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Monday, August 31, 2009

    Features:

    [ NYT ]  A Chicago Production Lures the Wary With a Money-Back Guarantee By ERIK PIEPENBURG

    A recent ticket refund offer was praised as a way to attract new audiences and criticized as trivializing art.

    [ TDF ]  Illuminating Stories

    Aftermath is the carefully curated result of thirty-seven interviews with Iraqi refugees

    [ TDF ]  Off Broadway Fall Preview

    A sample of the shows in the fall Off Broadway season

    [ TDF ]  Teenage Theatre Junkies

    High School theatre critics know just what to say

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: "Nine" Sings and Dances On Screen

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Blind Lemon Blues Musical Readies for NY Return

    Reviews:

    [ NYT ]  Tempest-Tossed Wanderer on the River By BEN BRANTLEY

    The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's production of "Pericles" is lively, picturesque and picaresque.

    News:

    [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Aug. 24-30

    [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Bye-Bye Ariel

    [ TM ]  Jazz Singer Chris Connor Dies at 81

    [ P ]  FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award Winners Announced

    [ TM ]  FringeNYC Announces Excellence Awards, Encores Series

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    At the Fringe: Encore Presentations By Erik Piepenburg

    [ P ]  Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side to Transfer to Off-Broadway's Theatre 80

    [ TM ]  The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side to Transfer Off-Broadway

    [ TM ]  Anthony Fedorov Set for 5th Avenue's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    [ P ]  "Idol" Finalist Fedorov to Reprise Joseph Role for Seattle Audiences

    [ TM ]  Brenda Braxton, Felicia Finley, Carly Jibson, Jack Noseworthy, Mary Testa, et al. Set for NYMF Shows

    [ P ]  Narayan and Buchanan Set for Weiser Musical The Cure at NYMF

    [ P ]  Montalban, Hanlon and Maloney Cast in NYMF's Whatever Man

    [ TM ]  Brian d'Arcy James, Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Sieber, et al. Among RELLY Award Nominees

    [ TM ]  Lucie Arnaz, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert Klein Set for Bay Street Theatre Benefit

    [ TM ]  Stephen Colbert Set for Two River Theater Company Benefit

    [ P ]  Campbell to Star in North Carolina Drift; Kennedy Directs

    [ P ]  "Goyband," With Pascal, Feldshuh, Liberman and Davidson, Gets NYC Screening Sept. 29

    [ P ]  Tickets On Sale for NYC Laramie Project Epilogue; Work Will Play All 50 States

    [ P ]  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Star Tom Lenk to Join Broadway's Rock of Ages

    [ P ]  "Glee: The Music, Volume 1" to Hit Stores in November

    [ TM ]  Odyssey's The Receptionist, Starring Megan Mullally, Extends Through November 21

    [ TM ]  Andrew Long, Jim Poulos, Elizabeth Stanley, et. al. Set for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' Amadeus

    [ B ]  John Doyle Taps Broadway Vets for Cincinnati Three Sisters

    [ NYT ]  Footnote
    Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

    A benefit concert for the Actors Fund will include performances by Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald.

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      • [ R ]  Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion By Paul Thomasch

      [ R ]  Marvel jumps on acquisition by Disney

      Shares of Marvel Entertainment soared more than 25 percent in premarket trade after Walt Disney Co announced it will acquire the company and its library of characters including Spider-Man, Iron Man and the X-Men.

      What does all this mean for Broadway's Spider-Man?

      [ P ]  Kathleen Marshall to Direct George Street's Calvin Berger

      [ TM ]  Jane Alexander, Robert Cuccioli, Arthur Laurents, Kathleen Marshall, et al. Set for George Street Playhouse Season

      [ TM ]  Hugh Jackman, Audra McDonald, John Stamos, et al. Set for Actors' Fund Tribute Concert to Frank Loesser

      [ P ]  Jackman, McDonald, Mitchell, Rivera, White to Sing Loesser

      [ TM ]  Sahr Ngaujah, Kevin Mambo, Lillias White, Saycon Sengbloh Set for Broadway's Fela!

      [ B ]  Buffy's Tom Lenk to Make Broadway Debut in Rock of Ages

      [ TM ]  Elaine Stritch to Star in New Play, White's Lies

      [ TM ]  Whoopi Goldberg Wins Daytime Emmy Award

      [ P ]  L.A. Run of Mary Poppins Extended By a Month

      [ INQ ]  Inqlings: Actress Hathaway here to mourn By Michael Klein

      Features:

      [ StL ]  New NEA chief promotes the arts - in Peoria, too by JUDITH NEWMARK

      Rocco Landesman had scarcely taken a seat at his desk as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts before everything went nuts.

      [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Last Stop on the Q By Seth Rudetsky

      [ OOB ]  Seth's Broadway 101 by Matt Windman

      [ BG ]  Hartford Stage preps Foote's 'Orphans' Home Cycle' By Christopher Wallenberg

      Emotions run high prior to the staging of Horton Foote's epic, nine-play opus.

      [ HC ]  Michael Wilson Suggested Turning Nine Plays Into Three-Part 'Orphans' Home Cycle' By FRANK RIZZO

      [ TM ]  They've Got A Lot of Acting to Do! By: Patrick Lee

      TheaterMania talks to rising superstars Caissie Levy from Hair, Allie Trimm from Bye Bye Birdie, and Cristin Milioti from The Retributionists.

      [ INQ ]  Money moves the Fringe By Howard Shapiro

      Money, the root of much current brooding, can also be a spark plug for artistic thought, and our relationship with it turns out to be a persistent thread running through this year's Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe.

