for one, with ineptitude.

[ ATW ]  Old and New Fun for Young and Old in Shockheaded Peter
Review by Andy Propst

[ HC ]  Shockingly Good Fun In Demented 'Peter' By MALCOLM JOHNSON

[ NJ ]  Macabre morality plays: Twisted cautionary children's tales provide good, sick fun for adults BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

[ Y ]  Ghoulish Whimsy Fills 'Shockheaded Peter' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

[ CU ]  Shockheaded Peter

[ TB ]  Shockheaded Peter
Review by Matthew Murray

[ B ]  Shockheaded Peter
Review by Ron Lasko

[ NYT ]  Slide Show

Other Reviews:

[ TM ]  The Siegel Column
Barbara & Scott report on The Flid Show, Lea DeLaria in Happy Days, and Frank Fontana at Danny's Skylight Room.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'ALL WEAR BOWLERS'
Lost in a Theatrical World of Slapstick and Magic By JASON ZINOMAN
It's hard to imagine the kind of daring and ingenuity in "All Wear Bowlers" in the commercial theater. It's one more reason to feel foolish about spending money on a Broadway show.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY'
Seeking Justice With a Family of Moms By NEIL GENZLINGER
Shay Youngblood's play reminds us that a parent with a knack for storytelling can pass on more valuable truths and history than any sitcom can.

[ Y ]  'Boozy' Disses Robert Moses By JUSTIN BERGMAN, Associated Press Writer

[ VV ]  Robert Moses and Old Combatants in New Musical by Tom Sellar

[ ATW ]  Famed Actress Kemble's Journals Spring to Life, Unbound
Review by Andy Propst

[ ATW ]  'Spelling Bee' a Richly Emotional, Comic Experience for All
Review by Andy Propst

[ LAT ]  'More'? Actually, a bit less, please By F. Kathleen Foley
A play built on laments of unworthiness can wear thin, especially if the star has a lucrative showbiz job.

[ VV ]  Snobby Shakespearean Warrior Refuses to Reveal Wounds by Martin Harries
Coriolanus

[ VV ]  Small-Town Gays Plumb Options by Danial Adkison
Texas Homos

[ VV ]  Delaria Plays Beckett for Laughs by Una Chaudhuri
Happy Days

[ VV ]  Sightlines: by David Ng
Learning Curve

News:

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled By BEN SISARIO
Off Broadway News; Saving Shakespeare's Rose

[ NYP ]  LEN'S END By MICHAEL STARR
"LAW & Order: Trial By Jury" will tackle the death of co-star Jerry Orbach, most likely in the show's fourth episode.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
Several theater-related items.

[ V ]  'Spamalot' gives B.O. the full Monty
Python play lifts B'way biz
Here's what a potential blockbuster looks like just out of the gate: In its first seven previews at the Shubert Theater (1,463 seats), the Monty Python-derived "Spamalot" grossed $719,424.

[ V ]  'Flight' wings in to Lortel
Previews begin May 8, with world premiere set for May 16

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 23

[ P ]  Broadway-Bound Sweet Charity Blows Into Windy City, Feb. 23-March 13

[ P ]  Drawer Boy � with "Frasier" Star Mahoney � Begins Feb. 23 at Paper Mill
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

[ STARS ]  The Drama Desk presents "The Art of Directing - An Insider View" on Monday, March 14

Features:

[ B ]  FIRST PERSON
When Romance's Keith Nobbs met playwright David Mamet for the first time, he did not get what he expected.

[ B ]  Q & A: Maureen McGovern by Melissa Rose Bernardo

[ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton
WOMEN OF STEEL

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Two Paws Up for Broadway Bears 2005

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: The DeVito Family Visits Anatevka

[ B ]  PHOTO OP: Lea Salonga Brings Down the House in Atlantic City

News:

[ P ]  Peter Foy, Whose Flying By Foy Hoisted Stage Stars for Half a Century, Dies at 79

[ IBDB ]  Peter Foy's Broadway Credits

[ B ]  Sergio Trujillo Joins the All Shook Up Creative Team
Sergio Trujillo has been brought in to provide additional choreography for the Broadway musical All Shook Up. Ken Roberson will remain the official choreographer of the show, which began previews at the Palace Theatre on February 20.

[ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Feb. 14-20

[ P ]  Martha Plimpton to Star in CSC's False Servant Off-Broadway, March 30

[ P ]  Annalee Jefferies Continues on Bad Dates at Houston's Alley, March 4-April 3

[ P ]  Chita Rivera Begins Feinstein's Engagement Feb. 22

[ P ]  CD for Disney's On the Record to Hit Stores in March

[ P ]  Doubt Box Office Now Open at Walter Kerr Theatre

[ P ]  Sold-Out Spelling Bee Musical Offers Benefit Performance Off-Broadway, March 15

[ P ]  Fatal Attraction�with Corey Feldman�to Play East 13th Street Theatre; Tickets Now on Sale

[ P ]  Veteran Actor of Film and Stage Dan O'Herlihy Is Dead at 85
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"Hurlyburly":

[ NYT ]  'Hurlyburly' Will Move, Bypassing Broadway By JESSE McKINLEY
Thumbing its nose at Broadway, the star-studded revival of David Rabe's cocaine fantasia is transferring to a large, brand-new Off Broadway theater.

[ NYP ]  MOONSTRUCK By MAUREEN CALLAHAN
ASIDE from the rave reviews and A-list cast, one thing really motivated 24-year-old Lindsay Moore to drop $50 on a ticket for the off-Broadway hit "Hurlyburly."
"Ethan Hawke's butt," says Moore, "was a big selling point. I was very impressed by it."

[ B ]  New Group Eyes 37 Arts for Hurlyburly Spring Transfer

[ P ]  Hurlyburly to Transfer to Larger Off-Broadway Venue in April

John Raitt, 1917-2005:

[ LAT ]  John Raitt: classy man behind the voice By Don Shirley
When Janis Paige remembers John Raitt, the revered leading man of many musicals who is best known for creating the role of Billy Bigelow in "Carousel," she remembers "that glorious voice you could listen to forever. It was one of the most effortless, remarkable sounds in the world."
She also remembers the poison oak.

[ P ]  Broadway Theatres Dim Marquee Lights in Honor of Musical Actor John Raitt, Feb. 22

Thanks to American Theater Web for the following articles:

[ MST ]  Tryout here makes 'Charity' a bit sweeter by Rohan Preston
In its two-week run at the Orpheum Theatre, this musical revival evolved from something formulaic and lackluster into a spirited production, more viable for Broadway.

[ CE ]  Broadway beckoned quickly By Jackie Demaline
Angela Gaylor (CCM 2002) was a sunburst at CCM, and is on her way to living the dream.

[ CE ]  Career takes 'Wicked' turn By Jackie Demaline
Shoshana Bean is the green queen of Broadway.
And, she says, "I don't think I would be where I am today without CCM."

[ CE ]  Dancing into CCM By Jackie Demaline
Nervous teens compete for coveted acceptance to renowned musical theater program

Features:

[ NYT ]  Impact of a 'Law & Order' Star Lingers as Spinoff Begins By JACQUES STEINBERG
The death of Jerry Orbach last December has precipitated some creative changes to "Trial by Jury," the next installment of the "Law & Order" franchise.

[ NYT ]  In a Theater, Seeking Insights on Urban Planning By ROBIN POGREBIN
In a panel discussion after their play, "Boozy," the theater company Les Freres Corbusier offered their thoughts on Ground Zero and the proposed West Side stadium.

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
THE MIRACLE that is Liza Minnelli gave her Westbury audiences all that they expected � and possibly more.

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: New York City Officially Declares "Harold Arlen Day"

Reviews:

[ TB ]  The Story at Philadelphia Theatre Company
Review by Tim Dunleavy

[ TB ]  Critical Darling
Review by Matthew Murray

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'YOKASTAS REDUX'
Deconstructing the 'Baddest Mom' of Greek Tragedy By MIRIAM HORN
In this radical retelling derived from Greek sources, Oedipus's mother, Jocasta, rejects self-destruction and savors sex with her son.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'LEARNING CURVE'
Race, Photography and Patriarchy on Campus By PHOEBE HOBAN
The recipe for this Civil Rights souffl� at the Beckett Theater has all the right ingredients, but its uneven cast makes it fall flat.

[ CU ]  all wear bowlers

[ CU ]  Unbound: The Journals of Fanny Kemble

[ CU ]  Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery

[ USA ]  Quirky 'Spelling Bee': In a word, charming By Elysa Gardner
* * * � out of four

[ NYT ]  CABARET REVIEW | BARBARA CARROLL
An Impressionist's Harold Arlen, Graceful and Blue By STEPHEN HOLDEN
If great songs could be called friends, Barbara Carroll would be one popular woman.

