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Saturday, November 28, 2009

    Features:

    [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
    Theater brawl: Yes, L.A.'s cup runneth over by Charles McNulty

    Stereotypes stick in your craw because of their willful obliviousness. One that I've had to contend with as the theater critic for The Times is the notion that L.A. isn't a theater town.

    [ ND ]  How politically correct are Mamet's 'Race,' 'Finian'? By LINDA WINER

    For several new shows arriving on Broadway, it hasn't been easy to do the politically right thing.

    [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: Robert Viagas by Patrick Lee

    Stage stardom is possible again says the author of "I'm The Greatest Star"

    [ NYT ]  Happy Campers Command Stage in Macy's Parade By PATRICK HEALY

    At Stagedoor Manor, a Catskills theater camp, young performers spend four days in rehearsal to ride the float and perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

    [ NYT ]  A Salsa Star Is Reborn After a Break for Politics By LARRY ROHTER

    After suspending his music career to serve as a cabinet minister in Panama, Rubén Blades is back, trying to figure out whether the entertainment business still has a place for him.

    [ FW ]  Everything's roses - not 'Daisies' - for Chenoweth By DAVID MARTINDALE

    [ B ]  What's Up, Maks? The Dance Pro Rekindles His Burning Broadway Love

    [ NYT ]  Bringing Big Band Jazz Back to the Theater District By COREY KILGANNON

    On Mondays at Club Cache on West 46th Street, 11 men in tuxedos evoke the Jazz Age.

    [ NYT ]  Intimate Ella Fitzgerald, Rediscovered By FRED KAPLAN

    A new package from Verve exhumes recordings of poignant performances that lay dormant for 27 years.

    Reviews:

    [ TB ]  Bonnie & Clyde
    San Diego Review by Bill Eadie

    [ CU ]  The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 1

    Fluidity is a word that seems as if it's been invented for the direction and stage craft of this ambitious project.

    Obituaries:

    [ NYT ]  Jan Leighton, Actor Who Played Everyone, Dies at 87 By BRUCE WEBER

    Mr. Leighton, appeared in so many commercials, print advertisements and industrial films as historical figures that he was both ubiquitous and anonymous.

    [ IBDB ]  Jan Leighton's Broadway Credits

    [ INQ ]  Al Alberts, 87, TV host and singer By Michael Klein and Sam Wood

    "It was like going to church - a staple of life in Philadelphia," said McArdle, the first star of Annie on Broadway. She was 8 or 9 when she first appeared on Showcase.

    [ T ]  Jimmy Clark

    Jimmy Clark, who died on October 30 aged 87, formed, with his younger brother Steve, the last major partnership of the classic age of American tap-dancing.

    News:

    [ P ]  Kerry Ellis to Replace Jodie Prenger as Nancy in West End's Oliver!

    [ P ]  Carl Barât and Sadie Frost to Star in Fool for Love in Rep in London

    [ P ]  Waiting for Godot Confirms Dates for West End Return; Matthew Kelly to Join Cast

    [ TM ]  Roger Rees and Matthew Kellly To Join West End Waiting for Godot

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Jackman and Craig Offer Charity Items
    Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

    [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: NOVEMBER 28

    [ P ]  Sister's Christmas Catechism Begins Off-Broadway Nov. 28

    [ P ]  World Premiere of A Christmas Story, The Musical! Opens at KC Rep Nov. 28

    [ P ]  Ruehl, Chalfant, Goodman and More Read Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at Bay Street

    [ P ]  Cromer Directs The Santaland Diaries in Houston; Waite Is Grumpy Elf

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