      [ NYT ]  Downturn Catches Up to Cafe Frozen in Time By CARA BUCKLEY

      Facing financial troubles and a union lawsuit, the owners of Café des Artistes decided to close the Upper West Side restaurant.

      [ OOB ]  What Can I Review Next Week? by Matt Windman

      [ B ]  Q&A : Rebecca Luker

      [ CT ]  'Color Purple' at the Arie Crown: 'American Idol' star Fantasia Barrino is new to Broadway but not to Celie by Colleen Mastony

      [ P ]  A Life in the Theatre: Gerard Alessandrini

      Meet the man behind the funny, mean and loving lyrics of Forbidden Broadway.

      [ INQ ]  A story of celebrity and of love at last reclaimed By Dixie Reid, McClatchy Newspapers

      Broadway star Carol Channing and her childhood sweetheart married after 70 years apart.

      "Glee":

      [ NYP ]  THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH By ANAHITA MOUSSAVIAN

      If you've got a soft spot for underdogs and musical numbers, take note of Fox's new TV show "Glee."

      [ NY ]  Kristin Chenoweth + Glee = Theater Geek Bliss

      [ TM ]  FOX's Glee to Release Soundtrack on November 3

      The Fringe Festival:

      [ CU ]  2009 New York International Fringe Festival

      More reviews: Series 6.2: Paint on Canvas; ARTIFEX. The Artistic Life of Emperor Nero; Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey; e-Station

      [ TONY ]  Fringe Binge: So...close...almost...there... by Adam Feldman

      [ TE ]  Devil Boys From Beyond - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

      See this wonderful four star comedy with four, four star male actors playing the four, four star femme fatale roles at FringeNYC Encores!

      [ TM ]  Fringe Encores Series Announces Selections

      [ P ]  FringeNYC Productions to Return for September Encore Series

      Other Reviews:

      [ TM ]  That Championship Season
      Reviewed by: David Finkle

      Jason Miller's 1973 play gets a superior and surprisingly timely revival at the Westport Country Playhouse.

      [ BG ]  Charm of 'Sick' lies in dysfunction By Sandy MacDonald

      Actors shine in Dohrn play

      [ WP ]  A 'Shrew' for The Summer of Our Discontent By Peter Marks

      It's Free, It's Intelligent And It's Air-Conditioned

      [ NYer ]  Critic's Notebook: Wayward Waster by John Lahr

      Jez Butterworth's "Jerusalem," the hit of London's summer theatre season-which just closed at the Royal Court and which will probably be coming soon to a repertory theatre near you-is exceptional for one rabble-rousing, reckless character...

      [ CU ]  Dirty Blonde

      Emily Skinner gives Claudia Shear's Mae West play fresh life at DC's Signature Theatre

      [ NYer ]  Girls Will Be Boys by Hilton Als

      JoAnne Akalaitis brings "The Bacchae" to Central Park.

      [ NY ]  The God Must Be Crazy By SCOTT BROWN

      Director Joanne Akalaitis returns to the Delacorte with a turgid Bacchae.

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Review: Liza Minnelli at the Hollywood Bowl by Charles McNulty

      [ BSUN ]  Roundup of critical reactions to Baltimore Symphony's recording of Bernstein's 'Mass' by Tim Smith

      News:

      [ P ]  Hoping to Be Howlingly Funny, Three-Man Hound of the Baskervilles to Get U.S. Premiere

      [ P ]  Krakowski Extends Feinstein's Engagement

      [ P ]  Bock's The Receptionist, with Mullally, Extends Odyssey Run

      [ TM ]  Melba Moore and Heather MacRae to Join Hair Cast in Joe's Pub Benefit for Lindsay Thomas

      [ P ]  Moore and Mac Rae Will Join Hair Cast for With a Little Help From My Friends Benefit

      [ TM ]  Kate Mulgrew Set for NBC's Mercy

      [ P ]  Mulgrew Set for New NBC Hospital Series "Mercy"

      [ TM ]  Krysta Rodriguez, Eddie Kaye Thomas, et. al. Set for Really Really Reading

      [ P ]  Rodriguez, Roquemore, Stahl-David, Thomas to Be Part of Really Really Reading

      [ P ]  Feinstein and Ebersole Set for Music Has Power Awards

      [ TM ]  Tom Hanks Set for Great Lakes Theater Festival Fundraiser

      [ P ]  Travis Walter Named Interim Artistic Director of MI's Meadow Brook

      [ P ]  DRG to Release "The Essential Barbara Cook Collection" in October

      [ P ]  Foster, Bean, Levy and More Set for "The Battery's Down" Episode

      [ P ]  Eclipsed, Tale of a Sisterhood in African Civil War, Begins World Premiere Run in DC

      [ P ]  Poulos Will Be Amadeus for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

      [ HC ]  David Rabe's "Dinosaurs on the Roof" Due By Frank Rizzo

      [ HC ]  From UConn's "Hair" to Broadway's "Ragtime" By Frank Rizzo

      [ NYT ]  In the Wings
      Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

      News about Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of "Three Sisters," Primary Stages' 25th anniversary gala and more.

      [ P ]  Graff, Worley, Henderson and Taylor Set for Cabaret & Comedy at the Castle

      [ B ]  Stockard Channing and Jane Alexander Set for Westport's Breath of Life

      [ B ]  Tickets Now On Sale for Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound

      [ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Rachel Botchan, Hal Brooks

      [ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Helena Binder, Jim Zien

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