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Monday, July 6, 2009

    News:

    [ P ]  July 6 Performance of Toxic Avenger Canceled

    [ B ]  Anthony Mackie Completes Cast for The Public's Upcoming Bacchae

    [ P ]  Mackie, Armstrong, Corey and Hugo Complete Public Theater's Bacchae Cast

    [ TM ]  Anthony Mackie Joins Andre de Shields, Jonathan Groff, et al. for Public's The Bacchae

    [ B ]  Tony Winner Judith Ivey to Star in Roundabout's off-Broadway Revival of The Glass Menagerie

    [ P ]  Darragh and Keeley Will Join Ivey in Off-Broadway Revival of Glass Menagerie

    [ TM ]  Glass Menagerie With Judith Ivey to Play Roundabout in March

    [ TM ]  Puppetry of the Penis to Return to NYC in August

    [ P ]  Puppetry of the Penis to Play 45 Bleecker Street

    [ P ]  Kristin Scott Thomas and Leslie Caron to Star in A Little Night Music in France

    [ TM ]  Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Caron, Lambert Wilson, et al. to Star in Paris A Little Night Music

    [ TM ]  Naked Angels' Next Fall Extends Through August 8

    [ P ]  Nauffts' Next Fall Extends for Third Time, Now Through Aug. 8

    [ B ]  Naked Angels' Next Fall Extends Again Through August 11

    [ NYT ]  In the Wings By STEVEN McELROY; Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

    Performance Space 122 announces its fall season, and 59E59 Theaters plans its second annual "1st Irish Festival."

    [ TM ]  Sebastian Barry, Megan Riordan to Be Part of 59e59 Irish Festival

    [ P ]  Dillon, Whitley, Donovan and Rosenblatt Added to Berkshire Theatre Festival Company

    [ TM ]  Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for Berkshire Theatre Festival's Candide

    [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: A Fraction of Abba Joins in Celebration
    Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

    [ V ]  Actor Jan Rubes dies at 89

    Appeared in the film 'Witness'

    [ TM ]  Rock of Ages CD Arrives in Stores on July 7; J&R Signing Postponed

    [ P ]  Rock of Ages CD Signing Postponed

    [ TM ]  James Barbour, Tovah Feldshuh, Debbie Gravitte, Ute Lemper, et al. Set for Broadway Winners Concert

    [ P ]  Lewis, Ebersole, Jenkins, De Haas, Thomas, Owens and More Will Pay Tribute to Michael Jackson

    [ TM ]  Universal CityWalk to Celebrate Michael Jackson's Life With Free Wiz Screening

    [ P ]  Allegiance Reading to Feature Salonga and Takei

    [ TM ]  Craig Lucas' New Play to Be Read at 2010 Greenfield Prize Ceremony

    [ TM ]  Christian Slater to Star in ABC's The Forgotten

    [ P ]  TFANA's Othello Extends Intiman Engagement Through Aug. 9

    [ NYT ]  Former Artistic Director Is Now a Freelancer
    Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

    [ TM ]  Christine Andreas, Liz Callaway, Gregg Edelman, Beth Leavel, Karen Mason Set for Hudson Stage's DIVAS '09 Benefit

    [ P ]  Andreas, Edelman, Mason and Lisitza Join Starry Divas Concert

    [ P ]  Grabel and Reiner Elected Co-Presidents of League of Professional Theatre Women

    [ P ]  "Selected Shorts" and Neuwirth's Stories with a Piano to Play Mahaiwe Center

    [ P ]  Cates, Cutrell, Mason and Nunziata Brothers to Play the Castle

    [ P ]  Lapotaire to Return to the Stage in World Premiere of Gill's Another Door Closed

    [ P ]  Dance Talkback Scheduled for July 7 at Beckett

    [ P ]  "Hairspray" Star Blonsky to Host The 24 Hour Plays Off-Broadway

    [ TM ]  Eliane Elias, Corey Glover, Freda Payne, Tierney Sutton, et al. to Play at Iridium

    [ TM ]  Craig Bierko, Megan Hitly, Marc Kudsich, Constantine Maroulis, Will Swenson, et al. Set for July 9 Don't Quit Your Night Job

    [ TM ]  The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side to Return to P.S. 122

    [ TM ]  Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, et al. Set for London Not the Messiah

    [ B ]  Lloyd Webber Confirms Boggess and Karimloo for Phantom Sequel, Eyes 2010 Debut

    [ NYT ]  California Samples New York Playwrights
    Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

    The Ojai Playwrights Conference in Southern California is taking on some gritty New York City playwrights for its 12th annual play development conference.

