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[ TONY ] The softly beeping elephant in the room: Theater and the Internet by Helen Shaw

[ TONY ] Dicking around: Puppetry of the Penis returns by Adam Feldman

[ HC ] Charles Ross A One-Man 'Star Wars' By FRANK RIZZO

[ V ] Horne still quiet over bio By LIZ SMITH

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Musical Vanities Plays Off-Broadway

[ TM ] Every Dog Has Its Day By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Dan Bacalzo

Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Angela Lansbury, Marcia Gay Harden, Constantine Maroulis, Allison Janney, Audra McDonald, John Tartaglia, and David Hyde Pierce are among the stars at the annual Broadway Barks adopt-a-thon.

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Peters, Moore and More Take Part in Broadway Barks 11

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Backstage at Broadway Barks 11

[ B ] PHOTO OP : Starry 11th Annual Broadway Barks Benefit Howls into Shubert Alley

[ B ] PHOTO OP : Broadway Babies At Sea! R Family Vacations Visits Alaska

[ B ] PHOTO OP : Project Broadway: Heidi Klum Enjoys a Theatrical Weekend

[ B ] PHOTO OP : Vanessa Williams Feels the Electricity at Billy Elliot

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: Critic's Notebook: Leonard Bernstein and Lorin Maazel, subversives by Mark Swed

Saturday morning a major story out of Washington had this headline on the front page of the Los Angeles Times: "Bush-era Surveillance Went Beyond Wiretaps." That evening, "West Side Story" was screened in all of its widescreen glory at the Aero in Santa Monica as part of the American Cinematheque's tribute to director Robert Wise. A critic's exercise is to connect the dots.

[ TM ] Levitttown
Reviewed by: David Finkle

Marc Palmieri's drama suffers from structural problems, but remains a powerful examination of dysfunctional families.

[ PRESS ] Habitat for Humanity By Mark Peikert

The 'Levittown' characters can't find peace at home

[ TB ] Levittown
Review by Matthew Murray

The pressures of living in a cookie-cutter community explode in ways debilitating and desultory in Levittown, the listless play by Marc Palmieri that just opened at the Theatre at St. Clement's.

[ NYT ] Ominous Revelations of a Stranger in a Strange Bar By DANIEL M. GOLD

What unfolds in "Hiding Behind Comets" is a dark, gritty story with its full measure of sex, violence, profanity and general nastiness.

[ BS ] Barefoot in the Park - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

Director Lon Bumgarner and his cast have found "Barefoot in the Park"'s sweet spot, turning what has recently been denigrated as a charming period piece into something infinitely funnier and more human.

[ BS ] The Joys of Fantasy - Reviewed by MITCH MONTGOMERY

This solipsistic piece becomes too enraptured by its own commentary to offer anything worth commenting on.

[ NJ ] Moliere's 'School for Wives' gets a contemporary staging at Shakespeare Theatre by Peter Filichia

[ NYP ] WAR AFTER THE SIEGE By FRANK SCHECK (**)

ALTHOUGH it begins and ends with the phrase "I laugh," there's not much joy in "The Europeans."

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: Theater review: 'Crowns' at Pasadena Playhouse by Charles McNulty

As drama, this festival of flamboyant caps is only intermittently effective, but as a communion between actors and audience wanting to deepen their appreciation of this particularly freighted history of hat-wearing, the work has a power that extends beyond its artistic level.

