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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    [ TB ]  Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are
    Review by Tim Dunleavy

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 2:13 PM | Item Link


      • [ STARS ]  Chita Onstage and CD; Broadway Cabaret Festival: Linda Eder, David Merrick; Showstoppers; More by Ellis Nassour

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 12:50 PM | Item Link


        • [ NYP ]  Star keeps 'Promises' by Michael Riedel

        Chenoweth's pick disappoints others

        [ NYT ]  Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York By PATRICK HEALY

        Deaf actors and deaf theater groups have begun to protest a stage adaptation of the Carson McCullers novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

        [ BG ]  Cherished Berkshires theater troupe imperiled By Geoff Edgers

        Shakespeare & Company, a theater central to the artistic life of the Berkshires for more than three decades, is facing a cash crunch so severe it would need to raise $2.3 million just to survive until March and might not meet its payroll this month, according to a report released yesterday.

        [ V ]  'Rain' sets another Broadway record

        New shows boost box office across board

        [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Box Office Strong on Fall Holiday Weekend

        [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Oct. 5-11

        [ TM ]  Vanessa Ray to Join Broadway Hair as Crissy

        [ B ]  Vanessa Ray to Play Crissy in the Broadway Revival of Hair

        [ P ]  Case On Leave from Broadway's Hair; Ray to Fill In

        [ P ]  Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy Extends Through December

        [ B ]  Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy Extends at Second Stage

        [ TM ]  Kevin Spirtas, Scott Kerns to Star in Elliot Ramón Potts' Loaded

        [ P ]  Kerns and Spirtas to Star in Off-Broadway's Loaded

        [ TM ]  Olivier Award Winner Henry Goodman to Star in Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Line

        [ P ]  Disney's The Lion King to Mark its Tenth Anniversary in the West End

        [ B ]  Casting Complete for Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel, Starring Longoria and Ashford

        [ P ]  Longoria, Ashford, Airaldi Confirmed for Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel in Chicago and NYC

        [ TM ]  Cirque Du Soleil's Banana Shpeel Announces Full Cast, Creative Team

        [ TM ]  Jenny Allen's I Got Sick Then I Got Better to Move to NYTW's 4th Street Theatre

        [ TM ]  Jason Alexander to Direct Rick Reynolds in Love, God, Sex (and other stuff I don't have)

        [ TM ]  Hugh Panaro, Sam Preston, Gregory Smith, et al. Set for Walnut Street Theatre's Oliver!

        [ CFR ]  Remember the Lamb's Club? Meet the Chatwal New York Hotel

        A landmark of the Broadway community returns to life as a hotel with a not-bad design.

        [ DN ]  Songwriting sleaze Joseph Brooks, 70, accuses ex-fiancée, 22, of fraud BY Jose Martinez

        [ NYT ]  Al Martino, 'Godfather' Singer, Dies at 82 By A. E. VELEZ

        Mr. Martino was renowned for a string of hits, including "Spanish Eyes" and "Volare," and for his role as the wedding singer in "The Godfather."

        [ V ]  MGM, Columbia chief Daniel Melnick dies

        Industry veteran led TV and film productions

        [ IBDB ]  Daniel Melnick's Broadway Credits

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Carole Lonner for Woman of the Year

        [ NJ ]  New Arthur Laurents play takes a somber turn

        Features:

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        Let's Cast a Play: Who Should Take Over in 'God of Carnage'? By Patrick Healy

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        'Brief Encounter' With a Musical Intermission - at Least for Now By Bruce Weber

        [ NYT ]  Seeing an Everyman in a Troublesome Despot By PATRICIA COHEN

        Anyone looking for a reason to take offense at Eugene O'Neill's play "The Emperor Jones" does not have to search very hard.

        [ TM ]  Art for A.R.T.'s Sake By: Brian Scott Lipton

        A.R.T.'s new artistic director Diane Paulus is committed to moving theater forward and challenging audiences.

        [ TONY ]  How do you solve a problem like Ophelia? by David Cote

        [ TONY ]  Theater in black and white by Adam Feldman

        [ B ]  First Person: Rosemary Harris: My Royal Family Reunion

        [ TDF ]  The Many Sides of Memphis By MARK BLANKENSHIP

        The new musical balances considerable sorrow and considerable joy

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
        RFK stage play 'Good Bobby' gets an off-Broadway spotlight by David Ng

        [ CFR ]  Sail of the Century: Actor Donal O'Kelly Talks Frederick Douglass and "The Cambria"

        Pivoting off a famous Douglass quote, O'Kelly says, "I see how our job as artists is to help craft the demand which power must concede."

