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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

    [ P ]  Adelaide's New Lament: Broadway's Guys and Dolls to Close June 14

    By close, the show will have played 28 previews and 113 performances.

    [ TM ]  Broadway's Guys and Dolls to Close June 14; National Tour to Launch in 2010

    [ B ]  Guys and Dolls Shutters June 14

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 4:01 PM | Item Link


      • [ STARS ]  The 2009 Phony Awards, by Michael Portantiere

      This year's winners include Jeremy Piven and the tech crew for the Tony Awards show!

    • Posted by Matthew Murray at 11:38 AM | Item Link


        • [ STARS ]  What You Didn't See at the Tonys; Quinn's Gimmick; Marilyn's Mercer; Debbie Does the Friars; The Queen Salutes Young Playwrights; Broadway 1970; Theodore Bikel; The Wiz; Chess; More
        by Ellis Nassour

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 10:03 AM | Item Link


          • [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: June 1-7

          [ V ]  Obama bump for 'Turner' on Broadway

          Overall b.o. cume climbs slightly to $19.7 million

          [ NYT ]  Insider Appointed Chairwoman of Lincoln Center By ROBIN POGREBIN

          [ V ]  Legislation jeopardizes N.Y. tax breaks By SAM THIELMAN

          Film, TV productions could take serious hit

          [ BG ]  Theaters opt for lighter fare in dark times By Louise Kennedy

          Facing budget cuts and dwindling ticket sales, local theaters have had to reduce their lineups, scale back, and remount past productions as a way to save money.

          [ CT ]  A Chicago actor with a sense of humor ... by Chris Jones

          The above is copied with permission from an e-mail by Chicago actor Randy Steinmeyer, who along with Peter DeFaria starred as a Chicago cop in the original Chicago production of "A Steady Rain."

          [ TONY ]  The dinger dinged: How to criticize the critics? by Helen Shaw

          [ TM ]  Scott Coulter, Christiane Noll, Kerry O'Malley Set for BTF's Broadway By the Year

          [ P ]  Noll, O'Malley and Coulter to Sing Broadway By the Year at Berkshire Fest

          [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Bono and the Edge talk about 'Spider-Man' musical on Broadway by David Ng

          The Tony Awards:

          [ V ]  Did the Tonys find an Emmys host? By BRIAN LOWRY

          Neil Patrick Harris now looks like a logical choice

          [ V ]  Tony parties light up Gotham By GORDON COX

          Consensus: The telecast was pretty good this year

          [ NY ]  A Tony Awards Love Story: Prince Falls for Karen Olivo

          [ NY ]  The Tony Awards: A Behind-the-Scenes Timeline

          [ B ]  FEATURE : The 2009 Tony Awards: What You Didn't See On TV

          [ AP ]  Tonys should aid success of 'Billy' and 'Carnage' By MICHAEL KUCHWARA

          [ TONY ]  TONY Tony postmortem part one by Adam Feldman

          [ TONY ]  TONY Tony postmortem part two by Adam Feldman

          [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
          Three-way tie among top pundits predicting the Tony Awards

          [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
          Backstage at the Tonys: Three 'Billy' boys, Elton John, Jerry Herman

          [ DN ]  Charming 'Billys' celebrate big...with cokes and ice cream by Joe Dziemianowicz

          [ G+M ]  David's long road to the Tony Awards by Michael Posner

          Young David Alvarez had never acted before.

          [ NY ]  Bret Michaels and John Stamos Have Done Gross Things Together

          [ NYP ]  CINDY ADAMS

          Hugh Jackman, David Carradine, the Tonys, "Irena's Vow," Shakespeare in the Park.

          [ DN ]  Gatecrasher: A star is born: Hathaway plans to play Judy Garland

          "I think I'm either naive or insane to play her - maybe a little bit of both!" the starlet confided to us backstage at Sunday night's Tony Awards.

