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Dec 28, 1999
"The Lion King" is one of the 18 audience-rated `A+' movies from January 1990 to December 1999 revealed by CinemaScore.com. Also, "Election" is at no. 8 on the Top 10 1999 Films picked up by Jami Bernard of New York Daily News

Dec 21, 1999 from JAM! Showbiz:
'Ferris Bueller' sequel in works?: Is Matthew Broderick ready for another "Day Off?" According to the movie-biz gossip site Ain't-It-Cool-News, John Hughes, who directed to original "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", is writing a sequel to the hit 1986 film, which followed the adventures of an underachieving high school student's determination to skip school.

AICN said Hughes new script would follow Bueller's character 15 years later as he took a job in a large corporation. No word on casting, although the original film helped launch the careers of Broderick, Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen.

Dec 20, 1999

Matthew Broderick and his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker attend Broadway opening of "Amadeus" on Dec. 15 at the Music Box Theatre. (Photo by Playbill)

Dec 17, 1999

NEW YORK - Matthew Broderick, star of the Walt Disney Co. adventure comedy film "Inspector Gadget" poses with the film's poster at the film's premiere July 18 at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Broderick will star in Elaine May's Broadway-bound comedy, "Taller Than a Dwarf," opening in April at the Longacre Theater together with Parker Posey. Broderick had been mentioned to star weeks ago. The casting of Posey, however, comes as something of a surprise. Kyra Sedgwick and Julia Louis Dreyfus were rumored contenders. (Photo by Reuters)

Dec 14, 1999 from Yahoo! News:
NEW YORK (PRNewswire) - 18 of the most well-known people in America have agreed to appear in television public service announcements to focus attention on some of the most forgotten Americans -- homeless men, women and children.

The following actors have already taped public service announcements (PSAs): William Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Kline, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, Ted Danson, Ray Romano, Nathan Lane, and Matthew Broderick. In addition, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, Miss America Heather French, boxing announcer Roy Jones, Jr., and model Heidi Klum have taped PSAs. Actors Marisa Tomei, Rosie O'Donnell, James Gandolfini, and Roma Downey plan to tape PSAs, as does model Christie Brinkley. The CBS television network has agreed to begin airing the PSAs in coming weeks and throughout the winter.

Dec 12, 1999
According to an e-mail from Goldheart Pictures, Walking To The Waterline, the film in which Matthew Broderick played the actor's (Matt Mulhern) agent, is close to a domestic TV deal which means that it would be out on TV.

Dec 7, 1999
Inspector Gadget is now available on home video.

Dec 6, 1999 from Reuters:
WASHINGTON - The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts dished out its annual awards to singer Stevie Wonder and Scottish actor Sean Connery at a star-studded event attended by the power brokers of Washington and the silver-screen idols of Hollywood. Broadway actor Jason Robards, groundbreaking dancer Judith Jamison and musical funnyman Victor Borge were also honored Sunday at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Honors.

One of tributes to the winners was that actor Matthew Broderick told of how Robards, renowned as the definitive Broadway performer of Eugene O'Neill roles, once told him, "Matthew, I have a great role for you - a Kaiser roll." The show will be broadcast on the CBS network on Dec. 29.

Dec 5, 1999 from Theatre.com:
NEW YORK -- Five Naked Angels actors are making a small leap into film and throwing a party to celebrate. Actors Rob Morrow ("Northern Exposure"), Geoffrey Nauffts (Snakebit), and Jodie Markell (Snakebit) have written and directed new short films. Patrick Breen (Fuddy Meers) wrote one short film that was directed by Fisher Stevens, who is currently starring in Shyster.

The Naked Angels short film screening will be held 7:30 PM Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street. A cocktail reception will precede the screening 5 to 7 PM in the Washington Square Hotel, 103 Waverly Place. It will be hosted by actor Matthew Broderick.

Dec 3, 1999 from New York Daily News:
More teen angst is on display this weekend as the American Museum of the Moving Image wraps up its "Restless and Rebellious: Teen Movies Then and Now" series. Sunday are Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused" (1993) and Alexander Payne's wickedly funny black comedy "Election" in which teacher Matthew Broderick tries to intercede in student Reese Witherspoon's nasty school election campaign, only to find himself unraveling.

