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Thursday, May 28, 2009 at noon (Broadway Time)

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. …

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Thursday, May 28, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig to Team for Broadway Play

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

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License to print money: 007 comes to Broadway by Helen Shaw

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Chicagoan's gritty 'Rain' is Broadway bound BY HEDY WEISS

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Pacino to Play Deadly Role in HBO Film

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

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

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

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Lonely Chicagoans Populate Graceland, a World Premiere, Opening May 28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Stiles and Pullman Square Off in Academia in L.A. Oleanna

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Today In Theatre History: MAY 28

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

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

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CHART TOPPERS, Third Week of May

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LAST CHANCE: Mermaid's Boggess, Words and Throat

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

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

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

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

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Kim Wayans and Family Set for Hudson Guild Events

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David Henry Hwang to Be Honored by Unusual Suspects May 28

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

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PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

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

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

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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.

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Liquid Dreams
REVIEW: The Seafarer

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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.

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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 …

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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…

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Pure Confidence
Reviewedby:Andy Propst

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

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Pure Confidence
Review By SAM THIELMAN

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

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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 Pea…

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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 subsc…

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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.

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Vieux Carré
Reviewedby:Adam R. Perlman

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

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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.

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