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Saturday, June 20, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek are divorcing

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Julianne Hough to star in 'Footloose'

'Stars' pro dancer set for Paramount remake

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Femme firepower for Disney's 'Again' By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman and Betty White have joined the cast, as has Victor Garber. They join Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in the film, to be directed by Andy Fickman.

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Off-Broadway as economic engine By Miriam Kreinin Souccar

Small theaters bring millions of dollars to the city, group says.

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Older stars nab plum Broadway roles By SAM THIELMAN

Minnelli, Lansbury score Tonys

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Nonprofit defends high 'Birdie' price By GORDON COX

Peter Franklin moves on from career as agent

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Culture Monster: Kate Whoriskey: New Intiman Theatre leader credits SCR by Diane Haithman

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Intiman Theater in Seattle Selects New Leader By DAVE ITZKOFF

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In Hard Times, Milwaukee's Skylight Fires Artistic Director

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Swenson, Cullum, Hensley, DeHaas, Barzee Test Hornsby's Sick Bastard in NYC Reading

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Newly Restored King and I Sings Anew at Lyric Stage of Irving Texas June 19

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Karam's Speech & Debate Opens at Hartford TheaterWorks June 19

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David Cromer Returns to "Stage Manage" NYC's Our Town June 19

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Groban and Te Kanawa Are Hollywood Bowl Inductees June 19

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Today in Theatre History: JUNE 19

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Lance Bass, Judy Gold, Jewel, Carson Kressley, Sarah Paulson et al. Set for Trevor Project Gala

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Seeley, Laurents, Kern Tribute and Boys in the Band on Playbill Radio June 22-30

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Gray Skies Clear Up: Tickets to Bye Bye Birdie's First Preview Will Be $10

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Culture Monster: Marvel Comics veteran Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's new play to debut at SCR by David Ng

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Bieber, Cates, Holmes, McVety, Nason, Wyatt Cast in Theatreworks USA's Click, Clack, Moo

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Kristy Cates, Michael Thomas Holmes, Kirsten Wyatt, et al. Set for Click, Clack, Moo

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Riz' Blog Review: "First Love" at New Haven Fest By Frank Rizzo

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INHERITANCE BLUES by SANDY MACDONALD

Horton Foote's last play may have brought him a late-life triumph, but its comic intent comes packed with tragic subtext.

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REACH OUT TO SOMEONE by ROBERT L. DANIELS

Lillian Hellman's pride of vipers are front and center in this excellent revival of The Little Foxes. All the greed and manipulation are hard to miss.

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FALLING IN LOVE WITH ROSALIND by MICHAEL COVENEY

Shakespeare's Globe has come up with one of the best As You's of recent years. Kudos to Thea Sharrock for her traditional handling of the work.

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A Remodeled 'Doll's House' by Paul Levy

Zinnie Harris updates Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" from late 19th-century Norway to the Edwardian political classes in 1909 London.

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Sweet Storm
Review by Sam Thielman

Deeply religious newlyweds trying to iron out marriage's inconveniences in a treehouse.

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Those Whistling Lads! The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

Dorothy Parker and her wonderful way with words continue to fascinate, and Maureen Van Trease is clearly in her thrall in this intermittenly effective entertainment.

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Off-Broadway play is less than 'Stunning' By JENNIFER FARRAR

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Stunning
Review by Matthew Murray

Despite its story about the conflation of race, religion, and sexuality in modern-day Brooklyn, this plodding and pretentious play, which has been sharply directed by Anne Kauffman and is flaccidly acted by an …

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Stunning - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

Before collapsing into self-parody, "Stunning" starts off as the year's most exciting new play.

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Stunning
Reviewedby:Patrick Lee

Charlayne Woodard and Cristin Milioti give excellent performances in David Adjmi's engrossing if frustrating play about life in Brooklyn's Syrian-Jewish community.

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Stunning
Review By MARILYN STASIO

Riveting perfs and super-stylish staging polish the play's satirical weapons of high dudgeon, while adding to the luster of LCT3, the developmental wing of Lincoln Center currently making a splash in its inaugu…

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'STUNNING' DAZZLES By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (*** 1/2)

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Broadway Musicals Sing a Different Tune By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Broadway, out of economic necessity, is embracing rock, country and pop-soul music. Here's a look at some of the original cast albums of the season.