AMMI is at 35th Ave. at 36th St. in Astoria. For program information, call (718) 784-0077. For travel directions, call (718) 784-4777.

Dec 1, 1999 from Yahoo! News:
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - "You Can Count On Me" is one of the entries in the dramatic section for the millennial edition of the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah. The film, directed by Kenneth Lonergan (co-writer of "Analyze This"), is about the reunion of two orphans, a sister and brother, in a small town. With Laura Linney and Matthew Broderick, from the Shooting Gallery.

from Mr Showbiz:
The status of Jennifer Lopez's other project, "The Wedding Planner", which saw co-star Brendan Fraser drop out just this week, is uncertain. That doesn't stop talk of who might take over for Fraser, who opted for a remake of the '60s comedy "Bedazzled" over a Lopez team-up.

Today's New York Daily News named several stars as possible replacements for Fraser, including Ben Affleck, Val Kilmer, and three Matthews: Matthew Perry, Matthew Broderick, and Matthew McConaughey.

Nov 29, 1999 from Yahoo! News:
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker tell Allure Magazine they plan to stay home for New Year's Eve.

Nov 23, 1999 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick may star in the Broadway-bound production of playwright, comedienne and screenwriter, Elaine ("Power Plays") May's "Taller Than a Dwarf", reports Theatrical Index. "Dwarf" is due on Broadway in early 2000.

May's "Power Plays" co-hort, Alan Arkin, will direct the comedy, with Tony Walton designing sets. According to producer Julian Schlossberg, "Taller Than a Dwarf" is "an average couple during the millennium learning the new rules of the American dream."

Nov 19, 1999 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick and his mom, Patricia, were honoring at the Lymphoma Foundation recent fifth-anniversary benefit.

Nov 16, 1999 from Playbill:

Left to right, Matthew Broderick, Mia Farrow, Uta Hagen and Jonathan Pryce take their bows at the Nov. 14 benefit reading of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". In celebration of her 80th birthday, Hagen, alongside Broderick, Farrow and Pryce, read the play for the benefit of her HB Playwrights Foundation & Theatre.

At left, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" castmates Matthew Broderick and Jonathan Pryce. At right, "Sex and the City" star and occassional Broadway performer Sarah Jessica Parker with her husband, film and theatre's Matthew Broderick. (Photos by Aubrey Reuben)

Nov 13, 1999

Sarah Jessica Parker, left, and Matthew Broderick arrive at the Evander Holyfield versus Lennox Lewis undisputed world championship bout at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Saturday, Nov. 13, 1999. (Photo by Newsmakers)

Nov 11, 1999 from News Day:
There was plenty of star power present at Rosie O'Donnell's second annual White Rose Awards gala on Tuesday night at the Marriott Marquis, and one table of celebs was particularly glittery. Seated side by side-two of NYC's premiere couples, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathie Lee Gifford and her Frank. Matthew and Sarah, though quite a bit past the honeymoon phase, seem an exceptionally connected pair, very amusing and very amused-by each other and by their own stellar status. They look as if they have a lot of fun.
 

Nov 9, 1999

Michael Jordan and wife Juanita with Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker at the White Rose Awards Gala to benefit Rosie O'Donnell's for all kids foundation, Mariott, New York. (Photo by UNE/LFI)

Nov 8, 1999 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick, Mia Farrow, Uta Hagen and Jonathan Pryce will star in a benefit reading of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on Nov. 14 at the Majestic Theatre, 247 West 44th Street. Pryce replaces Anthony Hopkins who had been previously announced for the reading.

The special reading will benefit the HB Playwrights Foundation & Theatre, which is named for Herbert Berghof, who was married to Uta Hagen. A gala supper will follow the performance at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway and West 45th Street. For reservations please call (212) 838-2660.

