
[ HC ] Julie Harris Returns To Stage; 'Spamalot' Cuts Shows
Frank Rizzo | TICKER
[ P ] First Preview of 9 to 5: The Musical Delayed
[ B ] First Preview of Broadway-Bound 9 to 5 Delayed in Los Angeles
[ TM ] 9 to 5 Delays First L.A. Preview
[ NYT ] Pop Singer Drops Plan to Compose for the Met By DANIEL J. WAKIN
The singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has dropped plans to compose a work for the Metropolitan Opera in a dispute over the language of the libretto.
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
THE Delacorte Theater is doing damage control after Obie-winner ElizabethMarvel said the Central Park venue is crawling with vermin.
[ V ] 'Funk It' wins Edinburgh festival
Hip-hop Shakespeare nabs Dress Circle prize
[ TONY ] Watched man By Allison Williams
Patrick Wilson leads the acting heavyweights-plus one infamous newbie-in All My Sons on Broadway.
[ TONY ] Brave new worlds By Adam Feldman
Craig Lucas isn't content to stay in his place.
[ TONY ] Vice Squad By Helen Shaw
Experimental theater outfit Radiohole is growing up, but not too much-the group is still getting wasted and naked onstage.
[ TONY ] British Intelligence By David Cote
With this cheat sheet, you won't miss a thing.
[ TDF ] "HAIR" LESSONS
Broadway maven Seth Rudetsky tells tales out of school on the tribal love-rock musical.
[ P ] ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Equity Cards
[ NYT ] Shopping for Vanities With Joey Arias By ELAINE LOUIE
Joey Arias, the 49-year-old star of the production, "Arias With a Twist," knows about vanity and vanities: he has nine mirrors in his 14-by-6-foot bathroom.
[ TONY ] A most happy Fela! By Rob Weinert-Kendt
Bill T. Jones takes on the life and music of an Afrobeat giant.
[ B ] FRESH FACE: Hunter Parrish Is Spring Awakening's Smoldering New Melchior
[ B ] VIDEO: Meet a New Spring Awakening Star Every Day. Get to Know: Emma Hunton
[ BE ] On a bare stage, new plays take first steps By Jeffrey Borak
Four actresses - Tony Award winners Frances Sternhagen and Elizabeth Franz, and Ylfa Edelstein and Andrea Cirie - sat around the large table listening to their director, Joe Cacaci, go over a few notes before resuming rehearsal after a lunch break.
[ NY ] The 'Times' Helps Us Keep Up With the Riches
[ TE ] THE FABULOUS KANE SISTERS RETURN by OSCAR E MOORE
As part of the Fringe Festival NYC this leave-all-logic-behind comedy starring Marc Geller and Bill Roulet returns to the Barrow Street Theatre. Lana Kane shares some intimate thoughts.
[ HC ] A New 'Midsummer': One Fevered Fifties Dream By FRANK RIZZO
[ INQ ] Live Arts/Fringe Festival starts Friday By Howard Shapiro
[ INQ ] Highly personal theater from a dream By Toby Zinman
A self-confessed perfectionist, Sebastienne Mundheim built the dome for Sea of Birds three times.
[ NYT ] Here the Gift of Speech Becomes a Bitter Curse By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
"The New Electric Ballroom" affirms Enda Walsh's growing reputation as a contender to take his place in the long, distinguished line of great Irish playwrights.
[ LAT ] Review: "Beethoven, as I Knew Him" By David Ng
One-man biography of Beethoven is thin on details, uneven in narrative and at times unintentionally funny.
[ B ] ETCETERA: John Simon Embraces the New Recording of Gypsy with Patti LuPone
[ TONY ] The First Breeze of Summer
Review by Helen Shaw
Concealed under its soapy surface, Breeze roils with both hypocrisy and the costs of human sexuality. After another few weeks on the stove, the company may yet bring that to a boil.
