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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

Out of the ashes of a community, a love of theater rises…

by Jodisc

  You know the question.  You have heard it a 1000 times.  Where was your first time?  With who?    I am not talking about THAT first time!   I am talking about the first mome…

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Erich Kunzel, Maestro With an Irreverent Baton, Dies at 74 By BRUCE WEBER

The conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for more than three decades, Mr. Kunzel was known for undermining the pretensions of symphonic music.

Smith, Gray, McKnight and Herbert Join Pitre for Canadian Toxic Avenger

Chicago Run of The Color Purple, with "Idol" Winner Fantasia, Begins Sept. 2

33 Variations Makes Regional Debut in Cincinnati Sept. 2

Hello, Dolly!, with LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Begins Sept. 2 in Lancaster, PA

Long Island Rent Has Its Cast of Bohemians

Dildine Is Executive Director of Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis

Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon, et al. Set for HBO's Boardwalk Empire

Arts, Briefly: Last-Minute Tickets By ERIK PIEPENBURG; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Alliance for the Arts to Fete Founder, Foundation and Friend, Mon., Sept. 14

The late Gerald Schoenfeld, the Jerome Robbins Foundation and Theatre Row founder Fred Papert to be honored.

Hartford's "Orphans'" Moves to Get Out of Rudy Giuliani's Way By Frank Rizzo

Anne Frank In Theatrical Air in Connecticut By Frank Rizzo

Alan Cumming: I Bought A Blue Car Today to Play London, Costa Mesa, and NYC

Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella, Kerry O'Malley, Steve Rosen, Wesley Taylor, et al. Set for NAMT Concert at Birdland

'Sick,' dark comedy could use a doctor By Chesley Plemmons

Gloucester Stage presents 'Sins of the Mother' By Don Aucoin

The past is always present in Israel Horovitz's engrossing drama.

'FAME' WANNABE DOESN'T STRIKE THE RIGHT NOTE By FRANK SCHECK (**)

THERE'S no denying that the new musical "Genesius" is a labor of love.

Genesius
Review by Matthew Murray

Hagiography doesn't come much hokier than Genesius, the well-intentioned but out-of-its-depth musical biography of Jane Simmon Miller at the TADA! Theater. What, you've never heard of her?

PHOTO CALL: August: Osage County, with Estelle Parsons, Tours U.S.

PHOTO CALL: Daly, Hadary and 1989 Company Enjoy Gypsy Reunion

In Transit Blog
Travel Deals: Broadway Tickets for Less By ALLISON BUSACCA

Travelzoo.com has the scoop on cheap seats this fall - without having to wait in line.

Foundry Theatre's Provenance of Beauty Puts on Some Wheels By Alexis Soloski

Arts Advocacy Update XCIX: Fire, Fired Up and Fired Down

A distillation of the Aug. 26 Arts Watch, the weekly electronic communique from Americans for the Arts. A fixture of The Clyde Fitch Report.

London Theater Critics: "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore"

Can anyone imagine one of the theater critics organizations in New York actually doing something on behalf of critics?

ITBA to Give Fringe Awards -- Email a Title, Win Awards!

Is transparency of interest to theater bloggers?

NEA Hijacked for Political Expedience? No! Yes? Yes! No? Er...Maybe?

The Lesson(s) of the Great Doric Wilson

Had he not been forcibly removed from academia, playwright Doric Wilson might never have met Joe Cino.

Give 'em the business: A slew of commentary on making art pay by Helen Shaw

The Critic Gets a Callback By Michael Feingold

What readers need from reviewers-if there are any readers left

Bye Bye Birdie Mystery: The Case of the Fez Fizzle

If Angela Lansbury, at 83, can do a dance in the middle of Blithe Spirit, what's so hard for Gina Gershon to do?

Wallace Shawn on Essays, Being Funny, and What He'd Say to Obama

Live from Patchogue, it's Joe Piscopo in 'Scoundrels' By STEVE PARKS

Matthew Modine Goes for the Save! By: Brian Scott Lipton

The film and stage star discusses starring in the new satiric comedy Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas and returning to Brodaway in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Who Is That Little "Orphan" Boy? By Frank Rizzo

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A Long Wait Stirs Enthusiasm for Fox Show 'Glee' By BRIAN STELTER

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BOND ON B'WAY: PROTECT ME!

