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Thursday, November 19, 2009

    [ TM ]  Josh Hamilton, Marin Ireland, Maggie Siff, et al. Set for New Group's A Lie of the Mind

    [ P ]  Hamilton, Ireland, O'Connell, Nivola, Siff and Whaley Cast in A Lie of the Mind Off-Broadway

    [ P ]  Dullea to Head Cast of I Never Sang for My Father Off-Broadway

    [ TM ]  Tarell Alvin McCraney's Brother/Sister Plays Extends at Public Theater Through December 20

    [ P ]  McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays Extend at the Public

    [ B ]  The Brother/Sister Plays Extend at the Public Theater

    [ TM ]  Lady With All the Answers, Starring Judith Ivey, Extends Through December 20

    [ B ]  The Lady with All the Answers, Starring Judith Ivey, Extends Off-Broadway

    [ TM ]  Jeff McCarthy to Play Sweeney Todd for Barrington Stage

    [ P ]  Jeff McCarthy to Star in Barrington's Sweeney Todd

    [ TM ]  Simon Burke to Replace Burke Moses in Toronto Sound of Music

    [ B ]  East Village Opera Company Plans Mash-Up Version of The Sound of Music

    [ TM ]  Prospect Theater Company Announces Cast for Peter Mills and Cara Reichel's Evergreen

    Features:

    [ BS ]  Knight Music By Les Spindle

    T.R. Knight and other well-known actors take the daring plunge into musical theater.

    [ BS ]  Prime Time By Jenelle Riley

    Back Stage recently sat down with four actors who have carved indelible characters on television: some over the course of several seasons, some in just a handful of episodes.

    [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
    'The Sound of Music' Turns 50 By ERIK PIEPENBURG

    [ B ]  Glee-Cap: Ep. 10: Hot for Teacher

    [ TM ]  PHOTOFLASH: Lucy DeVito, Katie Finneran, Capathia Jenkins, Rhea Perlman and Rita Wilson Join Love, Loss and What I Wore

    [ TM ]  PHOTOFLASH: Christina Ricci and Sigourney Weaver Honor Ang Lee and James Schamus

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Equivocation at Geffen Playhouse in L.A.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: The Acting Company's Shakespearean Masquerade Benefit

    Reviews:

    [ V ]  My Wonderful Day
    Review By MARILYN STASIO

    Are all 8-year-olds as terrifyingly alert to their elders' childish behavior as the little girl in Alan Ayckbourn's achingly funny new play, "My Wonderful Day?" Possibly. But it's hard to imagine a more hilarious or endearing performance of such a child than the one given by 28-year-old Ayesha Antoine in this sublime production, directed by the playwright.

    [ CU ]  Elyse Sommer on Ragtime

    The restaged musical adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel is better than ever!

    News:

    [ P ]  Curtains Up for a Cure Concert to Feature Kimball, Murney, Von Essen, Champlin and More

    [ TM ]  Elizabeth Marvel to Star in PBS' Louisa May Alcott Film Biography

    [ TM ]  Judy Gold, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Mary Testa, et al. Set for Lea Delaria's Holiday Ho-Ho-Ho-Down

    [ TM ]  Rosie Benton, Jason Dirden, Nikkole Salter, et al. Set for Arena Stage's Stick Fly

    [ TM ]  Lynn Nottage's Ruined, Daniel Breaker in A Doctor in Spite of Himself Part of Intiman's 2010 Season

    [ P ]  White Plains Holiday Concert to Feature Moore, Earley, Larsen, Wyman and More

    [ TM ]  Jackie Mason Set for December 9 Performance at Comix

    [ TM ]  Ruth Katz, Elizabeth Streb, Sally Jenkins to Join Anna Deavere Smith for Let Me Down Easy Talkback

    [ TM ]  Lincoln Center's David Rubinstein Atrium to Present Target Free Thursdays Performances

    [ TM ]  Liz Callaway, Charles Strouse, Michael Winther, et al. Set for Kaufman Center Benefit

    [ TM ]  Loretta Devine to Play Upright Cabaret in December

    [ P ]  Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood (abridged) to Play Kennedy Center in Summer 2010

    [ P ]  First Three Plays of Foote's Orphans' Home Cycle Open Off-Broadway Nov. 19

    [ P ]  Dinner With Rapp and Pascal? Rent Tour Begins Auction for BC/EFA

    [ P ]  Wallflower Sessions Concert to Feature Thompson, Greer, Weiss, Daniel and Mindelle