          [ NY ]  Jake Gyllenhaal to Play Anne Hathaway's Drug Dealer

          [ NJ ]  Tony Awards red carpet: Best dressed nominations for Anne Hathaway, Jane Fonda by Vicki Hyman

          [ P ]  About Last Night...Tony Edition

          [ P ]  Inside Track: The Week Ahead, June 8-14

          [ TS ]  Tony winners coming to Toronto? by Richard Ouzounian

          [ P ]  Next to Normal's Yorkey to Direct Village Theatre Works Productions

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Tony Eve Cocktail Party

          [ NJ ]  If there were Tony's for New Jersey by Peter Filichia

          [ NJ ]  Tony Awards shaping up as a foreign affair by Peter Filichia

          [ KL ]  By Ken Levine: The 2009 Tony Awards

          They were then joined on stage by Shrek, Liza Minnelli, and the cast of "Hair". Coincidentally, it's the premise of our new sitcom pilot. Except they all run a pizza place.

          Features:

          [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Shafrika and Salonga By Seth Rudetsky

          [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Jill Paice

          [ TM ]  A Couple of Swell Stars By: Whitney Spaner

          Laura Benanti and Steven Pasquale have found happiness on and off the Broadway stage!

          [ TM ]  Video Feature
          Gee Wiz! By: Brian Scott Lipton, Edward Highfield, and Jordan Neuren

          Ashanti, Orlando Jones, Dawnn Lewis, LaChanze and the cast of The Wiz provide a sneak peek of the City Center Encores! production.

          [ DN ]  'Grey's Anatomy' star Chandra Wilson gets a Broadway lesson in 'Chicago' by Joe Dziemianowicz

          [ NY ]  Jailhouse Rules By Emma Rosenblum

          Chandra Wilson on Chicago and burnout victims.

          [ NYT ]  She's Nothing Like Peggy, or Is She? By BROOKS BARNES

          The actress Elisabeth Moss has earned Emmy chatter for her work on "Mad Men" and critical raves for her recent turn in the David Mamet play "Speed-the-Plow" on Broadway.

          [ NYP ]  POP'S ABOUT TO GET 'UGLY' By LARRY GETLEN
          AFTER 12 YEARS, VANESSA WILLIAMS BRINGS SEXY BACK WITH AN ALBUM OF LOVE SONGS

          [ NY ]  Sleepwalk With Me's Mike Birbiglia on Making Audiences Feel His Pain, 198 Times

          [ HC ]  Broadway Tour Of 'The Color Purple' Stops At Bushnell By FRANK RIZZO

          [ NYT ]  Letters
          Phylicia Rashad: Colorblind Casting

          [ NYT ]  Correction: One Singular (Choreographed) Sensation

          [ TONY ]  Nocturne reprise: Adam Rapp brings back his own golden oldie by Helen Shaw

          [ HC ]  New Play by "Speech & Debate"'s Stephen Karam By Frank Rizzo

          [ DCTS ]  Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Philanthropist, and the Theatre World Awards

          New York reviewer Richard Seff's take on the August Wilson drama, wishes Matthew Broderick better luck next time, and enjoyed the Theatre World Awards.

          [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

          JOEL Grey's rich and famous pals came out to Michael's in the rain the other night to celebrate "1.3" -- the "Cabaret" star's new book of photos, which were all snapped using a Nokia cellphone.

          "Things of Dry Hours":

          [ AP ]  A stark 'Dry Hours' examines friendship, betrayal By JENNIFER FARRAR

          Such ingredients make poet-turned-playwright Naomi Wallace's eloquent "Things of Dry Hours" a stark, complex drama filled with rich imagery and laced with dark humor.

          [ CU ]  Things of Dry Hours

          Naomi Wallace has a predominantly poetic voice which can sound like a struggle between abstracted naturalism and artistic narcissism

          [ NYT ]  Supplying Shelter and the Gospel of Marx By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

          It's not looking good when the most compelling writing in a new play comes from Karl Marx.

          [ DN ]  Parched tale of a lone stranger by Joe Dziemianowicz (**)

          Dry is right.

