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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 5am (Broadway Time)

0095: The Book of Joshua

by MusicalTalk

From the undiscovered world of Elaine Paige, through white wellingtons at the English National Opera to playing Freddie Eynsford-Hill and his own potential father-in-law at the same time in/on the Italian ro…

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Peter Kass, Influential Acting Teacher, Is Dead at 85

Theatrical Ad Giants SpotCo and DeWynters Will Join Forces

Theatrical Ad Agency SpotCo Will Partner Globally with Dewynters

Forever Plaid, with David Hyde Pierce, Daniel Reichard and More, Filmed for Cinematic Release

"Rainbow High": Murney Is Evita for Sacramento Music Circus Beginning Aug. 12

Spelling Bee, with Baysic, Mastro and Wilfert, Begins North Shore Run Aug. 12

Braxton Returns to Broadway's Chicago Aug. 12

Noël Coward in Two Keys Unlocked at Berkshire Theatre Festival Aug. 12

Damn Yankees, with Richard Kind, Begins Casa Mañana Run Aug. 12

Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 12

Fugard's Coming Home Will Premiere at Long Wharf Theatre

Babalu-cy!, with Purnhagen, to Play the Actors Temple Theatre

Meaney, Mosher, Perry, Franklin and Umphress Featured at Aug. 11 Broadway at the Beach

"Mamma Mia!" Nears $300 Million in Worldwide Box Office Take

D'Jae, Farrar, Mendez, Peck and More Set for Black Belt Reading

Healy's Futuristic What Once We Felt to Premiere at Chicago's About Face

Cleage's A Song for Coretta Will Get Midwest Premiere by Chicago's Eclipse

Wild Dogs Will Get World Premiere in Toronto Oct. 4-Nov. 8

Made-for-TV Musical, "The American Mall," Debuts on MTV Aug. 11

Kelly, Frye, Lindley, Durning and Mulopulos to Join Butler for Chicago's Caroline

Full Cast Announced for Peccadillo's Johnny On a Spot

Full Cast Announced for Babel's A Great Place to Be From

Ehlshlager Is Delaware Theatre Company's New Managing Director

Espinosa, Goldsberry, Hanks, Keeling, Spencer, Sullivan, Thoms, et al. Set for Broadway in Bryant Park

Bishop, Burns to Join Page and Smith in West End Fat Pig

LaBute's Fat Pig to Transfer to the West End; Bishop and Burns Will Join Cast

Ackerman, Callaway, Mayes, Wintersteller, Ziemba to Appear at Kaufman Center

Ziemba, Mayes, Ackerman and Wintersteller Will Be Part of Broadway Close Up Series

Full Cast, Creative Team Set for A View from the Bridge at The Guthrie

Lynch, Nostrand and Iglewski Cast in Guthrie's A View from the Bridge

Robert Cuccioli to Star in WPPAC's Camelot

Cuccioli to Star in White Plains' Camelot, Sept. 26-Oct. 5

Terry Johnson to Direct Josh Hartnett in West End Rain Man

Johnson Replaces Grindley As Director of London's Rain Man

Elder, Hoty, Jacoby, et al. Set for Walnut Street's State Fair

Jacoby, Hoty, Elder and More Star in Walnut Street's State Fair

Biltmore Will Be Renamed the Friedman in September; Lobby Named for Herz and Ullman

MTC Sets Date for Renaming Biltmore Theatre for Samuel J. Friedman

MTC's Biltmore Will Be Renamed Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 4

VIDEO: In Rehearsal: Weeds' Hunter Parrish, the New Star of Spring Awakening

PHOTO CALL: Duncan Sheik and Spring Awakening Cast Members Perform at Apple Store

PHOTO OP: Bruce Springsteen Trades Jersey for Broadway at Spring Awakening

Complete Cast Announced for Spring Awakening National Tour

Full Cast Announced for Spring Awakening National Tour

Altomare, Reed, Stram and More to Join Riabko and Bashoff in Spring Awakening Tour

PHOTO OP: Hair Gets Groovy During Packed Opening Night in Central Park

Public Extends Hair Through September 7

Hair Extends an Extra Week in Central Park

HAIR EXTENSIONS

'Hair' Gets an Extension
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

Hair Extension: Shakespeare in the Park Production Will Now Play Through Sept. 7

Even God can't help By Andrew L. Pincus

The Tanglewood Music Center production, which opened Saturday afternoon (with repeats scheduled last night and tonight), doesn't quite hit the bull's-eye, but it comes close enough.

