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Dec 9, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) - Alec Baldwin is in negotiations to take on his first starring role in several years in the Walt Disney Co. mob project "Providence." Baldwin will star opposite Matthew Broderick in the film, which was originally inspired by the true story of a sting operation in Providence, R.I.

It revolves around a young filmmaker (Broderick) who is given millions of dollars to make his first movie by a mysterious benefactor (Baldwin) on the condition that he shoot it in Providence. But the filmmaker eventually discovers that his film's producer is an undercover FBI agent.

Nov 25, 2002 from Newsday:
It's already a charmed life for James Wilke Broderick, new baby of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Reportedly, the new daddy presented his wife with a smashing 14-karat gold charm bracelet to celebrate the baby's arrival. Designed by Tracey Zabar (yes, that Zabar, of food emporium fame), the bracelet has about 25 dangling charms, including one of a stork. The jeweler's work is no stranger to Parker, who as Carrie Bradshaw donned a Zabar bracelet for a couple of "Sex and the City" episodes, though that one had only one charm, an enameled pink shoe.

Nov 22, 2002 from New York Post:
"Pinocchio" is set to open on Christmas Day. But the Miramax film, which broke all records in Italy, still has to be dubbed into English. Roberto ("Life Is Beautiful") Benigni spent two weeks looping, "and he doesn't like it. He doesn't want his voice in the movie," one source says. Benigni wrote, directed and stars in the release. Here to unveil the Pinocchio-themed Christmas windows at FAO Schwarz last night, Benigni met with Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein Wednesday. They discussed possibly getting Michael J. Fox or Matthew Broderick, or auditioning unknowns.

from Yahoo! News:
Celebrities from film, music, and TV were asked to create art based on the theme of seaside memories, all auctioned off to benefit Icross, an organization that works to provide home care for AIDS orphans in east Africa. More than 400 people attended the gala, including Phil Collins, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, director Roman Polanski, show biz couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, and actresses Cate Blanchett and Angelica Houston, according to the Irish Examiner newspaper.

Nov 20, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
Matthew Broderick is among speakers who will discuss curriculum-based lessons using the new PBS series "Freedom: A History of Us" on Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 4 to 7 p.m. at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center 165 West 65th Street, Plaza Level, New York, NY 10023.

Nov 19, 2002

For the Nov. 17-18 "Short Talks on the Universe" benefit, Matthew Broderick starred in Jon Robin Baitz's "Show People," playing Satan himself, opposite a hell-bound producer (Tony Roberts). "Short Talks on the Universe" was a two-night only evening of world premiere short plays written and performed by some of theatre's best. (Photo by Playbill)

Nov 17, 2002 from FYI London:
Sarah Jessica Parker is denying reports that having a baby son saved her rocky marriage to Matthew Broderick. "We've never been happier," says the Sex and the City star. "Our son's the icing on the cake." Meanwhile, she refuses to comment on reports she's pulling out of her hit show to devote herself to motherhood.

Nov 10, 2002 from New York Times:
Next Sunday Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, Matthew Broderick, Anjelica Huston, Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury and others will perform in short plays written by Nora Ephron, Steve Martin, Jules Feiffer and others at the Eugene O'Neill Theater, 230 West 49th Street, to benefit Friends in Deed, which supports people with life-threatening illnesses, and the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, N.Y. The show, at 7, will be followed by a cocktail reception at Noche, 1604 Broadway (48th Street). Tickets, $1,000, from (800) 996-5433.

Nov 5, 2002 from Splash News:
New York - Just one week after Sarah Jessica Parker gave birth to son James Broderick, shes looking well rested as she goes shopping while husband Matthew Broderick stays home tending to James. Parker is seen entering and leaving the building where she bought items from "The Upper Breast Side". then she stopped at Starbucks for a drink. After Parker returns home, Broderick takes his turn going out on his motor scooter while James is in mom Sarah's care.

Nov 3, 2002 from New York Post:
When Fran Berkowitz, mother of publicist Ron Berkowitz, was seated next to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at Shun Lee, she predicted Parker would give birth the day after she ate Chinese food, just as Fran did with her son Mark in 1973. The next day, Parker had her baby.

Nov 1, 2002 from AP:
NEW YORK - "Sex and the City" TV star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick, left the hospital Friday with their newborn son, named James after Broderick's father. "I'm very well," said Parker, cradling James Wilke Broderick in a pale green pashmina outside Lenox Hill Hospital. "He's perfect." The 6-pound, 8-ounce boy (2.9-kilogram), born Monday, was named for Broderick's father, James, a theater actor who starred in the 1970s TV series "Family," Parker spokeswoman Ina Treciokas said Friday. James Broderick died in 1981.

Parker, wearing a black dress and jacket, posed with Broderick and their sleeping baby for about 100 photographers and fans waiting outside the hospital. "Thanks for caring," she said. "It must be a slow news week." Parker and Broderick live in Manhattan. "Everybody is totally over the moon and ready to go home" said Simon Halls, a spokesman for Broderick. "They're all doing great," Treciokas said. "Everything went smoothly."

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick leave Lenox Hill Hospital with their newborn baby James Wilke Broderick Friday, Nov. 1, 2002 in New York. (Photos by AP)

from Pagesix.com:
Rider McDowell might deserve some credit - besides Matthew Broderick - for the baby boy Sarah Jessica birthed earlier this week. McDowell was a New York thriller writer ("Wimbledon" and "Mercy Man") before he moved to Carmel, Calif., and developed Airborne, an herbal cold remedy. The elixir developed a cult-like following among Hollywood-types who dose themselves before getting on germ-packed planes. Last year, McDowell got a panicked call from the "Sex and the City" star's office. She and Matthew wouldn't leave for Greece and Italy without Airborne, but the stuff wasn't yet sold in New York. So McDowell sent their limo driver to his publicist on East 57th for a bottle of the concoction. It's just possible that if Sarah Jessica hadn't gotten the Airborne, she would have gotten a cold that would have prevented conception.

Oct 31, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Three days after welcoming their baby boy, Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick were still holed up in Lenox Hill Hospital yesterday, trying to settle on the lad's name. Reps for the star couple insist that the delivery went well and that the 6-pound, 8-ounce infant couldn't be healthier. So why is the family living in the obstetrics ward, rather than in their West Village townhouse? "With all the media swarming outside, they feel comfortable at the hospital," said a friend. "They like the security at the hospital." Broderick's spokesman, Simon Halls, maintains that "they aren't guided by the press. They just had a kid, and I think they were exhausted."

The new parents are hoping to head off the crazy paparazzi race for the first photo of the infant. Parker's rep said the couple plans to stage a photo-op with the just-minted celebrity, thereby causing the price of his picture to plummet. As for the tyke's name, Halls said, "They aren't withholding it. I don't think they've decided. They didn't know if they were going to have a girl or boy, so they've wanted some time to figure it out." Whenever they do muster the courage to leave their hospital womb, the little one will find a whole lot of loot awaiting him.

People magazine reports that the parents and their friends have already outfitted the nursery with: A $2,100 Silver Stream baby carriage, which caught Parker's eye while she was shooting an episode of "Sex and the City." The 125-year-old British company, which provided a pram for Prince Charles, sent her one gratis. A $699 Dutch-made Bugaboo Frog Stroller, also given to Parker after she took a shine to it during another "Sex" episode. Blankets, bibs, rompers and cashmere leopard-print booties from Z'Baby. A $500 handstitched and hand-painted velvet rocking dragon from toyrocker.com. No wonder Parker's "Sex" co-star Kim Cattrall says she's been doing some "intense shopping" while in Europe: She can't think of anything "this baby doesn't already have."

Oct 30, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick spent much of yesterday catching up on their winks after the wee-hour arrival of their first child on Monday morning. "Mom, dad and baby are all asleep," Parker's rep, Ina Treciokas, told us yesterday afternoon. "It's been such an adrenaline rush. They haven't slept in about a day." The couple raced to Lenox Hill Hospital on Sunday after seeing "A Man of No Importance" at Lincoln Center the night before.

The "Sex and the City" actress and her hubby, who starred on Broadway in "The Producers," weren't releasing the name of the baby - though Treciokas said that it isn't David, as another paper reported. She did divulge that he weighed in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces and is 19-1/2 inches long. "He's healthy, she's healthy and the father's elated," said Treciokas.