          [ NYP ]  LABORIOUS, LETHARGIC 'DRY' IS ALL WET By FRANK SCHECK (* 1/2)

          [ TM ]  Things of Dry Hours
          Reviewed by: David Finkle

          Naomi Wallace's pretentious play set in 1932 Alabama never makes its meaning clear.

          [ TB ]  Things of Dry Hours
          Review by Matthew Murray

          Things of Dry Hours would be much better if Wallace knew what she wanted it to be, so she didn't have to fill it with everything and wind up with nothing.

          [ V ]  Things of Dry Hours
          Review by Marilyn Stasio

          By keeping the conflict confined to three characters in a single household, scribe drops the pretense of dealing with the period's big political issues and indulges herself with long-winded speeches signifying little but an authorial taste for overripe imagery.

          [ BS ]  Things of Dry Hours - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

          In her determination to write a complex, poetic, political drama about neglected subject matter, Naomi Wallace takes a potentially fascinating situation, story, and characters and, sadly, drains the life out of them.

          "Arcadia":

          [ I ]  Arcadia, Duke of York's Theatre, London - Reviewed by Michael Coveney (****)

          [ TIMES ]  Arcadia at Duke of York's, WC2 by Sam Leith (****)

          [ ES ]  Arcadia provides feast of ideas from Tom Stoppard By Henry Hitchings (****)

          [ G ]  Arcadia - Review by Michael Billington (****)

          [ FT ]  Patchwork patterns of history By Sarah Hemming (****)

          [ V ]  Arcadia
          Review By DAVID BENEDICT

          Unsurprisingly, in the play's first London revival, the dialogue zips along. But sadly, David Leveaux's textureless production barely even hints at the crucial undertow.

          "Oleanna":

          [ BS ]  Very, Very Extraordinary By Dany Margolies

          The fascinating Bill Pullman on the creative art of acting

          [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Chris Pine, Chris Noth take in 'Oleanna' at the Taper by Lisa Fung

          [ LAT ]  Culture Monster: Review: 'Oleanna' at the Mark Taper Forum by Charles McNulty

          "Oleanna" still fills me with reservations - artistic as well as political. Yes, the debate is tendentiously rigged. But you can't argue with a play that retains the power to get theatergoers arguing with each other as they head home.

          [ V ]  Oleanna
          Review by Bob Verini

          Brilliant acting and Doug Hughes' canny helming fully animate Mamet's galvanic 1992 show.

          Other Reviews:

          [ TM ]  machines machines machines machines machines machines machines
          Reviewed by: Adam R. Perlman

          This giddy, deliriously funny enterprise at HERE is not only good enough to redeem not just its exuberant title, but possibly the idea of experimental theater.

          [ NYT ]  Goofball Gearheads Cook Up Breakfast and Other Low-Tech Mischief By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

          Contraptions and mechanical gewgaws of all sorts are the buzzing, whizzing, clanking lifeblood of this handcrafted theatrical tribute to Rube Goldberg.

          [ NYP ]  MECHANIZED MAYHEM By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (***)

          [ BS ]  Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines - Reviewed by ANDY PROPST

          Goofball antics have deeper meaning in "Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines Machines," a three-man caper that starts off hysterically but ultimately becomes a tedious exercise in silly physical comedy.

          [ CT ]  Gorgeous score of 'Minister's Wife' makes 'Candida' story dance by Chris Jones (***)

          [ CST ]  'Minister's Wife' heeds higher calling for great theater BY HEDY WEISS

          When you encounter a new work that possesses the breathtaking beauty, emotional immediacy, masterful craft and profound wit and wisdom of "A Minister's Wife," you understand why the art of live theater will never die.

          [ V ]  A Minister's Wife
          Review By STEVEN OXMAN

          It's awfully hard to find too much fault in a production that provides a fundamentally effective vehicle for Schmidt's score, which -- make no mistake -- is remarkable.

          [ WP ]  Valerie Harper Is Life of One 'Looped' Party By Peter Marks

          [ WT ]  Harper engagingly 'Looped' By Jayne Blanchard (***)

          [ DCTS ]  Valerie Harper in Looped

          Review of the bound for Broadway comedy about the divine Tallulah Bankhead giving life one last "kick in the pants."

