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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

    [ P ]  Susan Stroman's Next Dance Musical

    "We don't have a title for it yet," admitted Stephen Flaherty, who's composing the songs for the project with his lifelong lyricist, Lynn Ahrens, "but it's set in the world of ballet so it's a big dance show. We're doing a little reading some time in June."

    "New Gay Theater":

    [ NYT ]  New Gay Theater Is More About Love Stories Than Politics By PATRICK HEALY

    A new breed of plays and musicals is replacing the political messages of 1990s shows with more personal appeals for social progress.

    [ NYP ]  A rainbow spring by Elisabeth Vincentelli

    An article in today's Times (front page!) talks about the unusually high number of plays about gay life hitting the town: at least 7 in the next few weeks. But the rainbow is going to miss some colors: The article should have specified "gay-male life," because this spring is going to be all men, all the time.

    [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Cummings Makes The Boys Grow

    [ NYT ]  Broken Hearts, Bleeding Psyches By BEN BRANTLEY

    The site-specific revival of "The Boys in the Band" brings to mind an epigram of Jean-Paul Sartre: "Hell is just other people." Or to tweak it for the occasion: "Hell is just other homos."

    [ VV ]  Crowley's The Boys in the Band and Shepard's A Lie of the Mind Still Look Fresh By Michael Feingold

    [ TDF ]  For The Love Of "Yank!" By Linda Buchwald

    Members of the "Yank!" family discuss their history with the musical.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Yank! Plays Off-Broadway

    [ B ]  Q&A: Temperamentals Star Michael Urie on His Ugly Betty End and Bright Stage Future

    Other Features:

    [ MWB ]  The Broadway Sports Quiz by Peter Filichia

    [ NYT ]  Theater Talkback: Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood Answer Readers' Questions

    The Times' theater critics answer readers' questions about the spring season and other theatrical topics.

    [ NYP ]  A big welcome to StageGrade by Elisabeth Vincentelli

    [ TONY ]  A plea for previews: Help us help you! by Helen Shaw

    [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: His Life on the D List By Seth Rudetsky

    [ P ]  Magnolia and More in Full Bloom at Broadway by the Year by Kenneth Jones

    Kate Baldwin, late of Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, has played Marian the Librarian in The Music Man and Maria in The Sound of Music in her career, but never that other "M" soprano of musical theatre history - Magnolia of Show Boat. At least not in a full production.

    [ TDF ]  This Dress Tells a Story By MARK BLANKENSHIP

    The costumes in The Miracle Worker deliver a subtle message

    [ NYT ]  An Actress Who Prefers the Stage to Red Carpets By JESSICA REAVES

    Amy Morton may have caught national attention with her role in "Up in the Air," but live theater is where her interest really lies.

    [ TAD ]  Q&A special: Sir Jonathan Miller by Igor Toronyi-Lalic

    Thanks to kieran on All That Chat for the link.

    [ P ]  PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Zoe Kazan

    For a 26-year-old actress, A Behanding in Spokane star Zoe Kazan has originated an impressive number of roles in new plays.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway

    [ B ]  Photo Op: First Look! Sneak a Peek at the Strange World of McDonagh's Spokane

    [ CFR ]  5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Brandt Johnson

    The Harlem Globetrotters do not always win, says the actor.

    [ B ]  What's Up, Laurie Metcalf? The Lie of the Mind Star Talks About Drama, Onstage and Off

    [ B ]  First Person: Looped Scribe Matthew Lombardo on Loving Leading Ladies

    [ BS ]  Brian Geraghty and 'The Subject Was Roses' by Jenelle Riley

    [ N&O ]  Southern 'Girls' hit New York BY REBECCA J. RITZEL

    Playwrights Paul Ferguson and Jill McCorkle may teach at - and cheer for - rival schools, but on this New York trip, they were very much on the same team. They were in town for the New York premiere of "Good Ol' Girls," a musical created by three Triangle writers and featuring two talented North Carolina actresses working in New York.

