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Sunday, March 14, 2010

    Features:

    [ WP ]  Playwright Terrence McNally's love of opera takes center stage at Kennedy Center By Peter Marks

    [ WSJ ]  Edward Albee's Private Stage By NANCY KEATES

    The playwright talks about his art 'accumulation' in his cavernous New York loft

    [ LAT ]  Lisa Kron's 'The Wake' revisits the 2000 presidential election and Sept. 11 By Charlotte Stoudt

    So the U.S. will always end up prospering? Kron has some doubts.

    [ P ]  Artists Face Adversity in Johnstown Flood

    Playwright Rebecca Gilman places a theatre company at the center of an American disaster in a world-premiere play in Chicago.

    [ CT ]  When Elton met Billy: As 'Billy Elliot' begins Chicago run, Elton John recalls his emotional introduction to story by Chris Jones

    [ LAT ]  'Dreamgirls' gets a solo remix from a 'Dreamboy' by Greg Braxton

    [ HC ]  Nilaja Sun's 'No Child ...' At Long Wharf Theatre Through April 18 By FRANK RIZZO

    What do you do when you've created a solo show that becomes a stage sensation?
    After a while, you give it a rest.

    [ G ]  Ways of seeing

    In Julian Barnes's most recent novel, the main characters don't meet until 300 pages in. How could David Edgar possibly adapt it for the stage? By blowing the whole storytelling strategy, he says

    [ G ]  Who really wrote Shakespeare? by Robert McCrum

    Surely not that 'upstart crow' from Stratford? As James Shapiro's new book rehearses the loony arguments about our greatest playwright, we ask some of today's finest Shakespearean actors and directors their thoughts on the authorship question

    [ TS ]  When Roger Bart is bad, he's really bad by Richard Ouzounian

    Playing characters that tend to swing to the extreme ends of the moral spectrum appeals to this diverse actor

    [ DN ]  Vanessa Williams says goodbye to 'Ugly Betty' and hello to Broadway's 'Sondheim on Sondheim' By Joe Dziemanowicz

    [ TM ]  Vivat! Vivat! Victoria! By: Brian Scott Lipton

    Tony Award winner Victoria Clark discusses starring in Lincoln Center's When the Rain Stops Falling and the Collegiate Chorale's star-studded concert version of The Grapes of Wrath.

    [ B ]  What's Up, Kerry Washington? The Race Star on Mamet, Swearing and Kissing Kristin Chenoweth

    [ BR ]  Judith Ivey stars in 'The Glass Menagerie' By ROBERT FELDBERG

    [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: Jim Brochu by Patrick Lee

    Channeling Zero Mostel in "Zero Hour"

    [ P ]  CELEB PlayBlogger John Tartaglia: March 12

    [ P ]  Patti on Porter and Sondheim

    [ NY ]  Michael Feinstein and Barry Humphries (As Dame Edna) on All About Me

    [ P ]  It's All About...Who, Exactly?

    [ TIMES ]  Tamzin Outhwaite, the unlikely musical star by Louis Wise

    Don't be fooled by TV typecasting. The former EastEnders actress shows how much she's got to give in Sweet Charity

    [ BG ]  Numbers add up in this musical By Joel Brown

    In Elmer Rice's 1923 expressionist play, "The Adding Machine," the unlikable accountant Mr. Zero, after 25 years at his job, is replaced by an adding machine.

    [ NYT ]  His Next Act: Driving Out Apartheid's Ghost By CELIA W. DUGGER

    Athol Fugard, the South African playwright, is back telling stories shaped by his country's tormented racial history. His new play will have its premiere at a theater named in his honor.

    [ NYT ]  Plunging Into Uncharted Depths of Character By PATRICK HEALY

    The actress Elizabeth Marvel has drawn praise over the years from critics and theatergoers for her poise and dexterity with both classical roles and contemporary parts.

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show
    Stage Scenes: Elizabeth Marvel

    [ NYT ]  Some Unsettled Ghosts of Theater Past By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

    Target Margin Theater's new show revisits an experimental Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan production that flopped on Broadway.

    [ NYT ]  'The Demons': And They're Off! By AMY VIRSHUP

    [ NYT ]  A Bronx Island in Many Roles, Even as Itself By ELISSA GOOTMAN

    City Island, a tiny and curious enclave in the Bronx, has a cinematic history that is long, if not quite storied.

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show: Starring... City Island

    [ NYT ]  On the Bow'ry By DAN BARRY

    Dan Barry revisits the history of the Bowery and looks for a flophouse's last resident, the subject of a past column.

