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[ NYT ] 'Spider-Man' Musical Announces New Producers, Star By Dave Itzkoff

[ NYT ] Actor Fired From 'Orphans' Home Cycle' Is Compensated By Dave Itzkoff

[ NYT ] Not All Are Tapped to Move With 'Temperamentals' By Patrick Healy

[ TONY ] Quartett
Review by Adam Feldman

When the piece isn't obsessing about death, it is delving into erotics, but Wilson's frigid aesthetic makes the enterprise about as sexy as a Popsicle.

[ TONY ] Idiot Savant
Review by David Cote

Idiot Savant is vintage Foreman: ravishing, perplexing, scary, a sensual and intellectual massage for those weary of causality and psychology.

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[ TM ] The Marvelous Wonderettes to Close Off-Broadway January 3

[ P ] Marvelous Wonderettes Will Exit NYC in January; Wide Regional Life Begins

[ B ] The Marvelous Wonderettes to Close Off-Broadway in January

[ NYT ] Playwright and Director in a Single Hair Shirt By PATRICK HEALY

For Kenneth Lonergan, the last few weeks of directing his drama "The Starry Messenger" have included moments of frustration and hope.

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Rebeck's The Understudy Opens Off-Broadway

[ TM ] PHOTOFLASH: New Broadway Cast of White Christmas Meets the Press

[ P ] Playblog: Cheyenne on the Tube

[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jim Norton

Any dedicated New York theatregoer knows that actor Jim Norton has been on a roll for some time.

[ TONY ] Finian's Rainbow
Review by Adam Feldman

None of the show's apples fall far from the twee.

[ TONY ] The New Electric Ballroom
Review by David Cote

Such an expressionistic investigation of language and memory could be engaging and even affecting, but one never gets around to caring about Walsh's afflicted wraiths.

[ TONY ] Love Child
Review by Adam Feldman

Love Child is birthed before our eyes in a labor of love, and the labor pains are evident: By the end of their two-man show, Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton are both drenched in sweat.

[ TONY ] Nightingale
Review by Helen Shaw

This elegiac monologue, a dual portrait of Redgrave and her long-dead grandmother, burns with an unsteady flame.

[ TONY ] Americana Kamikaze
Review by Helen Shaw

Text and presence are supplied by live actors, but all the jump-scares come courtesy of William Cusick's ravishing, cinematic video.

[ CU ] Our Town Revisited

A look at Jason Harner Butler as Our Town's Stage Manager

[ TM ] Hair Broadway Revival to Receive Vinyl LP from Ghostlight

[ P ] Hair Revival Recording Will Get Vinyl Release

[ TM ] Old Globe Announces Full Cast for Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

[ P ] Blackwell and Reichard Will Offer Sneak Peek of The Kid Musical

[ P ] Broadway's Cuccioli and Fraser to Sing for George Street Playhouse's Holiday Cabaret

[ P ] Mitchell's The Red Box Will Receive Montreal Reading

[ P ] Lark Names Playwrights for U.S./Mexico Exchange

[ P ] "Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain" Available in Stores

[ P ] Glory Days Cast and Creators to Perform at Joe's Pub

[ B ] Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton to Star in Sweeney Todd; West End Transfer Expected

[ B ] Abili, Head and Manville to Headline Six Degrees of Separation at the Old Vic

[ B ] Tony Winner Jonathan Pryce to Star in West End Production of The Caretaker

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[ DN ] Garbage truck hits Off-B'way actress Shami Chaikin in wheelchair by Matthew Lysiak, Robert Johnson and Wil Cruz

[ NYP ] 'West Side' whack by Michael Riedel

Director flip-flops, time for new Tony

[ LAT ] On Broadway, 'Spider-Man's' greatest enemy is the budget By John Horn

Sources close to the production say the musical's producers need to raise as much as $24 million to cover a $52-million budget.

[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Fate of 'Spider-Man' Musical Could Be Determined on Friday By Patrick Healy

[ P ] Update on Broadway's Spider-Man Expected Soon

[ BN ] Live Nation Theater Sale Creates West End Rival to Lloyd Webber By Jonathan Browning

[ P ] Heusinger, Breen, Corman, Dugan, Ray and Smith Set for Broadway's Next Fall

[ TM ] Patrick Breen, Patrick Heusinger, et al. Set for Broadway Production of Next Fall

[ B ] Original Cast to Return for Broadway Run of Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall

[ TONY ] Next Fall, next spring by Adam Feldman

[ TM ] Liam Redhead, Dayton Tavares to Play Title Role in Billy Elliot; Tommy Batchelor to Depart December 11

[ B ] Dayton Tavares and Liam Redhead Are Broadway's Newest Billy Elliots

[ P ] Tavares and Redhead to Join Billy Elliot in December

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: More Billy Elliots for Broadway Cast
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[ P ] Jonathan Pryce to Transfer to Wet End in Liverpool Production of Pinter's The Caretaker

[ TM ] Jonathan Pryce to Star in The Caretaker at West End's Trafalgar Studios

[ P ] The Fantasticks, Staged by Japanese Director Amon Miyamato, to Play West End

[ TM ] Amon Miyamoto to Direct West End Production of The Fantasticks

[ TM ] Lesley Manville to Star in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation at Old Vic

[ P ] Manville, Head and Abili to Appear in London's New Six Degrees of Separation

[ P ] Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton Expected to Star in Sweeney Todd at U.K's Chichester Festival Theatre

[ P ] National Theatre Wales Announces First Year's Work, Including "Lost" Osborne Play and Michael Sheen Passion Play