[ TONY ] Noon Day Sun
Deftly layering melodrama over a headier look at the invention of identity, Noon Day Sun shines brightly
[ B ] Ghostlight Readies Cast Album of Jason Robert Brown's 13 for Early Digital Release
[ TM ] Original Broadway Cast Recording of 13 Set for Digital Release September 30
[ P ] Ghostlight Records to Release Jason Robert Brown's 13
[ B ] Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi to Play Limited Run at Rattlestick
[ P ] McNally's Corpus Christi to Play Limited Engagement at the Rattlestick
[ TM ] Corpus Christi to Play Rattlestick in October
[ TM ] Bullock, Cavenaugh, Creel, Gets, Laws, Mason, et al. to Participte in NYMF Events
[ P ] Champlin, Cohen, Doran and Yaukey Set for NYMF's Love Jerry
[ P ] O'Connor Will Return to NY Stage in NYMF's Hatpin
[ P ] Casting Announced for NYMF's Castronauts, or How I Killed Fidel
[ TM ] 39 Steps Cast Members to Appear at Borders September 22
[ P ] Series of 39 Steps Events Will Punctuate September
[ NJ ] Marlo Thomas Returns to George Street by Peter Filichia
[ BG ] Sponsor drops Bard on Common By Geoff Edgers
Shakespeare company says shows will go on
[ P ] Dench, Irons, Moore, Pike, Richardson, Stewart, Suchet and More Set for Ian Fleming Tribute
[ P ] London's Billy Elliot to Welcome Two New Billys in September
[ TM ] Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for EST's Close Ties
[ P ] Complete Casting Announced for New York Premiere of Close Ties
[ P ] Old Globe Cast Set for Back Back Back, New Baseball Play by Itamar Moses
[ TM ] Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Back, Back, Back at the Old Globe Theatre
[ TM ] Charles Strouse to Embark on UK Tour in September
[ P ] Charles Strouse to Make Two Appearances at London's Dress Circle; BBC Concert, Too
[ P ] Reynolds, Brown, Dixon, Bolton to Navigate Goodspeed's Big River This Fall
[ TM ] Bolton, Brown, Dixon, Reynolds, et al. Set for Goodspeed's Big River
[ TM ] Full Cast, Creative Team Set for This Beautiful City at Kirk Douglas Theatre
[ TM ] Demián Bichir and Shannon Cochran to Star in Geffen's By the Waters of Babylon
[ P ] Whalen to Mourn Wee Thomas in St. Louis Lieutenant of Inishmore
[ P ] Bichir and Cochran Will Star in Schenkkan's Babylon at L.A.'s Geffen
[ P ] Stritch Will Be At Liberty at the Austin Cabaret Theatre in September
[ P ] MTG's Seesaw to Feature Alyson, Cartwright, Bolero, MacDonald and More
[ P ] Small Craft Warnings to Play Limited New York Engagement
[ P ] Former Larson Classmate/Collaborator Armstrong to Direct Rent in September
[ P ] The Factory's Hamlet to Play the Globe Sept. 6
[ P ] Arcelus, Gabler, Koplin, Holmes and Weisman Featured in Man of the People Web Series
[ P ] International Performers Will Find Home in Pittsburgh Festival of Firsts Oct. 10-25
[ P ] Eurydice to Descend at Seattle's A.C.T. Beginning Sept. 5
[ P ] Tickets to Final Rent Performance Auctioned to Benefit BC/EFA
[ P ] Matt Sax's Hip-Hop Musical Clay Plays KC Prior to NYC
[ P ] "The After Party" to Welcome Next to Normal's Ripley Aug. 29
[ TM ] Beach, Brown, Lawrence, Linden, Panaro, Pastore, et al. Set for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Guys and Dolls
[ P ] McKechnie, Fiorello!, As Thousands Cheer and King and I Set for Lyric Season
[ P ] Naples, Detroit, Lexington, Los Angeles and More Will See LuPone and Patinkin in 2009
[ P ] Grief Fuels a Tale of Mom and Daughter in World Premiere, Scratch, Featuring Playwright
[ P ] Spring Tony Winner Gallagher to Play Highline Ballroom