    [ NYT ]  Part Library, Part Salon, Part Cast Party By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

    The apartment of Delphi and Norman Harrington seems to exist in both the present and the past.

    [ B ]  Weekend Poll: Which Crooner Do You Want to See on Broadway? Vote Now!

    [ B ]  Photo Op: Cheers! Kelsey Grammer Visits Bebe Neuwirth at The Addams Family

    [ B ]  Watch It: The Ladies of The View Welcome Weird and Wonderful Spokane Star Christopher Walken

    [ B ]  Photo Op: It's Collected Stories Time for Broadway-Bound Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Backstage with The Miracle Worker Star Jennifer Morrison

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lavin, Paulson and Collected Stories Team Meet the Press

    "Next Fall":

    [ TONY ]  Review: Next Fall By Adam Feldman (*****)

    Go see the best new American play on Broadway.

    [ B ]  Did Word of Mouth Reviewers Sam, Phyllis and Deanna Fall For New Play Next Fall?

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Next Fall Opens on Broadway

    [ B ]  Photo Op: New Play Next Fall's Joyful Broadway Opening

    Other Reviews:

    [ CU ]  American Buffalo at McCarter Theater - Review by Simon Saltzman

    Steppenwolf production lands successfully at the McCarter

    [ NYT ]  Playing a Game of 'Who's the Adult Here?' By ANITA GATES

    The Schoolhouse Theater production of "Kimberly Akimbo" finds the comedy in a teenager facing an early death - and that isn't her only problem.

    [ NYT ]  Good News, Comrades! Stalin Has a Job for You By NEIL GENZLINGER

    "Lenin's Embalmers," at Ensemble Studio Theater, will teach you to beware those in seats of power who issue orders that carry the whiff of crazy.

    [ TM ]  The Light in the Piazza
    Reviewed by: Michael Toscano

    This chamber version of the Tony Award-winning musical exposes the book's weaknesses, despite fine work by stars Hollis Resnik, Margaret Anne Florence, and Nicholas Rodriguez.

    [ DN ]  The Cultural Tourist By Howard Kissel: The Nose

    [ TE ]  When the Rain Stops Falling - Reviewed by OSCAR E. MOORE

    A pretentious, puzzling and fishy play directed by David Cromer

    [ P ]  ON THE RECORD: The Original Broadway Cast Albums of Stephen Sondheim - Part One

    [ P ]  SHELF LIFE: Lee Strasberg, Delia Ephron, Gypsy Rose Lee, Children's Theatre and More

    In this month's column about current theatre-related books, we launch a recurring feature - a glimpse at what's on the nightstands of your favorite stars. Who's reading what? Check it out.

    News:

    [ TM ]  Kathleen Turner to Star in World Premiere of Matthew Lombardo's High

    [ P ]  Turner to Star in Premiere of High at Hartford TheaterWorks Prior to Midwest and NYC

    [ TM ]  A Boy and His Soul, She Like Girls, Hair, et al. Win GLAAD Media Awards

    [ TM ]  Jonathan Reynolds' Girls In Trouble Extends Through April 11 at The Flea Theater

    [ P ]  The Flea Theater Extends Reynolds' Girls in Trouble Again; Now to April 11

    [ NYT ]  TV vs. Off Broadway: TV Wins, Slightly Delaying 'The Kid' By PATRICK HEALY

    [ P ]  The New Group Delays Musical The Kid for Star Sieber

    [ TM ]  New Group's The Kid Musical Delays Previews; Complete Casting Announced

    [ TM ]  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Returns to London March 16

    [ P ]  Taylor John, Les Miserables Actor, Dies at 28

    [ P ]  An Officer and a Gentleman Musical in the Works; May Reading Planned

    [ NYT ]  Ousted at Variety, Critic Heads to New York Film Festival By DAVE ITZKOFF

    The Internet burst open with an outpouring of support for Mr. McCarthy, including an article by Roger Ebert, the film critic of The Chicago Sun-Times, who wrote, "If Variety no longer requires its chief film critic, it no longer requires me as a reader."