        [ CFR ]  The Coming Sahara in Arts Philanthropy?

        The head of the San Diego Opera worries about nonprofit giving.

        [ B ]  Drumroll, Please... Announcing the Nominees for The Golden Mullet Awards!

        [ B ]  Photo Op: Angela Lansbury and Raul Esparza Go Out for Donuts

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Wildhorn's Wonderland Begins Rehearsals

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Kelly and Borle Join Broadway's Mary Poppins

        [ B ]  Photo Op: New Mary Poppins Stars Bow on Broadway in a Most Delightful Way

        [ HC ]  Sneak Peek at Long Wharf Theatre's "Fantasticks" By Frank Rizzo

        "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later":

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
        Remembering Matthew Shepard's story, on stages around the world by Yvonne Villarreal

        [ DCTS ]  The Tectonic project: report from Washington, DC

        On Dec 12, Arena Stage became one of more than 100 theaters worldwide staging a telecast/live reading of Tectonic's revisit of the Laramie Project.

        [ NW ]  'The Laramie Project' Revisited: Theater as Journalism by Carl Sullivan

        [ OS ]  'Laramie: 10 Years Later': A call to action by Elizabeth Maupin

        [ TOC ]  The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later premiere by Kris Vire

        [ BH ]  Latest 'Laramie' project blazes new path in theater By Jenna Scherer

        [ SFC ]  Review: 'The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later' by Robert Hurwitt

        [ OOB ]  The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later - Review by Matt Windman

        NYMF:

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        NYMF: Five Questions About 'Academy' By ERIK PIEPENBURG

        "Academy" is one of the productions generating buzz at this year's New York Musical Theater Festival.

        [ TM ]  NYMF 2009 Roundup 2
        Reviewed by: Brooke Pierce, Patrick Lee, and Andy Propst

        Reports on F@cking Up Everything, All Fall Down, Lighter, Seeing Stars, and Open the Dark Door.

        [ BS ]  All Fall Down - Reviewed by HILARY TUTTLE

        "All Fall Down" depicts a moving struggle to understand and heal when a family's imperfection comes to light.

        [ BS ]  F#@king Up Everything - Reviewed by HILARY TUTTLE

        Inventive, consistent rock music and solid performances elevate this show above the quagmire of cliché.

        [ BS ]  Under Fire - Reviewed by HILARY TUTTLE

        In "Under Fire," writer Barry Harman attempts to look at gray areas in the realms of love, war, and journalism.

        [ TE ]  Cross That River - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

        Almost every song in this song cycle of a show about the Black West is memorable.The score is tuneful and gets your toes tapping while touching your heart at the same time.

        "Circle Mirror Transformation":

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Playwrights Horizons' Circle Mirror Transformation Plays Off-Broadway

        [ DN ]  'Circle Mirror Transformation' reflects Annie Baker's fine new voice by Joe Dziemianowicz (***)

        [ NYP ]  'Mirror' reflects well on cast By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (***)

        [ TB ]  Circle Mirror Transformation
        Review by Matthew Murray

        Good as the performers all are separately, it's as an ensemble that they most flourish, telling you as much about the complex art of acting in general as they do their characters as individuals.

        [ YN ]  An acting class helps transform its students By JENNIFER FARRAR, Associated Press Writer

        Director Sam Gold gives a light-hearted air to much of the production, garnering nuanced laughs out of the exercises and the students' insecurities.

        [ OOB ]  Circle Miror Transformation - Review by Matt Windman

        In addition to highlighting the awkward, repetitive, seemingly pointless nature of most theater games, the play works well as a sincere character study taking place in a quirky context. While theater insiders will surely indentify with its contents, outsiders might find it all absolutely bizarre.

        [ V ]  Circle Mirror Transformation
        Review by David Rooney

        Annie Baker has crafted a beguiling little play out of almost nothing.

        [ TM ]  circle mirror transformation
        Reviewed by: Andy Propst

        Annie Baker's charming if slight play about a group of acting students benefits from strong performances.

        [ CU ]  Circle Mirror Transformation - Review by Elyse Sommer

        Clever idea. Superb acting. At almost two hours without an intermission, somewhat over extended

        "Parade":

        [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Alfred Uhry

        You'd think that if you won a Tony Award for the world premiere of your musical, that would be some sort of validation that you had created a finished product.

