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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

    [ B ]  South Pacific Star Kelli O'Hara to Perform During Game Six of the World Series

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 6:25 PM | Item Link


      • [ TM ]  Hamlet, Starring Jude Law, Recoups on Broadway

      [ P ]  Not So Melancholy: Broadway's Hamlet Recoups Investment

      [ P ]  Could bare and Don't Dress for Dinner Arrive on Broadway Next Season?

      [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
      Banned Cold War Play Comes to America By Patrick Healy

      Features:

      [ TDF ]  The Play With a Mind of Its Own By Julia Rosenfeld

      The playwright and director of "What Once We Felt" listen to their script

      [ B ]  Rising Star Diana Vickers Sings Out in the West End's Little Voice

      [ B ]  What's Up, Jane Lynch? Glee's Sadistic Sue Finds Love Off-Broadway

      [ B ]  Photo Op: Glee Cast Takes Manhattan at Borders CD Signing

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Lea Michele and Stars of "Glee" Sign CDs in New York City

      [ TM ]  PHOTOFLASH: Glee Cast Signs CD at Borders Columbus Circle

      [ B ]  Videos: In Rehearsal with the Stars of Dreamgirls at the Apollo

      [ B ]  Videos: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk and Julie White Bring the Curtain Up on New Comedy The Understudy

      [ B ]  Go In the Next Room with Benanti and Cerveris in Photos of The Vibrator Play

      "Nightingale":

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Redgrave's Nightingale Opens Off-Broadway

      [ NY1 ]  Review: "Nightingale" By: Roma Torre

      "Nightingale" is not exactly a crowd pleaser. But there is a definite audience for this piece. For anyone who values the craft of acting, make that the art of acting, this is highly recommended.

      [ NJNR ]  Lynn Redgrave takes flight as a solitary 'Nightingale' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

      Actress-writer's latest solo show thoughtfully depicts a melancholy ancestor

      News:

      [ P ]  Cast Set for Off-Broadway Return of Musical Dear Edwina at DR2 Kids Theatre

      [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for Dear Edwina

      [ TM ]  Fiona Shaw to Reprise Waste Land at Wilton's Music Hall

      [ TM ]  Epic Theatre Ensemble Receives Coming Up Taller Award at White House Ceremony

      [ TM ]  Best Plays of 2007-2008 Now Available in Stores

      [ TM ]  Alan Alda, Len Cariou, Chita Rivera, B.D. Wong et al. to Read Remember How I Love You

      [ TM ]  Natascia Diaz, Euan Morton Set for Signature Sings

      [ TM ]  Samuel Barnett, Leanne Jones, Hannah Waddingham, et al. Set for London's Christmas in New York Concert

      [ TM ]  David Henry Hwang, Michael Ondaatje, et al. Set for Asian American Literary Festival

      [ TM ]  Savion Glover to Join Jazz Greats at the Blue Note

      [ TM ]  Alison Fraser, Lauren Worsham, et al. to Sing Kyle Jarrow Songs at 92nd Street Y Tribeca

      [ TM ]  Sierra Boggess, Tyler Maynard, Orfeh et al. Set for New York City Christmas CD Release Benefit Concert

      [ TM ]  Kathleen Chalfant, Randy Graff, Frances Sternhagen, et.al. Set for Turning Points Benefit

      [ TM ]  Kate Burton, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris to Appear at Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Peters to Guest on "Live with Regis and Kelly" Nov. 5

      [ P ]  Memphis Star Heads to the Chatterbox Nov. 5

      [ P ]  The Civilians Put Divorce on Stage in New Show, You Better Sit Down

      [ P ]  Wright, Harney and Lackey Set for Readings of Rosa Parks Musical

      [ TM ]  Sigourney Weaver and John C. Reilly to Join Anne Heche in Cedar Rapids Film

      [ TM ]  Colin Hanks to Join Bradley Whitford in Fox Series Jack and Dan

      [ TM ]  Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, and Bruce Willis to Star in Red Movie

      [ P ]  Henderson's All the Lives of Me to Play Hollywood, Indianapolis, San Francisco and NYC

