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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

    The Tony Awards:

    [ MTV ]  Tony Nominee Stew: 'Rock Is Easy Compared to the Theater'

    [ TM ]  Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! By: Brian Scott Lipton

    Patrick Stewart, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sinead Cusack, Mary McCormack, Daniel Evans, Kerry Butler and more react to their Tony Award nominations.

    [ B ]  UPDATES ALL DAY: 2008 Tony Nominees React to the Big News

    [ P ]  Tony Award Honorees React to Their Nominations

    [ CT ]  Chicago Shakespeare Theater wins regional theater Tony Award By TARA BURGHART | Associated Press Writer

    [ P ]  Infinite Variety Helps Make Tony-Honored Chicago Shakespeare Theater Special

    [ ND ]  'In the Heights' leads Tony nods BY LINDA WINER

    [ NYT ]  'In the Heights' Leads Tony Nominations By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

    [ NYT ]  Back Story With Campbell Robertson (mp3)

    [ DN ]  'In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees By JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

    [ TNO ]  IT'S ALIVE... HOPE, THAT IS by ROGER B. HARRIS

    The annual ritual has taken place: The announcement of Tony nominations. And In the Heights grabs the most - 13 noms.

    [ P ]  Tony Awards Tickets Now On Sale

    [ NYT ]  Tony Awards

    Special Section, including reviews of and features about the nominated shows.

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show
    Tony Nominations: Musicals

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show
    Tony Nominations: Plays

    [ P ]  Playbill.com's 2008 Theatre Awards Roundup

    Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil:

    [ LAT ]  Tony sure acts like a guy

    "Theater Talk" TV host and producer Susan Haskins just e-mailed us what ticks her off about the Tony noms...

    [ LAT ]  Tony Awards: Paul Sheehan's musings on musical nominees

    [ LAT ]  Video: Paul and I dish the Tony Award nominations

    [ LAT ]  What you didn't see at the Tony Award nominations this morning

    [ LAT ]  Tony Awards nominations: Who got skunked

    [ LAT ]  Tonys tattle on a Hollywood conspiracy?

    Features:

    [ DAY ]  The Big 4-0 By Kristina Dorsey

    Goodspeed honors its executive director's four decades at the helm

    [ TM ]  Photo File By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Dan Bacalzo

    Sarah Silverman, Bernadette Peters, Mary Tyler Moore, Angela Lansbury, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandy Duncan, Fran Drescher, and a host of stars hit the town.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Gala Evening for Nanette

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Edward Albee's Occupant Resides Off-Broadway

    News:

    [ TM ]  Dykstra, Hayes, Hoeppner, Rooney, et al. Set for GAYFEST NYC

    [ P ]  Hopes' Edward the King Will Open GayFest 2008

    [ TM ]  René Augesen and Michael Hayden to Star in A.C.T.'s 'Tis Pity She's a Whore

    [ P ]  Live Music to Infuse 'Tis Pity at A.C.T.; Hayden and Augesen Are Taboo

    [ P ]  Polk and Scherer Are Odd Couple in Pittsburgh May 29-June 29

    [ TM ]  Polk, Scherer, et al. Cast in PPT's Odd Couple

    [ P ]  Gets, Belcon, de Benedet and Iacono Will Be Part ofLast Smoker in America Readings

    [ TM ]  Douglas Carter Beane to Receive Lavender Footlights Festival Ovation Award

    [ TM ]  Bogosian, Jones, Ortiz, et al. to Participate in LAByrinth Readings and Benefits

    [ TM ]  Lenelle Moïse's Expatriate to Play Culture Project in July

    [ TM ]  Tyne Daly to Join Christy, de Haas, Kaye, et al. for NYFOS Gala

    [ P ]  Shear Madness to Play Vegas in Fall 2008

    [ P ]  Miranda, Daniele and Leguizamo Set for June 9 "Times Talks"

    [ P ]  Block, Broderick, Burns, Harada, Lewis, Sills and Von Essen Will Sing Comden & Green June 9

    [ P ]  The Good Body and Montoya's Water and Power Added to San Diego Rep Season

    [ P ]  Larsen Will Host May 26 New Voices Concert

    [ P ]  1984, Directed by Tim Robbins, to Play Los Angeles in June

    [ P ]  Ebersole, Blackhurst, Bennett and Thalken Will Perform Swift and Gershwin May 15

    [ P ]  Additional Casting Confirmed for E.S.T.'s Marathon 2008

    [ P ]  Angels in America, Clean House and No Child... Among Elliot Norton Winners

    [ P ]  Mullally Cast in "Bad Mother's Handbook" Pilot

    Reviews:

    [ TNO ]  FOOL ON THE HILL by PATRICK MARMION

    Director Dominic Dromgoole's production of King Lear is credibly engaging and avoids the overly respectful constipation that infects other lesser Lears.

