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Friday, February 5, 2010

    [ STARS ]  A Season of Star Power; Encores! Fanny; Angela Lansbury Feted; Broadway by the Year's 10th Season; Zero Hour Returns; What to Give for Valentine's Day; New to DVD
    by Ellis Nassour

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 7:32 AM | Item Link


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      Today's Michael Portantiere:

      [ STARS ]  Each Day is Valentine's Day

      Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano are all set to sing about This Thing Called Love in the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel.

      [ NPR ]  Florence Henderson Unleashed

      The woman whom millions know and love as Mrs. Brady prepares to let her hair down in Broadway Backwards 5 and in her one-woman show at Joe's Pub.

    • Posted by Matthew Murray at 6:00 AM | Item Link


        • [ TB ]  Fanny
        Review by Matthew Murray

        [ NYP ]  A Green Day at box office by Michael Riedel

        Grammy TV spot lifts 'Idiot'

        [ HP ]  Ladies and Gentlemen... Green Day! by Cara Joy David

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

        David Brown, who co-produced "Jaws," "The Sting" and "Cocoon," was remembered yesterday at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home as a man who loved women.

        [ TM ]  Neil Pepe to Direct Revival of David Mamet's A Life in the Theater on Broadway

        [ P ]  Mamet's A Life in the Theatre Will Have a Life on Broadway

        [ B ]  David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre is Bound for Broadway in Fall 2010

        [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: 'Life in the Theater' to Get Broadway Run
        Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ TM ]  Peter Benson, Sean Martin Hingston, Ken Land, Dick Latessa, et al. Join Broadway's Promises, Promises

        [ P ]  Promises, Promises Will Also Star Latessa, Hingston, Benson; Complete Cast Annnounced

        [ B ]  Full Cast Set for Broadway Revival of Promises, Promises

        [ TM ]  David Wilson Barnes Completes Broadway Cast of Roundabout's Lips Together, Teeth Apart

        [ B ]  David Wilson Barnes Joins Mullally, Oswalt and Taylor in Lips Together, Teeth Apart

        [ P ]  Barnes Completes Broadway's Lips Together Cast, With Mullally, Oswalt, Taylor

        [ POPEATER ]  Simon Wants to Topple 'We Are the World' By Rob Shuter

        As if he's not busy enough, sources tell me that Neil Patrick Harris is the only choice to star in a new musical revival of 'Barnum' on Broadway, based on the life of legendary showman.

        Thanks to WaymanWong on All That Chat for the link.

        [ LAT ]  South Coast Repertory is seeking new artistic director By Mike Boehm

        Co-founders Martin Benson and David Emmes are stepping aside but remain active in the company.

        [ LAT ]  Los Angeles spares city arts funding By Mike Boehm

        City Council also rejects elimination of the arts grants program, after an impassioned public hearing. But 'It doesn't mean Cultural Affairs won't face some cuts,' President Eric Garcetti says.

        [ P ]  NY Senate Grants $7.5 Million to Lincoln Center

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: The 2010 Broadway University Mid-Term Answers

        [ NJ ]  Tony-winner Kathleen Marshall takes musical update of 'Cyrano' to high school

        Features:

        [ P ]  DIVA TALK: Chatting with She Loves Me Tony Nominee and Good Ol' Girls Star Sally Mayes

        [ P ]  THE LEADING MEN: Kevin Mambo and Seth Rettberg

        We talk to Kevin Mambo of Broadway's Fela! and Seth Rettberg of Off-Broadway's Avenue Q.

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        Theater Talkback: Charles Isherwood Answers Readers' Questions

        [ G ]  Noises off: Is theatre dead? by Chris Wilkinson

        The blogging debate this week: if technology really has killed theatre, it's up to you to save it

        [ TONY ]  Five ideas for Lincoln Center's new black box theater by David Cote

        [ WSJ ]  What Would Anne Frank Say? By ELLEN GAMERMAN

        "Compulsion," a new play at the Yale Repertory Theatre, brings Holocaust victim Anne Frank back on stage in the form of a marionette.

        [ HC ]  Sneak Peek: Mandy Patinkin in "Compulsion" at Yale Rep By Frank Rizzo

        [ NYT ]  ArtsBeat
        Questions for Pippo Delbono By TARA MULHOLLAND

        [ BSUN ]  Plenty o' 'Porgy' By Tim Smith

        Groundbreaking opera gets renewed regional attention

        [ TIMES ]  And the Beatle goes on by Ed Potton

        Backbeat, the film about Stuart Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle, and the band's Hamburg years, has been retooled for stage

        [ CST ]  ATC invites 34 playwrights to help celebrate its anniversary BY MARY HOULIHAN

        [ BG ]  Plays interconnect via trials and tribulations By Joel Brown

        A 1920s female journalist and the woman she wrote about - a New York housewife sentenced for murder - are the subjects of a new play called "Not Enough Air."

