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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

Commercial Adventures vs Nonprofit Adventures

by Jodisc

During my years in nonprofit theatre I ventured into the commercial/for profit theatre world fairly often with successful shows that transferred into commercial runs.  However this fall I took a full leap into…

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 9am (Broadway Time)

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by Jodisc

For the last two months, I have been very busy with two shows opening off-Broadway and another in pre-production, so I have fallen behind in my blogging and in my reading (which is of course what inspires most …

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7am (Broadway Time)

NOTES: "My Real War 1914-?"

by Rogue Zentradi

As we enter poppy season, it's not uncommon for culture to turn its own eye towards the military and the sacrifices made by countless numbers of young men (and more recently women) for their country. The soldi…

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at midnight (Broadway Time)

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

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

Ghost Light Is Illuminated Off-Broadway Starting Oct. 14

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

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

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

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

Award-Winning Drowning Girls Opens in Toronto Oct. 14

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

Chita Rivera Returns to Birdland Oct. 14

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

Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 14

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

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

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

Beyoncé, Reba McEntire, Green Day Among American Music Award Nominees

Dolly Parton to Join Carrie Underwood on TV Holiday Special

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

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

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

Jersey Boys Original Cast Recording Certified Platinum

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

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

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

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

Kelli O'Hara Rejoins South Pacific Cast Oct. 13

Christine Andreas Set for Kiss Me, Kate Concerts

LAST CHANCE: Imelda, Mahida, Lizzie, Aftermath and More

CHART TOPPERS: First Week of October

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

Stanley Tucci to Present Casting Society Award to Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mandy Patinkin to Guest Star on CBS' Three Rivers

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

Mandy Patinkin to be Honored at Princess Grace Awards

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

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

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

Starry Christmas Carol to Play Chicago's Civic Opera House

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

Another 'Carol' crowds Goodman's BY HEDY WEISS

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

Toronto Jersey Boys Extends Through January 3, 2010

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

Obituary: BRUCE ROBEY, 65 By Patricia Sullivan

Theater Founder Helped Revive H Street

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

Lookingglass Theatre has new artistic director by Chris Jones

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

Haunted Poe By J. Cooper Robb

Get too close for comfort in this Brat Productions play.

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.

BIG TALK, ALL TALK by SANDY MACDONALD

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

A Steady Rain by Victor Gluck

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

Still Life Reclaims Gen-X By Eric Grode

The Archery Contest Discovers Sex of Stage Design By Christopher Grobe

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Wrestling tale tags off with global issues

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

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 En…

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

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

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.

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

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

23 Coins - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

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

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.

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.

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.

Circle Mirror Transformation - Review by Elyse Sommer

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

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