[ TM ] Michael Sheen to Stage The Passion Play for National Theatre of Wales

[ TM ] Cirque du Soleil's Viva ELVIS Begins Performances December 18 in Las Vegas

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
Cirque du Soleil's 'Viva ELVIS' to open in December in Las Vegas by David Ng

[ TM ] Stew to Compose Songs and Music for Shakespeare on the Sound's Othello

[ P ] Settle and Stew Will Collaborate on Othello for Shakespeare on the Sound

[ TM ] Groovaloo to Play Union Square Theatre

[ TM ] Michele Lee, Debra Monk, Casey Wilson, et al. to Join Cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore

[ B ] Michele Lee, Debra Monk and More to Join Love, Loss and What I Wore

[ P ] Monk, Lee, Ellis and Wilson to Recall Love, Loss and What I Wore Off-Broadway

[ TM ] Billy Elliot, Hair, Finian's Rainbow, et al. Set for Kids' Night on Broadway

[ P ] Kids' Night on Broadway, Slated for February 2010, on Sale Starting Nov. 9

[ TM ] Marcy Heisler, Zina Goldrich to Receive 2009 Fred Ebb Award

[ P ] Heisler and Goldrich Are 2009 Fred Ebb Award Winners

[ P ] Schwartz Contributes New Lyrics for Bernstein's Mass at Northwestern

[ TM ] Rue McClanahan Recovering After Heart Surgery

[ MAIL ] Bringing up Breakfast At Tiffany's! Anna Friel's performance interrupted by ill spectator

Thanks to young-walsingham on All That Chat for the link.

[ NYT ] Art D'Lugoff, Village Gate Impresario, Dies at 85 By MARGALIT FOX

Mr. D'Lugoff's nightclub, the Village Gate, was home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi.

[ TM ] Art D'Lugoff, Village Gate Owner and Off-Broadway Producer, Dies at 85

[ IBDB ] Art D'Lugoff's Broadway Credits

[ G+M ] Tracy Letts on segregated theatre, Hilton Als and Hollywood actors who shouldn't be on stage by J. Kelly Nestruck

Very interesting interview.
Thanks to Chris Jones Chris Jones for the link.

[ WSJ ] A Musical's Celebrity Lobbying Campaign By ELLEN GAMERMAN

The musical "Fela!" reaches out to Jay-Z and Will Smith to drum up buzz-and funds-at a jittery time for Broadway.

[ WSJ ] A Dressing Room of One's Own By ELLEN GAMERMAN

Broadway actors like Carrie Fisher, Gina Gershon and John Stamos are getting dressing-room makeovers with their own interior designers.

[ P ] DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Tony Winner Chita Rivera Plus Baldwin, Callaway, Luker on CD

[ WSJ ] Cheyenne's Autumn-in Three Media By ELLEN GAMERMAN

Cheyenne Jackson talks about his new gig on TV's '30 Rock,' his role as the love interest in Broadway's "Finian's Rainbow" and the release of his new album "The Power of Two."

[ B ] Ask a Star Video: What a Hoot! The Royal Family's Ana Gasteyer on Everything from Defying Gravity to Lindsay Lohan

[ B ] Fresh Face: Montego Glover on Her Roof-Raising Broadway Turn in Memphis

[ B ] Tony Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur Tests Panties for The New York Times

[ TONY ] New World Stages: Beyond tourist trash by David Cote

[ P ] Playblog: An Addams Family Portrait

[ TM ] The Off Switch! By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Brian Scott Lipton

Willem Dafoe, Dominic Fumusa, Penny Fuller, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, Hunter Parrish, David Hyde Pierce, and Vanessa Redgrave are among the stars who were spotted Off-Broadway this week.

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: This is Tisch! Gala

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Public Theater Celebrates Contributions of Press Agent Merle Debuskey

[ LAT ] Photo Gallery: Films that jumped to Broadway

[ NJNR ] Show biz egos collide in 'The Understudy' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

"The Understudy" is likely to be popular among regional stages in future seasons, but casting directors will be hard pressed to find other players so winning as this excellent threesome.

[ BS ] Quartett - Reviewed by DAVID A. ROSENBERG

Though short on trenchant humor, Robert Wilson's take on Heiner Müller is nevertheless a stimulating and bruising dance of sex and death, highlighted by Isabelle Huppert's electric performance.

[ NYT ] A Minuet Between Sexual Predators By BEN BRANTLEY

With a cast led by Isabelle Huppert in a magnificently mannered performance, Robert Wilson's "Quartett" is the very opposite of an aphrodisiac.

[ NYT ] Slide Show: 'Quartett'

[ TONY ] The Lily's Revenge
Review by Adam Feldman

In its bravery, scope, creativity, extremity and sheer generosity of spirit, The Lily's Revenge, to my mind, surpasses any American theater in New York this year.

[ TM ] Children at Play
Reviewed by: Andy Propst

Susan Louise O'Connor gives a captivating performance in Jordan Seavey's fascinating yet frustrating play about teenagers.

[ BS ] Little Tragedies - Reviewed by ROBERT WINDELER

Instead of the translator-director-composer-actor serving the four short plays of Alexander Pushkin, it seems that Pushkin is serving the work of the translator-director-composer-actor in this overlong and overwrought production.

[ NYT ] Theater Review | 'Creature'
Faith and the Tempted Woman of a Certain Middle Age By RACHEL SALTZ

Saints can be hell to live with. That's part of the comedy of Heidi Schreck's absorbing new play.