        [ NYT ]  Sorrow Over an Anti-Semitic Miscarriage of Justice, Rendered in Sotto Voce By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

        Rob Ashford's production of "Parade," at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, is sensitive and intimate, and the lush casting pays off handsomely.

        Other Reviews:

        [ BS ]  A Disaster Begins - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

        This solo play about a fictional author who wrote a book about the Galveston hurricane becomes a journey into one woman's regrettable nonexistence.

        [ BS ]  23 Coins - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

        This musical manages to insult its audience, logic, and good writing in just two hours.

        [ NYP ]  Manila show misses its Marcos (counting her shoes) By FRANK SCHECK (***)

        Skeletons (and shoes) are in Imelda's closet Manila the

        [ NYP ]  Hard-knock life an uplifting tale by Frank Scheck (***)

        It's only fitting that Lemon Andersen starts his one- man show from the aisle. In recounting his trek from crack dealer to Broadway actor, he exudes more energy than any stage can contain.

        [ VV ]  Sickness Grabs Center Stage in Let Me Down Easy and Broke-ology By Alexis Soloski

        [ BN ]  Stammering Stars Ponder Health Crises in 'Let Me Down': Review by John Simon (* 1/2)

        [ V ]  The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
        Review By STEVEN OXMAN

        Ladies and Gentlemen, in this corner of Chicago's rich theater scene, weighing in with a unique combo of vigorous physicality and wickedly intelligent humor, please put your hands together for "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," a vibrantly entertaining, insightful new play about -- wait for it -- professional wrestling.

        [ CT ]  Brainy slam! 'Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity' at Victory Gardens knows issues of race, globalism are a lot more fun with a flying stomp to the head by Chris Jones

        [ CST ]  Blue-collar absurdist art is killer stage fare BY HEDY WEISS

        Wrestling tale tags off with global issues

        [ BSR ]  Hubris on the loose, again by TOBY ZINMAN

        Still aggravating, still shocking, still engrossing after all these years, David Mamet's Oleanna is receiving a fierce and fine revival on Broadway starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles.

        [ TS ]  Oleanna by Simon Saltzman

        A gritty, shocking illustration of subliminal and overt sexism used as weapons of control which can be devastating for both sexes

        [ VV ]  The Royal Family Diverts, Oleanna Provokes, Ain Gordon's Disaster Mirrors Ours By Michael Feingold

        [ TS ]  The Royal Family by Eugene Paul

        A total theatrical treat. Ham and schmaltz. Can't miss. This venerable play, in full gorgeous array, is a complete crowd pleaser.

        [ DCTS ]  Night Watcher, Vigil and Royal Family

        Charlayne Woodard has made Richard Seff recant his position on solo shows, and he's delighted with Vigil and Royal Family

        [ VV ]  Charlayne Woodard Coddles Kids and Teens in The Night Watcher By Miriam Felton-Dansky

        [ VV ]  The Archery Contest Discovers Sex of Stage Design By Christopher Grobe

        [ VV ]  Still Life Reclaims Gen-X By Eric Grode

        [ TS ]  A Steady Rain by Victor Gluck

        Film superstars Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman make familiar good cop/bad cop two-character play sizzle

        [ TS ]  BIG TALK, ALL TALK by SANDY MACDONALD

        If you have tickets for The Breath of Life, be ready for some dialogue.

        [ TNO ]  SLINGS AND ARROWS by STUART MILLER

        Jude Law gives an impressive performance in the title role. Too bad that can't be said of the performers surrounding him.

        [ PW ]  Haunted Poe By J. Cooper Robb

        Get too close for comfort in this Brat Productions play.

        [ BN ]  Dallas Bets $392 Million on World Class Theater, Opera: Review by James S. Russell

        News:

        [ CT ]  Lookingglass Theatre has new artistic director by Chris Jones

        [ CFR ]  TCG/MetLife Program Gives $50K to Clubbed Thumb for 'Innovation and Creativity'

        [ WP ]  Obituary: BRUCE ROBEY, 65 By Patricia Sullivan

        Theater Founder Helped Revive H Street

        [ TM ]  Billy Crudup, Ashton Kutcher, Rosie Perez, Julia Stiles, Amber Tamblyn, et al. Set for 24 Hour Plays on Broadway

        [ TM ]  Toronto Jersey Boys Extends Through January 3, 2010

        [ CT ]  F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, James Garner, Timothy Hutton, Wayne Knight, George Wendt all headed to Chicago for 'Christmas Carol' by Chris Jones

