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Saturday, July 12, 2008

    [ P ]  Broadway Will Welcome Waiting for Godot Revival in 2009

    [ TM ]  Bill Irwin to Star in Seattle Rep's Broadway-Bound Waiting for Godot

    [ LAT ]  Charles H. Joffe, 78; top manager of comedic talent co-produced Woody Allen's films By Elaine Woo

    [ IBDB ]  Charles Joffe's Broadway Credits

    [ S ]  Obituary: William Buchan - Third Lord Tweedsmuir, novelist and PR consultant

    TO BE the son of such a successful novelist - and renowned public figure - as John Buchan placed expectations and pressures on William Buchan which he never quite got over. His father had written The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Boys-own books about Richard Hannay that made him a celebrity and an acclaimed novelist.

    Features:

    [ V ]  'Wall-E' says 'Hello, Dolly' By FRANK RIZZO

    Film's success spurs talk of Broadway revival

    [ EW ]  'WALL-E' Meets 'Dolly!' By Chris Willman

    Director Andrew Stanton and composer Jerry Herman divulge the story behind the Pixar flick's most memorable moments

    Thanks to BwayJoe on All That Chat for the link.

    [ ND ]  Broadway's 'Passing Strange' season
    Linda Winer | Critical Mass

    [ BG ]  Role raises actor's spirits, his mother's concern By Megan Tench

    Nik Walker - son of former news anchor Liz Walker - plays the key role of the narrator in "Assassins" - the dark Stephen Sondheim musical about people who have killed or tried to kill American presidents.

    [ LAT ]  Louis & Keely, together again By Charlotte Stoudt

    Capturing the volatile chemistry of Prima and Smith was no easy task. Nor was getting it produced.

    [ NYT ]  Talk About Your Spring Awakening By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

    The International Thespian Festival is part summer camp, part summer school, part arts festival and part recruitment fair.

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show: Drama Freaks

    A look at the 2008 International Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

    [ NYT ]  [headline about unlikely broadway musical] By ROBERT SIMONSON

    Almost two years after the last performance at the Vineyard Theater, the musical "[title of show]" will present its latest chapters on Broadway.

    [ NYT ]  'Two Nobodies in New York' from '[title of show]' (mp3)

    [ P ]  Bette, Boo and Bobbie

    Walter Bobbie directs a revival of Christopher Durang's dark comedy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo.

    [ B ]  MY NEW YORK: My, My, How Can You Resist Mamma Mia! Star Carolee Carmello's NYC Picks?

    [ NYT ]  Putting Out the Word That Newark's Got Talent By TAMMY LA GORCE

    [ R ]  Finnish theatre troupe brings opera to the deaf By Agnieszka Flak and Sakari Suoninen

    [ B ]  VIDEO: Behind the Scenes: Stomp Makes Noise Off-Broadway

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Butler and Forbidden Broadway-ers Celebrate New TKTS Booth

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Antonio Banderas' Seduction of In the Heights and BC/EFA

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Rea in The Public's Kicking a Dead Horse

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Drowsy Chaperone Stumbles Along Into Los Angeles

    "Damn Yankees":

    [ V ]  'Damn Yankees' steps up to plate By GORDON COX

    Encores! Series hopes second musical is a hit

    [ GCN ]  SCENE: Candid Girls of Summer By David Noh

    In what she says is her last interview, Veanne Cox tells the secret of her success.

    Plus Christine Ebersole on her new CD.

    [ P ]  A Lot of Brains, A Lot of Talent

    The music director of Encores! Summer Stars tells the story of Adler and Ross and Damn Yankees.

    [ TM ]  Glove and Marriage By: Joseph Marzullo, Tristan Fuge, & Brian Scott Lipton

    Sean Hayes, Jane Krakowski, Cheyenne Jackson, Tina Fey, Cynthia Nixon, Ben Daniels, Amy Irving, and Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith catch up with our cameras.

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Damn Yankees - Who's on Faust?

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Encores! Summer Stars Damn Yankees Opens at City Center

    [ BN ]  TV Star Hayes Bedevils 'Damn Yankees' Revival: Jeremy Gerard

    As with "Gypsy" last year and "Chicago" several years earlier, "Damn Yankees" would love to return to Broadway via Encores! That's about as likely as a revival of the Senators.

    [ NY ]  Say It Ain't So By Jeremy McCarter

    Inning after inning, Damn Yankees swings and misses.

    Plus "Bash'd."

    "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine":

    [ WT ]  McGrath's career spans-a-lot By Richard Duckett

    Worcester native finds success both on and off Broadway

    [ BG ]  As harmless diversions go, this musical hits the Marx By Louise Kennedy

    Other Reviews:

    [ BE ]  Family reaches for a dream By Jeffrey Borak

    "Broke-Ology" almost doesn't work. It often has a been-there-done-that feel and the outcome is not all that unexpected. And yet, "Broke-Ology" works admirably. It works because of the honesty and integrity of its writing and particularly the playing under Thomas Kail's shrewd, skillful, smoothly choreographed direction and staging.

