[Advertisement]

[Advertisement]

[Advertisement]

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

    The Tony Awards:

    [ P ]  Cry-Baby's Songwriters Find Their Inner John Waters

    [ P ]  Cry-Baby Cast Will Be Dancing at the Crossroads June 8

    [ P ]  In the Heights Troupers Will Perform and Sign Cast Recording in NYC June 5

    [ TM ]  Virgin Megastore to Host In the Heights CD Event on June 5

    [ P ]  National Arts Club to Honor Heights' Lin-Manuel Miranda June 2

    [ P ]  Butler Signs "Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust" CD at Times Square Virgin Megastore May 28

    Other News:

    [ P ]  Broadway Grossed Nearly $1 Billion During 2007-2008 Season

    [ TM ]  Broadway Attendance, Grosses Down Slightly Due to Fall Strike

    [ B ]  Robert Foxworth Headed to Broadway's August: Osage County

    [ TM ]  Robert Foxworth, Jim True-Frost to Join August: Osage County Cast

    [ P ]  Foxworth to Join August: Osage County Cast in June

    [ P ]  Jones, Stott and Jeffcoate Will Be Oliver in London Revival of Lionel Bart Musical

    [ P ]  Walton Replaces Blum in Cast of York Theatre Company's Minnie's Boys

    [ TM ]  Walton to Join Duncan, Liberman, Myers, et al. for York's Minnie's Boys

    [ TM ]  Foa, Gets, Greenspan, Lewis, et al. to Celebrate Boys in the Band 40th Anniversary

    [ P ]  Felciano, Foa, Gets, Greenspan, Lewis and More Will Be The Boys in the Band

    [ TM ]  Black, Davis, Gilroy, Grifasi, Rivera, Zarish, et al. Set for EST Marathon Series C

    [ TM ]  Evans, Rodriguez, Williamson, et al. Set for Theater of the Stars' Oklahoma!

    [ TM ]  Easton, McLanahan, Sternhagen Set for Recipe for Life Benefit

    [ P ]  Thespis, Lost G&S Operetta, Gets New Score by Thomas Z. Shepard

    [ P ]  Goldberg, Mitchell and Rhea Set for July Fire Island Dance Festival

    [ P ]  Errico and Gets Will Be Together Again in June 7 Concert

    [ P ]  Kritzer, Von Essen, Cody and O'Keefe Featured in "The Battery's Down" Web Series June 1

    [ P ]  Mazzie, Danieley, Lewis and Blackwell Will Sing Gershwin July 18-19

    [ P ]  Herrera to Offer Songs for Fathers, Sons and Daughters June 15

    [ P ]  Last 5 Years to Play One Night in the West End

    [ P ]  Tony Award Winners Bart and Butz Set for TV Pilot

    [ P ]  Pierce and Roberts to Star in Streetcar, Bledsoe and Corbett to Be Part of Little Dog at the Intiman

    [ TM ]  Carrie Manolakos to Join Broadway's Mamma Mia! on June 4

    [ B ]  Carrie Manolakos to Play Sophie in Broadway Company of Mamma Mia!

    [ P ]  Barrett Doss Is Savannah in Rare Revival of Arlen & Harburg's Jamaica, May 31-June 22

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 3:26 PM | Item Link


      • [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 19-25

      [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: In the Heights Still Climbing; Macbeth Takes Final Bow

      [ V ]  Roger Bart is the man for ABC
      'Young' Broadway actor cast in untitled pilot

      Ensembler's cast includes Norbert Leo Butz, Matthew Long and Ben Lawson. Pilot begins lensing next month.

      [ LAT ]  The Dish Rag by Elizabeth Snead
      Is "Ugly Betty: the Musical" headed for Broadway?