[ HC ] Riz's Blog Review: "Mistakes Were Made" at Hartford Stage By Frank Rizzo

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
Theater review: 'No Man's Land' at Odyssey Theatre by Charlotte Stoudt

Harold Pinter named the four characters in "No Man's Land" after real-life cricket players, and in Michael Peretzian's assured revival, now at the Odyssey Theatre, the game is in full swing.

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
Theater review: 'Just Imagine' at NoHo Arts Center by Charlotte Stoudt

"Just Imagine," directed by Steve Altman, lives somewhere between real gratification and slight lull with its steady menu of Beatles and Lennon gems.

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
Theater review: "All Cake, No File" at Actors Gang at the Ivy Substation by F. Kathleen Foley

[ CST ] Fresh life breathed into 'Young Frankenstein' BY HEDY WEISS

More bubbly, faster pace than Broadway original

[ TS ] Masterful acting of an honoured script in August: Osage County by Richard Ouzounian (***)

[ TE ] Love, Linda - the life of Mrs. Cole Porter at the Triad - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

In this one woman, one hour, one sided biographical musical we get a rapid, superficial, speed dial version of their 35 years together - despite his being homosexual.

[ INQ ] 'Hunter Gatherers' is farcical frolic with friends By Toby Zinman

[ PW ] Rabbit Hole - Review By J. Cooper Robb

[ PW ] The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Review By J. Cooper Robb

[ P ] Pirandello Under the Lens of Classic Stage in November; Turturro Is Henry IV

[ TM ] John Turturro to Star in CSC's Henry IV Readings

[ CT ] Second City tickets sell out in 15 minutes by Chris Jones

[ TM ] Bette Midler to End Las Vegas Colosseum Run on January 31

[ P ] Inside Track Blog: The Divine Bette Midler Departs Vegas Jan. 2010

[ TM ] Laura Benanti to Play Kennedy Center as Part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight Series

[ P ] Understudies from Hair, Shrek, Rainbow and Pacific Set for At This Performance

[ P ] Mary Tyler Moore Will Be Into the Woods Narrator in Bernadette Peters Concert

[ P ] Maltby to Direct Clark, Hillner, Karl, Voytko, Fellner and Blaemire in Baby Reading

[ P ] Baby It's You!, New Musical About the Woman Behind the Shirelles, Premieres in CA

[ P ] Amaris' Swimming to Spalding to Play HERE in December

[ TM ] Lisa Banes, Jane Monheit, Burn the Floor Cast Members Set for Shakespearean Masquerade

[ P ] Monheit and Burn the Floor to Perform at Acting Company Gala

[ TM ] Glory Days Cast to Hold November 23 Reunion Concert at Joe's Pub

[ TM ] Eisa Davis, Ari Gold, Anika Noni Rose, et al. to Join Colman Domingo at Joe's Pub

[ TM ] Robert Cuccioli, Alison Fraser Set for George Street Playhouse Holiday Cabaret

[ TM ] Gerard Alessandrini Set for Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain Events

[ TM ] Susan Blackwell, Daniel Reichard, et al. Set for New Group's Conceiving the Kid Event

[ P ] McKechnie, Hamlisch and "Every Little Step" Creators to Make Barnes and Noble Appearance

[ P ] Women's Event to Fete Goodman; Ringwald, D'Abruzzo and Barnhart to Appear

[ P ] Jarrow's 92YTribeca Concert to Feature Special Guests Frasier and Winters

[ P ] Billon, Clarke, Gall, Maggs, Placey Among Playwrights Heard in Tarragon's Play Reading Week

[ CT ] Attention theater-lovers: Keep your December nights open by Chris Jones

[ CFR ] Bill Pullman to Appear in Brent Rose's "50 Character in 50 Weeks -- If Rose Meets His Goal (One Day Left)

[ TM ] Charles S. Dutton to Perform From Jail to Yale in Fort Worth November 7

[ TM ] Neil Patrick Harris to Be Honored by Trevor Project at Holiday Gala

[ TM ] Susan Lucci to Serve as Grand Marshall for Hollywood Christmas Parade

[ TM ] Elliott Gould to Guest Star on November 20 Law & Order

[ TM ] William H. Macy Set for Dirty Girl Film

[ TM ] Green Day to Perform Live in NYC on New Year's Eve

[ P ] Reading of Jerusalem Syndrome to Feature Larsen, Zien, Craig, Reiber, Green and More

[ P ] Broadway's Present Laughter Tickets On Sale Starting Nov. 9

[ P ] Foote's Final Work, The Orphans' Home Cycle, Premieres Off-Broadway Nov. 5

[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 6

[ P ] A New Iliad Emerges With Classic Stage's The Age of Iron, Nov. 6-Dec. 13 in NYC

[ P ] Playwrights Horizons Launches World Premiere of This

[ P ] Fiona Shaw to Reprise T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land at London's Wilton's Music Hall

[ P ] Temperamentals Will Return to Off-Broadway in 2010; Urie and Ryan Reprise Roles

[ TM ] Justin Bohon, Kathy Fitzgerald Head Cast of Goodspeed's Jim Henson's Emmet Otter

[ TM ] Actor and Magician Carl Ballantine Dies at 92

[ TM ] Angela Lansbury to Receive Signature's 2010 Stephen Sondheim Award

[ P ] Off-Broadway Will Be Schooled in Sister's Christmas Catechism

[ P ] Epic Theatre Ensemble's Shakespeare Remix Program Earns Coming Up Taller Award

[ NYT ] Theater Listings: Nov. 6 - 12

Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

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[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary: The Understudy and the understudies

[ NJ ] 'Blood: A Comedy' at Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton

[ NYT ] Now Starring, Off Broadway and in the Peloton By JASON GAY

It has been a decade and a half since Mark-Paul Gosselaar last roamed the halls as Zack Morris on "Saved by the Bell;" he has since developed another distinction: as perhaps the best celebrity-slash-bicyclist in America.