    [ TM ]  Chris D'Arienzo's Barry Munday, with Jean Smart, Patrick Wilson, et al. to Bow at Southwest Film Festival

    [ P ]  Patrick Wilson Is "Barry Munday" at SXSW

    [ TM ]  NYC's Paley Center for Media to Present Celebrating Sondheim at 80 Screenings

    [ TM ]  Brandon Albright to Star in La Mirada's Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story

    [ NYT ]  Corrections

    [ TONY ]  Launch time: PLAY a Journal of Plays throws itself a party by Helen Shaw

    [ NYP ]  Looking beyond the Hudson by Elisabeth Vincentelli

    [ P ]  Montalban, Rush and Foy Set for North Carolina Theatre's Cinderella

    [ P ]  Marin Theatre Company to Premiere New Works by Cain, Appel in 2010-11 Season

    [ P ]  Aesop's Fables, New Children's Musical, to Play Circle in the Square March 20-21

    [ P ]  Tony Administration Committee to Assemble in April

    [ P ]  Ryan, Giamatti and Cannavale to Star in "Win Win" Film

    [ TM ]  Bobby Cronin, Selloane Nkhela, Meredith Patterson, Bryce Ryness, et al. Set for The Other Side of Broadway

    [ TM ]  Michelle Williams to Help Judge Chicago the Musical Talent Contest

    [ TM ]  Zoe Caldwell Set for April 22 Barnes & Noble Appearance

    [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MARCH 14

    [ P ]  Hallelujah! Valerie Harper Is Tallulah in Broadway's Looped, Opening March 14

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Anika Noni Rose Joins Jason Robert Brown at Birdland March 14-18

    [ P ]  Million Dollar Quartet Sings on Broadway Beginning March 13

    [ P ]  World Premiere of Schwimmer and Bellin's Trust, About Internet Predator, Opens March 13 in Chicago

    [ P ]  Daddy Long Legs Begins Cincinnati Run March 13

    [ P ]  San Diego Rep Fills Season with Letts, Ruhl, Shaiman-Wittman and Fugard

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    • Saturday, March 13, 2010

      [ CN ]  IN THE NOH: Glocca Morra Girl BY DAVID NOH

      When, in the recent revival of "Finian's Rainbow," Kate Baldwin walked onstage to sing "How Are Things in Glocca Morra," all lovers of this show breathed a collective sigh of relief and total bliss, knowing that she would do ravishing service to the genius of songwriters Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg.

      [ DCTS ]  Chad Kimball, starring in the Broadway musical Memphis

      Joel Markowitz schmoozes with actor Chad Kimball about playing the high energy Huey Calhoun in MEMPHIS.

      [ TDF ]  An Exclusive Look at the Robert Whitehead Award Ceremony By MARK BLANKENSHIP

      Stars and colleagues honor Broadway producer Stuart Thompson

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      • Friday, March 12, 2010

        Dame Edna & Michael Feinstein Featurette: All About Me
        With Ellis Nassour
        Produced by Michael Stever

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          [ STARS ]  Colored Lights, by Michael Portantiere

          Musicals Tonight! offers a rare revival of the 1984 John Kander-Fred Ebb-Terrence McNally musical The Rink.

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            • "Next Fall" - Features:

            [ TM ]  Fall In! By: Tristan Fuge and Brian Scott Lipton

            Bryan Batt, Matt Bomer, Kristin Chenoweth, Christine Ebersole, Edie Falco, Mariska Hargitay, Elton John, Eric McCormack, Kelli O'Hara, Joan Rivers and more stars celebrate the Broadway production of Next Fall.

            [ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Next Fall - Having Faith in the Broadway Play

            [ NY ]  Elton John Doesn't Need to See a Broadway Show to Produce It

            [ NYP ]  Elton falls for play By CINDY ADAMS

            [ B ]  Photo Op: Sir Elton John and David Furnish Throw Next Fall a VIP Bash

            [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Elton John and David Furnish Visit Next Fall

            [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Next Fall Celebrates at VIP Party

            "Next Fall" - Reviews:

            [ NYT ]  Leaps of Faith to Transcend Urban Angst By BEN BRANTLEY

            "Next Fall" is that genuine rara avis, a smart, sensitive and utterly contemporary New York comedy.

            [ TE ]  Next Fall - Reviewed by OSCAR E. MOORE

            There is truly an extraordinary new voice on Broadway - wonderfully comic, humane and heartfelt. And that voice belongs to playwright Geoffrey Nauffts.

            [ THR ]  Next Fall -- Review By Frank Scheck

            Deeply moving comedy drama that deserves not to get lost in the Broadway shuffle.

            [ EW ]  Next Fall
            Reviewed by Melissa Rose Bernardo (A-)

            [ NYP ]  'Fall' guys worth watching by Elisabeth Vincentelli (***)

            [ AP ]  Question of faith explored in 'Next Fall' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

            "Next Fall" is expertly cast, enormously entertaining and even laugh-filled despite the underlying seriousness of its subject matter.

            [ OOB ]  Next Fall - Review by Matt Windman

            Sheryl Kaller's production showcases sensitive performances that capture the heart and sadness inherent in the play.

