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What's New?
5/4/99 The FIX got the best lead actor and best supporting performer awards at Helen Hayes, Congrats, Stephen and Sal!!
3/2/99 Signature production of THE FIX topped the 1999 Helen Hayes Awards nominations with 10 categories!! Everybody poured themselves into this production and is deserved these nominations, Congrats! Check out the nomination here.
2/24/99 Dana and John's new musical, The Witches of Eastwick has its first reading on March 5, directed by Eric D. Schaeffer (THE FIX director) in NYC. The potential reading cast are: Ruthie Henshall (Alexandra), Sandy
Duncan (Jane), Jaqui Piro (Sukie), John Dempsey will read Darryl, Linda Balgord (Felicia), Jessica-Snow Wilson (Jennifer), Stephen Bienskie (Michael) and possibly David Garrison as Clyde, Felicia's husband. The musical will be produced by Sir Cameron Mackintosh in 2000.
2/9/99 Stephen Bienski will be Rum Tum Tugger in CATS on Broadway, this is his Broadway debut. Congrats, Steve! Linda Balgord will return to CATS on Broadway at the end of March as Grizabella. It will be reunion of a mother and son on the stage. John Patridge of UK THE FIX cast will be Roger in Rent in Germany!! If you'd like to see him as Roger, click here. Sal Mistretta will be the standby for Herr Schultz in the national tour Cabaret company!
9/11/98 Just came in! "Natalie Toro (Grizabella on a "Cats" tour, "The Fix" at Signature, "A Christmas Carol") has won the role of Eva Peron on the forthcoming national tour of "Evita"...."
9/4/98 Excerpt from Sir Cameron Mackintosh interview in SF Chronicle. Great accolate by Cameron on John and Dana!
5/27/98 New headshots of Linda and Sal were added on the Who's who at Signature page.
5/23/98 Finally I scanned and added the photo of Philip at the stage door after the last performance of the FIX.
5/15/98 At last!! My review of the Signature Theatre production of The FIX is up!! New galleries were added too.
4/27/98
Journey to Washington D.C. was added.
A Donmar production review by Susan Kinsey was added.
4/9/98 The Signature production has been extended until May 10, 1998! Wow, the audience and critics really love the show!
4/6/98 USA Today and Associated Press reviews have been linked.
4/4/98 More stage photos of Signature production have been added, including Tina (she is gorgeous!).
4/2/98 The Daily Variety review and Old Man's World have been added. Everybody loves the show!
4/1/98 The Washington Post review just came in!! Great review too! New stage photos have been added to Signature Photo Gallery page.
3/28/98 Rehearsal photos and costume designs of Signature production have been added. Forbidden West End was added.
3/25/98 Signature Production of The FIX cast bio has been updated. Also, a message from the director and a list of the musical numbers were added in the US FIX page.
Natalie Toro will join the U.S. production of The FIX starting March 24! She has been performing Grizabella in the national tour of CATS and just left the company to join The FIX.
Story
In short, it's a musical about one man's rise and fall in the American political scene with a Kennedyesque family at the center.
If you want to read a detailed synopsis, click the book.
FORBIDDEN WEST END
To celebrate the opening of the FIX at Signature Theatre, I present you Forbidden West End, a parody lyric of The FIX (plus other musicals)!! If you are a fan of The FIX and Les Miserables, this is a must for you.
Sir Cameron Mackintosh on Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Cameron's interview was printed on San Francisco Chronicle , and he talked very highly of Dana and John. Unfortunately, the article is not online, so I reprint the excerpt of the article here.
The Stage's Big Mac by Blake Green special to the Chronicle (Aug 23, 1997)
".... He (Cameron)'s also 'actively discussing' bringing "The Fix," a musical about political intrigue, currently playing in New York, to San Francisco.
'The Fix' played in a Washington, D.C., suburb earlier this year to rave reviews, and Mackintosh foresees its songwriting team of John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe as "the most important writers in the American musical in a very, very long time. Their style is a cross between Howard Ashman, Alan Menken and Stephen Sondheim -- a highly comic, dark view of life."
"Dempsey and Rowe, also working with him on a musical adaptation of 'The Witches of Eastwick,' could be Mackintosh's biggest discovery since Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, writers of "les Miz' and "Miss Saigon."
Stage & Rehearsal Photos
You didn't see the action in Donmar? Bummer! But you can peek some of the stage and rehearsal shots of the World Premiere of The FIX. Of course, these mere two-dimensional pictures won't give the show a justice but it's better than none! Just click here! 
You missed the U.S. Premiere of The FIX too? Shame on you! The color stage photos of Signature production are in the gallery for your viewing! Click here!
I never thought I would see the FIX in person but I found a lifetime opportunity, and I won't pass it by! Read all about my trip to D.C.. And here is my review and lots of cool pictures!
Reviews
- What people have said from all over the world?Donmar production
Julie Meader (Harlow, Essex, England)Signature production
Associated Press Drama Critic"'Fix' a Corrosive Spoof of Politics" by Michael KuchwaraIf you have seen The FIX at Donmar or will see at the Signature Theatre, please submit your review to me!!
Recording
OLC was released from First Night Record and released in U.S. on 3/10/98.
You can obtain the CD at Footlight Record, Discount Music Connection, or Dress Circle.
Link
Need more fix on The FIX? Visit Sean Patrick's cool The FIX site!
Still can't get enough? OY! I know this stuff is very addictive... What can I say, indulge yourself in Kate's Spotlight on The FIX site!
Here is another site by Astrid. She is one of the fortunate people who saw The FIX at the Donmar. Not only that, she met the performers at the stagedoor. I'm MAJOR jealous!
If you want read a spoof on Signature Theatre production, read the Washington Post article, Fixing 'The FIX'.
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