In Dodger Stage Holding News:

CAMP BROADWAY KIDS to perform Johnny Mercer's classic  "ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE" at the 76TH  Annual MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE!  All performance-loving kids, aged 9-17, are invited to audition for this unique opportunity auditions held in New York City on Saturday, October 19 and in Providence, RI on Sunday, October 20th.

120 aspiring, music-loving kids will be able to wave to their friends and wow national audiences with their newly-won ability to interpret the lyrics of one of America's best-loved songwriters - and have a great time in the process!

The lucky winners will participate in a two-day educational program on Saturday and Sunday, November 16th & 17th presented by Camp Broadway and The Johnny Mercer Foundation.  The team will present a series of workshops,
classes and rehearsals in professional rehearsal halls to introduce this new generation to Johnny Mercer and the Great American Songbook while preparing them for their national performance debut performing the Mercer/Arlen classic "Accentuate The Positive" on Macy's new float, the Marion-Carol Showboat.

Auditions in New York City:
Saturday, October 19th
Theatreworks USA/Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street (bet 6th & 7th Ave)
10am: Ages 14-17 - 2pm: Ages 9-13

Auditions in Providence, RI:
Sunday, October 20th
Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street
11am: Ages 14-17 - 2pm: Ages 9-13

All kids should be prepared to learn a dance routine and sing 16 bars of any song. Videotaped submissions will also be accepted at Camp Broadway by Friday, October 18.  If accepted, the participation fee for this program is $325.00 (not including costume).

To download an application and for all the information about CAMP BROADWAY go to http://www.campbroadway.com

Urinetown Holiday Show Schedule Announced

For the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Holidays, Urinetown - The Musical will have the following special show schedule - TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!

THANKSGIVING WEEK:

Tuesday, November 26 - 8:00 pm Evening Performance
Wednesday, November 27 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 pm Evening Performances
Thursday, November 28 (NO PERFORMANCE - THANKSGIVING DAY)
Friday, November 29 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 pm Evening Performances
Saturday, November 30 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 pm Evening Performances
Sunday, December 1 - 3:00 pm Matinee Performance

CHRISTMAS WEEK:

Monday, December 23 - 8:00 pm Evening Performance
Tuesday, December 24 (NO PERFORMANCE - CHRISTMAS EVE)
Wednesday, December 25 (NO PERFORMANCE - CHRISTMAS DAY)
Thursday, December 26 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 Evening Performances
Friday, December 27 - 8:00 pm Evening Performance
Saturday, December 28 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 Evening Performances
Sunday, December 29 - 3:00 pm Matinee Performance

NEW YEAR'S WEEK:

Monday, December 30 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 pm Evening Performances
Tuesday, December 31 - 2:00 pm Matinee Performance (NEW YEAR'S EVE)
Wednesday, January 1 (NO PERFORMANCE - NEW YEAR'S DAY)
Thursday, January 2 - 8:00 pm Evening Performance
Friday, January 3 - 8:00 pm Evening Performance
Saturday, January 4 - 2:00 pm Matinee and 8:00 pm Evening Performances
Sunday, January 5 - 3:00 pm Matinee Performance

Tickets can be purchased online at TELECHARGE.COM

ReVieWs

Better Than The Producers! Blunt and in your face, this Brecthian fable has outsize energy, as does the beefy Kurt Weill-like score by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. They aim for comic operatic heights and keep the audience soaring."

- Richard Zolgin, TIme Magazine

"Is Broadway ready for Urinetown? I say, let it rip! It's a wonderful show, a mixture of sophistication and naiveté, of down-at-the-heel glamour and Broadway chic."

- Clive Barnes, The New York Post

"Like everyone else who first heard of a show called Urinetown The Musical, I made a face and expressed disgust at the title. But so much has been written about this work that I risked it. I had the time of my life! Urinetown is one of the cleverest, most adroit, funniest evenings I've spent in many a season"

- Liz Smith, Syndicated Columnist

"What kind of musical is this? An original one. A show so intelligently calibrated in its audacity that it can provoke enthusiasm even in a critic weary of theatrical navel gazing. This exuberant musical with its cagey score and boisterous choreography already has the imprimatur of being hip, having become a word-of-mouth hot ticket during previews. Urinetown's gloriously sensible message is: 'Hey it's only theater, but isn't it wonderful?'"

- Bruce Weber The New York Times

"The title is so awful, I didn't want to go, but Urinetown is a happy surprise - irreverent, nimble, with a fine, catchy score. The show takes every Broadway banality and subverts them with refreshing cynicism. The songs abound in wit and panache. They're not just funny, they're genuinely good."

- Amy Gamerman, Wall Street Journal

"Broadway's 'It' Musical. Somewhere beyond the sublime, beyond the ridiculous lies Urinetown. Inspired, fresh, exuberant, even moving, brought off, believe it or not, sans bathroom humor. You've got to go. Grade: A!"

- Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly

"With a God-awful title and a production that steals from just about every musical hit you can name, Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis have created a supremely funny, bitingly smart and splendidly enjoyable show - and one of the spring's most inventive theatrical events."

- Webster Younce, Time Out New York

"A comic gem! Witty, lovable, deliriously shameless, self aware, self-reverential and as self-confident as any newcomer project in recent memory. Urinetown is elevated silliness of the highest order that makes a gratifying case for the restorative return to knowing foolishness and the smartly absurd. The show winks at everything from Hamlet's father's ghost to West Side Story, from the revolutionary pretensions of Les Mis, to the revivalist joy of Guys & Dolls."

- Linda Winer, Newsday

"Urinetown has a wit, intelligence and originality found in the best musical spoofs, from 'The Boy Friend' to 'Little Mary Sunshine' to 'Dames at Sea.' A loony, loopy delight!"

- Mike Kuchwara, Associated Press

"The in crowd - first in line at every 'happening' - can be found these nights climbing the stairs at 314 West 54th Street. Color it different, but get there fast! What kind of musical is this? A fresh, unique, original, impudent, colorful, exciting, irreverent, surprising and wonderful musical, that's all! A strange, macabre, eccentric, improbable and wildly indescribable entertainment. Urinetown follows only one rule: expect the unexpected. You've never experienced anything quite like it."

- Rex Reed, New York Observer

"Delightful and ditsy, affectionate and hilarious, a fresh and funny musical parody."

- Donald Lyons, New York Post

"Offbeat, original and unusually entertaining. Its smart silliness provokes a surprising flood of laughter."

- Michael Sommers, Newark Star-Ledger

"The hippest musical in the Big Apple. Its rib-tickling book by Greg Kotis and lively score by Mark Hollmann adds up to the show to which everybody "in the know" has gotta go."

- Fred Winship, United Press International

"Hilarious, high-spirited mayhem!"

- Brendan Lemon, Financial Times of London

"One of the hottest theater tickets in town. Definitely a musical for our times. Uniquely outrageous."

- Michael Killian, Chicago Tribune

"The most appallingly titled show of the season is also one of the best. From the opening notes of Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann's nouveau Brecht-Weill musical, you know you are hearing from major talent. Melodic, clever, sardonic, well-executed. The cast is sensational and so is Urinetown."

- Christine Dolen, Miami Herald

"The cleverest musical in New York. Howlingly funny. Just about everything about the production - John Rando's in-your-face direction, a fine cast and the on-stage band - is first-rate. A+!"

- Tony Brown, Cleveland Plain Dealer