[ P ] A Chorus Line Documentary, "Every Little Step," to Premiere in Toronto
[ P ] Sarah Brightman to Release Holiday Recording
[ P ] John Pizzarelli Interprets Richard Rodgers on New CD
[ P ] Sh-K-Boom Records to Release Recording of Off-Broadway's Frankenstein in September
[ P ] ANMT Launches Interstate Musical Theatre Project
[ P ] Kostroff and Wylie Are the Producers Beginning Aug. 27 at the Gateway Playhouse
[ P ] Lillias White to Play Mondays in September at the Triad
[ P ] Brief Encounter Extends West End Run; National Tour to Follow
[ P ] Casting Complete for London Debut of August Wilson's Radio Golf
[ P ] Young Frankenstein Star to Head to the Chatterbox Aug. 28
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 28
[ P ] Wright's Lady Arrives at Off-Broadway's Rattlestick Aug. 28
[ P ] Pacheco Leads Q&A with Gypsy's LuPone, Gaines and Benanti Aug. 28 at Barnes & Noble
[ P ] Rain Man Arrives on the London Stage Aug. 28
[ P ] A Midsummer Night's Dream Awakens Hartford Stage Season Aug. 28
[ P ] Premiere of Rapp's Rock Memoir Without You Begins Aug. 28 in Pittsburgh
[ P ] Midtown International Theatre Festival Announces Award Nominees
[ P ] Tad Mosel, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of All the Way Home, Dies at 86
[ TM ] Graham Rowat to Star in Stages St. Louis' Music Man
[ P ] Hollywood Media Corp. Sells Hollywood.com
[ V ] Hollywood.com goes private by DIANE GARRETT
Hollywood Media toppers Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie Silvers have spun Hollywood.com into a private company as the showbiz site prepares for a relaunch.
Hollywood Media [NASD: HOLL] is the parent company of Broadway.com. There was once a time when Broadway.com was the ugly step child of Hollywood Media -- now it is the goose / golden egg thing.
Intervention with Kristin Chenoweth
The Tony-Award winning actress and star of "Pushing Daisies" sings about crystal meth.
[ LAT ] Dolly Parton, '9 to 5' actor are fine By Diane Haithman
Country star arrives in L.A.; Mark Kudisch falls but is back in rehearsals.
[ NYP ] OSMENT: I SEE B'WAY AUDIENCES By MICHAEL RIEDEL
YOUNG STAR OF 'SIXTH' SENSE' IN MAMET PLAY
[ P ] "Sixth Sense" Star Osment to Make Broadway Debut in American Buffalo
[ TM ] Haley Joel Osment to Join Broadway Revival ofAmerican Buffalo
[ P ] Bierko Withdraws from To Be or Not to Be; Rasche Joins Cast
[ B ] David Rasche Replaces Craig Bierko in MTC's To Be or Not to Be on Broadway
[ TM ] David Rasche Replaces Craig Bierko in MTC's To Be Or Not To Be
[ P ] Michael Hayden Among Cast of Language of Trees for Roundabout Underground
[ TM ] Burke, Gold, Hayden et al. Set for Roundabout's The Language of Trees
[ B ] Full Cast Set for the Roundabout Underground's The Language of Trees
[ NYT ] Horton Foote Play Coming to Broadway
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
Lincoln Center Theater will present Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate" this fall at the Booth Theater.
[ TM ] Lincoln Center's Clay to Play Duke Beginning October 6
[ P ] LCT3 Musical Clay Sets Off-Broadway Dates at the Duke
[ NYP ] PAGE SIX
THERE'S a lot less of Richard Griffiths to love.
[ TM ] Peter Filichia's Diary: It's in the Cards
[ NJ ] Garage Theatre Group Sets Season
[ NYT ] A Los Angeles Theater Is Renovated, Relieving Headache-Inducing Quirks By ZACHARY PINCUS-ROTH
The Mark Taper Forum will reopen with a revival of John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves" after a yearlong, $30 million renovation.
