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Friday, November 14, 2008

    [ AE ]  Go, Billy Elliot!, by Michael Portantiere

    Billy Elliot has opened on Broadway, and you should do a grand jeté to the Imperial Theater; Roundabout scores with a revival of David Rabe's Streamers.

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      • [ STARS ]  Billy Elliot Pirouettes into a Hit; King David; Broadway Unplugged, Character Actor as Character; Encores! Returns; More by Ellis Nassour

      [ TM ]  The Billy Club By: Joseph Marzullo; Text by Brian Scott Lipton

      Anthony Edwards, Ron Howard, Autumn Hurlbert, Mark Indelicato, Rosie O'Donnell, Lynn Redgrave, Natasha Richardson, Kevin Spacey, John Stamos, Ben Stiller, and Rachel Weisz join Elton John and company for the Broadway opening of Billy Elliot.

      [ TB ]  SOUND ADVICE: Seems Like Old Friends/ Old Times/ Old Songs by Rob Lester

      News:

      [ P ]  Baker, Creel, Conlee, Kind, Holmes, Murphy and More Set for Nov. 20 Night Job

      [ P ]  Marshal Will Join Harman and McAvoy for London's Three Days of Rain

      [ P ]  "Broadway By the Year" to Salute 1927, 1931, 1944 and 1970 in 2009

      [ P ]  Blickenstaff, Cavenaugh, Jones, Keenan-Bolger and More Will Sing The Bard Nov. 17

      [ P ]  Jennifer Holliday and Piper Laurie Will Join San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus for Dec. 1 Holiday Concert

      [ P ]  Castle, Collins, Golden, Kemp, Tepper and Wilner Set for Bookends Reading

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        • [ TM ]  Broadway's Gypsy to Close on March 1

        [ P ]  LuPone Gypsy to End Broadway Run in March 2009

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: 'Gypsy' Revival With Lupone to Close
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ AP ]  Met Opera to cut 'Ghosts' By RONALD BLUM

        Cutting costs in the wake of the economic downturn, the Met is dropping next season's highly anticipated revival of John Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles" that was to feature the company debut of Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth.

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Metropolitan Opera Still Looking for Savings By DANIEL J. WAKIN; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ TVW ]  Death Stalks ABC's 'Pushing Daisies' By Josef Adalian

        According to industry sources familiar with the situation, ABC has decided not to produce any more episodes of the critically beloved show this season. Word of the show's apparent death began spreading around Hollywood Thursday morning, though an ABC spokeswoman insisted no decision has been made on the show's fate.

        [ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chatting with White Christmas' Kerry O'Malley Plus Fraser and Testa's Together Again

        [ P ]  The Curving Path to Road Show

        Stephen Sondheim talks about his fascination with two American dreamers and how it led him and collaborator John Weidman down the long road to Road Show.

        [ ND ]  Gift ideas for theatergoers on your list
        Linda Winer | Critical Mass

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: The Trial of Billy Elliot

        [ NJ ]  From the sky to the sea

        Schramm stars in 'The Seafarer' after 'Wings'

        [ NJ ]  Two River Theater names managing director

        "Billy Elliot" - Features:

        [ NYP ]  DOLLAR 'BILLY' LEAPS TO MINE By MICHAEL RIEDEL
        B'WAY SUCCESS BEGAN IN THE BATH

        [ CT ]  Could Billy be the next to defy gravity?

        The producers of "Billy Elliot" are currently in negotiation to bring the musical to Chicago. Here's why the show could be the next "Wicked."

        [ NYT ]  Audio Slide Show: Billy on Broadway

        Stephen Daldry talks about directing the musical "Billy Elliot."

        [ NPR ]  'Billy Elliot' Makes The Leap To Broadway by Jeff Lunden

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
        PARALLEL SONS

        [ AP ]  Elton John celebrates 'Billy Elliot' on Broadway By ERIN CARLSON

        [ FOX ]  FOX411 By Roger Friedman
        Elton John Taps Out Broadway Smash

        [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
        'Billy Elliot' - Early front-runner at next year's Tonys

        "Billy Elliot" - Reviews:

        [ NYT ]  In Hard Times, Born to Pirouette By BEN BRANTLEY

        Much of the power of "Billy Elliot" as an honest tear-jerker lies in its ability to give equal weight to the sweet dreams of terpsichorean flight and the sourness of a dream-denying reality.

