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Thursday, May 28, 2009

    [ STARS ]  REASONS TO BE PRETTY, BILLY ELLIOT, AND UNIVERSAL ROBOTS TAKE TOP HONORS IN FIRST EVER THEATER BLOGGER AWARDS

    The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (www.TheaterBloggers.com) is thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual ITBA Awards for Excellence in Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater.

  • Posted by James Marino at 2:43 PM | Item Link


      • News:

      [ B ]  Tony News: Touring Shows to Perform, Times Square Simulcast

      [ P ]  Casts of Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Hair, Next to Normal, Shrek and More to Perform on Tonys

      [ TM ]  Tony Awards Telecast to Feature Numbers from Billy Elliot, Hair, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, Rock of Ages and More

      [ B ]  Original Cast Member Ann Harada to Return to Avenue Q

      [ P ]  Harada to Return to Broadway's Avenue Q; Larsen, McClure and Thomas Also Join Cast

      [ TM ]  Ann Harada, Anika Larsen, Robert McClure, Danielle K. Thomas to Join Broadway's Avenue Q July 6

      [ TM ]  Andre de Shields, Jonathan Groff, Joan Macintosh, and More Set for The Bacchae

      [ P ]  Groff, De Shields, MacIntosh, Ikeda and Shaddow Cast in Public's Bacchae

      [ B ]  Jonathan Groff to Headline The Bacchae in Central Park; Full Cast Set

      [ TM ]  Kristin Chenoweth, Tovah Feldshuh, Nellie McKay, Geoffrey Rush, et al. Set for Theatre World Awards

      [ P ]  Theatre World Awards to Feature Bierko, Breaker, Chenoweth, Tartaglia, Callaway

      [ B ]  Barbra Streisand Reveals Passion, Works on Memoir

      [ P ]  Streisand Penning "Passion for Design"; Eyes Normal Heart Film

      [ TM ]  Rupert Everett, Lauren Graham, Allison Janney, Angela Lansbury, John Tartaglia, et al. Set for Broadway Barks!

      [ P ]  Cavanaugh, Creel, Everett, Foster, Janney, Lansbury, Ripley and More Set for Broadway Barks 11

      [ P ]  New Line Records to Release Rock of Ages Cast Recording in July; Digital Release in June

      [ TM ]  Rock of Ages Original Broadway Cast Recording Set for Digital Release June 2, In Stores July 7

      [ TM ]  Sarah Benson, Mark Brokaw, David Esbjornson, et al. Set to Direct at O'Neill Theater Center

      [ P ]  Brokaw, Benson, Donnelly, Esbjornson Among O'Neill Playwrights Conference Directors

      [ TM ]  Joanne Bogart, Matt Castle, Brent Schindele, Kristin Maloney Set for Musical of Musicals Benefit

      [ P ]  One-Night Performance of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) to Benefit York Theatre Company

      [ TM ]  Alan Cumming, Debbie Harry, Cheyenne Jackson, and More Set for amFAR's Honoring with Pride

      [ P ]  Cumming to Host amfAR's 2009 Honoring with Pride Gala

      [ TM ]  Cyndi Lauper and Rosie O'Donnell to Tour Girls Night Out

      [ TM ]  Sebastian Bach, Constantine Maroulis, and More to Judge America's Hottest Rocker Mom Contest

      [ TM ]  Vanessa Williams to Host Listening Party for New CD to Benefit LIFEbeat

      [ TM ]  Judy Gold's Mommy Queerest to Play City Winery on June 25

      [ TM ]  Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk to Return to Madison Square Garden in November

      [ TM ]  Danny Gurwin, Peter Paige, et al. to Star in Musical Theatre West's Little Shop of Horrors

      [ P ]  Steven Pasquale Will Sign New CD, "Somethin' Like Love," in NYC May 28

      [ P ]  Prokop, Boyer, Marsco and Minshew Cast in New Musical Booth!

      [ P ]  Actors' Gang Our Town Extends Los Angeles Run Into July

      [ P ]  Broadway Talent Will Brighten Theatre Aspen Season of Spelling Bee and Chapter Two

      [ P ]  David Catlin Will Shed Role of Artistic Director at Lookingglass

      [ P ]  Bard SummerScape's 2009 Season to Include Aeschylus' Oresteia

      [ P ]  Ernst, Faber, Keefe, Phelps and More to Star in Opening Doors' I Love My Wife

      [ P ]  Vanities Star Kennedy to Go It Solo May 29

      [ TM ]  Full Cast Announced for Donmar's A Streecar Named Desire With Rachel Weisz

      [ P ]  An Evening Without Monty Python, with Azaria, Leeves, Tudyk, to Play Hollywood and Manhattan

      [ TM ]  Eric Idle to Direct Hank Azaria, Alan Tudyk, and More in An Evening Without Monty Python

      Reviews:

      [ TM ]  EST Marathon 2009 Series A
      Reviewed by: Andy Buck

      This series of five new works about American life range from near-misses to simply meritless.

