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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

    [ TM ]  Doris Eaton Travis, Ziegfeld Follies Girl and BC/EFA Performer, Dies at 106; Broadway to Dim Lights on May 12

  • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 3:59 PM | Item Link


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      [ STARS ]  Natalie Douglas Celebrates Lena Horne, by Michael Portantiere

      Ms. Douglas's upcoming Lena Horne concert at Birdland wasn't planned as a posthumous tribute to the great lady, but that's exactly what it will be.

    • Posted by Matthew Murray at 12:12 PM | Item Link


        • [ NYP ]  Stars who blazed onstage by Michael Riedel

        Redgrave, Horne made Broadway comebacks

        [ NYT ]  'Glee' Co-Creator Seeks Boycott of Newsweek After Article Criticizes Gay Actors By DAVE ITZKOFF

        [ P ]  "Glee" Creator Murphy Calls for Newsweek Boycott

        [ S ]  Can gay actors play straight? By Mary Elizabeth Williams

        As "Glee's" creator calls for a Newsweek boycott after a controversial article, we wonder: Could the mag be right?

        [ P ]  Race Understudy Will Take Over for Kerry Washington on Broadway

        [ B ]  Afton C. Williamson to Replace Kerry Washington in Race on Broadway

        [ TM ]  Afton C. Williamson to Join Dennis Haysbert and Richard Thomas in Broadway's Race

        [ TM ]  Lee Hall, David Lindsay-Abaire, Beau Willimon, Alfred Uhry Works Set for MTC's 2010-2011 Season

        [ B ]  World Premieres by David Lindsay-Abaire, Alfred Uhry & Beau Willimon Join The Pitmen Painters at MTC

        [ P ]  Plays by Uhry, Lindsay-Abaire and Willimon Will Spice MTC's Season; Two Works to Be Announced

        [ LAT ]  Pasadena Playhouse files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy By Mike Boehm

        Theater leaders hope to recover sufficiently for shows to resume. None have been staged since Feb. 7. Creditors number between 1,000 and 5,000, with the majority being subscribers.

        [ P ]  Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Elected to Third Term at the Public; Rock Musical Extends to June

        [ TM ]  Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Extends Off-Broadway Through June 27

        [ TM ]  Blythe Danner, Keir Dullea, Jonathan Groff, et al. Set for Westport Reading of Butterflies Are Free

        [ TM ]  Clarke Peters to Star in Five Guys Named Moe Revival in Edinburgh

        [ TM ]  David Mamet's House of Games, Stephen Dillane in The Master Builder Set for Almeida Theatre's Fall/Winter Season

        [ P ]  London's Almeida to Offer New Adaptation of Mamet's "House of Games," Plus Dillane as Ibsen's Master Builder

        [ TM ]  Richard Fleeshman to Play Warner Huntington III in West End Legally Blonde

        [ P ]  Richard Fleeshman to Take Over in London's Legally Blonde The Musical

        [ CT ]  Rob Ashford becomes co-director of touring 'Shrek the Musical' by Chris Jones

        [ NYP ]  PAGE SIX

        Is Oliver Stone looking to get into musicals?

        This Morning's Peter Filichia:

        [ TM ]  Peter Filichia's Diary: Retro-Fitting an Old Play in Fitting Fashion

        [ MWB ]  Recovering the Original

        Reviews:

        [ HC ]  "The Addams Family": Thoughts About that Show -- and "Spamalot" By Frank Rizzo

        [ TS ]  Rock of Ages: Rolling in talent By Richard Ouzounian (****)

        Features:

        [ P ]  John Simon at 85: A Birthday Boy Gets a Seldes Salute

        [ DN ]  Senior actresses Betty White and '30 Rock' star Elaine Stritch give birth to the new 'eldercool' By Joe Dziemianowicz

        [ TIMES ]  Zoë Wanamaker is put through the Miller by Valerie Grove

        The actress is playing Arthur Miller's portrait of maternal anguish in All My Sons. Rehearsals are intense, she says

        [ B ]  Glee-Cap: Rachel's 'Laryngitis' and Puck's New Look Leave Us Speechless

        [ P ]  Lena on My Mind, 29 Years Later

        [ WP ]  Backstage: What 'Helen Hayes Recommended' means; 'Paige in Full' at Flashpoint By Jane Horwitz

        [ CFR ]  5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: playwright Oren Safdie

        Says the author of The Bilbao Effect, "I'm amazed that well known architects can build so recklessly, flagrantly disrespecting the character of the neighborhood."

        [ CFR ]  5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: playwright June Finfer

        Quoting architect Mies van der Rowe: "God protect me from my disciples. My enemies I can take care of myself."

        [ CFR ]  5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Paul Zimet

        The co-creator of many pieces by the Talking Band talks about their latest, New Islands Archipelago.

        [ CFR ]  Can You Write the Worst Play in America? Welcome to Drekfest.