        [ CST ]  Another 'Carol' crowds Goodman's BY HEDY WEISS

        [ TM ]  F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, Wayne Knight et al. Set for Chicago Christmas Carol

        [ P ]  Starry Christmas Carol to Play Chicago's Civic Opera House

        [ TM ]  Corbin Bleu, Stephanie J. Block, Robert Cuccioli, Linda Eder, et. al. Set for Broadway Cabaret Festival

        [ TM ]  Alan Mandell and Lawrence Pressman Set for Odyssey Theatre's No Man's Land

        [ TM ]  Nancy Anderson, Howard McGillin, et.al. Set for New York at 400 Concert

        [ TM ]  Mandy Patinkin to be Honored at Princess Grace Awards

        [ P ]  Patinkin to Receive Prince Rainier III Award at Princess Grace Awards Gala

        [ TM ]  Mandy Patinkin to Guest Star on CBS' Three Rivers

        [ TM ]  Hallie Foote, Michael Wilson, et. al. Set for November 4 Horton Foote Panel

        [ P ]  The Outer Critics Circle to Discuss Horton Foote at Sardi's Event

        [ TM ]  Kate Burton, Jennifer Van Dyck to Star in A.R.T. Reading of The Lady Hamlet

        [ TM ]  Dionne Warwick and Michel Legrand to Appear Together at Avery Fisher Hall

        [ TM ]  Ashlie Atkinson, Susan Louise O'Connor, Tom Pelphrey, et al. Set for Bridge Theatre Company Season Launch Party

        [ TM ]  Jackie Mason, Lucie Arnaz, Marc Salem, et al. Set for Queens Theatre in the Park

        [ TM ]  Stanley Tucci to Present Casting Society Award to Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron

        [ P ]  Peter Gallagher to Croon for Chicago Audiences in Don't Give Up On Me

        [ P ]  CHART TOPPERS: First Week of October

        [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: Imelda, Mahida, Lizzie, Aftermath and More

        [ P ]  Christine Andreas Set for Kiss Me, Kate Concerts

        [ P ]  Kelli O'Hara Rejoins South Pacific Cast Oct. 13

        [ HC ]  Broadway's Leslie Kritzer Goes "Pop!" at Yale Rep By Frank Rizzo

        [ HC ]  Blake Lowell replaces Billy Magnussen as Huck Finn in Hartford Stage Reading By Frank Rizzo

        [ TM ]  Anita Gillette, Jason Danieley et al. Set for York Reading of Blue Roses

        [ TM ]  Jesse L. Martin, Daphne Rubin-Vega, et. al. Set for Cedar City Falls Benefit Serial

        [ TM ]  Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording Certified Platinum

        [ CFR ]  Robert Berliner Cast in Lead of 'Macbeth in Close-Up' Film; Kickstarter Fundraising Ongoing

        [ CFR ]  Mark Greenfield of 'Vegas: Based on a True Story' Joins 'Macbeth in Close-Up' Film

        [ CFR ]  Actor Brent Rose's "50 Characters in 50 Weeks" Gains Sponsors, Support

        [ TM ]  Dolly Parton to Join Carrie Underwood on TV Holiday Special

        [ TM ]  Beyoncé, Reba McEntire, Green Day Among American Music Award Nominees

        [ P ]  Adding Machine, Directed by Its Co-Writer, Begins DC Premiere Oct. 14

        [ TM ]  Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen Added to Joe's Pub Line-Up

        [ TM ]  Benjanin Bratt, Edward Norton to Guest Star on ABC's Modern Family

        [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 14

        [ P ]  Lady with All the Answers, Starring Judith Ivey, Opens at the Cherry Lane Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Chita Rivera Returns to Birdland Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Pre-Release CD Listening Party for Rooms: a rock romance Held Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Award-Winning Drowning Girls Opens in Toronto Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Shaffer's Sleuth Begins Performances at The Rep Oct. 14

        [ P ]  McGinnis and Hancock Star in Caird and Gordon's Daddy Long Legs Musical, Beginning Oct. 14

        [ P ]  New York Premiere of Good Bobby Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Inventing Avi, with Alix Korey, Opens Off-Broadway Oct. 14

        [ P ]  Ghost Light Is Illuminated Off-Broadway Starting Oct. 14

        [ TM ]  John Barrowman, David Hyde Pierce to Join Michael Feinstein On Stage

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: A Thanksgiving Parade Lacking 'Glee' By BRIAN STELTER; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 11:59 AM | Item Link


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