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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

    Features:

    [ B ]  FIRST PERSON: Susan Blackwell: Why I Keep My Day Job

    [ B ]  BACKSTAGE VIDEO: Playing Dress Up with Two Cities Heroine Brandi Burkhardt

    [ AE ]  Interview with Bryan Batt by Michael Jensen

    Thanks to WaymanWong on All That Chat for the link.

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Courteney Cox and Daughter Coco Spend the Afternoon at Hairspray

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP: The Ladies of The View Check Out Whoopi Goldberg in Xanadu

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Speed-the-Plow Rehearsal with Piven, Esparza and Moss

    "Spring Awakening" On Tour - Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Spring Awakening
    Reviewed by: Tiffany Maleshefski

    Kyle Riabko, Christy Altomare, and Blake Bashoff lead an explosive and energetic cast in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.

    [ SFE ]  'Spring Awakening' electrifies San Francisco by Chad Jones

    [ CCT ]  'Spring Awakening' a brilliant rendering of teens' sexual angst By Pat Craig

    [ MN ]  'Spring Awakening' glows with white-hot intensity on national tour By Karen D'Souza

    [ SFC ]  Review: 'Spring Awakening' by Robert Hurwitt

    The febrile passions slip into forced sentiment at times, particularly in an awkwardly appended finale. But most of "Spring" bursts with an energy that makes Frank Wedekind's strange 1891 drama of sexual repression immediate and compelling.

    News:

    [ B ]  The First Breeze of Summer Extends Again at Signature

    [ P ]  Signature's First Breeze Extends Run a Second Time

    [ P ]  Wig Out! Delays Off-Broadway Start By One Day

    [ TM ]  Bogardus, Lewis, Mauzey, Reichard, Shindle, Wong, Zippel, et al. Set for NAMT

    [ B ]  Reichard, Colella, Lewis & More Set for NAMT Festival of New Musicals

    [ P ]  Wong, Longbottom, Bogardus, Colella and Lewis Will Take Part in NAMT's Festival of New Musicals

    [ TM ]  NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation to Hold Auditions on September 12

    [ P ]  Wood Sells Out NYMF Run; Additional Performance Added

    [ P ]  "Dr. Horrible" Soundtrack, with Neil Patrick Harris, Now Available on iTunes

    [ P ]  McAnuff to Direct Feore in Macbeth; Actor Will Star in Cyrano, Too

    [ P ]  3-D Film of Evil Dead: The Musical in the Works

    [ P ]  Blue Man Group to Star in 3-D Imax Film

    [ P ]  Chicago Jersey Boys to Welcome Cory Grant to Cast

    [ TM ]  Cory Grant to Star in Chicago Jersey Boys

    [ TM ]  Banes, Easton, Huffman, Seldes, Smith, et al. Set for Hart to Hart

    [ TM ]  Fabrique, Foy, Hicks, Landau, et al. Receive 2008 Suzi Bass Award Nominations

    [ P ]  Molaskey and Pizzarelli Begin Carlyle Engagement Sept. 9

    [ P ]  Barrington Season to Include Mockingbird and Carousel

    [ P ]  NYTVF Will Screen "Teachers" Pilot Starring Reinders, Maroulis and Litzsinger

    [ P ]  Epp, Cartmell and Nelson to Star in Guthrie's Caretaker

    [ P ]  Procaccino and Marks Cast in Intiman's All the King's Men

    [ P ]  Irma Vep, Twelfth Night, Henry VIII and Cyrano Will Join First Wives Club in Summer 2009 at the Globe

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Naughton to Star in Irish Rep's Master Builder

    [ B ]  James Naughton to Star in The Master Builder at Irish Rep

    [ TM ]  James Naughton to Star in Irish Rep's The Master Builder

    [ B ]  Freeman, Streisand, Tharp & Townshend to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

    [ P ]  Streisand, Freeman, Tharp, Jones, Townshend and Daltrey Are 2008 Kennedy Center Honorees

    [ B ]  Christine Lahti & Michael Cristofer Step Into Off-Bway Body of Water

    [ TM ]  39 Steps Cast Members to Make September Appearances for "Hitchcock Month"

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      • [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Sept. 1-7

      [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Equus Starts Strong; Overall Box Office Drops Sharply

      [ V ]  Weather batters Broadway

      'Equus' stays afloat in bad box office climate

      [ P ]  Boggess, Butler, Carmello, Jackson, Leavel, Parrish and More Set for Broadway on Broadway

      [ TM ]  Boggess, Butler, Ellis, Hanks, Lachey, Parrish, et al. Set for Broadway on Broadway

      [ P ]  Luker, Burns, Benanti, Hoff, Lewis, Cavenaugh, Newman and More Set for BC/EFA Flea Market

      [ TM ]  Benanti, Hanks, Hansis, Lewis, Luker, et al. Set for BC/EFA Flea Market on September 21

      [ TM ]  Daltrey, Freeman, Jones, Streisand, Tharp, Townshend to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

      [ P ]  Streisand Will Perform at Sept. 16 Obama Fundraiser

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
      Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

      The Irish Repertory Theater has announced that James Naughton ("Chicago") will star in its production of Henrik Ibsen's "Master Builder," in a new adaptation by Frank McGuinness.