[ BN ] TV Star Gosselaar Falls for Kafka in Rebeck's Play 'Understudy' By Philip Boroff

Director Scott Ellis said he hired Gosselaar with some trepidation even though the actor had aced a Los Angeles audition.

[ WWD ] Good Humor: Playwright Theresa Rebeck Pens a Comedy by Vanessa Lawrence

[ NYT ] Video: 'The Understudy'

[ TB ] The Understudy
Review by Matthew Murray

The words "laugh riot" have not traditionally been associated with Franz Kafka, but that may soon need to change.

[ WSJ ] Scenes From the Farcical Stage of Life

Playwright Theresa Rebeck finally gets it right with "The Understudy," says Terry Teachout.

Plus "Nightingale."

[ TM ] The Understudy
Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

The Roundabout serves up a superbly-acted production of Theresa Rebeck's backstage comedy.

[ NY1 ] Review: "The Understudy" By: David Cote - Time Out New York

"The Understudy" is a bittersweet portrait of people forgetting who they are in the mad rush to become something else.

[ NY ] The Lady With (Almost) All the Answers By Dan Kois

Sometimes a veneer of professionalism is the only thing masking all-out panic. Julie White, in The Understudy, gives us both at once.

[ EW ] The Understudy
Reviewed by Melissa Rose Bernardo (B+)

[ BS ] The Understudy - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

Despite some structural problems and a few gaps in credibility, Theresa Rebeck's new play on the backstabbing backstage world of the contemporary theatre is a fast, funny 90 minutes.

[ NYT ] When a Star Takes a Turn Awaiting a Star Turn By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Julie White is fabricating bountiful laughs from a display of strained nerves in Theresa Rebeck's scattershot comedy.

[ ND ] A backup waits for the star to fall in 'The Understudy By LINDA WINER

Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" is a slight but breezy and knowing backstage comedy that is cast, yes, with two TV stars.

[ V ] The Understudy
Review By DAVID ROONEY

Funny but slight, clever but without any real depth, the one-act gains considerable fizz from Scott Ellis' punchy production and from the bristling interplay of its three fine actors, each of them exposing different shades of a profession that ricochets between glory and rejection.

[ YN ] 'The Understudy' revels in actors' insecurities By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

The play is slight and not as funny as it should be.

[ NYP ] Stand-in's tale won't stand out by Elisabeth Vincentelli (**)

[ DN ] 'The Understudy' and 'Idiot Savant': a sketchy comedy, and 'Savant' garde by Joe Dziemianowicz

[ BR ] Review: "The Understudy," a new off-Broadway play BY ROBERT FELDBERG

While it has a certain cleverness, "The Understudy" disappoints, in part due to the modest level of its ambition.

[ OOB ] The Understudy - Review by Matt Windman

Scott Ellis' animated 90-minute production makes up for the underwhelming text by providing solid laughs, energized performances, and a strange scenic design that twists and turns to reveal ridiculously elaborate, Kafkaesque settings.

[ THR ] The Understudy -- Theater Review By Frank Scheck

This intermittently amusing backstage comedy suffers from credibility problems.

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Foreman's Idiot Savant Opens Off-Broadway

[ ND ] 'Idiot Savant' at Public Theater odd, not idiotic By LINDA WINER

[ EW ] Idiot Savant
Reviewed by Thom Geier (C+)

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[ NYP ] Rainbow rooms
Theater pair's colorful pad By MICKI SIEGEL

Theater actors Kate Baldwin (starring in Broadway's "Finian's Rainbow") and Graham Rowat (on the road in "Is He Dead?") love to tease their out-of-town friends about New York real estate.

Thanks to JAllenC3 on All That Chat for the link.

[ TB ] Interview with Christopher Fitzgerald of Finian's Rainbow By Beth Herstein

[ DCTS ] Joseph Leo Bwarie and Matt Bailey interview

Joseph Leo Bwarie and Matt Bailey interview are on the road playing Jersey Boys Frankie Valli and Tommy DeVito. How great is it? They talk to Joel Markowitz

[ TM ] Quartett
Reviewed by: Andy Buck

Isabelle Huppert gives a bravura performance in Robert Wilson's visually stunning if somewhat predictable staging of Heiner Müller's play.

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
'Once and For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen' at Freud Playhouse by Charles McNulty

[ LAT ] Culture Monster
Theater review: 'Saturn Returns' at South Coast Repertory by Charles McNulty

[ TB ] SOUND ADVICE: 2 LEADING LADIES (SEPARATELY) and 2 MAJOR MEN (TOGETHER) by Rob Lester

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[ STAGE ] Key Brand Entertainment files lawsuit in bid to block Live Nation sale by Alistair Smith

[ G ] Ben Bradshaw: the Tories wouldn't fund the Royal Court's Enron by Charlotte Higgins

The culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has gone on the attack against the Conservatives' culture policy - and their attempted 'crony appointment' in London

[ TM ] Michael Feinstein's All About Me to Open on Broadway March 30

[ P ] Feinstein to Make 2010 Broadway Return in All About Me

[ B ] Michael Feinstein Sets Broadway Opening Date for All About Me

[ B ] Dancing with the Stars Champ Cheryl Burke Eyes Chicago

[ B ] Off-Broadway's The Temperamentals, Starring Michael Urie, Transfers to New World Stages