The spokeswoman said Parker and Broderick "have no plans to release any photos at the moment." So the paparazzi- scramble for the first shot of mother and child is still on. "It's gotten out of hand," said one friend, who has heard that lensmen have gone so far as to rent apartments near the couple's West Village home. The new parents have cleared their schedules. Parker isn't due back on her hit show until after Jan. 1.

from Pagesix.com:
Oh, my god! Only one day after Sarah Jessica Parker gave birth to their son, it appears hubby Matthew Broderick is stepping out with Jamie-Lynn Sigler of Broadway's "Beauty and the Beast." Actually it's just Matt's wax status striking a pose at Madame Tussaud's on 42nd Street yesterday, where Sigler was pushing "Kids Night on Broadway," benefiting the Maimonides Medical Center's pediatric department.

Oct 29, 2002 from New York Post:
The 37-year-old "Sex and the City" star gave birth after only an hour of pushing, sources tell The Post. Sarah Jessica Parker is one sexy mama now. The "Sex and the City" siren gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in the wee hours yesterday morning at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side, sources said. A placard on the door to the star's private, heavily guarded sixth-floor room revealed the baby's name, "David Perkins Broderick."

Oct 22, 2002 from New York Post:
The big prize all the sharp-elbowed paparazzi want to collect - when it happens - is the first photo of Sarah Jessica Parker with her baby. The exclusive photo could be worth more than $200,000, so shutterbugs are already staking out the West Village brownstone of Matthew Broderick and his wife. And the most aggressive of them all, Ken Katz, who once nearly came to blows with John Kennedy, has been chasing away rivals, especially British photographers who the 250-pound Katz feels have no right to work here. Three of them have filed police complaints against Katz.

Oct 18, 2002 from IMDb.com:
"Sex And The City" actress Sarah Jessica Parker gave away the sex of her soon-to-be-born baby during a last-minute shopping spree. The style-conscious screen star, who's due to give birth any moment now to hers and husband Matthew Broderick's first child, stepped out to do some baby shopping on October 13. Parker, 37, spent two hours at an Ikea store in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where she bought baby clothespins, a blue-and-white bib, some pillows and a toy workmen's bench - boldly indicating that her new offspring will be a member of the male species.

Oct 16, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker is due in the maternity ward any day now, and hubby Matthew Broderick says the baby's room is ready. "We already have a lot of stuff," he told us Tuesday night at the Lucille Lortel Theater reading of the J.M. Barrie play "What Every Woman Knows." Broderick has also designed a limited-edition disk for AOL's celebrity series of its 8.0 release with a sketch of an empty cradle and the message, "I wonder what he or she will look like?"

Oct 14, 2002

Matthew Broderick poses with actress J. Smith-Cameron after the "What Every Woman Knows" reading on October 14, 2002 at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City. (Photos by Getty Images)

from Yahoo! News:

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE) AOL creates 8 exclusive, celebrity-designed AOL disks to celebrate new AOL version 8.0 unique designs from Matthew Broderick, Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Hurley, Enrique Iglesias, Magic Johnson, Donna Karan, Kate Spade, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep to be unveiled October 15. Matthew Broderick - Whether he is playing Ferris Bueller or Leo Bloom in the Broadway hit, "The Producers," this Emmy and Tony-Nominated stage and screen star is loved the world over for his quick wit and boyish charm. It's clear this father-to-be is artistically talented as well. Matthew Broderick's design is benefiting Project A.L.S.

Oct 11, 2002 from New York Times:
Next month Mike Nichols is to be host of a two-night event at the O'Neill Theater for two of his favorite causes: Friends In Deed, which provides emotional succor to the terminally ill; and the Bay Street Theater, in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

He will be picking up seven new short plays by Steve Martin, Nora Ephron, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally, George C. Wolfe, Jon Robin Baitz and Mr. Nichols's old comedy partner, Elaine May. The playlets will be performed by a few other famous friends — Emma Thompson, Matthew Broderick and Angela Lansbury among them — at the O'Neill on Nov. 17 and 18. Tickets for the show, "Short Talks on the Universe," will run $250 to $500, and can be purchased by calling (212) 239-6200.

Oct 10, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jim Henson Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have cast acclaimed actor Matthew Broderick and up-and-coming young performer Liam Aiken (this summer's "Road to Perdition") in the lead roles for their family adventure comedy "Good Boy!." In the film, Broderick will provide the voice of lead dog Hubble, and Aiken will play Hubble's "owner," Owen. A completely original take on a "boy and his dog" story, "Good Boy!" will mix a talented live-action cast with CGI-enhanced canine co-stars. Brittany Murphy ("8 Mile," MGM's upcoming comedy "Molly Gunn") and Carl Reiner (last year's smash "Ocean's Eleven") have also been cast as voices in the film's canine coterie, while Saturday Night Live comedy alums Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon will play Owen's mother and father. Production began on the film in Vancouver, British Columbia, on August 26th, 2002.

Oct 9, 2002 from WNYC:
Matthew Broderick joined Dean Olsher for an evening of comedy, theater and music with some of New York's most entertaining writers and performers at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. On the program: novelist Meg Wolitzer performs "My Hobby," a multi-media monologue; members of the Naked Angels Theater Company present a short play by Kenneth Lonergan; improv from humorists Henry Alford and Mark O'Donnell; and Ukrainian music by Andriy Milavsky and Cheres.

from Playbill:
"Beauty Runs on Light Feet," a drama written specially for radio by Kenneth Longeran, will be acted by Matthew Broderick and J. Smith Cameron at downtown Manhattan's Joe's Pub on Oct. 9. The performance will be recorded and later played on the WNYC radio program, "The Next Big Thing," an arts show which will go nationwide in January. The airing of "Beauty" will take place this fall on a date later to be announced. "The Next Big Thing" plays in New York City Sundays 11 AM-12 noon (ET) on WNYC 93.9 FM and 1-2 PM on WNYC AM 820. The live taping is co-produced by the Naked Angels Theater Company, and directed by Brian Smith.

Matthew Broderick walks away from his house October 9, 2002 in New York City. (Photos by Getty Images)

Oct 8, 2002 from Salon.com:
Over the weekend, the very pregnant "Sex and the City" star was apparently having one of those impassioned nesting episodes that overwhelm women nearing their due date (hers is in a couple of weeks). In preparation for the big day, Parker, clad in a belly-baring tee (and that's some belly!) and overall shorts, was sweeping up leaves in front of her Greenwich Village home. Her husband, Matthew Broderick, was right there by her side, clutching his own broom.

"It was like American Gothic 'Sex and the City'-style," said one witness, who said he was almost run down by the violently sweeping Parker. "They were in their own bubble of domesticity," he added. "And they were serious about those leaves." Next perhaps, they will be cleaning the stoop with toothbrushes. Parker's also showing trademark signs of irritability. During a visit to the Village's CafŽ Doma on Monday, she all but lost it when a fellow coffee-sipper's cellphone rang too loudly for her taste. "It says right there on the wall, 'No Cell Phones'!" she snapped. Clearly, mama Jessica will have no problems with discipline. (Thanks, Karen!)

Sep 30, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Matthew Broderick is in negotiations to star in "Providence," a Hollywood-meets-the mob story for Disney and screenwriter Jeff Nathanson, who will make his directorial debut with the film. Broderick will play a movie director and writer who finds a financier for his project, only to discover the producer is an undercover FBI agent working on a sting operation involving the mob.

The film was inspired by the true story of a sting operation in Providence, R.I., focusing on two gangstersworking for the late Mafioso John Gotti. Producers optioned the life rights to the principals' stories about the sting operation that brought down the mob kingpin. The picture now has a greenlight and is expected to begin production early next year.

from IMDb.com:
Mother-to-be Sarah Jessica Parker's baby is already getting the royal treatment. The Sex And The City beauty, who is due to give birth to her first child with husband Matthew Broderick next month, fell in love with a luxury Silver Stream Carriage, when one of the pricey $2,500 prams was featured on her show. Parker reportedly ordered one in black from the company, which is the official supplier to the royals at Britain's Buckingham Palace.

Sep 18, 2002 from Playbill:
The TV movie musical, "The Music Man," will air on ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" Feb. 23, 2003, introducing a new generation to Meredith Willson's Americana-rich yarn about a salesman who brings "Trouble" and joy to River City, Iowa.

