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Friday, May 8, 2009

    [ STARS ]  Possible Last Chance for Sublime Torture; Temperamentals Buzz; Broadway, 1944; Actors Working; Loaded Merman Gypsy CD and Streisand Live on DVD; More by Ellis Nassour

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:04 AM | Item Link


      • [ NYP ]  SCHMOOZE OR LOSE By MICHAEL RIEDEL
      MINGLING FOR VOTES CRUCIAL IN TONY WAR

      [ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chatting with Tony Nominees Scaglione, Ripley, Janney, Foster and Channing

      [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: You're the Third Dimension

      [ P ]  Love Never Dies, Sequel to Lloyd Webber's Phantom, Is Delayed

      The opening of Love Never Dies, the long-gestating sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera that was previously scheduled to premiere at the West End's Adelphi Theatre in late October or early November, has been pushed back, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

      [ MAIL ]  Gwyneth Paltrow may return to the West End with Chekhov By Baz Bamigboye

      Includes the "Phantom" item referenced above.

      [ TNO ]  THE FUTURE WILL BE BETTER

      New revival of Uncle Vanya to hit West End late 2009, or early 2010, starring Fiennes, Stott and Mulligan

      [ TM ]  Orlando Jones, LaChanze, and More to Join Ashanti in City Center Encores! The Wiz

      [ P ]  Jones, LaChanze, Arnold, Lewis, Henry and More Will Join Ashanti in The Wiz

      [ B ]  LaChanze, Orlando Jones Join Complete Cast of The Wiz

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Casting Completed for 'The Wiz'
      Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

      [ TM ]  Chelsea Morgan Stock and Drew Seeley to Be New Ariel and Prince Eric in Broadway's Little Mermaid

      [ B ]  Drew Seeley and Chelsea Morgan Stock to Go Under the Sea in Mermaid

      [ P ]  Stock and Seeley to Join Broadway's Little Mermaid Cast

      [ TM ]  John Cudia to be Broadway's New Phantom Beginning July 27

      [ P ]  Cudia Will Succeed McGillin, World's Longest-Running Phantom, on Broadway

      [ B ]  John Cudia Tapped as Broadway's Next Phantom of the Opera

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Obama's 2010 proposed budget gives 4% boost to NEA by Mike Boehm

      [ V ]  IATSE endorses Bloomberg By DAVE MCNARY

      NYC mayor seeking third term

      [ P ]  Kelli O'Hara Joins Starry Nothin' Like a Dame Line-Up

      [ TM ]  Kelli O'Hara to Join Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth in Nothing Like A Dame

      [ B ]  Beau Bridges Completes Cast of Hollywood Bowl Guys and Dolls

      [ P ]  Beau Bridges Completes Cast of Hollywood Bowl's Guys and Dolls

      [ TM ]  Beau Bridges to Join Scott Bakula, Jessica Biel, Ellen Greene, Brian Stokes Mitchell in Hollywood Bowl Guys and Dolls

      [ B ]  Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough Eyes Footloose Film

      [ DN ]  For Dr. Liam Neeson, a honorary doctorate degree from Queen's University Belfast

      Features:

      [ CT ]  No business like show business, but children beware by Chris Jones

      [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: Donna Lynne Champlin by Patrick Lee

      Donna Lynne Champlin prepares again for her "Finishing The Hat", this time to benefit The Transport Group

      [ DN ]  Howard Kissel: The Cultural Tourist
      Go, Little Boat

      [ NYT ]  A Love of God, and the Stage By SUSAN DOMINUS

      Most of the artists Jay Wegman has been bringing to the avant garde performance center he runs on the Lower East Side do not even realize that he is also a practicing priest.

      [ TDF ]  Full Court Press

      Why are there so many plays on Broadway? The ever-busy Jeffrey Richards is one reason.

      [ BS ]  Humana Playwright: Zoe Kazan by David Sheward

      [ TONY ]  Chatting with Chloe Moss by David Cote

      [ TONY ]  Raúl Esparza: The guy who says "If music be the food of love..." maketh a mixtape. By Raúl Esparza

      There's this hot guy, Cesario, his new friend. Really understanding. Really good friend. Really hot. Looks amazingly like that girl from The Devil Wears Prada.

      [ DCTS ]  Christiane Noll and Bobby Steggert

      Ragtime performers Christiane Noll (Mother) and Bobby Steggert (Younger Brother) talk about the $4.4 million production at the Kennedy Center.