News:

[ P ]  Nine's Banderas to Sing at Academy Awards

[ P ]  La Cage Star Performs Mahogany for BC/EFA

[ P ]  La Cage Star Heads to the Chatterbox Feb. 24

[ P ]  Norm Lewis to Go it Solo for Actors' Fund of America in May

[ P ]  Donmar�s Days of Wine and Roses Opens Feb. 22

[ P ]  Schuck Joins Cast of Mitchell-McEntire South Pacific

[ P ]  Fat Pig's Ashlie Atkinson Appears on "The Jane Pauley Show" Feb. 23

[ P ]  New CD from Wicked's Chenoweth Due in Stores in April; Concert Appearances Too

[ P ]  Casting Complete for LuPone Regina at Kennedy Center

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Complied by BEN SISARIO
British Charity Rejects 'Jerry Springer' Opera Donation; Theater News

[ V ]  Moreno lands ShoWest star
'Grace' thesp recently made Gotham legit debut

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 22

[ P ]  Dead, Again: Child-Cautioning Shockheaded Peter Opens at Little Shubert Feb. 22

[ P ]  Hairspray Pen Gives Private Fittings with Boevers and van Ark to La Jolla, Feb. 22

[ P ]  John Mighton's Half Life, About Memory, Identity and Love, Gets World Premiere in Toronto Feb. 22(22 Feb

[ P ]  Christian Slater Steps in as Tom to Jessica Lange's Amanda in Menagerie; Previews Begins Feb. 24

[ B ]  Christian Slater Replaces Dallas Roberts in Glass Menagerie Revival

[ TM ]  2005 Olivier Award Winners Announced
posted at 2/22/2005 12:27:00 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Monday, February 21, 2005

[ SHT ]  Area actress gets good vibes in N.Y.
Feature on Sarah Glendening from Good Vibrations.
posted at 2/21/2005 01:03:00 PM by James Marino | Item Link

[ TM ]  Christian Slater Replaces Dallas Roberts in Broadway's Glass Menagerie

[ B ]  CDs: God Bless Us, Everyone by Ken Mandelbaum
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Soundtrack (JAY)
CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD (JAY)
FRANC D'AMBROSIO'S BROADWAY (LML)
SALLY MAYES: VALENTINE (Bayview)
posted at 2/21/2005 12:10:00 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

John Raitt, 1917-2005:

[ WP ]  Broadway Mainstay John Raitt Dies at 88 By Martin Weil
"I'm partial," Bonnie Raitt told the New York Times in 1994, "but I still think he's the greatest singer the musical theater ever produced."

[ LAT ]  John Raitt, 88; Leading Man on Broadway and Father of Bonnie By Dennis McLellan
Mary Rodgers, the daughter of composer Richard Rodgers, told the Dallas Morning News in 1996 that "John Raitt had the most glorious voice in the world, and he was a great big handsome sexy hunk."

[ NYT ]  John Raitt, 88, Star of 'Carousel' and 'Pajama Game,' Dies By RICHARD SEVERO

[ P ]  John Raitt, Robust Star of Broadway Musicals, Is Dead at 88

[ TM ]  John Raitt, Legendary Broadway Baritone, Dies at 88

[ B ]  Illustrious Stage Star John Raitt Dead at 88

[ TM ]  50 Years Ago on Broadway By: Michael Buckley
Joan Diener and Albert Marre recall Kismet and John Raitt remembers The Pajama Game in a TheaterMania retrospective.

Features:

[ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary
As Filichia prepares to buy new stereo equipment, his Mono Cast Album Festival is finally coming to an end.

[ TM ]  Pros and Cons By: Michael Portantiere; photos by Peter Berberian
John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz on their juicy roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

[ BH ]  'Producers' has Amaral thinking big By Robert Nesti

[ ND ]  A SERIES OF 'SHOCKING' EVENTS BY GORDON COX
The Lemony Snicketing of kid theater

[ R ]  Arlen Centennial Makes Family, Labels 'Happy' By Jim Bessman (Billboard)

[ USA ]  Harold Arlen: A centennial salute to a sultan of song By Elysa Gardner

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: DeLaria and Greenspan Dream of Happy Days at Off-Broadway Opening

Reviews:

[ NYT ]  DANCE REVIEW | NEW YORK CITY BALLET
A Tribute to Broadway That Is All Show Business By JOHN ROCKWELL
Susan Stroman's "Double Feature," which pays homage to Balanchine's involvement with Broadway and Hollywood, reflects Ms. Stroman's gift as a storyteller.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'INTRIGUE AND LOVE'
Wherefore Art Thou Ferdinand? By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Despite the wordy translation of Schiller's tale of 18th-century court politics at the Bouwerie Lane Theater, there are star turns by Amanda Jones and Angus Hepburn.