      [ TM ]  Christine Lahti, Michael Cristofer to Star in Blessing's A Body of Water at Primary Stages

      [ P ]  Lahti and Cristofer Join Primary Stages Cast of Blessing's Body of Water

      [ P ]  "Housewives" Star Denton Cast in World Premiere of How Cissy Grew

      [ TM ]  James Denton to Star in El Portal's How Cissy Grew

      [ P ]  Cleale Will Succeed Parlato in Off-Broadway's The Fantasticks

      [ TM ]  Lewis Cleale to Be Fantasticks New El Gallo on September 15

      [ B ]  Lewis Cleale to Join Off-Broadway Company of The Fantasticks

      [ TM ]  Brian Dennehy and Joe Grifasi to Star in Long Wharf's Hughie

      [ P ]  Munby Will Direct Price, D'Silva and McArdle in Menier Chocolate Factory's White Devil

      [ INQ ]  High hopes for grand old Boyd By Inga Saffron

      A Phila. developer says he'll buy the movie palace, restore its art deco glory, and turn a block of Chestnut into a nightlife mecca.

      Features:

      [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Hello Marvin, Goodbye Love By Seth Rudetsky

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Logan Marshall-Green

      Logan Marshall-Green - who currently stars in Off-Broadway's Beast - fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.

      [ NYT ]  A Rock 'n' Roll Survivor Prepares for Its Rebirth By GLENN COLLINS

      Through 78 years, the neglect of the Beacon Theater in Manhattan has often been profound, but it is now undergoing a $15 million restoration.

      [ NYT ]  Slide Show: Restoring the Beacon

      [ TB ]  John Tartaglia of Shrek The Musical
      Interview by David-Edward Hughes

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Shrek the Musical Plays Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre

      [ B ]  Q & A: James Barbour

      [ B ]  BACKSTAGE VIDEO: Playing Dress Up with Two Cities Heroine Brandi Burkhardt

      [ YN ]  Estelle Parsons having a ball playing a monster By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer

      [ BR ]  New heights reached in "Seagull" translation BY ROBERT FELDBERG

      [ B ]  VIDEO SPECIAL: Meet a New Spring Awakening Star Every Day. Get to Know: Emily Kinney

      [ DCTS ]  And the Winners of the Audience Choice Awards Are ... by Lorraine Treanor

      NY actors Tyler Hanes (The Studio) and Karen Eleanor Wight (The Screwtape Letters) were among the winners, and phoned in acceptance speeches for DC Theatre Scene's online Audience Choice Awards, which got announced via a noir comedy from the virtual Awards ceremony.

      [ TM ]  Picture These By: Leslie (Hoban) Blake

      Annette Bening, Zac Efron, Frank Langella, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand, Bette Midler, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, and many more stars hit the big screen this fall.

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: MTC Rechristens the Biltmore Theatre in Honor of Samuel J. Friedman

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL ON CLOSING NIGHT: Rent - For Closure

      [ GAWKER ]  Watching Rent, One Last Time

      [ TM ]  Out Tonight! By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Brian Scott Lipton

      Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Drew Lachey, Wilson Cruz, Frenchie Davis, Blake Lively, Christy Carlson Romano, and a host of stars come out for the final Broadway performance of Rent.

      Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

      [ G ]  Theatre is a matter of life and death by Lyn Gardner

      My mother's love for theatre prompted me to become a critic. Now theatre must help me come to terms with her death

      [ LCJ ]  The magic of Minnelli By Tamara Ikenberg

      "The Fly":

      [ NYT ]  An Excerpt From 'The Fly' (mp3)

      [ CU ]  The Fly

      With a stunning new libretto by David Henry Hwang.

      [ WP ]  Silver Screen Pedigree on Loan By Anne Midgette

      Hollywood Directors Bring Their Flair for Drama To Interpretations of Puccini and a Cult Classic

      [ V ]  The Fly
      Review By ALAN RICH

      In brief, "The Fly" is a turkey.