        [ ND ]  Review: 'Billy Elliot' BY LINDA WINER

        Broadway's long, dark, dry spell of big, smart, smash musicals is officially over. "Billy Elliot," the 2005 London adaptation of the 2000 movie, finally arrived in a production as seriously thrilling as it is deeply lovable.

        [ BN ]  'Billy Elliot,' Coal Miner's Son, Leaps to Heights: John Simon

        "Billy Elliot" -- London's long-running hit with Elton John's music, finally replicated on Broadway -- really does have something for everyone, and that something is, gloriously, art.

        [ BS ]  Billy Elliot: The Musical - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

        What could easily have become a feel-good treacle fest - particularly with Elton John composing the music - turns out to be one of the smartest and most satisfying Broadway musicals in years.

        [ TIME ]  Billy Elliot: London's Hit Musical Scores on Broadway By Richard Zoglin

        Billy Elliot does almost everything a musical should do, and more. It's a diplomatic triumph.

        [ DN ]  Fabulous film may be even better in musical stage production by Joe Dziemianowicz

        [ NYP ]  ELTON'S TINY-DANCER SHOW RAISES THE BARRE By BARBARA HOFFMAN (****)

        [ AMNY ]  Review of Billy Elliot: The Musical by Matt Windman (4 out of 4 Stars)

        [ CT ]  An unbridled 'Billy Elliot' springs itself on Broadway by Chris Jones (*** 1/2)

        [ USA ]  'Billy Elliot' musical taps into the hope and energy of youth By Elysa Gardner (*** out of four)

        [ EW ]  Review: Billy Elliot By Thom Geier (B+)

        [ TM ]  Billy Elliot: The Musical
        Reviewed by: David Finkle

        The Elton John-Lee Hall musical adaptation of the hit film about an English boy who decides to become a ballet dancer is gangbuster entertainment.

        [ V ]  Billy Elliot: The Musical
        Review By DAVID ROONEY

        Who would have guessed that a musical in which conservative economic policies deal a death blow to the working class could be such an uplifting experience?

        [ YN ]  A warmhearted 'Billy Elliot' dances to Broadway By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

        It's not often that a musical comes along that is as ambitious as it is emotional - and then succeeds on both counts.

        [ BR ]  Billy Elliot' is great fun, choreographed not to end BY ROBERT FELDBERG

        It pumps fresh life into the crowd-pleasing, old-fashioned, traditional musical.

        [ JN ]  'Billy Elliot' is the Broadway season's first big musical hit By Jacques le Sourd

        "Billy Elliot," the heavenly musical that opened last night at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, arrives with exquisite timing.

        [ HC ]  Smashing 'Billy Elliot' Shows The Theatrical Powers Of Stephen Daldry By MALCOLM JOHNSON

        [ INQ ]  'Rocky' in toe shoes By Howard Shapiro

        Broadway's 'Billy Elliot' has all the right moves.

        [ LAT ]  Broadway staging overwhelms 'Billy Elliot: The Musical' By CHARLES McNULTY

        A smash in London ever since its West End premiere in 2005, "Billy Elliot" arrives at the Imperial Theatre with its parts intact but its spirit plasticized and pasted with glitter.

        [ TB ]  Billy Elliot: The Musical
        Review by Matthew Murray

        A hit in London, where it opened three years ago and continues to run, this show is comparatively lean pickings for Americans raised on dynamism-defining dance titles like On the Town, West Side Story, and A Chorus Line. Unlike those shows, but like its title character, Billy Elliot struggles mightily to unearth its musical soul.

        [ WSJ ]  Karl Marx in a Tutu By TERRY TEACHOUT

        I've seen my share of bad Broadway musicals, but I can't recall one that was quite so vulgar and bogus as "Billy Elliot."

        Plus "High School Musical."

        More Features:

        [ CST ]  From 'CSI' to Steppenwolf, William Petersen's journey BY HEDY WEISS

        [ CST ]  Life's not a beach for in-demand Morton By Carolyn See

        [ CST ]  Kalember psyched for comedic 'Dinner' role BY HEDY WEISS

        [ USA ]  'American Buffalo' stars feast on diversity By Elysa Gardner

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
        LIZA TAKES PAGE FROM HER OWN LIFE

        [ CT ]  Can't just drop in on a 6-hour show By Chris Jones

        If you want to see "Gatz," the Elevator Repair Service show based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and coming to Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art for three performances next weekend, start carving out a big chunk out of your schedule.