          [ BS ]  The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side - Reviewed by JERRY PORTWOOD

          The Amoralists is a theater company that claims not to be "concerned with the principals of right or wrong, good or bad," an attitude that could endanger the success of its productions. And yet, despite being strong on manifesto, its current offering manages to entertain, educate, and titillate.

          [ TM ]  The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side
          Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

          Derek Ahonen's play about a modern-day free-loving "tribe" lacks depth.

          [ HC ]  Riz' Blog Review: "Children" at Westport By Frank Rizzo

          [ NYT ]  Under the Iciness, Familial Fireworks and Poisonous Roots By ANITA GATES

          [ TNO ]  TIME IS GOING TO COME by SANDY MACDONALD

          Three decades old, and thoroughly WASP-centric, this A.R. Gurney classiic speaks broadly in an age of diminishing expectations.

          [ HC ]  Riz' Blog Review: "Dividing the Estate" at Hartford Stage By Frank Rizzo

          [ BS ]  Belle of the Ball Bearings - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

          Even at a mere 60 minutes, Elizabeth Battersby's new one-woman musical threatens to outstay its welcome.

          [ CU ]  EST Marathon Series B

          Series A of Ensemble Studio Theatre's 2009 Marathon disappointed some, but Series B came roaring back with one-acts that ranged from quite good to excellent.

          [ BN ]  Jude Law Portrays Hamlet as Lean, Wise Prince: London Stage
          Review by Warwick Thompson

          Plus "A Doll's House," "Collaboration," "Taking Sides" and "Falstaff."

          [ TNO ]  A LAW UNTO HIMSELF by JOHN NATHAN

          Michael Grandage's Hamlet gives us a splendid Jude Law in the title role. It also gives us a play that at time seems freshly written.

          [ CU ]  Sister Act

          This crowd pleasing musical was one which made me think I'd landed on an alien planet.

          [ TB ]  Dame Edna: My First Last Tour
          San Diego Review by Bill Eadie

          [ TNO ]  BE CAREFUL FOR WHAT YOU WISH FOR - Review by JOHN NATHAN

          Director Marianne Elliott has adopted a Gothic aesthetic for the National's first crack at All's Well That Ends Well. It provides style and substance in near perfect harmony.

          [ CU ]  The Little Foxes

          Lillian Hellman's play remains a gripping reminder that there is a price to pay for the recycling of greed and the ravaging of our humanity as we enter another century

          [ TNO ]  GETTING THEIR ACT TOGETHER... YOU BET by MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

          With The Power of Two, Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson have put together a whale of a cabaret act. It bodes well for a burgeoning cabaret future together.

          [ NYT ]  Dance Review | New York City Ballet
          Comedy, Majesty and Poetry in Four Works From Jerome Robbins By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

          This program covered a span of 33 years of Jerome Robbins's choreography.

          [ P ]  ON THE RECORD: The Threepenny Opera, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac and "Alphabet City Cycle"

          [ NPR ]  Books Reveal Theater's Behind-The-Scenes Secrets by Trey Graham

          [ NYT ]  Wearing a Scowl and a Stethoscope By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

          In "Nurse Jackie," a new series on Showtime, Edie Falco plays a ministering angel with a devilish addiction to painkillers.

          [ NYT ]  Music Review | 'Sunday in New York: Mel Tormé in Words and Music'
          Crooner, You've Got That Swing and Bop-a-do: Salute to Mel Tormé By STEPHEN HOLDEN

          This concert rang out the Lyrics & Lyricists series on a euphoric wave of polished glass harmonies and light swing rhythms.

        • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 9:27 AM | Item Link


            • Obituaries:

            [ V ]  Actress Mary Howard de Liagre dies

            Roles included 'Abe Lincoln,' 'Swamp Water'

            [ IBDB ]  Mary Howard's Broadway Credits

            [ V ]  Tony Neely dies at 66

            Production manager got start on Broadway

            [ V ]  Arthur Cavanaugh dies at 84

            Novelist, playwright known for Kraft, 'Trap'

            [ TM ]  Singer Kenny Rankin Dies at 69

            News:

            [ CT ]  Jeff favorites 'Evita,' 'Our Town' top the Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards

            Cromer, who showed up for the awards and honored his original collaborators, read a long list of those who were, he said, "Our Town."
            "I've been away a long time," Cromer said. "It's good to be back."

