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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

    [ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Bashoff, Bowen and Lopez

    [ B ]  FIRST PERSON: Cirque Creator Neil Goldberg Shares His Jungle Fantasy

    [ AAN ]  Charm, humor, pathos: Daniels' new play has it all BY SUSAN ISAACS NISBETT

    Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

    News:

    [ P ]  Josh Hartnett to Make West End Debut in Rain Man

    [ TM ]  Josh Hartnett to Star in West End Rain Man

    [ B ]  Josh Hartnett and Adam Godley to Headline Rain Man in London

    [ P ]  Palace of the End, Drowsy Chaperone, Arthouse Cabaret Are 2008 Dora Winners in Toronto

    [ TM ]  Judith Thompson, Fire, et al. Win Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Awards

    [ B ]  Tony Winner Andy Blankenbuehler to Guest on TV's So You Think You Can Dance

    [ P ]  First Performance of Zorro-The Musical Delayed in London

    [ P ]  Mamma Mia! Star Anderson to Join Avenue Q July 8

    [ TM ]  Carey Anderson to Join Cast of Avenue Q July 8

    [ B ]  Carey Anderson Headed for Broadway's Avenue Q

    [ P ]  Fantasticks Cast to Offer Free Concert in Union Square July 10

    [ P ]  Long Wharf Will Present Double Bill of Fugard's Valley Song and Victory

    [ TM ]  Long Wharf Revises 2008-2009 Season

    [ TM ]  Phantom of the Opera to Hit 8500 Performances on July 3

    [ TM ]  Arcade, Bond, Harry, McKay, Pendleton, et al. to Honor Malina in Revolutionary Acts

    [ TM ]  Fellner, Marshall, Read, et al. Set for Powerhouse's notes to MariAnne

    [ P ]  Surviving Sex Will Get World Premiere in Falcon's All-Comedy Season in Burbank

    [ P ]  Isaac and LaPaglia Set for Australian "Balibo" Film

    [ P ]  Ain't Extends: "Honeysuckle Rose" to Bloom an Extra Week at Goodman

    [ P ]  Smile, Baby: World Premiere Pageant Play Begins Berkshire Festival Run July 1

    [ P ]  R&H Acquires [title of show] Stock and Amateur Rights; Sheet Music to Be Published

    [ P ]  Gypsy Cast Recording Sets August Release Date

    [ P ]  LuPone and Patinkin Will Bring An Evening to Tucson, Cleveland, More in 2009

    [ P ]  Little Will Tour in 50 Ways Before Arriving in London

    [ P ]  Warsaw Ghetto-Set Imagine This to Open in London's West End in the Fall

    [ P ]  Parks, Ray Charles Live! and Color Purple Among NAACP Theatre Award Winners

    [ P ]  Little House on the Prairie Musical Breaks Guthrie Box Office Record

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 4:37 PM | Item Link


      • [ P ]  Seagull, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard, to Play the Kerr

      [ B ]  Kristin Scott Thomas & Peter Sarsgaard to Headline The Seagull on Broadway

      [ TM ]  Kazan, Sarsgaard, Thomas, et al. Set for Broadway's The Seagull

      [ B ]  Craig Bierko, Jan Maxwell to Head MTC's Broadway Cast of To Be or Not to Be

      [ P ]  Bierko and Maxwell Will Be Show Folk in Hitler's Shadow in To Be Or Not To Be

      [ TM ]  Bierko, Kazee, Maxwell, Nielsen, Sisto, et al. Set for Broadway's To Be Or Not to Be

      [ P ]  Broadway's Tale of Two Cities Will Star Barbour, Lazar, Toro, Edelman, Burkhardt

      [ TM ]  Barbour, Burkhardt, Edelman, Lazar, et al. Set for Broadway's A Tale of Two Cities

      [ B ]  Barbour, Lazar, Burkhardt & Edelman Among Complete Cast of A Tale of Two Cities

      [ LAT ]  NAACP THEATRE AWARDS By Greg Braxton

      'Ray Charles Live! A New Musical,' 'The Color Purple' and 'Jitney' are big winners

      Features:

      [ HC ]  Hello, WALL•E, Sings Jerry Herman, Who Loves Use of His 44-Year-Old Songs in the Movie By FRANK RIZZO

      [ LAT ]  Festival of New American Musicals By Diane Haithman

      With the inclusion of some already staged productions, some quibble with organizers' definition of 'new.'

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Victoria Clark

      [ USA ]  Wicked good singer Menzel goes on tour By Donna Freydkin

      [ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton

      Daniel Davis finds that it's good to be the King; Charles Strouse faces his past; and Julie Hagerty says Boo to Christopher Durang.

      [ P ]  Harris Burdick Sings

      William Finn and Barrington Stage's musicals lab nurture The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

      [ LAT ]  Shakespeare in the sun By David Ng

      It may be a rite of summer, but Shakespeare still has a few surprises.