Production on the telepic took place in Toronto (and a small Ontario town for exterior shots) April 16-July 21 and the TV movie is currently being edited, a production source told Playbill On-Line. Matthew Broderick stars as shady charmer Prof. Harold Hill, who falls in love with the town librarian, Marian Paroo (Kristin Chenoweth), after he flim-flams the citizens into buying marching uniforms, instruments and lessons for a boys' band.

Sep 16, 2002 from IMDb.com:
Movie star Matthew Broderick is planning an agonizing trip back to Ireland to visit the family of the mother and daughter he accidentally killed in a car crash 15 years ago. The actor, 40, hopes the meeting with the family of Anna Gallagher, 30, and Margaret Doherty, 63, will help him ditch the guilt that has been dogging him ever since the tragedy in Northern Ireland in 1987 - and help him become the perfect father for his soon-to-arrive first baby. Broderick was holidaying with his then-girlfriend Jennifer Grey, of Dirty Dancing fame, when his rented BMW slammed into the car Anna Gallagher was driving, instantly killing the driver and her mum, who was a passenger. His wife Sarah Jessica Parker is well aware of the pain her husband goes through whenever he thinks back to the tragedy and she's given the trip her blessing. A pal tells American tabloid Globe, "The timing is no accident. Matthew's praying that with his baby will come some kind of closure to a torment that has haunted him. Sarah has lived through Matthew's agony over the tragedy for as long as she has known him and she believes that making peace with the family will help put his anguish to rest." And the family of the dead mother and daughter are prepared to open their hearts to Broderick when he makes the trip back to his holiday home in Kilcar, County Donegal. Martin Doherty says, "I would like to reassure him that there are no bad feelings and that we realize this accident has troubled him." Broderick spent a month in a Belfast, Northern Ireland hospital after the crash with a fractured leg and ribs and a collapsed lung. He was initially charged with causing death by dangerous driving, which carried a prison sentence, but he was eventually found guilty of careless driving and fined.

Sep 13, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
Hit talk show hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa are heading to another daypart in Regis & Kelly in Primetime, a one-hour ABC special airing on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. ET. Guests will include Oscar winner Ben Affleck and Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick.

Sep 12, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
Backstage.com - The 16th annual Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) will be held on Sun., Sept 22 in Shubert Alley and on West 44th Street between 10 am and 7 pm. The Grand Auction caps the daylong event, beginning at 4:30 pm. Among the items up for bid this year include rare theatrical memorabilia signed by Edward Albee, Lauren Bacall, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Broderick, Carol Burnett, Elton John, Eartha Kitt, Nathan Lane, etc.

Sep 8, 2002 from Newsday:
September 9: Brave New World. Theater marathon commemorating the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; host of celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Keitel, Cynthia Nixon, Jerry Herman, Jules Feiffer, Arthur Laurents, Mercedes Ruehl, many others, through Sept. 11, Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., $35-$100.

Aug 21, 2002 from E! Online:

"Sexy City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, here with newly mustached happy hubby Matthew Broderick, dresses for two at the New York Hairspray premiere. In a Narciso Rodriguez black chiffon baby-doll cocktail dress and silver heels, she raises the bar for expectant women everywhere. And thumbs up for the blown straight bob. That frizzy moptop was way too Bette Midler, circa 1981. (Photo by ImageDirect)

Aug 20, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
As Carrie in the U.S. television hit "Sex and the City," actress Sarah Jessica Parker is an urban chick who would not be seen dead clicking her Manolo Blahnik heels outside New York, but off-screen it is the peace of the Irish countryside she truly yearns for. "I feel I could learn to knit and earn a living in Ireland," Parker told Vogue magazine. Parker and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick, regularly jet over to the wilds of County Donegal, on the rugged northwestern tip of Ireland, and according to reports, have splashed out on a holiday home there.

Aug 19, 2002 from New York Post:
Sarah Jessica Parker says she and hubby Matthew Broderick are keeping the sex of their first baby a surprise. "The suspense is important to us," says the blond star of "Sex and the City"

"Getting pregnant was a surprise in the first place. We weren't really planning it, although we were thrilled when it did happen, and we thought we'd keep the sex a surprise, too." Parker is due to give birth at the end of October and says she's made no attempt to find out whether the child a girl or a boy. Once the stork arrives, Parker plans to take time off work until February, when she's set to begin filming the HBO hit's next season.

Producers have had to conceal her tummy on the show after deciding her real-life pregnancy would not be written into the storyline. And the actress told yesterday's edition of London's Mail there's absolutely no chance of her character, Carrie, ever having a baby. "For one thing, Cynthia Nixon's character, Miranda, just had a baby, and simply in logistical terms, one baby on the show is hard enough to cope with," she said. "Besides, I wouldn't want Carrie to have a child. It wouldn't be right for her."

Aug 17, 2002 from New York Post:

Oh, Baby! The Great White Way meets the family way as Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the "Hairspray" after-party. (Photo by Getty Images)

Aug 15, 2002

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker arrive at the Neil Simon Theatre for the premiere of the Broadway musical "Hairspray" Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002 in New York. "Hairspray" is based on John Waters' 1988 movie about an overweight girl in Baltimore who wants to become a regular on an afterschool pop music television show. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

from New York Post:
Sighting: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker yukking it up at Estia's Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor.

from Yahoo! News:
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Don't be surprised if Mel Brooks makes an appearance in "The Producers" when it plays the Pantages Theatre in L.A. starting in May. As for Brooks playing a role, he says it could be that of the judge in the final scene -- and it would only be a guest appearance. As for the international companies, he now says London won't be until 2004 -- Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane do not have previously sought availabilities. And, Brooks says, "Germany wants it badly!," with companies in Berlin and Munich as well as Vienna asking.

Aug 11, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Another night at Silvano: It was a typical Thursday at Da Silvano. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick were followed into the fast track's favorite Italian restaurant by designer Marc Jacobs, who stopped at an outdoor table to show friends his chic new glasses.

The Villagers: Classic Greenwich Village, long overshadowed by trendier Tribeca, is becoming celebrity central. On the tree-lined, old-New York streets around Washington Square and further west on Charles and W. 13th Sts., you could bump into Julia Roberts, Ione Skye, Billy Crudup and Mary Louise Parker, Justin Theroux, model Stella Tennant, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Spotted apartment-shopping in the 'hood: Lorraine Bracco and Michelle Williams.

When they get the inevitable urge for neighborhood activism, thereÕs a hot issue on their doorsteps: a plan to expand a nearby PATH train station and dig new entrances that will permanently narrow Christopher St. Neighbors fear construction and traffic nightmares and threats to local landmarks and businesses. Though federal officials recently delayed groundbreaking, people still expect the worst and hope the new high-profile villagers will help. "Hollywood celebrities make lots of bad movies," says protest leader Lynda West. "We hope our celebrities can turn this movie into a good one."

Aug 10, 2002 from Playbill:
You can't see Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in Broadway's "The Producers" anymore, but you can see their pallid, waxy doppelgangers on 42nd Street. Madame Tussaud's, the London-based wax museum which lures millions of tourists to its doors each year, recently unveiled at its 42nd Street branch figures of actors Lane and Broderick as their "Producers" characters Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom. The two performers posed for the wax statues.

from IMDb.com:
"Sex And The City" actress Kristin Davis envies co-star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick - because relationships are easier when both partners are famous. The sultry brunette, who plays prudish Charlotte York in the hit TV show, has found it difficult dating men who are not as well known as her - because it's bad for their egos. She explains, "When Matthew and Sarah go to a big party together, it's easy because they're obviously equals in terms of fame and they're married, so they pose together for photographs and everyone's happy. But I once dated someone who an actor, yet not hugely famous, and when I took him to premieres it was difficult. Photographers would want to take pictures of me - which IDs what I was there for, as part of my job - but should I hold my boyfriend's hand and insist on having him in the picture, or should I move away from him so they could get a shot of me alone? Sometimes the photographers would yell at him, 'Move! You're in the way!' The color would drain out of his face and my heart would break. It was terrible."

Aug 2, 2002 from New York Post:
By Liz Smith - Although the new musical "Hairspray" doesn't open until Aug. 15, it would be hard to top the enthusiasm of preview audiences and I can't imagine how they are going to make opening night equal this phenomenon.

