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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

    [ TB ]  Rabbit Hole
    Philadelphia Review by Tim Dunleavy

    Features:

    [ WSJ ]  He Produces Controversy By LEE ROSENBAUM

    The brashly candid new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Rocco Landesman would open up funding to rap and graffiti artists.

    [ BG ]  Editorial
    Theater: They coulda learned their lines, but...

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    From the Pound to the Big Top By Ken Jaworowski

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Bobby Steggert

    [ WSJ ]  Johnny Mercer, the Cinematic Songwriter By WILL FRIEDWALD

    [ WSJ ]  Speakeasy Blog
    "Don't Ask, Don't Tell?" Sir Ian McKellan Will Have None of That By Jeffrey Podolsky

    Sir Ian McKellan emceed the "Only Make Believe" benefit at the Shubert Theatre on Monday night and talked to Speakeasy afterward.

    [ WSJ ]  Speakeasy Blog
    Richard Kind Previews New York Comedy Festival

    News:

    [ B ]  The Shawshank Redemption Ends West End Run 10 Weeks Early

    [ TM ]  The Shawshank Redemption to Close Early in London

    [ P ]  West End Production of The Shawkshank Redemption to Shutter Nov. 29

    [ B ]  Billy Elliot, God of Carnage & More Win Artios Casting Awards

    [ TM ]  All My Sons, God of Carnage, Billy Elliot, Nora and Delia Ephron Among 2009 Artios Award Winners

    [ P ]  Tolan, Swee, Rubin and Brennan Among 2009 Artios Winners

    [ TM ]  Joe Calarco to Now Direct Burnt Part Boys Musical

    [ P ]  Calarco to Direct Off-Broadway Musical Burnt Part Boys

    [ TM ]  Second Glee CD To Be Released on December 8

    [ TM ]  Florence Henderson to Tour Country With All The Lives of Me

    [ P ]  Dusted Off Book About Papp, "The Greatest Theater Story Ever Told," Is Finally on Shelves

    [ P ]  CHART TOPPERS, Fourth Week of October

    [ P ]  U.K's Empty Space Peter Brook Awards Honor Edinburgh's Forest Fringe and London's Cock Tavern

    [ TM ]  Brian Stokes Mitchell Featured on Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas CD

    [ TM ]  Joel Grey to Guest Star on Grey's Anatomy

    [ TM ]  Fisher Stevens to Join ABC's Ugly Betty

    [ P ]  Britain's Ambassador Theatre Group Purchases Live Nation's 16 U.K Theatres, Including West End Houses

    [ TM ]  Ambassador Theatre Group Purchases Live Nation's UK Theaters

    [ TM ]  David Lindsay-Abaire to Adapt The Guardians of Childhood

    [ TM ]  Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Meara, Eli Wallach, et al. to Appear at Mary Travers Memorial on November 9

    [ TM ]  Alan Cumming, Jane Krakowski, Cyndi Lauper, et al. Set for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

    [ B ]  Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and More Selected by Obama for Arts Committee

    [ TM ]  Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfre Woodard, George C. Wolfe, et.al. Named to President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities

    [ P ]  Wolfe, Parker, Norton, Washington and Whitaker on Obama's Committee on the Arts

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      • [ STAGE ]  Exclusive: ATG completes £90m buy out of Live Nation theatres by Alistair Smith

      In the West End, this includes the Lyceum and Apollo Victoria Theatres, but not the Dominion, with Live Nation's stake in that theatre being bought by the Nederlander Group.

      [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
      Neil Simon on 'Brighton Beach' Closing: Location, Location, Location? By Patrick Healy

      [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
      Telling Numbers for 'Brighton Beach Memoirs': Poor Sales Despite Good Buzz By Patrick Healy

      [ V ]  Few treats at Broadway box office

      Halloween, World Series distract audiences

      [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Halloween Takes a Bite Out of the Box Office

      [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Oct. 26 - Nov. 1

      [ HC ]  A Fired Actor Responds...In his Own Words By Frank Rizzo

      Actor Matt Mulhern took the unusual step in creating his own video for youtube.com, responding to last week's New York Times article regarding his firing in late September from Hartford Stage's production of "The Orphans' Home Cycle."

      [ V ]  DreamWorks sets scribe for 'Guardians'

      Lindsay-Abaire to adapt Joyce series

      [ V ]  Obama selects Arts committee

      Norton, Parker, Whitaker, Woodard picked

      [ P ]  Cumming, Krakowski, Billy Elliot, Hair, Birdie, Shrek Will Perform in Macy's Parade

      [ TM ]  Classical Theatre of Harlem Founders Alfred Preisser, Christopher McElroen to Depart Company

      [ P ]  Preisser and McElroen to Leave Classical Theatre of Harlem

      [ TM ]  Maria Aitken to Direct Shakespeare Theatre Company's As You Like It

      [ P ]  Women's Project Cancels Nov. 2 Preview of Or,; Performances to Resume Nov. 5

      [ B ]  English Rose to be Named for Actress Natasha Richardson

      Features:

      [ NYP ]  Clive Barnes remembered By DON KAPLAN

      [ DN ]  The Cultural Tourist
      Monday in New York By Howard Kissel

      [ G ]  So what if Angela Lansbury was prompted on Broadway? by Michael Simkins

      Lansbury's admission that she won a Tony while struggling with her lines isn't a cop-out. It's harder than you think

      [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Make-a-Wish Music By Seth Rudetsky

      [ P ]  A Drop in the Bucket

      In the annual BC/EFA fundraiser, theatregoers' change can add up to big change this holiday season.