        [ LASB ]  Ed Harris Returns to Theatre in Wrecks at The Geffen by Lee Melville

        Ed Harris discusses his return to the LA stage in Neil LeBute's Wrecks after a 20 year absence, why Hollywood knows nothing about his Equity Waiver theatre roots and the time he turned down Stanley Kubrick.

        [ DN ]  Charles Busch, doyenne of downtown theater, gets himself to a nunnery in 'The Divine Sister' by Joe Dziemianowicz

        [ NYP ]  Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous movies by Elisabeth Vincentelli

        [ TDF ]  Building Character: Christian Camargo By MARK BLANKENSHIP

        Christian Camargo finds surprising similarities in two Shakespearean characters

        [ B ]  Hey, Hey! Micky Dolenz on the Monkees and Returning to the Stage in London's Hairspray

        [ P ]  A Life in the Theatre: Michael Feinstein

        Michael Feinstein last appeared on the Broadway stage nearly 20 years ago, in concert in 1990. But in his own way, he has devoted his life to the stage.

        [ NYP ]  Bad girl on Broadway By CINDY ADAMS

        VALERIE Harper, who the '70s loved on TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda," is coming to Broadway.

        [ B ]  Video Blog: Oz Blog! Andy Karl Backstage at Wicked #1: Virgin Voyage

        [ B ]  Can't Get Enough Corbin Bleu? Get a Video Sneak Peek of the New In the Heights Star

        [ HC ]  "Hair" Steps Up Inter-Active Networking. Will Connecticut Arts Follow the Lead? By Frank Rizzo

        Reviews:

        [ ND ]  A Valentine to Elaine Stritch on her 85th birthday by LINDA WINER

        In a season offering her plus the other authentic Sondheim women - Barbara Cook (the upcoming "Sondheim on Sondheim") and Angela Lansbury ("A Little Night Music") - it's a happy birthday for us all.

        [ NYT ]  A Novel 'Gatsby': Stamina Required By BEN BRANTLEY

        "Gatz," at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., is one of the most exciting and improbable accomplishments in theater in recent years.

        [ TM ]  The Jackie Look
        Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

        Karen Finley's theatrical examination of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is often intriguing, but doesn't quite succeed.

        [ NYP ]  Buckley leaves 'em aTwitter by Frank Scheck

        [ OOB ]  Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole by Matt Windman

        [ WSJ ]  Meaning in the Details of Ordinary Life By TERRY TEACHOUT

        "The Orphans Home Cycle" is a canvas on which playwright Horton Foote has portrayed everyday American life so knowingly that all of us can find ourselves somewhere in his great mural.

        Plus "Venus in Fur."

        [ BN ]  Horton Foote's 'Orphans' Home Cycle' Must Be Seen: John Simon (****)

        [ LAT ]  Review: 'Aurelia's Oratorio' at La Jolla Playhouse By Charles McNulty

        Star Aurelia Thierree perpetrates small-scale acts of stage wonder.

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 5:35 AM | Item Link


          • Obituaries:

          [ NYT ]  Frances Reid, Actress of Stage and Daytime TV, Dies at 95 By BRUCE WEBER

          Ms. Reid was one of daytime television's most enduring performers, who played the family matriarch Alice Horton on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."

          [ TM ]  Daytime Emmy Award Winner and Broadway Star Frances Reid Dies at 95

          [ IBDB ]  Frances Reid's Broadway Credits

          [ TM ]  Actress Lindsay Thomas Dies at 31

          [ IBDB ]  Lindsay Thomas' Broadway Credits

          [ PP ]  Obituary: Barry Blitzer: TV Writer, Post Columnist

          [ IBDB ]  Barry Blitzer's Broadway Credits

          News:

          [ TM ]  Matt Servitto to Join Keir Dullea in Keen Company's I Never Sang for My Father

          [ P ]  Servitto to Star Opposite Dullea in I Never Sang for My Father Off-Broadway

          [ TM ]  Nancy Harrow and Will Pomerantz's This Side of Paradise Musical to Debut Off-Broadway

          [ P ]  Zelda and Scott Will Sing in Off-Broadway Paradise Musical, With Mueller, Bruno, LaVerdiere and More

          [ P ]  Oliver!, Meriwether's Dark Comedy, to Bow Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane

          [ P ]  Conviction, with Dayan, Hart and Pilafas, to Play 59E59 Theaters

          [ P ]  Monty Python's Spamalot to Launch U.K. Tour at London's New Wimbledon Theatre

          [ TM ]  Monty Python's Spamalot to Launch U.K. Tour in May

          [ TM ]  Rob Breckenridge, Nancy Robinette, Liv Rooth, Joseph Urla et al. Set for Old Globe's Boeing-Boeing

          [ P ]  Taking a Cue From Broadway Hit, Schneider Will Direct Old Globe's Boeing-Boeing; Cast Announced

          [ P ]  Finian's Rainbow Star Baldwin to Perform in Concert in March

          [ WP ]  Free Kennedy Center cabaret shows feature new Broadway show tunes

          [ B ]  Tony Winner John Lloyd Young to Debut Love Song on Valentine's Day

          [ TM ]  Mitzi Gaynor to Play Feinstein's at Loews Regency

          [ P ]  Mitzi Gaynor to Play Feinstein's in May

          [ NYP ]  Oh Mitzi! by Elisabeth Vincentelli

          [ TM ]  Strathmore Cancels Luck Be a Lady Concert, With Julia Murney, Emily Skinner, and Rachel York, Due to Snow

