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Thursday, July 9, 2009

    Features:

    [ TM ]  Cromer's Run By: Brian Scott Lipton

    Actor-director David Cromer prepares his Broadway productions of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound while still starring Off-Broadway in Our Town.

    [ EW ]  'Top Chef Masters': Neil Patrick Harris masters another TV genre by Ken Tucker

    News:

    [ P ]  Present Laughter, with Victor Garber, to Arrive on Broadway in January 2010

    [ TM ]  Roundabout's Broadway Revival of Present Laughter Sets January 21 Opening

    [ TM ]  Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman to Star in A Steady Rain at Broadway's Schoenfeld Theatre

    [ P ]  A Steady Rain, with Craig and Jackman, to Play Broadway's Schoenfeld

    [ B ]  Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig Confirmed for Broadway Play A Steady Rain

    [ P ]  Savannah Wise Is Rock of Ages' New Leading Lady

    [ TM ]  Savannah Wise Named Rock of Ages' New Sherrie

    [ P ]  101 Dalmatians: The Musical Tour to Launch in Minneapolis; Will Play NYC

    [ B ]  101 Dalmatians Musical, Composed by STYX vet Dennis DeYoung, Set to Tour

    [ TM ]  101 Dalmatians the Musical Sets National Tour Dates

    [ P ]  Jonathan Root Joins Cast of Off-Broadway's Toxic Avenger

    [ B ]  Jonathan Root Joins the Cast of The Toxic Avenger

    [ TM ]  The Rise and Fall of Little Voice to Receive West End Revival

    [ TM ]  Thriller - Live to Embark on European Tour on July 21

    [ P ]  Michael Jackson Tribute Show, Thriller - Live, to Embark on World Tour

    [ TM ]  Jeffrey Bender and John Cariani to Star in Old Globe's The Mystery of Irma Vep

    [ P ]  Bender and Cariana to Star in Old Globe's Mystery of Irma Vep

    [ TM ]  Adam Bock, Ann Marie Healy, Holly Hughes, et al. Set for About Face's 2009-2010 Season

    [ TM ]  Sebastian Barry, Desi Moreno-Penson, Megan Riordan to Be Part of 59e59 Season

    [ P ]  Free Readings of "On the Waterfront," with "Sopranos" Stars, to Be Presented in Hoboken

    [ P ]  Blink...and You Missed It!, Tribute to Short-Lived Musicals, to Play London's Fringe

    [ P ]  Paper Mill President Emeritus Del Rossi to Be Honored at Sardi's July 16

    [ P ]  Legally Blonde's Hanks, Hurlbert and Carvajal Will Be Part of Craig Stevens Guide to Making It

    [ P ]  Chase and Hart to Offer Final Summer Performance of Shells July 12 at Joe's Pub

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Dan Fogler Directs Exposed! for MITF

    [ P ]  Evens, Cusick, Barbour, Figueroa, Bianco Cast in Weston Playhouse's Rent

    [ P ]  Broadway-Aimed White Noise, with Mauzy, Murin and Anderson, Opens in New Orleans July 9

    [ P ]  Guthrie's 90-Minute Christmas Carol to Feature Goetz as Scrooge

    [ B ]  Hope Davis to Play Hillary Clinton in TV Film Penned by Peter Morgan

    [ TM ]  Hope Davis to Replace Julianne Moore in HBO's The Special Relationship

    [ P ]  God of Carnage Star Davis to Portray Clinton in "Special Relationship"

    Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Les Éphémères
    Reviewed by: David Finkle

    Ariane Mnouchkine's newest Lincoln Center Festival show is a worthy theatrical exploration of daily life.

    [ TM ]  The Europeans
    Reviewed by: Patrick Lee

    Howard Barker's fascinating and sometimes gravely funny play about life after wartime gets a compelling U.S. production.

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 3:04 PM | Item Link


      • [ R ]  Hope Davis to play Hillary Clinton By Nellie Andreeva (Hollywood Reporter)

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: 'Louis and Keely' releases cast album, contemplates future plans by David Ng

      Features:

      [ TP ]  Broadway auditions New Orleans as theater-friendly city with premiere of 'White Noise' at Le Petit by Chris Waddington

      "White Noise, " a Broadway-bound musical that opens a three-week test run at Le Petit today, is the first production to take advantage of the Live Performance Tax Credit approved by the 2007 Legislature. The impact of that tax credit will be evident in the composition of both the play's starry New York cast and the high-powered people in the seats.