    [ BSUN ]  A community, in its own words By Mary Carole McCauley

    Miranda, creator of 'In the Heights,' says inspirations included 'Fiddler on the Roof' and 'Rent'

    [ JN ]  Judy Gold brings her one-woman show about Jewish motherhood to Emelin by Chris Serico

    [ B ]  Normal Life Video Blog with Kyle Dean Massey #8: A Guided Tour Backstage at the Booth

    [ P ]  John Barrowman Sings Show Tunes (Audio)

    [ P ]  Morrison, Mullally and Cantone Get Olympic Fever

    [ B ]  Sutton Foster, Jennifer Holliday & Idina Menzel Named Olympic-Sized Broadway Belters

    [ P ]  A Cover Story: Red

    [ HC ]  Sneak Peek: "Sylvia" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven By Frank Rizzo

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Bridge Project's The Tempest at BAM

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 62nd Annual Writers Guild Awards

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: "Tom Kitt At Stella Del Mare" at Joe's Pub

    [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Donna McKechnie Greets Creators of BROADS! The Musical on Opening Night

    [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Robert Cucccioli and Company in Westchester Broadway Theatre's Nine

    [ B ]  Photo Op: Stage Door Snapshots from the First London Preview of Love Never Dies!

    "Mr. & Mrs. Fitch":

    [ NY ]  The Many and Varied Cultural References in Mr. and Mrs. Fitch

    [ TM ]  Perfect Fitch By: Tristan Fuge and Brian Scott Lipton

    John Lithgow, Jennifer Ehle, Cynthia Nixon, Victor Garber, Debra Monk, Bill Irwin, Andrea Martin and more luminaries celebrate the opening night of Second Stage's production of Mr. & Mrs. Fitch.

    [ B ]  Photo Op: John Lithgow and Jennifer Ehle Get the Crowd Buzzing at Mr. and Mrs. Fitch Opening

    [ NJNR ]  John Lithgow and Jennifer Ehle do their best as 'Mr. & Mrs. Fitch' BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

    Voluble new comedy talks a lot about nothing

    "In the Heights":

    [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Corbin Bleu Opens in Broadway's In the Heights

    [ TM ]  In the Heights
    Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo

    High School Musical star Corbin Bleu makes an impressive Broadway debut in this Tony Award-winning musical.

    "Calvin Berger":

    [ P ]  Noah Weisberg Goes Behind the Scenes of New Musical Calvin Berger (Video)

    [ V ]  Calvin Berger
    Review By MICHAEL SOMMERS

    A cheerful little winner.

    "Broadway Backwards":

    [ TM ]  Backwards Glances By: Tristan Fuge and Brian Scott Lipton

    Florence Henderson, Eve Plumb, Lea Salonga, Michele Lee, Tonya Pinkins, Nick Adams, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Dan Butler, Marion Ross, Bruce Vilanch and more stars come together for Broadway Backwards 5.

    [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Broadway Backwards 5

    [ P ]  Who Sang What at Broadway Backwards?

    [ OOB ]  Broadway Backwards 5 - Review by Matt Windman

    Other Reviews:

    [ TM ]  Conviction
    Reviewed by: Sandy MacDonald

    This love story set during the Spanish Inquisition is played with palpable passion.

    [ BS ]  Conviction - Reviewed by RON COHEN

    This problematic drama tells us about but never quite evokes with visceral power the horror of the Spanish Inquisition.

    [ V ]  Disconnect
    Review By DAVID BENEDICT

    [ TM ]  The Long Red Road
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Abarbanel

    The Goodman Theatre presents Philip Seymour Hoffman's intelligent staging of Brett C. Leonard's solemn play about an unhappy alcoholic and his brother.

    [ NYT ]  In a Name, Unleashed and Intense By KEN JAWOROWSKI

    This production of "Romeo and Juliet" more consistently nails the big events while sometimes barreling through the finer points.