    [ CU ]  Broke-ology

    [ TB ]  Perfect Harmony
    Review by Matthew Murray

    The tinny wail of a pitch pipe might not be your idea of an invigorating call to arms. But in the bright and finely tuned Perfect Harmony, now playing at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row, it's a sound that fills you with excited anticipation rather than dread.

    [ CT ]  Bard takes the stage in Stratford, Ontario

    Irene Poole is Katherina and Evan Buliung is Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Read on for capsule reviews of this a four other festival plays, plus travel suggestions from Chris Jones.

    [ BS ]  Suite Atlanta reviewed by Gwen Orel

    If Suite Atlanta were a final performance from a high school acting workshop, it would demonstrate energy and initiative, but would but still need work. As an Equity showcase, it's embarrassing.

    [ BS ]  Whisper reviewed by Paul Menard

    Whisper cleverly mines the dramatic tension between "reality" and the seductive power of technology.

    [ BS ]  Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh reviewed by Karl Levett

    Joel Gross' intriguing portrait of the French queen combines private emotions and public politics.

    [ TM ]  The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac
    Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

    This unique writer/performer delivers a highly entertaining, charming, and audacious performance.

    [ NYT ]  A Lear That Can Be Believed (Not to Mention Understood) By ANITA GATES

    The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's muscular new production of "King Lear" is smart enough and sensitive enough to shine light on the play's more profound observations.

    Thanks to American Theater Web for the following articles!

    [ OCR ]  O.C. drama students get advice and insight from actress Kathy Baker By JESSICA SCHWARTZ

    [ LADN ]  Disney Diva BY JOYCE CHEN

    Iconic Salonga returns to roots of her stardom

    [ PP ]  Popular playwright: Don't put Gogol in the same world as Google By Dominic P. Papatola

    Jeffrey Hatcher has had his eye on "The Government Inspector" since he performed in Nikolai Gogol's comedy of errors in college.

    [ CSM ]  Fifty years of musical memories By Iris Fanger

    Musicals such as 'South Pacific' marked an era.

    [ PPG ]  'Seinfeld' writer collects memories that show the funny side of life By Samantha Bennett

    [ FW ]  Scrambled Egghead By Michael Ragozzino

    David Wiltse brings his tour de farce to Westport Country Playhouse

    [ LADN ]  Longing for 'Drowsy Chaperone's's days of yore BY EVAN HENERSON

    A once-great show returns merely good

    News:

    [ NYT ]  TKTS Booth Opens in Downtown Brooklyn By Sewell Chan

    Thanks to David for the link.

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Shakespeare Recovered
    Compiled by Julie Bloom

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Stoppard Overwhelmed by World's Problems
    Compiled by JACQUES STEINBERG

    [ P ]  Do You Hear the People Bid?: Les Miz in Concert Auction to Benefit BC/EFA

    [ TM ]  Broadway Cares to Auction Special Hollywood Bowl Les Miz Package

    [ TM ]  Lillias White to Play Highline Ballroom on August 9

    [ P ]  Tony Winner White Will Offer a Hot and Sassy August Night

    [ TNO ]  MASTER AT WORK by JOHN NATHAN

    Goold to direct Gambon in Pinter's No Man's Land at the Duke of York's.

    [ P ]  Gets and Chase Expected to Be Pals of Musical Story; Goodspeed Will Host Tryout

    [ P ]  Plimpton, Roche and Lipton Are Stars in the Margin at the Zipper Aug. 11

    [ P ]  TUTS Throws "White Christmas in July" Snow Day July 20

    [ P ]  AmEx Pre-Sale for Broadway's Seagull Revival Begins July 11

    [ P ]  Evan D'Angeles Is Chicago's New Hunchback Starting July 24

    [ P ]  One-Day San Francisco Theater Festival to Be Presented July 27

    [ P ]  Godspell Grammy Winner Cutler Releases "Test of Time" Album

    [ P ]  Graae Will Bring His Anatomy to Caramoor Music Festival

    [ P ]  Wicked's Reiber to Host July 21 New Voices Concert

    [ P ]  "The After Party" Welcomes Catered Affair's Leslie Kritzer July 11

    [ P ]  Davis, Laine, Rivera and Marcovicci to Play San Fran's Rrazz Room

    [ P ]  "I'd Do Anything" Contestant Rachel Tucker Lands Role in West End Musical

    [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 12

    [ P ]  Broadway Barks for a Good Cause July 12 in Shubert Alley

    [ P ]  Christie's Unexpected Guest Arrives in Houston July 12

    [ P ]  "For Good": Wicked Flies Into Australia July 12

    [ P ]  Patrick Page Is a Playboy in Pleasure at Old Globe July 12-Aug. 17

    [ P ]  Mauzey, Finley and Tam Set for NYMF "Guitar Hero" Tournament

    [ B ]  Raúl Esparza to Join Jeremy Piven in Broadway Revival of Speed-the-Plow

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