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Chris Rock and Audra McDonald Make Hairspray a Family Affair

      [ NYP ]  GIVING IT THEIR FEST SHOT By FRANK SCHECK

      SUN-struck already? Well, you can either increase the SPF in your sunscreen or duck indoors with SPF, a k a the Summer Play Festival.

      [ SUN ]  Lincoln Center Festival Lights Up By TOM TEODORCZUK

      "Mamma Mia!" (Thanks to American Theater Web for the following articles):

      [ TIMES ]  How Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer cracked Hollywood by Hilary Rose

      First, producer Judy Craymer turned the songs of Abba into the world's biggest musical, Mamma Mia!. Now she's cracked Hollywood

      [ TIMES ]  Abba film's stars sound tactful note on singing with Mamma Mia! by Will Pavia

      [ TIMES ]  Mamma Mia review: I hate to make a song and dance but thank you by Hugo Rifkind

      Other Reviews:

      [ NYT ]  On London Stages, the Devil in Love's Deep Blue Sea By BEN BRANTLEY

      When lovers meet on London's stages this summer, the odds are it's not violins they're hearing. It's alarm bells.

      [ NYT ]  London Theater Journal: Two Generations of Travails for Britain's Wayward Youth By Ben Brantley

      [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat Blog
      Spoleto Italy: French Plays, Old and New, in Festival's First Weekend By DANIEL J. WAKIN

      The Spoleto festival's first weekend had a heavy dose of theater, with a Gallic complexion to it.

      [ BS ]  A Midsummer Night's Dream - Reviewed by RONNI REICH

      Dog Run Rep has done its best to make Shakespeare Accessible and Relevant.

      [ BS ]  Make It So - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

      You can go home again -- you just probably shouldn't. And there was never a better reason to leave and not return than Southern matriarch Bertha in "Make It So."

      [ BS ]  Fem'∙i∙nä∙zi - Reviewed by NICOLE VILLENEUVE

      In her self-written one-woman show, Suzanne Willett attempts to break down this definition but ends up propagating other damaging labels.

      [ BS ]  Karen Oberlin: The Wizard of Words: The Wit and Wisdom of Yip Harburg - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      Concentrating on the lyrics of E.Y. Harburg, Karen Oberlin encountered two obstacles -- one of her own devising and one inevitable.

      [ BS ]  The Bobs - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      The song titles alone give a good idea of what the Bobs - formed in 1981 as an a cappella quartet - are going to be like.

      [ TM ]  Washing Machine
      Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

      This unevenly performed solo show about a tragic laundromat accident contains striking imagery.

      [ JN ]  Penguin Rep spins a summer stage mystery By Peter D. Kramer

      If theater is meant to spark conversation, its mission is accomplished with Penguin Rep's latest production, Joel Drake Johnson's "The Fall to Earth."

      [ NYP ]  SOMEWHAT THREADY 'STITCHING' By FRANK SCHECK (** 1/2)

      [ TNO ]  GIBBERISH ON DISPLAY by SANDY MACDONALD

      In her latest outing for the Women's Expressive Theatre, playwright Brooke Berman trots out some tired types.

      [ AMNY ]  Mario Lopez Joins 'A Chorus Line' By Matt Windman (*** 1/2)

      [ WP ]  The Circle Is Unbroken: 'Lion King' Still Roars By Peter Marks

      It took "The Lion King" only 3,879 days to get to Washington, but who was counting?

      [ R ]  Provocative "Candide" hits London, divides critics

      News:

      [ V ]  Actor Henry Beckman dies at 86

      Appeared in hundreds of TV shows

      [ IBDB ]  Henry Beckman's Broadway Credits

      [ NJ ]  Arts budget cuts add up to a $3M victory by Peggy McGone

      [ V ]  'Little House' breaks bank

      Musical sets box office records

      [ TM ]  Criswell, Evans, Friedman, White, et al. Set for Cadogan Hall Concerts

      [ P ]  Anderson, Spiedel, Bell and More to Join Davidson in Surflight's Chicago

      [ P ]  Hopper, Cromer, McDonough to Direct Huff, Wells and Gubbins for Steppenwolf First Look

      [ P ]  Atlanta's Horizon Theatre to Stage World Premiere of Hallelujah Street Blues

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: JULY 1

      [ P ]  A Sonny Day: Holbrook Returns to Broadway's Xanadu July 1

      [ P ]  Summer Play Festival Kicks Off at the Public Theater July 1

      [ P ]  Bogosian's 1+1, Directed by Brokaw, Begins Powerhouse Run July 1

      [ P ]  Potomac Theatre Project Opens 22nd Season with Crave and Somewhere in the Pacific July 1

      [ B ]  Broadway Grosses: Numbers Still Up; Sunday and Curtains Depart

      [ V ]  Broadway continues to climb

      Most productions log gains

      [ TM ]  Brown, Cobb, Lazenga to Star in Dirty Dancing

      [ TM ]  Sir Ian McKellen to Star in Prisoner Miniseries

      [ NYT ]  Script Concerns Close 'Ragtime' Production
      Compiled by FELICIA R. LEE

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
      Compiled by FELICIA R. LEE

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:11 AM | Item Link


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