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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

    [ STARS ]  Actors Connection To Release DVD Series

    Actors Connection owners Tony Nation & Lisa Gold, and film maker Michael Stever announce the release of a 2-part educational DVD series.

    [ SALON ]  Glengarry Rod Blagojevich By Choire Sicha

    If David Mamet didn't write the profane, wiretapped dialogue for the Illinois governor's attempt to sell Obama's Senate seat, he should have. A play in one act.

    Thanks to davei2000 on All That Chat for the link.

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 6:16 PM | Item Link


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      [ STARS ]  The Robe Must Go On!, by Michael Portantiere

      Stars and gypsies alike strutted their stuff in the 2008 Gypsy of the Year competition at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raising more than $3 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

    • Posted by Matthew Murray at 9:51 AM | Item Link


        • [ NYP ]  WHEN 'EX' MARKS THE PLOT By MICHAEL RIEDEL
        PLAYWRIGHT DIVORCED FROM PROMOTING 'BUFFALO'

        [ P ]  Gypsy of the Year Brings in Over $3 Million for BC/EFA

        [ B ]  The 20th Annual Gypsy of the Year Raises Over $3 Million for BC/EFA

        [ TM ]  Gypsy of the Year Raises Over $3 Milllion

        [ TM ]  Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab Extends Until March 1

        [ P ]  Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab Extends to March 2009

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ B ]  Off-Broadway's Rock of Ages Headed to the Big Screen

        [ P ]  Rock of Ages Is Headed to the Silver Screen

        [ TM ]  New Line Cinema to Produce Rock of Ages Film

        [ P ]  Kevin Kline Cyrano to Debut on PBS in January 2009

        [ TM ]  PBS to Broadcast Kevin Kline Cyrano January 7

        [ P ]  Catch Me If You Can Musical to Premiere in Seattle in Summer 2009

        [ CT ]  Thanks to Blagojevich, Second City goes back into rewrites by Chris Jones

        [ NYT ]  Marketing Broadway: Selling Hope for a Song By PATRICIA COHEN

        Some theater veterans are hoping that as portfolios go down, the appetite for entertainment will go up.

        [ T ]  Broadway hit by downturn By Tom Leonard

        America's economic woes have taken a heavy toll on Broadway, where the final curtain is coming down on 15 shows in the next six weeks.

        [ BN ]  Silicon Valley Theater Collapses, Blames 'Tarzan' Co-Producer By Philip Boroff

        [ BS ]  Regional Theatre Holds Wake For Itself

        Features:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Gifts for Yours -- and You

        [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Marc Shaiman

        Composer Marc Shaiman has a talent to stir up controversy, be it a live kiss with his partner on the Tony Awards or a public spat with fellow composer Michael John LaChiusa. But nothing tops his involvement in the fight over California's Prop 8.

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat Blog
        Theater for Holiday Haters 2: Jackie Beat and Mimi Imfurst By ERIK PIEPENBURG

        The second entry in our series on holiday offerings for theater lovers who hate the holidays spotlights the drag queens Jackie Beat and Mimi Imfurst.

        [ WP ]  Backstage: Arena Stage Replaces 'Sweet Bird of Youth' With 'Looped,' Starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead By Jane Horwitz

        Plus an interview with Barbara Walsh.

        [ BN ]  'Boo, Hiss' Cry Fans as Villains Romp in Silly U.K. Pantos
        Preview by Warwick Thompson

        [ TM ]  Second to Nun By: Brian Scott Lipton

        Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis talk about starring in the film version of Doubt.

        [ NYO ]  Doubt Director John Patrick Shanley: 'I Was Thrown Out of High School for Saying I Didn't Believe in God' by Irina Aleksander

        [ T ]  Derek Jacobi : Olivier, Burton and me By Jasper Rees

        Derek Jacobi talks about his illustrious acting career alongside Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton - and his new West End role as Malvolio in 'Twelfth Night'.

        Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

        [ BR ]  Peters' ode to a mutt BY MIKE KERWICK

        [ USA ]  Fisher kept a dry sense of humor for 'Wishful Drinking' By Bob Minzesheimer

        [ B ]  FEATURE : Musical Stocking Stuffers! Our Holiday CD Roundup

        [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : Spotlight On: Home

        [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : Beyond Broadway: Home

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Black Monk Opens Off-Broadway

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Dust Opens at the Westside Theatre

        Robert Prosky, 1930-2008:

        [ WP ]  Appreciation: It Was Here Prosky Had True Presence By Peter Marks

        Robert Prosky was round, and so was his talent. His name on a cast list was like the guarantee on the label of a premium brand: As you sat and waited for him to appear, you knew you could count on something solid, packed with flavor.

        [ WP ]  Robert Prosky; D.C. Actor Appeared on 'Hill Street Blues' By Adam Bernstein

        [ P ]  Robert Prosky, Seasoned Actor of Stage, Film and Television, Dies at 77

        [ TM ]  Robert Prosky Dies at 77

        "Prayer for My Enemy" - Reviews:

        [ ND ]  Review: 'Prayer for My Enemy' BY LINDA WINER

        In "Prayer for My Enemy," the multilayered, deeply unsettling and beautifully conceived new work at Playwrights Horizons, the small-town serenity barely covers the separate abysses where all six characters are in their own free falls.

        [ TM ]  Prayer for My Enemy
        Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

        Craig Lucas' thoughtful and engaging new play examines the damage we are capable of doing to one another, as well as our capacity for forgiveness.

        [ HC ]  "Prayer For My Enemy" Works On Several Levels BY MALCOLM JOHNSON

        [ TB ]  Prayer For My Enemy
        Review by Matthew Murray

        Prayer for My Enemy is one of those plays that should only be examined whole - dissecting the individual pieces will only encourage your drowning in its stream of consciousness.

        [ CU ]  Prayer for My Enemy

        Craig Lucas takes on the suburban American family and the effect of the Vietnam and Iraq wars on their innate dysfunctional tendencies.

        [ NYT ]  The Silence and the Fury Within Six American Lives By BEN BRANTLEY

        Anger is in the American bloodstream in "Prayer for My Enemy," the provocative, confused and confusing new play by Craig Lucas.

        [ DN ]  Craig Lucas' 'Prayer for my Enemy' is unfocused by Joe Dziemianowicz (**)

        [ NYP ]  MESSAGE LOST AMID THE MESS By FRANK SCHECK (**)

        TO say a play is too ambitious seems churlish, but "Prayer for My Enemy" fairly begs the criticism.

        [ V ]  Prayer for My Enemy
        Review By DAVID ROONEY

        Despite Bartlett Sher's customarily classy staging and a topnotch cast, most audiences will find themselves as unmoored as the characters.

        [ YN ]  A family struggles to connect with each other By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

        If "Prayer for My Enemy" ultimately proves too unwieldy for its own good, there are still the pleasures of watching these actors work their way through Lucas' thicket of words - as well as the evening's poignant silences. Their performances are what you'll remember from this odd, overstuffed play.

        [ BS ]  Prayer for My Enemy - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

        With this loony bunch, Craig Lucas is too obviously creating a microcosm of America. See how screwed up this country is, he metaphorically screams at us.

        "Too Much Memory" - Reviews:

        [ TM ]  Too Much Memory
        Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

        Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson's vibrant re-working of Antigone successfully transposes the action to a modern setting.

        [ TB ]  Too Much Memory
        Review by Matthew Murray

        Politics, like theatre, hasn't changed much in the last 2,500 years, but Too Much Memory gives both an invigorating new spin.

        [ CU ]  Too Much Memory

        In case you're keeping a list of interesting smartly crafted and performed live theater offerings with tickets priced at a user-friendly $20, put this at the top of the list.