    [ NYT ]  On the London Stage
    Judi Dench Brings Titania to Life Again By MATT WOLF

    Have 48 years ever before separated the same actress stepping up to the theatrical plate with a single role? Judi Dench does it in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Peter Hall.

    [ VV ]  TFANA's Measure for Measure By Alexis Soloski

    Vienna goes a little icy

    [ WP ]  The yin and yang of Shakespeare Theatre Company's 'Henry V' and 'Richard II' By Celia Wren

    [ TB ]  Richard II
    Washington, D.C. Review by Susan Berlin

    [ VV ]  The Upper West Side Meets the West Bank in Palestine By Alexis Soloski

    News:

    [ TM ]  Nilo Cruz's Color of Desire to Premiere at Actors' Playhouse as Part of 2010-2011 Season

    [ TM ]  National Pastime Musical to Perform at National Baseball Hall of Fame

    [ TM ]  Chad Kimball, Jarrod Spector, et al. Join Line-Up for Broadway Purim Shpiel

    [ P ]  Kimball, Anderson, Wise and Spector Join Purim Shpiel Line-Up

    [ P ]  Two Gentleman of Lebowski Sells-Out New York Run Before Previews Begin

    [ TM ]  Karen Akers, Broadway Boys, KT Sullivan Set for Orlando Cabaret Festival

    [ TM ]  Works by Bekah Brunstetter, Brian Logan Naomi Wallace, et al. Set for Finborough Theatre's Spring Season

    [ TM ]  Carl Bernstein, Jessica Blank, Daniel Ellsberg, Erik Jensen, et al. Set for Top Secret Panels at NYTW

    [ P ]  Boston Youth Moves to Honor Tommy Tune

    [ P ]  Tartaglia Will Join Miranda at Birdland in March

    [ P ]  West End Production of Private Lives, with Cattrall and Macfadyen, Begins Feb. 24

    [ P ]  Grumpy Old Women Live Show Heads to West End's Novello Theatre

    [ TM ]  Nancy Lemenager, Tim McKiernan, Casey Predovic, et al. Set for Hartford Stage's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    [ P ]  Is Evita Revival Heading to Broadway?

    [ TM ]  Abel Ferrarra to Direct Broadway Revival of Miguel Pinero's Short Eyes

    [ P ]  Ferrara to Direct Broadway Revival of Short Eyes

    [ B ]  Indie Filmmaker Abel Ferrara Will Bring Short Eyes Back to Broadway

    [ B ]  Tickets Now On Sale for Lips Together, Teeth Apart, with Megan Mullally

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 12:27 PM | Item Link


      • News:

      [ NYP ]  'Evita' to repeat-a by Michael Riedel

      Argentine singer to play lead in revival

      [ R ]  Universal signs new deal with Lloyd Webber

      [ V ]  Ferrara set for 'Short Eyes' By GORDON COX

      Filmmaker Abel Ferrara has signed on to make his Broadway debut at the helm of a revival of Miguel Pinero's 1974 play "Short Eyes," aiming to hit the Main Stem in the 2010-11 season.

      [ TM ]  NYC's Ohio Theatre to Close on August 31

      [ P ]  Ohio Theatre to Close in August

      [ TONY ]  How to ruin a Tuesday: The Ohio Theatre is set to close by Helen Shaw

      [ LAT ]  NEA appoints Ralph Remington as director of theater and musical theater program by David Ng

      [ TM ]  Ralph Remington Named Director of NEA's Theater and Musical Theater Program

      [ CFR ]  Ambitious TDF Plan Aims to Ameliorate Nearly All-White B'way Audience

      Showing leadership when it comes to fixing the very white theatergoing audience of New York City.

      [ CFR ]  NYSCA Funding Headed Back to 1985 Level?

      Gov. Paterson is recommending what one arts advocate calls a "back to the future budget."