      [ ND ]  FAST CHAT: David Hyde Pierce in Broadway's 'Accent on Youth'

      [ NYP ]  VIDEO: Backstage with Riedel: Geoffrey Rush

      [ TM ]  Video Feature
      The Desk Set By: Brian Scott Lipton and Jordan Neuren

      Drama Desk nominees Dolly Parton, Geoffrey Rush, Janet McTeer, Jane Fonda, Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Will Swenson, Bryce Ryness, Marcia Gay Harden, Bill Irwin, Martha Plimpton, Andrea Martin, and Raul Esparza share their secrets.

      [ BSUN ]  A patient man becomes the Piano Man

      Matthew Friedman waited 3 years to perform Billy Joel's songs in 'Movin' Out' tour

      [ CST ]  'Blonde' ambitions BY MISHA DAVENPORT

      'LEGALLY BLONDE' | Determined stars help musical make the grade

      [ CST ]  Freedom's just another word ... BY HEDY WEISS

      Politics, love and music intersect in Stoppard's fiery 'Rock 'n' Roll'

      [ CST ]  Rock on ... BY JIM DeROGATIS

      Music still challenges the status quo

      The Tony Awards:

      [ ND ]  Tony Awards overlook '9 to 5,' other shows
      Linda Winer | Critical Mass

      [ TONY ]  TONYs vs. Tonys, part II By Adam Feldman

      We finish the job by examining the eight acting categories.

      [ EW ]  Tony noms react: 'Billy Elliot' dominates, Constantine Maroulis surprises by Thom Geier

      [ TM ]  Aren't They Tony! By: Joseph Marzullo; text by Brian Scott Lipton

      More than 30 Tony Awards nominees, including Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini, Constantine Maroulis, Liza Minnelli, Karen Olivo, and Dolly Parton celebrate their big day!

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Award Nominees Meet the Press

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: More Tony Award Nominees Meet the Press

      "Hair":

      [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : Behind the Scenes: Hair on Letterman

      [ B ]  Hair Cast Recording to be Released on May 26

      "Offices":

      [ NYT ]  Audio Slide Show
      In Performance: 'Offices'

      Daniel Yelsky and John Bedford Lloyd in a scene from one of Ethan Coen's new plays.

      [ TDF ]  Pepe's Way

      The Atlantic artistic director caps a busy year with a visit to Ethan Coen's "Offices."

      [ CN ]  Playing a boss and a bum, with equal aplomb BY JERRY TALLMER

      F. Murray Abraham.

      [ LAT ]  Jacket Copy Blog
      Is he messing with us?: Ethan Coen's poetry by Liesl Bradner

      [ TB ]  Offices
      Review by Matthew Murray

      If work were always as much fun as Offices, the new giggle factory of an evening by Ethan Coen that just opened at the Atlantic Theater Company, the trudge from graduation to retirement would pass in a blink.

      [ TM ]  Offices
      Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton

      Ethan Coen's new trio of one-acts about office life are quite amusing.

      [ V ]  Offices
      Review By DAVID ROONEY

      These dark situation comedies are given tasty treatment by director Neil Pepe and an adroit, multitasking cast.

      [ DN ]  Ethan Coen's 'Offices' is all work and three short, sly plays by Joe Dziemianowicz (***)

      [ YN ]  Darkly comic 'Offices' deals with workplace stress By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

      The writer who helped create "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men" has demonstrated he can create for the stage as well as for the movies. Now we need a full, two-act play from the man.

      [ CU ]  Offices

      While Ethan Coen's triptych explore some Kafkaesque workplace issues, he's less like Kafka than a story-telling John Stewart or Steven Colbert with a nod to O. Henry

      [ NYT ]  Coen's-Eye View of 9 to 5 By BEN BRANTLEY

      This set of three short plays by Ethan Coen leaves a distinctive if fleeting aftertaste that you're not sure whether to savor or spit out.

      [ BN ]  Coen Steps Off Screen, Finds Working People Fascinating: Review by John Simon

      The Coen touch -- on stage as on screen -- is more smartass than smart. It panders sedulously to anti- establishment attitudes and thumbs its nose at credibility.

      [ BS ]  Offices - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

      Even though it clocks in at a mere 75 minutes, Ethan Coen's latest collection of one-acts wears out its welcome long before it's over, mistaking as it does banality for hipness.

      [ EW ]  Review: Offices By Melissa Rose Bernardo (C-)

      "Waiting for Godot":

      [ NYT ]  McKellen and Stewart Deliver a 'Godot' With a Difference By MATT WOLF, International Herald Tribune

      Sean Mathias's production in London of "Waiting for Godot," with two masterful actors in the lead roles, is alternately crushing and beautiful.

