The World Premiere of NINE

According to this site, the world premiere of Nine will happen in London on November the 4th, in Odeon Leiceister Square.

Hope all the cast will be there.

Finally ... 6 new PICS !

HEAD to HEAD [The Part of Carla] - [4/6]

Renée Zellweger was the first choice for Carla. After several auditions, Penélope Cruz took the role.

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NINE the Revival - 2003

It opened on April 10, 2003 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where it ran for 283 performances and 23 previews and won two Tony Awards, including best revival. The cast included Antonio Banderas as Guido (whose performance earned him a Tony Award nomination), Mary Stuart Masterson as Luisa, Chita Rivera as Liliane, Jane Krakowski as Carla, Laura Benanti as Claudia, and Mary Beth Peil as Guido's mother.

Replacements later in the run included John Stamos as Guido, Eartha Kitt as Liliane, Rebecca Luker as Claudia, and Marni Nixon as Guido's mother. A revival cast recording was released by PS Classics. Jenna Elfman was hired and advertised to join the cast as Carla at the same time that Stamos and Kitt were joining the production. A few days before the opening it was announced she needed more rehersal time and that her understudy Sarah Gettlefinger would take over temporarily. Elfman never did join the company and Gettlefinger played the rest of the run.

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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Antonio Banderas
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Jane Krakowski (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Mary Stuart Masterson
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Chita Rivera
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations

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Harvey Weinstein's Oscar strategy

Last year, Harvey held back "The Reader" to the last possible stretch, giving it a limited opening in Los Angeles and New York in December, then wide release in January. The strategy paid off with five Academy Award nominations -- including a surprise bid (to some, not us) for best picture -- resulting in the Big Win at Long Last for Kate Winslet as best actress.

Answer: Harvey plans to reserve that last-minute, ambush strategy he employed for "The Reader" for his other major Oscar pony, "Nine," Rob Marshall's adaptation of the Tony-winning musical starring Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard. For "Inglourious Basterds," he plans to use the "Crash" campaign model.

By releasing "Inglourious Basterds" in theaters now, Harvey can give the flick a second wave of ballyhoo when the DVD comes out late this year. Because the DVD will be a mass release, it won't need to be watermarked with numerals identifying each disc with the name of an academy member or other award voter. That's one of the sneaky ways "Crash" beat front-runner "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture of 2005 -- Lionsgate blitzed Hollywood with more than 120,000 cheap DVDs.

To manufacture and ship a watermarked DVD costs about $20. The cost for a non-watermarked equivalent: $5.

The Ladies of 'Nine' set photoshoot for Vogue

A QUARTET of Hollywood hottest actresses hit Malibu beach together in February.
A stellar cast of KATE HUDSON, PENELOPE CRUZ, NICOLE KIDMAN and MARION COTILLARD gathered to pose for a Vogue shoot.

Old Pics in HQ!

NINE the Musical - 1982

Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on an Italian play by Mario Fratti inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film 8½. It focuses on film director Guido Contini, savoring his most recent (and greatest) success but facing his fortieth birthday and a midlife crisis blocking his creative impulses and entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice.

After nineteen previews, the Broadway production, directed by Tommy Tune and choreographed by Thommie Walsh, opened on May 9, 1982 at the 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 729 performances. The cast included Raul Julia as Guido, Karen Akers as Luisa, Liliane Montevecchi as Liliane, Anita Morris as Carla, Shelly Burch as Claudia, and Taina Elg as Guido's mother.

Replacements later in the run included Bert Convy and Sergio Franchi as Guido, Maureen McGovern as Luisa, Wanda Richert as Carla, Priscilla Lopez as Liliane and Scott Grimes as one of the children. The musical won five Tony Awards, including best musical. An original cast recording was released by Sony.

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Tony Award for Best Musical (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Arthur Kopit
Tony Award for Best Original Score - Maury Yeston (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Raul Julia
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Karen Akers
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Anita Morris
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Liliane Montevecchi (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
Tony Award for Best Costume Design (WINNER)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (WINNER)