Nov 5, 1999

Playwright and director Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") and film and theatre star Matthew Broderick attended the opening night of David Lindsay-Abaire's "Fuddy Meers" Nov. 2. (Photo by Playbill)

Oct 29, 1999
Matthew and Sarah were among the celebrities who attended a Yankees victory party at Veruka and they had a dance with Yankees stars Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch.

Oct 27, 1999
Matthew was attending the Major League Baseball game (New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves) with his wife Sarah Jessica Parker, who brought along her mother, who had never been to a baseball game, for her birthday at the Yankee Stadium.

Oct 26, 1999 from Yahoo! News:
SYDNEY (Variety) - The Mouse power house roared over the weekend, dominating international box office to the tune of nearly $30 million with record bows from "Tarzan," "Runaway Bride," "The Sixth Sense," "Inspector Gadget" and "The 13th Warrior" across Asia, Latin America and Europe.

"Inspector Gadget" (foreign total: $17.8 million) entered France on par with "Flubber," nabbing $1.5 million, while in Greece the Matthew Broderick starrer bowed first with $212,000, outperforming both "Flubber" and "George of the Jungle."

Oct 23, 1999 from New York Post:
Sighting: Matthew Broderick helping his petite wife Sarah Jessica Parker finish a strawberry margarita at H2K, a new joint in Chelsea.

Oct 19, 1999
Matthew was attending the movie premiere of "Bringing Out The Dead" (starring Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette) at the Ziegfeld Theater.

Election comes out today on home video and Ferris Bueller's Day Off is now available on DVD.

Oct 18, 1999 from Playbill:
Actor Craig Bierko ("The Thirteenth Floor") will be Prof. Harold Hill in the spring 2000 Broadway revival of "The Music Man", a spokesperson for the show confirmed Oct. 18.

Bierko was shoved to the top of the speculation list this fall, above such past names (rumored, imagined or possible) as Steve Martin, Scott Bakula, Bill Irwin, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Swayze, Alec Baldwin and others.

Oct 13, 1999 from BroadwayNOW:
WASHINGTON DC — The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will bestow its Mark Twain Prize on funnyman Jonathan Winters Oct. 20 during the second annual Kennedy Center "Celebration of American Humor."

Broadway and Hollywood comic actors Steve Allen, Richard Belzer, Matthew Broderick, Sid Caesar, Andy Dick, Dave Foley, Bonnie Hunt, Eugene Levy, Lyle Lovett, Robin Williams and Robert Wuhl have signed up to pay tribute to Winters during the Oct. 20 ceremony, which will be taped by Comedy Central. The show is scheduled to air on cable TV on Jan. 12, 2000.

Sep 22, 1999
"Sex and the City" Co-star Sarah Jessica Parker told New York Daily News that she's off to Ireland for some R&R with husband Matthew Broderick.

Sep 12, 1999

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive for the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 12, 1999. (Photo by La Presse/Newsmakers) (Thanks Marianne!)

Sep 1, 1999 from L.A. Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker hits high notes in her personal and professional lives: It's a season of extremes for Sarah Jessica Parker. The summer has been filled with both good news and bad for the petite, versatile actress, but as she'll be the first to admit, variety is the catalyst for creativity.

First, the good news. "Sex and the City," the uncensored HBO comedy series on which she stars and serves as executive consultant, has earned two Emmy Award nominations -- for outstanding comedy series and for Parker's own lead performance. Her actor-husband Matthew Broderick is also having a great year with the kiddie hit "Inspector Gadget" and the critically acclaimed "Election," as well as the successful New York stage run of "Night Must Fall" to his credit.

Aug 30, 1999 from Entertainment Weekly:
In Hollywood, any couple that lasts long enough to get a script into development eventually gets lured into taking the lovebird antics on screen. But not Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. ''We talk about it all the time, but we haven't found the right thing,'' says Parker. ''It has to be something we feel is great if we're going to blow the wad.''

Speaking of that sort of thing, would she have considered this year's hottest couple collaboration, ''Eyes Wide Shut?'' ''Can you imagine saying no to Stanley Kubrick? I certainly couldn't,'' says Parker. ''But we have not displayed affection that way, and it hasn't been our nature, so it's hard to imagine.'' Parker feels that even a less revealing film than ''Eyes'' might be a mistake for the couple. ''The thing I keep thinking is, do we really want to do this in front of the American public? And sometimes I think maybe we shouldn't, that it's too private, unless we're in a film where we're not playing opposite each other.''

