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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

"Rent" Actress Dawson to Be Honored by Americans for the Arts

Piven Monologues Receive Cease and Desist Letter

Attorneys for Jeremy Piven Slap 'Cease and Desist' on The Piven Monologues

Wilson, Delany, Fey, Baker and Sutherland to Present Primetime Emmy Awards

In Chicago, Apple Tree Falls After 26 Years

Arts, Briefly: Lupone Gets Her 'Gun'
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Mad Men's Bryan Batt to Preside Over Auction at Broadway Flea Market

Maggie Siff: Back into the time machine by David Cote

Will Joyce Theater Be Home for Union Stagehands?

Rivers Returns to the Beechman Sept. 16

Cabaret Opens at Trinity Repertory Theatre Sept. 16

Cambria/Douglass, Two Plays About Frederick Douglass, Begin Rep Run in NYC

Walnut Street's Scoundrels, With Schoeffler, Dibble, Rush, Opens in Philly Sept. 16

San Francisco Run of Brief Encounter, Opening Sept. 16,Extended

Modine Plays Himself, Saving Alpacas, in World Premiere, Opening Sept. 16

Fences Opens at the Huntington Theatre Company Sept. 16

Nathan the Wise, with David Strathairn, Begins PA Run Sept. 16

Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven, with Tony Winner Pawk, Begins Off-Broadway Run Sept. 16

Green Day's American Idiot Musical, Shaped by Tony Winner Mayer, Opens in CA Sept. 16

McKean Bites Into Superior Donuts, Letts' New Broadway Play, Starting Sept. 16

Oprah Winfrey to Bring Talk Show to NYC's Central Park

Tom Ford's A Single Man With Colin Firth and Julianne Moore to Get 2009 Release

Elisabeth Waterston Set for Inside Shakespeare Event at Emelin Theatre

Keen Company Sets Cast for Wilder Shorts, Such Things Happen Only in Books

Paul Scott Goodman to Offer Songs and Stories to Benefit BC/EFA

Boggess, Burgess, Daniels and Ryness Set for Restore Benefit Concert

WLIW to Premiere Burn the Floor Documentary

CHART TOPPERS, Second Week of September

Pangan, Manalo, Inigo and More Complete Manila Spring Awakening Cast

"Amazing Story of The Fantasticks" to Be Told Sept. 17 in NYC

Ute Lemper and Sandra Bernhard to Play Joe's Pub in December

Yorkey-Spangler-Taylor Musical Play It By Heart to Be Developed at Human Race

Hensley, Zambello, Gets, Brescia, Somerville Will Celebrate Skylight Opera in NYC Concert

Post-War Life Explored in NYTW's Aftermath, Opening Off-Broadway Sept. 15

Hallie Foote Event Scratched at Hartford Stage By Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage's "Brand:NEW" Features Foote Play, Twain Adaptation By Frank Rizzo

Daisy Foote, Ken Weitzman, et. al. Set for Hartford Stage's Brand:New Reading Series

Bronx Tale to End National Tour in Vegas

Chazz Palminteri's A Bronx Tale to Conclude National Tour at Vegas' Venetian Showroom

Harold Prince to Give Keynote Address During Vegas Phantom Fans Week

Dallas venue inked sponsorship deal

Complex renamed AT&T Performing Arts Center

Gotham sites team up for kid-legit series

Initiative to feature holiday specials, circus classes

Batt and Kelly to Host BC/EFA Grand Auction; Additional Items Announced

Bryan Batt, Bernadette Peters, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, et. al. Set for Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction

Stop the Show--We Want to Applaud by Les Spindle

Eclipsed and A Piece of My Heart
Washington, D.C. Reviews by Susan Berlin

TO BE OR NOT TO BE by ROBERT L. DANIELS

In this vividly accessible production of Hamlet, Director Bonnie J. Monte stages the tragedy with a sense of tableaux and intimacy.

Thomas Bradshaw's The Bereaved By Eric Grode

Bekah Brunstetter's Oohrah! By Alexis Soloski

Governors Island Hosts 'New Island Festival' By Alexis Soloski

Red Remembers
Reviewedby:Sandy MacDonald

David Garrison gives an utterly convincing performance as the late baseball broadcaster Red Barber in this rather undramatic bioplay.