[ NYT ] Audio Slide Show: Theatrical Revival
[ TM ] Vanities Fare By: Terri Roberts
Jack Heifner and Judith Ivey discuss transforming Vanities from a play into a musical.
[ B ] VIDEO INTERVIEW: Meet a New Spring Awakening Star Every Day. First Up: Gabriel Violett
[ WP ] Backstage: 'Ace's' Reworked Flight Path By Jane Horwitz
Musical Journeys to Signature Theatre for Complete Makeover
[ BG ] Playbill Boston publisher helps local arts groups look to the East By Geoff Edgers
[ V ] Beethoven, As I Knew Him
Review by Bob Verini
Part concert, part lecture/demo and part -- a small part -- dramatized play, Hershey Felder's "Beethoven, As I Knew Him" makes up in passion what it may lack in warmth.
[ V ] Gigi
Review by David Benedict
Of the nine Oscars won by "Gigi," none were for originality. Exactly half a century later, its Parisian Eliza Doolittle-esque plot of a young girl and an older man looks no better.
[ BS ] Noon Day Sun - Reviewed by RONNI REICH
If more is done to make the ending as strong as the wind-up, "Noon Day Sun" could yet become an incredibly effective play.
[ BS ] Camp Summer Camp - Reviewed by PAUL MENARD
Sadly, long before the evening's DJ starts spinning for the after party, this experiential performance piece has degraded into disorganized, coercive nonfun.
[ BS ] One Nation Under - Reviewed by RONNI REICH
Andrea Lepcio has an ear - for poetic language that feels real, for richly varied voices, and for the secrets that pave the way to tragedy.
[ BS ] Liz McCartney: Rosemary and Time - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE
While McCartney's singing as Rosemary Clooney was perfection - the kind of homage not everyone can pay in terms of imitating (and more) a very particular voice - the show itself, directed by Kelley McKinnon, was marred.
[ V ] Timon of Athens
Review By KAREN FRICKER
It's hardly Shakespeare's most coherent or elegant text, but "Timon of Athens" emerges as a play for today in Lucy Bailey's strikingly imaginative production for the Globe.
[ CU ] Her Naked Skin
Rebecca Lenkiewicz has crafted a realistic political play detailing some of the events in the campaign to secure female suffrage in the UK.
[ LAT ] 'As U2 Like It' at the Falcon Theatre By David C. Nichols
The Troubadour Theater Company revamps the Bard's comedy as a freewheeling musical sendup.
[ VV ] The Signature Theatre Revives The First Breeze of Summer By Michael Feingold
Thirty-three years after its premiere, Summer faces a different climate
[ VV ] Cabaret Society in Désir By Alexis Soloski
See a fake Josephine Baker and a real cat
[ B ] Austin Art Student Elissa LaFleur Sheppard Wins Broadway.com/JetBlue Rent Contest
[ TM ] Midtown International Theatre Festival Announces 2008 Award Nominations
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Brooklyn Center Announces Fall Season
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
[ CT ] Marriott Theatre snags recent Broadway hit by Chris Jones
The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire will produce one of the first post-Broadway productions of the John Waters musical "Hairspray," the suburban theater has announced.
[ BG ] Guthrie adds 'Little House' seats
[ WP ] Page-to-Stage New Play Festival
[ P ] Rowat, Morton, Juvier, Reichert and Hewitt Set for St. Louis Music Man
[ P ] LAST CHANCE: Bash'd and Marital Institution
[ P ] Roscioli Returns to Chicago's Wicked Aug. 26
[ NYT ] Corrections
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 27
[ P ] Noll, Scott, Skinner, Paice, Stanek, Lacey Take Wing in Signature's Ace Aug. 27
[ P ] Masque of the Red Death Plays St. Luke's Theatre Beginning Aug. 27
[ P ] Doubt Begins Baltimore Run at Everyman Aug. 27
[ TM ] Complete Cast Announced for Goodman's Turn of the Century
[ B ] FIRST PERSON: Jill Santoriello: A Tale of Two Cities' Long Journey (or Why I Love Lucy)
[ DCTS ] Podcast: Synetic Forges a Message of Love from a Tragedy by Joel Markowitz
With a breaking heart, Synetic Theater answered the tragedy in the Republic of Georgia with a change of play. Paata Tsikurishvili responded to the devastation of his homeland by reviving Host and Guest, last seen in DC as a response to the 9/11 attacks. An emotional interview.