      [ TB ]  Cornelia
      San Diego Review by Bill Eadie

      [ CU ]  Pure Confidence

      [ TB ]  SOUND ADVICE: "BITTER SWEET" and bittersweet by Rob Lester

      Features:

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Joseph, with David Osmond and Shoshana Bean, at Pittsburgh CLO

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 10 Things To Do Before I Die Plays Off-Broadway

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 2:35 PM | Item Link


        • [ NYT ]  Broadway Receipts Increase Slightly By FELICIA R. LEE

        Broadway musicals and plays had total gross receipts of about $943.3 million this season, a slight increase from the previous season and a record for total grosses, according to a new report.

        [ V ]  Broadway League consolidates B.O.

        Organization to distribute box office figures

        [ TM ]  Dennis Boutsikaris, Josh Grisetti, Laurie Metcalf et al. Set for Brighton Beach Memoirs / Broadway Bound Revivals

        [ P ]  Grisetti, Robbins, Boutsikaris and Fontana Will Join Metcalf in "Neil Simon Plays"

        [ B ]  Josh Grisetti, Jessica Hecht, Santino Fontana & More to Join Laurie Metcalf in Neil Simon Plays

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Neil Simon Plays Cast
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Eric Idle, Hank Azaria join forces for 'An Evening Without Monty Python' by David Ng

        The cast includes non-Python actors Hank Azaria, Jane Leeves, Alan Tudyk, Rick Holmes and Jim Piddock.

        [ V ]  Blanchett's theater sees money woes

        Sydney Theater Company hits cash crisis

        [ TM ]  Helen Sjöholm and Russell Watson to Star in Kristina at Carnegie Hall

        [ B ]  Helen Sjöholm and Russell Watson to Headline Concert Version of Kristina

        [ P ]  Sjöholm and Watson to Star in Kristina Carnegie Hall Concert

        [ P ]  The Boys in the Band Will Reunite in New NYC Production by Transport Group

        [ TM ]  Emmy Award Winner Tom Pelphrey to Star in My Italy Story

        [ TM ]  Ask Your Mama With Jessye Norman to Play the Hollywood Bowl

        [ P ]  Will Guy Ritchie Direct a New "Guys and Dolls" Movie?

        [ B ]  Will Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie Team Up for Guys and Dolls Film?

        [ TONY ]  Casting wolf whistle: Could Jason Statham be Sky Masterson? by Helen Shaw

        [ TM ]  John Lithgow to Star in Season 4 of Dexter

        [ B ]  John Lithgow to Battle Michael C. Hall as a Serial Killer on TV's Dexter

        [ P ]  Lithgow to Star Opposite Hall in Showtime's Fourth Season of "Dexter"

        [ TM ]  Tony Award Nominee Jennifer Westfeldt to Join FOX's 24

        [ P ]  Westfeldt Joins 8th Season of "24" on FOX

        [ P ]  Tony Winner Ebersole Will Have Recurring Role on "Royal Pains" TV Series

        [ TM ]  Veanne Cox, Stephen DeRosa, David Garrison, Randy Harrison, Alice Playten, et al. Set for Berkshire Theatre Festival

        [ P ]  Cox, Playten, Emery, Dillon, Epstein and Gamble Join Berkshire Theatre Festival Season

        [ HC ]  Hartford Allots $1.1 Million For Arts/Heritage Jobs
        Frank Rizzo | TICKER

        Includes the news that Jane Alexander may be joining the cast of "Quartermaine's Terms" at Williamstown.

        [ TM ]  Jessica Lee Goldyn, Mark Jacoby, Lynne Wintersteller, Tony Yazbeck, et al. Set for Maine State Music Theatre Season

        [ P ]  Wildhorn's Wonderland Plus Our Town, 39 Steps, Boeing and More Set for Alley Season

        [ TM ]  Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland to Play Alley Theatre; Season Announced

        [ TM ]  Sally Ann Triplett to Star in London Mamma Mia!

        [ P ]  Triplett, Secombe, Bowman, Hollis and Perry to Join London's Mamma Mia!