      [ NYT ]  The Song of the Brundlefly By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

      Despite the inventive staging and all-out efforts of an admirable cast, the Los Angeles Opera's production of "The Fly," based on the 1986 film, is a ponderous and enervating opera.

      [ LAT ]  L.A. Opera's 'The Fly' is a monster mash By Mark Swed

      David Cronenberg and Howard Shore turn their film into a dreary, monotonous creature.

      [ BN ]  Woody Allen Sets Puccini Spinning as 'Fly' Fizzles: Alan Rich

      "Lady":

      [ TM ]  Lady
      Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

      Craig Wright's three-hander about the Iraq conflict receives a crackling New York premiere thanks to to Dexter Bullard's deft direction and the superb performances of Paul Sparks, Michael Shannon, and David Wilson Barnes.

      [ TE ]  Craig Wright, creator of ABC series "Dirty Sexy Money" opens LADY Off-B'way by Oscar E Moore

      Hunting and Politics - a killer combination.Get your tickets now.

      [ BS ]  Lady - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

      I went on a hunting trip and a political debate broke out. Both were ferociously enjoyable.

      [ SUN ]  A Walk in the Woods: Craig Wright's 'Lady' By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

      [ V ]  Lady
      Review By MARILYN STASIO

      The ideas he floats about the corrosion of American values don't really coalesce in "Lady," which finds childhood friends facing their buried hostilities while on a hunting trip. But a fierce ensemble, helmed by Dexter Bullard, fearlessly plugs the plot gaps with pyrotechnical displays of all-American characters in existential extremis.

      [ TB ]  Lady
      Review by Matthew Murray

      Perhaps, when the play was first written in 2006, this story might still have had the underexposed immediacy it would need to look and play like something other than last-gasp proselytizing before President Bush is no longer such an easy target.

      Other Reviews:

      [ BS ]  Johnny on a Spot - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

      "The Front Page" this is not. But there still is fun to be savored, painted by playwright Charles MacArthur in broad, cynical strokes.

      [ TM ]  Johnny on a Spot
      Reviewed by: Andy Propst

      The Peccadillo's revival of Charles MacArthur's timely political satire is loud and fast instead of funny.

      [ BS ]  Becket or the Honor of God - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

      It's brave of Twenty Feet Productions to attempt such a complex play, and the real star here is Jean Anouilh, whose creative talents, despite reduced circumstances, come shining through.

      [ BS ]  King of Shadows - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

      Rarely does a play's venue add to its potency, but such is the case with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's new play.

      [ NYT ]  Teenage Runaway's Alternate Universe By WILBORN HAMPTON

      Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has concocted a diverting and at times intriguing thriller by blending elements of Shakespeare and Stephen King.

      [ BS ]  There Will Come Soft Rains - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

      Anyone interested in making high-impact theatre on a shoestring budget should take this show in.

      [ BS ]  A Great Place to Be From - Reviewed by PAUL MENARD

      Judging from the characters in Norman Lasca's quartet of monologues, extreme heat can certainly bring out the worst in some people.

      [ BS ]  Two Spoons - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

      Playwright Peter Mercurio goes a little overboard with "Poor Richard's Almanac" quotations in his new play.

      [ TM ]  Resurrection
      DC Metro Review by: Michael Toscano

      Daniel Beaty's deeply moving play looks at the lives of six African-American men.

      [ V ]  Resurrection
      Review By PAUL HARRIS

      Beaty presents another provocative examination of African-American experience, specifically the issues that prevent contemporary black males from achieving greater success.

      [ V ]  Agamemnon
      Review By BOB VERINI

      The Getty Villa's outdoor presentation of "Agamemnon," part one of the Oresteia trilogy, mightily meets the two main challenges of staging Aeschylus and his Greek brethren for a modern audience.

      [ LAT ]  REVIEW: 'Memphis' at La Jolla Playhouse By Daryl H. Miller

      With its GPS set on Broadway, a big, new musical in La Jolla gives a 21st century take on the birth of rock amid '50s racism.

      [ TB ]  Emma
      Cincinnati Review by Scott Cain

      [ CCB ]  Capturing the essence of Austen for those who love her novels BY Rick Pender

      [ CE ]  'Emma' needs more Austen By Jackie Demaline

      [ OP ]  'Emma'amounts to 'chick theater' By Richard O Jones

      [ HC ]  A Spirited, 'Midsummer' Delight By SUSAN HOOD

      [ V ]  A Midsummer Night's Dream
      Review By FRANK RIZZO

      Explorations of gender equality make a fine and valid subtext for the Bard'sfanciful battle of the sexes. But casting and some misguided theatrical flourishes take away much of helmer's thematic punch.