        A Chicago theater troupe creates the most nauseating play festival imaginable.

        [ CFR ]  Glenn Beck, Now a Theater Festival Is Named After You

        The 9.13 Festival takes shape.

        [ CFR ]  Announcing the West Village Musical Theatre Festival

        [ CFR ]  50 NYC Artists Sought for Creative Capital's Professional Development Program

        Unique opportunity for artists to step outside daily routines and focus on professional skills and artistic goals.

        [ CFR ]  "Funding the Arts" -- Watch Where You're Pointing That Thing!

        A dance-theater troupe presents a spy caper skewering the issue of falling public arts funding.

        [ P ]  "24" Presidents Serve Successive Terms on Broadway

        [ P ]  Hugh Jackman Gets Down for Tokyo Commercial

        [ B ]  Photo Op: Her Name Is Barbra, and She's In the House at Fences

        [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Al Pacino, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Lily Rabe Rehearse Merchant of Venice

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Shear's Restoration Plays Off-Broadway at NYTW

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Laila Robins Stars in Off-Broadway's That Face

        [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Annie Get Your Gun at Goodspeed Opera House

        News:

        [ P ]  Flavin and Evans to Lead Cast of Chichester Festival Theatre's 42nd Street

        [ TM ]  Cheyenne Jackson, Niecy Nash to Co-Host NewNowNext Awards Ceremony

        [ TM ]  Jason Robert Brown, Megan Hilty, Ana Ortiz, et al. Set for Angels 4 Ana Benefit Concert

        [ TM ]  Wayne Brady, Whoopi Goldberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian Kerwin, et al. Among Daytime Emmy Award Nomimnees

        [ TM ]  Leanne Jones, Julie Atherton, Ian 'H' Watkins to Join Miranda Sings for London Concerts

        [ TM ]  Anthony Mackie to Join Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly in Real Steel Film

        [ TM ]  Derek Jacobi to Join Jeremy Irons in Showtime's The Borgias

        [ TM ]  Richard Griffiths to Join Matt LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan in Showtime/BBC Comedy Series Episodes

        [ TM ]  Tim Curry to Guest Star on Season Finale of CBS' Criminal Minds

        [ P ]  London's Royal Court Theatre to Offer Its First-Ever Family Christmas Show Get Santa!

        [ P ]  Chaplin Will Bask in Musical Limelight at La Jolla Playhouse

        [ TS ]  Doris Eaton Travis, the last living legendary Ziegfeld Follies Girls, died May 10, at age 106, by Jack Quinn

        Doris loved coming back to Broadway for the event every year after - 12 times altogether. From 1998 - 2010, she only missed it in 2007.

      • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 11:52 AM | Item Link


          • The Awards Season:

          [ LAT ]  Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil: Playwright Don Margulies on Tonys contender 'Time Stands Still'

          [ P ]  Prime Time: 2010 Tony Nominee John Logan Talks About Red's Provocative Canvas Scene

          [ B ]  First Person: Local Boy Makes Good: Red Scribe John Logan on the Joy of His Tony-Nominated Debut

          [ P ]  "It's You I Like": 2010 Tony Nominee Scanlan Says Rapture Star Scott Was Perfect Working Partner

          [ P ]  CELEB PlayBlogger Montego Glover: May 11

          [ P ]  Million Dollar Quartet Performs on "Letterman" (Video)

          [ P ]  Denzel Washington Talks Fences On "Regis and Kelly"

          [ NY ]  Party Lines Slideshow: Kelsey Grammer, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Denzel Washington, and More at the Tony Nominess Press Reception

          [ TONY ]  The Inner Circle: Slide show! New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards reception by Adam Feldman

          [ TM ]  PHOTO FLASH: Viola Davis, Hallie Foote, Tony Kushner, Denzel Washington, and More at New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

          [ B ]  Photo Op: Orphans' Home Cycle and More Honored by the New York Drama Critics' Circle

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: 2010 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

          "The Kid":

          [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: New Musical The Kid Opens Off-Broadway

          [ B ]  Photo Op: New Musical The Kid Takes Its Official First Steps Off-Broadway

          [ P ]  A Kid Is Born the Night The Kid Is Born

          [ BR ]  'The Kid,' a new off-Broadway musical, is funny and touching BY ROBERT FELDBERG

          [ DCTS ]  The Kid - Review By Richard Seff

          In Christopher Sieber, this production at the small Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row is blessed with a leading man... who is here giving a major star turn.

          [ VV ]  The New Group Births The Kid; the Mint and CSC Resurrect Dr. Knock and The Forest By Michael Feingold

          [ ND ]  'Hair's' new hippies aren't so hip; adopting 'The Kid' By LINDA WINER

          It hurts to have to say this. But "Hair" has been allowed to deteriorate into the packaged '60s theme park that this revival had so smartly avoided.