            [ CST ]  'Evita,' 'Our Town' top winners at Jeff Awards BY HEDY WEISS

            [ CST ]  Complete list of Jeff Award winners 2009

            [ P ]  Young Frankenstein Tour Will Launch in RI; Route Includes Chicago, Atlanta, L.A., Toronto

            [ P ]  Les Miz to Be Revamped for 25th Anniversary U.K./International Tour

            [ TM ]  Edward Albee, Janet McTeer, Harriet Walter, Marian Seldes, and More to Honor Brian Murray at The Players

            [ P ]  A Pipe Night for Brian Murray to Feature Akers, McTeer, Walter, Albee, Seldes and Hickey

            [ TM ]  Robert Cuccioli, Dee Hoty, Nikki Snelson, et al. Set for The Muny's 42nd Street

            [ TM ]  Savion Glover to Launch BleecKer ThingZ Series

            [ HC ]  "Mothers" United for Hartford Stage Premiere By Frank Rizzo

            [ P ]  "Disney on Broadway Essentials" Will Get Digital Release June 9

            [ TM ]  Disney on Broadway Essentials to Receive June 9 Digital Release

            [ P ]  Barack Stars, the Latest From The Second City, Will Play DC

            [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
            Compiled by STEVEN McELROY

            [ P ]  Oscar Winner Abraham Set for Reading of Iken's Perversion

            [ P ]  Fitzpatrick, Hunt, Louise and McGowan Will Join Kritzer for Cabaret at TUTS

            [ P ]  Chicago Poppins Cast Will Sing to Benefit About Face Theatre in Cabaret Series

            [ P ]  Price, Horowitz, Fowler and Rudetsky Set for Alumni on Broadway Concert

            [ P ]  Cast of Fiddler Tour to Offer BC/EFA Benefit June 21 in Chicago

            [ P ]  Devanand Janki Directs Disney's Aladdin for Chicago Shakespeare

            [ P ]  Trouble With Doug to Feature Green, Heller, Williams and More

            [ TM ]  Matt Letscher to Join HBO's Entourage

            [ TM ]  Barry Manilow to Appear in London's BBC Proms in the Park

            [ TM ]  Bill Condon, Funny Girl, Glee Cast, et al. to Be Part of Outfest 2009

            [ TM ]  O'Neill Theater Center to Honor Dina Merrill

            [ TM ]  Peter Frechette, Mary McDonnell, Rob Morrow, Duncan Sheik, et al. Set for Powerhouse Theatre Gala

            [ P ]  Made in New York Benefit Will Honor Krieger, LaChanze and Van Peebles

            [ P ]  Luft, Hateley, Ruffelle and Barrowman Will Celebrate Judy Garland in July 1 Concert

            [ P ]  Sunset's Campbell Will Direct Hairspray's Jolley in Sylvia

            [ P ]  Borle, O'Hara, Kudisch, Peil, Moran, Davi Appeared in Finding Neverland Reading

            [ P ]  Gage, Part One Reading to Feature Lipton, Greene, Marcus, Calvert and Waxman

            [ P ]  Marshall, Wilson, McMullan and More Set for Bay Street's "Our Town" Series

            [ TM ]  London Production of La Cage Aux Folles Eyes Broadway Transfer

            [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: JUNE 9

            [ P ]  Ute Lemper Sings in Manhattan June 9

            [ P ]  Little Mermaid Welcomes Drew Seeley June 9

            [ P ]  Our House, Rebeck's Satiric Look at Reality TV, Opens in NYC Premiere

            [ P ]  Mendes' Bridge Project Opens at London's Old Vic June 9

            [ P ]  39 Steps Talkback Series Begins June 9

          • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:58 AM | Item Link


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