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 6:51 PM | Item Link


      • [ STARS ]  The Funny Girl Has Three Faces, by Michael Portantiere

      Brinberg is Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in the ReVision Theatre production of Funny Girl, coming to the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park for one night only!

    • Posted by Matthew Murray at 10:00 AM | Item Link


        • Some additional news:

        [ P ]  Harada Returns to Avenue Q July 6; Larsen, McClure and Thomas Also Join Cast

        [ P ]  Bierko, Bologna, Gemignani, Hilty, Kudisch, Rees, Swenson and Maroulis Set for Night Job

        [ P ]  Peter Pan Extends Kensington Gardens Run; U.S. Tour to Launch in Chicago in 2010

        [ P ]  Monty Python to Mark 40th Anniversary with Live Shows; Book and TV Series, Too

        [ P ]  Simm, Hart and Fox to Star in Speaking in Tongues at London's Duke of York's

      • Posted by Matthew Murray at 9:52 AM | Item Link


          • This morning's Peter Filichia:

          [ TM ]  The Reviews Are In(sulting)

          Did you catch the column I wrote a couple of weeks ago about Broadway Bound? It's William Torbert Leonard's 618-page tome that's subtitled A Guide to Shows That Died Aborning. He detailed over a hundred plays and musicals that closed out of town during their tryouts, even though they'd already booked a New York theater and expected to come in. Because Leonard described the plot of each production, I replicated his opening lines for two dozen synopses to suggest that the shows never looked promising. More than one reader wrote in to say that they regretted that the book didn't also include excerpts from the reviews these disasters earned. Now it's my turn to say, "Ah, but Leonard did include a few of these." Want to see a few?

          This morning's news:

          [ P ]  Signature's New Musicals Lab Grows Shows by Conner and Foster, Gwon and Meno, July 6-24

          [ P ]  Daisey Offers Mysteries of the Unexplained: The Boardwalk! July 6 at Joe's Pub

          Let's hope this is even more successful than his last show, If You See Park Place, Say Something.

          [ P ]  Next Thing You Know Concert, with Alvin, Austin, Hanlon, Johnson, Presented July 6

          [ P ]  Meet Me in St. Louis Plays St. Louis' Muny Beginning July 6

          [ P ]  O'Hare, Domingo, Joyce, Friedman Among Sundance Lab Acting Company

          This morning's features:

          [ AP ]  Recession adds to challenges for suburban arts, by Jim Fitzgerald

          Orchestras, theaters, museums and other arts organizations in the nation's suburbs face the challenge to attract customers—and donors—from the same population going to the Chicago Symphony, the Smithsonian, or Broadway plays.

          [ NYP ]  Living in the Fest Lane, by Elisabeth Vincentelli

          It's not an easy sell. It's July, all you want to do is go to the beach—not spend hours on end in darkened rooms, watching lengthy shows in languages you may or may not under stand. But oh, the rewards! Yes, it's time for the Lincoln Center Festival, which this year really rocks the theater.

          [ NYT ]  Troupe's Communal Vision Includes Lunch, by Patricia Cohen

          Good food is an essential element of any production from Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.

          [ P ]  Today in Theatre History

          This morning's reviews:

          [ NYT ]  A Bronx Tale: The View From a Crowded Bodega, by Andy Webster

          The voices in Caridad De La Luz's show sure sound authentic, and it's not surprising given the play's provenance.

          [ NYT ]  Where All the World's an Atmospheric Stage, by Karen Rosenberg

          A new exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum presents a concise summary of 20th-century stagecraft.

        • Posted by Matthew Murray at 6:41 AM | Item Link


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