      [ B ]  Bazooms Ban! Avenue Q's Lucy The Slut Responds to Colorado Ad Controversy

      [ P ]  Gregory Itzin of "24" Will Play Kenneth Lay in Broadway's Enron

      [ TM ]  Gregory Itzin to Play Kenneth Lay in Broadway's ENRON

      [ B ]  Tony Winner Trent Kowalik Sets Final Performance in Billy Elliot

      [ TM ]  Trent Kowalik to Play Final Performance in Broadway's Billy Elliot on March 7

      [ P ]  Tony Winner Kowalik to End Billy Run in March

      [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Last Original 'Billy' Sets Final Performance
      Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

      [ TM ]  Mandy Gonzalez to Play Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked

      [ B ]  Mandy Gonzalez to Star in Broadway's Wicked as Elphaba

      [ P ]  Mandy Gonzalez Will Fly Into Wicked in March

      [ TM ]  Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park Extends Through March 21 at Playwrights Horizons

      [ P ]  Clybourne Park, Norris' Examination of White Flight, Extends Off-Broadway

      [ B ]  New Comedy Clybourne Park Extends at Playwrights Horizons

      [ THR ]  Actress Betty Lou Keim dies By Mike Barnes

      Played Sinatra's niece in 'Some Came Running'

      [ IBDB ]  Betty Lou Keim's Broadway Credits

      [ TM ]  Gregory Burke's Black Watch to Launch New U.K. and International Tour in September

      [ TM ]  Figure Skater Robin Cousins to Play Teen Angel in West End Grease

      [ P ]  Former Olympic Champion Robin Cousins to Join West End Cast of Grease

      [ P ]  Hare Selects Grise's Blu as Yale Drama Series Competition Winner

      [ P ]  Talks Break Down Between Union and Canada's Shaw Festival

      [ TM ]  James Barbour, Mary Gordon Murray et al. Set for Geffen Playhouse's Nightmare Alley Musical

      [ P ]  Barbour, Murray, Cedar, McCarty, Butiu and More Will Star in Geffen's Nightmare Alley

      [ TM ]  Ana Gasteyer, Julianna Margulies, Tom Wopat, et al. Set for MCC Theater's Miscast Benefit

      [ P ]  Broadway Vet Wopat, Il Divo's Miller and More Added to MCC's Miscast 2010

      [ P ]  Hines, Manzari Brothers, Hicks, Smith and More Star in Arena's Sophisticated Ladies

      [ P ]  Lea Michele Sought for New Musical; "Simpsons," Too

      [ TM ]  Anika Noni Rose, Hill Harper to Co-Host NAACP Image Awards

      [ P ]  Anika Noni Rose and Hill Harper to Host Image Awards

      [ P ]  McDaniel to Join Perfect Crime Off-Broadway

      [ P ]  "Ugly Betty" and Girl Crazy's Newton Cast in NBC Pilot "Love Bites"

      [ P ]  Miss Lulu Bett Will Play WorkShop Theater in March

      [ P ]  Evocative Evening About Dylan Thomas to Play Hotel Chelsea

      [ WP ]  Backstage: Round House expands with six subscription shows in 2010-11 By Jane Horwitz

      [ TM ]  Trinity Rep Announces 2010-2011 Season

      [ P ]  Trinity Rep to Stage Camelot, Crucible, Magnolias, Yellowman and More

      [ TM ]  John Guare, Neil LaBute, et al. Pen New Works for Seven Card Draw

      [ P ]  LaBute and Guare Among Playwrights for Seven Card Draw at Dixon Place

      [ P ]  Drama League Awards to Be Held in May

      [ P ]  LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week

      [ P ]  Moses Will Join Rapp and Shinn in Bad Boys of Off-Broadway at the Orbach

      [ P ]  Atlanta's True Colors Casts Multicultural Our Town

      [ P ]  Butkus and Purcell Will Read Noah and the Tower Flower at NYC's Irish Rep

      [ P ]  New Rep in MA Will Stage Last Five Years, Boston Marriage, Passing Strange and World Premiere