            [ BR ]  Robert Feldberg reviews "Next Fall," new on Broadway

            "Next Fall" is not an earth-shattering play, but in its groundedness and good will, it gets you thinking about the adjustments and compromises we all need to make to get along with our fellow human beings.

            [ CU ]  Next Fall

            Geoffrey Nauffts' play is indeed buoyed by a good deal of laughter but it ultimately takes you completely out of yourself and leaves even the most hardened theater goer with a tight throat and a knot in the stomach

            [ NY ]  The Believer and the Apostate By Stephanie Zacharek

            One member of Next Fall's central same-sex couple is also a heavy-duty Christian. Can this marriage be saved?

            [ V ]  Next Fall
            Review by David Rooney

            The play had a quieter appeal in its hit Off Broadway run last summer; the slicked-up transfer pushes harder, particularly for laughs. But it remains a moving domestic drama.

            [ DN ]  Geoffrey Nauffts' 'Next Fall,' produced by Elton John, is funny but didactic Broadway drama by Joe Dziemianowicz (***)

            [ BS ]  Next Fall - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

            Geoffrey Nauffts' tender and compassionate play about a gay couple in conflict over religion loses intimacy in its Broadway transfer but none of its power to move.

            [ TM ]  Next Fall
            Reviewed by: Patrick Lee

            Geoffrey Nauffts' frustrating and problematic play about an unusual gay relationship gets a top-notch Broadway production.

            [ USA ]  'Next Fall' shows feeling -- the feeling of familiarity By Elysa Gardner (**1/2 out of four)

            [ TB ]  Next Fall
            Review by Matthew Murray

            It's driven by two volatile agendas, the more unsettling of which is to convince you it has no agenda at all.

            [ ND ]  'Next Fall': A love story that requires faith By LINDA WINER

            "Next Fall" is a love story about belief. I'm afraid I am not a believer - not in the love story or in the play.

            [ WSJ ]  Dude, Where's My God?

            After a successful run Off Broadway, the cliché-infested and cloyingly sentimental "Next Fall" arrives on Broadway-proving you can fool some of the people most of the time, says Terry Teachout.

            Plus "The Temperamentals" and "Equivocation."

            [ NJNR ]  Gay partners cope with life and death situations in 'Next Fall' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

            From the sniffles pervading the auditorium, apparently some people are moved deeply by this comedy-drama-weeper. Not me. At least not in the way the playwright intends. Frankly I could scarcely wait to move myself out of the theater and into a martini.

            News:

            [ DAI ]  Fire Breaks Out at St. James Theatre

            Thanks to OriginalTopherP on All That Chat for the link.

            [ ND ]  'Phantom' sequel unmasked in London to mixed reviews By LINDA WINER

            [ P ]  Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Will Likely Undergo Changes Prior to Broadway

            [ P ]  Finley's The Jackie Look Extends Through April 24

            [ P ]  Ogunquit Playhouse Season to Include Drowsy Chaperone, Sunset Boulevard, Spamalot and More

            [ TM ]  Works by Athol Fugard, Tracy Letts, Sarah Ruhl, and More Set for San Diego Rep's 2010-2011 Season

            [ P ]  Complete Casting Announced for Toronto's Rock of Ages

            [ TM ]  Rock of Ages Announces Complete Casting for Canadian Premiere

            [ P ]  "Glee" Live! In Concert! Adds New York and Los Angeles Dates

            [ P ]  Spring Awakening U.S. Tour to Conclude May 23; Non-Equity Tour to Follow

            [ TM ]  John Barrowman to Launch U.K. Concert Tour in October

            [ P ]  John Barrowman Tour Dates Announced

            [ TM ]  Streep Tease Extends Through April 24

            [ P ]  Sphinx Winx Readings to Feature Anderson, Bolton, Dalton, Hurlbert, Snelson

            [ TM ]  David Henry Hwang, GrooveLily, Vienna Teng Set for TheatreWorks' Gala 40 Benefit

            [ TM ]  Chita Rivera Set for May 7 Atlanta Lyric Theatre Fundraiser

            [ TM ]  Joseph Keckler to Offer April 3 Midnight Mass Concert at Joe's Pub

            [ TM ]  Ron Bohmer, Jeremey Kushnier, et al. Set for Robert Schenkkan and Neil Berg's Musical The 12

            [ P ]  Daisey's Last Cargo Cult Will Play Atlanta

            [ P ]  Evenings With Burgess, Rudetsky, Cates, Pazakis and Broadway Boys to Benefit Rosie's Kids

