IN THIS ISSUE (click any story to read):

20/20 Vision
Todd Haimes’ 20 years of leadership have reshaped Roundabout and redefined the possibilities for nonprofit theatres in America. (more)

King of Comedy
Alec Baldwin offers the horsepower for a rousing revival of Twentieth Century, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic comedy. (more)

All Aboard!
Walter Bobbie engineers a smooth ride for Twentieth Century. (more)

READY, AIM, FIRE
Sondheim and Weidman’s musical, Assassins, shoots at the dark heart of the American dream. (more)

Targeting Musicals
Assassins follows Cabaret with a bang-up production at Studio 54, Roundabout’s newest piece of real estate. (more)

Playspace
Roundabout gets “intimate” on 46th Street, home of the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. (more)

PERFECT FIT
In Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, about a turn-of-the-century African-American lingerie maker, the most risqué behavior is honest intimacy. (more)

Spotlight on Roundabout
Grand openings, closings, and toastings. (more)

KANDER & EBB:
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE

Benefit Chairs
Leslie and Harrison Bains
Karen and Paul Lacouture

April 26, 2004
Annual Spring Gala
Mandarin Oriental, New York

Roundabout will honor John Kander and Fred Ebb with its prestigious Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre. The evening will include special entertainment by artists who have made some of the musical melodies of this legendary duo famous.

Featured Artists
Richard Gere, Liza Minnelli, Bebe Neuwirth, Alan Cumming, Chita Rivera, Kristin Chenoweth, Jason Alexander, Natasha Richardson, Debra Monk, Victor Garber, Marin Mazzie and more of your favorite stars of stage and film.

Tickets for this evening are limited. Don’t miss out, call for reservations today. Contact Elaina Grillo at 212-719-9393.

John Kander & Fred Ebb

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Winter 2004 Editor:
John Istel/ICAP

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Tim McCanna

Front Cover:
Anne Heche and Alec Baldwin.
Photo: Douglas Kirkland

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