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Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11pm (Broadway Time)

You got stars on my Broadway!You got Broadway on my stars!

by Ernio Hernandez

"You wanna show to make it on Broadway, you need a star, baby!"You can almost picture the ye olde BroadWAY producer — fat man with the matching wallet and mouth set — chomping a cigar and yelling those word…

Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 2pm (Broadway Time)

Clowing around with Mark Olsen

by Westport Country Playhouse

Clowing around with Mark Olsen Movement specialist Mark Olsen illustrates some of the comic elements for Westport Country Playhouse's Scramble! From: WestportPlayhouse Views: 457 1 ratings Time: 01:21…

Thursday, July 24, 2008 at midnight (Broadway Time)

East 14th, reviewed by Diane Snyder

The anecdotal material in Don Reed's cookie-cutter show seems better suited for stand-up than a solo play.

Around the World in 80 Days, reviewed by Adam Feldman

Irish Rep presents a perfectly silly multicharacter comedy, perfect for those who can't afford The 39 Steps.

Expatriate, reviewed by Helen Shaw

Lenelle Moïse pens and stars in a powerful, overstuffed portrait of a star-crossed singing duo.

The Strangerer, reviewed by Adam Feldman

The phoniness of public discourse and its eerie disconnection from the bloody business of power are brought to the fore in Theater Oobleck's droll look at the presidential debates between George Bush and John K…

Eh Joe, reviewed by David Cote

Liam Neeson gets his close-up in Atom Egoyan's superb production of the Samuel Beckett teleplay.

[title of show], reviewed by David Cote

The little tuner that thought it could, did, and it hasn't lost a jot of its bighearted, quirky brilliance.

Fiennes Fine in Beckett Call, by Frank Scheck

For the past two weeks, a master class in acting has been offered in the "Gate/Beckett" series at the Lincoln Center Festival. First came Liam Neeson's searing silent performance in Eh Joe, followed by Barry McGovern's intensely florid solo turn in I'll Go On. And now there's Ralph Fiennes, investing his rendition of the playwright's 1965 short story First Love with a quiet precision that's all the more powerful for its restraint.

The Sheer Inconvenience, Let Alone Intrusiveness, of Life and Love, by Charles Isherwood

The stage adaptation of this Beckett story is being captivatingly performed by Ralph Fiennes.

Bernstein as a Fount of Fusion, by Stephen Holden

Elegance without ostentation: that would describe the overview of Leonard Bernstein songs that the pianist Bill Charlap and the singer Kurt Elling brought to Bernstein's theater music.

Photo Call: Van Der Beek Pays a Visit to Avenue Q

Photo Call: Sweeney Todd, with Mark Jacoby, at Sacramento Music Circus

Innocently Abroad, by David Cote

Dazzling newcomer Karla Mosley finds a home in Expatriate.

Steve Ross to Return to London with Sondheim Cabaret, Good Thing Going

Gleeson, James, Crane and Marsh Will Star in Shinn's Now or Later at London's Royal Court

Balcony Scenes: Casting Announced for Private Lives at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Body Politic, with Lear, Reed, Shelton and Maxwell, Begins CA Run July 24

Ragtime, with Molloy, Arrow, Watson and Foster, Begins Cape Rep Run July 24

D'Angeles, Franklin, Storm Join Chicago Cast of Hunchback Musical July 24

Calvert, Ephraim, Green and Umphress Join Tsakalakos at the Barrington July 24-26

Grote's Schiller-Inspired Tale of Suburban Family, Maria/Stuart, Premieres Aug. 18 at Woolly Mammoth

Stritch, Feinstein, Strouse and Vereen to Be Part of Paige's Spotlight On Series

Barbara Ann Teer, Founder of National Black Theatre, Inc., Dies at 71

Rent Performance to Hit Screens Nationwide in September

Academy Award Winner Thompson to Pen Screenplay for My Fair Lady Remake

John Waters to Pen Sequel to Hairspray Movie Musical

"Broadway in Bryant Park" Reschedules Hairspray, Vanities, Godspell Performances

Twelve Ophelias Opens in Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool July 24

The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Opens Off-Broadway July 24

London Calling: Cavanagh and Rapp Are Some Americans Abroad, Opening Off-Broadway July 24

Colm Wilkinson to Appear at Broadway Cabaret Festival in October

'Robin and the 7 Hoods' Headed to Broadway
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