      [ BN ]  Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Await Tardy Godot: London Stage
      Review by Warwick Thompson

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With John Glover

      John Glover is having a Lucky year.

      [ TONY ]  Kick the Beckett

      Helen Shaw shares four things she hates about theatrical icon Samuel Beckett.

      Other Reviews:

      [ V ]  Ovo
      Review By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

      While keeping the same basic ingredients that have driven Cirque shows for the past quarter-century (circus acts, colorful staging, minimal concept), "Ovo" branches out in several fairly bold directions, which -- while not always successful -- are a clear sign of an organization willing to challenge the status quo.

      [ NYP ]  'MERCHANT' IS A POUND OF FRESH By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (***)

      [ NYT ]  Shylock Schemes Behind Prison Bars By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

      This provocative new production puts Shakespeare's play on lockdown in a brutally violent men's jail.

      [ BS ]  The Merchant of Venice - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

      Edward Hall's Propeller, an all-male British company, investigates and invigorates text so fully it seems to invent Shakespeare's plays on the spot, as in the near-great production of "The Merchant of Venice" now playing at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

      [ TM ]  The Merchant of Venice
      Reviewed by: David Finkle

      Edward Hall's all-male, prison-set production of Shakespeare's classic play will delight some audiences and alienate some others.

      [ TM ]  The Fantasticks
      Reviewed by: Jonas Schwartz

      Eric McCormack and Lucas Grabeel headline the Reprise Theater Company's enchanting production of the 50-year-old musical.

      [ OCR ]  'HSM' star Lucas Grabeel shines in 'The Fantasticks.' By PAUL HODGINS

      Jason Alexander directs a well-cast and charming production at Reprise.

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Review: 'The Fantasticks' at Reprise Theatre Company by Charles McNulty

      For better or worse (mostly worse), Reprise Theatre Company has given "The Fantasticks," "the world's longest-running musical," a glamorous makeover.

      [ V ]  The Fantasticks
      Review By BOB VERINI

      The emotional precision of "The Fantasticks" -- central to its worldwide appeal and original 17,162-perf run -- is in short supply in Reprise's overproduced revival.

      [ TONY ]  The Nosemaker's Apprentice
      Review by Helen Shaw

      Some shows exist for the same reason dog runs do: All puppies need to get off the leash.

      [ TONY ]  Problem Radicals
      Review by Helen Shaw

      Any scientist worth his lab coat will tell you that the secret to a good experiment lies in limiting the variables. What can you learn if you test everything at once?

      [ TONY ]  Everyday Rapture
      Review by David Cote

      Sexualizing the savior is one thing, but Mr. Rogers? That's sick.

      [ OCR ]  'Is He Dead?' digs for, and finds, comic gold By ERIC MARCHESE

      West Coast-premiere staging of the newfound 1898 farce in Long Beach showcases the genius of Mark Twain and David Ives.

      [ OCR ]  'Forbidden Broadway' mocks 27 years of musicals By ERIC MARCHESE

      The show, now at Carpenter Center in Long Beach, generates laughs - but they are sporadic.

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Review: 'Our Town' at Actors' Gang by Charlotte Stoudt

      [ NYT ]  It's Her Party; She'll Sing if She Wants By STEPHEN HOLDEN

      Decades before terms like "alpha girl" were invented to describe a cutthroat female high school pecking order, the hits of Lesley Gore outlined this treacherous realm of sexual rivalry and vindictive gossip in language as curt as a text message.

      [ NYT ]  A Disheveled Crime Fighter Who Seems Made for the Scandinavian Gloom By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

      "Wallander," a three-episode series based on the popular crime novels of the Swedish author Henning Mankell, begins on Sunday on PBS's "Masterpiece Mystery!"

      [ TONY ]  Desire Under the Elms
      Review by David Cote

      Gugino and Schreiber's anguished erotic heat is matched by the hellfire viciousness of Dennehy's patriarchal sadism.

      [ CU ]  9 to 5

      Most of the abuses in the corporate office depicted have gone the way of the manual typewriter, there are plenty of overworked, under-appreciated and easily outsourced underdogs to make the improbable scenario resonate and, in fact, a much needed light and fluffy night out

      [ TE ]  Elton John's Billy Elliot review by OSCAR E MOORE

      The tale of a young boy whose dreams come true is an inspiration to all those who are dreaming of a better future and for those who perhaps have lost the dream along the way. It's never too late, you know, and Billy Elliot stirs up the juices.

