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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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    [ STARS ]  Prepare for ReEntry, by Michael Portantiere

    Urban Stages presents an unflinching look at the lives of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, based on personal interviews.

  • Posted by Matthew Murray at 10:28 AM | Item Link


      • Features:

      [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Climbing More Heights By Seth Rudetsky

      [ NYT ]  Identity Found: On West Side via West Bank By FELICIA R. LEE

      Najla Said's "Palestine," a one-woman Off Broadway show, is a coming-of-age story about Ms. Said's journey to become an Arab-American on her own terms.

      [ BS ]  A Tale of Two Audiences by David Sheward

      [ TONY ]  Black Playwrights Convening, part two: Isaac Butler reports by Helen Shaw

      [ CT ]  Black History Month: An exciting February should instead be an exciting year by Chris Jones

      [ G+M ]  The Windy City is blowing Toronto away by J. Kelly Nestruck

      The city likes to boast that it's the third-biggest theatre capital after New York and London. Try telling that to Chicago

      [ BR ]  Broadway performances to remember at Tony time By ROBERT FELDBERG

      [ OOB ]  Can You Guess Paper Mill's 2010-11 Season? by Matt Windman

      [ B ]  Susan Blackwell Goes Side by Side by Andrea Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Will Swenson

      [ NY ]  183 Minutes With Heidi Rodewald and Stew By Stephen Rodrick

      They were a couple when they wrote Passing Strange, but split up before it got to Broadway. Now they've got a new show ... about breaking up.

      [ TM ]  Band Leader By: Jay Blotcher

      Transport Group artistic director Jack Cummings III prepares to introduce new audiences to Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band.

      [ DCTS ]  Podcast: NEWSical The Musical's Michael West

      Joel Markowitz interviews funnyman Michael West in his NEWSical dressing room at the 47th Street Theatre, as he opens his trunk of many voices and out comes Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Liza Minnelli, Carol Channing, Sammy Davis, Jr., Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein. With special guest: NEWSical director Mark Waldrop.

      [ NY ]  Looking for a Fight By Aaron Gell

      Alison Pill on playing Annie Sullivan-fiercely.

      [ EW ]  Catherine Zeta-Jones chats with EW about starring in Broadway's 'A Little Night Music' by Tanner Stransky

      [ P ]  Playblog: Charles Busch Engages in Nunsense

      [ DN ]  Broadway's Graham Phillips, star of CBS' 'The Good Wife,' gets schooled by Julianna Margulies By Richard Huff

      [ NYP ]  Denzel finally fit for 'Fences' By CINDY ADAMS

      [ B ]  Q&A: It's Brian d'Arcy James Time! Catching Up with a Broadway Fave

      [ JN ]  Thinking Lincoln, fondly, fervently By Peter D. Kramer

      Choreographer Bill T. Jones has been thinking Lincoln for years now.

      [ P ]  The Theatrical Pursuit of Happiness

      The acclaimed British play, Happy Now?, makes its New York City premiere, asking a tough question: What Makes You Happy?

      [ TONY ]  Casting Call: Bill Heck in Angels in America? by Adam Feldman

      [ BG ]  'Lion King' cast members courted across continents By Joel Brown

      Sihle Ngema and Portia Magwaza wed after a backstage courtship that unfurled across hundreds of performances.

      [ B ]  My Broadway Valentine: Rock of Ages Star Kerry Butler Gets All Shook Up by a Man Who Can Play Piano

      [ B ]  My Broadway Valentine: Love, Loss Star Joanna Gleason Falls for the Shady, Sexy Type

      [ NY ]  Our Valentine Gift to You By Kera Bolonik

      The delectable charm and erotic pleasure of Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Beane and Flinn's Give It Up! Premieres in Dallas

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Female of the Species, with Annette Bening, at the Geffen Playhouse

      [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Skylar Astin, Blake Bashoff, Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele Join Christine Estabrook for Why Torture Is Wrong Opening in L.A.

