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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

    [ HChron ]  Scrooge is a role relished by actors By EVERETT EVANS

    The Alley Theater, now in its 20th year presenting the Carol, boasts several actors expert at conveying Scrooge's misanthropy.

    Thanks to Paula for the link.

    Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features:

    [ I ]  Credo: Lorna Luft By Luiza Sauma

    Actress and singer, 56

    [ JS ]  Connick ushers in holiday season By Damien Jaques

    First Stage hosts premiere of his musical

    [ TIMES ]  How theatre offered Tarell Alvin McCraney a lifeline by Lucy Powell

    Raised unloved in poverty, Tarell McCraney has channelled a toxic childhood into riveting theatre

    [ TIMES ]  What are the big ideas driving the arts these days?

    Do all love stories now have to be period films? Sixteen experts identify the key concepts that are redefining the arts.

    [ TIMES ]  Alison Steadman: Britain's lady-in-waiting by Lesley White

    From prostitutes to neurotic mums, there's no role Alison Steadman hasn't slipped into. So why hasn't she conquered Hollywood?

    News:

    [ B ]  Marsha Mason, Aaron Lazar & More Join Broadway's Impressionism

    [ P ]  Mason, De Shields, Weiss, Lazar and More Join Cast of Broadway's Impressionism

    [ TM ]  DeShields, Lazar, Mason, Weiss, et al. to Join Allen and Irons in Impressionism

    [ B ]  Laura Bell Bundy to Judge Miss America Pageant

    [ B ]  Danny Hoch's Taking Over Extends at the Public

    [ P ]  Public Theater Extends Hoch's Taking Over an Additional Week

    [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for West End Revival of Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    [ P ]  Day and Bremmer Will Join Staunton and Horne in West End Sloane Revival

    [ TM ]  Espinsosa, Grande, Kantor, Shindle, et al. Set for Broadway in South Africa Party

    [ P ]  Espinosa, Shindle, Kantor, Reed and More to Be Part of Broadway in South Africa Holiday Party

    [ TM ]  Callen, D'Amico, Tansley, et al. Set for Covina Center's Light in the Piazza

    [ P ]  Tansley, Callen and D'Amico Cast in L.A. Light in the Piazza

    [ P ]  Award-Winning George Gershwin Alone Extended in L.A.

    [ TM ]  Jodé Susan Millman, Bernadette Peters to Appear at Bookends December 13

    [ TM ]  Darlene Love and Melba Moore to Play San Francisco's Rrazz Room

    [ TM ]  Catlin, Easton, Schwimmer, Slotnick et al. Set for Our Town at Lookingglass Theatre

    [ TM ]  Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson's Cupid to Begin Airing in March

    [ TM ]  Kristin Chenoweth to Appear With Saint Louis Symphony in January

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Strouse to Head to the Chatterbox Dec. 4

    [ P ]  Evan, Blanchard, Harvey and More Set for Dec. 4 Broadway Holiday Concert

    [ P ]  Esparza, Pritchard, Gregory, Boggess and More Set for ASTEP's New York City Christmas

    [ P ]  Chris and Gavin's Broadway Campaign '08 to Play the Beechman

    [ P ]  Irish Rep's Christmas in Wales Begins Previews Dec. 3

    [ P ]  World Premiere of Men of Mah Jongg Moves to Queens Theatre in the Park Dec. 5

    [ P ]  Langella, Fey, Cruise and More Among Walters' "Most Fascinating People"

    [ P ]  Huff, McCabe, Miller and Rooks to Read Heart of the City for Hudson Stage Dec. 12

    [ P ]  Groban to Host BBC Radio 2 Celebrates the Music of Disney Concert

    [ P ]  Hair's MacDermot to Play Concert with Staten Island Philharmonic Dec. 18

    [ P ]  Oak Room's Glimpses of the Moon to Welcome Natalie Toro Dec. 8 and 15

    [ P ]  Westchester Paper Lays Off Critic Jacques le Sourd

    [ P ]  Avenue Q's Marx and TV Writer Pennette Join Forces for "Romeos" and Flintstones

    [ P ]  Cho, Foa, Reilly, Janney, Harris and More Featured in Shaiman's Prop 8-The Musical Video

    [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Sixty Miles to Silver Lake

    [ B ]  Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel to Head Shubert Organization

    [ TM ]  Odetta Dies at 77

    [ TM ]  American Musical Theatre of San Jose Ceases Operation After Tarzan Cancellation

    [ P ]  Theater of the Stars Indefinitely Postpones Tarzan; Works to Repay Advanced Funds

    [ BS ]  Calif. Theatre Forced to Close By Andrew Salomon

    Derailed tour leads to downfall.

    Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Opening Night
    Reviewed by: Andy Propst

    Ivo van Hove's multimedia adaptation of John Cassavetes' film is a captivating and theatrically complex work.

    [ TM ]  Dame Edna -- Live and Intimate Her First Last Tour
    San Francisco Bay Area Review by: Erika Milvy

    The Aussie entertainer is outrageous as ever in her latest -- and maybe last -- theatrical outing.

    [ TB ]  Xanadu
    San Diego Review by Bill Eadie

    [ PW ]  Cyber Wrecks by J. Cooper Robb

    Dark Play or Stories for Boys and Rock Doves.

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 3:49 PM | Item Link


      • "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more.
      Thanks to the man who wrote it, Marc Shaiman, for the link (and the laughs!)

      [ NYT ]  Shubert Organization Names Chairman By PATRICIA COHEN

      In an appointment that promises more continuity than change, Philip J. Smith was named chairman of the Shubert Organization and the Shubert Foundation.

      [ P ]  Smith and Wankel Named Co-Chief Executive Officers of Shubert Organization

      [ TM ]  Shuberts Named Smith and Wankel as New Co-CEOs

      [ BN ]  Shubert Organization Names Two Insiders to Succeed Schoenfeld By Philip Boroff

      [ NYP ]  GREAT 'BOY' BUT NO 'PAL' By MICHAEL RIEDEL
      HURT FOOT LETS HOFF WALK OUT ON ROLE

      [ V ]  Le Sourd leaves Journal News By GORDON COX

      The pool of Gotham legit critics got a little shallower Tuesday, as word circulated that longtime critic Jacques le Sourd had been let go at the Journal News.

      [ NYT ]  Broadway Gets 'Hair'; 'Hair' Gets New Deal By PATRICIA COHEN

      The Broadway revival of "Hair" may serve as the basis for future deals between the Public Theater and commercial producers.

      [ V ]  Pennette pinned to trio of projects By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

      Pennette also is expanding to stage: Scribe is close to signing on to write the book for a musical based on "The Flintstones."
      The legit production, aimed at Broadway, will come from Warner Bros. Theater Ventures. Pennette was brought in by Marks, who's writing the music and lyrics with Jake Anthony. Gary Griffin ("The Color Purple") is directing.

      [ B ]  Craig Bierko and Kate Jennings Grant to Star in Guys and Dolls

      [ P ]  Bierko and Grant Will Create Chemistry in Guys and Dolls

      [ TM ]  Bierko, Graham, Grant, Platt Set for Broadway's Guys and Dolls

      [ NYT ]  More Guys, More Dolls
      Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

      [ AJC ]  Atlanta's role in 'Tarzan' blamed in theater's downfall By Wendell Brock

      [ MN ]  Editorial: A sad loss of a venerable SJ theater group

      [ NYT ]  Trouble in San Jose
      Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

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

      [ G ]  John Barrowman "flashes" on BBC Radio 1: a load of fuss about nothing? by John Plunkett

      Torchwood star "flashes" on BBC shock! But John Barrowman was on the radio when he exposed his "fruit and nuts" so no-one saw anything. I could not even draw you an artist's impression. So why is everyone apologising?

      [ NYT ]  Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77 By TIM WEINER

      Features:

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Broadway University Pop Quiz

      [ TM ]  Loose Lips By: Brian Scott Lipton

      Hunter Foster gets ready for a Dust up; Jackie Hoffman hits Bottom; and Simon Jones prepares to show his Spirit.