      [ P ]  L.A.'s Douglas Will Premiere Bengal Tiger and Welcome Tigress Julie White in Little Dog

      [ TM ]  Hoch, Kaufman, White, et al. Set for Kirk Douglas Theatre's 2008-2009 Season

      [ LAT ]  Center Theatre Group announces 2008-09 season By Lynne Heffley

      [ P ]  Palminteri's Bronx Tale to Play the Wadsworth in September

      [ NYT ]  Earle Hagen, Who Composed Noted TV Tunes, Dies at 88 By BRUCE WEBER

      [ IBDB ]  Earle Hagen's Broadway Credits

      This Morning's Peter Filichia:

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: You Won't Believe Some of These

      [ NJ ]  Wrong notes make right music for 'Souvenir'

      [ NJ ]  Bickford Theatre keeps it together for venture into drama about marital rifts

      The Awards Season:

      [ B ]  FIRST PERSON: A Shameless Plea to Tony Voters from Cry-Baby's David Javerbaum

      Greetings, Tony voters!
      You are the 793 smartest, best-looking people in the theater world. (Oh, and greetings to you, Fran and Barry.)

      [ NYT ]  Connecting Philosophy, Sondheim and Seurat By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

      Daniel Evans, currently in the running for a Tony Award for his performance in "Sunday in the Park With George," is a student of philosophy in the real, cram-for-the-exam sense.

      [ B ]  Q&A: There Is Nothin' Like South Pacific Tony Nominee Danny Burstein

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Paulo Szot

      [ P ]  Scenic Designer Anna Louizos Captured the Heights by Wandering Its Streets

      [ P ]  League of Professional Theatre Women to Present Awards June 12 at Sardi's

      [ B ]  Fierce! Project Runway's Christian Siriano Will Design Whoopi's Tony Gown

      [ TM ]  Passing Strange Recording Gets iTunes Release on May 27

      [ P ]  Gypsy's LuPone, Benanti and Gaines to Perform on "Good Morning America"

      Features:

      [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: A Tale of Two Seths By Seth Rudetsky

      [ DCTS ]  Why are they staying away in droves?

      It's a problem for theatres around the country, and marketer/theatre-lover Mark Shugoll talks about his research, and gives insight into what theatres and audiences can do.

      [ TM ]  A King-Sized Talent By: Adam R. Perlman

      Emmy Award winner Andre Braugher returns to the stage as Claudius in the Public Theatre's Hamlet.

      [ DN ]  Good day, 'Chicago': Jodi Applegate takes her bow on Broadway

      [ P ]  Facing Truth

      Terry Kinney directs Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty, a brutal new play in a LaBute trilogy about a human obsession - beauty.

      [ TDF ]  Acting President

      Michael O. Smith pounds "The Bully Pulpit" as Teddy Roosevelt, in a show that's decades in the making.

      [ BG ]  Elizabeth Marvel revels in fearless performances By Kristen A. Lee, Associated Press

      [ DN ]  All work and Broadway play for 'Legally Blonde' star Laura Bell Bundy By PATRICK HUGUENIN

      [ WP ]  Backstage: Floodgates Open for the Source Festival By Jane Horwitz

      910 Works Offered For 10-Minute Slots; Renovated Venue To Reopen June 21

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Off-Broadway Gets Saved by New Musical

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chita Rivera and George Hearn Pay D.C. a Visit

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Measure the Love: Rent Celebrates 5000 Performances

      "Marguerite" - Reviews:

      [ I ]  Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
      Reviewed by Paul Taylor (***)

      [ TIMES ]  Marguerite at the Haymarket by Benedict Nightingale (***)

      [ G ]  Review: Marguerite by Michael Billington (***)

      [ IHT ]  In 'Marguerite,' an all-too-dark musical By Matt Wolf

      [ I ]  Marguerite, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London; The Long Road, Soho Theatre, London; The Pitman Painters, Cottesloe, London
      Review by Kate Bassett

      This musical about forbidden love in Nazi-occupied Paris looks classy, but the lyrics are banal

      [ BN ]  Nazi Mistress Marguerite, Plucky Eliza Star at London Theaters
      Review by Warwick Thompson

      Other Reviews:

      [ TM ]  EST Marathon 2008 Series B
      Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

      Strong entries from Neil LaBute, David Zellnik, Taylor Mac, and Anne Washburn highlight this solid line-up of one-acts.