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Pittu and Bartlett Rehearse for Atlantic's What's That Smell
[ P ] Craig Bierko Withdraws from To Be or Not to Be
[ B ] Craig Bierko Withdraws from Broadway Comedy To Be or Not to Be
[ TM ] Craig Bierko Exits MTC's To Be Or Not To Be
[ B ] The First Breeze of Summer Extends Off-Broadway Run
[ P ] Signature's First Breeze Will Waft a Week Longer
[ P ] York, Daniels, Orbach, de Benedet, Spangler, Racey Work with Tommy Tune on Turn of the Century
[ P ] Mirvish Productions Buys Toronto's Canon and Panasonic Theatres
[ B ] Heather Laws Cast as Kathie Lee Gifford in NYMF Musical
[ P ] Laws Is Kathie Lee Gifford in NYMF's She Can't Believe She Said That!
[ P ] Butler, Lee, Burgess and Murney to Be Part of Westport's Footlights and Film Gala
[ TM ] Burgess, Butler, Lee, Murney to Join Lansbury, Peters, Roberts, et al. for Westport Gala
[ TM ] Colman Domingo to Star in A Boy and His Soul
[ TM ] Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson to Star in ABC-TV's Cupid
[ TM ] Foster, Huffman, Jackson, Rocca, et al. Set for Broadway Loves the '80s
[ TM ] Ayesa, LaChanze, Spencer to Join Boston Pops for Handel's Messiah Rocks
[ P ] A Cast of 51, Including Burke Moses as Von Trapp, Featured in Toronto Sound of Music
[ P ] A Troupe Is Threatened by a Diva in New NYC Musical Caprice
[ P ] Manning Will Succeed Esbjornson as Interim Artistic Director of Seattle Rep
[ P ] Edinburgh Sensation La Clique Heads to London's Hippodrome
[ P ] Desert Bloom: Las Vegas Phantom Plays 1,000 Performances
[ P ] O'Neill Foundation to Honor Paul Robeson
[ P ] South Pacific to Offer Special Actors Fund Performance in September
[ P ] Chicago Porchlight Season Will Begin With Candide, Blending Actors, Musicians and Theatregoers
[ P ] Lake, Dekker and Hood Cast in New Musical It's the Housewives!
[ P ] Paulson Joins Cannavale for ABC-TV Series "Cupid"
[ P ] Hayon, Blanchard, Freedman, O'Connor and More to Star in Kidstuff
[ P ] Leguizamo to Receive Rita Moreno Award at the Ninth Annual HOLA Awards
[ P ] Twilight in Manchego's Porter and Gould to Make a Splash Sept. 8
[ P ] Romeo and Juliet, with "Heroes" Star Cabrera and Rylance, Opens at Middle Temple Hall Aug. 26
[ P ] Polycarpou, Benn-Harris and Gleeson to Star in New West End Musical Imagine This
[ P ] Von Essen, Foster, Golden, Huffman, Jackson and More Will Sing Eighties Tunes at Joe's Pub
[ P ] Casting Complete for Attic's Staging of Charles Busch's Red Scare on Sunset
[ B ] American Idol Alum Ace Young to Join Broadway Cast of Grease
[ TM ] American Idol's Ace Young to Join Broadway's Grease
[ TM ] Pulitzer Prize Winner Tad Mosel Dies at 86
[ P ] Broadway Grosses: Aug. 18-24
[ V ] Broadway sales slow down
Late-August slowdown causes tumble
[ B ] Broadway Grosses: Numbers Steady; Tale Begins Previews
[ P ] Spamalot's Lachey to Host "Broadway on Broadway" Concert
[ B ] Drew Lachey to Host 2008 Broadway on Broadway Concert
[ TM ] Drew Lachey to Host Broadway on Broadway
[ TM ] John Turturro Named Artist In Residence at The New School for Drama
[ P ] Turturro Named New School's Artist-in-Residence