Last week's audience included Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Hamilton, Barry Manilow, Cynthia McFadden, Ellen Davis, Eric Avram, Dasha Epstein, Eileen Fulton, etc. But people really went wild when Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick arrived. Whispers that seemed to sibilantly say "Sex and the City . . . sex and the city" rolled through the crowd. The expectant twosome whispered quietly in each other's ears, put their arms around one another, held hands and smiled.

Jul 31, 2002

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at Angus McIndoe restaurant on West 44th St. (Photo by PageSix)

Jul 28, 2002 from Toronto Star:
Star Gazing is in a support group for "Sex And The City." So with great expectations we dashed over to Sotto Sotto last Saturday night to check out a wrap dinner for "The Music Man," which happens to star Matthew Broderick, husband of SATC lead Sarah Jessica Parker. Parker, as anyone who watched Letterman knows, was in town to pick up hubby, and we reasoned that she would be at the dinner. But no show.

There were, however, Music Man co-stars Molly Shannon (who appears on "Sex And The City" this season) and Victor Garber, and "Will & Grace"'s Sean Hayes, in T.O. for the Martin & Lewis TV movie. But Parker materialized with Broderick at Sotto Sotto on Monday night. The next night she took in the 7 o'clock screening of "About A Boy" at the Varsity. She was solo, with no glossy posse, her hands resting on her bump. Parker is pregnant, expecting her first child in September. Could the movie's title be a portent?

And how great a dad will Broderick be? He was at Bistro 990 having a quiet martini when he noticed the 7-year-old son of a Bistro staffer staring at him with saucer eyes. The kid idolized Broderick from "Inspector Gadget." Broderick called him over and entertained him for 10 minutes. Needless to say, the child was thrilled. Parker and Broderick talked baby talk over dinner at Flo's Diner on Thursday.

Jul 26, 2002 from New York Post:
"Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick are on the move - from Greenwich Village to TriBeCa. A source told The Post the pregnant Parker spent four days clearing out the celebrity couple's Charlton Street townhouse for the move downtown.

"Four huge moving trucks came and took everything away - she must need a bigger place," the source said. Parker's rep said only that the actress was not moving out of the city. Rumors swirled earlier this year that Parker and former "Producers" star Broderick were on the outs, but word broke in April the couple is expecting a baby in the fall.

Jul 25, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Sarah Jessica Parker is up in Toronto with hubby Matthew Broderick, who's there shooting a new version of "The Music Man." While Broderick shines up his 76 trombones, Parker has been catching up on her movies. She checked out "About a Boy" by herself. Meanwhile, we hear the expectant couple is about ready to move into the West Village townhouse the two have spent months renovating.

Jun 26, 2002 from IMDb.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker was taken by surprise when she discovered she was pregnant - but shocked and horrified that the media found out so soon afterwards. The svelte beauty, married to actor Matthew Broderick, decided to keep the news of her pregnancy quiet until she'd safely completed her first trimester. But in early April, American gossip columnist Liz Smith was tipped off, and when the couple was called for comment, Parker and her husband made a "mad dash" to tell relatives before it was splashed across tabloids the following day. Parker says, "Neither of us was able to call all the people we wanted to and we felt bad. People's feeling were hurt." The actress explains that she really was surprised by the good news, adding, "I think to say you want a family implies that you're at home on certain given days really focusing and trying. But that just wasn't the case. My husband and I had been working in separate cities and were on different schedules. We were not expecting the doctor to say, 'You're pregnant.' It was a wonderful surprise."

Jun 19, 2002 from Broadway.com:
Original "Producers" stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick may reunite for a London production of the hit musical. Creator Mel Brooks told Variety's Army Archerd that the pair would play a six-month run in the West End mounting beginning in either December 2003 or January 2004.

Jun 18, 2002 from New York Post:
Meanwhile, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick, expecting their first child, have hired celebrity dog trainer Bash Dibra to make Sally, their border collie, more baby-friendly. "I'm going to have [Sally] watch the baby being fed, diapered and be around the infant as much as possible," Dibra said at Nirvana.

Jun 16, 2002 from New York Post:
Father's Day. It's like Mother's Day only the gifts are cheaper. The Hollywood father, of course, is a category unto itself. Hollywood kids always have a problem. It's not so much a question of what to buy, it's whom to give it to.

We have deadbeat dads and do-it-yourself dads. Gay fathers, sterile fathers, biological fathers, non-biological fathers and multiple-married ones like Ron Perelman who's on his fourth set of children. Today's oddest father-to-be is Matthew Broderick because he's a real man with a real wife making a real baby. That kind of thing nowadays is so OUT!

Jun 12, 2002 from New York Post:
That such Villagers as Donna Karan, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Oliver Platt and Jennifer Connelly will gather at Jennifer Bartlett's studio tonight to protest plans for two new PATH station entrances on Christopher Street, which might put the Lucille Lortel Theater out of business.

Jun 9, 2002 from Toronto Star:
Those kids from "The Music Man" like to spread their appetites around. Last Saturday, Matthew Broderick, Molly Shannon and Kristen Chenoweth ciao'd down at La Bruschetta Restaurant on St. Clair W., with Broderick heading to a sports bar after dinner to catch the Holyfield fight.

On Monday, Broderick solo'd at Bistro 990, but not for long. It was Six Degrees Of Broderick: On his way out, he was hailed by production designer Les Dilley, who had worked with Broderick on "Inspector Gadget." Two steps later, he was reacquainted with a fellow named Roger, who had worked with Broderick on "Max Dugan Returns."

On Tuesday, Victor Garber, who plays the mayor in "Music Man," Bistro'd with Molly Shannon and Debra Monk. Next night, Broderick and Garber dined at Opus.

Jun 6, 2002 from National Enquirer:
The main topic of discussion these days between Matthew Broderick and pregnant wife Sarah Jessica Parker is the sex of their upcoming baby. The "Sex and the City" star wants to find out the sex of their unborn child, saying it will make planning easier, but old-fashioned guy Matthew wants to wait and be surprised. One thing they agree on: No sex unless they're both willing.

Jun 4, 2002 from IMDb.com:
"Sex And The City" star John Corbett is in the dark over whether Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy will threaten the future of the show. The 41-year-old admits he's working on a week-by-week basis and has no idea if the hit series will still be going in a year's time. He says, "The funny thing is, I don't even have a contract with the show. I haven't talked to Sarah since she's become pregnant, but I know that she and Matthew [Broderick, her husband] have been trying to have a baby since last year, and it's been difficult because that girl works harder than anyone I've ever seen." He continues, "Now that she's pregnant, I'm sure they're going to want her to slow down. So I don't know what's going to happen in the new season, or even if the show's going to be cancelled."

Jun 2, 2002 from Toronto Star:
"Music Man" Matthew Broderick dined solo at Bistro 990 on Tuesday. His baby with Sarah Jessica Parker is going to go right off the cuteness scale.

May 31, 2002 from South Coast Repertory:
It was during auditions for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Walden Prep School that Kenneth Lonergan first encountered Matthew Broderick, who during their junior year took the leading role in a play co-written by Lonergan. They graduated together in 1981—the year Reagan became president. “We really felt like the bad guys had won," Lonergan recalls.

Despite these solid theatrical accomplishments, Kenneth Lonergan is best known today as auteur of the highly-lauded independent film, You Can Count On Me, which once again focuses on family members in crisis mode. With Martin Scorsese on board as Executive Producer, Lonergan was given carte blanche to write, direct, and even act in the movie, along with Broderick and Ruffalo. Scorsese praised the playwright’s “understanding of the human being and his ability to convey that in writing. What I admire about Kenny is the irony and humor and ultimately the truth of what he expresses."

His success earned him a three-picture studio deal as writer/director, and ongoing working relationships with producer/directors like Martin Scorsese. Hopes that Lonergan will continue to write for the theatre are best buoyed by the fact that he’s interested in creating a play for his actress-wife, the excellent J. Smith-Cameron, and his high school pal and his wife, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker.

