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Saturday, June 27, 2009

    [ NYT ]  Morton Gottlieb, a Broadway Producer, Dies at 88 By BRUCE WEBER

    Mr. Gottlieb was a Broadway stalwart who produced four plays that were nominated for best-play Tony Awards, one of which, "Sleuth," was the winner in 1971.

    [ IBDB ]  Morton Gottlieb's Broadway Credits

    [ TONY ]  Will Michael Jackson's "Thriller" make it to Broadway? by David Cote

    An update on the proposed Nederlander musical adaptation of the deceased pop icon's groundbreaking music video.

    More on Michael below.

    [ TM ]  Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming to Star in Broadway's Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark; First Preview Moved to February 25

    [ P ]  Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming Cast in Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark

    [ B ]  Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming to Headline SPIDER-MAN on Broadway

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Spider-Man Musical Names 2 of Its Stars
    Compiled by FELICIA R. LEE

    [ P ]  Judith Ivey Will Play Amanda in Glass Menagerie Off-Broadway

    Features:

    [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Are female artistic directors really holding back female playwrights? by Charles McNulty

    [ NYT ]  Who's in Charge of This Show? She Is By PATRICIA COHEN

    In a banner year for female stage directors, parity remains elusive.

    [ ND ]  Lincoln Center Festival is a foreign affair
    Linda Winer | Critical Mass

    It may just be wishful thinking. But it strikes me that, in the past few years, friends don't look at me with the same pity and fear when I mention foreign-language theater.

    [ V ]  Wandering wonder of stage
    Unique rights deal allows musical to travel By SAM THIELMAN

    Seems like you can't walk into a regional theater these days without tripping over a Wonderette.

    [ V ]  'Ella' enchants regional theaters By FRANK RIZZO

    Biomusical has grossed $3 million across U.S.

    [ V ]  Cabarets change menu By STEVEN SUSKIN

    N.Y. niteries add shows, stars to grow audiences

    [ TDF ]  Blithe Balancing Act by Mark Blankenship

    Jayne Atkinson finds the comic balance with a little help from her distinguished co-stars in the Broadway revival of "Blithe Spirit".

    [ TDF ]  The Write Stuff by Andy Buck

    RAP graduation gets student playwrights a look at their work onstage.

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : The Toxic Avenger Stars Work it Like Superheroes at CD Signing

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Cabaret, with Leslie Kritzer, at TUTS

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Berlin and Joplin Meet Off-Broadway in Tin Pan Alley Rag

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Carpenter's Up Premieres at Steppenwolf

    Michael Jackson, 1958-2009:

    [ B ]  FEATURE : The Way He Made Them Feel: A Broadway Tribute to Michael Jackson

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Hair Says Good Morning America (and Goodbye, Michael) on ABC

    [ P ]  Remember the Time: The Music of Michael Jackson to Play the Ars Nova

    "Twelfth Night":

    [ TM ]  Oh, What a Night! By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Brian Scott Lipton

    Hope Davis, Jane Krakowski, Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Liev Schreiber, Martin Short, Will Swenson, and more join Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, Raul Esparza, and company for the opening of Shakespeare in the Park's Twelfth Night.

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Play On! Anne Hathaway and Company Open Twelfth Night in Central Park

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Hathaway, McDonald and Co. Open Twelfth Night in Central Park

    [ DN ]  Anne Hathaway's 'Night' to shine in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' in Central Park BY Joe Dziemianowicz

    Rain has hogged many of the headlines about this presentation, delaying, interrupting and even canceling shows. But what's memorable is another kind of precipitation - tears that fall from sheer delight - while savoring this most wonderful "Night."

    [ NY1 ]  Review: "Twelfth Night" By: Roma Torre

    Nearly three hours long, this is a "Twelfth Night" that passes the time most enjoyably.

