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Friday, May 30, 2008

    Features:

    [ USAW ]  From high school theater to Broadway star By Brian Truitt

    The stars of great musicals often started on a high school stage. Get the stories behind Broadway success and find out about our contest for high school musicals.

    [ USAW ]  Slide Show: Cover Shoot

    See how we got hot Broadway stars, Sierra Boggess, Megan Mullally and Mario Lopez together for our cover shoot.

    [ P ]  ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Merchandise

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP: A Catered Affair Has an Intimate Affair at B&N

    News:

    [ B ]  2008 Audience Award Winners Announced: Young Frankenstein Tops List of Fan Faves

    [ TM ]  Burton, Charles, Easton, Felciano, Finneran, Hecht, Nobbs, Scott, White, et al. Set for Williamstown Season

    [ P ]  DeWitt, Drew and Hecht Are Three Sisters for Williamstown; Casting Also Complete for Broke-ology

    [ B ]  Broadway Regulars on Tap for WTF's Three Sisters and Broke-ology

    [ P ]  Von Essen, Wills, Anderson, Egan and Clayton Set for Radio Broadway at Town Hall

    [ TM ]  Anderson, Clayton, Egan, von Essen, Wills Set for The Hits of 1958

    [ TM ]  Burch, Gifford, McArdle, Strouse, et al. Set for Annie CD Signing on June 4

    [ P ]  Two-CD Annie Package Includes New Recording of Complete Score, Plus Obscurities

    [ P ]  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! to Tour in 2008

    [ P ]  Phantom Sequel Aiming for November 2009 Bow in London

    [ TM ]  Alley's An American in Paris Extends Through June 22

    [ P ]  Daly, Cullum, Yazbeck, Fraser and More Set for June 23 Project Shaw Readings

    [ TM ]  John Cullum and Tyne Daly to Headline June 23 Project Shaw

    [ TM ]  Chernus, Penn, Pill, Plimpton, et al. Set for New Georges' Barefoot in Tribeca Benefit

    [ TM ]  Ireland, Marsh, Weller, et al. Set for Commonwealth Shakespeare's As You Like it

    [ TM ]  William H. Macy Joins Cast of Shorts Film

    [ TM ]  Full Casting Announced for Goodman's Ain't Misbehavin'

    [ TNO ]  SEDUCED AGAIN by JOHN NATHAN

    Kevin Spacey's Old Vic to host revival of Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests

    [ P ]  Arizona Theatre Company Season to Include Hair, Lady with All the Answers and Raisin

    [ P ]  AMC Announces Second Season of "Mad Men" Will Begin July 27

    [ P ]  Avenue Q to Play Milestone Performance June 3

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, May 24-30: A Quiet Week

    [ P ]  Baltimore Tony Event to Benefit Broadway Cares

    [ P ]  Broadway Producers Will Take Center Stage on June 1 "Working in the Theatre" Broadcast

    [ P ]  "Center Stage" Revue, Strouse's 80th Birthday and Arlen Tribute Featured on Playbill Radio

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Peters to Autograph New Tome June 2 in West Hollywood

    [ B ]  Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles & Anneliese van der Pol to Star in Vanities

    [ P ]  Cates, Pazakis, Simard and More Join Country Line-Up

    Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Fiennes and Dandy By: David Finkle

    Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Jeremy Irons, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Russell Beale, Lesley Sharp, Tim Pigott-Smith, Helen McCrory, and Ruthie Henshall light up the London stage.

    [ TNO ]  NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN by MATT WOLF

    The passage of time has rendered The Common Pursuit, Simon Gray's 1984 play, into a poshly spoken soap opera.