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MEAN IS AS MEAN DOES by MATT WINDMAN

Phylicia Rashad has taken on the role of a different type of Big Momma in August: Osage County. Let's say, she's learning on the job.

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Elizabeth Ashley Hits the Mother Lode By: Brian Scott Lipton

The Tony Award-winning actress discusses her experiences playing Mattie Fae in Broadway's August: Osage County.

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PHOTO OP : Shrek Gets Baked With the Food Network for 100th Performance Celebration

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PHOTO CALL: De Shields and Lange Star in Off-Broadway's Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe

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The Tapioca Miracle

Part 3 in our continuing series following Broadway hopeful The Tapioca Miracle looks at the New York reads with a Broadway cast, and the writer's notes after.

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FEATURE : Father's Day Special: Five Broadway Dads We Love

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All the City's a Stage, and All the Admissions Free, This Time of Year By STEVEN McELROY

The entire city is crawling with melancholy Danes, thankless children and unrequited lovers, in free outdoor shows this summer.

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Culture Monster: Culture Clash takes on Aristophanes at the Getty by Diane Haithman

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In transitional phase, she says hello to "Dolly" By Laura Bennett

Broadway actress Rachel York still looks every inch the ingénue, with copper-colored locks and a dimpled grin.

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Quick Q&A: Three Swings by Patrick Lee

Michaeljon Slinger of West Side Story, Alejandra Reyes of In The Heights, and Mitch Dean of Altar Boyz chat about the unique challenges of swing work.

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Popcorn and a Play By ELLEN GAMERMAN

Opera, sports and now a London theater's Greek tragedy, broadcast to screens around the world

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Improving on Perfection

Terry Teachout on the masterly staging of Horton Foote's great play "Dividing the Estate" in Hartford, Conn. Plus, a revival of the all-black '70s take on "The Wizard of Oz" in New York.

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Bland "Wiz" unlikely to ease on down to Broadway By Frank Scheck (Hollywood Reporter)

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The Wiz
Review By DAVID ROONEY

Lacking the joy, exuberance and emotional connection needed to overcome its pedestrian book, the show is a limp spectacle -- a fantasy bereft of magic.

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Review: Revival of "The Wiz" BY ROBERT FELDBERG

The revival suggests that it was a musical for its original time. Despite a strong, very appealing Motown-sound score by Charlie Smalls, it comes across as a meandering, one-joke show.

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REVIEW: 'The Wiz' with Ashanti BY LINDA WINER

The impact of the slick, ambitious evening depends on one's affection for the musical, a middle-of-the-road, rock-and-soul extravaganza that already seemed old-fashioned, uneven and a little schlocky when new.

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The Wiz
Reviewedby:Andy Propst

City Center Encores! offers a visually sumptuous but otherwise uneven production of the 1975 musical version of The Wizard of Oz.

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Review of The Wiz by Matt Windman (2 out of 4 Stars)

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THINGS AREN'T TOTALLY AT EASE DOWN THIS ROAD By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (** 1/2)

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Not in Kansas: Ashanti is hit and miss, but the Lion is impressive by Joe Dziemianowicz (** 1/2)

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Not in Kansas, or This Century: Back on That Road to the '70s By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The new revival of the 1975 Broadway musical "The Wiz," starring Ashanti as a lovely but lifeless Dorothy, is busily energetic and yet full of dead ends.

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The Wiz
Review by Matthew Murray

Yellow is the perfect color for summer, and there's hardly a place to get a richer dose of it than City Center, which is currently housing a nearly perfect choice for its Encores! Summer Stars series, The Wiz.

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Ashanti's Dorothy, Nigel's Toto Ease Into New 'Wiz': John Simon

The show gets, and deserves, a slightly longer run than the usual Encores! airing (and Broadway may follow), as this is truly a show for all ages and all imaginable audiences.

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The Wiz - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

This innovative revival of "The Wiz," the 1975 soul and rock adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic fairy tale, drenches the audience with a downpour of pizzazz and talent.

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