[ TM ] Michael Urie, Thomas Jay Ryan to Reprise Temperamentals Roles at New World Stages

[ P ] Temperamentals Will Return to Off-Broadway in 2010

[ HC ] A New Emmet Otter In Goodspeed Show
Frank Rizzo | TICKER

[ P ] Justin Bohon, Kathy Fitzgerald to Star in Goodspeed's Emmet Otter, With Howard, Bahorek, Barnhart

[ TM ] Christine Pedi's Holly Jolly Christmas Folly to Play Laurie Beechman Theatre

[ P ] Arlington's Signature Will Give Its 2010 Sondheim Award to Lansbury

[ TM ] Grace Gummer to Star in NickTeens' Gigantic Series

[ AP ] Dancers gather to honor Patrick Swayze

[ HC ] Craig Wright's "Touched By an Angel" Meets "Moonlighting" Project By Frank Rizzo

[ B ] In the Heights Tony Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda Gets Engaged to His Longtime Leading Lady

[ G ] Evening Standard awards: Why don't musicals get the credit they deserve? by Carrie Dunn

It's been a fine year for musical theatre - but yet again the Standard's judges have failed to notice

[ G ] How the fall of the Berlin Wall shook British theatre by Andrew Haydon

The collapse of communism 20 years ago offered rich pickings for British playwrights. Are the tremors afflicting capitalism about to do the same?

[ P ] THE LEADING MEN: Chad Kimball, Brian Childers and Abe Vigoda

[ BS ] At the Artios Awards with Patrick Wilson by Daniel Lehman

[ TONY ] Maggie Siff By Rob Weinert-Kendt

From Mad Men to 18th-century England.

[ LASB ] Alan Mandell and Lawrence Pressman's Odyssey into No Man's Land by Deborah Behrens

Alan Mandell, Lawrence Pressman and director Michael Peretzian take on Gielgud & Richardson's ghosts for No Man's Land at LA's Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, swap personal Pinter tales and justify those damned pauses.

[ CP ] Mourning Has Broken by Mark Cofta

Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, EgoPo lets Beckett be their guide to Philly greatness.

[ HC ] The Boys of 'R&J': 4 Young Actors Talk About Shaping Their Careers By FRANK RIZZO

"Shakespeare's R&J" runs Nov. 12-Dec. 20 at Hartford's TheaterWorks

[ TM ] Joshua Bell Makes Friends By: Andy Propst

The virtuoso violinist discusses his new CD, his musical influences, and working with Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Botti and Regina Spektor.

[ TONY ] Songs of Bernadette: What will Peters sing? by Adam Feldman

[ B ] Exclusive Video! Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty on the Creation of Ragtime

[ B ] Watch It: Dreamgirls Do Their Thing on The Wendy Williams Show

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Broadway's New White Christmas Stars

[ TONY ] Apartments: 2BR loft, Soho By Lisa Freedman

Theatrical director Richard Foreman raises the curtain and gives a backstage tour of his librarylike pad.

[ NYT ] Slide Show: 'Idiot Savant'

[ NYT ] Still Bouncing Off the Fun House Walls By BEN BRANTLEY

Richard Foreman's "Idiot Savant," with Willem Dafoe in the title role, is some kind of wonderful.

[ NYP ] Dafoe navigates offbeat path By FRANK SCHECK (***)

[ V ] Idiot Savant
Review By MARILYN STASIO

Since when has Richard Foreman been so grand -- and ever so elegantly French?

[ CU ] Les Gutman reviews Idiot Savant

Richard Foreman has said (though not for the first time) that this is his final play. Do yourself a favor and get some of that apparent babble in your noggin.

[ TB ] Idiot Savant
Review by Matthew Murray

Foreman is a master of ruling over his worlds with an authoritative hand, so there's no shortage of cohesion even if you may not always be sure what specific brand of adhesive is holding everything together.

[ OOB ] Idiot Savant - Review by Matt Windman

Think of it a distinctive, intense, offbeat avant-garde experience. If you're lucky, maybe you'll find some meaning hidden somewhere in this 80-minute circus.

[ AP ] Willem Dafoe stars in an absurdist comedy By JENNIFER FARRAR

[ BS ] Idiot Savant - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

Richard Foreman is at it again. His latest work is just as obscure and bizarre as his 50-odd others, and despite a vital performance from Willem Dafoe, it fails to do more than confuse.

[ TM ] Idiot Savant
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

Willem Dafoe delivers a stellar performance in Richard Foreman's often frustrating new show.

[ BS ] Silk Stockings (in Concert) - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

This musical version of "Ninotchka" was a disappointing Broadway swansong for Cole Porter, and Musicals Tonight!'s inelegant concert presentation fails to mitigate history's verdict.

[ BS ] Love Child - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

You can't quite explain why a good match on paper may inspire little passion in real life; even if you locate the crucial elements, the calculus of combining them is impossibly reductive.

[ CT ] 'Young Frankenstein' in Chicago: Puttin' on the low comedy by Chris Jones (**)

[ WP ] '26 Miles': A mother & child with a ways to go By Nelson Pressley

[ CP ] Good Grief by David Anthony Fox

"Rabbit Hole."

[ CP ] Curtain Call by Mark Cofta

"The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity."