      [ P ]  American Theater Co. Taps Lucas, Hwang, LaBute, Kotis, Belber and More to Write Shorts Plays for 2010

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Lily Tomlin Will Enjoy An Intimate Evening at NYC's Dixon Place

      [ P ]  Pascal, Ellis and Quast Will Be in Night of 1000 Voices Sondheim Tribute in London

      [ TM ]  Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls to Transer to Wyndham's Theatre

      [ P ]  An Inspector Calls to Call Again at West End Wyndham's Theatre

      [ B ]  An Inspector Calls Replaces Shuttered Shawshank Redemption at London's Wyndham's Theatre

      [ P ]  Actors Fund Performance of A Steady Rain Plays Nov. 8

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 4:01 PM | Item Link


        • [ NYP ]  Times' toll on 'Memoirs' by Michael Riedel

        [ TT ]  Brighton Beach Kaddish: Why Did it Close? Don't Ask by David Lefkowitz

        [ P ]  Million Dollar Quartet Will Be New Tenant of Broadway's Nederlander Theatre

        [ TM ]  Million Dollar Quartet to Open April 2010 at Broadway's Nederlander

        [ B ]  New Musical Million Dollar Quartet Books Broadway's Nederlander Theatre

        [ P ]  Prick Up Your Ears Posts Early Closing Notice in West End

        [ V ]  'Inspector' transfers to Wyndhams

        Daldry's revival takes over for 'Shawshank'

        [ TM ]  Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards

        [ P ]  Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards

        [ THR ]  Gerard Butler off to war in 'Coriolanus' By Stuart Kemp

        Signed on to star opposite first-time director Ralph Fiennes

        [ P ]  Eckert's Pulitzer Finalist Orpheus X Set for Off-Broadway Run at TFANA

        [ TM ]  Maripat Donovan to Star in Sister's Christmas Catechism Off-Broadway

        [ HC ]  New Title for "Emmet" at Goodspeed By Frank Rizzo

        [ CT ]  Craig Lucas, Neil LaBute, Greg Kotis, David Henry Hwang, Maria Irene Fornes, Itamar Moses, Regina Taylor, Rolin Jones among writers penning new short works for ATC by Chris Jones

        [ TM ]  Lily Tomlin to Offer An Intimate Evening at Dixon Place

        [ O ]  From deep budget cuts a year ago, Oregon Shakespeare Festival rallies to post revenue record By Marty Hughley

        [ TM ]  Anthony Heald, Richard Montoya, Herbert Siguenza, et al. Set for Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2010 Season

        [ * ]  Carl Ballantine, R.I.P. by Mark Evanier

        [ IBDB ]  Carl Ballantine's Broadway Credits

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: From 1961 to 2009

        [ NJ ]  Dreamcatcher Repertory Company's 'Happiness' brings smiles

        Features:

        [ TS ]  Going carolling with Chenoweth By Richard Ouzounian

        Bubbly singer-actress opening Holt's holiday windows with some early seasonal tunes

        [ TONY ]  Ragtime photo portfolio

        The Broadway revival of Ragtime aims to give a modern twist to the turn of the 20th century-as Joan Marcus's exclusive cast portraits suggest.

        [ BN ]  Doctorow Ponders Shock of 'Ragtime,' Tons of Junk: Interview by Zinta Lundborg

        [ B ]  Watch It: Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps on History for the Prez

        [ TONY ]  Classical Theatre of Harlem turns a new page? by Raven Snook

        [ VV ]  Theatre of the Eighth Day Stages its Noted Wormwood By Tom Sellar

        [ USA ]  Remembering Johnny Mercer, all month long By Elysa Gardner

        [ WP ]  BACKSTAGE: Man behind Mr. Zero gains much from role By Jane Horwitz

        David Benoit currently resides in character-actor heaven. Which is located, if you're wondering, at 14th and P streets NW -- on the fourth floor.

