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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

    News:

    [ P ]  Broadway's Biltmore Will Be Called The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

    [ TM ]  MTC's Biltmore Theatre to Be Renamed Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

    [ B ]  Biltmore Theatre to be Renamed for Publicist Samuel J. Friedman

    [ NJ ]  Millburn votes to bail out its ailing theater BY PEGGY McGLONE

    With support from a former governor and a pair of Tony Award-winning actors, Millburn lawmakers agreed last night to bail out the financially struggling Paper Mill Playhouse.

    [ TM ]  Paper Mill Playhouse Purchased by Township of Millburn

    [ P ]  Township of Millburn Purchases Paper Mill Playhouse

    [ P ]  Farragut North, Coen, Hynes, McDonagh, Hughes, Pittu Are on Atlantic Marquee in 2008-09

    [ TM ]  Coen, McDonagh, Pittu, Willimon, et al. Set for Atlantic's 2008-2009 Season

    [ B ]  Works by Coen, McDonagh, Willimon & Pittu on Tap at Atlantic in 2008-09

    [ B ]  Megan Lawrence Replaces Ana Gasteyer in Damn Yankees

    [ TM ]  Megan Lawrence to Replace Ana Gasteyer in Damn Yankees

    [ P ]  Lawrence Replaces Gasteyer in Encores! Damn Yankees

    [ P ]  Michael Greif Will Direct Boys' Life for Second Stage

    [ TM ]  Michael Greif to Direct Boys' Life at Second Stage in October

    [ TM ]  Giurgis to Appear in LAByrinth's 'A' Train, Dunn and Miller to Star in Sweet Storm

    [ P ]  Guirgis Steps in for Zayas in Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train Reading

    [ P ]  TKTS Discount Ticket Booth to Open in Brooklyn in July

    [ V ]  Producer Robert Calhoun dies at 77

    Won a Daytime Emmy for 'As the World Turns'

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

    [ B ]  Legally Blonde Plans "Bend and Snap" Competition

    [ TM ]  Hughes, Margolin, Shaw, Weaver Set for La MaMa Coffeehouse Chronicles June 21

    [ TM ]  NY Philharmonic Brass, Roberta Flack, Roy Hargrove et. al Set for Make Music New York

    [ TM ]  Bernhard, Cumming, Jackson, Mapa, Menzel, Perez, et. al Set for Trevor Project Gala

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Durang's Marriage of Bette and Boo, with Clark and Glover

    [ P ]  Marie Antoinette Will Play Off-Broadway Beginning June 26

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Broadway Musicals of 1979 at Town Hall

    [ P ]  Blake, Cates, Wiley, Mendoza and More Set for City of Light Readings

    [ P ]  Hartford Stage Receives $1 Million Grant for Expansion

    [ P ]  Will Kathleen Turner Return to Broadway in New Albee Play?

    [ P ]  Canadian Stage Will Lose Producer Martin Bragg in 2009

    [ P ]  Dunn and Miller Cast in LAB's Developmental Run of Hudson's Sweet Storm

    [ P ]  Harada, Bogardus, McGinnis and More Cast in Muny's High School Musical

    [ P ]  Robards to Join Zeta-Jones for "Rebound" Film

    [ P ]  Kitt, LaChiusa, Horne and Lopez Nab Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards

    [ P ]  Ebersole Will Be Part of Carnegie Hall Opening-Night Season Celebration

    [ P ]  RSC's Boyd Will Speak at New York Public Library June 20

    [ P ]  Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Revived for Free Summer Park Performances

    [ P ]  Gettelfinger, English, Judy, Osborne to Star in Goodspeed's Half a Sixpence, Starting July 11

    Features:

    [ AP ]  The 2008 Tonys opt for more entertainment, not thank yous By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

    Did the 2008 Tony Awards take a cue from the Grammys?

    [ PEOPLE ]  PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelor Mario Lopez Talks Dating

    [ BN ]  Sam Waterston, Warren Spector Raise $1.5 Million at 'Hamlet' By Mary Romano

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Starry Opening Night for Hamlet in Central Park

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: [title of show] "Ticketganza"

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      • Jeffry Denman has put together another "neo-Gershwin rap video" to celebrate the opening of An American in Paris at the Alley Theater.

