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Saturday, October 11, 2008

    Features:

    [ ND ]  Linda Winer | Critical Mass
    Trouble waiting in the wings on Broadway?

    Ticket sales are up for now, but current economic crisis could be cue for tough times ahead

    [ BS ]  Financial Crisis Affects Theatre, Too by Daniel Lehman

    [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
    A supply-and-demand approach to the arts?

    Should struggling arts groups sacrifice themselves for the greater good?

    [ P ]  How Now, Dow Jones?

    As the stock market continues to make headlines, Playbill.com revisits the 1967 musical comedy How Now, Dow Jones and its original star, Tony Roberts.

    [ V ]  Movies adapt to Broadway playbook

    'Doubt,' 'Frost/Nixon' take bigscreen test

    [ V ]  Offbeat director fathers 'All My Sons'

    Simon McBurney experiments with classic

    [ NYT ]  Frightener of Tots, Enemy of Mediocrity By ROBERT SIMONSON

    Though statuesque and blond, the actress Jan Maxwell, by her own account, has never "played the ingénue."

    [ NYT ]  Slide Show
    Stage Scenes: Jan Maxwell

    [ NYT ]  His Irish Eyes Are Shining on America Now By CELIA McGEE

    The playwright Ronan Noone has moved to American subjects after the series of Irish ensemble plays that kicked off his career.

    [ NYT ]  Multimedia: My New York

    Notable locals, including the actors Brian D'Arcy James and Tamara Tunie, share their favorite fall activities.

    [ NYT ]  My New York By STEVEN McELROY

    A sampling of what some notable New Yorkers, both those who live here and those who consider the city their spiritual home, are looking forward to this fall.

    [ NYP ]  TEEN TALK By NATHAN BURSTEIN
    REAL KIDS COMPARE '13' TO REAL LIFE

    [ NYP ]  CLASSICS FOR KIDS, VIA BERNSTEIN By BARBARA HOFFMAN

    [ V ]  'Taking Over' takes on gentrification

    Hoch's solo show set for Off Broadway

    [ JN ]  Actors at the Pulse Performing Arts Studio's Infinity Rep company took on a personal project last weekend: Performing the poetry of hospitalized children. By Peter D. Kramer

    [ LAT ]  BACKSTAGE
    Criss Angel believes that you will too By Chris Lee

    The enigmatic, temperamental illusionist realizes a longtime dream with 'Believe,' his show with Cirque du Soleil at Las Vegas' Luxor.

    [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : On the Scene: Meet the Cons! American Buffalo Stars Talk the Talk

    [ BG ]  Wide awake for his big break By Nick A. Zaino III

    Comic Mike Birbiglia takes a chance with 'Sleepwalk'

    [ BG ]  He's laughing all the way to the Oval Office By Terry Byrne

    Richard Snee stars as Charles H.P. Smith, a president scrambling to get reelected, in "November" at the Lyric Stage Company.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway League Presents Vision for Arts in Education Award

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Scarlett Strallen and Adam Fiorentino are Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect New Stars

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Mitzi Gaynor, Hollywood's Nellie Forbush, Visits South Pacific on Broadway

    [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Celebumom Lynne Spears Turns 13 All Over Again

    [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
    Oscars predix: 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Benjamin Button' and 'Milk' lead the best-picture derby

    [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
    Kate Winslet and Philip Seymour Hoffman: Lead or supporting?

    [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
    No, Andrew Lloyd Webber is not a grand-slam winnah

    [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
    New Oscar rules announced for songs and music scores

    News:

    [ V ]  14-show slate totals up 2.5%

    Road Grosses

    [ P ]  Hamlisch, Lane, Birch, Tunick and Azenberg Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees

    [ TM ]  Day, Jaeck, Milligan, Pellletier to Join Broadway's August: Osage County

    [ P ]  Off-Broadway Run of Kane's Blasted Extended at Soho Rep

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnote
    Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

    [ TM ]  Banderas, Fierstein, Jonas, Menzel, Miranda, Peters, et al. Set for Carols For A Cure, Vol. 10

    [ TM ]  BAM Sets Dates for Bridge Project Stagings of Cherry Orchard and Winter's Tale

    [ NYT ]  Opening Dates for Bridge Project
    Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

    [ P ]  Lonny Price to Stage U.S. Premiere of Gates of Gold, About Irish Theatre Founders

    [ TM ]  Lonny Price to Direct New Frank McGuinness Play Gates of Gold

    [ P ]  Flores, Iacono, McGill, Naughton, Perez and More Cast in "Fame" Remake

    [ B ]  A Chorus Line's McGill and Hairspray's Naughton Set for Fame Remake

    [ P ]  Peacock, Morton, Boll and More Will Join Hanks in Paper Mill's High School Musical

    [ TM ]  Boll, English, Morton, Peacock, et al. to Join Hanks in Paper Mill's High School Musical

    [ TM ]  Cox, Innvar, Soule, et al. Set for Shakespeare Theatre Company's Twelfth Night

    [ P ]  Cox, Innvar, Robinette, King, Soule Will Celebrate Twelfth Night in DC and NJ

    [ P ]  Wicked's Galde and Poppins' McCourt to Star in Planet Hollywood's Planet Broadway

    [ TM ]  Anthony Galde and Sean McCourt Set for Planet Broadway

    [ P ]  Chanler-Berat, Damiano, Hobson, Tveit Will Join Ripley and Spencer in Arena's Next to Normal

