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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 3pm (Broadway Time)

Good Boys and True - by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

by Kristen Palmer

First produced by Steppenwolf in 2007, then in NYC at Second Stage Theater in 2008, Aguirre-Sacasa's play Good Boys and True is a play that works kindof like a funnel, or more precisely like a corkscrew sea she…

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 5am (Broadway Time)

0177: Anyone Can Whistle

by MusicalTalk

Thos was invited behind the scenes at a rehearsal for the new revival of Stephen Sondheim's cult show, Anyone Can Whistle, for this fascinating inside look at the workings of an intelligent modern musical produ…

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at midnight (Broadway Time)

For New York City Opera Season, Bernstein, Strauss and New Works By DANIEL J. WAKIN

The struggling New York City Opera, operating with a slender financial cushion, announced plans on Tuesday for another stripped down, five-production season.

Graae, Margherita, Carpenter, Ojeda and Solomon Will See What I Wanna See at the Blank

Jenn Gambatese, Kevin Earley to Star in Goodspeed's Annie Get Your Gun

John Malkovich, Rufus Wainwright, et al. Set for Luminato Festival

Maura Tierney, Frances McDormand and More Revive Wooster Group's North Atlantic in NYC March 10

Language Rooms, Dark Comedy About a Mysterious Workplace, Gets World Premiere March 10 in PA

Hangman School for Girls Makes World Premiere March 10

Carrasco and Valdez Enjoy Sunsets and Margaritas at Theatreworks, Starting March 10

Barlow's The 39 Steps Opens at the Alley Theatre March 10

Daradich and Peluso Join Wicked Tour March 10

Today In Theatre History: MARCH 10

Lainie Kazan to Guest Star on FOX's 'Til Death

Steve Martin to Perform An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo at Hennepin Theatre Trust's State Theatre

Dennis Miller to Play Vegas' Orleans Showroom

Goodman Musical Rooms Will Get Philly Premiere in April

Wojewodski to Direct Beckett's Endgame at Dallas' Undermain Theatre; Casting Announced

Hunt-Ballard Will Be Mary Poppins in Australia; Lee, Quast, Byrne Also Cast

Backwards in High Heels and African-American Trip to Bountiful on Cleveland Play House Bill

Kushner to Deliver SVA Commencement Address

Berkshire Theatre Festival to Spend An Evening with Sutton Foster

Sutton Foster to Bring Solo Show to Berkshire Theatre Festival

Mark Horowitz, Peter Marks, Eric Schaeffer, et al. Set for Signature Theatre's Sondheim Birthday Weekend

American Idiot Receives 12 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Nominations

CHART TOPPERS: Best-Selling Theatre Recordings

Oh, Mommy! Randy Graff in "Motherhood Out Loud" at Hartford Stage on Crutches By Frank Rizzo

Romeo and Juliet: The dream and the nightmare by JIM RUTTER

Matt Pfeiffer's direction of the Arden's Romeo and Juliet bathes us in emotional intensity. He also strips the young lovers' tragedy of any romance in order to cast a disapproving glare on Shakespeare's text itself.

Family Feud By J. Cooper Robb

The Arden Theatre Company continues their season with director Matt Pfeiffer's exhilarating production of Romeo and Juliet.

Living in a Musical Hoofs Into TNC By Leslie Minora

The Duchess of Malfi and A Behanding in Spokane By Alexis Soloski

John Webster and Martin McDonagh seek some revenge

Equivocation and The Tempest Show a Weak Will; The Miracle Worker Works No Wonders By Michael Feingold

Lenin's Embalmers - Reviewed by KARL LEVETT

Playwright Vern Thiessen cleverly plays with history in this entertaining tale of the two Soviet scientists who in 1924 successfully embalmed the body of Lenin-forever.

Lenin's Embalmers
Reviewedby:Andy Propst

A top-notch ensemble enlivens Vern Thiessen's mostly merry fantasy about life in the early days of the USSR.

Caricatured Commentary: Minstrel Meets Modern By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

"Neighbors" is a simultaneously overheated and undercooked new play that sacrifices cogency and meaning for pure sensation.

When the Rain Stops Falling (2010)
Reviewed by Tanner Stransky (B-)

PHOTO CALL: When the Rain Stops Falling Opens Off-Broadway

Regarding 'The Nose': And Taymor, and Mozart

Regarding 'The Nose': Whose Nose Is It, Anyway?

Regarding 'The Nose': Distraction From the Music (in a Good Way)

Regarding 'The Nose': Consider the Prig

Regarding 'The Nose': Kovalyov Gets Some Love

Regarding 'The Nose': And the Eye, and the Ear

Today on ArtsBeat three New York Times critics - Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic; Roberta Smith, art critic; and Dwight Garner, book critic - are discussing the music, the art and the literary t…

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
Review by Matthew Murray

If you find your eyelids drooping during this new production at New York Theatre Workshop, don't blame any turkey you might have eaten at your pre-show repast - the culprit is undoubtedly tryptophan of a margin…

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

The undeniably dramatic true story of a great struggle for American freedom of the press seems awfully dry, coming across as theater that's good for you rather than good theater.

