Entertainer Rob Guest dies

Guest was acclaimed for his starring role in the Phantom, a performance he took to the stage more than 2000 times in New Zealand and Australia.

Obituary: Phyllis Welch

Obituary: Betty Carr

Tom Roland, Chicago- Area Director, Dead at 79

David Jones, Film Director, Dies at 74 By BRUCE WEBER

Daniel Breaker Joins Shrek the Musical as Gregory and Lewis-Evans Depart

Breaker Replaces Gregory in Broadway's Shrek The Musical; Lewis-Evans Leaves Production

Tony Nominee Daniel Breaker Is Shrek's New "Donkey"

'Shrek' Loses One Donkey, Gains Another
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Disney's The Lion King Will Reign Over Las Vegas in 2009

The Lion King to Begin Las Vegas Run in April 2009

The Lion King to Open at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas

'Lion King' in Las Vegas By BROOKS BARNES; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

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Will Simba succeed in Las Vegas where others have failed? by David Ng

Jeff McCarthy, Terra C. MacLeod Book Short Stints in Chicago

McCarthy and MacLeod to Return to Broadway's Chicago

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film to be remade By Chris Hastings

Michele Pawk Joins Cast of Playwrights Horizons' Prayer For My Enemy

Michele Pawk Joins Craig Lucas' Prayer for My Enemy

Pawk Becomes Part of the Family in NYC Premiere of Lucas' Prayer

Bonner, Carroll, LaVoy Will Settle Into Home for NYC's Signature

Cast Set for Revival of Samm-Art Williams' Home at Signature

Bonner, Carroll, LaVoy Set for Signature's Home

Cudia and Barisich Play Rivals in Phantom Tour Starting Nov. 26

John Cudia and Kyle Barisich to Join Phantom Tour in San Francisco

'Chicago' returning to Chicago by Chris Jones

'Mamma' underpins Euro box office

Top five territories each have different leaders

Coughtry and Brooksher Are Romeo and Juliet for Shakespeare Theatre of NJ

Brooksher, Coughtry, McClintock, et al. Set for Shakespeare Theatre of NJ's Romeo & Juliet

Goldyn, Blum, Glover, Sullivan and Lattimore Cast in North Shore 42nd Street

Goldyn, Glover, Lattimore, Sullivan, et al. Set for NMST's 42nd Street

Masterworks Broadway Releases Dirty Dancing Cast Recording

Cast Album of International Stage Hit Dirty Dancing Released in U.S.

Tix for Boston Premiere of Dirty Dancing to Go on Sale Oct. 5

Beatty, Bening, Crystal, Hanks, Roberts, et al. to Appear in The World of Nick Adams

Benefit Reading of World of Nick Adams to Feature Beatty, Bening, Crystal, Roberts and Hanks

Philip Seymour Hoffman joins 'Mary'

Voice cast includes Toni Collette, Eric Bana

Kerry Butler to Appear in La Jolla's Moon Over Morocco Gala

Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Queen's Company's Twelfth Night

Full Cast Announced for BLIND.NESS at P.S. 122

Rupert, Graae, Callaway, Porter, Hoff and More Set for Bacharach to the Future Benefit

Canonico, Graae, Hoff, Reuben, Rupert, Spirtas, et al. Set for Bacharach to the Future

White Christmas Box Office Opening Will Offer Surprises Oct. 6

White Christmas Box Office Opens October 6 With Special Event

Elrod, Jue, Torn, et al. Set for Greenspan's A Horse's Ass Reading

Dixon Place to Inaugurate New Facility with Forever.

Domingo, Keenan-Bolger, Nasser, et al. Set for Lilies Benefit Reading

Arthur Laurents to Speak at NYC's LGBT Community Center on October 15

Fuerza Bruta to Present "DJ Connection" Performances in the Fall

Tim Gunn to Co-Host Benefit Performance of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Jack Klugman to Speak at Connecticut's Sacred Heart University

Cirque Du Soleil's Kooza to Play New York in April

A Major Broadway Hit, Tobacco Road, Opens Oct. 5 at La Jolla Playhouse

Grové, Andrus, Poulos, Sharkey and Shoop to Populate Illyria for Prospect Theater Company

