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Thursday, August 21, 2008

    [ B ]  EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Backstage at Tale's First Night with Aaron Lazar

    Reviews:

    [ TONY ]  Time Out New York's Fringe Binge

    Reviews of all 201 shows.

    [ TONY ]  New York International Fringe Festival

    Reviews of Krapp, 39, Tim Gunn's Podcast, Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire, Love Is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy and China-The Whole Enchilada.

    [ TONY ]  Désir
    Review by Helen Shaw

    For those with an insatiable appetite for the louche and loose-limbed, this intimately scaled circus-cum-follies spoons up a lip-smacking dessert.

    [ TONY ]  Elizabeth Rex
    Review by Aaron Riccio

    Director Joanne Zipay reminds us that all the world's a stage.

    News:

    [ TM ]  Full Cast Announced for Red Scare on Sunset

    [ TM ]  Last Tango in Paris at Paradise Factory Postponed

    [ P ]  Yellow Brick Road Not TakenWill Celebrate Wicked's Fifth Anniversary

    [ TM ]  The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken Benefit Set for October 27

    [ TM ]  Richard Thomas to Star in Kennedy Center's Blanche and Beyond

    [ P ]  Cerveris, de Haas and Woods to Sing Lyrics By W. Shakespeare Sept. 15

    [ TM ]  Cerveris, DeHaas, Pinsky, Woods Set for Lyrics by W. Shakespeare

    [ TM ]  Abraham, Cuskern, et al. Set for Pearl's The Oedipus Cycle

    [ P ]  Abraham, Cuskern, Edwards, Placer, Rolle and Heyward to Populate Oedipus Cycle Off-Broadway

    [ P ]  Stratford's 2009 Phèdre Is a Co-Pro With A.C.T.; McKenna Will Star

    [ P ]  13 to Offer $13 Tickets at Aug. 25 Box Office Opening

    [ P ]  NYC and Rodgers Family Will Renovate and Rename Bandshell in Composer's Childhood Park

    [ P ]  David Yazbek to Perform at Spiegelworld Sept. 15

    [ P ]  Radcliffe Will Chat About Equus Revival on Aug. 25 "Conan O'Brien"

    [ P ]  Concert of Broadway-Aimed Musical Pride & Prejudice Scheduled for Oct. 21

    [ P ]  Meisle, Steeves, Magrath and Kilgarriff Cast in Arizona Theatre Company's Enchanted April

    [ TM ]  Avery Brooks, Petronia Paley to Star in Oberlin's Death of a Salesman

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      • [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
      Some Drama Desk members blast proposed new bylaws

      [ B ]  Film Version of David Harrower's Blackbird on Tap

      [ P ]  Harrower's Blackbird to Spread Its Wings on Film

      [ TM ]  David Harrower's Blackbird to Become Feature Film

      [ B ]  Peter Maloney Replaces Brian Murray in To Be or Not to Be

      [ TM ]  Peter Maloney to Replace Brian Murray in MTC's To Be or Not to Be

      [ P ]  Brian Murray Exits Broadway's To Be or Not to Be; Maloney Steps In

      [ TM ]  Merle Dandridge to Join Broadway's Spamalot on September 2

      [ B ]  Merle Dandridge Will Be Spamalot's Next Lady of the Lake

      [ P ]  Dandridge Will Be Broadway's New Lady of the Lake in September

      [ P ]  Seagull Box Office to Open Aug. 25; Casting Now Complete

      [ TM ]  Full Casting Announced for Broadway's The Seagull

      [ P ]  Marguerite to Shutter Early; Girl With a Pearl Earring to Play Haymarket Next

      [ TM ]  Girl With a Pearl Earring to Play London's Haymarket

      [ P ]  "I'd Do Anything" Winner Prenger to Join Cast of London's Les Miz

      Features:

      [ P ]  ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Broadway on DVD

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Drew Hodges

      SpotCo, the New York City ad agency, shook up the Broadway ad business a little more than a decade ago with contemporary, eye-catching campaigns for Chicago and Rent.

      [ NJ ]  Former Bergen Teacher Starts Theater Company by Peter Filichia

      [ BS ]  Gliding Into Glinda

      Erin Mackey starts to make a 'Wicked' name for herself.

      [ P ]  New Song of the South

      Joe DiPietro's musical, Memphis, explores the racial tensions underneath the birth of rock 'n' roll.

      [ P ]  A Life in the Theatre: Tony Walton

      Meet A Tale of Two Cities scenic designer Tony Walton.

      [ TM ]  Video Feature: A Summer's Tale By: Brian Scott Lipton, Edward Highfield, and Jordan Neuren

      James Barbour, Aaron Lazar, Gregg Edelman, Brandi Burkhardt, and Natalie Toro preview the new Broadway musical A Tale of Two Cities.

      [ YN ]  Actor Richard Griffiths horses around on Broadway By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP: Daniel Radcliffe Chats About Equus at Times Talks

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: ...Spelling Bee at North Shore

      FringeNYC:

      [ NYP ]  WOMEN, SEX & OEDIPUS WRECK By FRANK SCHECK (**)

      ROMANCE novels and Greek tragedies get Fringe Festival spins in "The Boy in the Basement" and "Too Much Trouble," respectively. But while these takeoffs may intrigue aficionados, neither stands on its own as a fully satisfying work.