May 30, 2002 from IMDb.com:
FBI investigators put New York's Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge on full alert last week after renting out a copy of Roland Emmerich's "Godzilla." The film was referred to cryptically by Al Qaeda prisoner Abu Zubaydah during FBI questioning and agents felt sure clues of a new terrorist attack would be found in the movie, according to Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety. The 1998 movie, which starred Jean Reno and Matthew Broderick, depicts the two New York landmarks in peril at the hands of dinosaur Godzilla. Zubadayah, believed to be one of Osama Bin Laden's right-hand men, suggested future terrorist attacks might be targeted at "the bridge in that movie" and "the statue in the water."

May 24, 2002 from Toronto Star:
At the three celeb tables at Opus on Saturday: Richard Crenna, Matthew Broderick and Peter Weller. Crenna is here shooting the TV-movie "The Gisella Perl Story," Broderick is doing "The Music Man" and Weller is starring in the series "Odyssey 5."

May 19, 2002 from Toronto Star:
Next stop, Sotto Sotto. We don't know what Matthew Broderick was having, but we had a feed of mushroom risotto, arguably the best on the planet. But who is going to argue with his mouth full?

Broderick dined at Sotto Sotto on Monday night, after downing Ocietra Iranian caviar at Bellini's on Yorkville Ave.

Here's a piece of trivia we didn't know. Apparently Michael J. Fox got his shot on TV after Broderick turned down the role of Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties. Didn't seem to hurt Broderick's career none.

Those hunky Witchbladers David Chokachi and Will Yun Lee made a return trip to Bistro 990 on Wednesday. As did Matthew Broderick on Thursday.

May 12, 2002 from Toronto Star:
Matthew Broderick and Molly Shannon, co-starring here in "The Music Man," dined at Sotto Sotto last Saturday.

On Monday, Ian McShane and wife Bistro'd for lunch. That night, Victor Garber and Broderick Bistro'd for dinner. Ditto Brian Orser. Broderick returned next night with Shannon, when primatologist Jane Goodall was there with a slew of IMAX types. (Thanks, Karen!)

May 8, 2002

Matthew is on the cover of "Town & Country" for their May issue. With the story inside, "Matthew Broderick: Sometimes debonair, sometimes self-deprecating, our favorite comic actor shows off another trait: his fashionable side" by Anthony Barzilay Freund. (Thanks, Laura!)

May 6, 2002 from E! Online:
"Alias" star Victor Garber has trouble in River City. The actor is set to play Mayor George Shinn in ABC's TV-movie version of Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man." Garber joins Matthew Broderick and SNL alum Molly Shannon in the project, which premieres next season as part of the network's Wonderful World of Disney. Cameras roll in Toronto May 29.

from New York Post:
Naked angels, the Sarah Jessica Parker/Matthew Broderick/Marisa Tomei NY theater group, joins with Jockey briefs to launch a T-shirt tomorrow. Sales will fund next season's plays.

May 5, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick, Gina Gershon, Griffin Dunne, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens and other supporters of the Naked Angels Theater Company will cavort at Lot 61 Tuesday. They've even lured the Food Network's Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver, who event sponsor Jockey will furnish with briefs.

Stevens is busy producing films these days, including the upcoming comedy "Molly Gunn," starring Brittany Murphy and a pet pig. Stevens auctioned off a walk-on part in the film at last week's Waterkeeper Alliance benefit, where supporters celebrated their campaign to reform industrial hog farming. The association, says Fisher, "was just coincidence. Although this pig will live a long and healthy life."

May 2, 2002 from New York Post:
Tomorrow's newspaper reviews of the new leading men in "The Producers" - Brad Oscar and Steven Weber - will be of intense interest to everyone involved in the crapshoot we call Broadway. You can bet the original stars, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, will be among those rushing out for the early editions.

Some theatrical gossips believe Lane and Broderick were in collusion when each declined a contract extension after their first year's run in the huge hit ended in mid-March. The idea, supposedly, was that they would go off and do their own things - Nathan's making a pilot for a network show, Matthew has just wrapped a TV "Music Man" special - then offer to return to "The Producers" for astronomical fees. (Maybe 150 percent of the weekly gross, in line with the musical's plot, suggests one wag.)

If this was their strategy, it at first appeared to be working. There was the fiasco of British actor Henry Goodman coming in to take the Lane role and being fired within a couple of weeks. Then there were rumors of scalpers being stuck with big blocks of tickets and of falling attendance.

So I went to the fountainhead, Daily Variety, to check the figures. Last week, "The Producers" filled 99.6 percent of its seats and grossed a nick under $1.5 million, both easily the top figures for Broadway. And the hit is virtually sold out well into next fall.

Show spokesman John Barlow was sanguine about the situation. "It's not out of the question that Nathan and Matthew will return to the production at some point, but everything has settled down and the audiences love it as much as ever," he tells me. Still, tomorrow's reviews are going to be critical for all concerned.

Apr 16, 2002 from TRIO:
"Broadway Legends" premieres on Sunday, May 12 at 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT. This original, one-hour documentary, offers a captivating look at "The Great White Way" through the years as told by well-known actors, writers and producers whose lives were changed by the magic of the stage. Matthew Broderick (The Producers, Lost in Yonkers) hosts this remarkable tribute which features interviews with theatrical luminaries Lauren Bacall, Barbara Barrie, Brian Bedford, Kitty Carlisle, Hume Cronyn, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Fred Ebb, Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart, Celeste Holm, Anne Jackson, John Kander, Nathan Lane, Hal Prince, Jason Robards, Neil Simon, Stephen Sondheim, and Eli Wallach. Complementing the interviews are clips from many of theater's greatest moments including Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Waverly Gallery, The Iceman Cometh, The Member of the Wedding and Two Shakespearean Actors.

Apr 15, 2002 from TV Guide:

When you're a Mets fan, you're a Mets fan all the way, from your first cigarette to your last dying day: Matthew Broderick takes a break from Broadway to visit New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine during spring training in Port Lucie, Fla. (Photo by by WireImage) (Thanks, Trudy!)

Apr 12, 2002 from IMDb.com:
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker's baby joy is already being marred by the inevitable sickness - she's constantly vomiting. Sarah recently announced that she and her husband Matthew Broderick are expecting their first child in the fall. And the 37-year-old actor brother Timothy says that although she's overjoyed at becoming a parent, she's none too thrilled about regularly throwing up into her toilet. He notes, "I talked to her a few days ago and she was like, 'I have to throw up, I'll call you right back!' And it's not just morning sickness, it's been going on all day." He continues, "The pregnancy was timed pretty well, although I can guarantee you it was through chance, not planning." And Timothy is certain his younger sibling's career will run along smoothly after the child's birth, explaining, "She's a producer on Sex And The City, and I'm certain producing is something she'll pursue. Whether she waits until after she has a couple more children or she continues it through having kids, I can't say. She and Matthew have wanted a family for many years, and that's going to be her priority. They have never been closer, never been happier."

Apr 8, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Expectant dad Matthew Broderick went to the Mets' season opener with a gaggle of pals. The former star of Broadway's "The Producers" showed off a full set of whiskers while intently listening to the game on a headset.

Apr 5, 2002 from New York Post:
By Liz Smith - Wow-ee-wow! Is this ever-delightful news! Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick expect their first child in the fall. The "Sex and the City" cutie and the Broadway phenomenon, straight from his hit "The Producers," have been married since 1997.

I guess Baby Makes Three pretty much puts those rift rumors to sleep. I've never observed a rift between these dazzling youngsters. The only things separating them were the incredible demands of their fabulous careers.

I shall never forget opening his dressing room door on Matthew, who was clad only in his underpants. "Oh, excuse me," he said, "I thought you were my wife!" I said, "Don't I wish!"

Sarah herself is a marvelous soul. Asked by theater interrogator Jimmy Lipton what she'd like God to say to her as she entered heaven, she answered: "I'd like Him to say, 'Sarah Jessica, I would like you to meet Mr. James Broderick.' " (The latter is her deceased father-in-law.)

Apr 3, 2002 from Playbill:
Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Broderick will lend their voices to a benefit reading of A.R. Gurney's Ancestral Voices. The April 6 event will take place at, and directly benefit, the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT.

Woodward and Newman are husband and wife, and Robbins and Sarandon have long been a couple. Woodward is the artistic director of the Playhouse and recently drafted her hubby to play the Stage Manager in its upcoming revival of Our Town. The performance begins at 8 PM, after a 6:30 PM cocktail reception hosted by Elaine and Christopher Plummer. For ticket information, call (203) 227-7617.