Chicago's Wopat to Co-Host WABC-7's "Broadway Backstage" TV Special

Barbara Walsh Will Play "Edies" of Grey Gardens in DC; Casting Complete

Burton Nabs Frost/Nixon's Sheen for "Alice in Wonderland" Film

Speech & Debate Gets Extension at Southern Rep in New Orleans

Legally Blonde Star to Head to the Chatterbox Oct. 2

Nixon, Ziemba, Lewis, Blake, Racey and More Set for Kickin' It Benefit

Caswell, Edwards, Hicks, McDonald and More Cast in Elegies

The Rocky Horror Tribute Show, with Anthony Head and Michael Ball, Due on DVD Oct. 14

Days and Hickok to Star in Sessions at the Algonquin

"Jackie Hoffman: Live from Joe's Pub" to Hit Stores Nov. 11

Acclaimed Arias with a Twist Gets Soundtrack Recording Oct. 3

AmEx Sponsors Crossroads' 30th Anniversary Season with $100,000 Grant

Spring Awakening Joins Rock the Vote Campaign

Diahann Carroll Memoir, "The Legs Are the Last to Go," On Shelves Sept. 30

Rickman-Directed Creditors Opens Sept. 30 at Donmar

Walt Disney the Subject of New Glass Opera

Mister Roberts, with Hays, Durning, Bacon and Henner, Due on DVD Oct. 7

Xanadu's Jackson Set for Project Shaw's The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

Christine Ebersole Headed Back to Broadway in Coward's Blithe Spirit

Banking it All on Robin Hood

Timothy Frey is putting it all on the line. This comes from putting pen to paper. In 2002, he started thinking that the Robin Hood legend would make a good musical. Now, in 2008, Frey's putt…

The Mimi Nobody Knows

Last week, I was pleased to draw attention to the "Mimi" award, a new prize meant to "nurture" play wrights that comes with a whopping cash prize of $200,000. I applauded the Mimi's advisory board for its bold decision to give the money to impoverished playwright Tony Kushner, who wrote Angels in America. He told his house organ, the New York Times, that he was going to bank the $200,000 "to buy me time to work on plays." My column touched a nerve, prompting a blizzard of e-mails, nearly all of them, I regret to say, critical of the Mimi.

Go Billy! New Musical Billy Elliot Dances Onto Broadway Oct. 1

Weller's Fifty Words, with Butz and Marvel, Opens Off-Broadway

Rock of Ages, with Maroulis, Barrett, Molina and Swenson, Arrives Off-Broadway Oct. 1

Murder Mystery Outside Inn Begins Previews Off-Broadway Oct. 1

A Senator, a Mobster and a Party Girl Populate Premiere of Mastrosimone's Dirty Business in FL

Prior to Public, Hoch's Taking Over Plays Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn—for Free

Toxic Avenger, the Rock Musical, Begins in NJ; Broadway's Opel Stars

Fringe Hit Ballerina Who Loves B-boy Begins Limited Run at 37 Arts Oct. 1

Neile Adams to Offer Something Cool at Metropolitan Room Oct. 1-4

Sundance in the City by Julia M. Klein

In just five years, the New York Musical Theatre Festival has become a place to shop for Broadway hits-even in tight times.

Play it Cool
Review by Matthew Murray

New additions to Curtainup's NYMF page - College: The Musical, Twilight in Manchego and Idaho

Wig Out! - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

What a glamfest! Fashion, passion, and excitement illuminate the catwalk during the drag ball scenes of Tarell Alvin McRaney's new play.

Aliens With Extraordinary Skills - Reviewed by JERRY PORTWOOD

Romanian playwright Savania Stanescu and director Tea Alagic (a Bosnian immigrant) have their hearts in the right place, but this world-premiere production needs to put its characters in gre…

Fault Lines - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

The prolific Edward Albee didn't actually write "Fault Lines," Stephen Belber did, but make no mistake - it's an Albee play.

Flip Side - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

Though billed in a press release as a "comedy of longing, misperceptions, and mismatches," "Flip Side" mostly avoids one crucial comic element: being funny.

Triple Triumphs

NY reviewer Richard Seff declares all three 'triumphs': The Glass Cage, Oklahoma! and Equus

Show doesn't measure up to the songs and singers By Toby Zinman

Daniel Kutner, who directed the Prince Music Theater production that opened Friday, manages to take this collection of sophisticated songs, filled with clever, ironical lyrics, and turn it i…

Yvonne Constant: Paris on the Road to Piaf - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

The dedicated Constant gave strong boulevard renditions of the Piaf songbook.