      [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Michelle Williams Joins Broadway Cast of Chicago

      Reviews:

      [ CU ]  Wrecks

      Ed Harris brings Neil LaBute's solo play to the Geffen

      [ CU ]  Really Old, Like Forty Five

      Tamsin Oglesby's black comedy about ageing

      News:

      [ P ]  Jerry Springer Composer Thomas to Premiere New Dance Piece at London's Sadlers' Wells

      [ P ]  Laurence Fox to Star in Premiere of Skinner's Eigengrau at London's Bush Theatre

      [ P ]  Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis to Rock the Highline Ballroom

      [ TM ]  Tim Robbins, Peter Sarsgaard Join Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern Movie

      [ TM ]  Rachel Weisz to Join Daniel Craig in Dream House Movie

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:57 AM | Item Link


        • News:

        [ BN ]  Sondheim 'Merrily' Revival Founders as Roundabout Tightens Belt By Philip Boroff

        [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Plays Buck Winter's Downward Trend

        [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Feb. 1-7

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        'Hair' Recedes at Box Office By PATRICK HEALY

        [ V ]  Winter chill on Broadway

        Most snow missed Gotham but likely affected slowing B.O.

        [ P ]  Despite the Snow, the Show Went On at Arlington's Signature Theatre

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
        Final curtain for the Pasadena Playhouse -- for awhile, at least by Yvonne Villarreal

        [ LAT ]  A shifting canvas in Pasadena By Cara Mia DiMassa

        The city has long had a vibrant arts scene. But now it finds its 'genteel tradition' in flux.

        [ P ]  Kunken Will Play Enron CFO on Broadway

        [ TM ]  Stephen Kunken to Join Norbert Leo Butz in ENRON on Broadway

        [ B ]  Stephen Kunken to Join Norbert Leo Butz in Broadway's Enron

        [ TM ]  Christy Carlson Romano to Join Peter Scolari in White's Lies, Now Opening April 12

        [ P ]  Romano Will Join Scolari in Off-Broadway's White's Lies

        [ TM ]  John Tartaglia's Imaginocean Musical to Play New World Stages

        [ P ]  John Tartaglia's Imaginocean to Play New World Stages

        [ V ]  Oldest WGA member Aleen Leslie dies

        Veteran screenwriter and playwright was 101

        [ IBDB ]  Aleen Leslie's Broadway Credits

        [ B ]  Tony Winner Laura Benanti to Hit the Books in New CBS TV Pilot

        [ P ]  Rupert to Join Legally Blonde Tour Feb. 10

        [ TM ]  Michael Rupert to Join Legally Blonde Tour

        [ P ]  Playblog: Understudies Wanted for Australian Megawatt Dame Edna

        [ P ]  Playblog: The 24 Hour Musicals Are Revealed

        [ P ]  MTC's Equivocation Will Now Begin Feb. 10

        [ B ]  Jennifer Cody Wins Annie Award for The Princess and the Frog

        [ MAIL ]  Pictured: The man charged with harassment after 'stalking' Keira Knightley outside her theatre By Claire Ellicott

        [ P ]  Blue Man Group Will Make a Splash in New National Tour

        [ P ]  Casting Confirmed for U.K. Tour of Hairspray; Olivier Winner Michael Ball Returns

        [ NYT ]  Weddings & Celebrations: Caitlin Allen, Corey Wilson

        [ CT ]  'Lion King' is returning to Chicago by Chris Jones

        [ CST ]  Disney's 'Lion King' set to return to Chicago

        [ CT ]  American Blues has a new artistic director by Chris Jones

        [ TM ]  Broadway's Billy Elliot to Team with Fidelity FutureStage for Playwriting Contest

        [ P ]  Billy Elliot Offers Playwriting Contest for High School Students

        [ TM ]  New Hampshire Theatre Awards Are Announced

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
        Daniel Beaty returning to Geffen Playhouse in new solo show by David Ng

        [ P ]  Playblog: Heights Star Merediz Set to "Throwdown with Bobby Flay"

        [ P ]  Playblog: American Idiot Grammy Performance Available on iTunes

        [ TM ]  Justin Bartha, Anthony LaPaglia, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, et al. to Discuss Lend Me a Tenor at 92YTribeca

