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Friday, September 5, 2008 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Hot seats: Theater and comedy picks for this weekend

Theater Listings

Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

NYC Picks: Theater by LINDA WINER

'Shrek' Gets Help By JULIE BOSMAN; Compiled by Julie Bloom

Lying in State, a Political Farce With Coffin Humor, Gets South Florida Run Sept. 5-21

Hartford's A Midsummer Night's Dream Opens Sept. 5

Herringbone Kicks Off McCarter Theatre Center Season Sept. 5

West Side Story Begins Dallas Lyric Stage Run Sept. 5

U.S. Regional Debut of Frost/Nixon Opens in St. Louis Sept. 5

The Music Man Parades Into St. Louis Sept. 5

Tix Now On Sale for Wicked Benefit, Yellow Brick Road Not Taken

Strand & McCarthy's Italian Straw Hat Musical Premieres in CA Sept. 5

Gay Dads Face a Choice in NYC Premiere, Two Spoons, Beginning Sept. 5

LI says 'I do' to 'Wedding Singer' and 8 other shows BY STEVE PARKS

LIVIN' LA VIDA LENNY & LUCIANO By BARBARA HOFFMAN

'ROAD' WORK IS UNDER 'WAY By FRANK SCHECK
THE BEST BETS OFF THE BEATEN PATH

BILLY'S THE BEST By BARBARA HOFFMAN

CELEBS BREATHE LIFE INTO REVIVALS By BARBARA HOFFMAN

A Perfect Ganesh

McNally's insistence that humankind's only hope lies in compassion and confession is certainly moving, but he makes his point too many times.

Theater Review | 'Masque of the Red Death'
Digging Deeply Into Depths of Poe By ANDY WEBSTER

Toss Weimar cabaret, David Lynch, Bob Fosse and the Cure into a cauldron, and you have the flavor of this show.

Ace
Review By PAUL HARRIS

The second sortie for "Ace" has hit the target.

Once On This Island
Review By TERRY MORGAN

The first production staged by the Reprise Theater Company with Jason Alexander and Susan Dietz at the helm of the troupe is generally successful, an entertaining evening with moments of undeniable power.

REVIEW: 'Once on This Island' at UCLA's Freud Playhouse By David Ng

A Reprise Theatre Company revival featuring pop singer Ledisi brings out the musical's strengths.

'Memphis' moves with its rock 'n' roll energy By James Hebert

And if a few moments go splat, at its best this peppy and eminently likable show still brings Memphis' Beale Street scene to life in all its rough-and-ready luster. (Graceland it ain't.)

Memphis
San Diego Review by: Rob Stevens

Chad Kimball and Montego Glover give passionate performances in this exuberant musical about the early days of rock 'n' roll.

PHOTO CALL: Memphis at the La Jolla Playhouse

Not a Happy 'Fela' By Matt Windman (** 1/2)

Fela!
Review by Matthew Murray

... one of the most energetic, thrilling, and exciting musicals that never delivers either thrills or excitement.
But, oh, that energy.

Fela!
Review By DAVID ROONEY

What it lacks in structure and concision "Fela!" makes up for in heat, energy and sensuality.

Fela!
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

Bill T. Jones' exuberant choreography is the main reason to see this bio-musical about Afrobeat founder Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Shaking Hips and Raising Fists: 'Fela!' By ERIC GRODE

If any musician were to warrant a jukebox musical right now, it would be the one with the moxie to release an album called "Black President" and the chops to back it up.

Music and dancing lift an exuberant 'Fela!' By JENNIFER FARRAR

A most energetic 'Fela!' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

Dance-driven musical presents bold portrait of Nigerian activist

Jones's Rousing 'Fela!' Brings Nigerian Singer, Gadfly to Life
Review by John Simon

'TIS THE MOST SNAPPY 'FELA!' By FRANK SCHECK (*** 1/2)

The infectious revel of 'Fela!' by Joe Dziemianowicz (****)

Afrobeat's King, Recrowned By BEN BRANTLEY

"Fela!" is the pulse-racing new show about the Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Slide Show: The King of Afrobeat

'She made us raise our game'

Playwright Caryl Churchill turns 70 this week, and still has new things to say about women, war and the world. Mark Ravenhill talks to fellow writers about her powerful influence

After Broadway's 'Strange,' Domingo rediscovers his 'Soul' by Chad Jones

Shrek Attack By John Longenbaugh

What's the point of not letting critics in during the first 3/4 of a show's run?