        [ BS ]  Too Much Memory - Reviewed by GWEN OREL

        Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson's contemporary version of "Antigone" wants to say something about politics and justice. But this retelling of the tragedy presents too many stereotypes to drive the issues home.

        [ V ]  Too Much Memory
        Review By SAM THIELMAN

        The result, though beautifully performed by Laura Heisler and Peter Jay Fernadez, loses the story's crucial ambiguity.

        Other Reviews:

        [ NYT ]  Watch Out for Pipe Dreams: They Can Go Up in Smoke By RACHEL SALTZ

        Daniel J. Travanti stars in Friendly Fire's bare-bones production of Eugene O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet."

        [ NYT ]  Masks That Reveal, Not Conceal By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

        There is a moment in "The Only Tribe" when it seems as if there were going to be a giant brawl on the small stage.

        [ BG ]  Crafty sendup is anything but a drag By Louise Kennedy

        You can go to a Gold Dust Orphans show, grab a drink or three, and have a raucous good time. But you can also watch it cold sober and have an even better time.

        [ TM ]  Thais
        Reviewed by: David Finkle

        The Metropolitan Opera's cheesy-looking production of Massenet's opera still works as a vehicle for star Renee Fleming.

        [ NYT ]  Innocence Is Lost in Postwar Germany By MANOHLA DARGIS

        "The Reader" is a scrupulously tasteful film about an erotic affair that turns to love.

        [ NYP ]  DEATH CAMP FOR CUTIE By KYLE SMITH (** 1/2)

        A better title for "The Reader" has already been used by another Kate Winslet film - "Hideous Kinky."

        Best headline of the day!

        News:

        [ JN ]  Reilly named Emelin's new executive director by Peter D. Kramer

        [ P ]  Billy, Catered Affair, Seagull, Road Show Among Associated Press' Top 10 of 2008

        [ P ]  NY Mag Names Fela! Top Play for 2008; Actors LuPone, Esparza, Kazan, Marvel Also Cited

        [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Long Wharf Premiere of Athol Fugard's Coming Home

        [ NJ ]  Shakespeare season by Peter Filichia

        [ TM ]  Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Announces 2009 Season

        [ CT ]  'Dirty Dancing': discount tickets by Chris Jones

        [ P ]  Arnold, Casel, Duffy, La Touche, Murphy and More Will Be On Tap @ Joe's Pub

        [ P ]  Luba Mason's "Krazy Love" Due in Stores in January 2009

        [ P ]  Billy Elliot Star to Head to the Chatterbox Dec. 11

        [ P ]  Lark to Present Reading of Kapil's Agnes Under the Big Top, A Fairy Tale

        [ P ]  Benford, Connolly, Pill and Perez Set for Free Reading of Social Services

        [ P ]  Lopez, Garcia and Ortiz to Host In the Heights Workshop

        [ P ]  James and the Giant Peach, With Animation, Ripens at Philly's Arden Starting Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Taking Cue From Alger and Cohan, New Musical Bowery Boys Launches in Chicago Dec. 10

        [ P ]  "Rosie the Riveter" Has a New Face in FL Premiere of Mezzulah, 1946, Starting Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Tveit, Spencer, Ripley Star in DC Run of Next to Normal, Opening Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Centerstage's Caroline, or Change, with Butler, McCreary, Mistretta, Greaves, Begins Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Lively, Torti, Blanks and Seiden Sing in Smokey Joe's Café Beginning Dec. 10 in CA

        [ P ]  Chris and Gavin's Broadway Campaign '08 Plays the Beechman Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Bock's The Receptionist Opens at Trinity Rep Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Spring Awakening Celebrates Second Broadway Anniversary Dec. 10

        [ P ]  Keeling and Burkhardt to Guest at Barbour's Holiday Concerts

        [ TM ]  Burkhardt and Keeling to Guest Star in Barbour's The Holiday Concert at Sardi's

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly
        A Role for John Malkovich: Unusual Subject, Unusual Play
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:13 AM | Item Link


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