          [ TM ]  Robert Lepage to Stage Cirque du Soleil's New Touring Show

          [ TM ]  Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel to Hold Open House at Beacon Theatre

          [ TM ]  Broadway's Billy Elliot to Hold Actors Fund Performance February 24

          [ TM ]  Gregg Baker, Laquita Mitchell to Head New Jersey State Opera's Porgy and Bess

          [ B ]  Bryan Batt Pairs with Playboy to Show His Love(seat)

          [ TM ]  Philip Seymour Hoffman Set for Moderated Discussion at Orlando PlayFest

          [ HC ]  Hit "West Side Story" Revival Coming to Bushnell By Frank Rizzo

          [ P ]  Playblog: LCT Celebrates 25 Years With Online Interview Series

          [ P ]  San Jose Rep Will Celebrate 30 Years With World Premiere of Gotanda's Love in American Times

          [ TM ]  Cliff Chamberlain, Sarah Charipar, et al. Set for Rebecca Gilman's A True History of the Johnstown Flood

          [ P ]  Margulies Will Sit on Panel About "Secret Life of War Reporters" Feb. 8 in Manhattan

          [ P ]  Carrasco and Gomez to Enjoy Sunsets and Margaritas at Theatreworks

          [ P ]  Free Reading of South of Settling Set for Feb. 8

          [ P ]  An Evening with Paula Deen and Family to Play the Pantages

          [ P ]  Edelman, Langford and Bianco Will Join DeRoy for Evening of Film Songs

          [ P ]  Norm Lewis Joins Cast of Love Rocks! Benefit

          [ P ]  Hair's Levy to Host Monday Nights, New Voices Concert

          [ TM ]  Ann Hampton Callaway to Play Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

          [ TM ]  Tony Walton to Direct Transport Concert at Irish Arts Center

          [ TM ]  Mary Jo McConnell, Jim Poulos, Martin Vidnovic, et al. Set for Geva's Convenience Concert

          [ TM ]  Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman, Dolly Parton, Catherine Zeta-Jones, et al. Autograph Items for Broadway Bears

          [ TM ]  Don Cheadle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Samuel L. Jackson, et al. to Join George Lopez for Haiti Benefit at Nokia Theatre

          [ TM ]  Chris Chalk, Stephen Adly Guirgis, et al. to Join Eric Bogosian in Burning Burning Burning Burning Reading

          [ TM ]  Margaret Cho Joins Cast of CBS' Ghost Whisperer

          [ TM ]  Kathy Bates, Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Weber et al. to Join Kate Hudson in Earthbound Movie

          [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 5

          [ P ]  Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross Begins Performances at Seattle Rep Feb. 5

          [ P ]  Filloux's Dog and Wolf Begins World-Premiere Run Off-Broadway Feb. 5

          [ P ]  La Mirada's Spelling Bee, With Graae, Mills, Griffith, Begins Feb. 5

          [ P ]  Strathmore's Fifth Anniversary Celebration Features York, Skinner and Murney

          [ P ]  McNall, Abraham and Brown Face Hard Times Off-Broadway Starting Feb. 5

          [ P ]  White Horse Theatre Puts On Williams' Clothes for a Summer Hotel Feb. 5

          [ P ]  Burgess, Cantone, Esparza, Newton and Pinkins Join Broadway Backwards 5 Lineup

          [ P ]  Dreyfuss, De Shields, Chalfant and Lang Will Re-Create Lincoln's "Right Makes Might" Speech

          [ P ]  Imogen Stubbs Will Star in New U.K. Tour of The Glass Menagerie

          [ P ]  Sieber and Alan Will Join Miranda at Birdland Feb. 21

          [ TONY ]  Cheap seat of the day: The Temperamentals by David Cote

          [ P ]  Playblog: Fantasia Sets the Color Purple Record Straight with Oprah

          [ B ]  Fantasia Barrino Opens Up to Oprah About Troubles During Broadway Color Purple Run

          [ NYP ]  Weekend Guide: Theater

          [ NYT ]  Theater Listings: Feb. 5 - 11

          Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

          Photos:

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Shaddow is Fanny at City Center Encores!

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Christine Ebersole at the Cafe Carlyle

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Sneak Peek at Yank!: A New Musical

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Look at the 2010 Broadway Bears

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Coxon's Happy Now? Plays Off-Broadway

          [ B ]  Photo Op: Next to Normal Sweethearts Jennifer Damiano and Adam Chanler-Berat Rock Joe's Pub

          [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Michael Urie and Temperamentals Cast Meet the Press

          [ B ]  Photo Op: West Side Story Makes a Dream Come True for One Very Special Fan

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: La Cage aux Folles with Grammer and Hodge

        • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 5:16 AM | Item Link


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