        [ TONY ]  Radio flyer: Go listen to Willem Dafoe on Leonard Lopate by Helen Shaw

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Foreman's Idiot Savant, with Dafoe, at the Public

        [ VV ]  Andrea Martin's Saucy Comment Last Night! By Michael Musto

        [ B ]  Photo Op: Sir Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Jonny Lee Miller and More Mingle at Only Make Believe Benefit

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX: Sienna stands by Slinky

        [ HC ]  "Apprentices" Stephen Sondheim and Mary Rodgers at Westport Gala By Frank Rizzo

        [ TM ]  Believe It or Not! By: Joseph Marzullo, Tristan Fuge, & Brian Scott Lipton

        Alec Baldwin, Marcia Gay Harden, Ron Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Kline, Jude Law, Christopher Meloni, Bette Midler, Jonny Lee Miller, and Meryl Streep are among the stars out on the town.

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Casting Society of America Celebrates 25th Annual Artios Awards

        [ B ]  Photo Op: First Look! We're Dreaming of a Fabulous New Cast in White Christmas

        [ B ]  Photo Op: Casting Directors Shine (with Help from the Stars) at 2009 Artios Awards

        [ B ]  Photo Op: Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline Shine at Benefit for The Acting Company

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Leavel, Dossett and More Play in Broadway's Mamma Mia!

        "Finian's Rainbow":

        [ B ]  First Person: There Are No Small Parts for Finian's Rainbow Star Christopher Fitzgerald

        [ FT ]  Finian's Rainbow, St James Theatre, New York By Brendan Lemon (****)

        "Nightingale":

        [ NYT ]  Redgrave Uncorsets a Relative Long Gone By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

        Lynn Redgrave explores the life of her maternal grandmother through the prism of her own in her reflective new solo show.

        [ BN ]  Ill, Unfazed Redgrave Real Trouper in 'Nightingale': John Simon (****)

        [ DN ]  Lynn Redgrave's 'Nightingale,' a memorial to her famous family's matriarch by Joe Dziemianowicz (*** 1/2)

        [ V ]  Nightingale
        Review By MARILYN STASIO

        Lynn Redgrave holds us in the palm of her hand in this one-woman play about her family.

        [ ND ]  Lynn Redgrave's loss is audience's gain in 'Nightingale' By LINDA WINER

        "Nightingale" is an imaginative, compelling, cannily constructed 85 minutes about far more than we think we already know about Lynn Redgrave's losses.

        [ TB ]  Nightingale
        Review by Matthew Murray

        Considering the notebook placed on the desk that Redgrave constantly refers to, it's not even clear the evening is wholly memorized. But it's transfixing and transporting just the same.

        [ BS ]  Nightingale - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

        Thanks to the tremendous specificity and detail of Lynn Redgrave's writing and acting, "Nightingale" is a haunting elegy and a moving act of love.

        [ NY ]  Victorian Secret By Scott Brown

        Redgrave gives us more than mere confessional. She insists on making art.

        [ BR ]  Redgrave brings grandmother to life on stage BY ROBERT FELDBERG

        Lynn Redgrave, who wrote and performs the solo piece, gives an old-fashioned bravura performance.

        [ TM ]  Nightingale
        Reviewed by: David Finkle

        Lynn Redgrave's engaging and poignant solo piece looks at the life of her maternal grandmother.

        [ OOB ]  Nightingale - Review by Matt Windman

        On the whole, "Nightingale" is a fascinating and touching project that is driven by a sincere love for forgotten family.

        [ VV ]  Finian's Rainbow Retains Much Magic; Love Child Fields Frenzy; Redgrave Cries for Nightingale By Michael Feingold

        Other Reviews:

        [ NYT ]  On the London Stage
        Bedroom Distress, and Tragedy in Art and Life By MATT WOLF

        Alan Ayckbourn's "Bedroom Farce" takes viewers on a delicious tour of upheaval; in "Prick Up Your Ears," drama strangely mirrors real-life tragedy.

        [ V ]  Seize the Day
        Review By KAREN FRICKER

        What begins as an entertaining and insightful look into the inner workings of the U.K.'s political establishment and its ethnic communities gets bogged down in overplotting and preachiness.