            [ P ]  "Ear of the Heart: The Music of Galt MacDermot" to Be Screened at Joe's Pub

            [ P ]  The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project Musical Reading to Feature Allen, Barnhart, Rosa and Summers

            [ P ]  Ryan O'Connor Eats His Feelings to Feature Special Guests Bean, Hilty, Thompson and More

            [ P ]  Pittsburgh CLO to Premiere Gershwins' S' Wonderful

            [ TM ]  Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave Set for Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus Film

            [ P ]  Malkovich to Appear at London's Baribcan; Plus Returns for Brook, Lepage, Cheek by Jowl

            [ TM ]  New York Philharmonic's SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert to Be Broadcast on PBS

            [ TM ]  Phil Collins to Receive Johnny Mercer Award

            [ TM ]  God of Carnage Pulled from Broadway in Chicago Season, National Tour in Doubt

            [ P ]  Mermaid's Zambello Named New Artistic Director of Glimmerglass Opera

            Features:

            [ NYT ]  What You Did for Love (of Theater) By PATRICK HEALY

            [ NY ]  When American Idol Meets Hair, It's All Groovy, Man - Groovy and Naked

            [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Beale and Shaw in London Assurance at The National Theatre

            [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Glass Menagerie Off-Broadway

            Reviews:

            [ TE ]  The Miracle Worker - Reviewed by OSCAR E. MOORE

            "Word of mouth" has changed to "word of web" and one can only hope that all the chat rooms and theater bloggers find this production more compelling than I did.

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              • "Love Never Dies":

              [ NYP ]  'Phantom' menace: Sequel is shaky by Michael Riedel

              Webber show off to rough start in UK

              [ NYT ]  Changes Likely to 'Phantom' Sequel for Broadway Run By PATRICK HEALY

              [ NYT ]  Schott's Vocab: Paint Never Dries By BEN SCHOTT

              An unflattering nickname for Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical "Love Never Dies."

              [ B ]  Videos: All About Love Never Dies: Live from the London Red Carpet

              [ THR ]  Love Never Dies -- Review By Ray Bennett

              Against the odds, Andrew Lloyd Webber creates a brilliant sequel to "Phantom."

              News:

              [ NYT ]  No National Tour for 'Carnage' By PATRICK HEALY

              [ P ]  Broadway Hit God of Carnage Will Not Reign on National Tour

              [ CT ]  Broadway in Chicago confirms 'God of Carnage' is off by Chris Jones

              [ P ]  Unchain My Heart, the Ray Charles Musical to Open on Broadway in November

              [ TM ]  Suzan-Lori Parks' Unchain My Heart, The Ray Charles Musical to Play Broadway in the Fall

              [ B ]  Ray Charles Musical Unchain My Heart to 'Mess Around' on Broadway in Fall 2010

              [ TM ]  Francesca Zambello to Head Glimmerglass Opera

              [ MAIL ]  Getting to bed at 4am on Oscars morning, partying with Madonna and smoking cigars... Why Cameron Diaz is the party animal of Tinseltown By Baz Bamigboye

              Includes news that Dustin Hoffman will be directing a film version of Ronald Harwood's play "Quartet," featuring Maggie Smith, Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay.

              [ P ]  Steven Sater Working on Chitty Remake, Musical With Bacharach, Spring Awakening Film and More

              [ P ]  Wright's Gaza-Inspired The Human Scale to Play Joe's Pub; Eustis Directs

              [ V ]  Phil Collins tapped for Johnny Mercer Award

              Veteran singer to receive songwriting honor

              [ P ]  LaBute Pens New Prologue for Chicago Taming of the Shrew

              [ TM ]  Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, John Malkovich, et al. Set for Coming Season at the Barbican in London

              [ P ]  Purple's Hall Eliminated From "American Idol"; Top 12 Finalists Announced

              [ TM ]  Polly Noonan, Keith Reddin, T. Ryder Smith et al. Set for Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play

              [ P ]  Noonan, Reddin, Wiesner and More Cast in Ruhl's Passion Play

              [ TM ]  Judi Dench's Memoir, And Furthermore, to Be Published in October

              [ NYT ]  No One Writes Like a Dame: Judi Dench to Publish Memoir By DAVE ITZKOFF

              [ TM ]  Bay Street to Name Second Stage After Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach; Summer Season Announced

              [ P ]  Bay Street Season to Feature Works by Mamet, Lanigan and Wilson

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                • This Morning's Peter Filichia:

                [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Lookin' Ahead

                [ NJ ]  'American Buffalo': Letts shows what he's learned as 'Teach'

                Features:

                [ P ]  DIVA TALK: Celebrating Sondheim with Tony Winner Patti LuPone

                [ NYT ]  Answers From a Theater Historian, Part 2

                More answers to readers' questions from Marc Robinson, a professor at Yale University.