Aug 29, 1999

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker leave The Ivy in London's Convent Garden after enjoying a meal after watching the theatre production "Mamma Mia." (Photo by Big Pictures)

Aug 23, 1999 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Aniston, Annette Bening, John Leguizamo, Patricia Arquette, Rick Schroder and Rebecca Gayheart all have joined a nudist colony. They're among the stars who doffed their clothes for In Style's September "What's Sexy Now" issue. Blowups of the star portraits will be bared at Chelsea Piers at a Sept. 8 party for the mag's new issue.

Aug 22, 1999 from Box Office Guru:
Disney's "Inspector Gadget" slipped only 29% to eighth with $4.3M bringing its better-than-expected total to $83.2M.

With the unbelievable success of The Sixth Sense, Buena Vista over the weekend has managed to power itself to the market share lead among studios with year-to-date ticket sales totalling $700M. That is quite a surprising feat considering Fox has reigned supreme for months with the $417M+ gross of George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I. Helping the Mouse House in its run to the top were Tarzan, Inspector Gadget and solid holdover grosses from last winter's holiday titles. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. (powered by The Matrix, Analyze This, and Wild Wild West) looks to claim second place after this weekend with roughly $680M in grosses in 1999. Fox will slip to third with about $675M thus far. Expect the Buena Vista lead to widen in the weeks ahead as The Sixth Sense continues its sizzling run while most new films are not expected to provide much heat.

Aug 18, 1999 from New York Post:
Matthew Broderick was in rare form Tuesday night at Jorge Posada's 28th birthday party at China Club. Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker had been invited by Derek Jeter, who became buds with the "Sex and the City" star after the two met at the last Espy awards. "I've become Derek's counsel," Parker told Page Six's Ian Spiegelman. "I'm his older ear." When "Sopranos" star Vincent Pastore spotted Parker, he introduced himself, but Broderick quickly jumped in demanding to see Pastore's VIP room bracelet. "How do I know you can be in here?" asked Broderick. "You could be anyone!" The hulking Pastore responded by grabbing Broderick around the neck and kissing him repeatedly. Since the fizzle of his last project, "Inspector Gadget," Broderick said, he's been taking some time off to read  scripts. "I will work again ... someday," he vowed. "You will?" said Parker. With time on his hands, Broderick is looking forward to seeing Bruce Willis in the movie of Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions." "I haven't read that book since I was like 15," he said wistfully. After a brief discussion of the novel, Broderick amended his statement: "You know what? I have never read that book. It doesn't sound familiar at all." As Page Six departed, Parker leaned in and advised: "Don't stoop too low."

Aug 3, 1999

Matthew Broderick and his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, enter "Talk" magazine's inaugural party on Liberty Island in New York harbor Monday, Aug. 2, 1999. The magazine has the backing of Miramax movie studio and a partnership with the Hearst magazine publishing empire and will cost $2.95 when it arrives at newstands Tuesday. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)

Aug 2, 1999 from Box Office Guru:
Disney's "Inspector Gadget" fell a reasonable 35% to $14.1M in its sophomore frame to take fifth place. Starring Matthew Broderick as the live-action version of the popular cartoon character, the family comedy has nabbed an impressive $47.9M in only ten days and could be headed for $90-100M. Between "Inspector Gadget" and "Tarzan," Disney has cornered the family film market this summer and should enjoy $250-275M worth of ticket sales between its two kidpics. Last summer, the Mouse House took in $187M for its animated/live-action duo of "Mulan" and "The Parent Trap."

Aug 1, 1999 from New York Daily News:
Ed Burns and Heather Graham joined Matthew Broderick and Rosie Perez to check out a staged reading of the new basketball musical, "Joe Fearless (A Fan Dance)" at the Angel Orensanz Theater on Tuesday night....