    [ P ]  Cleale Joins Feldshuh, MacRae and Shew for Boynton Beach Club Readings

    [ P ]  Sharon Gless, Stephen Macht to Star in Round-Heeled Woman World Premiere

    [ P ]  Broadway Can! to Feature Carvajal, Kelso, Moriber, Rice, Rockwell, Shuford and More

    [ P ]  Shubert Organization Confirms Development Agreement with Producers Cole and Zollo

    [ TM ]  Shubert Organization to Partner with Producers Robert Cole and Frederick Zollo

    [ TM ]  Baayork Lee to Direct and Choreograph Flower Drum Song

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 4:05 PM | Item Link


      • [ NYT ]  Shubert Reaches a Deal With Two Stage Producers By PATRICK HEALY

      The powerful Shubert Organization has struck a new business deal with two theater producers that may lead to greater competition among other producers.

      [ P ]  Shubert Organization, Zollo and Cole Partner to Develop Shows

      [ P ]  A Tale of Two Cities Returns as PBS Concert, DVD and CD; Barbour, Burkhardt, Toro, Earley Are Back

      [ TM ]  Tale of Two Cities Concert to Be Broadcast on PBS Beginning November 26

      [ P ]  Tharp's Sinatra-Themed Come Fly With Me Aiming for Broadway in 2010

      [ LAT ]  Composers and lyricists make pitch to join Teamsters By Richard Verrier

      Seeing demand for movie and TV music growing and take-home pay shrinking, about half of a group of 400 sign up to band together with an unlikely ally.

      [ B ]  Katie Finneran to Fill In for Ailing Kristin Chenoweth in Love, Loss and What I Wore

      [ TM ]  Kristin Chenoweth to Delay Joining Love, Loss, and What I Wore Due to Illness

      [ TM ]  Reba McEntire, Casts of West Side Story, Ragtime, Dreamgirls Set for CBS' Thanksgiving Day Parade Broadcast

      [ P ]  West Side Story, Ragtime and Dreamgirls to Sing for CBS on Thanksgiving

      [ CT ]  Baayork Lee to direct 'Flower Drum Song' in Chicago next summer by Chris Jones

      [ V ]  15 docs on Oscar shortlist

      List will be whittled to five nominations

      [ TM ]  Obie Winner Jerome Eskow Dies at 84

      [ IBDB ]  Jerome Eskow's Broadway Credits

      [ TB ]  On the Town
      Review by Tim Dunleavy

      This is an exuberant production that is sure to surprise and delight, even if you think you know the show.

      Features:

      [ WSJ ]  This Broadway Baby Is Now 95 By WILL FRIEDWALD

      For Eunice Healy, this weekend's revival of "Girl Crazy" will recall her own time dancing on stage, in the original 1930 cast with Ethel Merman and Ginger Rogers, conducted by George Gershwin.

      [ TDF ]  Two (or Three, or Six) Designers Are Better Than One By MARK BLANKENSHIP

      The Wingspace collective puts a new spin on design

      [ JSTGY ]  Quick Q&A: John Treacy Egan by Patrick Lee

      [ HC ]  Hartford Stage's "Orphans' Home Cycle:" How Did It Do? By Frank Rizzo

      [ ND ]  Horton Foote, Tarell Alvin McCraney tell family stories By LINDA WINER

      [ NY ]  Michael Cerveris Worries All Day While Wearing Someone Else's Hair

      [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Michael Cerveris

      With his latest assignment, Michael Cerveris continues to be arguably the most versatile leading man on Broadway.

      [ USA ]  Michael Cerveris of 'Fringe' relishes role of the Observer By Gary Levin

      [ USA ]  Mercado: Too Broadway for 'Idol,' perfect for 'Dreamgirls' By Kristin McGrath

      [ B ]  Speaking in Tongues' Ian Hart on Disliking Theater, Hollywood Honesty and the Impact of Harry Potter

      [ TM ]  Michael Sheen Is A New Man By: Ann Lieber

      The popular stage and film star takes on the role of a vampire leader in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

      [ LAT ]  Culture Monster
      Daniel Day-Lewis says he avoided dancing in 'Nine' by David Ng

      [ TONY ]  Nine's new look by Adam Feldman

      [ B ]  Watch It: Dancing with the Stars Previews 'Be Italian' from Nine

      [ OCR ]  Duncan Sheik's 'Spring Awakening' comes to O.C. By RICHARD CHANG

      Thanks to John_Patti on All That Chat for the link.