[ NYT ]  THEATER REVIEW | 'MONOPOLY!'
Raconteur of Dot-Com World Takes On Thomas Edison By JASON ZINOMAN
Mike Daisey's relentlessly interesting if overstuffed play takes aim at the unchecked power of corporations, but focuses on many companies and from an outsider's perspective.

[ TB ]  all wear bowlers
Review by Matthew Murray

[ TB ]  Shakin� the Mess Outta Misery
Review by Lindsey Wilson

[ NJ ]  Wildly laughing at Marta BY PETER FILICHIA
New Jersey has a new star.

[ ND ]  Usually vibrant director stages a Bard for the bored BY LINDA WINER
"Coriolanus," which the still-homeless TFNA opened Thursday at the theater at John Jay College, is a flatliner: three hours of conscientious declamations and recycled expressionist images that feel like a project.

[ NYP ]  POLITICAL TALE LEFT LIFELESS By FRANK SCHECK
Unfortunately, the production, directed by Karin Coonrod, displays the bloodless monotony so endemic to Shakespeare productions, the sort of torpor that has alienated decades of students.

[ CU ]  Macbeth (RSC)

[ CU ]  National Anthems

News:

[ V ]  Serious drama a hard sell on Broadway By ROBERT HOFLER
Cast pays cost for loss of Wilson's 'Gem'

[ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
Compiled By BEN SISARIO
'Vagina Monologues' Banned in Uganda; 'Producers' Takes London Theater Awards; Alliance for Arts Funds; Bailout for Edinburgh

[ I ]  Historic night for Alan Bennett as his new play dominates the Olivier awards By Louise Jury

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 21

[ P ]  Composers Schwartz and Goodman Are Special Guests at Feb. 21 New Voices Concert

[ P ]  That's Hot: Hilton Spoof I Love Paris to Get New Heir-Head

[ P ]  Brenda Braxton to Return to Broadway's Chicago Feb. 21

[ P ]  Espinosa, Evan, Hewitt and More Sing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Unexpected Songs at Joe's Pub Feb. 21

[ P ]  Andreas, Skinner, Davis and Batt Sing The Broadway Musicals of 1929 March 7

[ P ]  William Inge Festival to Salute Arthur Miller at April 22 Ceremony

[ P ]  The Home for Lost Boys Has Premiere Off-Broadway March 4
posted at 2/21/2005 08:10:00 AM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

Sunday, February 20, 2005

[ Y ]  'Carousel' Star John Raitt Dies at 88 By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer

[ IBDB ]  John Raitt's Broadway Credits

[ P ]  The Producers, The History Boys and Mary Poppins Top 2005 Olivier Awards

[ B ]  The Producers and The History Boys Win Big at 2005 Oliviers

[ TM ]  Last-Minute Cast Substitution Allows Brooklyn The Musical to Resume Performances

[ TM ]  Casting Announced for The Broadway Musicals of 1929

[ P ]  Lacking Money and Support, Charlotte Repertory Theatre Closes Its Doors Feb. 20
posted at 2/20/2005 08:16:00 PM by Tim Dunleavy | Item Link

[ STARS ]  CHITA RIVERA, ON THE VERGE OF HER GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY, IN ANOTHER FIRST
By ELLIS NASSOUR
Long after other performers of a certain age have disappeared, Broadway's former Queen of the Gypsies, Chita Rivera, like that Battery Bunny, is still going, going, going. Soon to celebrate 50 years in show business, Chita leads up to this milestone with And Now I Sing, her debut at Feinstein's at the Regency.

[ DN ]  Liza pulls no punches in Westbury gig BY ISSAC GUZMAN

[ ATW ]  Charlotte Rep Announces Closing
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

"Sweet Charity":

[ CT ]  Coleman was bigger than life By Michael Phillips
This is how composer Cy Coleman died the night of Nov. 18, 2004, according to his widow, Shelby Coleman.

[ CT ]  Faith, hope and 'Charity' By Chris Jones
Does the limelight-averse Christina Applegate have the goods to fill the outsized shoes of Broadway legends?

[ MSNBC ]  Broadway in the Loop By Karen Springen, Newsweek
Increasingly, major theatrical productions are previewed in, of all places, Chicago
Thanks to JohninChicago on All That Chat for the link.