Jul 29, 1999
Alexander Payne's "Election" (April 23, Paramount), with Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon, was picked up by Jeff Wells of Mr Showbiz for one of the five best films so far in 1999, other four include Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" (opened Feb. 5, Disney), with Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, and Brian Cox; the Wachowski Brothers' "The Matrix" (March 31, Warner Bros.), with Keanu Reeves and Larry Fishburne; Doug Liman's "Go" (April 9, Sony), with Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, and Jay Mohr; Tom Tykwer's "Run Lola Run" (June 18, Sony Classics), with Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu.

Jul 27, 1999 from New York Post:
David Zippel, the lyricist of "City of Angels" and "The Goodbye Girl," is writing a musical called "Going Hollywood," which is based on the 1930 comedy "Once in a Lifetime" by George Kaufman and Moss Hart. Jonathan Sheffer, conductor of the EOS Orchestra, is writing the music. Matthew Broderick took part in a staged reading of the show earlier this year at the Roundabout.

from Matthew Broderick Links Page:
Matthew Broderick and Rosie Perez will appear in a reading of Liz Ruccillo's new basketball musical "Joe Fearless" at the Angel Orensanz Theater, 172 Norfolk St., on the Lower East Side. Described as a hybrid of dance, cheerleading, basketball, music and text, the play tracks an ordinary Joe's obsession with the NBA and how his favorite team makes it to the finals after 23 years of trying. It's free, but first-come, first-served - and begins at 8 p.m. Reservations: 212-566-6235.

Jul 25, 1999 from Box Office Guru:
Disney's "Inspector Gadget" was able to secure a superb opening capturing an estimated $22,000,000 over the Friday-to-Sunday period (July 23-25). Fighting crime in 2,814 theaters, the live-action remake of the 1980s cartoon series averaged a stellar $7,829 per precinct. Starring Matthew Broderick, Inspector Gadget performed better than Disney's last two July live-action remakes - 1997's George of the Jungle and last year's The Parent Trap - which had Friday-to-Sunday debuts of $16.1M and $11.1M respectively and the film's also 11th biggest openings of 1999.  According to Buena Vista distribution chief Chuck Viane, Inspector Gadget is reaching a broad audience as moviegoers between the ages of 12 and 17 accounted for 15% of the opening weekend audience while evening showings are attracting huge crowds.

from New York Times:
The most popular volume in the car library is "D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths," a four-tape set on which Paul Newman, Kathleen Turner, Sidney Poitier and Matthew Broderick take turns reading vivid episodes from Olympus. You can listen to those voices forever, which is how long it can take to go the length of the L.I.E. on a Sunday night. If your young listeners are impressionable, you may have some explaining to do: Zeus does some major philandering, and Cronus eats his young. Think of it as a conversation starter.

Jul 22, 1999 fromMatthew Broderick Newsletter:
Since Matthew Broderick has ended his shooting with "You Can Count on Me", he and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker have decided to take a vacation. Where they are going is not yet known but Matthew has said that it will be somewhere in Europe.

Jul 18, 1999

Burbank, CA - Matthew Broderick and Don Adams (the voice of the cartoon, "Inspector Gadget") at the premiere of the movie "Inspector Gadget" at Walt Disney Studios. (Photo by Online USA, Inc.)

Jul 11, 1999
"Night Must Fall", the Broadway chiller starring Matthew Broderick, closed June 27 at the Helen Hayes Theatre, the show's total gross (February 2- June 27) is $2,927,757. Click here to see weekly gross and details.

Jul 8, 1999 from New York Post:

A "Gadget Man" doll, part of McDonald's Happy Meal promotion, will be given away piece by piece, with each part a toy in itself (an arm squirts water, a leg is a pair of pliers, etc.)

Jun 24, 1999
"Inspector Gadget" will be released on July 23.

Jun 9, 1999

New York, NY - Matthew Broderick and Brian Dennehy at the "Tony Awards." (Photo by Twin Images/Online USA Inc.)

from Mr Showbiz:
Matthew Broderick's next project, "You Can Count on Me", is slowly taking shape. Laura Linney ("The Truman Show") will play a single mother whose brother (Mark Ruffalo) returns to their hometown and forges a relationship with his nephew (Rory Culkin — Macaulay's youngest brother). Linney's character has an affair with her boss (Broderick) while considering a marriage proposal from her boyfriend. The film is currently filming in New York.