                [ NYT ]  A 12-Hour Play, Limited Seats and Endless Bragging Rights By PATRICK HEALY

                "The Demons," a 12-hour production of a grim Dostoyevsky novel that will be performed only twice, may be the must-see show of the New York theater season.

                [ G ]  Noises off: Is theatre elitist? by Chris Wilkinson

                Theatre blogs are anxiously debating whether 'experimental' theatre turns off 'regular' people

                [ V ]  Obama effects change on stage by Gordon Cox

                New spate of legit offerings tackle race in America

                [ NYP ]  Woman wins Best Director...at the Tonys by Elisabeth Vincentelli

                [ DN ]  The Cultural Tourist
                The Beast of Broadway By Howard Kissel

                A few months ago at a party I ran into David Garrison, with whom I have acted in Project Shaw at the Players.

                [ CST ]  Miller to 'Land' a few shots for queer community BY MISHA DAVENPORT

                [ TIMES ]  Great moments in the theatre: The Night of the Iguana by Benedict Nightingale

                I revere Judi Dench, but she's a bit lacking in some of the qualities that make Eileen Atkins, maybe our finest actress

                [ WSJ ]  A Dance Tribute to Frank Sinatra By ELLEN GAMERMAN

                Three musicians working in Twyla Tharp's "Come Fly Away" recall their days playing in his band.

                [ WSJ ]  The Charms of the Macabre By ANDREW STARK

                "The Addams Family: An Evilution" offers a selection of Charles Addams's cartoons and a chance to contemplate the peculiar character of his loving, twisted Addams Family.

                [ B ]  Video Blog: Jackie Hoffman Offers an Inside Look Backstage with The Addams Family Home Movies

                [ P ]  Tenor Troupers Learn the Rules of Farce - Or Else

                Rule No. 1 of rehearsing a farce? According to Broadway's Lend Me a Tenor screwball comedians, get on your feet as soon as possible.

                [ TONY ]  Interview: Stanley Tucci By Billie Cohen

                He'll cook you dinner, but he won't go to the opera.

                [ LASB ]  Frances Conroy Explores The Subject was Roses by Deborah Behrens

                Frances Conroy discusses her NYC connections to The Subject Was Roses at LA's Mark Taper, life after Six Feet Under and her upcoming series Happy Town.

                [ B ]  Fresh Face: Andrea Riseborough on Matching Wits with Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw in The Pride

                [ CT ]  David Schwimmer opens up on 'Trust' at Lookingglass - and life out of the 'Friends' lane by Chris Jones

                [ TDP ]  Tenors' country classics travel straight to the heart in 'Southern Comfort' By Sarika Jagtiani

                "Southern Comfort" stars tenors Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter and Tim DiPasqua.

                [ WSJ ]  Jeff Daniels's Return to 'Carnage' By ELLEN GAMERMAN

                Jeff Daniels, who was in the original cast of "God of Carnage," returns to the Broadway show-but this time in the role first played by James Gandolfini.

                [ P ]  CELEB PlayBlogger John Tartaglia: March 11

                [ NY ]  Philip Seymour Hoffman and Liev Schreiber Go on a Wild Path of Destruction

                [ WSJ ]  Steppenwolf Plumbs the Tension of Public vs. Private By ELLEN GAMERMAN

                The Chicago theater company's slate of plays for 2010-11 illuminate in various ways the identity issues of the Facebook/Twitter age.

                [ CST ]  Sizzling musical recounts Celia Cruz's vibrant life BY HEDY WEISS

                [ CST ]  Extensive catalog preserves legacy of salsa's queen BY LAURA EMERICK

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                  • Reviews:

                  [ V ]  London Assurance
                  Review by David Benedict

                  The play was a smash hit on its first outing in 1841. History looks likely to repeat itself.

                  [ BS ]  Ladies in Retirement - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

                  It's probably wiser to retire these "Ladies," but though this once-successful play is now long, obvious, and clunky, the production shines.

                  [ NYT ]  Her Two Faces: Belter and Crooner By STEPHEN HOLDEN

                  The British musical theater star Clare Burt is appearing through Saturday at the Metropolitan Room.

                  [ INQ ]  Drama delves into terrorism and bureacracy By Howard Shapiro

                  Language Rooms is colored in shades of Abu Ghraib.