      [ BBC ]  Front Row

      Alan Bennett interview on BBC Radio.

      [ P ]  Playblog: Broderick & Lonergan: Fortysomething Messengers

      [ B ]  Videos: The WaMu Welcomes the Wintry Wonderland of Wintuk

      [ TM ]  PHOTOFLASH: Christine Lahti, Annie Potts, Jimmy Smits, Ken Stott Join Broadway's God of Carnage

      [ B ]  Photo Op: The New Stars of God of Carnage Take the Stage

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Chicago Celebrates 13 Years on Broadway

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Post No Bills at Off-Broadway's Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: On the Town at Paper Mill Playhouse

      "My Wonderful Day":

      [ TONY ]  Q&A: Sir Alan Ayckbourn by David Cote

      [ NYT ]  Video: "My Wonderful Day"

      [ WSJ ]  Ayckbourn Stages Ayckbourn

      Brits Off Broadway has brought the popular playwright's own production of 'My Wonderful Day' to New York. It's a textbook example of how to effectively stage a comedy, says Terry Teachout.

      Plus "On the Town" ("better than any musical now playing on Broadway, 'South Pacific' included") and "Ragtime."

      [ NYT ]  Quiet, Innocent Child, Always on the Watch By BEN BRANTLEY

      A compellingly still center lurks within the farcical storm of "My Wonderful Day," the charming, rueful new comedy written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn.

      [ TM ]  My Wonderful Day
      Reviewed by: David Finkle

      Alan Ayckbourn's new bittersweet comedy is among his best and most touching plays.

      [ AP ]  Review: Ayckbourn's new play enlivened by a child By JENNIFER FARRAR

      Ayckbourn wrote and directs this witty, thoughtful farce, which includes the original British cast from the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Yorkshire, England.

      [ NYP ]  Sunny end to initially uneventful 'Day' By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI (** 1/2)

      "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular":

      [ TM ]  PHOTOFLASH: Paula Abdul Attends Radio City Christmas Spectacular Opening

      [ B ]  Photo Op: Dreams Come True as Charities Help Kick Off The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

      [ TM ]  The Radio City Christmas Spectacular
      Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton

      The annual holiday favorite starring the Rockettes continues to live up to its name.

      "Mary Poppins":

      [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Mary Poppins Flies into Los Angeles

      [ OCR ]  'Mary Poppins' brings some of film's magic to the stage By PAUL HODGINS

      Other Reviews:

      [ CU ]  Show Boat

      Can't help lovin' those songs in the Signature Theatre's revival.

      [ MW ]  Show Time by Tom Avila

      Signature's revival of Show Boat avoids choppy waters in bringing a Broadway classic to an Arlington port

      [ DCTS ]  Show Boat at Arlington, VA's Signature Theatre
      Review by Hunter Styles

      [ TB ]  Show Boat
      Review by Susan Berlin

      [ WP ]  Signature's 'Show Boat'? Too often, it just keeps roilin' along By Peter Marks

      Signature Theatre set out to solve problems in its revival of the inherently difficult "Show Boat," and in the process coughed up some new ones. Sapped of its vivacious epic strength, starved for any trace of the flavors of its evocative locales, the musical now comes across as wan and bloodless -- a boat in dry dock.

      [ BS ]  Circumcise Me - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

      Oy vey. This one-man show about converting to Judaism suffers from an orthodox sense of humor.

      [ TE ]  Review of The Big Bupkis (off-Broadway) by Richmond Shepard

      [ CU ]  What We Once Felt - Review by Simon Saltzman

      With tickets at $20, this is a great way to not only discover a new and talented writer but also a play that covers new and uncharted territory

      [ CU ]  Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears

      Theodore Bikel's loving tribute at the Folksbiene

      [ DCTS ]  Nightingale and Finian's Rainbow

      Broadway's own Richard Seff reviews Lynn Redgrave's monologue on her grandmother, and the astonishing, tuneful revival of Finian's Rainbow

      [ TB ]  November, Mrs. Whitney and Destry Rides Again
      San Francisco Reviews by Richard Connema

      [ NYP ]  Engine still set at 'Idol' By FRANK SCHECK

      They've been all over Broadway, so it's no surprise to find "American Idol" alumni doing cabaret. Exhibit A: Melinda Doolittle, a Season 6 finalist whose elimination was one of the show's more egregious verdicts, just opened at Feinstein's.