        [ P ]  Tucci, LaPaglia, Shalhoub, Bartha and More to Discuss Lend Me a Tenor at 92YTribeca

        [ TM ]  Drama Desk Nominations to Be Announced May 3; Ceremony to Be Held May 23

        [ P ]  Drama Desk Awards Nominations and Ceremony Set for May

        [ TM ]  Celina Carvajal, Matt Doyle, et al. Set for Here Today Reading

        [ P ]  Maynard, Allain, Wengerd and Ibsen Will Enter Glass Menagerie in Arizona

        [ P ]  Nixon, O'Keefe and Chin to Read Didion and More for "Selected Shorts"

        [ P ]  Lambert, Taylor, Kelly and More Will Appear in Ladies in Retirement at Pulse Ensemble Theatre

        [ P ]  Ellis, Hanlon, Jordan and McGowen Set for Next Thing You Know Reading

        [ P ]  Nominees for Outer Critics Circle Awards Announced in April; Winners Revealed in May

        [ P ]  Nottage and Taylor to Receive Rockefeller Awards March 15

        [ P ]  Gingold's St. Patrick's Day Gala to Feature Cerveris, Mulgrew, Irving, Powell and More

        [ TM ]  Oscar Winner Paul Williams to Be Honored at Goodspeed Musicals Gala

        [ TM ]  101 Dalmatians Musical to Audition Dogs at Madison Square Garden

        [ TM ]  Stephen Mear to Direct Shoes Dance Revue at Sadler's Wells

        [ TM ]  B.D. Wong to Appear With New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra

        [ TM ]  Andrea Bocelli to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

        [ TM ]  Staceyann Chin, Cynthia Nixon, Michael O'Keefe Set for The Sixties at Symphony Space

        [ TM ]  John McDaniel, Peter Sachon, Terri White to Join Jamie deRoy, Gregg Edelman, et al. for Birdland Oscar Show

        [ TM ]  Annie Baker, Sheila Callaghan, Pam McKinnon, et al. Set for Women at Work Panel

        [ TM ]  Henry Winkler to Join USA's Royal Pains

        [ P ]  Playblog: Martin Moran Gets Tricky for Barrow Benefit

        [ P ]  Judi Dench Basks in a New U.K. Midsummer, Directed by Hall, Starting Feb. 9

        [ P ]  Dog and Wolf, with Soules, Bowers and Daggett, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 9

        [ P ]  "All the Way to Mars": Melora Hardin Solo CD Arrives in Stores Feb. 9

        [ P ]  McGillin, Kushnier, Voytko, Kern and More Sing Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Starting Feb. 9

        [ P ]  Miss Saigon Begins Performances at TUTS Feb. 9

        [ P ]  California's North Coast Rep to Premiere New Little Women Adaptation

        [ P ]  Gero Is Sweeney Todd, With Edelen as Mrs. Lovett, Starting Feb. 9 in Arlington

        [ P ]  Tix to Public's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Go on Sale Feb. 9

        [ P ]  Laborde's Father-Daughter Play, Hush, Premieres Feb. 9 at Tarragon in Toronto

        [ P ]  Legg, Steedle, Wernke Go Barefoot in the Park for Two River Theater Company in NJ

        [ P ]  Bacon Is a Modern Woman on the Edge in Coxon's Happy Now?, Opening Off-Broadway

        [ NYP ]  Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick buy third home on Long Island's East End By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL

        [ TM ]  Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, Laura Linney, Liev Schreiber Set for Broadway Talks

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Broadway at the Y By PATRICK HEALY; By RACHEL LEE HARRIS

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: In the Wings By RACHEL LEE HARRIS

        [ TM ]  Actor Ian Carmichael Dies at 89

        [ TM ]  Beth Glover, Patti Perkins, William Ryall, et al. Set for Musicals Tonight's Sail Away

        [ TM ]  Bill T. Jones, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, et al. Receive Olivier Award Nominations

        [ B ]  Spring Awakening, Big Names Top 2010 Olivier Nominations

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Film and TV Stars Align for Olivier Awards
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ NYT ]  Shakespeare Troupe Plans Residency in New York in 2011 By PATRICK HEALY

        The Royal Shakespeare Company will hold court in Manhattan for an unprecedented six-week, five-play residency inside the Park Avenue Armory.

