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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

    Features:

    [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Visiting Grease and London By Seth Rudetsky

    [ B ]  FIRST PERSON : Jeffrey Schecter: Running a Half Marathon "For Love"

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Broadway Says Hello to Bye Bye Birdie's Nolan Gerard Funk

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway's Morrison and Michele Lead FOX's "Glee"

    News:

    [ TM ]  Martin McDonagh's A Behanding in Spokane to Open March 4 on Broadway

    [ P ]  Crowley to Direct McDonagh's Behanding on Broadway in 2010

    [ B ]  Martin McDonagh's A Behanding in Spokane to Premiere on Broadway

    [ TM ]  David Greenspan, Larry Pine, et al. Join Cast of MTC's The Royal Family

    [ P ]  Greenspan, Pine, Barrett Join Royal Family Cast; Tony Winner Yeston Pens Music

    [ B ]  Pine Replaces Collins in Broadway's Royal Family; Additional Casting Announced

    [ TM ]  Janet Dacal, Jose Llana, Karen Mason, et al. Set for Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland

    [ P ]  Dacal is Alice in Wildhorn's Wonderland; Mason, Llana, Snelson to Go Down Rabbit Hole

    [ TM ]  Nicholas Martin, Des McAnuff Added to McCarter Theatre Center's 2009-2010 Season

    [ P ]  McAnuff, Morton, Buntrock, Martin and Mann to Direct McCarter Theatre Season

    [ TM ]  Westport 2010 Season to Include She Loves Me, I Do! I Do!

    [ P ]  Westport Season to Include She Loves Me, Happy Days, Anne Frank and I Do! I Do!

    [ P ]  Buonopane to Replace Holmes in Theatreworks USA's Click, Clack, Moo

    [ TM ]  Ruined, God of Carnage Among Plays Included in Best Plays of 2008-09

    [ P ]  Ruined, Billy Elliot, Carnage, Reasons and Variations Among 2008-2009's Best Plays

    [ P ]  Vogel Named Inge Theatre Festival's Honoree Playwright

    [ TM ]  Paula Vogel To Be Honored at Inge Festival

    [ P ]  Espinosa, Ebersole and Mason Join Feinstein's Fall Line-Up

    [ B ]  Watch President Obama Honor Chita Rivera on 8/12 White House Webcast

    [ TM ]  Laura Osnes and Stark Sands To Play Bonnie and Clyde at La Jolla

    [ TM ]  Royal Opera House to Present Twitter Opera

    [ TM ]  Judy Kaye, Donald Corren Take Souvenir to Geva Theatre Center

    [ TM ]  Lynn Redgrave to Lead 13th Annual Broadway Blessing

    [ TM ]  Performances from Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen Part of Ovation TV's Summer Shakespeare Festival

    [ TM ]  Danny Aiello, Amanda Green, Suzanne Vega, et al. to Appear at Emelin Theatre

    [ TM ]  Holly Hughes to Co-Curate Rustbelt Revival Series of Solo Performers

    [ TM ]  Elton John to Play on Alice in Chains Tribute Song

    [ B ]  Broadway.com Searching for Teen Theater Critics for Word of Mouth Panel

    [ P ]  Rice Boy, Canadian Play About Two Worlds, Begins at Stratford Fest

    [ P ]  CHART TOPPERS, First Week of August

    [ P ]  My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, the Musical Fringe Hit, Gets Legit Toronto Run

    [ P ]  Ask Your Mama!, with Norman, Aziza and Freelon, to Play Hollywood Bowl

    [ P ]  Minnelli to Play Vegas in September

    [ P ]  London's Tricycle Theatre to Present Not Black and White Season

    [ P ]  Acclaimed for Othello, Thompson Will Be Emperor Jones for Irish Rep

    [ TM ]  Patrick Wilson and Dagmara Dominczyk Wilson Welcome Baby Boy

    [ B ]  Kevin Spacey and David Troughton to Star in Old Vic's Inherit the Wind

    [ TM ]  David Troughton to Join Kevin Spacey in Old Vic's Inherit the Wind

    Reviews:

    [ BEE ]  Rollickin' good 'Guys and Dolls' By Kathy Morrison

    With Gary Beach, Heather Lee and Montego Glover.

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      • [ DN ]  Gatecrasher: 'Entourage' star Jeremy Piven not laughing at 'SNL' alum Chris Kattan's jokes during dust-up at MTV

      [ NYT ]  Letter: A Famed West Sider Pleads for Her Neighborhood

      By Lee Grant.