Jun 2, 1999 from Lycos:

Matthew Broderick (left) and J. Smith-Cameron, stars of the Broadway play "Night Must Fall," introducing performers at a podium during the Stars in the Alley production promoting Broadway theater, New York City, New York, June 2, 1999. (Thanks Marianne!)

May 28, 1999 from New York Post:
Tony news: Add Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Audra McDonald, Alan Cumming, Alec Baldwin and William Hurt to the list of host/presenters on this year's Tony Award telecast.

May 25, 1999 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick ("Night Must Fall"), Bernadette Peters , Cathy Rigby , Valarie Pettiford , Kevin Spacey and Tom Wopat are among the stars expected to appear at the free annual Broadway event, "Stars in the Alley," to be held in Shubert Alley June 2. The concert begins at 11:30 AM in the Alley, located between Broadway and Eighth Aves., and 44th and 45th Streets.

Musical performances will be offered from Broadway's newest shows including Fosse, Footloose, Peter Pan, The Civil War and Annie Get Your Gun as well as past shows like Chicago, Ragtime, Scarlet Pimpernel, Rent, Cats, Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera. Joining Spacey and Broderick in representing Broadway's plays will be hosts Scott Wolf and Edie Falco and the newest cast of Art (Buck Henry, Wayne Knight and George Segal).

May 4, 1999 from Yahoo! News:
By Liz Smith - Matthew Broderick hosts the opening ceremony of this year's AIDS Walk New York on May 16 in Central Park. Matthew is stepping in for Tony Randall, who has performed this duty for years. But Tony and family are out of the country this time.

Apr 27, 1999

Matthew Broderick arriving at The David Letterman Show in New York City. (Photo by Big Pictures) (Thanks Marianne!)

Apr 25, 1999 from Paws Across America:
Stage and screen stars Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker return as Honorary Co-Chairs for the sixth annual Pets, People & Parks event at Van Cortlandt park, Sunday, April 25, 1999, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Apr 22, 1999 from Playbill:
The timetable for the Dodger Endemol Theatrical Productions revival of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" is for early 2000, with rehearsals beginning in December. It was previously mentioned as a fall 1999 possibility.

Any production of "The Music Man" -- about a slick, corrupt traveling salesman won over by Marian the Librarian in Rover City, IA -- hinges on a titular star. The names Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Matthew Broderick were mentioned in the press for the role of Prof. Harold Hill, but no cast is announced.
 

Apr 20, 1999 from Playbill:
Emlyn Williams' Night Must Fall, which opened in March 8 at the Lyceum Theatre, reopens tonight at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production was scheduled to close April 11, but star Matthew Broderick decides to stay on with the show, making the transfer viable. The thriller focuses on a psychopathic bellboy and the spell he casts on several women in an English country house.

Apr 19, 1999

Matthew Broderick at the premiere of "Election." Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood Blvd. (Photo by LFI/GDG) (Thanks Marianne!)

Apr 18, 1999 from Northern California Movies:

Marin Independent Journal - Matthew Broderick signs an autograph outside the Rafael Theater before the premiere of "Election." Fourth Street in San Rafael buzzed with Oscars-night electricity last nigt, Saturday, April 17 as a dressed-to-the-hilt throng of movie buffs turned out for the official opening of the Rafael Film Center. A packed house burst into applause as the first images of the three-screen film center's first public showing - the world premiere of "Election," starring Matthew Broderick - flickered on the screen in the main theater just after 7:30 p.m. Broderick was in the audience for the movie, arriving 10 minutes before show time in a stretch limousine. (Photo by Jeff Vendsel)

Apr 15, 1999 from Playbill:
Last month, Hartford Stage lost its original star of "The Death of Papa", Matthew Broderick, when the actor opted to remain with the National Actors Theatre's Broadway staging of Emlyn Williams' "Night Must Fall." Rather than scrap the production, artistic director Michael Wilson decided to proceed, recasting Broderick's role with Andrew McCarthy. McCarthy only just completed a run as James Tyrone, Jr., in Hartford's revival of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. He is best known, however, for his many roles in "Brat Pack" films such as "Pretty in Pink" and "St. Elmo's Fire."