[ BG ] Who's your Daddy? By Louise Kennedy

'Knickerbocker' struggles with parenting issues

[ CST ] Magic-carpet ride whisks families to a wonderland BY HEDY WEISS

Enchanting 'Aladdin' poppin' up at a perfect time

[ CT ] Other than magic carpet, 'Aladdin' doesn't really soar by Chris Jones (**)

[ TT ] Review of Don't Leave it All to Your Children by Richmond Shepard

[ TT ] Review of Perfect Wedding by Richmond Shepard

[ TM ] Maura Tierney Reveals Why NBC Must Postpone Parenthood

[ LAT ] Gale Storm memorial service set

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: A Noise Within announces 2009-10 season

[ INQ ] PNC opens the vault for 22 arts groups, awarding $5 million By Stephan Salisbury

[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 14

[ P ] Second City's Barack Stars Begins DC Run July 14

[ P ] They Love a Piano: Tin Pan Alley Rag, Featuring Berlin & Joplin, Opens in NYC July 14

[ P ] Spirits Reading, with Ayers, Halling, LaCause and Lemonides, Offered July 14

[ P ] Arcelus Returns to Jersey Boys Cast July 14

[ P ] Reading of New Musical By Walton Brothers, with McGrath, O'Malley, Rowat, Presented July 14

[ P ] Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival Launches July 14

[ P ] East to Edinburgh Festival Arrives Off-Broadway July 14

[ P ] Mary Poppins to Play Melbourne in 2010; Other International Productions Planned

[ V ] Broadway rebounds post-4th of July

Sales for almost every production on Broadway climbed last week as the B.O. began to recover from the usual Fourth of July downturn.

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[ P ] Broadway Grosses: July 6-12

[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Box Offices Get Back Some Summer Sizzle

[ B ] Sarah Palin Spoofed in L.A. Production of Spamalot

[ P ] Skylight Theatre Invites Axed Artistic Director Back Into Fold, But He Says No

[ TM ] Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host Primetime Emmy Awards

[ P ] Neil Patrick Harris Will Host Emmy Awards

[ UPI ] Molly Ringwald gives birth to twins

[ P ] Osnes and Sands Are La Jolla's Bonnie & Clyde; Winningham and Van der Schyff Also Cast

[ B ] Tony Winner Beth Leavel to Star in Broadway's Mamma Mia!

[ TM ] John Dossett and Beth Leavel to Join Broadway's Mamma Mia! in September

[ P ] Tony Winner Leavel to Join Broadway's Mamma Mia!; Dossett to Return

[ TM ] Dee Roscioli to Be Broadway Wicked's New Elphaba

[ B ] Dee Roscioli to Land on Broadway as Wicked's New Elphaba

[ P ] Roscioli Will Fly Into Broadway's Wicked July 21

[ TM ] Lincoln Center Theater to Present Ann Marie Healy's What Once We Felt

[ B ] LCT3 to Debut Ann Marie Healy's What Once We Felt

[ P ] LCT3 to Stage World Premiere of Healy's What Once We Felt in October

[ P ] Stenborg to Star in Panych's Vigil Off-Broadway

[ B ] Dennis Parlato Headed Off-Broadway in The Fantasticks

[ P ] Parlato Steps Into Off-Broadway's The Fantasticks July 13

[ TM ] Deidre Goodwin, Bailey Hanks, Morgan Karr to Star in Vote! at New York International Fringe Festival

[ P ] Hanks, Goodwin, Karr and Beard Cast in VOTE! for FringeNYC

[ TM ] Roundabout Announces Updated Casting for Bye Bye Birdie, Starring John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Bill Irwin et al.

[ TM ] Australian Production of Mary Poppins to Open at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne in 2010

[ TM ] Vivienne Benesch, Renée Fleming, Pam MacKinnon, et al. Set for Julliard's 2009-2010 Season

[ TM ] Becca Ayers, Daniel Beaty, Sebastian LaCause, Kecia Lewis-Evans et al. Set for York Readings

[ TM ] David Elder, Tari Kelly, Christianne Tisdale, David Schmittou to Star in Stages St. Louis' Drowsy Chaperone

[ TM ] Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Al Pacino Set for HBO's You Don't Know Jack