Singing the Praises of Greed and Naked Capitalism By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

The eager and accomplished cast of "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," at the Tanglewood Music Center, was appealing over all.

'Ain't Misbehavin' ' at Bay Street BY STEVE PARKS

Private Lives at Barrington Stage

Private Lives at New Jersey Shakespeare Company

Private Lives
Review By ROBERT L. DANIELS

Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's summer offering is a delectable revival of Noel Coward's durable farce, "Private Lives."

Not Waving
Review By FRANK RIZZO

If the end result is less than a tempest, the writing, performances and helming in the Williamstown Theater Festival world preem still add up to an engaging contemporary character study of people searching for …

Rooms: A Rock Romance
Review By PAUL HARRIS

A decade in the making including a workshop at the 2005 New York Musical Theater Festival, show offers an imaginative score and earnest performances from its two-person cast, Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger.

The Goatwoman of Corvis County

The Goatwoman of Corvis County
Review By CHRIS NEWBOUND

First-timer Christine Whitley's "The Goatwoman of Corvis County" never quite finds its voice in this world premiere, which also inaugurates Shakespeare & Company's second stage, the Elayne P. Bernstein Theater.

Hot Cripple - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

In "Hot Cripple," Hogan Gorman details how, in one tragic moment, she lost everything.

George the Fourth - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

Michael T. Middleton's new play George the Fourth feels like a fifth-rate version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising - Reviewed by RONNI REICH

Both dramatically and socially compelling, the 1993 Lucasville prison uprising is an ideal subject for activist drama.

Too Much Memory - Reviewed by GWEN OREL

Keith Reddin was one of the hottest playwrights of the 1990s, and it's a treat to find a world premiere play of his at the Fringe.

Review: THE BOY IN THE BASEMENT by OSCAR E MOORE

Would be thief becomes basement sex slave in live action romance novel

FRINGE DARTS TARGET TART By FRANK SCHECK (***)

Becoming Britney and Perez Hilton Saves the Universe
FringeNYC Reviews by Matthew Murray

FringeNYC 2008: Roundup 1
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo and Sandy MacDonald

Reports on The Umbrella Plays, See How Beautiful I Am: The Return of Jackie Susann, and The Legislative Process.

ONE-ACT SHORTS FIT NICELY IN SUMMER HEAT By FRANK SCHECK (***)

Summer Shorts 2: Series B
Reviewed by: David Finkle

The last two pieces in this one-act grouping are definitely worth savoring.

Man on a Ledge, Interrupted by Neighboring Oddballs By NEIL GENZLINGER

The young actors of the Strain Theater Company are giving a nicely executed account of Morris Panych's play "7 Stories."

'Buffalo Gal' is just fine By Matt Windman (***)

VIDEO: Opening Night: Buffalo Gal

Stage Role Close to Home for a Former TV Star By PATRICIA COHEN

Susan Sullivan, most familiar to viewers from her roles on television, has also put in time on the stage, including A. R. Gurney's new play, "Buffalo Gal."

PHOTO OP: Allison Janney Does Some Backstage Bonding at [title of show

PHOTO OP: American Idol Finalist Elliot Yamin Drops in on Grease

PHOTO CALL: Evita, with Murney, Kunze and Blanks, at Sacramento's Music Circus

Charles Strouse recalls his B'way journey By Michael Kuchwara, AP Drama Writer

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