Fuerzabruta to Hold Open Calls July 28-29

Four New Shows Dance Into 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival

Hairspray 2 Film Is In the Works

Hairspray Movie Musical Sequel in the Works

MTV Plans Remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Time Warp - Again: MTV to Remake "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

Huffman, Mauzey, McCartney, Sikora, et al. Set for All Singin', All Dancin'

Full Cast, Creative Team Set for UK Premiere of Shinn's Now or Later

Today in Theatre History: JULY 24

Espinosa and Green Join Line-Up for London Benefit Concert The Music of Scott Alan

Profiles Theatre Plans Tortuga, Thugs, Great Falls, Dissocia and Premiere of Graceland

Montalban, Coreia, Danner, Walsh and More Set for Free jenny & me Reading

A Singer's Havana Past Is Conjured in october crisis at FringeNYC

Tsoutsouvas and Hall Will Be Part of Red Bull "In the Raw" Readings

Dixie's Tupperware Party Will Burp Its Way Across America; Tour Launches in AZ

O'Neill Conference Enters Final Week With Minnie Willet and Without You

Music and Movement Enliven Panych's Moby Dick at Ontario's Stratford Festival

Feinstein's "The Sinatra Project" Due in Stores in September

Imperioli, Keitel, O'Mara, et al to Star on ABC's Life on Mars

Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Grote's Maria/Stuart at Woolly Mammoth

Cook, Glover, Mazzie, Morris, Sedaris, Wong, et al. Set for McCarter Season

Guthrie Extends World-Premiere Run of Little House Musical

Baker, Hartley, Peters to Guest Star on Grey's Anatomy Opener

Tony Winner Peters to Guest on "Grey's Anatomy" Season Premiere

Amaral, Fols, Newsome, et al. Set for WBT's The Producers

Amaral and Newsome Are The Producers for Westchester Broadway Theatre

Adams, Espinosa, Massey, Newton, Rapp, Rocca, Shindle, Urie, et al. Set Broadway Loves the '80s

Adams, Gonzalez, Umphress, Massey and More Join Line-Up for Broadway Loves the 80's

Easton, Goodwin, Ivey, Maxwell, Wilson Set for WTF's Home

Goodwin, Maxwell and Wilson Join Cast of Home at Williamstown Theatre Festival

Brooklyn's Gallery Players Announce 2008-2009 Season

Works by Martin, Acquisto, Townshend and Inge Set for Gallery Players Season

Off-Broadway's Gazillion Bubble Show Victim of Theft

Gazillion Bubble Show Robbed; 3.4 Tons of Bubble Solution Missing

Bell, Blackwell, Champlin, Shindle, et al. Set for Say Something

Bell, Blackwell, Bond, Champlin, Lavin, Pedi, Shindle and More Will Say Something Aug. 15

Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theatre Survived Adversity Through Satire By Joel Schechter
Book Review by Sarah Boslaugh

SOUND ADVICE: STRIKING VOICES by Rob Lester

MY OH MAMMA MIA by MARK BLANKENSHIP

Mamma Mia! has its brush with brilliance-the fabulous Dancing Queen sequence-which makes the movie worth seeing despite its flaws.

KIND OF A DRAG by MATT WINDMAN

No use beating a dead horse: Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse is a dull play.

They're just wild about Lenny by Zan Stewart

Broadway Rising Stars - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

The Town Hall stage groaned under the weight of talent last week when Scott Siegel unleashed the second annual "Broadway Rising Stars" show.

I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME..? by CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

The pros and cons of feminism are given a too thorough going over in Joanna Murray-Smith's The Female of the Species. There's a strong whiff of desperation as the play plods along.

POLITICAL IDOL at the Triad by OSCAR E MOORE

What do you get when you cross Forbidden Broadway with American Idol and the participants of this years political eight ring circus?

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

Brent Barrett, Perry Ojeda, and Dee Hoty shine in the Cape Playhouse's highly entertaining version of the hit Broadway musical.

The Time of Mendel's Trouble
Review By SAM THIELMAN

Between its caricatures of Arabs and Italians and its tinfoil-hat philosophy, "The Time of Mendel's Trouble" is both a worrying reading on the sanity barometer and an embarrassingly problematic musical.

Stain

Many enjoyable moments that even the blatantly unsatisfying ending does not destroy. Too bad it doesn't hold together as either comedy or serious drama.

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