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Thursday, August 20, 2009

    Features:

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    Spike Lee, Stew and 'Passing Strange' By Mekado Murphy

    Both Stew and Mr. Lee were in The Times's offices this week to speak about the project, how they came to collaborate on it and what changes were made to the show for the film version.

    [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
    'Nurse Jackie': 10 reasons for theater people to fall in love by Charles McNulty

    [ TIME ]  10 Questions for Jeremy Piven

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Groener, McGrath and Co. Prepare Putting It Together for SCR

    The Fringe Festival:

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    At the Fringe: Abe, Honestly By Erik Piepenburg

    [ TM ]  FringeNYC 2009: Roundup #5
    Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo, Andy Buck, and Patrick Lee

    Reports on Ether Steeds, Bargains & Blood, and Dolls.

    [ TE ]  Afterlight - Review by OSCAR E. MOORE

    Twilight would have been a better title but that brings forth visions of vampires now and so we have to settle with Afterlight and albino Monarch butterflies.Settle indeed.

    "Hair":

    [ B ]  FRESH FACE : Talented Hair hippie Sasha Allen balances a busy life

    [ P ]  Cast of Hair to Join Eustis, Jones and Stone for Equality Rally in Central Park Aug. 28

    [ TM ]  Hair Cast, Including Gavin Creel, Set for Central Park Equality March Rally

    News:

    [ P ]  Dreamgirls National Tour to Play Seattle, Philadelphia and Boston

    [ TM ]  Veanne Cox to Star in Ain Gordon's A Disaster Begins

    [ B ]  Colman Domingo's A Boy and His Soul Sets Dates at Vineyard Theatre

    [ P ]  Kid's Musical The Bully to Play Limited Off-Broadway Run

    [ TM ]  Damien Baldet to Star in La Jolla Playhouse's Hoover Comes Alive

    [ P ]  Hoover Comes Alive!, a Les Freres Corbusier Musical, Will Awaken in CA Sept. 8

    [ TM ]  Lesley Sharp and Marc Warren Join Cast of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Revival

    [ B ]  Sharp, Warren and Vickers to Headline the West End's Little Voice

    [ P ]  West End's Little Voice Will Feature Sharp and Warren

    [ TM ]  Full Cast Set for Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's Hamlet Starring Gareth Saxe

    [ P ]  Tony Winner Mitchell to Play Westhampton, New Orleans, Houston and Long Beach

    [ TM ]  Lynn Ahrens, Matt Doyle, Steven Flaherty, Tom Kitt, Duncan Sheik, et al. Set for We Are The Song Benefit

    [ TM ]  Brian Dennehy to Make Film Directing Debut with Redemption

    [ TM ]  Leslie Kritzer, Amanda McBroom, et al. Set for Barrington Stage Shows

    [ TM ]  Liza Minnelli to Play LA's Hollywood Bowl and Las Vegas' MGM Grand

    [ TM ]  Danny Glover, Phylicia Rashad, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, et al. to Salute Bill Cosby at Kennedy Center

    [ B ]  Lea Michele & Glee Cast Hitting the Road for Publicity Tour

    [ TM ]  Tony Danza Returns to TV in Reality Show

    [ P ]  Hill, Dugan, Proctor and More Will Paint Picture of Dorian Gray, a World Premiere in MD

    [ P ]  Gersten to Discuss That Championship Season at Westport Aug. 30

    [ P ]  Dohrn's Sick, with Keller, Emery and Brooksher, Plays Berkshire Festival

    [ TM ]  Jeremy Davidson's Film, Tickling Leo, to Open on September 4

    [ TM ]  Gaily, Gaily and The Night They Raided Minsky's Soundtracks Coming to CD

    [ TM ]  Toronto Film Festival Announces Complete Schedule

    [ TM ]  Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, and Jane Horrocks Set for BBC 4 Biopics

    [ TM ]  Justin Kirk, Condola Rashad, Thomas Sadoski, Jennifer Tilly Set for 30 Beats Film

    [ P ]  Groener, McGrath, Murray, Scalera and Callaway Will Be Putting It Together in CA

    [ TM ]  David Chandler, Felicity Jones, Susan Heyward, et.al. Set for Yale Rep's Master Builder

    Reviews:

    [ TNO ]  (NOT) LOST IN YONKERS by JOHN NATHAN

    More than a pleasant surprise, this production of Hello Dolly! is an outright treat. And oh those wonderful Jerry Herman songs.

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      • Features:

      [ CT ]  Want to buy a famous theater? Asking $1.3m by Chris Jones

      There's just one catch: You have to continue operating them as theaters for at least the next two decades.