      [ AP ]  Theater takes Gosselaar out of his comfort zone By ALICIA RANCILIO

      Mark-Paul Gosselaar is a self-professed theater novice and not afraid to admit it.

      [ TDF ]  Justin Kirk Goes Back to the Boards By Linda Buchwald

      After seven years, the actor returns to New York theatre with "The Understudy"

      [ DCTS ]  Podcast: Interview with Ragtime's Mother and Tateh

      Joel Markowitz talks with Ragtime stars Christiane Noll and Robert Petkoff

      [ INQ ]  Smart art at Society Hill Playhouse By A.D. Amorosi

      "Angels in America": This is the first time a Philadelphia company has produced both parts, "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika," in repertory as the playwright intended.

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX: Jude Law's public make out session

      [ INQ ]  Inqlings: Steak house pickets have gone home By Michael Klein

      Michael Longoria, Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna (second item).

      [ V ]  'Tudors"s Rhys-Meyers to age By LIZ SMITH

      'Finian's Rainbow' opens on Broadway

      [ B ]  Videos: Getting Ready for Race with the Stars of Mamet's Provocative New Show

      [ B ]  Videos: New Musical Ordinary Days' Extraordinary Journey to the Stage

      [ B ]  Photo Op: Star Sighting! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey Flies by Bye Bye Birdie

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Love Child Opens at New World Stages

      "Glee":

      [ TM ]  Jenna Ushkowitz Is Filled With Glee By: Brian Scott Lipton

      The former Spring Awakening star talks about playing Tina on the hit FOX-TV series, working on Broadway, and her dream film role!

      [ B ]  Photo Op: Glee Star Lea Michele Goes Back to the Future at Ragtime

      [ B ]  Photo Op: Glee Stars Check Out Jane Lynch in Love, Loss and What I Wore

      [ P ]  "Glee: The Music, Volume 1" Hits Stores Nov. 3

      [ DN ]  'Glee' soundtrack: TV series' takes on pop gems hit all the right notes by Jim Farber (****)

      Other Reviews:

      [ NYT ]  Prisoners of War and Sex in Liberia By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

      Subjugation and corruption are the grim options available to the women of "Eclipsed," a new play by Danai Gurira at the Yale Repertory Theater.

      [ HC ]  Riz's Blog Review" "Eclipsed" at Yale Rep By Frank Rizzo

      [ TB ]  Eclipsed
      Review by Fred Sokol

      [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Such Things Only Happen in Books'
      Domesticity, Strait-Laced With Dry Wit By JASON ZINOMAN

      In this tedious new collection of Thornton Wilder one-acts, the straight-faced seriousness of it all makes you dream for a surprise appearance by Borat in a yellow thong.

      [ NYP ]  Joined in matrimony By FRANK SCHECK (***)

      Even Alfred Kinsey might have been shocked by "Made in Heaven." This new comedy about conjoined twins linked by a part of the male anatomy adds a whole new meaning to the phrase "brotherly love."

      [ TB ]  Made In Heaven
      Review by Matthew Murray

      Trash theatre doesn't get much trashier than Made in Heaven. But it doesn't get much funnier, either.

      [ TM ]  Made in Heaven
      Reviewed by: Barbara & Scott Siegel

      This new comedy about a pair of conjoined twins is genuinely funny and consistently inventive.

      [ BS ]  Made in Heaven - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

      The attention-grabbing premise promises more than the show can deliver, despite the cast's commitment and one actor's magnificent physique.

      [ TE ]  Made in Heaven - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

      This menage a quatre is little more than amusing erectile dysfunctional theater.

      [ NYP ]  A beast, never a burden By FRANK SCHECK (** 1/2)

      Director Leigh Silverman isn't able to make it all coherent, but "Creature" certainly indicates that this talented actress is also a playwright to watch.

      [ TM ]  Creature
      Reviewed by: Patrick Lee

      Heidi Schreck's play about a 15th-century woman desperately seeking sainthood is intellectually intriguing but emotionally uninvolving.

      [ DCTS ]  A Streetcar Named Desire - Review by Tim Treanor

      Here's the bottom line: Cate Blanchett as Blanche DuBois - magnificent. Superb. Spot-on.
      Joel Edgerton as Stanley Kowalski - wonderful. Excellent. Dynamic.
      The rest of the production - eh.