        [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Love Child'
        Two Actors, Many Guises and a Skewed Greek Play By NEIL GENZLINGER

        It's hard to imagine that Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton have ever had more fun than they're having in this delicious romp.

        [ NYT ]  Theater Review | 'Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter'
        Hitching a Star to the Stardom of Cole Porter By DANIEL M. GOLD

        "Love, Linda" is billed as a one-woman play. Really, though, it's cabaret.

        [ BS ]  I Got Sick Then I Got Better - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

        By the time this beguiling one-woman show about battling cancer is over, you feel as if writer-performer Jenny Allen is one of your best friends, and you want to call her up and make plans for Sunday brunch.

        [ BS ]  Subways Are for Sleeping - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

        Sometimes it's better to let sleeping flops lie.

        [ BS ]  The Misunderstanding - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

        This earnest production of an interesting early work by Albert Camus is more debate than drama, with complex intellectual arguments triumphing over emotional involvement.

        [ V ]  Creature
        Review By MARILYN STASIO

        It's quite spooky and a little ooky, but "Creature" is no ordinary fright fest.

        [ V ]  Made in Heaven
        Review By SAM THIELMAN

        Helmer Andrew Shaifer wrings a lot of laughs from the play's reheated "Will and Grace"-style gags, but ultimately, Bernzweig's biggest innovation is his surprisingly bleak denouement, which totally annuls the rest of the mildly entertaining enterprise.

        [ BSUN ]  Cate Blanchett captures faded-flower essence in 'Streetcar' By Tim Smith

        [ R ]  Jaglom's homage to theater has wide appeal By Iris Mann (Hollywood Reporter)

        [ VV ]  Halloween Lives on in Americana Kamikaze and The New Electric Ballroom By Alexis Soloski

        [ TE ]  "Nashville" at the Metropolitan Room - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

        Daryl Glenn & Jo Lynn Burks - Great singing and a real down home, Grand Ole Opry, country party atmosphere.

        [ NY ]  Ranking the Songs on the New Glee Soundtrack!

        News:

        [ TM ]  Jim Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, et al. Set for Second City 50th Anniversary

        [ CT ]  Second City confirms Carell, Colbert, Belushi, Wendt, Dratch, Garlin, Vardalos, many others by Chris Jones

        [ CST ]  Stephen Colbert coming to Chicago for Second City anniversary

        [ CST ]  Second City 50th anniversary schedule

        [ ND ]  Northport theater to donate to local AIDS charities By STEVE PARKS

        [ TM ]  Roger Rees to Host Collegiate Chorale's A Jubilant Song

        [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: Good Bobby and County of Kings

        [ P ]  Feldshuh, MacRae, Campbell, Shew, Stillman and More Cast in York Readings; Lunar Bin Bows Nov. 3

        [ P ]  Arden, Pettiford, Cusson Will Sing in La Mirada Theatre's Upright Cabaret Series Nov. 8

        [ P ]  Bonus Tracks Added to Sound of Music Cast Album for 50th Anniversary; NYC Event Will Reunite Cast

        [ TM ]  Original Cast Recording of Gregg Coffin's Five Course Love Now Available

        [ TM ]  Tony Bennett, Audra McDonald, Barbra Streisand Featured on The Dream's On Me CD

        [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 4

        [ P ]  Dafoe Is Foreman's Idiot Savant, Opening Off-Broadway at the Public Theater Nov. 4

        [ P ]  Mamet's A Life in the Theatre Opens at the Alliance Nov. 4

        [ P ]  Public Theater Celebrates Contribution of Merle Debuskey, Its Founding Press Rep, Nov. 4

        [ P ]  New York City Christmas, a Popular 2008 Benefit, Gets Album and Reunion Concert; Maroulis, Orfeh Are Special Guests

        [ P ]  Dorothy Parker Evening, Wished on the Moon, Plays Don't Tell Mama Nov. 4

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Harlem Theater Founders to Resign
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: President's Arts Group Names 25 Members
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ P ]  Gleason, Anderson, Powers, Stevens, Dykstra and More Set for TRU Love Benefit

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