                  [ INQ ]  Fairy-tale theme provides no 'Happily Ever After' By Toby Zinman

                  [ BSR ]  Sleeping Beauty snores! by DAN ROTTENBERG

                  The charming Mary Martello's cute idea- what happens to fairy-tale heroines after they find their charming princes?- is undermined by a weak script that's too often repetitive and obvious.

                  [ CU ]  When the Rain Stops Falling

                  What rescues the American premiere of When the Rain Stops from a too soggy landing is David Cromer's beautiful and strong on atmosphere and emotion staging

                  [ NY ]  Waterlogged By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK

                  When the Rain Stops Falling is like getting caught in a spring shower: It's refreshing at first, but you end up soggy and dispirited.

                  [ LAT ]  Review: 'Influence' at the Skylight Theatre by F. Kathleen Foley

                  Simultaneously charming and repugnant, Bitterman's characters are so daringly dislikable, you have to love them.

                  [ LAT ]  Review: 'Much Ado About Nothing' at A Noise Within by Philip Brandes

                  A Noise Within, Glendale's classical repertory theater, offers a revival of William Shakespeare's battle-of-the-sexes romp that's smart, seductive, and above all, funny.

                  [ TS ]  Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers by Edward Lieberman

                  A breathless docudrama about the Washington Post's publication of the Nixon government's decisions on Vietnam by despite actions to prevent that

                  [ TS ]  Candida by Victor Gluck

                  Tony Walton's revival of classic Shaw comedy of ideas with Melissa Errico is charming in both conception and execution

                  [ TS ]  Equivocation by Eugene Paul

                  How does William Shakespeare keep his entire company from being beheaded when the King demands a new play HIS way? Brilliant.

                  [ BH ]  'Shaw' a smart comedy By Jenna Scherer

                  [ BG ]  'Becky Shaw' skims surface of bad blind dates By Louise Kennedy

                  [ THR ]  The Caretaker -- Review By Ray Bennett

                  Jonathan Pryce triumphs in classic Harold Pinter revival.

                  [ TE ]  A Behanding in Spokane - Reviewed by OSCAR E. MOORE

                  This is bizarre black comedy at its best. It is horribly funny for all the wrong reasons.

                  [ BN ]  Kim Cattrall Flirts, Clowns in 'Private Lives': London Stage
                  Review by Warwick Thompson

                  [ TB ]  SOUND ADVICE: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR, TORCH BY LINA and CONNIE BY JENNA by Rob Lester

                  Photos:

                  [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Paulo Szot in The Nose at The Metropolitan Opera

                  [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Jonathan Larson Grants Presentation Ceremony

                  [ B ]  Photo Op: Let's Hear It for the Boys! Liza, Chita & More Cheer Kander & Ebb's Scottsboro Boys

                  [ B ]  Photo Op: First Look! Judith Ivey in Off-Broadway's Glass Menagerie

                  [ B ]  Photo Op: Richard Gere and Family Let the Sun Shine In at Hair

                  [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Public Theatre Breaks Ground on Renovations

                  [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway's All About Me with Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein

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                    • News:

                    [ TM ]  Mario Lopez, Courtney Mazza Expecting a Child

                    [ B ]  Mario Lopez and Former Chorus Line Co-Star Courtney Mazza to Welcome a Broadway Baby

                    [ TM ]  The Sherman Brothers, Samuel French Inc., Mint Theater to Receive Theatre Museum Awards

                    [ TM ]  Farah Alvin, Marty Thomas, et al. Set for We Are The Song 3 at Galapagos

                    [ P ]  Broadway Vets Shindle and Steele Lace Up to Impact Marriage Equality

                    [ TM ]  Diana Ross to Embark on North American Tour of More Today Than Yesterday on May 15

                    [ TM ]  Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana to Star in Joe Wright's Hanna Film

                    [ TM ]  Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker to Receive ShoWest Honor

                    [ P ]  "Nine" DVD and Blu-ray to Arrive In Stores May 4

                    [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MARCH 12

                    [ P ]  Williams & Walker Back in Spotlight in Alabama World Premiere of Nobody, March 12-28

                    [ P ]  Steppenwolf's Buffalo, with Tracy Letts, Opens at the McCarter March 12

                    [ P ]  Attic Theatre's Side by Side by Sondheim Begins Limited Run March 12

                    [ P ]  Lend Me a Tenor, with LaPaglia, Shalhoub, Bartha and Maxwell, Returns to Broadway