[ P ] Pacino, Goodman and Sarandon Cast in "You Don't Know Jack" Film

[ TM ] Natalie Portman to Star in Thor Film

[ P ] Hoffman Will Be Part of Celebrity Autobiography at Bay Street

[ P ] Second Stage Theatre Uptown Continues July 13 with Kaplan's Wildflower

[ P ] Eadie Scott Is Round Table's Mrs. Parker in Wished on the Moon in NYC

[ P ] Shanahan, Ackerman, Biehl, Highfield and McCabe to Read Guidance at Berkshire Lab

[ P ] Ticket Industry Meets in Vegas for Ticket Summit July 15-17

[ TM ] Arian Moayed, Michele Pawk, Sarah Ruhl, et al. Set for Epic Theatre Ensemble's 2009-2010 season

[ P ] Sonia Friedman Wants to Stage "Shakespeare in Love" and Kim Cattrall in Ghosts

[ TM ] Tony Award Winner Jane Lapotaire to Star in Another Door Closed

[ TM ] Lili Cooper, Kerry O'Malley, Marty Thomas, Josh Young, et al. Set for Cutting-Edge Composers

[ TM ] Danny Dyer and Shaun Evans to Star in London Play About Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain

[ TM ] Brad Oscar, Annie Golden, Scott Coulter Featured on Broadway Musicals of 1968 CD

[ TM ] Crowns
Reviewed by: Jonas Schwartz

The Pasadena Playhouse serves up a vibrant production of the musical about church women and their hats.

[ CU ] Candide

A 2-piano Candide at Berkshire Theatre Festival

[ TT ] Review of Restoration by Robert Hitchcox

World premiere of new Claudia Shear play at La Jolla Playhouse

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[ P ] Mullally Will Be the Receptionist for L.A.'s Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

[ TM ] Megan Mullally to Headline Odyssey Theatre's The Receptionist

[ P ] Unseen Playwright Wright Developing "Revelation" for Showtime

[ P ] Epic Theatre to Present New York Premiere of Ruhl's Passion Play

[ NYT ] Weddings & Celebrations: Bill Russell, Bruce Bossard

[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
SHIRLEY JONES: I WON'T SHOW MORE, PLAYBOY!

[ CB ] Van Citters' Magoo's Christmas Carol Book by Jerry Beck

[ BG ] Theater's closing leaves ticket holders in the lurch By Mitch Lipka

[ P ] Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven, with Tony Winner Pawk, to Play Signature's Peter Norton Space

[ TIMES ] Bring back bands by Richard Morrison
A Mancunian man has sued a stage show that used a recorded backing track rather than a real, live band. Good on him

Good on him indeed!
Thanks to the amazing Donna Lynne Champlin for the link. Say, did you know she'll be performing at Town Hall tonight? (Check out the Playbill article below for details.) And did you know that she's just joined the company of Billy Elliot? Just thought we'd mention it...

[ P ] Summer Broadway Festival Launches July 13 at Town Hall with Hilty, Kudisch

[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Feeling Tweety in 'Web Site Story' By Erik Piepenburg

[ ND ] National Theatre plays 'Phedre' on movie screens by Linda Winer

[ LAT ] Stratford festival gets musical By Chris Jones

The financially ailing Canadian festival's program this year -- more singing, less Shakespeare -- is paying off at the box office.

[ TM ] Male Call! By: Brian Scott Lipton

Hair star Gavin Creel gets ready to make some Quiet; Rob Evan prepares to Rock out; and Nate Corddry is set to go West.

[ CP ] Classical, rock and opera meet at Wilma Theater By DAVE ALLEN

"The Rock Tenor," a theater/concert hybrid premiering next week at Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, displays the range and versatility of the tenor voice in some double-take-inducing settings.

Thanks to Ted for the link.

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: 'Forever Plaid,' the movie: From coast to coast by Diane Haithman

Pink hair, plaid suits, red carpet: That was the scene on Thursday evening outside downtown's Club Nokia as a crowd gathered to watch celebrities arrive for the Forever Plaid 20th Anniversary Special! (Exclamation point courtesy of the show's PR machine, not Culture Monster.)

