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...Jerry Springer--The Opera may be the oddest. The show, with faux-operatic music and raunchy lyrics by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, has been a sellout hit at the National Theatre since April and will transfer to the West End in October. Negotiations are under way for a Broadway production, which could arrive as early as next spring. A movie deal is already cooking. Co-producer Jon Thoday predicts that within three years there "should be 15 productions playing around the world at any one time." And people used to complain about Cats...
DIED. ELLIOT NORTON, 100, courtly, influential dean of Boston theater criticism for 50 years; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As critic for the Boston Post, Record American and Herald American, he reviewed more than 6,000 productions and helped shape shows that were on their way to Broadway with his perceptive critiques of their early, often rough, versions...
...artistic traditions, India attracted numerous artists, many of whom illustrated religious and allegorical subjects using vibrant indigenous styles. Through December 7. Hours: Monday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $6.50 adults, $5 students/seniors, free with Harvard ID. Arthur M. Sacker Museum, 485 Broadway...
...moralistic paradise and hell scenes of the Pureland school to the simple ink play of Zen. Through January 4, 2004. Hours: Monday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $6.50 adults, $5 students/seniors, free with Harvard ID. Arthur M. Sacker Museum, 485 Broadway...
...production of Deaf West Theatre, a Los Angeles-based company that staged the show to acclaim there last year and plans to take it on a world tour after its Broadway run. The production "required a whole new vocabulary for me," says director-choreographer Jeff Calhoun. Hearing actors provide surreptitious cues to the deaf ones--a wink or a nudge, worked naturally into the action--to signal when the music starts. The costume designers had to avoid sleeve cuffs or loud patterns that might distract from the signing. The use of props required special attention, since both hands must always...