      [ WP ]  Backstage: Bill Berloni Trains Rescue Dogs for the Stage and Screen By Jane Horwitz

      [ USA ]  Langella is perfectly clear: Nixon role proves haunting By Anthony Breznican

      [ BN ]  Langella's Shrewd Nixon Matches Wits With Sheen's Playboy Frost By Rick Warner

      [ BS ]  Capital Campaign By Leonard Jacobs

      The D.C. theatre market is all about being a self-starter.

      [ NY ]  Big Ideas, Small Stages By Eric Grode

      Where the curtain goes up on eye-opening work.

      Reviews:

      [ V ]  The Family Reunion
      Review By DAVID BENEDICT

      One-part Greek tragedy rewrite, one-part country-house mystery, one-part social satire, this forbidding cocktail of metaphysics needs a firm directorial hand. Mercifully, the Donmar Warehouse revival has an A-grade cast steered with striking subtlety by Jeremy Herrin.

      [ V ]  The Arabian Nights
      Review By DENNIS HARVEY

      Applying the writer-director's signature polyglot style to a few of the "thousand and one" tales, this ingenious entertainment travels to co-producers Kansas City Rep and Chicago's Lookingglass Theater Company's stages after Berkeley Rep; other nonprofits would be wise to keep it on the road indefinitely.

      [ V ]  Dame Edna: Live and Intimate!
      Review By DENNIS HARVEY

      Business-as-usual in a good way, this typical evening of genteel audience grilling and occasional song should pull in plenty of prior converts and their friends on the road for months to come.

      [ WP ]  Review: Sondheim and Weidman's 'Road Show' at the Public Theater By Peter Marks

      For in its umpteenth incarnation, "Gold!/Wise Guys/Bounce/Road Show" remains a deflating experience, a sour and strained musical biography.

      [ VV ]  Road Show, Dividing the Estate, and American Buffalo Carve Up Our National Turkeyhood By Michael Feingold

      [ AMNY ]  Review of Back Back Back by Matt Windman (2 out of 4 Stars)

      [ VV ]  Les Freres Corbusier Concoct Dance Dance Revolution, An Odd (And Big!) New Show By Tom Sellar

      [ VV ]  Welcome to Irving Berlin's White Christmas By Michael Feingold

      [ VV ]  Billyburg Rage, Taking Over By Alexis Soloski

      [ VV ]  The Debate Society Tries a Downtown Drive-In, Finds Cape Disappointment By Alexis Soloski

      [ HC ]  A Captivating, Sturdy 'Christmas Carol' At Hartford Stage By SUSAN HOOD

      News:

      [ CT ]  'Too Much Light" hits 20. And raises the prices by Chris Jones

      [ P ]  White, Prymus, Sloan, Tower, Tonex Open in Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Minnelli Returns to Broadway Dec. 3 in Liza's at the Palace . . .!

      [ P ]  Playwright Rewrites Family History in NYC Run of Memory Play, Starting Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Tom Beckett Plays 30 Roles in Barrington's This Wonderful Life Beginning Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Orwellian Dance Dance Revolution Premieres in NYC Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Truth About Santa, by Urinetown's Kotis, Begins Kraine Theater Run Dec. 3

      [ P ]  "Christmas in Rockefeller Center," with O'Donnell and Connick, Jr., Broadcast Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Flood, Krakovski, Gillett, MacEwan Featured in Geva's A Christmas Story, Opening Dec. 3

      [ P ]  A Little Night Music Revival Opens in London Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Linda Powell Is Shamed Queen in Winter's Tale in New Jersey, Starting Dec. 3

      [ P ]  World Premiere of Vogel's A Civil War Christmas Opens at Long Wharf Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Kaufman and Hart's You Can't Take It With You Opens at Seattle Rep Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Blackbird, with Whiddon and Joyce, Takes Wing in DC Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Beloved Clara and Odyssey of Love Begin L.A.T.W. Run Dec. 3

      [ P ]  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Dances Into 5th Avenue Theatre Dec. 3

      [ CT ]  William Petersen joins Steppenwolf ensemble by Chris Jones

      [ CST ]  Petersen returning to the scene of the crime BY HEDY WEISS

      [ NJ ]  'Rent' road show to play NJPAC by Peter Filichia

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:10 AM | Item Link


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