[ EW ] Nightingale: Off-Broadway (2009)
Reviewed by Tanner Stransky (C)

[ METRO ] 'Rainbow' lights up B-way by ELIZABETH ZIMMER

[ TONY ] Stew and Hem score points off Shakespeare by David Cote

[ TM ] Justin Bond Set for Christmas Spells at Abrons Arts Center

[ TM ] Charles Busch, Penny Fuller, Julie Halston, Marian Seldes, et al. Set for Primary Stages Benefit

[ V ] Epic's Shakespeare Remix honored

Program receives Coming Up Taller Award

[ TM ] Annette Bening to Co-Star in Hemingway and Fuentes Film

[ P ] Diaz and Morton to Headline Signature Theatre's November Cabarets

[ P ] "Turning Points" Play Fest to Feature Chalfant, Sternhagen, Graff, Plunkett and More

[ P ] Murney, Keenan-Bolger, Burgess and Colella Join Sonnet Sings the Bard at 92YTribeca

[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 5

[ P ] The Understudy, Rebeck's Backstage Tale Starring Tony Winner White, Opens Off-Broadway

[ P ] Foote's Final Work, The Orphans' Home Cycle, Premieres Off-Broadway Nov. 5

[ P ] Tennessee Williams Inducted Into Cathedral's Poets' Corner in NYC

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Not All Is Rotten in Denmark: 'Hamlet' Recoups
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Footnote
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[ LAT ] Carl Ballantine dies at 92; comedy magician was in 'McHale's Navy' cast By Dennis McLellan

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[ B ] South Pacific Star Kelli O'Hara to Perform During Game Six of the World Series

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[ TM ] Hamlet, Starring Jude Law, Recoups on Broadway

[ P ] Not So Melancholy: Broadway's Hamlet Recoups Investment

[ P ] Could bare and Don't Dress for Dinner Arrive on Broadway Next Season?

[ NYT ] ArtsBeat
Banned Cold War Play Comes to America By Patrick Healy

[ TDF ] The Play With a Mind of Its Own By Julia Rosenfeld

The playwright and director of "What Once We Felt" listen to their script

[ B ] Rising Star Diana Vickers Sings Out in the West End's Little Voice

[ B ] What's Up, Jane Lynch? Glee's Sadistic Sue Finds Love Off-Broadway

[ B ] Photo Op: Glee Cast Takes Manhattan at Borders CD Signing

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Lea Michele and Stars of "Glee" Sign CDs in New York City

[ TM ] PHOTOFLASH: Glee Cast Signs CD at Borders Columbus Circle

[ B ] Videos: In Rehearsal with the Stars of Dreamgirls at the Apollo

[ B ] Videos: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk and Julie White Bring the Curtain Up on New Comedy The Understudy

[ B ] Go In the Next Room with Benanti and Cerveris in Photos of The Vibrator Play

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Redgrave's Nightingale Opens Off-Broadway

[ NY1 ] Review: "Nightingale" By: Roma Torre

"Nightingale" is not exactly a crowd pleaser. But there is a definite audience for this piece. For anyone who values the craft of acting, make that the art of acting, this is highly recommended.

[ NJNR ] Lynn Redgrave takes flight as a solitary 'Nightingale' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

Actress-writer's latest solo show thoughtfully depicts a melancholy ancestor

[ P ] Cast Set for Off-Broadway Return of Musical Dear Edwina at DR2 Kids Theatre

[ TM ] Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for Dear Edwina

[ TM ] Fiona Shaw to Reprise Waste Land at Wilton's Music Hall

[ TM ] Epic Theatre Ensemble Receives Coming Up Taller Award at White House Ceremony

[ TM ] Best Plays of 2007-2008 Now Available in Stores

[ TM ] Alan Alda, Len Cariou, Chita Rivera, B.D. Wong et al. to Read Remember How I Love You

[ TM ] Natascia Diaz, Euan Morton Set for Signature Sings

[ TM ] Samuel Barnett, Leanne Jones, Hannah Waddingham, et al. Set for London's Christmas in New York Concert

[ TM ] David Henry Hwang, Michael Ondaatje, et al. Set for Asian American Literary Festival

[ TM ] Savion Glover to Join Jazz Greats at the Blue Note

[ TM ] Alison Fraser, Lauren Worsham, et al. to Sing Kyle Jarrow Songs at 92nd Street Y Tribeca

[ TM ] Sierra Boggess, Tyler Maynard, Orfeh et al. Set for New York City Christmas CD Release Benefit Concert

[ TM ] Kathleen Chalfant, Randy Graff, Frances Sternhagen, et.al. Set for Turning Points Benefit

[ TM ] Kate Burton, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris to Appear at Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala

[ P ] Tony Winner Peters to Guest on "Live with Regis and Kelly" Nov. 5

[ P ] Memphis Star Heads to the Chatterbox Nov. 5

[ P ] The Civilians Put Divorce on Stage in New Show, You Better Sit Down

[ P ] Wright, Harney and Lackey Set for Readings of Rosa Parks Musical

[ TM ] Sigourney Weaver and John C. Reilly to Join Anne Heche in Cedar Rapids Film

[ TM ] Colin Hanks to Join Bradley Whitford in Fox Series Jack and Dan

[ TM ] Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, and Bruce Willis to Star in Red Movie

[ P ] Henderson's All the Lives of Me to Play Hollywood, Indianapolis, San Francisco and NYC

[ P ] American Theater Co. Taps Lucas, Hwang, LaBute, Kotis, Belber and More to Write Shorts Plays for 2010

[ P ] Tony Winner Lily Tomlin Will Enjoy An Intimate Evening at NYC's Dixon Place

[ P ] Pascal, Ellis and Quast Will Be in Night of 1000 Voices Sondheim Tribute in London