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        • [ P ]  No More Tears: Cry-Baby to Close on Broadway June 22

        [ B ]  Cry-Baby to End Broadway Run on 6/22

        [ TM ]  Cry-Baby to Close on June 22

        [ DN ]  Rush & Molloy

        George Lucas could be bound for Broadway. We hear Whoopi Goldberg has been talking with Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic about collaborating on "Bricktop - Queen of the Night."

        [ NYO ]  From Kicklines to Frontlines: Campbell Robertson Off to Iraq by John Koblin

        Thanks to Matthew for the link.

        [ NYT ]  A Broadway Debut for Neil LaBute By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON; Compiled by Mike Hale

        [ TM ]  Neil LaBute's reasons to be pretty to Move to Broadway

        [ P ]  LaBute's reasons to be pretty to Arrive on Broadway in 2009

        [ P ]  All My Sons to Play the Schoenfeld Beginning Sept. 18

        [ TM ]  Broadway's All My Sons to Open at Schoenfeld on October 16

        [ B ]  Dates, Theater Set for Broadway Revival of All My Sons

        [ DN ]  It's a date! Katie Holmes begins Broadway run in 'All My Sons' this fall By JO DZIEMIANOWICZ

        [ PEOPLE ]  Broadway Stars Give Katie Holmes Advice for Her Debut By Paul Chi and Jeffrey Slonim

        [ B ]  Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew to Close on 7/20

        [ P ]  Mason's The Ultimate Jew Will Close in July

        [ AA ]  "Hitler" in Vienna by Army Archerd

        Mel Brooks says "The boys are staying" (including Roger Bart) at Young Frankenstein.

        The Tony Awards:

        [ NYP ]  SORRY, TONY, I'M TRAVELING By MICHAEL RIEDEL

        [ TONY ]  Video: Tony Awards 2008

        Laura Benanti's dress, Lin-Manuel Miranda on writing In the Heights, Deanna Dunagan's favorite line from August: Osage County and more from the red carpet at the Tony Awards.

        [ CNY ]  Tony Awards spark Broadway sales by Miriam Kreinin Souccar

        CBS' live broadcast sent fans rushing to the box office-best musical winner In the Heights sold $1 million in tickets in 24 hours-even as TV ratings lingered near an all-time low.

        [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
        Our smartest Tony Awards prophet: AM New York's Matt Windman

        [ VV ]  La Dolce Musto by Michael Musto

        Uptown Saturday nights are more fabulous all the time. Meanwhile, back at the Tonys . . .

        Thanks to jesse21 on All That Chat for the link.

        [ P ]  TONY AWARDS PHOTO CALL: More of the Winners Circle

        [ P ]  Gypsy Tony Winner LuPone at Work on Memoir

        Cyd Charisse, 1921-2008:

        [ NYT ]  Cyd Charisse, 86, Silken Dancer of the Movies, Dies By ROBERT BERKVIST

        [ AA ]  Cyd Charisse by Army Archerd

        [ P ]  MGM Star Cyd Charisse, Who Danced with Astaire and Kelly, Is Dead at 87

        [ B ]  Movie Musical Legend Cyd Charisse Dead at 87

        [ TM ]  MGM Star Cyd Charisse Dies at 86

        [ TNO ]  DANCING IN THE DARK by ROGER B. HARRIS

        [ IBDB ]  Cyd Charisse's Broadway Credits

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: The American Theatre Wing Doesn't Wing It

        [ NJ ]  New Playwrights season

        Features:

        [ BN ]  Clown Genius Irwin Pumps Laughs Into Philadelphia Arts Revival By Jeremy Gerard

        Running in the Philadelphia Theatre Company's handsome new theater in the heart of an arts-incited Center City revival, "Happiness" has seen fleets of limos ferrying New York producers down the New Jersey Turnpike to measure the show for a Broadway fitting.

        [ BR ]  Teaneck teacher sets high standards BY KAREN SUDOL

        Another bonus, he said, will be a visit by Alexander Gemignani, who played ex-convict Jean Valjean in the most recent Broadway musical revival of "Les Miserables."