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

        IF John McCain had won the election, Alan Cumming wouldn't be an American.

        More Reviews:

        [ NYT ]  Sex Without the Shame, but Not Without the Consequences By RACHEL SALTZ

        "Sexual Neuroses," an Electric Pear production directed by Kristjan Thor, is a serious, thematically layered work that should be more interesting than it is.

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Theater review: 'The Blue Dragon' at UCLA Live by Charlotte Stoudt

        [ V ]  The Blue Dragon
        Review By BOB VERINI

        Personal appearances by true theatrical visionaries are rare enough that attention must be paid, even when the work at hand is less than their seamless best.

        [ BN ]  Hare Satirizes Sleaze, Czar Boris Intrigues: London Theater By Warwick Thompson

        [ BN ]  Gloomy Gorilla, Fruity Hats Add Spice to Vienna Theater Scene
        Review by Larry L. Lash

        [ NYT ]  Rollicking One-Man Show About More Than It's About By NEIL GENZLINGER

        Mike Birbiglia's pacing is simply perfect in "Sleepwalk With Me," his funny, appealing one-man show at the Bleecker Street Theater.

        [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Theater review: 'Joy Luck Club' at East West Players by F. Kathleen Foley

        [ INQ ]  'Hairspray' at the Walnut: You can't stop the beat By Toby Zinman

        [ TNO ]  HEARING IS BELIEVING by MATT WINDMAN

        Absurd comedy and melancholy are center stage in What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling.

        [ CU ]  Saturn Returns

        Noah Haidle's brief, wistful and melancholy brings an astrological aspect into play.

        [ BS ]  Andrea Marcovicci Sings Movies II - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

        The has-no-bad-angles Marcovicci is singing better and better these days. In her latest show, she rises to her usual level and beyond it.

        [ NYT ]  Songs of Speculation, Found in Unlikely Places By STEPHEN HOLDEN

        When belting in the expansive chest voice that dominated Wednesday's show at the Metropolitan Room, Baby Jane Dexter exerted a formidable command.

        [ NYT ]  Dancing Santas and Other Traditions of the Season By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER

        Never content to rest on its laurels, this year's splendid "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" builds on last year's reimagined and reinvigorated 75th-anniversary model.

        [ WSJ ]  The Showman Who Started It All

        In "Ziegfield," the fabled history of famous theatrical producer Florenz Ziegfield is made fresh again.

        News:

        [ V ]  Eastwood, Spielberg talking thriller

        DreamWorks holds onto Morgan's 'Hereafter'

        [ WSJ ]  Ticketmaster Drops Fee in an Experiment

        Ticketmaster said that it has started experimenting with the sale of concert tickets without the addition of so-called convenience charges.

        [ V ]  WFTV UK to honor Julie Walters

        Awards to take place on Dec. 5 in London

        [ P ]  Pawk, Groff, Clark, Sudduth, Beck and Booth Speak Lucas' Prayer, Beginning Nov. 14

        [ P ]  Bewitched Again: Pal Joey, with Hoff, Channing, Plimpton, Returns to Broadway

        [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 14

        [ P ]  Hasidic Woman Faces Gates of Choice in FL World Premiere, Nov. 14-Dec. 14

        [ P ]  Hurster and LeGrand Are Annie and Helen in Denver Center Miracle Worker, Starting Nov. 14

        [ P ]  Broadway's Chicago Celebrates 12th Anniversary Nov. 14; Fisher-Wilson Joins Cast

        [ P ]  Dear Edwina, with Mays, Adcock, Maniskas, Rose, Thompson, Begins Off-Broadway Run Nov. 14

        [ P ]  Snow Business: Irving Berlin's White Christmas Begins on Broadway

        [ P ]  Disney, Benanti, Shrek, Berlin Tribute and Pacific Overtures on Playbill Radio Nov. 18-25

        [ P ]  Heller's Historical Novel, Catch 22, Comes to Life Off-Broadway Nov. 14

        [ P ]  Kalember, Donovan, Kayden Star in Chicago Don't Dress for Dinner Starting Nov. 14

        [ DN ]  Hot Seats: Theater and comedy picks for this weekend

        [ NYT ]  Theater Listings

        Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:42 AM | Item Link


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