Mar 30, 2002 from TheaterMania.com:
Meanwhile, up in Toronto, another TV movie with Broadway source material is about to start filming: it's Meredith Willson's ode to Iowa, "The Music Man," with Tony winners Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth leading the big parade. Rumored for the roles of River City's First Couple, Mayor and Mrs. Shinn: Bill Irwin and Molly Shannon.

Broderick's year of con artistry in "The Producers" will serve him in good stead as he takes on Harold Hill and tries, presumably, to make us forget Craig Bierko. Steven Weber is now in full (Leo) bloom on Broadway in the part Broderick left behind and Jim Walton has been offered the role on the road in the company of Lewis J. Stadlen's Max Bialystock, Lee Roy Reams' Roger De Bris, Angie L. Schworer's Ulla, and Fred Applegate's Franz Liebkind.

Mar 28, 2002 from New York Post:
Jimmy Rodriguez doesn't do things like other restaurateurs. That would be too simple. The furniture for his new place, Jimmy's Downtown at Sutton Place, hasn't arrived - it hasn't even been shipped from Italy - but already he's had two private receptions. Gov. Pataki stopped by for a salute to Women's History Month, then Sarah Jessica Parker invited 100 pals last Saturday to celebrate the 40th birthday of her husband, Matthew Broderick. The Nordic goddess from "The Producers," Cady Huffman, dominated the dance floor all night. She's shy, just like her character, Ulla.

Mar 27, 2002

Stage and screen actor Matthew Broderick, visiting the New York Mets spring training facility, joins slugger Mo Vaughn at the batting cage as they watch batting practice, Wednesday, March 27, 2002 in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Matthew Broderick takes a turn in the batting cage during a two-day visit to the New York Mets spring training facility. Mets utility player Joe McEwing looks on at left. (Photos by AP)

Mar 26, 2002

Stage and screen actor Matthew Broderick stands under the lights as he looks over the field, before an evening spring training game between the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, March 26, 2002 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Photo by AP)

Mar 22, 2002 from ABC News:
Barbara Walters' 21st Oscar Special airs Sunday, March 24 at 7 p.m. ET, and immediately following the Academy Awards on the west coast. Following are excerpts from the interview with Sarah Jessica Parker.

Walters: For heaven's sakes, when you received the Golden Globe Award this year, how could you forget to thank your husband?
Parker: Number one, I was really trying to be brief. You know, I've been up there before, I've always thanked him in the past. Number two, my marriage wasn't nominated. My work in a show that I'm very proud of, was nominated … Ironically, the first phone call I got was from Matthew who thought it was a really dignified speech. He thought it was lovely, and it never even occurred to him that I hadn't mentioned his name. We aren't public people … We don't make tearful emotional speeches about our marriage … Listen, my marriage speaks for itself … Come see me in 25 or 35 years when I'm still married to the same man.

Walters: A lot of people think you are Carrie, you know, sexually adventurous, free.
Parker: No I am not Carrie … Some might say I'm slightly prudish. I don't like to you know, I don't use foul language or I don't discuss intimate things with my girlfriends. … I think it's unladylike, it's not what I do.

Walters: How much longer do you want to do the show?
Parker: We're doing two more seasons.

Walters: At the end of the two seasons, do you want Carrie to be married or to be pregnant or …
Parker: I want Carrie to be content. And I don't know what that means for her, and I really think that is her major problem right now is that Carrie doesn't know what Carrie wants.

Walters: You want Carrie to be content. What do you want for Sarah Jessica?
Parker: I feel like I couldn't possibly ask for any more than I have. I, I have this...crazy privileged life. And people who love me and...people who I love and, I honestly...if I was bold enough I would just ask for more of the same. But I'm not bold enough so I'll just say I'm very content. You know. Very.

Mar 21, 2002 from The Rosie O'Donnell Show:

Rosie celebrates her 40th birthday on the show with special guests Elton John, Matthew Broderick, and 40 birthday contest winners.

from People.com:
Sarah Jessica Parker, who turns 37 on Monday, addresses the state of her marriage to Matthew Broderick on Barbara Walters's Sunday night Oscar special. When Parker picked up her Golden Globe award for "Sex and the City" in January, she fueled rumors of a troubled union when she neglected to mention her husband in her acceptance speech. "I was shocked," Parker tells Walters about the allegations, USA Today reported. She called the stories that the marriage was falling apart "a 24-hour bug, you know, it's gonna go away." Only they didn't. "Listen," says Parker, "my marriage speaks for itself. Come see me in 25 or 30 years when I'm still married to the same man."

from Entertainment Tonight:
The Oscars wouldn't be the Oscars if there wasn't a Barbara Walters special, and this year Barbara's guests include Tom Cruise, Halle Berry and Sarah Jessica Parker. Barbara has a reputation for delivering the goods when it comes to celebrity interviews, so ET sat down with the ABC newswoman to get the inside story on just what the stars revealed.

ET: Why would Sarah Jessica Parker call herself a prude?
BARBARA: Sarah Jessica Parker doesn't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls as the song goes; she doesn't use four letter words; she has a no-nudity clause in her contract. Compare that to the other women. She says, "Look, if they are happy doing what they're doing, great, but I won't." The last thing Sarah Jessica Parker would do would be to discuss her husband Matthew Broderick with her friends. Discuss their sex life? Never.

ET: I am sure you asked her about the rumors?
BARBARA: I think this is a very, very good marriage. Matthew came on and talked about it with us. He almost never does interviews. This was not the first time Sarah won a Golden Globe award and she'll tell you why she didn't thank him. But the marriage is a very good marriage. They are funny together, they are shy together, and I think this is a marriage that will last.

ET: Did she ever think she would reach this level of success?
BARBARA: Sarah Jessica Parker has been acting since she was 8 years old. She was the third Annie on Broadway. You will hear her sing "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow." She has been working all of her life. For years, she was not considered sexy. She was the best friend who never got the guy. So the fact that she is now this sexy little bundle, I think, just thrills her.

Mar 20, 2002

2001 Tony nominee Brad Oscar became the latest theatrical visage suitable for hanging at Sardi's March 13. As "The Producers'" German playwright Franz Liebkind and Nathan Lane's frequent cover, Oscar made a big splash on Broadway in the last year. With him are his Producers co-stars Cady Huffman, Matthew Broderick and Roger Bart. (Photo by Playbill)

Mar 18, 2002 from Playbill:
On March 17, after a year on Broadway, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick concluded their runs as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively, in the megahit "The Producers." Their replacements, Henry Goodman and Steven Weber, begin their run in the Mel Brooks musical on March 19. (Photos by Aubrey Reuben)

Broderick celebrates at Sardi's with off-stage partner Sarah Jessica Parker and (former) on-stage partner Lane.

Lane and Broderick receive flowers from writer Mel Brooks and director Susan Stroman at their final curtain call of "The Producers."

The cast of "The Producers" take their final bows with stars Lane and Broderick. Seen here: Roger Bart, Gary Beach, Lane, Broderick, Cady Huffman and Brad Oscar.

Mar 17, 2002

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick take a curtain call after their last performance in "The Producers" at the St. James Theatre in New York Sunday, March 17, 2002. After nearly a year's run Lane and Broderick leave "The Producers," turning over their staring roles to English actor Henry Goodman and television star Steven Weber.

"The Producers" producer Mel Brooks addresses the audience at New York's St. James Theatre as Lane and Broderick look on.

Lane and Broderick take a final bow. (Photos by AP)

Mar 15, 2002 from Playbill:
Audiences will say a sad goodbye to the funniest couple on Broadway Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick March 17, when the pair play their final performance in "The Producers," at the St. James Theatre.

Songwriter and co-librettist Mel Brooks and director-choreographer Susan Stroman will be on hand after the Sunday March 17 matinee to present Lane and Broderick with flowers. Don't expect a cake to be wheeled out, but there will likely be speeches and tears. A private party will follow, according to a spokesman. Brooks has expressed a hope that Lane and Broderick might perhaps reprise their roles in the future.