      Features:

      [ V ]  Longevity key to success Off Broadway By GORDON COX

      Recent shows prove extended stays possible

      [ V ]  Broadway's the place for second acts by Robert Hofler

      Creatives use theater to jumpstart their careers

      [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
      Cheap Seats: Theater Discounts Without Standing in Line By Erik Piepenburg

      [ HC ]  Fantasy Casting: A Black "Follies" By Frank Rizzo

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Lucy The Slut

      Lucy The Slut - star of Broadway's long-running musical Avenue Q - fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Stephen Adly Guirgis: At the Ojai Playwrights Conference

      Culture Monster asked Guirgis, playwright, actor and co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company in New York, to give us a behind-the-scenes look at the conference. Here's the first of his posts.

      [ NYT ]  In 'Next Fall,' Playwright Explores Interfaith, Same-Sex Relationships By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

      While heterosexuals have long struggled to reconcile religious identity with personal fulfillment, Geoffrey Nauffts's acclaimed new play explores this kind of tension between two gay men.

      [ USA ]  'Come Fly' with Tharp's dance steps, Sinatra's voice in new musical By Elysa Gardner

      [ TDF ]  Taking New "Steps" By Mark Blankenship

      How a Documentary Film Led to Surprising New Twists in Actor-Choreographer Rachelle Rak's Career.

      [ TDF ]  Oh Captain, My (Dance) Captain By Mark Blankenship

      From American pop stars to Korean chorus boys, Gregory Butler teaches everyone "Chicago's" moves.

      [ P ]  Jonathan Groff: Demi-God

      The actor known for his troubled-teen turn in Spring Awakening is now Dionysus in a fresh Central Park telling of Euripides' The Bacchae.

      [ TM ]  Dragons Lady By: Zachary Stewart

      Playwright Young Jean Lee discusses her first compilation, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays.

      [ TM ]  Diana DeGarmo Prepares For a Toxic Shock By: Brian Scott Lipton

      The young stars talks about starring in Off-Broadway's The Toxic Avenger, her recording career, and life on and after American Idol

      [ B ]  Q&A: Jennifer Westfeldt on her Burning stage role and Mad romance

      [ B ]  Fresh Face: West Side Story's George Akram revels in his role as leader of the pack

      [ BG ]  Gavin Creel gets a boost from Broadway's 'Hair' By Michael Kuchwara, AP Drama Writer

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Hair Stars Join the Portrait Wall at Tony's di Napoli

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Crooner Jason Mraz and Director Judd Apatow Let Down Their Hair

      [ LAT ]  HOLLYWOOD'S DANCE HISTORY
      Jack Cole made Marilyn Monroe move By Debra Levine

      The volatile choreographer and the difficult star formed an unlikely but successful partnership over six films.

      [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
      Join our live chats with Kristin Chenoweth and Kevin Bacon

      [ CFR ]  From the Blogroll XVIII: "And the Plane and the Bus Maybe Yesterday" Edition

      A selection of selections selectively selected from the theater and other blogs on The Clyde Fitch Report blogroll, with selected commentary.

      [ CFR ]  5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Francisco Reyes

      The actor playing the Nazi commandant in Juan Mayorga's play Way to Heaven says "the real evil is not necessarily the one you see coming from miles away."

      [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: Derek Ahonen by Patrick Lee

      The playwright-director of The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side says yes to feeling.

      [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: FringeNYC 6 by Patrick Lee

      Three bookwriters whose musicals will be seen at this year's Fringe Festival

      [ BG ]  A performing arts renaissance for Boston By Ed Siegel

      If there isn't Broadway-style buzz in downtown Boston, at least there's palpable energy, rather than the depression of empty streets and marquees advertising long-shuttered shows.

      [ CT ]  New Yorkers laugh at Evanston's expense by Chris Jones

      [ TONY ]  Fringe Binge: The countdown's on by Adam Feldman

      [ GAWKER ]  "OMG! He Knows the Jonas Brothers. Get Him!"

      [ DCTS ]  Nominees respond to Barrymore Awards nominations by Joel Markowitz

      Performers from Rock 'n' Roll, The Producers, and Avenue X, along with Philadelphia critic Tim Dunleavy respond to the nominations.

      "Noises Off":

      [ NJ ]  Harriet Harris brings the 'noise' to Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey by Peter Filichia

      [ TM ]  Noises Off
      Reviewed by: Gwen Orel

      Harriet Harris heads the first-rate cast of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's laugh-inducing production of Michael Frayn's backstage comedy.