Fighting a War of Words About a Lot of Words About a War By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

While "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers" offers a cogent, informative peek into a historic chapter in 20th-century journalism, as an evening of theater it is static.

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

To add show biz muscle to this docu-drama, director John Rubinstein has assembled close to a dozen well-credentialed thespians to inhabit the real life role models.

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
Review by Sam Thielman

Nixon-era radio drama has a lot going for it.

'Top Secret' lifts veil on Pentagon Papers fight By PETER SANTILLI, Associated Press Writer

The "write what you know" maxim couldn't be more apropos in this case, evidenced by Cowan and Aarons' clear presentation of the facts and splendidly nuanced dialogue, which consistently rings true.

'Top Secret' Pentagon Papers story gets staged as a radio play BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

By wisely devising "Top Secret" as a radio play with the actors seemingly reading from scripts, the authors and director create a distancing effect that gives both fluidity and credence to their chronicle, whic…

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
Reviewedby:Barbara & Scott Siegel

Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons' crackling drama about the publication of the controversial documents receives a brilliantly acted production at New York Theatre Workshop.

Scoop up this one about the Pentagon Papers By FRANK SCHECK (***)

L.A. Theatre Works to open 'Top Secret' in New York and 'RFK' at the Skirball Cultural Center by Karen Wada

PHOTO CALL: Vineyard Theatre Gala Honors Kander and Ebb

Photo Op: All Hail John Kander! The Stars Come Out to Salute a Broadway Legend

Total Kander By: Tristan Fuge and Brian Scott Lipton

Liza Minnelli, Kristin Chenoweth, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Karen Ziemba, Debra Monk, John Cullum, Mario Cantone, Norm Lewis, and more stars come out for the Vineyard Theatre's benefit salute to composer…

Scottsboro Boys, Kander & Ebb Musical About an American Shame, Opens Off-Broadway

Kander and Ebb's Scottsboro Boys Extended Off-Broadway

Scottsboro Boys Extends at the Vineyard Through April 18

Before Opening, The Scottsboro Boys Extends for Two Weeks at the Vineyard Theatre

MARQUEE VALUE: American Idiot at the St. James Theatre

PHOTO FLASH: Broadway's Fela! Records Cast Album; Release Date Set for June 8

PHOTO CALL: Looped on Broadway

PHOTO CALL: Inner Voices: Solo Musicals With Blazer and Blickenstaff

Normal Life Video Blog with Kyle Dean Massey #10: Getting High (Above the Booth Theatre)

Videos: Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and More Chat About Sondheim on Sondheim

Backstage: 'The Light in the Piazza' at Arena; Sherri Edelen in 'Sweeney Todd' By Jane Horwitz

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Matthew Freeman

Says the "Glee Club" playwright, ""We just know that you're either on the team, or you're not, you're either for the team, or you're on your own."

ART/NY Mobilizing Against Bloomberg Arts-Funding Cuts

If the community cannot get its act together, who will it blame if Bloomberg guts culture funding? Itself.

Anika Noni Rose Gets Ready for the Oscars in Special Online Video

A Day in the Life of Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin, currently starring as Helen Keller in Broadway's The Miracle Worker, gives Playbill.com a peek at the hours leading up to her first preview.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Terrence McNally

Terrence McNally has been writing plays for 45 years. So the only surprising thing about the current festival of his work at the Kennedy Center is that it's taken this long for one to happen.

Simon Russell Beale: A question of character

Some actors merely learn a role; Simon Russell Beale lets it engulf him completely - which can be painful. But he wouldn't have it any other way, he tells Aida Edemariam

Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw interview for London Assurance By Dominic Cavendish

Two of theatre's biggest stars have rarely shared a stage, which is why they're so delighted to be starring together at the National.

Quick Q&A: Sam Underwood by Patrick Lee

Playing Marchbanks opposite Melissa Errico in "Candida" at Irish Rep

CELEB PlayBlogger John Tartaglia: March 9

Jeff Daniels on Switching Roles in God of Carnage and Getting in Hockey Brawls

Q&A: Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes By Raven Snook; Photographs by Dale May

The stars of Promises, Promises on drinking, American Idol and tweeting on Ambien.

A Vision: Arena Stage Permitting Tweeting During Performances?

Do institutional theaters, asks one prominent arts marketer, "expect audiences to disconnect and remain in a dome of silence"?

What Cast Albums Give That Soundtracks Don't, Part II

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