Mar 7, 2002 from ABCNEWS.com:
Barbara Walters' E-mail: While continuing to work on "The View" and upcoming stories for "20/20," I've been busy editing the interviews for my special on Academy Awards night, March 24. Our guests are: The No. 1 movie star in the world, Tom Cruise, who talks, among other things, about his ex-wife, Academy Award nominee Nicole Kidman; the irrepressible star of "Sex and the City," Sarah Jessica Parker, and an appearance by her husband, Matthew Broderick (Why didn't she thank him when she recently won the Golden Globe Award? You will find out.); and the gorgeous Halle Berry. She is nominated for Best Actress - and if her name is in the envelope, Halle Berry will be the first African-American to ever win in that category.

Feb 27, 2002 from Playbill:
"The Producers" has another award - the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Mel Brooks smashzilla at the St. James Theatre won 12 Tony Awards in 2001 and will spawn at least two national tours by Dec. 31, 2002. Brooks, the songwriter, is now a Grammy-winning songwriter, according to sources in the recording and theatre community. Hugh Fordin produced the disc and shares the honor.

"Recording the Producers - A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks" also won the award for Best Long Form Music Video.

Feb 22, 2002 from New York Times:
Last Thursday night, Valentine's Day, was an exceptionally bad day in theaters around town. At the St. James Theater, tragedy struck when an audience member suffered a heart attack during "The Producers." According to accounts from the company, someone in the theater's second balcony screamed for a doctor about halfway through the first act. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, the show's stars, heard the scream and immediately stopped the show and asked the audience for help. Several audience members rushed to the man, but after attempts to revive him, he died en route to the hospital. After about a 10-minute pause, the show went on, albeit in a much less jovial mood.

Feb 12, 2002 from New York Daily News:
It looked like the love was still there Sunday night when Matthew Broderick tenderly slipped a tulip behind the ear of Sarah Jessica Parker at Chelsea Piers. The couple turned out for the New York Stage and Film Company benefit to honor writer Jon Robin Baitz. Also there were Bill Pullman, Rob Morrow, Kate Burton, Dana Delany, Joan Osborne, Taye Diggs, Julie Bowen, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Gallagher and Bobby Zarem.

Feb 8, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Memo to event planners: better seat Matthew Broderick and Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren far apart. Joking around at an AIDS benefit Monday at Cipriani 42nd Street, Broderick marveled at the soaring ceilings of what used to be the Bowery Savings Bank.

"It's a structural wonder that's rivaled only by Greta Van Susteren's eye job," said "The Producers" co-star, alluding to her recent cosmetic surgery. Broderick was quick to add, "I didn't write that." But when New York magazine called Van Susteren for a reaction, a Fox News spokesman shot back: "Maybe [Broderick] needs some surgery to repair his marriage" to Sarah Jessica Parker.

Broderick's rep tells us: "There is nothing wrong with their marriage. It is out there in the public Zeitgeist that Greta has had some surgery, and God bless her. For Matthew to make a comment on it, that's one level of it. But for a spokesperson at Fox News to come back with a comment that's wholly inappropriate and inaccurate just sort of astounds me."

P.S. We hear that Van Susteren had her work done in D.C., in case you were wondering if your doctor might be responsible for her makeover.

from New York Times:
So you finally got tickets to "The Producers," and you even got them before that March 17 cutoff, when Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will leave the show, meaning you're going to get to see the two stars in the roles they made famous. Actually, probably not.

Of the musical's 43 performances since the beginning of the year, Mr. Lane and Mr. Broderick have appeared together eight times, or about one in every five shows. The reason lies in both mundane scheduling details and more serious concerns about the stars' health. Mr. Broderick had long planned a vacation during January, and also missed a few performances because of the flu. Mr. Lane, meanwhile, has been battling ongoing vocal problems, which caused him to cut back late last year from eight performances a week to his current six. His voice sidelined him again this week; he missed shows Wednesday and yesterday, on vocal rest.

Rocco Landesman, one of the show's producers, said yesterday that his stars' health was a chief concern. "Both these guys have left their bodies on the field for us," he said. Playing Max, the musical's central character, puts actors under particular strain, with screaming, belting and other histrionics. The role is so tough that Mr. Landesman worried aloud whether "we are going to start burning through people" when Mr. Lane leaves. For all the missed shows, Mr. Lane covered all the performances during Mr. Broderick's vacation, so audiences would at least see one star. "No one feels worse about this than Nathan," Mr. Landesman said. "And he went on a couple of times when he probably shouldn't have, when he could have been resting his voice."

Feb 7, 2002 from Playbill:
Widely rumored for days, a spokesperson for "The Producers" has confirmed that Steven Weber will replace Matthew Broderick as the next Leo Bloom in the smash Mel Brooks musical. Weber and recently announced co-star British thespian Henry Goodman will begin their turn as "The Producers" producers March 19.

Weber is well known for his role on TV's "Wings" and more recently on the ABC drama "Once and Again." His big-screen credits include "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" and "Jeffrey" as well as Brooks' own "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." Weber's stage credits include the first Broadway mounting of The Real Thing and most recently Hair at Los Angeles' Wadsworth Theatre.

Both Nathan Lane and Broderick are contracted in the show only through March 17, with Lane then off to do a movie about Jackie Gleason and Broderick set to play Harold Hill in a TV "Music Man." As for the show's four featured performers, including Brad Oscar, Roger Bart and Tony winners Gary Beach and Cady Huffman, Huffman has been confirmed to stay with the show, and word is soon expected as to whether or not the others will renew as well.

from E! Online:
Not getting' any "Sex" in the city was Sarah Jessica Parker's leading man Matthew Broderick, treating his fans right after another crowd-pleasing performance of "The Producers." InWhySee. Warmly clothed in a charcoal pea coat with a matching ski hat and backpack, the bespectacled M.B. charmed the gathered group and happily signed autographs.

Feb 6, 2002 from Yahoo! News:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-range hit power of the Broadway smash "The Producers" will be tested next month when original stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick bow out of the musical after a year as the toast of the Great White Way.

Lane, who claimed Best Actor honors among the record 12 Tony awards won by the show last year, will be replaced by British actor Henry Goodman, acclaimed for his work on the London stage but relatively unknown here, the show's producers said on Tuesday. The replacement for Broderick in the satire about two producers planning to swindle investors by staging a "sure-fire flop" has not yet been announced.

Jed Bernstein, president of the League of American Theaters and Producers, on Wednesday applauded the casting of Goodman and said the first major cast change in a hit show was critical. "Now they want to see if people are going to come just to see the production," said Bernstein. "If 'The Producers' is going to become a multiple year hit, it has to transcend the people in it, because you're going to run out of people," Bernstein said about relying on star-power. Lane and Broderick's last performance will be on March 17.

Goodman, a double winner of the esteemed Olivier Award for his portrayal of Shylock in a 2000 Royal National Theater production of "The Merchant of Venice" and as Charles Giteau in a 1993 London production of Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins," made his Broadway debut in 1998 in "Art." Among his other stage triumphs in London, Goodman, 51, starred as Nathan Detroit in a National Theater production of "Guys and Dolls," a role Lane played in 1992 Broadway revival. Steven Weber, who starred in the TV series "Wings" is believed to be the leading candidate to replace Broderick.

from New York Daily News:
When it comes to scrubbing away ugly gossip, there's no more effective detergent than humor. So, while Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker wish people would stop claiming their marriage is in trouble, they've decided the best thing to do is laugh at the rumors. Broderick did just that Monday night at the "Seasons of Hope" benefit. He and his "Producers" co-star, Nathan Lane, were emcees at the event, which raised $600,000 for AmFAR and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

"The burning question on everyone's mind is, 'Why didn't Sarah Jessica Parker thank you at the Golden Globes?'" Lane asked Broderick in front of guests at the Cipriani 42nd Street event. "So are you in the doghouse? Is the marriage really on the rocks? Is the whole thing really a show business sham put together by your Scientologist managers?" Broderick said Parker didn't forget him when she picked up her Globe for "Sex and the City."

"It was a very big misunderstanding," said Broderick. "If you watch the tape really closely, you can see that indeed, in Morse code, she is thanking me with rapid eyeblinks: 'Thank you, Matthew, I couldn't do it without you. Please give our dog Sally a hug and a kiss.'"

Parker was missing from the party but her rep tells us that is not a sign of trouble. "Matthew doesn't go to all the things she [attends]. It was a work event. They're very happy."