      [ V ]  Noises Off
      Review By ROBERT L. DANIELS

      Director Paul Mullins has harnessed his clownish players into a three-act comedy that's as knee-slapping as a three-ring circus.

      [ CU ]  Simon Saltzman on Noises Off

      If the farce runs out of steam by the final curtain, we are not about to dismiss all the fun that brought us to this point.

      "Catch Me If You Can":

      [ TM ]  Kerry Butler is Quite a Catch By: Brian Scott Lipton

      The beloved Broadway star talks about originating the role of Brenda in the new musical Catch Me If You Can.

      [ TB ]  Countless Pleasures in Catch Me if You Can at the 5th Avenue Theatre by David-Edward Hughes

      [ V ]  Catch Me If You Can
      Review by Lynn Jacobson

      Corrected link.

      "A Streetcar Named Desire":

      [ TM ]  A Streetcar Named Desire
      Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

      Marin Mazzie gives a stunning performance as Blanche DuBois in Barrington Stage Company's glorious production of Tennessee Williams' classic play.

      [ CU ]  A Streetcar Named Desire

      Berkshirites with an interesting in serious contemporary plays would be remiss not to see Julianne Boyd's handsomely staged production at Barrington Stage, the company she founded and which has contributed so much to the cultural richness of the Berkshires.

      [ ATU ]  'Streetcar' takes a hot and steamy route By MICHAEL ECK

      Barrington Stage Company is staging a quite satisfying production of the play that, with a few caveats, makes good on the grace, power and anger that fueled Williams' best works.

      [ NYT ]  Video: Critics' Picks - A Streetcar Named Desire

      A. O. Scott looks back at this 1951 classic and the moment when movie acting changed.

      "Caroline in Jersey":

      [ BG ]  Back to the theater By Christopher Wallenberg

      Lea Thompson plays a totally different 'Caroline' onstage in Williamstown

      [ IB ]  Lea Thompson Is 'Caroline' in Theater Festival Debut By Phyllis McGuire

      Thompson's wish to play the part of Momma Rose in "Gypsy" has yet to be granted. "I have the voice for it," she said. (Coming from the delightfully unassuming Thompson, there was not a tinge of false pride in that statement).

      [ AW ]  Lea Thompson goes from the city to Jersey at Williamstown Theatre Festival By JUDITH FAIRWEATHER

      "The funny moment was when I called, and you said, 'Does that have to be the name of the show?'" Amanda Charlton, WTF artistic associate and director of "Caroline in Jersey," said to Thompson.

      [ BE ]  A presence on and off the stage By Jeffrey Borak

      Melinda Lopez, long known in the Berkshire acting scene, finally sees her own plays in a Berkshire theater.

      [ V ]  Caroline in Jersey
      Review By FRANK RIZZO

      This world preem of a play by Melinda Lopez, helmed by Amanda Charlton at the Williamstown Theater Festival in the Berkshires, never overcomes an incompatible mix of styles, significant plot problems and a main character as unbelievable as the ghost with whom she shares the apartment.

      "Camelot" and "How the Other Half Loves":

      [ WSJ ]  Double Exposure By TERRY TEACHOUT

      Reviews of both shows.

      [ AMNY ]  Review of Camelot at Goodspeed Opera House By Matt Windman

      [ HC ]  'Camelot' At Goodspeed Musicals Just Can't Do It By SUSAN HOOD

      [ NYT ]  A Civilized British Comedy, With Infidelity and Feuding By ANITA GATES

      The Westport Country Playhouse's production of "How the Other Half Loves" by Alan Ayckbourn is charming and witty.

      "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers":

      [ BEE ]  Here come 'Brides' - and a legend ... By Dixie Reid

      Glenn Casale, desperate for someone - the perfect someone - to direct "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" in the round at Music Circus, called his old friend Leland Ball in New York City.

      [ BEE ]  'Brides,' Music Circus: Made for each other By Jim Carnes

      Other Reviews:

      [ V ]  Al's Business Cards
      Review by Marilyn Stasio

      It's a backhanded compliment to say that this sweet-tempered sitcom ends too soon.

      [ BS ]  Al's Business Cards - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

      This slight, unsurprising comedy accomplishes little.

      [ TB ]  Al's Business Cards
      Review by Matthew Murray

      [ TB ]  The Columbine Project
      Review by Matthew Murray

      Tragedies of this scale demand more than the easy questions and even easier answers to which The Columbine Project is so violently devoted.

      [ BS ]  The Columbine Project - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

      This labored attempt at a docudrama about the deadly high school shootings is earnest but inert.