    [ TM ]  Full Cast Announced for Arena Stage's Next to Normal

    [ P ]  No Entrance, a New Play About Choices, Gets Off-Off-Broadway Bow Oct. 16

    [ P ]  Jonas' Capture Now Begins Off-Broadway Run Oct. 10

    [ P ]  13 to Offer Special Actors Fund Performance Nov. 3

    [ P ]  "Howard Sings Ashman" CDs Will Feature Demos From Smile, Babe, Mermaid and More

    [ TM ]  Crudup, Cumming, Falco, Hoffman, Meloni, Schwimmer, et al. Set for LAB's Celebrity Charades

    [ TM ]  Full Cast Set for Tovarich at Musicals Tonight

    [ TM ]  Barrington Stage to Present Carousel and Streetcar in 2009 Season

    [ TM ]  Ackerman, Mayes, Wintersteller, et al. to Join Maltby & Shire at Kaufman Center

    [ TM ]  Criss Angel's Believe to Hold Gala World Premiere on Halloween in Las Vegas

    [ TM ]  Deborah Voigt to Perform Holiday Concert at Carnegie Hall

    [ P ]  Lone Replaces Goldyn in North Shore's 42nd Street

    [ NJ ]  M. John Richard of NJPAC takes post in Miami by Peggy McGlone

    [ CT ]  Next hires a new artistic director by Chris Jones

    [ P ]  Noises Off Opens andGlengarry Previews, Both Oct. 10, at Denver Center

    [ P ]  Courting Vampires and God Save Gertrude Will Premiere in Pasadena in 2009

    [ P ]  St. Malachy's to Honor Phil Smith and Lorne Michaels Oct. 27; Maye to Perform

    [ P ]  After Party Welcomes Hall, Kritzer, Thomas and More Oct. 10

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 4-10: A Look Back

    [ P ]  Birdland to Present John Bucchino in Concert Nov. 3

    [ P ]  "Theater Talk" Offers Broadway Season Preview Oct. 10

    [ P ]  "A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein," with Christine Ebersole, to Air on PBS

    [ P ]  Waddingham, Lipman, Hanson, Buckley and More Cast in London Night Music Revival

    [ P ]  Broadway-Aimed Musical Story of My Life, With Gets and Chase, Makes U.S. Premiere in CT

    [ P ]  DiPietro & Bryan's Toxic Avenger Rock Musical Opens at George Street

    [ P ]  American Buffalo Box Office Opens for Business Oct. 10

    [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: OCTOBER 11

    [ P ]  Wilson's Radio Golf Tees Off at TheatreWorks Oct. 11

    [ P ]  New York Hip-Hop Theatre Festival Concludes Oct. 11

    [ P ]  Darragh, Henderson, Hooker, Ross and Walker Open Spin Off-Broadway Oct. 11

    [ P ]  Guthrie's Caretaker, with Epp, Cartmell and Nelson, Begins Performances Oct. 11

    [ P ]  The Joe Traina Dectet to Play Iridium Jazz Club in December

    [ P ]  Shahinian, Parker, Heikes and Felder Aim for Magnetic North's Philly-Area Premiere

    [ P ]  Xanadu's Jackson Will Be Part of On Broadway! Benefit

    [ P ]  McSweeny to Direct Centerstage's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Casting Announced

    [ P ]  Dance Numbers from Musicals You've Not (Yet) Heard Of to Play the Beechman

    [ P ]  Fox Animated Series to Come to Carnegie Hall in Family Guy Sings!

    [ TM ]  Family Guy Stars to Perform at Carnegie Hall in November

    [ LAT ]  Irene Dailey dies at 88; 'Another World' actress also shone on the stage By Mary Rourke

    [ NYT ]  Eileen Herlie, Actress of TV and Stage, Dies at 90 By DENNIS HEVESI

    [ NYT ]  Corrections

    Reviews:

    [ NYT ]  For a Solitary Soul, Memories Are Raucous Company By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

    "Chekhov Lizardbrain," at the Ohio Theater through Oct. 19, is a peculiar, hypnotic and unexpectedly moving new show from Philadelphia's venturesome Pig Iron Theater Company.

    [ LAT ]  'The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928)' at REDCAT By Charles McNulty

    The author's 'The Sound and the Fury' isn't stage-friendly, but this troupe has moxie.

    [ CT ]  'Million Dollar Quartet' as raw and rocking a musical as you're likely to see by Greg Kot

    [ CU ]  Blasted

    Have a drink to brace yourself before seeing Kane's play, but see it.

    [ TB ]  Yasmina Reza's Popular Art Provides Thought Provoking Fun by Bob Rendell

    [ NYT ]  An 'Art' That Engages, but Doesn't Mesmerize By ANITA GATES

    Two River Theater's entertaining new production of "Art" is slightly short of scintillating.

    [ NYT ]  A Flower Shop Romance That Goes for the Gore By AILEEN JACOBSON

    The production of the beloved 1982 musical "Little Shop of Horrors" at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is often excessively cartoonish.

    [ TNO ]  CALM BEFORE THE STORM by BILL STEVENSON

    This revival of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons is above all, a showcase for the majestic theatrical talents of Frank Langella. His command of the stage is awe-inspiring.

    [ WP ]  'Altar Boyz': Psalm Enchanted Evening By Nelson Pressley

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