[ TM ] Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls to Transer to Wyndham's Theatre

[ P ] An Inspector Calls to Call Again at West End Wyndham's Theatre

[ B ] An Inspector Calls Replaces Shuttered Shawshank Redemption at London's Wyndham's Theatre

[ P ] Actors Fund Performance of A Steady Rain Plays Nov. 8

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[ NYP ] Times' toll on 'Memoirs' by Michael Riedel

[ TT ] Brighton Beach Kaddish: Why Did it Close? Don't Ask by David Lefkowitz

[ P ] Million Dollar Quartet Will Be New Tenant of Broadway's Nederlander Theatre

[ TM ] Million Dollar Quartet to Open April 2010 at Broadway's Nederlander

[ B ] New Musical Million Dollar Quartet Books Broadway's Nederlander Theatre

[ P ] Prick Up Your Ears Posts Early Closing Notice in West End

[ V ] 'Inspector' transfers to Wyndhams

Daldry's revival takes over for 'Shawshank'

[ TM ] Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards

[ P ] Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards

[ THR ] Gerard Butler off to war in 'Coriolanus' By Stuart Kemp

Signed on to star opposite first-time director Ralph Fiennes

[ P ] Eckert's Pulitzer Finalist Orpheus X Set for Off-Broadway Run at TFANA

[ TM ] Maripat Donovan to Star in Sister's Christmas Catechism Off-Broadway

[ HC ] New Title for "Emmet" at Goodspeed By Frank Rizzo

[ CT ] Craig Lucas, Neil LaBute, Greg Kotis, David Henry Hwang, Maria Irene Fornes, Itamar Moses, Regina Taylor, Rolin Jones among writers penning new short works for ATC by Chris Jones

[ TM ] Lily Tomlin to Offer An Intimate Evening at Dixon Place

[ O ] From deep budget cuts a year ago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival rallies to post revenue record By Marty Hughley

[ TM ] Anthony Heald, Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, et al. Set for Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2010 Season

[ * ] Carl Ballantine, R.I.P. by Mark Evanier

[ IBDB ] Carl Ballantine's Broadway Credits

[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary: From 1961 to 2009

[ NJ ] Dreamcatcher Repertory Company's 'Happiness' brings smiles

[ TS ] Going carolling with Chenoweth By Richard Ouzounian

Bubbly singer-actress opening Holt's holiday windows with some early seasonal tunes

[ TONY ] Ragtime photo portfolio

The Broadway revival of Ragtime aims to give a modern twist to the turn of the 20th century-as Joan Marcus's exclusive cast portraits suggest.

[ BN ] Doctorow Ponders Shock of 'Ragtime,' Tons of Junk: Interview by Zinta Lundborg

[ B ] Watch It: Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps on History for the Prez

[ TONY ] Classical Theatre of Harlem turns a new page? by Raven Snook

[ VV ] Theatre of the Eighth Day Stages its Noted Wormwood By Tom Sellar

[ USA ] Remembering Johnny Mercer, all month long By Elysa Gardner

[ WP ] BACKSTAGE: Man behind Mr. Zero gains much from role By Jane Horwitz

David Benoit currently resides in character-actor heaven. Which is located, if you're wondering, at 14th and P streets NW -- on the fourth floor.

[ TONY ] Radio flyer: Go listen to Willem Dafoe on Leonard Lopate by Helen Shaw

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Foreman's Idiot Savant, with Dafoe, at the Public

[ VV ] Andrea Martin's Saucy Comment Last Night! By Michael Musto

[ B ] Photo Op: Sir Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller and More Mingle at Only Make Believe Benefit

[ NYP ] PAGE SIX: Sienna stands by Slinky

[ HC ] "Apprentices" Stephen Sondheim and Mary Rodgers at Westport Gala By Frank Rizzo

[ TM ] Believe It or Not! By: Joseph Marzullo, Tristan Fuge, & Brian Scott Lipton

Alec Baldwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Kline, Jude Law, Christopher Meloni, Bette Midler, Jonny Lee Miller, and Meryl Streep are among the stars out on the town.

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Casting Society of America Celebrates 25th Annual Artios Awards

[ B ] Photo Op: First Look! We're Dreaming of a Fabulous New Cast in White Christmas

[ B ] Photo Op: Casting Directors Shine (with Help from the Stars) at 2009 Artios Awards

[ B ] Photo Op: Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline Shine at Benefit for The Acting Company

[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Leavel, Dossett and More Play in Broadway's Mamma Mia!

[ B ] First Person: There Are No Small Parts for Finian's Rainbow Star Christopher Fitzgerald

[ FT ] Finian's Rainbow, St James Theatre, New York By Brendan Lemon (****)

[ NYT ] Redgrave Uncorsets a Relative Long Gone By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Lynn Redgrave explores the life of her maternal grandmother through the prism of her own in her reflective new solo show.

[ BN ] Ill, Unfazed Redgrave Real Trouper in 'Nightingale': John Simon (****)

[ DN ] Lynn Redgrave's 'Nightingale,' a memorial to her famous family's matriarch by Joe Dziemianowicz (*** 1/2)

[ V ] Nightingale
Review By MARILYN STASIO

Lynn Redgrave holds us in the palm of her hand in this one-woman play about her family.

[ ND ] Lynn Redgrave's loss is audience's gain in 'Nightingale' By LINDA WINER

"Nightingale" is an imaginative, compelling, cannily constructed 85 minutes about far more than we think we already know about Lynn Redgrave's losses.