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: The perils of reading too much into a theater review By Dennis Brown

Is theatre going down the YouTube? by Andrew Haydon

There are all sorts of clips from plays and musicals online, but the internet is a help not a hindrance to the stage. Isn't it?

After the Curtain Falls, the Web Gets Into the Act By Nelson Pressley

Theater is the ephemeral art -- except, that is, when it's bootlegged on YouTube.

And They're Off: Equus Revival Begins Broadway Previews Sept. 5

See 'Equus' up close and personal by Michael Sommers

Daniel Radcliffe joins Broadway's barest by Joe Dziemianowicz

Naked Camp Wishes for Potter's Invisible Cloak in 'Equus' Role
Interview by Philip Boroff

PHOTO CALL: Frost/Nixon at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

VIDEO SPECIAL: Meet a New Spring Awakening Star Every Day. Get to Know: Amanda Castaños

Pendergrass' triumph over heartbreak recounted in stirring musical By BOB KOSTANCZUK

Director Michael Disher brings Sondheim to Southampton BY STEVE PARKS

5, 6, 7, 8 -- Rehearse! By Adam R. Perlman

A selective guide to rehearsal spaces all over Manhattan.

FRESH FACE: Adorable Janet Dacal Scales the Heights

Podcast: Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger by Joel Markowitz

Broadway performers Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger talk about the Paul Scott Goodman musical Rooms: A Rock Romance, which opened to raves at MetroStage in Arlington, VA and which NY producers are flocking to se…

Alice Ripley talks about 'Little Fish' By Matt Windman

All Over the Map By: Dan Bacalzo, Tristan Fuge, Brian Scott Lipton, and Zachary Stewart

It's the Housewives! in Sherman Oaks, Yellowjackets in Berkeley, Romeo and Juliet in Washington D.C., and Poetic License in Long Branch, NJ.

Slide Show: An Ogre's Tale

Photos of "Shrek the Musical," which is set to open on Broadway in December.

Photographer's Journal: As 'Rent' Closes, a Look Back

Sara Krulwich, a staff photographer for The Times, narrates a look at her early photos of the musical "Rent."

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Allan S. Larson

Meet Allan Larson, the father - and one of the keepers of the flame - of late Rent writer Jonathan Larson.

DIVA TALK: Chatting with Rent's Renée Elise Goldsberry Plus News of Egan and Ripley

Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist
The Fabulous Invalid

Delaria Hosts Jersey City AIDS Benefit

Wong-man show

Peter Filichia's Diary: Something Wonderful from Oscar Hammerstein

Avenue Q Will Welcome Beauty's Romano Sept. 29

Christy Carlson Romano to Join Avenue Q on September 29

Broadway Unites For Barack!

The Stars Come Out For Obama at New York's Metropolitan Room

Woe I$ Broadway? by Halley Bondy

As investors retreat in a shaky economy, funding worries grow.

PARTON AND A FRESH TUNE By MICHAEL RIEDEL
NEW, OLD FRIENDS ON B'WAY THIS FALL

The Garden of Earthly Delights to Spring Anew Off-Broadway

Urie, Scheie, Carr and Bartow to Read Restoration Comedy for Red Bull

Chenoweth, Fishburne, Harris and Williams to Present Primetime Emmys

Broadway-Bound 9 to 5 Delays Previews Again in Los Angeles

Osmond to Join London's Grease in January 2009

McArdle, Rutherford, Landry, Young and Kalehoff Set for Ogunquit Les Misérables

Wonderettes Star Alvin to Go It Solo Sept. 24

Foley, Matthews, Dexter, Hack and More to Star in FreeFall's The Wild Party

"The After Party" Welcomes Company's Walsh Sept. 5

Gypsy Recording Debuts at Top of Billboard Cast Album Chart

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