By Andrew Gans
18 Mar 2005

Rimalower, who also hopes to open a commercial run of Joy — the well-received romantic comedy that played the Producer's Club earlier this year — said he's having a great time working with these six multi-talented women. "What we've found already," he said, "is even though they're all so different from each other, they have so much common experience. It's amazing the things that they've all gone through in this business."

DIVA TIDBITS
Reel Pride: The Greater Palm Springs Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will kick off its weekend of films with the 1986 movie musical "Little Shop of Horrors." The screening — April 14 at 7:30 PM — will be held at the Cinιmas Palme d'Or in Palm Desert, CA and will feature a guest appearance by the star of the film (and the original stage production) Ellen Greene. Greene will take part in a question-and-answer session following the movie and will also offer a song or two — accompanied by musical director Christian Klikovits — at the post-screening theme party at Peters at the Atrium in Rancho Mirage. Visit www.thepalme.com or www.reelprideonline.com for more information.

Another two-time Tony Award winner has joined the cast of the new ABC comedy pilot "Adopted." Christine Baranski — who is scheduled to star in the Kennedy Center's upcoming production of Mame — will co-star in the new situation comedy opposite the previously announced Bernadette Peters. "Adopted" will also feature the talents of Kevin Wheatley as a thirtysomething writer and Andrew Walker. Peters, who continues her critically acclaimed concert tour, and Baranski will play the adoptive and birth mothers of Wheatley, who vie for his attention. The pilot is scheduled to tape March 31.

Melissa Errico, on Broadway earlier this season in Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, has been cast in the upcoming Hollywood Bowl presentation of Camelot. Errico's official website says the actress will be part of the Lerner and Loewe musical, which will be presented Aug. 14 at the famed Hollywood theatre. Stage and screen star Patrick Stewart is in negotiations to play the King. Gordon Hunt will direct the classic musical about the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The concert staging will also feature the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the direction of John Mauceri. Visit www.hollywoodbowl.org for more information.

And, finally, when I asked Charlotte d'Amboise in my October 2003 column if she had any dream roles in the theatre, the triple-threat answered without pause, "Charity, not even a question about that. I've always wanted to do that role!" D'Amboise — replacing the temporarily sidelined Christina Applegate — is set to begin performances in the Broadway-bound revival of Sweet Charity March 18 at Boston's Colonial Theatre.

Well, that's all for now. Happy diva-watching! E-mail questions or comments to agans@playbill.com.