[ NYT ] Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
[ P ] "Idol" Finalist Ace Young to Join Broadway's Grease
[ B ] Dan Butler Replaces Ailing Larry Pine in NYTW's Beast
[ P ] Butler Replaces Pine in NYTW's Beast
[ TM ] Dan Butler to Replace Larry Pine in Beast at NYTW
[ P ] FringeNYC Encore Series to Feature Blanche, Boy, Kane Sisters and More
[ TM ] FringeNYC Announces Excellence Award Winners, Encores Series
[ P ] Fringe Festival Announces Overall Excellence Award Winners
[ TM ] Bass, Braxton, Leachman, Lucci, et al. Set for ABC's Dancing with the Stars
[ P ] Leachman, Bass, Braxton and More Will Be "Dancing with the Stars"
[ NYT ] Tad Mosel, TV Dramatist, Dies at 86 By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Mosel's dramatic scripts for live television were regularly featured in prime-time programming in the 1950s, and his play "All the Way Home" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1961.
[ IBDB ] Tad Mosel's Broadway Credits
[ NYT ] Ralph Young, Sandler & Young Singer, Is Dead at 90 By FRANK PRIAL
[ IBDB ] Ralph Young's Broadway Credits
[ NY ] Nastia Liukin and Mario Cantone to Star in Worst Movie Ever
[ P ] ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: A Bloody Good Week By Seth Rudetsky
[ BS ] Commercial Off-Broadway's Pulse Looks Like a Flat Line
[ TIMES ] David Hare on how the BBC killed the TV play
The BBC's abandonment of the single television play is a spineless betrayal of the playwright, the art and the public
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.
[ TM ] Now and Forever By: Ann Lieber
Daniel Reichard joins original cast members Larry Raben, Stan Chandler, and David Engel for the upcoming film version of the musical Forever Plaid.
[ BS ] Nick Spangler on 'The Amazing Race' and 'The Fantasticks' by Daniel Lehman
[ B ] Q&A: Chicago's Tom Wopat on His Busy Broadway Year
[ P ] PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kelly Sullivan
Kelly Sullivan - who recently joined the cast of Broadway's Young Frankenstein - fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
[ NY ] Dave Hill Accosts Martha Plimpton in 'New York' Elevator
[ V ] Pizzarelli finds niche with 'Song' By PHIL GALLO
Musician straddles line between jazz, cabaret
[ BS ] Capital Report: Legit Scene Gaining Ground by Sherry Eaker
[ WP ] Basking in 'Theories of the Sun' By Nelson Pressley
Williams and Stoppard Check In to Liven It Up
[ JN ] Living Shakespeare on the Hudson By Peter D. Kramer
[ NYT ] White as a Snowfall, Gritty as Sand
An image from the dance-theater work "Salt Lake."
[ B ] PHOTO OP: Hitting the Road with Gary Beach and Spamalot
[ B ] PHOTO OP: Introducing Phantom's Newest Christine: Marni Raab!
[ P ] PHOTO CALL:A First Look at The Marvelous Wonderettes
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: Grey Gardens at California's TheatreWorks
[ P ] PHOTO CALL: A Marriage Proposal at Spring Awakening
[ NYT ] 'Hamlet' Outdoors: The Setting's the Thing By ANDY WEBSTER
Gorilla Rep's production was presented on a gently sloping stretch of grass in Fort Tryon Park, and the ingenuity of its staging was impressive.