[ NYT ] Happy Days: Just Drawn That Way

Driven by grief - and a meeting with Al Hirschfeld - a young artist follows his impulse to draw the world as he sees it.

[ LAT ] Phone answers Joel Grey's need to photograph By Susan King

His '1.3: Images From My Phone' consists of the actor's images show with his Nokia.

[ BR ] Teacher, pupil team up on play about moms By JIM BECKERMAN

[ DN ] Gatecrasher
On the Scene: Jonathan Groff goes from 'Spring Awakening' to 'The Bacchae,' 'Taking Woodstock'

[ HC ] Duncan Sheik Performs July 15 at Fairfield Theatre Company By FRANK RIZZO

Duncan Sheik has the relaxed, tanned look of a man who is enjoying his summer, not someone who is about to have a reading of a new musical in front of a paying audience.

[ BG ] After years, actress finally alights in 'Bird' By Christopher Muther

It's difficult to determine where to begin an interview with feisty spitfire Sylvia Miles.

[ CST ] William Petersen tackles dark and disturbing 'Blackbird' BY HEDY WEISS

[ AMNY ] Interview with Michael Boatman on Tin Pan Alley Rag by Matt Windman

[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Portia

It's not easy to assume a leading role in a play that has already won every prize in the book.

[ BE ] Lucky substitution: 'Candide' By Clarence Fanto

[ HC ] Wacky Australian Duo, The Umbilical Brothers, To Play Hartford Stage By FRANK RIZZO

[ PArts ] Another Enchanted Evening: A Conversation with Paulo Szot By Matt Dobkin

Thanks to John_C on All That Chat for the link.

[ V ] 'Spamalot' returns to Los Angeles By SHALINI DORE

Eric Idle: Musical was written in Sylmar

[ TONY ] Correction: Met Opera broadcasts by David Cote

[ TONY ] Pipe dreams: The Amoralists return by Adam Feldman

[ TONY ] Cheap seat of the day: The Accomplice by Adam Feldman

[ BG ] Returning to 'Rent,' but not to stay By Joan Anderman

Two of musical's original stars tour one last time

[ BH ] 'Rent' due in Hub By Jenna Scherer

Lead actors discuss taking legendary musical on the road

[ NYP ] MY NEW YORK: JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER By LARRY GETLEN

[ NYP ] LIGHTS, CAMERA, SHAKESPEARE By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI
18 FILMS BASED ON PLAYS BY THE BARD

[ CT ] 'Mary Poppins' flies away; 'Jersey Boys' digs in by Chris Jones

[ NYT ] The Season Is Summer, but the Fare Is Not Stock By PATRICK HEALY

The Vineyard Playhouse, located on Martha's Vineyard, is a year-round professional stage that gives new, serious meaning to the idea of community theater.

[ NYT ] That Family Room? It Has a Certain Star Quality By STEVEN McELROY

Michele Spadaro, a scenic designer, suggests the architecture of an entire house in the play "Levittown."

[ NYT ] Spotlight | Long Island
Lovelorn Loons and Nine Bad Dates By KARIN LIPSON

"Everybody has at least one bad date in their history," said John Blenn, a playwright who has turned that observation into an annual theatrical event, "American Dating Catastrophes."

[ NYT ] Unscripted Upheaval, Starring Herself By FELICIA R. LEE

"What I Thought I Knew," a new memoir by Alice Eve Cohen, documents the playwrights medical travails and unexpected pregnancy at age 44.

[ CFR ] Heretic's Foundation VII: Jesus, the World's Most Popular Literary Character By John Hudson

In Elizabethan London, the most prominent nonbeliever in Jesus was Christopher Marlowe.

[ CFR ] On Women Playwrights and the Soft Bigotry of High Expectations By Leonard Jacobs

By dint of possessing a penis, I'm not responsible for what other men may have done.

