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Broadway Friday

–Deborah Kerr, star of Broadway and films, died yesterday in Suffolk, England at age 86. Kerr made her Broadway debut in 1953’s Tea and Sympathy in which she spoke the most famous line of her career: “Years from now when you talk about this — and you will — be kind.” Kerr was nominated for six Oscars and received an …

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Broadway Friday

-Tony winner Christine Ebersole has been added to the cast of Rockers On Broadway: Salutes Motown, a benefit for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, which takes place on October 22th at B.B. Kings in Times Square. Others appearing include: Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, and J. Robert Spencer, along with Darlene Love, Mickey Dolenz, Deborah Gibson, Will Chase, Daphne Rubin-Vega, …

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Broadway Friday

-This Sunday Wicked adds a special performance at 8pm, benefiting Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. Tickets are $150-$200. Proceeds will establish a maintenance fund for “The Friendship Garden”, a community space in upper Manhattan. Dedication of the garden is Oct.28th, “Wicked Day”, and will be hosted by Midler. -Original Xanadu lead James Carpinello will not be returning to the …

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Broadway Friday

-Broadway may go dark next week as the stagehands union continues their negotiations with the League of American Theatres and Producers. The stagehands have been working without a contract since July. The last Broadway strike was in 2003 when a work stoppage by the musicians union forced 12 houses to go dark for four days. -Harvey Fierstein has a MySpace …

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Broadway Friday

-Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be raising funds via a Celebrity Booth and autograph line at this Sunday’s Broadway Flea Market on Shubert Alley. Participating are show biz icons: Sir Ian McKellen, David Hyde Pierce, Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth, Cheyenne Jackson, JoAnne Worley, Beth Leavel, Debra Monk, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Regrave, Christine Ebersole, Mary Testa, and many more. Check here …

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Broadway Friday

-Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe will be baring all in a Broadway production of Equus in 2008. Radcliffe earned high marks for his performance in a London run of Equus earlier this year. No venue or dates have been announced. -All 21 shows currently playing on Broadway are musicals. Last week’s attendance sagged by over 43,000 admissions over the previous week, …

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Broadway Friday

– NY Times former theater critic Frank Rich, once known as the “Butcher of Broadway”, will appear on David Letterman tonight to promote the paperback release of his hit book, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth in Bush’s America. For better or worse, Rich is “credited” with bringing Disney to Broadway, after his column “The …

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Broadway Friday

– The 25th anniversary edition of Forbidden Broadway opens in previews today at the 47th Street Theatre. Spoofing Grey Gardens, Curtains, Spring Awakening, and Legally Blonde among others, Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakenings features Jared Bradshaw, Janet Dickinson, Valerie Fagan and Michael West with David Caldwell on piano. – Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5: The Musical will hit Broadway in the …

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Broadway Friday

– Disney’s The Little Mermaid, now playing in Denver, opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 6th. The show features 11 new songs from 8-time Oscar winner Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater as well as the classic Alan Menken & Howard Ashman tunes from the 1989 movie, including the Oscar-winning Under The Sea. Ashman died of AIDS in 1991. …

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Broadway Friday

– Monty Python’s Spamalot had its 1000th performance yesterday. – Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale opens for a limited run at the Walter Kerr Theatre beginning October 4th and running through February 2008. Tony winner Jerry Zaks (Six Degrees Of Separation, Guys And Dolls) will direct. The Walter Kerr most recently hosted Grey Gardens, which closed July 29th. -The revival …

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Broadway Friday

-The soundtrack to Hairspray has edged up to #2 on the Billboard Top 200, but Prince’s debut at #3 with Planet Earth will likely prevent any time at the top spot for Hairspray. – Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal have returned to the cast of Rent, reprising the roles they created. Rent is currently the seventh longest running show in …

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Broadway Friday

– Elaine Stritch will do a three week run beginning in January at the Carlyle Hotel in a show called Elaine Stritch At The Liberty….At The Carlyle. Tickets are $125 and you must order dinner – which, of course, is not included. – A revival of Sunday In The Park With George hits Broadway on February 21st. The Pulitzer Prize-winning …

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Broadway Friday

– This week the soundtrack for Hairspray enters the Billboard 200 at #20. Over on Hot Dance Club Play, Idina Menzel’s remix of Defying Gravity climbs to #7. The cast album for Wicked has been #1 for 73 weeks on Billboard’s Top Cast Albums chart. – A Broadway adaptation of the the classic Sidney Poitier film, Guess Who’s Coming To …

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Broadway Friday

– R&B singer Brian McKnight takes over the Billy Flynn role in Chicago on October 8th. – Xanadu broke box office records for the Helen Hayes theatre after receiving an extremely positive review from the New York Times. Olivia Newton-John attended Tuesday’s official opening. Gay hottie Cheyenne Jackson (United 93, All Shook Up) has temporarily stepped into the lead, replacing …

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