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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

    News:

    [ P ]  Samonsky Will Succeed Morrison in South Pacific; New Roles for Anderson and Caplan, Too

    [ P ]  Woods to Return to Broadway's Chicago in January

    [ P ]  Celebrity Autobiography to Feature Forte, Kind, Shepherd and Wiig Jan. 5; San Fran Engagement, Too

    [ TM ]  Dratch, McKean, O'Toole, et al. to Perform Celebrity Autobiography at SF Sketchfest

    [ TM ]  Suzzanne Douglas to Star in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill at Bickford Theatre

    [ TM ]  De Shields, Mann, Templeton, et al. to Participate in NYPL Acting Teacher Panel

    [ TM ]  Full Cast Announced for Diablo Light Opera's Producers

    [ P ]  Earley, Lyons, Patton, Plaisant, Rodriguez to Sing Workshop For Lovers Only in NYC

    [ P ]  "Good" Film, Based on Taylor Play, Arrives in Select Cities Dec. 31

    [ P ]  Legally Blonde's Johnson to Make DC Cabaret Debut in 2009

    [ P ]  Casting Announced for Buffalo Production of Twain's Is He Dead?

    [ P ]  Bertish, Chadwick, Hibbert and Sisto Cast in McCarter's Mrs. Warren's Profession

    [ P ]  "The After Party" to Welcome Gypsy's Yazbeck Jan. 2

    [ P ]  Dandridge, McGinnis, Manolakos and Trimm Join Line-Up for Composer Alan's CD Celebration

    [ P ]  "Flower Drum Song" Among Films Selected for the National Film Registry

    [ P ]  MA's New Rep Begins New Year With Cabaret, Jan. 11-Feb. 1; Casting Announced

    [ P ]  Hope, Wright and Cooper to Be Honored with Commemorative Stamps

    [ P ]  Oscar Winner Abraham Will Be Part of Free Reading Series at Philadelphia's Wilma

    [ TM ]  Mitchell, Sheen, Smith, et al. to Receive Queen's New Year Honours

    [ P ]  Sheen and Smith to Receive Queen's New Year's Honors

    Features:

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Twentieth Century at California's TheatreWorks

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 3:09 PM | Item Link


      • [ BN ]  Broadway Landlords' Fees Add Up, Nibble Profits, Irk Producers By Jeremy Gerard

      [ P ]  San Francisco's Magic Theatre Is in Peril; Will Close Without Cash Infusion

      [ SFC ]  Magic Theatre seeks funds to finish the season by Robert Hurwitt

      [ SFW ]  The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others By Chloe Veltman

      [ NJ ]  Arts venues work to fill the house as patrons cut back BY PEGGY McGLONE

      [ STAGE ]  Royle Family's Liz Smith and director Katie Mitchell named in New Year Honours

      Elsewhere, actor Michael Sheen, who appeared as David Frost in the West End production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon and who has reprised the role for a film version of the play, has received an OBE in recognition of his services to drama.

      [ NYP ]  2008'S FINAL CURTAIN CALLS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
      RECALLING THE STARS WHO DIED THIS YEAR

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Larry Gelbart's 'fatal stroke' just another setup for waxing comical by Mike Boehm

      [ TM ]  Flower Drum Song Added to National Film Registry

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

      "HARRY Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, who's headlining in Broadway's "Equus," is tired of getting naked every night with a fake horse on stage and wants to try something new.

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

      DETAILS are finally emerging about Steven Soderbergh's latest folly, "Cleo," the bizarre 3D musical about Cleopatra he's planning with Hugh Jackman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
      GRIEVING STAR EYES SINGING AT INAUGURAL

      [ DN ]  Gatecrasher: Jeremy Piven plows ahead in love life with model Ashley Chontos

      Features:

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: December Leftovers

      [ B ]  FIRST PERSON : Frank Wood: My Very Special Journey to Ethiopia

      [ NY ]  Revolutionary Road's David Harbour on Bond Villainy and Onscreen Sex With Kate Winslet

      [ TM ]  Broadway 2009 Preview By: Brian Scott Lipton

      Joan Allen, Matthew Broderick, Christine Ebersole, Rupert Everett, Jane Fonda, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Mary-Louise Parker, David Hyde Pierce, Oliver Platt, Mercedes Ruehl, and a host of stars hit the Great White Way!