      Thanks to Paul for the link.

      [ ND ]  Samantha Harris talks 'Chicago' on Broadway BY LINDA WINER

      [ P ]  Old Time Rock 'n' Roll Echoes in Chicago's Hot Quartet

      Million Dollar Quartet, a new musical directed by Eric Schaeffer in Chicago, re-creates one of the most influential nights in rock 'n' roll history.

      [ WP ]  Stimulus Funds Save Arts Jobs By Jacqueline Trescott

      Local Groups Call NEA Grants a Boost

      [ TONY ]  Cheap seat of the day: The Accomplice by Adam Feldman

      "Les Éphémères":

      [ TONY ]  Ariane Mnouchkine By Helen Shaw

      The French auteur captures time.

      [ TONY ]  Ariane Mnouchkine in pictures by David Cote

      "The Europeans":

      [ VILLAGER ]  Struggle to love spans the centuries BY JERRY TALLMER

      Potomac Theatre Project's potent plays poised to please

      [ V ]  The Europeans
      Review By SAM THIELMAN

      Adroitly mounted by PTP/NYC and adorned with Mark Evancho's surprisingly good projection-heavy set, the populous, complicated, unexpectedly funny 1990 play gets the American premiere it deserves from helmer Richard Romagnoli and a dedicated 14-member cast.

      Other Reviews:

      [ ND ]  'Les Éphémères,' from Lincoln Center BY LINDA WINER

      There is a sublime tenderness in "Les Éphémères," the extraordinary portraits of ordinary people that Ariane Mnouchkine and Le Théâtre du Soleil seem to be living for us at the gorgeous, historic Park Avenue Armory.

      [ NYP ]  HECK OUT THIS HUNGARIAN CHEKHOV By FRANK SCHECK (*** 1/2)

      SPIRITUAL malaise has rarely been as enter tainingly played as in the Lincoln Center Festival's "Ivanov."

      [ BS ]  Ivanov - Reviewed by DAVID A. ROSENBERG

      You don't have to be Hungarian to love "Ivanov" as rendered by the Katona József Theatre.

      [ BN ]  Cocky Billy Bigelow Sparks Berkshires 'Carousel': John Simon (***)

      [ CU ]  Forbidden Broadway in London

      This has taken a long time to come to London but it is surely worth the wait

      [ CU ]  It Felt Like A Kiss

      I screamed at least twice and jumped out of my skin a few times. So, would I recommend? You Bet

      News:

      [ V ]  Pete Sanders joins JS2

      Broadway publicist is VP at Gotham office

      [ NYP ]  SPF LETS IN NEW LIGHT By FRANK SCHECK

      [ TM ]  Peter Michael Goetz to Star in Guthrie's A Christmas Carol

      [ TM ]  Gavin Lawrence, Greta Oglesby, Marion McClinton, et al. Set for Illusion Theater's Jazz

      [ V ]  Michael mania spawns live events

      Stage tributes in the works for Jackson

      [ P ]  Berkshire Playwrights Lab to Offer Guidance Reading July 15

      [ P ]  DC Fringe Kicks Off July 9; Solo, Experimental, Classic and Comic Works Featured

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 9

      [ P ]  Cy Coleman Echoes in New Revue, Best Is Yet to Come, July 9-Aug. 2

      [ P ]  Night Job, with Bierko, Gemignani, Hilty, Kudisch, Rees, Swenson, Maroulis, Presented July 9

      [ P ]  Reading of New Musical Luck!, with Tony Winner Prince, Offered July 9

      [ P ]  L.A. Revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Begins Performances July 9

      [ P ]  42nd Street, with Swit, Miller, O'Byran and Blanchard, Begins Houston Run July 9

      [ P ]  Thurber's Monstrosity Begins Off Off-Broadway Run July 7

      [ P ]  Cape Cod Theatre Project, with Keenan-Bolger, Cancelmi, Arkin and Purcell, Begins July 9

      [ P ]  O'Neill Conference Presents Gunderson's Fire Work July 9

      [ HC ]  Glastonbury Boy, 12, Headed For Broadway's 'Mary Poppins'
      Frank Rizzo | TICKER

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