      [ TNO ]  WORDS, WORDS, WORDS(SIGH) by CLAIRE ALLFREE

      This production of Madame de Sade, is quite frankly, all talk and no action. Even a cast including Judi Dench, Frances Barber and Rosamund Pike can't save it.

      News:

      [ P ]  National Theatre's Pinter Tribute to Feature Atkins, Firth, Goodman, Law, Rea, Sheen and More

      [ TM ]  Bill Irwin, Angela Lansbury, Geoffrey Rush, et al. to Appear in New Episode of "Working in the Theater"

      [ P ]  Alexander, Irwin, Lansbury, Nixon and Rush Set for Latest Episode of "Working in the Theater"

      [ TM ]  Lee Meriwether, Rachel York, and More Set for Reagle Players Summer Season

      [ TM ]  Billy Elliot's David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish, David Bologna Set for Fidelity FutureStage Workshops

      [ TM ]  Malcolm Gets, Dee Hoty, David Hyde Pierce Set for Cape Playhouse Fundraiser

      [ TM ]  Barbara Cook, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Feinstein, et al. to Appear at Feinstein's

      [ TM ]  Alan Alda, Glenn Close, Harrison Ford, and More Set for World Science Festival Gala

      [ TM ]  Laura Linney to Star in The Details Film

      [ P ]  Stage and Screen Veteran Linney Joins Cast of "Details" Film

      [ TM ]  Robert De Niro and Edward Norton to Star in Stone Film

      [ TM ]  Katie Holmes to Star in Miramax's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

      [ P ]  Inishmore Gets Chicago Premiere at Northlight, Opening May 7

      [ P ]  Ashley, Brooks, Cabnet and Morgan to Direct Cape Cod Theatre Project Works

      [ P ]  Plays by Eason, Jacqmin and Simonson Get "First Look" at Steppenwolf This Summer

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Miranda Will Get Honorary Degree From Yeshiva University

      [ P ]  Lithgow, Jones, Sadoski and Dano Set for Look Homeward, Angel Reading

      [ P ]  Couples Clash Over Parenting in Gilman's The Crowd You're in With, at Goodman

      [ P ]  Detroit's Hilberry Theatre Will Stage Fantasticks, Midsummer, Good and More in 2009-10

      [ P ]  Sherlock Holmes and The Crucifer of Blood Set for Alley's Summer Chills

      [ P ]  Pawk to Stage The Disney Diaries at the Beechman

      [ P ]  Anne of Green Gables, the Musical, Returns to Toronto May 7-24

      [ P ]  Off-Broadway Bound I Got Sick, Then I Got Better to Play Barrington Stage

      [ P ]  Chase, Hilty, Levy and Thoms Will Join Composer Alan at Birdland

      [ P ]  Moreno and Culp Will Read Love Letters June 6 in Washington

      [ P ]  "All Over the World": Xanadu and Legally Blonde to Premiere in Philippines

      [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 8

      [ P ]  Coraline Musical Makes World Premiere at Off-Broadway's Lortel

      [ P ]  Voltaire's Lover and a Modern Scientist Share Spotlight in Legacy of Light in DC

      [ P ]  Dewane Is The Mushroom Picker May 8 in Manhattan

      [ P ]  Panych's The Dishwashers Arrives Off-Broadway May 8

      [ P ]  Finding the Rooster Opens at 13th Street Rep May 8

      [ P ]  Tuesdays with Morrie, with Hal Linden, Begins Toronto Run May 8

      [ P ]  Norman Conquests, Carnage and a Tesori Tribute on Playbill Radio May 12-19

      [ P ]  Baranski to Present Boeing-Boeing Co-Star Rylance with Scripps Award

      [ P ]  Falcone and Kerrigan Are 2009 Kleban Award Winners for Musical Theatre Writing

      [ P ]  Broadway's Cat Revival, with Jones and Rashad, to Play London's West End

      [ TM ]  Mikhail Baryshnikov, Christine Ebersole, Stephen Sondheim Set for Chicago's Harris Theater

      [ TM ]  Fantasia Set for Color Purple in Atlanta, Chicago, D.C. and L.A.

      [ LAT ]  Sam Cohn dies at 79; New York talent agent By Dennis McLellan

      [ P ]  Sam Cohn, Powerful Talent Agent, Dies at 79

      [ B ]  Sam Cohn, Agent to the Stars, Dead at 79

      [ P ]  101 Dalmatians, Dreamgirls, In the Heights, Young Frankenstein Will Play Chicago in 2009-10

      [ NYT ]  Theater Listings: May 8-14

      Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

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