      [ WSJ ]  Before Stalin Lowered the Curtain By ROBERT GRESKOVIC

      Artist Marc Chagall, who headlines an exhibit at the Jewish Museum, is only one part of a story that enfolds in the 200-plus pieces related to the Russian-Jewish theater.

      [ VV ]  La Daily Musto: Dorothy's Favorite Witch Gets a Book Deal

      [ CT ]  Goodbye, Belmont Avenue: Bailiwick holds a wake by Chris Jones

      [ BSUN ]  The year of the woman By Mary Carole McCauley

      Four who hold the reins at arts institutions in the city compare notes

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Falls and Dennehy Ready Desire Under the Elms for Goodman

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Seasonal Snapshots: Backstage at Wicked

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, with Callaway and Bohmer, at the Kennedy Center

      [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Hello, Roxie! Broadway Newbie Melora Hardin Sasses Up Chicago

      Thanks to American Theater Web for the following features!

      [ T ]  Oliver! How I got Mr Bean to play Fagin

      Impresario Cameron Mackintosh has wanted Rowan Atkinson to star in 'Oliver!' for 15 years. He reveals why the comedian finally agreed.

      [ OLT ]  The Big Interview: Craig Revel Horwood

      Matthew Amer talks to the Strictly Come Dancing judge and West End director/choreographer about his new version of Sunset Boulevard and his controversial 2008.

      [ CSM ]  To read or not to read, that is the question. By Kathryn Streeter

      A New Year's resolution to read a Shakespearean drama each month drew all sorts of reactions from strangers.

      [ MF ]  New Sarah Ruhl Essays at Device

      Read her torrent of rhetorical questions about hatred, chimpanzees, initials, scariness, "rhapsodic states of pure emotion" and other subjects...

      Reviews:

      [ BN ]  Jacobi Monster, 'Sunset Boulevard' Add Sparkle to London Stage
      Review by Warwick Thompson

      [ NYT ]  Movie Review | 'Good'
      Aligning With the Nazis, Blindfold Tightly in Place By STEPHEN HOLDEN

      "Good" is an anemic screen adaptation of C. P. Taylor's play about a respectable "good German" who passively acquiesces to Hitler's agenda.

      [ V ]  United States of Tara

      By turns oozing sexuality, vulnerability and confusion, Toni Collette gives Showtime's latest half-hour its buoyant pulse -- and a credible shot at the accolades the channel covets.

      [ BS ]  The Johnny Rodgers Band - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      So the cabaret year doesn't end with a bang but with a band, big and contemporary style - not with a whimper but with a winner.

      [ BS ]  Hedda Lettuce: Lettuce Rejoice - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

      Steven Polito makes a living saying what many of us might want to say in certain situations but would never bring ourselves to say. His creation Hedda Lettuce keeps the crowd howling, even when poking fun at one of them.

      [ CU ]  CurtainUp's Cabaret Nights - Another Year Begins By Elizabeth Ahlfors

      [ PW ]  Stage: James and the Giant Peach by J. Cooper Robb

      [ VV ]  Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan Plays with Truth, But May Not Have One to Tell By Michael Feingold

      [ VV ]  A Light Lunch and Here Comes the Change Bid Farewell to the Bush Era By Alexis Soloski

      News:

      [ V ]  Playwright Greg Suddeth dies at 55

      'Verry Cherry' writer also acted in 'Will and Grace'