        [ B ]  FIRST PERSON: Every Day Is Father's Day for Mary Poppins' Daniel Jenkins

        [ WP ]  Backstage: Theater of War By Jane Horwitz

        The Performers in 'Stuff Happens' Step Into Roles of Very Familiar Players On the World Stage

        [ TM ]  Let's Hear It for the Boys! By: Joseph Marzullo, Tristan Fuge, & Mark Rupp

        Malcolm Gets, Norm Lewis, Barrett Foa, and David Greenspan help Mart Crowley celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Boys in the Band. Plus: Liza Minnelli, LaLa Brooks, Kirk Douglas, Adriane Lenox Lillias White, and many more stars!

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Celebrating the Release of Charles Strouse's Memoir

        [ P ]  MARQUEE VALUE: Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy at the Broadway Theatre

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Alice Ripley and the L.A. Cast of Tommy

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Central Park to Grow Hair with Groff

        "Hamlet":

        [ B ]  MY NEW YORK: To Be a New Yorker! Hamlet Star Michael Stuhlbarg's Top Picks

        [ USA ]  Shakespeare in the Park gets a stylish celebration By Olivia Barker

        Brevity may be the soul of wit, but the stars waxed rhapsodic about the Bard on Tuesday night during the Public Theater's annual gala commemorating Shakespeare in the Park, a Central Park summer institution since the 1950s.

        [ TM ]  A Public Display of Affection By: Joseph Marzullo; text by Brian Scott Lipton

        Ethan Hawke, Andie MacDowell, Julianna Margulies, Steve Martin, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Raver, Diane Sawyer, Kathleen Turner and a galaxy of stars come out for the opening of the Public Theater's Hamlet.

        [ INQ ]  An emotional Prince centers this 'Hamlet' By Toby Zinman

        [ HC ]  'Hamlet' An Odd, Touching Prince By MALCOLM JOHNSON

        [ CU ]  Hamlet - Review by Les Gutman

        Any production of Hamlet carries with it the burden of Hamlets past. This one felt at once fresh and yet faithful.

        [ BN ]  Disastrous (If Funny) Hamlet Howls in Central Park: John Simon

        Oskar Eustis's Central Park revival is the most misguided "Hamlet" I have ever seen. If there existed a booby prize for consummate demolition of Shakespeare, Eustis would win it hands down.

        [ NYT ]  Whips and Scorns of Time, Stinging All They Touch By BEN BRANTLEY

        As played by Michael Stuhlbarg, Hamlet is unavoidably watchable and on occasion quite entertaining, but never for an instant moving.

        [ NYP ]  HAMLET AND CHEESE By FRANK SCHECK (**)

        [ DN ]  Not-so-great Dane for 'Hamlet' by Joe Dziemianowicz (**)

        [ NJ ]  A worthy 'Hamlet'? Not to be BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

        [ ND ]  Review: Public Theater's 'Hamlet' in Central Park BY LINDA WINER

        This updated "Hamlet" (on a concrete, institutional-looking set) is busy with raucous action and sound effects, but short on the quiet wonders of introspection.

        [ TB ]  Hamlet
        Review by Matthew Murray

        Stuhlbarg's usual buoyancy gives way to little more than a stop-motion animated epic of spiritual self-understanding.

        [ TM ]  Hamlet
        Reviewed by: David Finkle

        Michael Stuhlbarg gives a surprisingly hammy performance in Oskar Eustis' badly directed version of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy.

        [ BS ]  Hamlet reviewed by David Sheward

        Michael Stuhlbarg does show some zany energy during the mad scenes, and there is a manic excitement in his mercurial mood swings, but these flashes of fire fail to ignite his overall soggy, sobbing presence.

        [ YN ]  An overly agitated Hamlet stalks the stage in Central Park By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

        It's a showy performance, full of flourish but little real feeling.

        [ BR ]  Review: 'Hamlet' BY ROBERT FELDBERG

        There is the consolation of watching the show under the stars in the park, but this tepid, drawn-out "Hamlet" seldom rises above the commonplace.