        [ P ]  Royal Shakespeare Company Will Take Up Six-Week Residency at Park Ave. Armory in 2011

        [ TONY ]  Royal Shakespeare Company at Park Avenue Armory next summer by David Cote

        [ TM ]  Royal Shakespeare Company to Perform At 2011 Lincoln Center Festival

        [ TM ]  Broadway's Time Stands Still Extends Through March 27; Collected Stories to Now Begin April 9

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Buying More Time for 'Time Stands Still' By PATRICK HEALY; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ TM ]  Lea Salonga to Join Gary Beach, Florence Henderson, Becki Newton, et al. for Broadway Backwards

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 7:01 AM | Item Link


          • "Fanny":

          [ OOB ]  Sleep with Me Tonight, Go to Sea Tomorrow: The Abundance of Sex in "Fanny" by Matt Windman

          [ CU ]  Encores! Fanny - Review by Simon Saltzman

          [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Florence Henderson Visits City Center Encores! Fanny

          [ P ]  Playblog: Original Fanny Visits Encores! Fanny

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Encores! Fanny at City Center

          [ B ]  Photo Op: Fanny Cast Spreads the Love at Encores! Closing Night

          "Wrecks":

          [ LAT ]  Ministry of Gossip Blog
          Ed Harris makes a daring return to the stage in Neil LaBute's 'Wrecks' by Irene Lacher

          [ V ]  Wrecks

          Ed Harris performs with distinction at the Geffen's intimate Kenis space.

          [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
          Review: 'Wrecks' at Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater by Charles McNulty

          Ed Harris has excelled for so long as a Hollywood everyman with a gripping steely-eyed intensity that he doesn't always get enough praise for the finesse of his acting.

          [ THR ]  Wrecks -- Theater Review By Les Spindle

          Ed Harris surpasses the material in bait-and-switch LaBute play.

          Other Reviews:

          [ BN ]  Huppert Rants, Screams, Vomits in Derailed Paris 'Streetcar'
          Review by Jorg von Uthmann (*)

          [ BG ]  In 'Compulsion,' a Frank discussion with a lot of talk By Louise Kennedy

          [ CU ]  Compulsion

          Mandy Patinkin as a fictionalized Meyer Levin, obsessing over his version of the Anne Frank story at Yale Repertory Theater

          [ NYP ]  'Cocktail' not really stirring By FRANK SCHECK (* 1/2)

          [ TM ]  The Enchanted Pig
          Reviewed by: Barbara & Scott Siegel

          This enthralling show at the New Victory smartly blends opera and musical theater.

          [ BS ]  The Enchanted Pig - Reviewed by ANDY PROPST

          An intergalactic adventure teaches a plucky princess about the true meaning of love in this impressively scored and imaginatively staged opera.

          [ BS ]  Tosca e le altre due (Tosca and the Two Downstairs) - Reviewed by LISA JO SAGOLLA

          This well-tuned U.S. premiere of Italian playwright Franca Valeri's peppery, two-character comedy, inspired by Puccini's "Tosca," is enormously pleasing.

          [ TE ]  When We Have Gone Astray - Review OSCAR E. MOORE

          Once we get past the far fetched factor of how these three windup together on New Year's Eve we get to know them and can finally feel for them in Act II

          [ INQ ]  Media Theatre Company presents "Master Class" By Howard Shapiro

          They referred to the renowned opera soprano Maria Callas as La Divina, and awarded her with curtain calls galore - at one point, 27. So as a moniker, La Divina is already taken. No problem. You can call Ann Crumb, simply, Divine.

          [ CU ]  The Whisky Taster - Review by Lizzie Loveridge

          James Graham ties in his themes of advertising, synaesthesia and love remarkably well in a witty script with sadness always just underneath the comedy

          [ [ BN ]  Diva Buckley Plays Seductress in Intimate "Love!": John Simon (****)

        • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 6:22 AM | Item Link


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