      [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'After Luke' and 'When I Was God'
      Generational Bonds, in All Their Knots By RACHEL SALTZ

      Conal Creedon's fine one-acts can be seen in a nearly pitch-perfect production at the Irish Repertory Theater.

      [ NYP ]  FOUND INGE PLAY CAN'T SAVE B SIDE By FRANK SCHECK (**)

      [ R ]  "First Wives Club" the ultimate in crassness By Les Spindle (Hollywood Reporter)

      [ ND ]  Review: 'Menopause the Musical' By STEVE PARKS

      At the Jeanne Rimsky Theater in Port Washington.

      [ NYT ]  When Middle Age Is Like a Melody By ANITA GATES

      "Menopause: The Musical," at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, rewrites pop hits to put a humorous spin on its subject matter.

      [ WE ]  'Chaperone' a date with nostalgia BY Bob Curtright

      "The Drowsy Chaperone" at Music Theatre of Wichita.

      [ NYT ]  Mythical Musical Comedy, Conjured Up by a Man in a Chair By AILEEN JACOBSON

      The Gateway Playhouse production of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy "The Drowsy Chaperone" is entertaining and affecting.

      [ V ]  Helen
      Review By KAREN FRICKER

      Euripides al fresco may not exactly sound like a summertime treat, but this infrequently performed late romance, in Frank McGuinness' playful new version, turns out to be quite the crowdpleaser -- sometimes to a fault.

      [ BE ]  Shakespeare & Company: 'The Dreamer Examines His Pillow'
      Review by Jeffrey Borak

      The play is being performed to the hilt, and then some, by a first-rate ensemble working under the keen, razor-sharp, go-for-broke direction of actress Tod Randolph in her directorial debut. Looking at this production, it seems as though Randolph's been at it for years. There's not a trick in Shanley's book or her own knowledge of stagecraft that Randolph misses.

      [ CCT ]  'Smokey Joe's Café' serves up good time By JOHANNA CROSBY

      [ NYT ]  The Top 10! Cover Tunes! Flying Bras! By JON CARAMANICA

      This year's "American Idols Live!" tour, which features the Top 10 performers of Season 8 on Fox, could have easily passed for an Adam Lambert concert with nine supporting acts.

      News:

      [ P ]  London's Tricycle Theatre to Present Not Black and White Season

      [ P ]  The Pee-wee Herman Show, with Reubens, to Play L.A.'s Music Box @ Fonda

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        • News:

        [ V ]  Frank Langella set for 'Wall Street 2'

        Actor joins LaBeouf, Douglas in Stone sequel

        [ V ]  Broadway biz heats up

        Great White Way feels the 'Burn' at box office

        [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Box Office Numbers Keep Climbing

        [ V ]  Road grosses jump 4.3% in Week 10

        Total gross for 13-show slate to $13,839,514

        [ TM ]  Paul Reubens to Star in Pee-wee Herman Show at Hollywood's Music Box

        [ B ]  Paul Reubens to Star as Pee-wee Herman on Stage in L.A.

        [ TM ]  John Douglas Thompson Set for Irish Rep's Emperor Jones

        [ V ]  Mellon grant creates Arena org

        Theater group gets funds for new plays

        [ TM ]  Tennessee Williams' Remarkable Rooming House of Madame Le Monde to Receive World Premiere

        [ CFR ]  Theater Bloggers Set Aug. 27 Meetup with the 200+ Shows of FringeNYC

        [ TM ]  Caissie Levy, Natalie Weiss, Josh Young, et al. Set for Encore Concert

        [ TM ]  Anna Deavere Smith, Denzel Washington, et al. Set for Alvin Ailey NYC Season

        [ TM ]  G.I. Joe, Julie & Julia Lead U.S. Box Office

        [ TM ]  New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players to Return to City Center in January

        [ LAT ]  Lee Kurty, nurse on 'Dr. Kildare,' dies at 70

        [ B ]  All His Sons: Patrick Wilson and Wife Welcome Baby Boy, Kassian

        [ TM ]  Cirque du Soleil Preparing Elvis Presley Show for Las Vegas

        [ TM ]  Karen Finley Premieres The Jackie Look in September

        [ TM ]  WHAT to Offer Sneak Preview of The People Speak Starring Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, et al.

        [ TS ]  Director back at Stratford by Richard Ouzounian

        Marti Maraden will return to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival to direct next season, the Star has learned.