[ CFR ] Arts Advocacy Update XCII: Keeping Bizzy By Leonard Jacobs

A distillation of Arts Watch, the weekly electronic communique from Americans for the Arts. A fixture of The Clyde Fitch Report.

[ B ] PHOTO OP : Give a Hand to the Winners of the 2009 Broadway.com Audience Awards

[ NYT ] Letter
Lynn Shelton: Female Directors

[ NYT ] Letter
Anne Frank: Who Shaped the Story

[ CST ] 'Cavalia' a spectacle with Herculean human and horse feats BY MISHA DAVENPORT

[ CST ] The equestrian 4-1-1

[ CT ] 'Cavalia' horse show arrives in Chicago at full gallop by Chris Jones

[ CT ] Trick riding by Doug George

'Cavalia' hits town with a big top show that makes the horses the stars

[ CT ] Her co-star has 4 legs by Doug George

[ NJ ] Funny, that 'Funny Girl' is a boy

[ NJ ] Palminteri's 'Bronx Tale' flourishes in Atlantic City

[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Postcard From London: Seduced by Scholarship and Stoppard By Ben Brantley

[ DCTS ] Capital Fringe 2009

Would you believe a PowerPoint show is a Pick of the Fringe? From freakshows, Shakespeare satires, bare breasted swordfights, to the more serious comedies and dramas. DCTS is covering all 122 shows in Capital Fringe.

[ TM ] Bird House
Reviewed by: Patrick Lee

Kate Marks' fantastical play about two women living in a tree house needs a more consistently inventive production.

[ AMNY ] Review of Ivanov (Lincoln Center Festival) by Matt Windman

[ CU ] Ice Factory Summer Festival of New Work - First of four reviews: Wonderland

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: Theater review: 'Restoration' at La Jolla Playhouse by Charles McNulty

Audiences who are moved by quick-and-easy tales of personal redemption will no doubt find "Restoration" affecting, but something tells me there's a more authentic version of Shear's tale lying under the waxy finish.

[ INQ ] 'Nutterly Love' funny, maybe not enough Philly By Wendy Rosenfield

[ NYT ] Midwestern Childhood and Other Strangeness By ANITA GATES

So the good old days weren't? A former writer from "Seinfeld," Pat Hazell, looks back, likably but - no surprise - unsentimentally.

[ NYT ] Frightened by the Inevitable By ANITA GATES

In "Tick, Tick...Boom!," Jonathan Larson's warm-up to his smash hit "Rent," a theater composer frets over advancing age.

[ BE ] 'Knickerbocker': Readiness is all By Jeffrey Borak

[ BN ] Guilt, Gin Fuel Gurney's X-Ray of Wasps in 'Children': Review by John Simon (***)

[ LAT ] Culture Monster: Theater review: 'As You Like It' at Shakespeare Festival/LA

[ TONY ] Critic's picks: Adam Feldman by Adam Feldman

[ TONY ] Critic's pick: David Cote by David Cote

[ NYT ] The Great Profile's Silent Faces By DAVE KEHR

A new boxed set from Kino International, "The John Barrymore Collection," offers four of the actor's starring vehicles from the silent period.

[ P ] THE DVD SHELF: "Mad Men" Season Two

[ TM ] Clare Higgins to Star in Thea Sharrock's London Revival of Mrs. Klein

[ P ] Kurt and Sid, about Cobain and Vicious, to Play Trafalgar Studios 2

[ TM ] The Big Voice: God or Merman? to Play L.A. Benefit on July 25

[ P ] Galantich, Fisher and Ishee to Star in Sound of Music for NC Theatre

[ P ] Birdie's Matt Doyle to Play Joe's Pub in August

[ P ] Le Théâtre du Soleil Offers Workshops at Brooklyn College

[ P ] Prince, McAndrew, Whittle and Masi Cast in Lyric Is Waiting

[ P ] "Broadway Musicals of 1968" CD Features Golden, Howard, Noseworthy, Oscar and Steele