    [ TNO ]  DOWN TO THE SEA by MATT WOLF

    Under director Hannah Eidinow, Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea is given a compelling production.

    [ TNO ]  MATTERS OF THE HEART... AND POCKETBOOK by SANDY MACDONALD

    A Catered Affair is not always easy sledding, but, ultimately, you'll be glad you rode it out.

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      • [ TONY ]  2008 Tony Award Nominations - Complete List

      [ P ]  2007-2008 Tony Nominations Announced

      [ B ]  2008 Tony Award Nominations Announcement

      [ TB ]  2008 Tony Award Nominations

      [ TM ]  62nd Annual Tony Award Nominations Are Announced

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        • [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: May 5-11

        [ V ]  Howard heats up Broadway's 'Roof'

        Actor's return bumps box office sales

        [ V ]  Megan Mullally joins 'Handbook'

        ABC comedy pilot stars Alicia Silverstone

        [ V ]  Livent trial begins with witness By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

        Private contractor takes the stand in Ontario

        [ DN ]  'Ugly Betty' production moving to NYC By CRISTINA KINON

        The Awards Season:

        [ P ]  Passing Strange and August: Osage County Win 2007-08 NY Drama Critics Circle Award

        [ TM ]  August: Osage County and Passing Strange Win New York Drama Critics' Circle Award

        [ ND ]  'Passing Strange,' 'August: Osage County' win critics' prize BY LINDA WINER

        [ NYT ]  A Season With an Unpredictable Plot By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

        Broadway is bracing for the Tony Awards in a year that flouted the rule book.

        [ NYT ]  Slide Show: Scenes From a Season

        [ AP ]  An odd musical year marks 2008 Tony nominations By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

        [ TNO ]  KING FOR A DAY by DAVID LEFKOWITZ

        Who needs a committee of Tony Award nominators? Our reviewer does the job for them....

        [ VV ]  Get Your Red-Hot Tony Nomination Predictions! by Michael Musto

        [ NY ]  Tony Predictions: Sturm und Drang Division

        [ P ]  Hyde Pierce and Ramirez Will Announce Tony Nominations May 13

        [ P ]  Playbill.com's 2008 Theatre Awards Roundup

        [ TM ]  Tunes for Tony By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Dan Bacalzo

        Laura Benanti, Sierra Boggess, Kerry Butler, Max Crumm, Daniel Evans, Cheyenne Jackson, Laura Osnes, Faith Prince, Stew, and more join Mario Lopez for the Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert.

        [ DN ]  Julie White has a winning way with a statuette by Joe Dziemianowicz

        Julie White has advice for all of the Tony hopefuls who get a nomination today: Practice pronouncing the names of the other actors in your cast.

        [ TM ]  O'Hare, Sun, Wright, et al. Win Elliot Norton Awards

        [ BG ]  Norton awards honor Martin as he exits Huntington's stage By Megan Tench

        [ BH ]  Elliot Norton awards go to theater's best By Larry Katz

        Features:

        [ P ]  ONSTAGE: Glory Days and Nights By Seth Rudetsky

        [ DN ]  Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist
        Song of Bernadette

        [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Colman Domingo

        [ B ]  Q&A: Amy Morton Gets Down to the Nitty Gritty in August: Osage County

        [ P ]  Marrying for Mama

        Faith Prince finds a touch of Chekhov in the meddling mom she plays in the new musical A Catered Affair.

        [ P ]  The Miracle of Morgan

        Morgan Freeman turns his solid, dependable movie persona on its ear as he takes on the insecure Frank Elgin in The Country Girl.

        [ BR ]  Stars return to Bergen County Players for benefit performance BY EVELYN SHIH

        [ BR ]  Players who became players

        [ NY ]  We Make Scarlett Johansson's Broadway Dreams Come True

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Actors Fund Gala Honors Baldwin, Fleming, Lane and Comley

        [ SS ]  Jeff Marx controls Avenue Q's puppet regime By Jack Zink

        Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

        "John Lithgow: Stories by Heart":

        [ TM ]  John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
        Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton

        The Tony Award-winning actor's reenactment of a classic P.G. Wodehouse story is absolutely hilarious.

        [ TB ]  John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
        Review by Matthew Murray

        The lost art of elocution is receiving a revival in one of the few places in New York it could reasonably be expected to still hold some sway: Lincoln Center.

        [ NYP ]  BEDTIME TALE REMEMBERED AND RETOLD By FRANK SCHECK (***)

        By the time the evening is over, we feel as if we've shared in this talented actor's private life as well as his considerable comic talents.

        [ R ]  Lithgow puts "Heart" into old-fashioned storytelling By Alexis Greene (Hollywood Reporter)

        Part of the audience's enjoyment comes from the storyteller's pleasure, and Lithgow, here at his heartwarming best, clearly relishes the assignment.