      [ TB ]  Ace
      Washington, D.C. Review by Susan Berlin

      [ NJ ]  A story of loss is made more personal by Peter Filichia

      "Rabbit Hole" is ultimately a small drama that profits from intimacy, so it sits well in Kean University's cozy Zella Frye Theatre in Union. The Premiere Stages production is seen to better advantage here than in its New York home.

      [ TB ]  Wishful Drinking
      Washington, D.C. Review by Susan Berlin

      [ CU ]  Dorian Gray

      Matthew Bourne's staging of Oscar Wilde's story is a triumph!

      [ TB ]  THE SIEGEL COLUMN By Barbara & Scott Siegel

      Having the advantage of writing about Fela! and The First Breeze of Summer after their openings, we approach them a little differently than we would an opening night review ...

      [ V ]  Lakeview Terrace
      Review By DENNIS HARVEY

      Samuel L. Jackson's compelling turn as one kind of neighbor almost nobody wants should magnetize some critical favor and aud interest. But as a queasy examination of black/white dynamics, poised between character study and genre piece, director Neil LaBute's latest is likely to score medium B.O. closer to that of 2002's "Changing Lanes" than starry hit "Crash."

      News:

      [ TM ]  Todd Weeks and Jessica Dickey to Star in Keen Company's The Fourposter

      [ P ]  Weeks and Dickey to Star in Keen Company's Fourposter

      [ P ]  Crooked Wood Begins Performances at the Jermyn Street Theatre Sept. 9

      [ P ]  Cleopatra, Opa! and Love, Incorporated Among MITF Award Winners

      [ TM ]  Midtown International Theatre Festival Announces 2008 Awards

      [ SUN ]  Albee Honored by Pennsylvania Academy of Music

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Herman Wouk to Be Honored
      Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

      [ P ]  Jue, Dioniso and Montalban Cast in San Jose's Flower Drum Song

      [ TM ]  Dioniso, Hsu, Ing, Jue, Montalban, Quinn, et al. Set for AMTSJ's Flower Drum Song

      [ TM ]  Old Globe Summer Season to Feature First Wives Club, Irma Vep, et al.

      [ B ]  Musical Version of The First Wives Club to Debut at the Old Globe

      [ NJ ]  Steinberg New Cape May Stage Artistic Director by Peter Filichia

      [ P ]  Interactive Musical Eurobeat Opens in the West End Sept. 9

      [ TM ]  Johnston, Mertes, Rebeck to Particpate in New York Television Festival

      [ TM ]  Epps, Franklin, Reynolds, Van Ark, et al. Set for L.A. Red Carpet Awards

      [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Sheila Callaghan's Crawl, Fade to White

      [ P ]  Harris, Morrow, Payne, Shearer and More Set for It's Magic - A Tribute to Sammy Cahn

      [ P ]  Additional Workshops of Lloyd Webber's Phantom Sequel Set for the Fall

      [ P ]  Brecht's Turandot Makes U.K. Premiere Sept. 8

      [ P ]  Westchester's 2009 Season to Feature Titanic, 42nd Street and More

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 9

      [ P ]  All-Male Romeo and Juliet Bows in DC Sept. 9

      [ P ]  Germann and Pyle Board Broadway's Boeing-Boeing Sept. 9

      [ P ]  DeLaria and Ripley Sing Horne Songs Sept. 9 at the Ars Nova

      [ P ]  DeLaria Sings Arlen, Porter, LaChiusa on "The Live Smoke Sessions," Arriving in Stores Sept. 9

      [ P ]  Little Fish CD, with Ripley, Jbara and Kimball, Arrives in Stores Sept. 9

      [ P ]  A Cup of Ambition: 9 to 5: The Musical Comes to Life Sept. 9 in Los Angeles

      [ P ]  TKTS Booth in Duffy Square to Open in Early Fall

      [ B ]  Zambello's Musical Rebecca Eyes Broadway Debut in 2010

      [ B ]  Details Set for Broadway Transfer of Mary Stuart, Starring Janet McTeer

      [ B ]  Silver's Three Changes Extends Before Opening; Hopper to Succeed McDermott

      [ P ]  Aquila Theatre Company Earns NEH Grant for "Page to Stage" Tour

      [ TM ]  Aquila Theatre Receives National Endowment of the Humanities Grant

      [ P ]  Xanadu's Goldberg Cast in "A Muppets Christmas"

      Fall Preview:

      [ R ]  The Stage Is Set For A Spunky Season on Broadway By Robert Osborne (Hollywood Reporter)

      [ LAT ]  YOUR GUIDE TO FALL: THEATER

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