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Jan Maxwell, a stage veteran who recently appeared in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," left the Roundabout Theatre Company show Sunday, five weeks before its scheduled close, a spokesman confirmed yesterday. Published reports said Maxwell had sent an e-mail to a friend saying that Baldwin "created an unhealthy and oppressive situation," and that he had punched a wall because he was angry that the air-conditioning on the set was not on high enough. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Elle Woods Takes Manhattan Apr 27, 2006
" The musical adaptation is just the latest in an increasing line of hit films hoofing it over to Broadway. Most recently, High Fidelity and The Wedding Singer have both been prepping for their Broadway debuts. But the influx of Hollywood to Broadway is nothing new. In 2002, inspired by Broadway's then reigning megahits The Lion King and The Producers, MGM announced plans to dig through its vaults and some of their own films to adapt to the stage. Dubbed "MGM on Stage," the venture launched... (E! Online)
Actress Exits Play Over Alec Baldwin Apr 27, 2006
Maxwell has long been a critics' favorite and received a Tony nomination last season for her work in the musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." In "Sloane," she received mostly positive notices for her portrayal of a sex-starved woman vying with her brother, played by Baldwin, for the attentions of her hunky tenant. The Associated Press said Maxwell gave "a hilarious, tremulously determined performance.". (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Bringing back the Bard from his winter of discontent Apr 23, 2006
Rubbing salt in the wound, Noble took a three-month sabbatical to direct his money-spinning West End show Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before resigning. Morale, scribes recorded, was as low as a strumpet s neckline. (TimesOnline)
`Mr. Sloane' Gets Laughs, `Hedda Gabler' Gets Ego: John Simon on Theater Mar 18, 2006
She delivers with utter ease from Sondheim to Ayckbourn, from a comic shrew in ``Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' to an impeccably accented icy Frenchwoman in ``My Old Lady. She can sing, do any kind of accent, move us deeply or reduce us to helpless laughter. (Bloomberg -- Euro Index)
Baby you can fly my car Feb 16, 2006
"The future is nowIf Dietrich and his teammates do succeed in their bid to create, manufacture, and mass-market a flying automobile, it will make a reality of a concept that has long defeated the best efforts of other inventors, even as it has continued to tickle the public's imagination. Flying cars have been a staple of pop-culture fantasy, from the book and movie versions of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" to the 1960s TV cartoon ''The Jetsons" to films that range from larky... (Boston Globe)
It's A Jungle Out There Jan 25, 2006
Instead a pack of Berloni dogs were put to work in Broadway productions like "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.". They had to hit their marks and make their entrances just like their two legged costars. (CBS News)
La Dolce Musto: Golden Globes Lowlights! Jan 19, 2006
There's even a touching love song urging the leading man to "come out of the dumpster." KEVIN CAHOON (last seen catching children la Jackoin Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) is playing the ALEXIS ARQUETTE role of the new wavey gay guy and laughingly told me, "My ballad is done at a bar mitzvah, if that tells you anything." Offstage, will he get a sex change like Arquette. "Most definitely not!" he said, grinning. (Village Voice)
Child star's two-hour drive ban Jan 13, 2006
Heather Ripley in a scene from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A woman who starred in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was banned from driving for two hours - until a sheriff admitted he had made a mistake. (BBC News)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang backfired Jan 12, 2006
AS THE delicate blonde child star of the 1960s hit film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, she will be for ever associated with the world s most famous flying car ... Ripley shot to fame in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after she was spotted by a talent scout at Dundee Rep theatre, where her mother was wardrobe mistress ... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been likened to a children s James Bond: it was written by Ian Fleming, the Bond creator, and produced by Albert R. Broccoli, producer of the Bond films. (Times Online)
A Night at the Opera: Top Cats Now a Phantom of the Past Jan 11, 2006
A very pregnant Erin Dilly, late of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ("I did the show's last performance. They let the pleats out and everything. It really was `Baby on Board.'") arrived at the party with her husband, Stephen R. Buntrock, McGillin's understudy. He did several roles for the anniversary show and got a kick out of it. (Playbill.com)
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