    [ TNO ]  LETTING GO IS SO HARD TO DO by MATT WOLF

    Ibsen's rarely seen Rosmersholm is receiving a top-drawer Almeida Theatre revival from Tony winner Anthony Page A Doll's House

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      • [ NYT ]  Harvey Korman of 'Burnett Show' Dies at 81 By BRUCE LAMBERT

      [ IBDB ]  Harvey Korman's Broadway Credits

      [ P ]  Three Cheers: Kennedy, Stiles and van der Pol to Star in Broadway-Aimed Vanities

      [ TM ]  Ivey, Kennedy, Stiles, van der Pol Set for Vanities

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
      DADDY AIKEN

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

      LOOKS like Mel Brooks is exiting the movie business.

      [ NYP ]  REPRESENTING REAL-LIFE By MICHAEL RIEDEL

      This Morning's Peter Filichia:

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: May Leftovers

      [ NJ ]  Paoluccio lands choice roles in Madison

      Features:

      [ P ]  DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Karen Akers, Tony Talk and News of Callaway and Errico

      [ FOX5 ]  Video: Jodi Shines On Broadway

      [ FOX5 ]  Web Extra: Highlights Of Jodi In Chicago

      Here are some excerpts from Jodi Applegate's appearance in the Broadway hit 'Chicago'!

      [ DCTS ]  Podcast: Bill Irwin, Clown Prince

      Tony award winning NY actor and master clown Bill Irwin tells Joel Markowitz how misery led to his new show The Happiness Lecture, and tips his hat to Buster Keaton.

      [ DN ]  The puppet's the thing in this 'Hamlet' with a Twist by Joe Dziemianowicz

      A troupe of puppets has pulled some strings and made its way into Shakespeare in the Park's "Hamlet."

      [ TONY ]  Let's get physical By Amanda Cooper

      Annie Baker makes a quirk-free Off-Broadway bow with Body Awareness.

      [ TDF ]  Faith to Faith

      For "Saved," a musical about Christian teens, playwright Rinne Groff worked to burst her own secular bubble.

      [ CST ]  A Family Affair BY HEDY WEISS

      Tilson Thomas reveals soul of Yiddish theater through grandparents' lives

      [ CST ]  Landers play shows she was one cool 'Lady' BY MARY HOULIHAN

      [ HPost ]  The Greatest Musical You've Never Heard Of by Robert J. Elisberg

      Thanks to Craig_H on All That Chat for the link.

      [ JN ]  Cabaret singers give history lessons, too By Josh Getlin • Los Angeles Times

      Put down that martini and whip out your notebook: Cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci has just taken the stage and there might be a pop quiz on the Great American Songbook.

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Amadeus, with Cuccioli, at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: LaBute Gives Off-Broadway reasons to be pretty

      The Awards Season:

      [ TONY ]  Video: 2008 TONY Nominations: Musicals

      Theater critics David Cote & Adam Feldman interview this year's Tony nominees in the Musicals categories.

      [ TONY ]  Video: 2008 TONY Nominations: Plays

      Theater critics David Cote & Adam Feldman interview this year's Tony nominees in the Plays categories (and Sunday in the Park with George).

      [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
      Tonys news - We predict the awards, you be astonished

      [ V ]  Miranda in awards tug-of-war

      Creator slated to be honored by two orgs

      [ P ]  South Pacific's Gattelli to Direct Stage Version of "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"

      [ P ]  Glover, Powell, Dahl, Berman and Tosun Join Astaire Awards Ceremony June 2

      [ TM ]  Fishburne, Lopez, Martin, Metcalf, Stewart, Wopat, et al. Set for Visa Tony Preview

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Xanadu Celebrates a Year of Magical Fun

      Reviews:

      [ WSJ ]  The Most Sweetly Delectable Musical by Terry Teachout

      "She Loves Me" is the most sweetly romantic musical imaginable, the theatrical equivalent of a hot-fudge sundae with two spoons, and the Huntington Theatre Company's new revival serves it up in a fancy dish.

      Plus "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore."