[ BN ] Coward's Social Scene, Writer's Secret Converge in Berkshires
Review by John Simon
[ V ] The Bones of Lesser Men
Review By JULIO MARTINEZ
Port Au Prince-born scripter Yves Lola St. Vil has culled her Brooklyn upbringing, fashioning an unwieldy, but often compelling glimpse into the challenged lives of locals whose main refuge is their neighborhood diner.
[ TM ] Hattie...What I Need You To Know!
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo
Playwright/performer Vickilyn Reynolds is a vocal powerhouse in this clunky bio-musical about Hattie McDaniel.
[ CU ] A whirlwind tour of the Shaw Festival
[ V ] 365
Review By MARK FISHER
Perhaps no show could live up to the weight of expectations. The prospect of a National Theater of Scotland collaboration with David Harrower was impossibly tantalizing.
[ V ] Dorian Gray
Review By MARK FISHER
It might not be as Oscar Wilde imagined it, not least because no words are spoken, but Matthew Bourne's choreographed adaptation of the famous gothic story seems even more appropriate to our self-regarding society than to the dandyish days of 1891.
[ CU ] Hamlet
This production will be coming to London in November and it will be fascinating to see how David Tennant's Hamlet matures. He already speaks the verse beautifully and clearly, and the depth of emotional content will increase as he settles into the role.
[ TB ] THE SIEGEL COLUMN By Barbara & Scott Siegel
The Siegels try on Summer Shorts 2, give Dog Day Afternoon a pet, and give hell to Give 'Em Hell, Harry!.
[ AMNY ] 'Bash'd' takes on anti-gay violence By Matt Windman (***)
[ BE ] Chester Theatre Company: This new 'House' barely stands By Jeffrey Borak
[ P ] Lilli Marlene, Featuring WWII Hits, to Play Off-Broadway's Havoc Theatre
[ TM ] Linn Maxwell to Star in Lilli Marlene at the Abingdon
[ CST ] 'Chat' with the Jersey Boys
[ TM ] Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Partial Comfort's Kidstuff Premiere
[ P ] Irons, Lehrer, Norris, Roeder, Stoltenberg and Walker Set for Second City at Alliance
[ P ] Toronto Engagement of Jersey Boys Extended
[ P ] Broadway Cares Auctions "Project Runway" Drag Designs
[ P ] Martin, Brady, Torres and Greaves Cast in NYMF's Bubble
[ P ] Halston, Benjamin, Korbich, Ziemba and More Will Help Raise Funds for NYMF's About Face
[ P ] Talk Show Watch: Kristin Chenoweth on "Jimmy Kimmel," Daniel Radcliffe on "Conan O'Brien"
[ P ] Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 26
[ P ] Clear the Tracks!: LuPone Gypsy Arrives on CD Aug. 26
[ P ] "Grapes of Wrath" CD Event, with Tony Winner Clark, Presented at Barnes & Noble Aug. 26
[ P ] "I'd Do Anything" Winner Prenger Joins Cast of London's Les Miz Aug. 26
[ P ] Norment Begins a Secret Journey at Berkshire Theatre Festival Aug. 26
[ P ] Tix for Broadway Shows Will Soon Be Available on New York-Bound Flights
[ P ] Allen to Set Sail in World Premiere of Sea Change in Los Angeles
[ P ] Harris and Chalke to Host Creative Arts Emmy Awards Sept. 20
[ P ] Gasteyer, Griffin, Ivey, Letts and Smith Among 2008 Jefferson Award Nominees
[ P ] Break Out, from Jump Creators, to Play Off-Broadway's Union Square
[ B ] Break Out, from Creators of Jump, Headed Off-Broadway
[ TM ] Break Out to Play Union Square Theatre
[ B ] Cate Blanchett Coming to BAM and Kennedy Center in A Streetcar Named Desire
[ TM ] Butler, Foote, Gasteyer, Ivey, Smith, Sun, Voytko, et al. Recieve Jeff Award Nominations
[ TM ] Vanities to Begin Broadway Previews on February 2
[ B ] Vanities Musical Headed to Broadway in February 2009
[ P ] Vanities Will Arrive on Broadway in Winter 2009
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