        [ HC ]  Goodspeed Housing Project Moves Forward By Frank Rizzo

        [ NYT ]  Corrections

        [ TM ]  Zoe Caldwell, Joan Copeland, Marian Seldes, et al. Set for Food for Thought's Fall Season

        [ TM ]  Big Dance Theater, Nature Theater of Oklahoma et al. Set for Kitchen's Fall 2009 Season

        [ TM ]  Howard Shore's Fellowship of the Ring Score, Performed Live, Accompanies Radio City Screening

        [ TM ]  FOX to Air Teen Choice Awards on August 10; Anne Hathaway, Zac Efron, Adam Lambert, X-Men Among Winners

        [ TM ]  Chase Brock Experience to Play Abrons Arts Center in October

        [ TM ]  Jason Alexander, Debra Messing, Hamish Linklater, Dan Lauria, et al. Set for Standing on Ceremony Benefit

        [ TM ]  Jeffery & Cole, Constantine Maroulis, Emma Hunton, et al. to Play Joe's Pub

        [ TM ]  Chris Botti, Aretha Franklin, Nathan Gunn, Bob Newhart, et al. To Appear in Toronto

        [ TM ]  Clint Holmes to Appear at Las Vegas Sounds, Light, and Cabaret Nights Benefit

        [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 11

        [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: Mary Stuart, Catch Me, Report of My Death and Slipping

        [ P ]  Musical Dames at Sea Docks at Bay Street Aug. 11

        [ P ]  The Bacchae, with Groff, DeShields, Mackie and MacIntosh, Begins Central Park Run Aug. 11

        [ P ]  Emily Skinner Is a Dirty Blonde in VA Beginning Aug. 11

        [ P ]  Comic Caper 39 Steps Preps for Tour With La Jolla Run Aug. 11-Sept. 13

        [ P ]  Erin Mackey Descends Upon the Gershwin Theatre Aug. 11

        [ P ]  Cram's A Lifetime Burning, with Westfeldt, Opens Off-Broadway Aug. 11

        [ P ]  Circumcise Me, Tale of Comic Actor's Transformation, to Play NYC

        [ TM ]  Marie-France Arcilla, Heath Calvert, Daniel Maté Set for BSC's The Longing and Short of It

        [ TM ]  Twiggy's 60th Birthday Celebrated With Release of Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance CD

        [ TM ]  Jon Robin Baitz to Be New School for Drama Artist in Residence

        [ TM ]  Darius de Haas, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Orfeh, Jesse Vargas, et al. Set for Remember the Time: The Music of Michael Jackson

        [ TM ]  Malcolm Gets and Helen Stenborg to Star in Off-Broadway's Vigil

        [ TM ]  Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Halts Production Due to Cash Flow Problems

        [ TONY ]  When are you gonna open, Spider-Man? by David Cote

        [ TM ]  Shirley Lauro's All Through the Night to Receive NYC Premiere

        [ TM ]  Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Head of the National Endowment of the Arts

        [ TM ]  Plays by Roger Rosenblatt, Itamar Moses, Adam Rapp Set for Flea's 2009-2010 Season

        [ TM ]  Matt Cusson, Lauren Flanigan, Nathan Lee Graham, Valarie Pettiford, Stephen Schwartz Set for Making Good

        [ TM ]  Broadway's Finian's Rainbow Announces Full Casting

        [ TM ]  Alison Fraser, Annie Golden, Mary Testa, Barbara Walsh, et al. Set for The Beechman Follies

        [ TM ]  Jerry Springer to Play Broadway's Chicago

        [ B ]  Jerry Springer Set for August Opening in Broadway's Chicago

        [ B ]  Broadway on Broadway Concert Set for September 13

        [ B ]  Malcolm Gets Signs On for Off-Broadway Play Vigil

        [ B ]  Brian d'Arcy James to Depart Shrek for Time with Linney and Silverstone

        [ TM ]  Michael Ball to Star in UK Hairspray Tour

        [ TM ]  Brian d'Arcy James to Join Laura Linney, Alicia Silverstone in Broadway Time Stands Still

        [ TM ]  Broadway Salutes to Be Held September 22

        [ TM ]  Cindy Adams to Host Only In New York for ASPCA

        [ TONY ]  Cindy Adams goes solo, you pay for it by David Cote

        [ TM ]  Broadway Race Announces Full Cast, Creative Team

        [ B ]  Creative Team Set for David Mamet's Upcoming Race

        [ B ]  MacIntyre Dixon Joins Off-Broadway's The Fantasticks

        [ B ]  Opening Date, Creative Team Set for Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy

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