    [ EW ]  Review: Twelfth Night (2009) By Lisa Schwarzbaum (A)

    [ PRESS ]  Anne Getting Serious By David Berke

    The Public Theater's Twelfth Night wins with star power

    Other Reviews:

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    Postcard From London: Animal Lovers By Ben Brantley

    [ NYT ]  Going Out on a Limb on Honeymoon Night By ANDY WEBSTER

    Like the best country music, Scott Hudson's "Sweet Storm" benefits from restraint.

    [ NYT ]  Raising the Roof, Lining His Pockets By KEN JAWOROWSKI

    Every scene in "Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe" is so full of infectious energy that when, in the end, the whole feels a bit less than the sum of the parts, it hardly matters.

    [ EW ]  Review: Farragut North By Paige Parker (B)

    [ WE ]  Cast, music lift MTW's 'Camelot' By BOB CURTRIGHT

    Despite some built-in flaws, the classic musical moves along briskly.

    News:

    [ V ]  'Wicked' tops touring productions

    Road Grosses

    [ TM ]  Chad Begeulin, Randy Blair, Michaer Holland, Peter Melnick, Bill Russell, Matthew Sklar, et al. Set for 2009 NYMF

    [ P ]  Last Smoker in America, Judas and Me, Whatever Man and Street Lights Added to NYMF Bill

    [ TM ]  Harry Groener and Gregory Itzin Join Bruce Davison, Amy Pietz, et al. in L.A. Theatre Works' The Physicists

    [ P ]  Groener Joins Cast of L.A.T.W. Staging of The Physicists

    [ TM ]  Houston's TUTS to Present 13 in September

    [ TM ]  My First Time To Add X-Rated Material on July 3

    [ TM ]  Liz Callaway, Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce, Barbara Walsh, Karen Ziemba, et al. Set for Broadway Close Up Series

    [ P ]  Goodman Scraps Plans for Joan D'Arc, Books Orlandersmith's Stoop Stories

    [ P ]  "Because of Winn-Dixie," Tale of a Smiling Dog, Being Developed as a Musical; Berloni Is Trainer

    [ P ]  Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival Adds Judges

    [ P ]  Coker-Jones, McCollum, Aduba and Brightman Will Testify at the Duplex

    [ P ]  Betty Buckley to Offer Song Interpretation Workshop in July-August

    [ P ]  "Just in Time": Judy Garland in Concert Announces Fall-Winter Dates

    [ P ]  For Lovers Only Cast to Celebrate Loesser June 29

    [ P ]  Fugard Will Discuss Coming Home July 12 in Los Angeles

    [ P ]  Feinstein to Team with Baranski and Daly for Palm Desert Concerts

    [ P ]  DRG to Release "The Garland Touch"

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 20-26: Oh, What a Night!

    [ TM ]  Eileen Atkins, Tim Curry, Judi Dench, Jonathan Pryce, et al. Set for Cranford 2

    [ TM ]  The Boat That Rocked Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman To Get November U.S. Release

    [ TM ]  Bruce Vilanch to Host Fire Island Dance Festival

    [ TM ]  Lesley Gore to Headline Bay Street Theatre's Summer Benefit

    [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JUNE 27

    [ P ]  Scott Nevins Offers One Night Stand at New World Stages June 27

    [ P ]  Graae, Lewis, Kelly and Pettiford Celebrate Broadway Under the Stars June 27

    [ P ]  Outdoor Tempest, With Cummings, De La Fuente, Mewbron and More, Opens in NJ June 27

    [ P ]  Sealed With a Kiss, Dixie's Tupperware Party Makes NYC Return June 27

    [ P ]  Crazy for You Opens at the Engeman Theater June 27

    [ P ]  O'Neill Musical Theater Conference Kicks Off June 27

    [ P ]  Page, Green and Griffin Are Cyrano Love Triangle at Old Globe, Opening June 27

    [ P ]  Cast of Rock of Ages Will Attempt to Break Guinness World Record

    [ P ]  Hoff, Crampton, Kind and Larsen Set for Ogunquit's Guys and Dolls

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