Matthew Broderick with Dr. Matilde Krim, Sheryll Lee Ralph and Nathan Lane at the amfAR Fourth Annual "Seasons of Hope" Gala at Cipriani. (Photo by DMI/Pagesix)

Feb 4, 2002 from New York Daily News:
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane are using their one night off from "The Producers" this week to play host this evening at amfAR's "Seasons of Hope" gala. Also due to attend the bash at Cipriani's are Marcia Gay Harden, Anna Wintour and Jimmy Fallon.
 

Jan 31, 2002 from Back Stage:
The New York Public Library has scheduled a wide variety of music, film, storytelling, and poetry events, all of them free, over the course of the month. One highlight is the Black History Film Series, to be presented at Manhattan's 58th Street Branch Library at 127 East 58th St. (between Lexington and Park avenues) on Fridays at 2 pm, which will offer two documentary films, "I Remember Harlem and Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed," and the acclaimed 1989 feature film, "Glory," starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, and Matthew Broderick, which told the story of the Civil War's first all-black regiment.

Jan 30, 2002

Despite sickness which knocked him out of "The Producers" for several shows, Matthew Broderick was on hand to chat with Seth Rudetsky at his weekly Chatterbox Jan. 24. (Photo by Playbill)

from ShowBiz Ireland:
Two of Hollywood's biggest names have found a secret hideaway in one of the most remote parts of Ireland. Matthew Broderick and his wife Sarah Jessica Parker have just left their new home which is located just off the coast of Donegal. They have spent the past two weeks there trying to save their marriage.

The actor has spent more then 60,000 euro on a new home for the couple. He bought the home in order to spend more time in Ireland and hopefully save their marriage which has recently been in trouble according to tabloid reports.

Broderick's parents own a home not far away from the couple in the tiny village of Kilcar where they have lived for years. Over the weekend the UK newspaper The Sunday People published photos of the couple's home.

The couple spent a few days in Dublin on their recent trip to Ireland but spent most of their time down in Donegal where they visited the village shops for groceries.

Jan 29, 2002 from New York Times:
A Promise Is a Promise: Matthew Broderick was feeling sick on Thursday night, but dragged himself to the theater district anyway. Not to the St. James Theater for that show, but to Don't Tell Mama, a piano bar on West 46th Street. He had promised Seth Rudetsky, a conductor of "The Producers," that he would be there for "Seth's Broadway Chatterbox," a variety show that benefits Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.

So there Mr. Broderick was on a night he called in sick for his main gig, talking about times he did not call in sick. "I was in 'Biloxi Blues' in downtown L.A.," Mr. Broderick said. "I had done a matinee and went out and had Mexican food. For the show that night, I did not feel good. I kept saying under my breath, 'I don't feel very well. I don't feel very well.' The people on stage kept saying, 'Stop saying that.' "

Later in the show, he had a romantic scene with Penelope Ann Miller. "I could only remember every other line," he said. "Penelope had to talk for me. She had to do the scene practically by herself. And she did it perfectly."

Jan 28, 2002 from National Enquirer:
Matthew Broderick solved the mystery of his disappearing eye cream. Wife Sarah Jessica Parker 'fessed up that she's using his because it works great and it's much cheaper.

Jan 27, 2002 from New York Times:
Producers Who Care: Feb. 4 - Barry Manilow will perform and Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane will be the hosts of a black-tie dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street to raise money for the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will also benefit from the evening, which begins at 6:30 with cocktails. Dinner and the performance will follow at 8. Tickets, $1,000, from (212) 806-1753.

Jan 24, 2002 from New York Post:
We can expect "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker to crack a few jokes about those (strenuously denied) rumors concerning the state of her marriage when she appears at Carnegie Hall next Thursday. She'll be presenting AOL Time Warner's Gerald Levin with the Gay Men's Health Crisis Friends Award at a star-studded evening also featuring Whoopi Goldberg, R.E.M., Rosie Perez and Bruce Vilanch. Maybe Parker's hubby Matthew Broderick will show up after his turn in "The Producers" to make it a public love fest.

Jan 23, 2002 from USA Today:
So Sarah Jessica Parker forgot to mention hubby Matthew Broderick in her Golden Globe acceptance speech. She was just following in the spike heels of Hilary Swank, who skipped over hubby Chad Lowe at the Oscars two years ago and had herself photographed in bed with him the next day to make up for it. "Sex and the City" star Parker realized her omission later in the pressroom, and said she was upset, according to her publicist.

Parker and Broderick got back last week from a 10-day vacation in Ireland. Parker and a girlfriend are now off on a Hawaiian jaunt, while Broderick is back on the Broadway boards in "The Producers." Parker's date at Sunday's Globes was John Corbett, her fiance on Sex - until they broke up on Monday's episode.

Jan 22, 2002 from New York Post:
After spending the past year battling rumors that her marriage to Matthew Broderick is in trouble, "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker started tongues wagging again Sunday night at the Golden Globes. The "Sex" favorite, who won for best TV actress, arrived at the awards holding the hand of her co-star John Corbett, and did not thank or mention Broderick once during her long acceptance speech. Backstage, Parker told MSNBC's Jeannette Walls, "I feel so bad, there's someone I forgot to thank in my speech. Someone who has helped me in so many ways and who has always been there for me" - so she thanked her publicist.

Jan 17, 2002 from Playbill:
Though it's been confirmed that "The Producers" will make its West Coast debut at San Diego's Civic Theatre on New Year's Eve, the show's Los Angeles plans remain up in the air. The Los Angeles Times reported Jan. 15 that the producers of "The Producers" had been eyeing the Ahmanson Theatre but, under the assumption that the musical will be as big a hit in L.A. as it's been in New York and Chicago, they judged the 2,100-seat venue too small to reap the kinds of grosses a mega-hit can generate.

Instead, "The Producers" is now apparently eyeing a 30 week run at the 2,700-seat Pantages Theatre, even though The Lion King is still playing there. (According to the L.A. Times, Pantages temporarily reduced its seating capacity, from 2,704 to 2,261, specifically to ensure that the Julie Taymor tuner would remain a hot ticket and stay put for another year.)

Jan 13, 2002 from New York Post:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick shopping at Waldenbooks at Newark International Airport.

Jan 4, 2002 from Playbill:
As if "The Producers" didn't have enough awards and plaudits, a 2002 Grammy Award nomination for the Best Musical Show Album was announced Jan. 4 by The Recording Academy. Others albums nominated in this category are "Seussical the Musical," "Mamma Mia!," "The Full Monty" and "Sweeney Todd: Live at the New York Philharmonic."

"Recording the Producers -- A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks" was also nominated for the Best Long Form Music Video award. The 44th Annual Grammy Awards will originate from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and the show will be broadcast live on CBS 8 PM (ET) Feb. 27.

from New York Times:
Why have the stars, the creators and, yes, some of the producers of "The Producers" become regulars at a new theater district restaurant with the curious name Angus McIndoe? Well, duh, it's at 258 West 44th Street, right next to the St. James Theater. More important, they are investors. That includes Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks and the writer Tom Meehan, and the producers Rocco Landesman and Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

Other investors include Frank McCourt, Terrence McNally and James Naughton. In the three weeks since its opening, the restaurant has attracted guests including Paul Newman, Ian McKellen, Craig Bierko, Steve Martin, Patrick Stewart, Susan Stroman, Sarah Jessica Parker (Mr. Broderick's wife), Ellen DeGeneres, Celia Weston and Arija Bareikis. Despite the Angus monicker, the establishment is not a steakhouse. The name is that of its red- haired proprietor from Glasgow, Scotland, a 33-year-old former matre d'hotel for the nearby theater hangouts Joe Allen and Orso. There he met the backers who encouraged him to open a place of his own.

The restaurant hasn't advertised and has no press agent, so why is it so hot? "It's red, the color of a red-hot place," said Faith Prince after sampling the shrimp risotto Wednesday night. "And I always support a fellow redhead."

Jan 1, 2002
Matthew will be on Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, a live talk show at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th St. in New York City, between 8th & 9th Avenues), on Thursday Jan 24 at 6 PM. The cost is $10 (which is donated directly to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids) plus a 2 drink minimum. Call 212-757-0788 for reservations. (Thanks, Ann!)