                    [ P ]  Golden Age Kicks Off McNally's Nights at the Opera in D.C. March 12

                    [ P ]  The Servant of Two Masters Begins Yale Rep Run March 12

                    [ P ]  Shakespeare, Ruhl, Ayckbourn and Rebeck Will Find Home at Philly's Wilma in 2010-11

                    [ TM ]  Patti LuPone, Steve Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O'Hara, Sting, et al. Set for 2010 Ravinia Festival

                    [ P ]  Batt Will Meet Betty in April

                    [ B ]  Stage Version of John Grisham's A Time to Kill to Debut at Arena Stage

                    [ NYT ]  The Hour Approaches for Stage Version of 'A Time to Kill' By DAVE ITZKOFF

                    [ P ]  Fifth of July Added to Williamstown Season; Terry Kinney to Direct

                    [ NYT ]  Theater Listings: March 12 - 18

                    Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

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                    • Thursday, March 11, 2010

                      News:

                      [ P ]  Kelsey Grammer Will Spend Six Months as Georges, Before Playing Albin in Broadway's La Cage

                      [ P ]  Ravinia Festival 2010 to Feature LuPone, Mitchell, O'Hara, McDonald, Cerveris

                      Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Brian Stokes Mitchell will join forces for staged concerts of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun during the 2010 summer season at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois.

                      [ P ]  Grisham's A Time to Kill Will Premiere at Arena Stage Before NYC; Letts, Morton Join Season

                      [ TM ]  Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, Anna Deavere Smith, John Grisham's A Time to Kill Added to Arena Stage Season

                      [ P ]  Will Ricky Martin Be in Evita's Broadway Revival?

                      [ P ]  Cirque du Soleil's NYC Launch of Banana Shpeel Delayed Again; April 29 Is Target

                      [ TM ]  Banana Shpeel to Now Begin NYC Performances April 29

                      [ NYT ]  New Cirque du Soleil Show Is Delayed Again By DAVE ITZKOFF

                      Somewhere in New York, the Allman Brothers Band must be having a good ol' Southern laugh about this....

                      [ CT ]  Cirque du Soleil fires itself by Chris Jones

                      [ P ]  Felicia Finley, Andrew Rannells and More Cast in Paper Mill Smokey Joe's Cafe

                      [ TM ]  Felicia Finley, Andrew Rannells, et al. Set for Paper Mill's Smokey Joe's Café

                      [ TM ]  Josh Towers to Star in New Musical Langston in Harlem

                      [ P ]  Langston In Harlem Musical Will Premiere April 9 in NYC

                      [ TM ]  Newsical the Musical to Take Hiatus, Return in June

                      [ TM ]  Conan O'Brien to Embark Upon Live Comedy Tour April 12, Including Two Shows at Radio City Music Hall

                      [ TM ]  Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas' Anna Nicole Opera to Premiere at Royal Opera House

                      [ TM ]  Works by Alan Ayckbourn, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Ruhl and More Set for Wilma Theater's 2010-11 Season

                      [ TM ]  Terry Kinney to Direct Fifth of July at Williamstown Theatre Festival

                      [ TM ]  Lisa Brescia, Chad Kimball, Andrew Samonsky, et al. Set for March 28 Bobby Cronin Concert

                      [ P ]  Kimball, Brescia, Samonsky and Henderson Will Be Not the Same March 28

                      [ P ]  Katrina-Inspired Hell and High Water Will Get World Premiere in NYC April 1

                      [ P ]  Brunell, Jacoby, Lone and More Will Sing & Swing for Haiti

                      [ P ]  Mary Testa to Host Monday Nights, New Voices Concert

                      [ P ]  Tartaglia Schedules Manhattan Appearances to Promote ImaginOcean

                      [ P ]  Free Reading of Wrapped Features Alexander, Hammond, Johnson, Ryan and Sullivan

                      [ P ]  Austin, Chitel, Emerson, Henderson, Rolff and Steele Will Ask Is There Life After High School?

                      [ P ]  Lee Lessack Will Bring Chanteur to Los Angeles, London and Paris

                      [ TM ]  Phyllis Johnson, Alfredo Narciso, et al. Set for Red Bull Reading of The Steward of the Duchess of Malfi

                      [ TM ]  Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, et al. Set for May 8 SNL, Betty White to Host

                      [ P ]  "Amazing Race" Winner Reichen Lehmkuhl to Star in Off-Broadway's My Big Gay Italian Wedding

                      Reviews:

                      [ TM ]  REVIEW ROUNDUP: Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw Open in London Assurance, Directed by Nicholas Hytner

                      Features:

                      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Scottsboro Boys Opens Off-Broadway

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