      [ NYT ]  Big Bangs Don't Always Require Long Fuses By JASON ZINOMAN

      The second installment of Marathon 2008 at the Ensemble Studio Theater is lively and diverse.

      [ BS ]  Marathon 2008 Series B - Reviewed by Gwen Orel

      Note to playwrights: a situation is not a plot.

      [ NYP ]  SHOWBIZ & PLEASURE MIX NICELY By FRANK SCHECK (***)

      DESPITE its off-putting title, Mike Daisey's new solo show, "How Theater Failed America," is a rollicking, entertaining evening that's as inspiring as it is cautionary.

      [ BS ]  How Theater Failed America - Reviewed by David Sheward

      News flash: The American theatre is in terrible shape. What? You already knew that? But did you know how it got that way?

      [ VV ]  Two New Productions Rant and Roll by Alexis Soloski

      Mike Daisey lets loose, while Oedipus strikes some chords

      [ NYT ]  A Family and an Iraqi Vase, All of a Piece Yet Separate By JASON ZINOMAN

      "Artefacts," the compelling bullet of a play in this year's Brits Off Broadway festival, takes place on a smoky stage in the round that has the dark, hazy look of a bad dream.

      [ NYT ]  After Seven Years Away, His Return Is Filled With Rage By NEIL GENZLINGER

      A lot of well-acted rage by the three-member cast of "Blink" feels as if it's bouncing off the walls rather than striking a target.

      [ NYT ]  A Court Full of Chaos, a Trial Crammed With Questions By JASON ZINOMAN

      Richard F. Stockton, the author of "Prisoner of the Crown," doesn't entirely know how to boil a wealth of material down to a play.

      [ BS ]  Great Small Works' Eighth International Toy Theatre Festival - Reviewed by Jerry Portwood

      With six programs scheduled over 10 days, the festival offerings range from tedious to astonishing.

      [ BS ]  The Witlings - Reviewed by Gwen Orel

      A new production of an 18th century comedy fails to find a consistant style.

      [ BS ]  Blink - Reviewed by Ronni Reich

      This offering from Brits Off Broadway covers familiar ground, but is powerful and moving nonetheless.

      [ TM ]  Amistad
      South Carolina Review by: Perry Tannenbaum

      Anthony and Thulani Davis' historical opera is an extraordinary piece of theater.

      [ V ]  She Loves Me
      Review By FRANK RIZZO

      There's a sense of sweet desperation among the characters who work at Maraczek's Parfumerie in Bock and Harnick's "She Loves Me," which is getting a valentine of a production from Huntington Theater Company, marking helmer and artistic director Nicholas Martin's Beantown swan song.

      [ TB ]  The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
      Connecticut Review by Fred Sokol

      [ V ]  Taking Steps
      Review By BOB VERINI

      Cannily recognizing a distinctively '70s brand of "Free to Be You and Me" cant running through the daffy proceedings, helmer Art Manke ladles a tasty gravy of disco and polyester over his briskly cheerful South Coast Rep production.

      [ TM ]  A Chorus Line
      Reviewed by: Jonas Schwartz

      The legendary musical's national tour is likely to delight both old fans and new audiences.

      [ CU ]  The Hiding Place

      [ VV ]  Conor McPherson and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Chase Their Tales by Michael Feingold

      [ AMNY ]  Review: 'Good boys and True' By Matt Windman (***)

      [ TB ]  THE SIEGEL COLUMN BY BARBARA & SCOTT SIEGEL

      Taking a look at this season's big musical revivals: Gypsy, Sunday in the Park with George, South Pacific, plus the Encore! Productions of Juno and No, No Nanette.