      [ TM ]  F. Murray Abraham et al. Set for Wilma Theater's Free Reading Series

      [ P ]  Ahn, Goodfriend and Midyett Set for Pearl's Twelfth Night

      [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Pearl Theatre Company's Twelfth Night

      [ P ]  White, Cooper, Hanes and Ward to Star in Syracuse Stage's Putting It Together

      [ TM ]  Cooper, White, et al. to Star in Syracuse Stage's Putting It Together

      [ TM ]  Eckhart, Fishburne, Lively to Join Close, Gyllenhaal, Lopez, et al. at Golden Globe Awards

      [ P ]  Eckhart, Fishburne and Lively Will Be Golden Globe Presenters

      [ TM ]  Bob Hope to Be Honored With 2009 Commemorative Stamp

      [ P ]  Stetler to Learn The Importance of Being Earnest at Village Theatre in 2009

      [ P ]  The Accident, a Drama of Modern Israel, Will Have English-Language Premiere in DC

      [ P ]  Chicago's Hardin and Braxton to Perform on "Good Day New York" Dec. 31

      [ P ]  Chapin and Asch Will Discuss "Lyrics by Hammerstein" Jan. 15 in NYC

      [ P ]  Coach "Bear" Bryant Is Subject of Hot-Selling Play at Alabama Shakespeare Fest; Cast Annnounced

      [ P ]  New Web Series "Manhattan Boys" Features Yee, Hagerty and Albright

      [ P ]  Wyatt and Rice Are Leading Ladies in Chicago Premiere

      [ P ]  Cast of Off-Broadway's ReWrite to Toast New Year with Late-Night Concert Dec. 31

      [ P ]  New Family Musical José Limón: The Making of an Artist to Premiere in New York

      [ P ]  Pool Pals: Cast Announced for Pittsburgh Public's Metamorphoses, Starting Jan. 15

      [ P ]  Brave New World Readings to Feature Plays By Miller, Lindsay-Abaire, Mee, Nottage and Schulberg

      [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: Liza, Hairspray, Boeing, Frankenstein, 13, Grease and More

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Bill Irwin to Host On Tap @ Joe's Pub

      [ P ]  Hit Seafarer Gets Extended to Feb. 22 in Chicago

      [ P ]  Casting Announced for Neighborhood Playhouse's Hedda Gabler Reading

      [ P ]  Gómez, Mahina Movement, Procope andShuttleworth Will Kick Off Subterranean at the D-Lounge

      [ P ]  Nearly 300 Films Eligible for Oscar Nomination

      [ P ]  Amish Project to Play Cherry Lane Theatre in January

      [ P ]  Llana, Cates, Pasek and Langel Will Be Part of Dream.Wish.Believe Benefit

      [ P ]  The Broadway Boys to Make a Splash in January

      [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Set for New Rep's Cabaret

      [ TM ]  Earley, Lyons, Patton, Plaisant, Rodriguez to Star in AMAS' For Lovers Only

      [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 31

      [ P ]  Miss Saigon, with Dye, Foronda, Vortmann, Chua Smith, Begins IL Run Dec. 31

      [ P ]  Looped, with Harper and Allen, Begins Florida Engagement Dec. 31

      [ P ]  Eder and Feinstein Team for Two New Year's Eve Concerts in Manhattan Dec. 31

      [ P ]  Kimball, Odom and Lambert Are Part of New Year's Eve Celebration in L.A.

      [ P ]  Arias with a Twist Concludes Extended Downtown Run Dec. 31

      [ P ]  Palace Theatre Box Office to Open Jan. 4 for West Side Story Revival

      [ P ]  Burn the Floor Stars to Be Featured on NBC's "Superstars of Dance"

      [ B ]  Goodspeed Musicals Set Readings for Three New Teen-Oriented Works

      [ B ]  Andrew Rannells Tapped to Play Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys

      [ BH ]  Theater appeals for funding to stay open By Mike Underwood

    • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:19 AM | Item Link


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