      [ P ]  Schwartz and Wicked Cast to Be Part of Scholarship Competition at Human Race

      [ P ]  Cumming, Noll, Butler, Pascal and More to Play Feinstein's

      [ P ]  CAP21's Spring Gala to Honor Maltby and Shire

      [ P ]  Gay Marshall, Clare Burt, Sharon McNight and Penny Fuller to Play the Metropolitan Room

      [ P ]  Olivier Winner Eilenberg's Shrunk to Debut in London in May

      [ P ]  All-Male Production of Pirates of Penzance to Transfer to London's Wilton's Music Hall

      [ TM ]  David Greenspan to Star in Men From the Boys Reading

      [ TM ]  Shoshana Bean, Adam Pascal, Tracie Thoms, et al. to Join Jeremy Schonfeld for Upright Cabaret Concerts

      [ TM ]  Barbra Streisand's Village Vanguard Performance to Be Released on DVD May 4

      [ TM ]  Shirley Jones to Offer A Night at the Oscars Concert in Sarasota March 12

      [ TM ]  Sting to Launch International Tour in Summer 2010

      [ TM ]  Green Day, Nora Ephron, et al. to Receive USA Network's Character Approved Awards

      [ CFR ]  'Women Cook for Women' Benefit Set for Mon., March 8

      A March 8 benefit for a theater company producing women artists for 32 years.

      [ CFR ]  Special Guests Lined Up for Talkout Mondays, Starting March 1 at 'The Temperamentals'

      Larry Kramer, Paul Rudnick and Elizabeth Ashley headline post-play talkbacks.

      [ P ]  Sternhagen, Connoly to Participate in Cocktail Party Post-Show Discussions at TACT

      [ P ]  Sherman, Worley and Wylie Will Cut the Ribbon at Madame Tussauds Hollywood

      [ HC ]  Yale Playwright Gets Theater Prize in Portland By Frank Rizzo

      [ HC ]  Stage Newbie Tim McKiernan Is "Tom Sawyer" at Hartford Stage By Frank Rizzo

      [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: FEBRUARY 24

      [ P ]  Doyle and Felciano Reunite for A.C.T. Caucasian Chalk Circle, Opening Feb. 24

      [ P ]  Sylvia, with Tony Winner Ziemba, Opens at Long Wharf Feb. 24

      [ P ]  The Tempest, with Dillane, Camargo, Rylance and Sadoski, Opens at BAM Feb. 24

      [ P ]  Yank!, with Steggert, Anderson, Hernandez, Denman, Opens Off-Broadway Feb. 24

      [ P ]  Tony Nominee Constantine Maroulis Rocks the Highline Ballroom Feb. 24

      [ P ]  Billy Elliot Offers Actors Fund Performance Feb. 24

      [ P ]  Errico, Murray, O'Reilly and Underwood Star in Irish Rep's Candida, Starting Feb. 24 in NYC

      [ P ]  Nixon-Era Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers Begins Off-Broadway

      [ TM ]  Michael Feinstein, Bobby McFerrin, Ute Lemper, Nancy Wilson, et al. Set for Jazz at Lincoln Center 2010-2011 Season

      [ NYT ]  Corrections

      [ P ]  "Glee" Kids to Take On the White House

      [ P ]  Original Off-Broadway Cast Album of Coraline Now Available

      [ P ]  Dukakis and Barricelli to Hold Vigil in San Francisco

      [ P ]  Nicholas Hytner and Bartlett Sher to Direct Metropolitan Opera Productions in 2010-11 Season

      [ P ]  Buckley's Rock Version of Romeo and Juliet Is Heading to the Stage

      [ B ]  Romeo and Juliet Musical The Last Goodbye, Set to Jeff Buckley Tunes, May Debut Next Season

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