        [ NJ ]  Engaging John Lithgow tells 'Stories by Heart' by Michael Sommers

        [ V ]  John Lithgow: Stories By Heart
        Review By MARK BLANKENSHIP

        Because he's so invested in understanding why stories matter, his passion is easy to share.

        [ AP ]  John Lithgow champions the art of storytelling By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

        It's not so much the stories themselves, but how and why they were told.

        [ BS ]  John Lithgow: Stories by Heart - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

        About the only thing that doesn't work about John Lithgow's one-man show is the title. The name holds out the promise of a lineup of performed pieces, but the program isn't quite so full: Apart from Lithgow's "stories about stories," there's just a curtain raiser and then the main event. It turns out that's all Lithgow needs to fashion a deeply fulfilling evening.

        [ ND ]  Review: 'John Lithgow: Stories by Heart' BY LINDA WINER

        If you'd like to hear the likable actor intone "The Wonderful One-hoss Shay" by Oliver Wendell Holmes and elocute 40 minutes of quirky English voices in "Uncle Fred Flits By" by P.G. Wodehouse, this may be delightful. If not, wait until he returns in someone else's play.

        Other Reviews:

        [ TM ]  A Seagull in the Hamptons
        Reviewed by: David Finkle

        Maria Tucci gives a superlative star turn in Emily Mann's updating of Chekhov's classic comedy.

        [ INQ ]  Fine cast livens 'Seagull' update By Howard Shapiro

        [ V ]  A Seagull in the Hamptons
        Review By ROBERT L. DANIELS

        Despite a decided imbalance in the modernization of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," Emily Mann's crisply staged "A Seagull in the Hamptons" roosts on the McCarter Theater Co.'s stage sustaining the rueful mood and texture of shallow folks wallowing in self pity -- this time at a posh Long Island seaside beach front.

        [ TM ]  EST Marathon 2008 Series A
        Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

        Works by David Auburn, Michael John Garcés, and Amy Herzog highlight this program of one-acts.

        [ NYT ]  A Tennis Tantrum, No Math Required By JASON ZINOMAN

        David Auburn's play "An Upset" is a highlight of the five short works in the first installment of Marathon 2008 at the Ensemble Studio Theater.

        [ CU ]  EST Marathon of One-Act Plays

        There are two more series to give Ensemble Studio Theatre a chance to show that they are incubating the worthwhile new talent of the future.

        [ CU ]  Old Comedy After Aristophanes' Frogs

        David Greenspan is certainly true to the spirit of Aristophanes and his times. But he mixes Aristophanes' play with so many famous people who populated the two thousand plus years since the playwright's death.

        [ BS ]  Old Comedy After Aristophanes' Frogs - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

        It's not much fun on the exterior of an inside joke, especially when that joke comes in the form of a smug, interminable bit of self-referential theatre.

        [ V ]  Old Comedy After Aristophanes' Frogs
        Review By SAM THIELMAN

        In Target Margin's version, "Old Comedy" name-checks Gertrude Stein, James Joyce and Judy Garland and then seems to expect its audience to undergo some kind of epiphany. Given the play's already low standards for clarity, further understanding seems unlikely.

        [ CU ]  Cecilia's Last Tea Party

        One does not necessary insist on a play such as this being completely accessible. Whatever it is, I'm still thinking about it. Hopefully future audiences will also find something to think about.

        [ NJ ]  A curious 'Tea Party' by Peter Filichia/

        [ NYT ]  Shepard's Debtors of 1978, Sounding like Today's Poor By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

        The 30th-anniversary revival of Sam Shepard's "Curse of the Starving Class," at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, is respectable but timid.

        [ TB ]  A Midsummer Night's Dream, Curse of the Starving Classes and Coco
        San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

        [ BS ]  Mill Fire - Reviewed by GWEN OREL

        Sally Nemeth's 1989 "Mill Fire," set in 1977 and '78, is a rare example of a play that raises issues about labor and justice without losing its humanity.

        [ ND ]  Review: 'Rafta, Rafta... ' BY LINDA WINER

        Now Elliott and The New Group have snared the American premiere of "Rafta, Rafta ...", recent winner of the Olivier Award for best comedy, and confirmed Khan-Din as a vital, valuable mainstream voice with new stories to tell.

        [ V ]  A Chorus Line
        Review By BOB BOWS

        The successful 2006 Broadway revival of the long-running "A Chorus Line" hit the road with loads of traction in a spirited Mile High City tour premiere.

        [ CU ]  Tinderbox

        Full of black wit, the play has a darkly playful attitude to a society in flux and is unafraid to plumb to grisly, cannibalistic depths.

        [ TNO ]  YES, YES, NANETTE by MATT WINDMAN

        No, No, Nanette has been almost perfectly revived as the last production of this season's Encores! series. Call it a heavenly amount of tap-happy jazz-age fun.