      News:

      [ CT ]  'A Steady Rain' to end its fall by Chris Jones

      The producers now have their sights set on a New York opening this fall, although casting and other details are by no means set.

      [ P ]  Stewart, Downie and Ford-Davies Will Join Tennant in RSC's Hamlet

      [ TM ]  Downie, Stewart, Tennant, et al. Set for RSC's Hamlet

      [ P ]  Acosta, Canavan, Grant, Gottesman and Puzzo to Star in LAB's Penalties & Interest

      [ TM ]  Canavan, Grant, Puzzo, et al. Cast in LAByrinth's Penalties & Interest

      [ TM ]  Mathison and Shepherd to Co-Host Daytime Emmy Awards; Hansis, Kerwin, Kitt, Tartaglia Among Nominees

      [ TM ]  Jonathan Kent to Stage Santa Fe Opera's Marriage of Figaro

      [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Prince Music Theater's Jamaica

      [ WP ]  Everyman Theatre's New Season

      [ TM ]  Akers, Ebersole, Kushner, Mason, Mitchell, Morrison, Peters, Rabe, Szot, et al. to Appear at Barnes & Noble

      [ TM ]  Foote, Milburn, Porter, Simonson, Vigoda, et al. Set for City Theatre's Momentum:08

      [ TM ]  Dancing at the Crossroads Set for June 8; Goldberg and Rhea to Host Fire Island Dance Fesitval

      [ TM ]  Full Casting Announced for Intiman's Streetcar and Little Dog Laughed

      [ P ]  Palm Beach Dramaworks Will Give Peter and Jerry Its Florida Premiere

      [ P ]  Mamma Mia! to Welcome a New Sophie June 4

      [ P ]  Blum Is Roger in Broadway's Grease

      [ P ]  Celebutant: Don't You Know Who I Think I Am? to Play Club Café in Boston

      [ P ]  Broadway Belter Sengbloh to Makes a Splash June 9

      [ P ]  Epstein, Richards, Feldman and More to Join Riedel for Tony Talk 2008

      [ P ]  Casting Announced for Other Side of Newark at NJPAC

      [ P ]  Freeman to Reprise I'm Every Woman at the Cutting Room June 13

      [ P ]  Auberjonois Is Imaginary Invalid in DC June 10-July 27; Baxter Directs

      [ P ]  Darragh, Narciso and Weixler Will Play It Safe Off-Broadway

      [ P ]  LaBute's Fat Pig, with Marshall, Page and Webb, Opens in London May 27

      [ P ]  Attorney for the Damned Will Play Open-Ended Run at the Kraine

      [ P ]  Wong, Warren and Zbornik Will Join Adding Machine's Blair at the Zipper

      [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 28

      [ P ]  Baker's Body Awareness, With Clem, Friedman, McCann, Williams, Premieres in NYC May 28

      [ P ]  Revenge With Music: Cuccioli Is Salieri in NJ Amadeus May 28-June 22

      [ P ]  Kid From Brooklyn, the Danny Kaye Bio Musical, Makes Chicago Bow May 28

      [ P ]  Cubby Bernstein Speaks at Xanadu's One-Year Anniversary Celebration May 28

      [ P ]  TV Anchor Applegate Makes Broadway Debut in Chicago May 28

      [ P ]  Pulitzer Finalist Rebeck Takes Part in Free Discussion May 28

      [ P ]  New European Directive Outlaws Misquotes of Critics

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Hit Shows in Britain Suffer Body Blow
      Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

      [ P ]  Sydney Pollack, Hollywood Film Director, Is Dead at 73

      [ P ]  Dilly Joins Streep, Adams and Tucci in "Julie & Julia" Film

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:48 AM | Item Link


    • « May 27, 2008 | Main Index | Archives | May 29, 2008 »

[Advertisement]

[Advertisement]