[ CST ]  'Charity' delays its opening

[ P ]  Sweet Charity Cast Frugs Its Last in Minneapolis Feb. 20; Chicago Next Stop

Features:

[ NYT ]  DIRECTIONS | ON THE MAP
Road Show By KATHRYN SHATTUCK
"The Drawer Boy" could become the most-produced play in America without ever reaching New York.

[ NJ ]  Top 'Drawer' talent BY PETER FILICHIA
Veteran actor and 'Frasier" star John Mahoney reunites with 'The Drawer Boy' at the Paper Mill Playhouse

[ BG ]  After gastric bypass surgery, it's springtime for one actor's career By Catherine Foster
As Max Bialystock, the scheming, down-on-his-luck theater producer in "The Producers," Bob Amaral gets to inhabit one of the great Broadway roles of all time.

[ Y ]  Musicals Tap Into Young, Female Audience By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer
Is girl power Broadway's not-so-secret weapon? Tapping into the female adolescent audience has been a boon for such shows as "Wicked," "Beauty and Beast," "Mamma Mia!" and even "Hairspray" and "Brooklyn The Musical."

[ NYT ]  A Playwright Wrestles With His Judas Complex By LIESL SCHILLINGER
When Stephen Adly Guirgis sketched out the vision for his play, "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," he had a question: Why has an all-forigiving God never forgiven Jesus' betrayer?

[ NYT ]  Not Just a Fight Director, but a Fight-to-the-Death Director By SUSAN DOMINUS
Fight directors are common on sets, but J. David Brimmer's specialty of late is the gritty, messy brawl that leaves the stage awash in blood.

[ NYT ]  How to Set a Fire in a Crowded Theater By LIESL SCHILLINGER
In the play "Shockheaded Peter," a character's transformation from baby doll to fireball achieves its magic through the power of suggestion.

[ P ]  Under All That Hair, the Women of Broadway's Steel Magnolias See Themselves as Sisters

[ V ]  Reversal of Fortune
MTC stages comeback after bumpy inaugural season
While most entertainment companies are subject to the unpredictable rollercoaster of good and bad patches, this season's turnaround at Manhattan Theater Club represents a reversal of fortune that's remarkable.

[ V ]  Off B'way gets back onstage
Recent upstarts might be turning things around

[ MN ]  'Chorus Line': Still plenty of kick By Karen D'Souza
FORMER CAST MEMBER DIRECTS TIMELESS PEEK INTO DANCERS' LIVES
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

[ BSUN ]  Making a good impression, all by himself By J. Wynn Rousuck
Frank Gorshin channels the spirit of George Burns in his one-man show

[ NYP ]  LIZ SMITH
WE HAVE to congratulate the Citizens for NYC for its splendid night saluting Bobby Short and giving many awards to other deserving New Yorkers.

[ NYT ]  TRAVEL NOTES
Shakespeare and Greece at the Globe

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: New York Festival of Song Features Judy Kaye and Others at Merkin Hall

[ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Canadian Women Show New York City They're Still Hot With New Musical

Arthur Miller, 1915-2005:

[ NYT ]  Arthur Miller's Refuge Amid the Pines By ELIZABETH MAKER and BRUCE WEBER

[ HC ]  Long Wharf Theatre Gave Arthur Miller An Artistic Home by Frank Rizzo

[ LAT ]  The eternal theater of Arthur Miller By Carlos Fuentes

Reviews:

[ CCT ]  Turner, Irwin forces to reckon with in �Woolf� By JOHN BLACK
It sounds pretentious to say "The Tony race starts here" about a revival show that�s still in its pre-Broadway run, but that�s the feeling one gets after seeing "Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at the Wilbur Theatre.

[ P ]  ON THE RECORD: The Gay Life

News:

[ Y ]  Uganda Bans 'Vagina Monologues' Staging

[ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 20

[ P ]  Broadway Bears 8 Takes Times Square on Feb. 20

[ P ]  London's Laurence Olivier Awards to Be Bestowed Feb. 20

[ P ]  "The Sarah Jones Show" Airs on Bravo as bridge & tunnel Ends CA Run, Feb. 20

[ P ]  Off-Broadway's Belfast Blues Has Post-Show Terrorism Talk with 9/11 Victims, Feb. 20

[ P ]  All Shook Up Starts Feb. 20 at a Palace Fit for The King

[ P ]  Pittsburgh Public Has U.S. Premiere of Ayckbourn's RolePlay in 2005-06 Season; Mark Rylance Brings Measure for Measure

[ P ]  Cumulative Broadway Grosses Through Feb. 13, 2005

[ P ]  Elliot, Ellis, Hughes, Moore, Schulman Appear on March Directors Panel
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