        [ P ]  Wilson, Cowan, Ashton, Hepburn and Kay Will Join Weisz in Donmar's Streetcar

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
        CIRQUE DE SOLEIL CREATOR CALLED CHEATER

        [ DN ]  Gatecrasher: WICKED WHISPERS

        Features:

        [ NYP ]  IT'S FIGARO-VER FOR DOWNTOWN OPERA CO. By JAMES JORDEN

        [ NYP ]  BUCKET OF SPITZER By SARA STEWART
        ARTIST SEDUCED BY 'LOVE GOV' DETAILS

        [ LAT ]  CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD / SUSAN KING
        Betty Garrett, still naughty at 90

        Betty Garrett will emcee her birthday bash Sunday, so it'll have something for everybawdy.

        [ TM ]  LaTanya Richardson Jackson Comes Back By: Patrick Lee

        The veteran actress talks about returning to the stage in Joe Turner's Come and Gone and life with actor Samuel L. Jackson.

        [ TI ]  Steven Pasquale's Broadway Season to Remember By Iris Wiener

        [ NY ]  August: Osage County's Phylicia Rashad on Not Playing a Monster

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Rashad Stars in Broadway's August: Osage County

        [ DCTS ]  New York actress Trisha Jeffrey

        From her first big road tour, Trisha Jeffrey talks with Joel Markowitz about being swing for 5 roles in Rent.

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Closes to Traffic for Times Square Pedestrian Mall

        [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : On the Scene: American Idol's Adam Lambert at Hair

        [ DN ]  Gatecrasher: 'American Idol' runner-up Adam Lambert joins the audience at 'Hair'

        The Tony Awards:

        [ BN ]  Tony Awards Should Honor Foote, 'Hair,' 3 Billys: John Simon

        [ P ]  Tony-Nominated Director Paulus Believes Hair Speaks to All Generations

        [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
        Talkin' Tonys with 'Next to Normal' stars Alice Ripley and Jennifer Damiano

        [ B ]  FEATURE : This Is Your (Broadway) Life, Angela Lansbury!

        [ P ]  Green, Musto and Pacheco Will Offer Tony Predictions on "Theater Talk"

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 2009 Tony Award Preview - Featured Actor in a Play/ Musical Nominees

        [ P ]  Joe Turner's Come and Gone Discussion Offered at Vivian Beaumont May 28

        Reviews:

        [ NYP ]  ROOM WITH ASKEW By FRANK SCHECK (***)

        TENNESSEE Williams' later plays are often derided, but they all have their fascinations -- and his 1977 "Vieux Carre" may be the most fascinating of all.

        [ TM ]  Vieux Carré
        Reviewed by: Adam R. Perlman

        Tennessee Williams' rarely-produced autobiographical work receives a well-acted production from the Pearl Theatre Company.

        [ BS ]  Vieux Carre reviewed by David Sheward

        Director Austin Pendelton and an intense ensemble illuminate the lonely souls of a New Orleans boarding house in this neglected Tennessee Williams work.

        [ V ]  Vieux Carre
        Review By MARILYN STASIO

        Tardy though it may be, this staging of "Vieux Carre" -- produced in 1977 and rarely seen since -- is a well-chosen example of how an enterprising rep house can serve a bit of nouvelle cuisine to faithful subscribers nourished on Shakespeare and Shaw.

        [ CU ]  Vieux Carre

        Since this play's quickly aborted original run (1 preview, 5 performances) yielded fewer revivals than the fingers on one hand, curiosity about a possible new relevancy is sure to send Williams buffs to the Pearl to see this revival

        [ V ]  Pure Confidence
        Review By SAM THIELMAN

        On its surface, this drama looks fairly prosaic, but its familiar trappings mask some daring questions.

        [ TM ]  Pure Confidence
        Reviewed by: Andy Propst

        This elegantly crafted drama about a slave seeking freedom in the pre-Civil War South receives an admirable if uneven production.

        [ BS ]  The Success of Failure (or, the Failure of Success) reviewed by Gwen Orel

        For an antidote to workweek weariness, see Cynthia Hopkins' astonishing and sweet space-opera-cum-self-discovery journey.

        [ NYP ]  SPACED-OUT DIVA FAILS TO SUCCEED By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (* 1/2)

        ENOUGH! Enough of writer-performers who think their lives are so compelling that audiences are bound to be fascinated.

        [ BS ]  Marathon 2009 Series A reviewed by Andy Propst

        Five one-acts deliver the message that any period, no matter how fondly remembered, can be fraught with difficulties.