        News:

        [ P ]  Lemenager Will Be Chicago's Next Velma

        [ TM ]  Nancy Lemenager to Be Chicago's New Velma Beginning May 19

        [ B ]  Nancy Lemenager to Make Chicago Debut

        [ P ]  Turner Steps in for Lopez in Broadway's A Chorus Line Beginning May 13

        [ P ]  Contact's Hingston Steps Into Broadway's Curtains May 13-25

        [ P ]  Mason Will Be The Ultimate Jew for Two Extra Weeks Off-Broadway

        [ B ]  Stephen Rea to Star in Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse at the Public

        [ P ]  Oscar Nominee Rea to Star in Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse at the Public

        [ P ]  Blumberg and Maloney Join Coen's Almost an Evening; NYC Run Ends June 1

        [ B ]  Kate Blumberg and Peter Maloney Join Almost an Evening

        [ TM ]  Kate Blumberg and Peter Maloney to Join Almost an Evening

        [ B ]  Theatreworks USA Kicks Off Summer Program with Iconis Dirty Socks Musical

        [ P ]  Iconis Musical, Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, Will Play Off-Broadway in July

        [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Theatreworks USA's The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

        [ TM ]  Cavenaugh, Jackson, Michele, Rocca, Thomas, Thorell, et al. Set for Broadway Loves Country

        [ P ]  Blaemire, Cavenaugh, Michele, Thomas and Thorell Will Sing Country June 1

        [ NJ ]  Two River Theater's new season encompasses 9 shows by Peter Filichia

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Free Entertainment
        Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder

        [ TM ]  Dee, King, McDaniel, et al. to Participate in Coalition of Theatres of Color Town Meeting

        [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's Amadeus

        [ P ]  Debut Solo Recording from Xanadu's Butler Arrives in Stores May 13

        [ P ]  Amanpour, Pierce, Armbruster and Saxe Read Love Goes to Press May 19

        [ P ]  Faridany and Keller Cast in Four Women and a Waitress

        [ P ]  Colella, Yazbeck, Moore, Burgess and Wyatt Sing Bartley-Whitman Songs May 12

        [ P ]  Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen Bring "One Ounce of Truth" to Joe's Pub May 12

        [ P ]  EAT Announces Line-Up for Developmental Cabaret Series

        [ P ]  St. Ann's Warehouse Hosts Discussion with Macbeth Director May 12

        [ P ]  Bud Martin Is New Artistic Director at PA's Act II; Married Alive! Cast Announced

        [ P ]  Kushner, Neeson and Spielberg Plan Lincoln Film for 2009

        [ P ]  Blood Wedding Musical Among Shows in Goodman's Latino Festival This Summer

        [ P ]  Kander, Ebb & McNally's Visit Resurfaces in DC Area with Rivera and Hearn May 13

        [ P ]  Sans Turntable, Walnut Street Launches Les Miz, with Panaro and Schoeffler, May 13

        [ P ]  Artist's Crossing Benefit Concert, with Harada, Llana and Blazer, Presented May 13

        [ P ]  Davidson and Stanek Are Bialystock and Bloom in North Shore's Producers, Beginning May 13

        [ P ]  "Move On": Karen Akers Returns to the Algonquin May 13

        [ P ]  Ebersole and Stritch's "Sunday in New York" CD Arrives in Stores May 13

        [ P ]  Len, Asleep in Vinyl Kicks Off Second Stage's Uptown Series

        [ P ]  The Pavilion - with Middendorf, Laurence and Milligan - Begins Westport Run May 13

        [ P ]  Kurtz, DeLaria, LaChiusa, Kudisch and Rubin-Vega Perform 13P:Undone May 13

        [ P ]  Beauty and the Beast, with Daniels and Little, Begins San Jose Run May 13

        [ B ]  On the Town, Music in the Air and Finian's Rainbow Set for Encores!

        [ P ]  Pulitzer Finalist Rebeck Will Take Part in Free Discussion May 28

        [ P ]  Hanke, Foldesi, Reinders and Litzsinger Sing Lippa Songs May 12-13

        [ TM ]  Arima, Ensler, Montoya, Siguenza, et al. to Be Part of San Diego Rep's 2008-2009 Season" target="_blank" title="Theatermania">TM ]  

        [ P ]  Passing Strange Live Recording Will Debut on iTunes; Track List Announced

        [ B ]  Passing Strange Cast Album Hits iTunes May 27

        [ P ]  Encores! Season to Feature On the Town, Music in the Air and Finian's Rainbow

        [ TM ]  City Center Announces 2008-2009 Encores! Season

        [ P ]  LaPaglia to Star in Alda's Dear Albert June 1; Sullivan Directs

        [ TM ]  Anthony LaPaglia to Star in Alan Alda's Dear Albert

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