The Irish Rarity Is Life Worth Living? Kids Modern Drama; Goldfarb's Retributionists Kid Themselves By Michael Feingold

In post-Holocaust drama 'The Retributionists,' revenge is served badly by Joe Dziemianowicz (*)

Review of The Retributionists by Matt Windman

Unfortunately, Goldfarb's spends so much time dissecting the emotional love triangle among the characters that he turns what could have been an exciting, philosophic thriller into a dragging, overly complicated…

The River Crosses Rivers: Series A - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

It takes a real love of fleeting moments in the human experience to fashion short plays as generally insightful as these.

The Provenance of Beauty - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

A trip through the South Bronx, a part of New York City audiences rarely see. Is gentrification good or not? The author's ambivalence demands that outsiders decide.

A Short Wake - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

At the wake of their much-hated father, two estranged Irish-American brothers dissect the past and struggle toward an understanding.

Blind Lemon Blues
Review by Matthew Murray

Blind Lemon Blues possesses the merest thread of a scenario, which only highlights the show's all-consuming thinness.

Blind Lemon Blues - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

This music-stuffed show won't leave you singing the blues, but you will want to know more about its fascinating subject.

Blind Lemon Blues
Reviewedby:Barbara & Scott Siegel

Akin Babatunde gives a fierce portrayal of blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson in this compelling musical drama.

Ivan van Hove Revives Cocteau's La Voix Humaine By Eric Grode

'Aftermath' and 'La Voix Humaine': In the wake of war & love gone bad by Joe Dziemianowicz (*** 1/2)

Aftermath

Well written and at times brilliantly acted, but a contrived work in that it trades shamelessly on the natural empathy and guilt privileged Americans tend to feel when confronted with the hardships they have ca…

Review of Aftermath by Matt Windman

The excellent cast deserves credit for injecting personality and even humor to some very emotionally demanding material. But if there is a play to be made from the stories of the Iraqi civilians, it has yet to …

Aftermath
Review by Matthew Murray

This may be a brutal and unforgiving probe of displaced souls desperately searching for remnants of themselves away from their homes, but its overall imbalance makes it of minimal use as either a historical or …

Aftermath - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Simple isn't easy, but playwrights Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank prove just how powerful it can be in their disquieting, moving, intensely human docudrama.

Aftermath
Review by Marilyn Stasio

This powerful piece of agitprop theater challenges us all.

Aftermath
Reviewedby:Dan Bacalzo

Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's compelling documentary theater piece is based upon interviews with Iraqi citizens who lived through the American invasion of their country.

Exiles With Harrowing Tales From the Chaos of War-Torn Iraq By BEN BRANTLEY

Assembled from interviews with Iraqi refugees living in Jordan, "Aftermath" is a smart and sobering documentary drama.

First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb
Review By PAUL HARRIS

The company has packaged an eclectic selection of numbers from 15 K&E shows and films into a delightful revue that practically screams "tour me" -- which is precisely what its execs have in mind.

Tenor returns to Signature Theatre for 'First You Dream' shows By: Emily Cary

Nearly a decade after receiving a Helen Hayes Award nomination for his memorable performance in the title role of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd," Norm Lewis returns to Signature Theatre for the world premier…

Bond, Jude, Tosca, Batonmeister Gilbert, Fever Ray: Our Picks
Preview by Jeremy Gerard

Photo Op: Off-Broadway's Marvelous Wonderettes Ring in Their One-Year Anniversary

PHOTO CALL: The Understudy and Ordinary Days Casts Meet the Press

Photo Op: The Stars of " target="_blank" title="*">* ]ew Musical Memphis Get Toxic

PHOTO CALL: Bye Bye Birdie, with Stamos and Gershon, Returns to Broadway

Photos: Get a First Look at Bye Bye Birdie's Colorful Return to the Great White Way

Videos: Equality Now! Sutton Foster Urges Fans to Make an Impact

Phantom of the Opera hits 9K perfs by David Cote

Gelbart's resume more than 'MASH' note By BRIAN LOWRY

The man was more than the sum of his work

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