      [ DN ]  Reviews: 'The New Electric Ballroom,' 'Love Child,' and 'Ordinary Days' by Joe Dziemianowicz

      In 'New Electric Ballroom,' Irish sisters on a jilt trip, plus more theater reviews

      [ BS ]  The New Electric Ballroom - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

      Enda Walsh's new play arrives on these shores riding a wave of critical notices that suggests he is the second coming of Samuel Beckett. I feel obliged to point out, though, that the emperor has no clothes-or at least a shamefully moth-bitten set.

      [ BS ]  The Lily's Revenge - Reviewed by MITCH MONTGOMERY

      This mega-meta-mashup of styles capably pits progressive flowers against the nostalgic status quo.

      [ TONY ]  Hot tips: Three shows to see by Adam Feldman

      [ NYP ]  Fall for versatile West and warm up to Cole By FRANK SCHECK

      There aren't many singers around who can handle Bob Dylan and Cole Porter with equal authority -- which makes Paula West's annual fall sojourn at the Oak Room a must-see.

      [ NYT ]  A Tribute to 'Nashville' (Altman's, not Parton's) By STEPHEN HOLDEN

      "Daryl Glenn and Jo Lynn Burks Play and Sing Robert Altman's 'Nashville'" is a popular little show that has been playing at the Metropolitan Room on the first Sunday each month.

      [ OOB ]  Joe Iconis' Rock and Roll Haunted Halloween Special by Matt Windman

      [ TB ]  Inherit the Wind
      Cleveland Review by David Ritchey

      [ BSR ]  Something sort of grandish by TOBY ZINMAN

      Finian's Rainbow, now in gorgeous revival on Broadway, possesses all the old-fashioned charm that can make musical theater such a pleasure

      [ BN ]  Mamet's 'November' Skewers Politicos, Turkeys, Gays: S.F. Stage
      Review by Stephen West

      [ BEE ]  'November': Short acts, brisk action keep fun flying By Marcus Crowder

      [ SFE ]  'November' is savage merriment By: Janos Gereben

      [ MN ]  Mamet's political farce 'November' at ACT By Karen D'Souza

      [ SFC ]  A lightweight 'November' by Robert Hurwitt

      News:

      [ V ]  CSA honors Laura Ziskin

      Casting group also awards Ephron sisters

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Cirque du Soleil's 'Kooza' extends through Dec. 20 in Santa Monica

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and two others join LACMA's board

      [ NYT ]  Mary Travers Memorial Is Scheduled for Nov. 9

      [ TM ]  Mary Stuart Masterson and Jeremy Davidson Welcome Son

      [ TM ]  Tovah Feldshuh, David Rasche, Bob Stillman, et al. Set for York Readings

      [ TM ]  Jackie Mason to Try Out New Material at NJPAC November 18

      [ TM ]  American Theatre Wing to Sponsor Essay Contest for The Play That Changed My Life

      [ TM ]  Nancy Anderson, Joanna Gleason, Jenny Powers, et al. Set for TRU Love Benefit

      [ TM ]  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to Join USA's Law & Order: Criminal Intent

      [ TM ]  Gregory Itzin to Return to FOX's 24

      [ TM ]  Theodore Bikel, Christopher Fitzgerald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Isabella Rossellini, et al. Set for Barnes & Noble Events

      [ TM ]  Joseph Papp Biography Free For All Goes On Sale on November 3

      [ TM ]  A Steady Rain, with Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, to Hold Actors Fund Performance November 8

      [ TM ]  Tituss Burgess, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Julia Murney, et al. Set for Sonnet Sings the Bard

      [ P ]  "Seattle Celebrates Bernstein" to Feature On the Town and Candide

      [ P ]  Musicals Tonight! Revives Cole Porter's Silk Stockings, Adding Cut Songs, Nov. 3-

      [ P ]  Yellow Sound Label Releases "Marcy & Zina: The Album" Nov. 3

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 3

      [ P ]  Flying Solo With Shakespeare, Roger Rees Performs What You Will in NJ

      [ P ]  Lynn Redgrave Sings a Family Song in Nightingale, Opening in NYC

      [ P ]  Red Sea Fish Opens the Brits Off-Broadway Festival in NYC

      [ P ]  Jackson and Feinstein's Duets Album "The Power of Two" Released Stores Nov. 3

      [ P ]  Paul Scott Goodman Offers Songs and Stories to Benefit BC/EFA Nov. 3

      [ P ]  Gutenberg! The Musical! Cast Album in Stores Nov. 3

      [ P ]  Deadline Extended for Nominations for Fichandler Directing Award

      [ P ]  Skinner, Kudisch, Reichard, Howard and More Set for Broadway Unplugged

      [ B ]  Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacey, Ian McKellen, Mark Rylance and More Top London's Evening Standard Awards Long List

      [ B ]  The Merchant of Venice and The Winter's Tale Announced for Shakespeare in the Park

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
      And So to the Park: 'Winter's Tale' and 'The Merchant of Venice'
      Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:05 AM | Item Link


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