      [ BS ]  Nightlight Jesus - Reviewed by RONNI REICH

      Arms and legs flailing, spoken-word artist Rich Ferguson gives a fervent but clichéd account of his love for Los Angeles.

      Other Reviews:

      [ MA ]  Gay Anthems By Marianne Messina

      Theatre Q's revue 'My Strange Nation' looks at America through a gay prism

      [ B ]  ETCETERA: Did John Simon Give Hamlet 2 a Standing Ovation?

      [ V ]  In Conflict
      Review By MARK FISHER

      The verbatim theater staging is absorbing and humane, performed with a confidence beyond the actors' years, but it lacks the dramatic power that made "Black Watch" a revelation.

      [ NYT ]  That Southern Belle of Detroit Is a Woman of Mystery By NEIL GENZLINGER

      The melodrama is high, and so is the cliché count in "Noon Day Sun," an exploration of racial identity and related themes that is as seductive as a soap opera.

      [ NYT ]  The Triumph and Pain of a Hollywood Trailblazer By Rachel Saltz

      "Hattie ... What I Need You to Know" attempts to tackle what it meant that the first African-American to win an Academy Award did so playing a loyal slave.

      [ ND ]  'Over the River and Through ...' BY STEVE PARKS

      As directed by Pat Zaback, known to Long Island theater patrons as co-founder of BroadHollow Theatre Company, Piscopo anchors this slight-to-middling Sunday-dinner saga with a convincing mix of connection and disconnect.

      [ CU ]  Piaf

      In Pam Gems' play Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse, Elena Roger again makes a part her own.

      [ LAT ]  Book reviews: 'Sherlock Holmes on the Stage'; 'Blood on the Stage' By Leslie S. Klinger

      Cabaret Reviews:

      [ BS ]  Stephanie Nakasian and Hod O'Brien - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      Nakasian will sing a standard or two or three in the course of a set, but she wants to shake them up and takes pleasure splicing the evergreens with rarely done gems.

      [ BS ]  Andrea McArdle: You Don't Know Me - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      If you thought Andrea McArdle had a great voice when she unleashed it on the Martin Charnin-Charles Strouse "Tomorrow" in "Annie," you need to hear her today.

      [ BS ]  MetroStar Talent Challenge (Finals) - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      Ladies and gentlemen, this reviewer's winner is Nesha Ward, though she didn't prevail with the judges.

      [ BS ]  Karen Oberlin and Miles Phillips: The Pleasure of Your Company - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      The most intelligent and sophisticated reinterpretation of a song so far this cabaret year arrives in the middle of this tandem show that longtime mutual-admiration-society members Karen Oberlin and Miles Phillips have souffléd up at the Metropolitan Room.

      News:

      [ P ]  Ontario Court Says Key Brand Can Sell Toronto Theatres to Mirvish Productions

      [ TM ]  George Dvorsky Joins Cast of Signature's Ace

      [ P ]  Avery Brooks to Play Willy Loman in New Interpretation of Death of a Salesman

      [ P ]  Sweeney's Felciano to Star in A.C.T.'s Rock 'n' Roll

      [ TM ]  Manoel Felciano to Star in A.C.T.'s Rock 'n' Roll

      [ P ]  Bohmer, Burrell, Walton, Dale and More Cast in North Shore's Show Boat

      [ TM ]  Bohmer, Burrell, Hansen, Walton, Wilkins, et al. Set for North Shore's Show Boat

      [ TM ]  Kathryn Meisle to Star in Arizona Theatre Company's Enchanted April

      [ TM ]  Chad Allen to Appear on General Hospital: Night Shift

      [ P ]  LaChiusa, LaBute, Cariani, Dudzick and Shanley Works to be Part of Stamford's 2008-2009 Season

      [ P ]  Jones, Cassidy, Mazzie and Danieley Will Sing Rodgers and Hammerstein Sept. 6-7

      [ P ]  Moriber, Morrison, Hammel and O'Creagh Will Take The Road to Ruin for NYMF

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Menzel to Headline 2008 Broadway Ball, Emerald Extravaganza

      [ P ]  Gartshore Joins Signature's Lost Songs Cabaret Sept. 3-6

      [ P ]  PS Classics to Release "Stage Door Johnny," a CD by Broadway Music Veteran John Miller

      [ P ]  NYTB Returns with Let's Make a Night of It and Love Killer at the Duplex Aug. 25

      [ TM ]  Dresses Featured on Project Runway to Be Auctioned for BC/EFA

      [ HC ]  2008 Theater Guide: Bard, 'Boys' Highlight Fall Season By FRANK RIZZO

      [ P ]  TUTS Announces Les Misérables and Geppetto for 2008-2009

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 21

      [ P ]  [title of show] Gals Head to the Chatterbox Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Ebersole Guests on Callaway's "Singer's Spotlight" Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Toronto Engagement of Jersey Boys Begins Performances Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Punishing Blow, Penned by "Ethicist" Writer Cohen, Makes World Premiere Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Brian Stokes Mitchell Plays Radio City Music Hall Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Uggams Stars in Signature's First Breeze Revival, Opening Aug. 21

      [ P ]  Intimate Exchanges Opens at A.C.T. Aug. 21

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Theater Changes for Mamet Plays
      Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

      [ B ]  Must-See Drama! Tickets Now On Sale for All My Sons Featuring B'way Debut of Katie Holmes

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