        [ BS ]  Billy Eichner: Gay, White, and Terrified reviewed by Mark Peikert

        Don't be fooled by the title of Billy Eichner's new one-man show at Joe's Pub, because this gay comic isn't terrified of anything.

        [ BS ]  William and the Tradesmen reviewed by Mark Peikert

        This new one-man musical is like a pretty, disingenuous girl begging for 90 minutes to be told she's attractive

        [ BN ]  Pudgy Eunuchs, Big Cleavage Get Laughs in 'You, Nero': Review by Stephen West

        Who says a pathological murderer can't be funny? At Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California, Amy Freed's "You, Nero" takes the bloody goings-on of Rome's imperial family after "I, Claudius" and turns them into a series of clever one-liners that aim for a Mel Brooksian level of silliness.

        [ NJ ]  Score one for the women on the sidelines by Peter Filichia

        Ostensibly, the three characters in Kathleen Clark's incisive and entertaining "Secrets of a Soccer Mom" are just parents who have come to cheer on their 8-year-old sons in a game. But as the kids try to score goals, these women talk and find out what their own goals are. How near are they to achieving them?

        [ DCTS ]  The Singing Forest, 9 to 5 and Table Manners by Richard Seff

        Two guesses who comes out on top in this mashop of a column. Done with signature Seff grace and wit.

        [ CP ]  Liquid Dreams
        REVIEW: The Seafarer

        [ NYT ]  Those Sly Cy Coleman Songs, From Blasé to Brokenhearted By STEPHEN HOLDEN

        The English jazz singer Claire Martin's show, with Richard Rodney Bennett at the Oak Room, concentrates on Cy Coleman's early work.

        News:

        [ P ]  Too Close to the Sun, Musical About Ernest Hemingway, to Play London's Comedy

        [ TNO ]  PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

        Too Close to the Sun set for Comedy Theatre. Musical about Hemingway's last year.

        [ TM ]  Jill Marie Burke, Dan Callaway, Josh Tower, and More Set for Musical Theatre Guild's Violet

        [ TM ]  David Henry Hwang to Be Honored by Unusual Suspects May 28

        [ TM ]  Kim Wayans and Family Set for Hudson Guild Events

        [ P ]  Bock's Five Flights to Get DC Premiere by Theater Alliance in June

        [ P ]  Jonson's Bartholomew Fair Gets Canadian Premiere, With Music by Barenaked Ladies' Page

        [ P ]  "Doctor Who" Star Smith to Be Part of Royal Court Reading of Wallace Shawn's The Hotel Play

        [ P ]  Franz, Resnik, Almond, Carson, Jellison Open in Philly Grey Gardens May 27

        [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: Mermaid's Boggess, Words and Throat

        [ P ]  CHART TOPPERS, Third Week of May

        [ TM ]  Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giamatti to Star in Barney's Version Film

        [ P ]  Harry's Friendly Service, a Rust Belt Comedy, Begins World Premiere in PA May 28

        [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 28

        [ P ]  Stiles and Pullman Square Off in Academia in L.A. Oleanna

        [ P ]  Epic Theatre's Free Reading Series Launches May 28 with Mahida's Extra Key To Heaven

        [ P ]  Second Stage Uptown's 10 Things To Do Before I Die Opens Off-Broadway May 28

        [ P ]  Foote's Dividing the Estate, with Most of Recent Broadway Cast, Begins Hartford Run

        [ P ]  Interviews Spark Strangers, a Play About Green-Card Marriages, in NYC

        [ P ]  Below the Belt, with Judd Hirsch, Opens in Seattle May 28

        [ P ]  Brady, Flood, Mugleston and More Are Denver Quilters, Opening May 28

        [ P ]  Lonely Chicagoans Populate Graceland, a World Premiere, Opening May 28

        [ P ]  York's Sweet William Reading to Feature Gertner, Steggert, DeMattis and More

        [ B ]  Will Chase and Skylar Astin Set for Lab Mounting of The Burnt Part Boys

        [ B ]  Audra McDonald and Will Swenson to Star in Utah 110 in the Shade

        [ P ]  Pacino to Play Deadly Role in HBO Film

        [ CST ]  Chicagoan's gritty 'Rain' is Broadway bound BY HEDY WEISS

        [ TONY ]  License to print money: 007 comes to Broadway by Helen Shaw

        [ B ]  Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig Eye Broadway Run in A Steady Rain

        [ P ]  Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig to Team for Broadway Play

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:23 AM | Item Link


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