      News:

      [ TM ]  Marc Kudisch, Jeffry Denman to Present The Holiday Guys at Gotham Comedy Club

      [ P ]  Kudisch and Denman Will Be The Holiday Guys in December

      [ TM ]  Victoria Clark to Join New York City Gay Mens Chorus for Holiday Concert

      [ P ]  Tale of Two Cities Star Barbour to Offer Holiday Concerts in New York and L.A.

      [ P ]  Steady Rain Adds Final Benefit Performance

      [ B ]  Jackman & Craig Schedule Benefit Closing Performance of A Steady Rain

      [ TM ]  A Steady Rain, with Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, Adds December 6 Benefit Performance

      [ P ]  Krakowski's Live CD Due in Stores in March 2010; Will Return to Feinstein's, Too

      [ TM ]  Jane Krakowski's Live at Feinstein's at The Regency CD To Be Released March 23

      [ TM ]  The Civilians Return to Colorado Springs With This Beautiful City

      [ P ]  Civilians Musical This Beautiful City to Return to Colorado

      [ TM ]  Anne Bogart, Rebecca Gilman, Will Power, Doug Wright Set for Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Panel

      [ P ]  Gilman, Bogart, Power and Wright Set for Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Panel

      [ TM ]  Johnny Depp Named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

      [ B ]  The Beautiful Boys of Glee Make People's 'Sexiest Men Alive' List

      [ P ]  Ruehl and Chalfant to Be Part of Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at Bay Street

      [ P ]  Esparza, Ziemba, Jenkins and Sperling Join 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Season

      [ TM ]  Judy Gold, Chad Kimball, Julia Murney, Meredith Patterson, et al. Set for Curtains Up For A Cure Fundraiser

      [ TM ]  Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's Love's Labour's Lost to End U.S. Tour in New York City

      [ TM ]  JoBeth Williams and Stephen Collins to Guest Star on ABC's Private Practice

      [ TM ]  Patricia Clarkson, Veanne Cox, Leslie Ayvazian to Join Nicky Silver for Vineyard Voices

      [ TM ]  Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein Set for Post-Screening Discussion of Liza's at the Palace at Paley Center

      [ TM ]  Donny Osmond, Kelly Osbourne, Mya Advance to Dancing With the Stars Finals

      [ TM ]  Trezana Beverley, Adam Gwon, Mark Nadler, et.al. Set for Urban Stages' Cabaret Nights for the Holidays

      [ P ]  Casting Complete for LATW's Crumbs from the Table of Joy

      [ P ]  Coolidge, Kind, Bart, Hensley, Testa and More Set for Reading of Secret Life of Cartoons

      [ P ]  Don't Quit Your Night Job to Feature Baldwin, Glover, Kind and More

      [ P ]  Circumcise Me, One-Man Comic Play About Identity, Opens Off-Broadway

      [ P ]  WTC View Reading to Feature Urie, Graynor, Tam and Macchio

      [ P ]  New Brent Barrett Holiday Recording Now Available for Digital Download

      [ P ]  NYMF Gala to Feature Groff, O'Hara and [title of show] Cast

      [ P ]  Johnston and Chlumsky Headline So Help Me God! Off-Broadway Nov. 18

      [ P ]  Brescia, Cates, Craig, Hurlbert, Moriber Set for Free Arts and Artists Concert

      [ P ]  CHART TOPPERS, Second Week of November

      [ P ]  Dylan Thomas Conjured by Wyn Davies in Do Not Go Gentle Off-Broadway

      [ P ]  Today in Theatre History: NOVEMBER 19

      [ P ]  Feeling Electric: In the Next Room or the vibrator play Opens on Broadway

      [ P ]  Mando Alvarado's Post No Bills World Premiere Opens Off-Broadway

      [ P ]  They've Got Rhythm: Gasteyer, Knight, Kudisch Lead Gershwin's Girl Crazy for Encores! Nov. 19-22

      [ B ]  Andrew Lloyd Webber Suffers Medical Setback After Cancer Surgery

      [ P ]  Andrew Lloyd Webber Hospitalized Again

      [ TM ]  Jennifer Hudson To Star in Film Biography of Winnie Mandela

      [ TM ]  2010 Lucille Lortel Awards to Be Held May 2 at Terminal 5

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