      [ CT ]  Freed from Sept. 11, Goodman's 'Visit' regains its power by Chris Jones

      [ INQ ]  'Our Town' infused with Phila. flavor By Toby Zinman

      [ TONY ]  Prisoner of the Crown
      Review by Adam Feldman

      The late Richard F. Stockton's 1972 biodrama is well-meaning but also turgid and dated, especially in Ciarán O'Reilly's self-conscious staging.

      [ TONY ]  The Great American All-Star Traveling War Machine
      Review by Adam Feldman

      The Irondale Ensemble takes a scattershot approach in its nonfiction revue, whose title implies a more pointed tack than the one the company deploys.

      [ TONY ]  Oedipus Loves You
      Review by Helen Shaw

      As they stomp around Andrew Clancy's Astroturf set, splashing in the kiddie pool and tripping over their own mess, these wrecks also stumble across something wonderful.

      [ TONY ]  Brits Off Broadway: Artefacts
      Review by Rob Kendt

      If Artefacts never quite convinces either as narrative or as fable, it soon enough drops any such pretense and cranks up the sermon.

      [ LAT ]  REVIEW: 'Norman's Ark' at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre By F. Kathleen Foley

      Despite an impressive creative team and a solid cast, amateurism holds back the play.

      [ LAT ]  THEATER BEAT: 'i Gelosi,' 'Hiding Place,' 'Natural Selection'

      [ AMNY ]  'Rafta Rafta' delivers By Matt Windman (***)

      [ TB ]  SOUND ADVICE: TRAVELING SOUTH, WEST & EAST by Rob Lester

      [ NYT ]  TV Review | 'In Plain Sight'
      Attitude and a Badge (You Know the Drill) By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

      USA's new series featuring a hardboiled-but-dedicated babe with a badge follows all the clichés of the genre but knows it and will find ways to twist the formula in novel, interesting ways.

      News:

      [ P ]  Beale, Cusack, Easton, Hall, Hamilton and Hawke Set for Bridge Project's Orchard and Tale

      [ TM ]  Beale, Cusack, Easton, Hall, Hamilton, Hawke, Mendes Set for Bridge Project

      [ TM ]  Brendon, Broderick, Clapp, Pine, Sweeney, Thiessen, et al. Set for Blank's Young Playwrights Festival

      [ TM ]  Jackson, Massey, Michele, Rocca, Simard, et al. Set for Broadway Loves Country

      [ NYP ]  FREE NAKED THEATER'S 'PROGRESS' By FRANK SCHECK

      THE Naked Angels troupe is having a class reunion of sorts - and you're invited. Oh, and did we mention it's free?

      [ INQ ]  Boyd Theater renominated for landmark status By Inga Saffron

      [ V ]  End comes for Tokyo's Koma

      Theater will close at end of the year

      [ NYT ]  Theater Listings

      Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

      [ P ]  Inspired by the Bard, oph3lia Will Get World Premiere at Re-Opened HERE June 11-July 2

      [ P ]  McDonald's Posthumous CD, "True Love," Set for June 3 Release; Joe's Pub Celebration Planned

      [ P ]  Hoffman Directs Original Cast of Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train for June 22 Reading

      [ P ]  Verina, Pees and Vega to Dish Five Course Love at Human Race

      [ P ]  Public's Hair Cast Set for Be-In! Concerts at Joe's Pub

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: MAY 30

      [ P ]  Minnie's Boys, with Myers, Walton and Zagnit, Begins York Run May 30

      [ P ]  Broadway's Rent Welcomes Eden Espinosa May 30

      [ P ]  Thoroughly Modern Millie Kicks Off 2008 Season at Stages St. Louis May 30

      [ P ]  Wong, Tam, Blair and Thompson Sing in the Spotlight May 30

      [ P ]  Grays, Stockard, Mitchell and Portia Set for Hartford Premiere of No Child...

      [ TM ]  Grays, Mitchell, Portia, Stockard Set for Hartford TheaterWorks 'No Child

      [ P ]  Jones to Direct and Appear in The Fantasticks for Casa Mañana; Casting Complete

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