Angels in America Will Swoop Back to New York City in 2010-11

'Angels in America' to Land Off Broadway Next Year By PATRICK HEALY

'Quartet' Bound for Broadway By Jacqueline Trescott

Schaeffer Musical Plays Off Rock Legends' Session

'Million Dollar Quartet' is New York-bound; Pritzker to make her Broadway debut by Chris Jones

Dreamgirls Tour to Feature Duet Version of "Listen" and New Act II Opener

Rigby, Learned Are Among Steel Magnolias at La Mirada This Fall

Michael Learned to Join Cathy Rigby in La Mirada Theatre's Steel Magnolias

'Talent Live' gambles on Springer

Vegas stage show to run 10 weeks with host

Tuneup for 'Hard' documentary

La Jolla steers 'Body' to stage tuner

Midtown International Theatre Festival Awards Winners Announced

Work Expected to Resume on Spider-Man Sept. 2

ArtsBeat
Work to Resume on 'Spider-Man' Musical By Patrick Healy

Bono a Spider-Man Superhero

When last we checked in on David Garfinkle, the hapless producer of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, currently shaping up to be the most expensive train wreck in Broadway history, he was looking very much like David Hedison in The Fly. "Help me! Help me!" he squeaked as he struggled to break free of my web—and get his $45 million musical back on track. The help—or, more accurately, the cash—is said to be coming by way of Bono, who, with The Edge, has written the show's score.

The Flurry with the Fringe

The good, the bad, and the bizarre at the just-completed New York International Fringe Festival.

Sleeping Around With Sondra Lee

In her recently published memoir, the woman aka. Tiger Lily in Peter Pan writes about her personal and professional relationships with everyone from Marlon Brando to Jerome Robbins to Federico Fellini.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 6am (Broadway Time)

NOTE: "I'll Leave It To You"

by Rogue Zentradi

I've left this way too long to properly review it, but fans of Noel Coward should make it a point to catch his first play, the drawing room comedy "I'll Leave It To You" at Pentameters. Lots of fun, not too lo…

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 5am (Broadway Time)

0150: We Said We Wouldn't Look Back (Part One)

by MusicalTalk

Part one of a two part retrospective look at the past 150 episodes of MusicalTalk - featuring almost every guest, every presenter and a clip from every episode to date.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Chris Connor, Jazz Singer Whose Voice Embodied a Wistful Cool, Dies at 81 By STEPHEN HOLDEN

The Pride of Parnell Street Begins Off-Broadway Run Sept. 1

Oohrah!, Brunstetter's Tale of Military Families, Makes World Premiere in NYC Sept. 1

Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 1

Off-Broadway theater preview: Cate Blanchett, Matthew Broderick shine beyond Great White Way By Joe Dziemianowicz

Charles Busch, Judith Ivey, Marc Kudisch, Marian Seldes, et al. Set for Project Shaw Events

Jazzy Variations on Kurt Weill's Themes By STEPHEN HOLDEN

West 73rd, which performed at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on Sunday, takes songs, mostly from Weill's American period, and turns them into classically informed jazz pieces.

That Championship Season
Review by Frank Rizzo

The dated deficits in this macho sudser could've been offset with a great ensemble cast.

A Winning 'Championship' At Westport By SUSAN HOOD

Fringe Festival Round 2: The Encores by Matt Windman

The Fringe is dead! Long live the Fringe! by Adam Feldman

Q & A
Trills and Thrills By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

Why do some people's singing voices have more vibrato than others? Can it be taught?

Culture Monster
Debbie Allen reconnects with 'Fame' by Diane Haithman

A Life in the Theatre: Charles Strouse

The composer of Annie, Golden Boy, Applause and the upcoming Minsky's is back on Broadway with his first hit - Bye Bye Birdie.

PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Margarita Levieva

Stretching the musical with awful truths By David Patrick Stearns

The difference between a romantic goodbye and an irrevocable farewell has rarely been more pointed than in See What I Wanna See, the Michael John LaChiusa musical that is the University of the Arts' contributio…

Ooh, Ooh, OOHRAH! By: Dan Bacalzo

Bekah Brunstetter talks about her new play at Atlantic Stage 2.

Parity for women theater artists: Report from the working group event by Helen Shaw

Track Listing Revealed for Kate Baldwin's Harburg & Lane CD

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INARTISTIC FIBS ABOUT ARTISTES

Broadway continues summer dip

Broadway continued its late-summer slippage last week, with box office down at almost every one of the 19 shows on the boards.

Disney unlikely to rescue 'Spider-Man' By GORDON COX

Production on Broadway musical still on hold

FIRST PERSON : Oohrah! scribe Bekah Brunstetter on luck, pluck and the best call ever

ASK A STAR : Will Swenson

BOOK REVIEW: 'Essays' by Wallace Shawn
By CHARLES McNULTY

The best approach to Shawn's "Essays" is to think of them as roving monologues whose deepest insights are gleaned from the author's provocative wrestling with his singular self. The erratic misfires, pesky as t…

Tony Winner Elaine Stritch Set for White's Lies Reading

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