        [ SUN ]  A 'Hamlet' With Bells, Whistles & Puppets By ERIC GRODE

        Without a more judicious director (or, obviously, a bristly playwright) on hand to apply the brakes, the flood of dramaturgical notions on display threatens to engulf this "Hamlet."

        [ V ]  Hamlet
        Review By DAVID ROONEY

        Public a.d. Oskar Eustis' bloodless retelling of "Hamlet" awkwardly reshapes an intimate tale of death and revenge into one of political conflict and disillusionment with the military-minded ruling class.

        Other Reviews:

        [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Safe'
        A Two-Man, One-Woman Crime Wave By NEIL GENZLINGER

        Ron Fitzgerald's play feels familiar, a "Bonnie and Clyde" plus one.

        [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Four Women and a Waitress'
        Dominance Struggles That Don't Include Men By RACHEL SALTZ

        This lopsided program of two one-acts starts with a fizzle and ends with a bang.

        [ BS ]  East Village Chronicles, Vol. 5 reviewed by Sam Thielman

        Like most short-play fests, attending East Village Chronicles is a lot like being 5 and eating a bowl of Lucky Charms: You spend most of the time wondering why it isn't all marshmallows.

        [ BS ]  Revival! The Gospel According to the Fabulous Pink Flamingos reviewed by David Finkle

        Go ahead and ask what the best act of the year's first half is. Why, it's the Fabulous Pink Flamingos, those perpetual senior-class cutups.

        [ BS ]  Everybody Expects Me to Write Another 'Streetcar' reviewed by Robert Windeler

        Jeremy Lawrence has "arranged and performed" this 70-minute piece about Tennessee Williams in the years following his last big critical and box-office success.

        [ BS ]  Oph3lia reviewed by Jerry Portwood

        Imagine sitting in the classroom of a liberal arts college with a young, newly minted professor prepared to impart all her precious analysis of Shakespeare's women to her students.

        [ TM ]  The Mystery of Irma Vep
        Reviewed by: Patrick Lee

        Arena Stage's production of Charles Ludlam's delightful romp falls short of its intended hilarity.

        [ V ]  The Burial at Thebes
        Review By FRANK RIZZO

        The U.K.'s Nottingham Playhouse Theater Company gives the work a powerful staging in its U.S. preem at New Haven's Intl. Festival of Arts & Ideas.

        [ V ]  This Beautiful City
        Review By PAUL HARRIS

        "This Beautiful City" officially premieres at D.C.'s Studio Theater in a lively production that gently skewers the religious right.

        [ BG ]  'Beyond Therapy' gets help from a fine cast By Louise Kennedy

        [ BG ]  In 'Self-Defense,' the oddest of couples By Sandy MacDonald

        [ BG ]  'Ladies Man' has some fun with adapted farces By Louise Kennedy

        [ BE ]  'Bee' is soothing b-a-l-m By Jeffrey Borak

        [ TM ]  Liz Callaway: The Beat Goes On
        Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton

        The Broadway star's solo cabaret act at Feinstein's is a delicious tribute to the 1960s.

        [ V ]  The Broadway Musicals of 1979
        Review By ROBERT L. DANIELS

        Noah Racey and Melinda Sullivan brought bright vaudeville spirit to the concert with a vigorous song and tap that summoned memories of Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in those amiable '40s teen screen musicals. Snappy, smart and lithe, the couple brought a much-needed boost to a roster of gloomy showtunes.

        [ VV ]  Elyse Singer and Neil LaBute Take On Prettiness by Alexis Soloski

        [ VV ]  The Film Festival: A Theater Festival Explores the Celluloid Boundary by GARRETT EISLER

        Stage and screen wrestle it out at the Brick's new fest

        [ VV ]  Vincent River: No Kitchen, No Sink by John Beer

        [ VV ]  Too Much What-If in Series C by ROB KENDT

        [ TNO ]  A LACK OF ENGAGEMENT by MARK N. GRANT

        Conor McPherson's Port Authority is based entirely on monologues... unfortunately, that can be a risky business.