Apr 14, 1999 from Mr. Showbiz:
"Election" will be released on this April 23.
Nearly fifteen years after taking a day off, Ferris Bueller is finally going back to high school … only this time, he's on the faculty! Matthew Broderick plays Jim McAllister, a popular teacher and the student government adviser at George Washington Carver High. Jim enjoys helping his students mature and thinks he has a pretty good life — right up to the moment he tangles with Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), a determined Little Miss Extracurricular gunning for the student body presidency. Cool, intimidating Tracy runs unopposed until a peeved Jim convinces a popular, dim-bulb football player (Chris Klein) to jump into the mix, seriously upsetting her plans. This means war! Director Alexander Payne demonstrated a deft touch for dark comedy with Citizen Ruth, and Election has been quietly building some seriously killer buzz ever since last fall, when it was originally slated for an October release.

Apr 8, 1999 from Playbill:
It sounded too good to be true. "Night Must Fall," the Broadway chiller starring Matthew Broderick, was to move from the Lyceum Theatre to the Helen Hayes Theatre in just two days, ending at the former April 11 and reopening at the latter April 13.

Like the psycho lead character who cons an old lady into thinking he's a sweetheart, the news was too good to be true. According to the Springer/Chicoine press office, Night Must Fall will take another week to load in its scenery and do some "tweaking," pushing the reopening night to Tuesday, April 20.

The move of "Night Must Fall" came as something of a surprise to the theatre community, for -- though the revival of the Emlyn Williams thriller garnered a positive notice from the Times -- it was always understood that the show would end on schedule, due to Broderick's commitment to appear in "The Death of Papa," a new Horton Foote play premiering at CT's Hartford Stage, May 27. A spokesperson for the National Actors Theatre said Broderick had given up that play to stay with "Night Must Fall."

Emlyn Williams' potboiler tells of a psychopathic bellboy and the spell he casts on several women in an English country house. The show began previews on Feb. 2 and opened March 8 at the Lyceum, with a cast of Broderick, J. Smith-Cameron, Judy Parfitt, Michael Countryman, Seana Kofoed, Patricia Kilgarriff and Peter McRobbie. John Tillinger (The Exact Center of the Universe) directs.

Mar 22, 1999 from Playbill:
NY's Ensemble Studio Theatre will present their annual gala supper and performance entitled, Gala '99, saluting Bradley J. Siegel, March 22. Siegel is the president of Turner Network Television (TNT) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

The evening will be hosted by Lucie Arnaz (Lost in Yonkers), with special guest artists Matthew Broderick, Boyd Gaines, Rusty Magee, and a dinner reading of Wendy Wasserstein's one-act, Tender Offer. (EST premiered the show in 1982.) Arnaz's husband, Laurence Luckinbill, is currently doing his one-man show, Clarence Darrow Tonight, at E.S.T.

Mar 21, 1999

Mar 19, 1999 from Back Satge:
Stars from Broadway, movies, TV and cabaret will gather Sat., March 20, for a 12-hour free music marathon, saluting composer Frank Loesser. Highlights, celebrating the composer of such classics as "Guys and Dolls" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," include a trio of Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Vickie Clark; Betty Comden and Adolph Green singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside," and the cast of "Titanic" pleading "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat." Entitled "Wall to Wall Frank Loesser," the event is Symphony Space's 29th musical gift to New York, and takes place at the Space's facility, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. Information: (212) 864-1414, Ext. 403 or the website at www.symphonyspace.org.

Mar 12, 1999 from Mr Showbiz:
Actor Matthew Broderick is no stranger to Broadway, and he's done a bit of nudity in the course of his movie career. But don't expect him to combine the two for an upcoming stage production of "Night Must Fall."