      [ WSJ ]  Summer Scoops Live: Bill T. Jones and Stew Dish About Collaboration, Getting Naked By Ellen Gamerman

      Bill T. Jones and his closest collaborators from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company join Passing Strange co-creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald, and WSJ's Wendy Bounds for a passionate exploration of the pleasures and pitfalls of artistic partnerships.

      [ ATU ]  'Proof' playwright takes on new role for 'Sick' By MICHAEL ECK

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Shakespeare in the park, Long Beach-style by Juliette Funes

      [ TM ]  Robin Williams Is the Greatest! By: Ann Lieber

      The Oscar-winning star talks about his new film, World's Greatest Dad, and resuming his Weapons of Self-Destruction comedy tour.

      [ NYP ]  Coming up at the National Theatre by Elisabeth Vincentelli

      [ NYP ]  STRIPHANGER By JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN
      HERE'S PROOF NUDE YORK IS THE NAKED CITY

      [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX
      CLAIRE DANES OK WITH MONOGAMY

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Black Album, Stage Version of Novel, Hits London Stage

      [ NYP ]  SINGING THE PRAISES OF A DIVA By JAMES JORDEN

      IT'S strange to remember a diva best for a moment when she wasn't singing, but Hildegard Behrens probably wouldn't mind.

      The Fringe Festival:

      [ BS ]  Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

      Political infighting is made exceedingly entertaining in this wild, red versus blue state satire.

      [ BS ]  The Books - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

      Michael Edison Hayden's new play about the relationship between a professional dominatrix and her client thankfully eschews the sensational and proves surprisingly engrossing and ultimately touching.

      [ BS ]  Baking With Bertha - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

      This slice-of-cooking-life solo show stars a well-padded grandmother who celebrates butter and offers parodies of right-wing bugaboos. Dig in!

      [ BS ]  White Horses: An Irish Childhood - Reviewed by GWEN OREL

      This one-man autobiographical solo show has its attractions but needs to plow fresher ground.

      [ NYP ]  'DOW' DOESN'T WOW By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (**)

      [ BS ]  FringeNYC: "Powerhouse"

      Video clip.

      [ BS ]  FringeNYC: "Far Out"

      Video clip.

      [ P ]  The Crow Mill, with Librandi, Mare and White, Begins Fringe Run Aug. 20

      Other Reviews:

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Theater review: 'The Receptionist' at the Odyssey Theatre by Charles McNulty

      In terms of subject matter, the piece bears comparison with Caryl Churchill's harrowing theater poem "Far Away," a sharper written foray into the oblivious citizen heart of geopolitical darkness.

      [ BSUN ]  Come up and see 'Dirty Blonde' By Tim Smith

      [ V ]  Avenue Q
      Review by Michaela Boland

      Six years since "Avenue Q" began wowing auds on Broadway, this new, non-replica Australian adaptation has cherry-picked from the original but otherwise reimagined the "Sesame Street"-inspired show with Oz-flavored creative flourishes to excellent effect.

      News:

      [ TM ]  Annette Bening and Angus Macfayden Set for UCLA Live's Medea

      [ TM ]  Harry Groener, Matt McGrath, Mary Gordon Murray, et al. Set for SCR's Putting It Together

      [ V ]  Scribes contribute plays to 'River'

      Anthology to be presented by Ensemble Studio

      [ HC ]  Ibsen's 'Master Builder' Coming To Yale
      Frank Rizzo | TICKER

      [ HC ]  Ct Culture Comish Awards $300,000 for Arts Jobs By Frank Rizzo

      [ ND ]  Northport's Engeman Theater does Broadway

      Northport's John W. Engeman Theater's got rhythm this weekend with two Broadway showcases.

      [ P ]  Cambria/Douglass, Two Plays About Frederick Douglass, to Run in Rep in NYC

      [ P ]  Carr and Socarides to Read The Birthday Boy at Berkshire Playwrights Lab

      [ P ]  Toronto Run of Lloyd Webber's Boys in the Photograph On Sale Aug. 22

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 20

      [ P ]  Night Job, with Kudisch, Foster, McGillin, Olivo, Plimpton, Zien, James, Presented Aug. 20

      [ P ]  Schoenfeld Box Office Opens Aug. 20 for A Steady Rain

      [ P ]  LaBute World Premiere, Part of L.A.'s "First Look Festival," Begins Aug.20

      [ P ]  KT Sullivan Sings Everything Old Is New Again in Lower Manhattan

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Douglas Carter Beane Comedy Is Cast
      Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

      [ NYT ]  Robert Hilferty, Writer and AIDS Activist, Is Dead at 49

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