        [ TB ]  High Fidelity
        St. Louis Review by Richard Green

        News:

        [ TM ]  Gettelfinger, Osborne, Peterson, et al. Set for Goodspeed's Half a Sixpence

        [ TM ]  Ambudkar, Overbey, and Shamos to Star in Second Stage's Animals Out of Paper

        [ P ]  Overbey, Ambudkar and Shamos to Star in Joseph's Animals Out of Paper

        [ TM ]  John Davidson to Star in Surflight's Chicago and Will Rogers Follies

        [ P ]  John Davidson Will Star in Surflight's Chicago and Will Rogers Follies

        [ P ]  Five Actors Will Represent a World of Characters in Irish Rep's 80 Days

        [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Around the World in 80 Days

        [ P ]  Hurt Reunites with Close for Second Season of "Damages"

        [ TM ]  William Hurt to Join Glenn Close on FX's Damages

        [ TM ]  Classical Theater of Harlem to Present Free Outdoor Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

        [ NJ ]  Young & talented BY ALLISON FREEMAN

        Despite bad weather, the Rising Stars shone brightly as always

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
        Compiled by MIKE HALE

        [ TM ]  Anderson, Bernstein, Castle, Ollman, Wright, et al. Set for Gettysburg Festival

        [ TM ]  Rodriguez, Bullock to Star in Dance With Me

        [ P ]  West End Production of Hairspray Recoups

        [ P ]  Satellites to Play Off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theater June 19-21

        [ P ]  Whorehouse Goes Public Again in NYC, This Time in Intimate Concert

        [ P ]  Sales of Legally Blonde Recording Boosted by MTV Reality Series

        [ P ]  Mateo, Negri, Christopher, Colmer, Santagata Will Rumble in West Side Story for Alabama Shakespeare

        [ P ]  Broadway's Spring Awakening Offers Online Rush Tickets

        [ P ]  Spring Awakening Cast Will Join Taste of Chicago's Broadway Concert June 30

        [ P ]  Dickens Unplugged Will Be Unplugged in London June 29

        [ P ]  Stage Musical of "A Fish Called Wanda" in the Works

        [ P ]  Armstrong, Huberman, Keegan, Scott and Wright to Be Part of And the World Goes 'Round in PA

        [ P ]  LisaGay Hamilton Exits Of Equal Measure Premiere; Michole Briana White Takes Over

        [ P ]  Kevin Spacey Will Be "Shrink" to the Stars in New Film

        [ P ]  Old Globe Will Welcome Jerry Herman's Broadway, With Graae, Gravitte, Raines and Pippin

        [ P ]  Radnor, Silverman, Castellaneta and Aaron to Star in LATW's Broadway Bound

        [ P ]  Judges Announced for Samuel French Short Play Festival

        [ P ]  Ruckdashel, Baldwin, May and Gibson Cast in Next Big Thing Musical

        [ P ]  Bishop, Durang and Eikenberry to Honor Zaks and Saviola at E.S.T. Benefit

        [ P ]  Garner, Hamilton and Maher to Star in Bogosian's 1+1 at the Powerhouse

        [ P ]  Ebersole and Stritch Will Sing and Sign at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle June 17

        [ P ]  "Queer Eye" Host Rodriguez Will Be Desi Arnaz in Dance With Me

        [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Camelot Artists' Rabbit Hole

        [ P ]  Summer and Smoke, with Kudisch and Zimmerman, Materializes at L.A. Theater Works June 18

        [ P ]  Nolan, Calhoun, Kaledin Are ATPAM Officers in 2008 Election; Fineman, Miramontez and More Voted In

        [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 18

        [ P ]  The Who's Tommy, with Ripley, Hendryx and Pevec, Begins June 18

        [ P ]  Barrington's Mysteries Are Solved Beginning June 18

        [ P ]  Voices of Swords Begins Limited Urban Stages Run June 18

        [ P ]  Winther and Grigsby Offer New Love Songs at the Metropolitan Room June 18-30

        [ P ]  [title of show] Box Office Opens June 18 with Half-Price Ticket Event

        [ P ]  Celebrating Lincoln's Bicentennial, Musical Abe Will Premiere in Illinois in 2009

        [ P ]  Dennehy Stars in O'Neill's Hughie and Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape June 18-Aug. 31

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