According to a report in USA Today, the buns on display in the first few moments of the new show, which opens Monday, belong to assistant stage manager David Dartley. The '80s teen icon reportedly wasn't asked to perform the scenes himself, but told the paper he wouldn't mind appearing nude in the right circumstances.

Fans who caught Alan Parker's 1994 period comedy "The Road to Wellville," in which Broderick starred alongside Anthony Hopkins and Bridget Fonda, were treated to a few glimpses of their hero in the buff. And, going a little bit further back, Broderick was briefly shirtless in 1985's "Ladyhawke."

"Night Must Fall," which opens Monday, is a Depression-era period thriller. Broderick is a three-time Tony nominee, and has twice won the prestigious theater award, for his performances in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

It's probably safe to assume nudity won't be an issue in either of Broderick's next two movies: He plays a history teacher who schemes against a popular student in Paramount's "Election," and he'll reincarnate a popular '80s cartoon character in the Disney-produced live-action remake of "Inspector Gadget."

Mar 11, 1999 from Playbill:

Celebrating Night Must Fall's opening night Mar. 8 are star Matthew Broderick and his wife, Sarah Jessica Parker.

Mar 9, 1999 from NewsCom:
Actress Bebe Neuwirth leads the fight against adult illiteracy with a live, on-line cybercast of a celebrity-designed story in New York Tuesday, March 9, 1999. Story contributions for "A Patchwork of Literacy" came from Rosie O'Donnell, Mercedes Ruehl and Matthew Broderick, among others. Neuwirth appeared on the world's largest Internet television network (www.pseudo.com) to promote the 1999 Tic Tac Incredible Reading Rally for Literacy Volunteers of America.

Mar 6, 1999

Matthew Broderick at Aggie's Restaurant on Houston St. in Manhattan, NY. (Photos by Daily News Pix)

Mar 5, 1999 from Playbill:
Matthew Broderick, J. Smith-Cameron and Judy Parfitt finally step out of the shadows of Broadway previews March 8, when the National Actors Theatre staging of "Night Must Fall" opens at the Lyceum Theatre. The limited run continues to April 18. Previews began Feb. 2.

The 1935 Emlyn Williams thriller is directed by John Tillinger (Broadway's Getting and Spending and The Sunshine Boys) on a set by James Noone in tones of black, white and gray. The visual experience is akin to an eerie, black-and-white movie, according to insiders. Lighting is by Brian MacDevitt.

The Feb. 16 announcement of recasting, a matter of "creative differences" (according to a production spokesperson), bumped the official opening of the revival to March 8 rather than the  previously announced Feb. 21.

National Actors Theatre general manager Fred Walker previously told Playbill that no matter how positive potential reviews are, there can be no significant extension with Broderick in the role because of the actor's commitment to appear in Horton Foote's The Death of Papa May 27-June 27 at the Hartford Stage in Connecticut.

Mar 1999
Matthew's 1997 play, "The Death of Papa" has returned at Hartford Stage on May 27-June 27, 1999. Check out for more info at www.artsafterdark.com/stage.html

from Boxoffice Online:
Ryan Phillippe's favorite Columbia film, though, is 'Glory' (1989). "I loved that movie," he says. "I've probably seen it eight times. Matthew Broderick's performance was so underrated. I think it's beautiful. That scene around the campfire when they're about to go to war, and Denzel says they're the only family he ever had'it consistently makes me cry. Or at least get teary-eyed."

Feb 15, 1999

At New York's Legendary Radio City Hall, ESPN hosted their 7th annual "ESPY" Awards. Picture shows Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. (Photo by Big Pictures) (Thanks Marianne!)

Jan 24, 1999

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles CA. (Photo by FWD) (Thanks Marianne!)

Jan 18, 1999 from Back Satge:
Matthew Broderick will be returning to Broadway in the National Actors Theatre's revival of Emlyn Williams' mystery, "Night Must Fall." He will star opposite British actress Judy Parfitt in performances beginning Tues., Feb. 2. The official opening is Sun., Feb. 21 at the Lyceum Theatre, 149 W 45th St...