[ TB ] Nightingale
Review by Matthew Murray

Considering the notebook placed on the desk that Redgrave constantly refers to, it's not even clear the evening is wholly memorized. But it's transfixing and transporting just the same.

[ BS ] Nightingale - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Thanks to the tremendous specificity and detail of Lynn Redgrave's writing and acting, "Nightingale" is a haunting elegy and a moving act of love.

[ NY ] Victorian Secret By Scott Brown

Redgrave gives us more than mere confessional. She insists on making art.

[ BR ] Redgrave brings grandmother to life on stage BY ROBERT FELDBERG

Lynn Redgrave, who wrote and performs the solo piece, gives an old-fashioned bravura performance.

[ TM ] Nightingale
Reviewed by: David Finkle

Lynn Redgrave's engaging and poignant solo piece looks at the life of her maternal grandmother.

[ OOB ] Nightingale - Review by Matt Windman

On the whole, "Nightingale" is a fascinating and touching project that is driven by a sincere love for forgotten family.

[ VV ] Finian's Rainbow Retains Much Magic; Love Child Fields Frenzy; Redgrave Cries for Nightingale By Michael Feingold

[ NYT ] On the London Stage
Bedroom Distress, and Tragedy in Art and Life By MATT WOLF

Alan Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce" takes viewers on a delicious tour of upheaval; in "Prick Up Your Ears," drama strangely mirrors real-life tragedy.

[ V ] Seize the Day
Review By KAREN FRICKER

What begins as an entertaining and insightful look into the inner workings of the U.K.'s political establishment and its ethnic communities gets bogged down in overplotting and preachiness.

[ NYT ] Theater Review | 'Love Child'
Two Actors, Many Guises and a Skewed Greek Play By NEIL GENZLINGER

It's hard to imagine that Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton have ever had more fun than they're having in this delicious romp.

[ NYT ] Theater Review | 'Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter'
Hitching a Star to the Stardom of Cole Porter By DANIEL M. GOLD

"Love, Linda" is billed as a one-woman play. Really, though, it's cabaret.

[ BS ] I Got Sick Then I Got Better - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

By the time this beguiling one-woman show about battling cancer is over, you feel as if writer-performer Jenny Allen is one of your best friends, and you want to call her up and make plans for Sunday brunch.

[ BS ] Subways Are for Sleeping - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Sometimes it's better to let sleeping flops lie.

[ BS ] The Misunderstanding - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

This earnest production of an interesting early work by Albert Camus is more debate than drama, with complex intellectual arguments triumphing over emotional involvement.

[ V ] Creature
Review By MARILYN STASIO

It's quite spooky and a little ooky, but "Creature" is no ordinary fright fest.

[ V ] Made in Heaven
Review By SAM THIELMAN

Helmer Andrew Shaifer wrings a lot of laughs from the play's reheated "Will and Grace"-style gags, but ultimately, Bernzweig's biggest innovation is his surprisingly bleak denouement, which totally annuls the rest of the mildly entertaining enterprise.

[ BSUN ] Cate Blanchett captures faded-flower essence in 'Streetcar' By Tim Smith

[ R ] Jaglom's homage to theater has wide appeal By Iris Mann (Hollywood Reporter)

[ VV ] Halloween Lives on in Americana Kamikaze and The New Electric Ballroom By Alexis Soloski

[ TE ] "Nashville" at the Metropolitan Room - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

Daryl Glenn & Jo Lynn Burks - Great singing and a real down home, Grand Ole Opry, country party atmosphere.

[ NY ] Ranking the Songs on the New Glee Soundtrack!

[ TM ] Jim Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, et al. Set for Second City 50th Anniversary

[ CT ] Second City confirms Carell, Colbert, Belushi, Wendt, Dratch, Garlin, Vardalos, many others by Chris Jones

[ CST ] Stephen Colbert coming to Chicago for Second City anniversary

[ CST ] Second City 50th anniversary schedule

[ ND ] Northport theater to donate to local AIDS charities By STEVE PARKS

[ TM ] Roger Rees to Host Collegiate Chorale's A Jubilant Song

[ P ] LAST CHANCE: Good Bobby and County of Kings

[ P ] Feldshuh, MacRae, Campbell, Shew, Stillman and More Cast in York Readings; Lunar Bin Bows Nov. 3

[ P ] Arden, Pettiford, Cusson Will Sing in La Mirada Theatre's Upright Cabaret Series Nov. 8

[ P ] Bonus Tracks Added to Sound of Music Cast Album for 50th Anniversary; NYC Event Will Reunite Cast

[ TM ] Original Cast Recording of Gregg Coffin's Five Course Love Now Available

[ TM ] Tony Bennett, Audra McDonald, Barbra Streisand Featured on The Dream's On Me CD

[ P ] Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 4

[ P ] Dafoe Is Foreman's Idiot Savant, Opening Off-Broadway at the Public Theater Nov. 4

[ P ] Mamet's A Life in the Theatre Opens at the Alliance Nov. 4

[ P ] Public Theater Celebrates Contribution of Merle Debuskey, Its Founding Press Rep, Nov. 4

[ P ] New York City Christmas, a Popular 2008 Benefit, Gets Album and Reunion Concert; Maroulis, Orfeh Are Special Guests

[ P ] Dorothy Parker Evening, Wished on the Moon, Plays Don't Tell Mama Nov. 4

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Harlem Theater Founders to Resign
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: President's Arts Group Names 25 Members
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

[ P ] Gleason, Anderson, Powers, Stevens, Dykstra and More Set for TRU Love Benefit

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