[ P ] Jibson to Host July 27 Monday Nights, New Voices Concert

[ P ] JoBeth Williams to Star in Pasadena Playhouse's The Night Is a Child

[ TM ] Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, E.L. Doctorow, John Irving, Stephen King, et al. Set for TimesTalks

[ P ] Tartaglia to Bring New Fangled Variety Show to Comix

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: In the Wings
Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

[ TONY ] Congratulations, Todd London! by David Cote

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[ TM ] Way Out East on West End

The problem with the current theater scene in the West End is that it so resembles the one in New York.

[ P ] Family Drama Levittown Opens Off-Broadway July 13

[ P ] 10th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival Kicks Off July 13

[ P ] Muny Godspell, with Kunze, Green, Aduba, Kantor, Krombach, Mendoza, Begins July 13

[ P ] 9 to 5 Star Block Returns to Birdland July 13

[ P ] Testa and Starobin Join Forces for Musical Evening at Cape May Stage July 13

[ P ] Broadway's Hair Performs on Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien July 13

[ P ] Hairspray Star Blonsky Hosts The 24 Hour Plays Off-Broadway July 13

[ NYT ] Transatlantic Whirlwind Juggles Dozens of Shows, by Patrick Healy

Sonia Friedman is well known in the theater here and on Broadway for having a dizzying number of projects going at once, the recession be damned.

[ R ] Black culture lights up Broadway's Great White Way, by Christine Kearney

When U.S. President Barack Obama took his wife, Michelle, to a Broadway play by African American playwright August Wilson about a black father's search for freedom, ticket sales for the production spiked. As the presidential visit cast a spotlight on Wilson's revival, playwrights and theater observers say both Obama's election and more open theaters and audiences have helped bring more stories of black culture to the New York stage this year.

[ P ] Today in Theatre History

[ NYP ] Little Heat in Schematic Tale of Illicit Love, by Frank Scheck

For an evening filled with simulated copulation, there's not much heat in the new production of Therese Raquin. Presented by PTP/NYC, formerly known as the Potomac Theatre Project, Neal Bell's overly studied rendition manages to take Emile Zola's 1867 tale of illicit passion and murder and reduce it to a tedious exercise in theatrical stylization.

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[ V ] Supersized stagings buck brevity trend By GORDON COX

Epics defy legit wisdom that shorter is better

[ V ] London gets to know 'King' By DAVID BENEDICT

Revival transfer tries to win over West End

[ V ] Broadway stages hit operatic heights By ROBERT HOFLER

Recent crop of popular 'operas' has Rialto singing

[ P ] Arcelus to Return to Jersey Boys Cast July 14

[ B ] Sebastian Arcelus Returns to Broadway's Jersey Boys on July 14

[ P ] Tony Winner Seldes Withdraws from Williamstown's Torch-Bearers

[ TM ] Sam Waterston, David Margulies, Lois Smith, and More Set for Long Wharf's 2009-2010 Season

[ P ] Waterston to Star in Long Wharf's Have You Seen Us?

[ P ] Spike Lee's Passing Strange Film Will Rock Theatres in August

[ TM ] Spike Lee's Passing Strange Film to Get August 21 Release

[ V ] 'Next Room' books Lyceum for fall run

Cast for the show, to be helmed by Les Waters, has not been announced, although Laura Benanti ("Gypsy") has been mentioned as a possibility.

[ TM ] Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room to Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre

[ B ] Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room to Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre

[ V ] Road grosses drop 16.2% in Week 6

'Wicked' breaks Gammage Aud. house record

[ P ] Arnaz, Sherman, Fisher, Sperling and Kimball Are Artistic Directors of 2010 Lyrics & Lyricists Season

[ TM ] Lucie Arnaz, Sheldon Harnick, Daryl Sherman, Ted Sperling, et al. Set for 92nd St Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Season

[ P ] Spirits Reading to Feature Ayers, Halling, LaCause and Lemonides

[ TM ] Becca Ayers, Michael Halling, Sebastian LaCause, et al. Set for York's Spirits Reading

[ TM ] Anthony Federov and Diana DeGarmo to Headline Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[ P ] "American Idol" Finalists Fedorov and DeGarmo to Star in Lyric Theatre's Joseph

[ TM ] JoBeth Williams to Headline Pasadena Playhouse's The Night Is a Child

[ V ] London nabs TCG Visionary Award By GORDON COX

New Dramatists a.d. picks up leadership kudo

[ TM ] James Barbour, Tovah Feldshuh, Debbie Gravitte, Megan Hilty, Ute Lemper, et al. Set for Broadway Winners Concert

[ TM ] Kerry O'Malley, Marty Thomas, Josh Young, et al. Set for Cutting-Edge Composers

[ TM ] John Tartaglia to Star in The New Fangled Variety Show

[ TM ] Film Society of Lincoln Center to Offer The Bard Goes Global

[ TM ] Maura Tierney's Illness Causes NBC to Postpone Parenthood

[ TM ] Mark Blum, Arthur French, Lee Grant, Dael Orlandersmith, et al. Set for HB Studio Discussions

[ TM ] Andrea Martin, Katherine McGrath, Richard Thomas, Lea Thompson, et al. Added to Williamstown Theatre Festival Season

[ DN ] Open-air theater featuring a sinner and a saint by Joe Dziemianowicz

[ CFR ] Competition for Arts Journalism Businesses with "Real Promise" Announced By Leonard Jacobs

On the hunt for arts journalism projects that "have real promise to provide an alternative to traditional news media."

[ P ] Welcome to the Sixties: McAssy and Snarski Star in Surflight's Hairspray

[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 4-10: The Jackson Effect

[ P ] New Musical Girls vs. Boys Begins Northwestern Run July 10

[ P ] Today in Theatre History: JULY 12

[ P ] Public Theater's Starry Twelfth Night Ends Central Park Run July 12

[ P ] for colored girls..., with Givens and Parker, Begins True Colors Run July 12

[ P ] Underneath the Lintel, with Glynis Bell, Opens at the Barrington July 12

[ P ] The Waiting Is Over: Godot Ends Limited Broadway Run July 12

[ P ] Blithe Spirit Offers Actors Fund Performance July 12

[ P ] Tony Winner Ruehl Opens in Buffini's Dinner July 11 at Bay Street

[ P ] O'Neill Playwrights Conference Presents The Color of Desire July 11-12

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[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Postcard From London: Send in the Sendups By Ben Brantley

[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Postcard From London: Americans on Parade By Ben Brantley

[ TE ] Perfect Wedding by Robin Hawdon OSCAR E MOORE

[ BS ] Perfect Wedding - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

There is innocent fun to be had due to playwright Robin Hawdon's creativity and an energetic cast.

[ BS ] The 24th Day - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Nicholas E. Calhoun and Wayne Stephens, the producers and stars of this Off-Off-Broadway showcase production of Tony Piccirillo's 1996 two-hander "The 24th Day," are doing what Back Stage often advises young actors to do: make their own breaks.

[ TT ] Review of The Amish Project by Richmond Shepard

[ TB ] SOUND ADVICE: "ROAD SHOW" and SARAH DELEO by Rob Lester

[ BB ] Homecoming: WTF play brings back Bennington College alums by STEPHANIE L. RYAN

[ SDG ] Fresh story, superb acting lift WTF's 'Knickerbocker' By MATTHEW G. MOROSS

[ TM ] Knickerbocker
Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play about a man approaching first-time fatherhood is all-too-familiar.

[ CU ] Knickerbocker

This somewhat too talky world premiere that does come to more poignant and meaningful life with the entry of veteran actor Bob Dishy who can make you laugh just by raising an eyebrow.