          Other Reviews:

          [ NYP ]  Revisit: 'Hair' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

          [ TM ]  Lascivious Something
          Reviewed by: David Finkle

          Shelia Callaghan's new play about the complicated personal life of an American expat in Greece is overripe and occasionally confusing.

          [ BS ]  Lascivious Something - Reviewed by ANDY PROPST

          Sheila Callaghan's play about a modern variant of the demigod Dionysus, set at the dawn of the Reagan era, is ambitious, but its rich language and potentially explosive plot are undermined by theatrical gimmickry.

          [ NYP ]  An island love triangle? It's all Greek to us By FRANK SCHECK (* 1/2)

          "Lascivious Something," which opened last night at the Women's Project, features intriguing situations that are undercut by pretentious stylization and inert writing.

          [ NYT ]  Strangers Find Solace From Riots Against U.S. By JASON ZINOMAN

          In "Five Days in March," two strangers check into a hotel and sleep together for five days while protests about American aggression rage.

          [ NYT ]  He'll Find Something That's Wrong With You By JASON ZINOMAN

          Jules Romains's delightful "Doctor Knock, or the Triumph of Medicine" is a 1923 spoof of the arrogance of the medical profession.

          [ NYT ]  Black Men in America as Stressed-Out Strivers By ANITA GATES

          Daniel Beaty's solo show, "Through the Night," is full of moments of desperation, triumph and hope.

          [ NYT ]  Classic Children's Stories, With a Little Gender Bending Thrown In By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

          "Le Cirque Féerique" seems designed with two distinct audiences in mind: children and their forever-young parents.

          [ NYT ]  Einstein Looks Back, With Help From Puppets By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

          The best thing I can say about "Breath on the Mirror" is that the show's puppets are more expressive than its people.

          [ BS ]  Stuffed and Unstrung - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

          A pair of 400-pound gorillas hovers over the puppet comedy "Stuffed and Unstrung," and neither is made of cloth with halved ping-pong balls for eyes.

          [ BS ]  Romeo and Hamlet - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

          This Shakespearian mash-up of "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet" is pretty witty and most definitely gay.

          [ TE ]  The One Man (two man (not quite)) Hamlet - Reviewed by OSCAR E. MOORE

          Before you scream "Not another Hamlet!" read on...

          [ VV ]  Loose Screws in Family Week and Asylum By Alexis Soloski

          [ TM ]  Peter Pan
          San Francisco Review by: Robert Sokol

          This new production of J.M. Barrie's classic story is mostly notable for its high-tech special effects.

          [ V ]  Peter Pan
          Review by Dennis Harvey

          Lively enough to keep kids alert.

          [ TNO ]  DANCE OF DEATH by CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

          Make sure you get a sitter for the night, because you re not going to want to bring your kids to this one.

          [ CS ]  Laura Benanti: Let Me Entertain You
          Review by Michael Miyazaki

          [ DCTS ]  Theatre Shelf

          DC Theatre Scene unveils "Theatre Shelf," a column dedicated to recommending theatre-related books, CDs and DVDs. The column is written by Brad Hathaway, best known for his pioneering web site, Potomac Stages, in which he nearly single-handedly covered DC area professional and community theatre for eight years. A new article will appear every Tuesday.

          News:

          [ LAT ]  Memorial for Craig Noel, founding director of San Diego's Old Globe, set for May 24 in Balboa Park

          [ P ]  Will Carol Burnett Follow Betty White as "SNL" Host?

          [ TM ]  Hugh Jackman, Jay-Z, Scarlett Johansson, Daniel Radcliffe, Meryl Streep, et al. Lend Signatures for BC/EFA Benefit

          [ P ]  Hartford Stage Completes 2010-2011 Season with Snow Falling on Cedars

          [ P ]  Franz, Ambrose, Williams, Johnston, Lauria and Thomas Set for Berkshire Playwrights Gala

          [ HC ]  "Rock of Ages" with Constantine Maroulis, "Hair" To Ready Tour in New Haven By Frank Rizzo

          [ TM ]  Kherington Payne and Jonathan Platero Join Cast of Lincoln Theater's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

          [ P ]  Today In Theatre History: MAY 12

          [ P ]  LATW's Side Man, with Wood and Lahti, Begins May 12

          [ P ]  Ruhl's Passion Play, with Fumusa, Noonan, Reddin, Wiesner, Opens in Brooklyn May 12

          [ P ]  Goodspeed's Annie Get Your Gun, with Gambatese and Earley, Opens May 12

          [ P ]  Public Invited to Rock of Ages' First Anniversary Celebration May 12

          [ B ]  Judith Light & More Set for Broadway Debut of Lombardi

          [ B ]  CSC's 2010-2011 Season to Feature Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard in Three Sisters

          [ P ]  Promises, Promises Cast Recording Due in June

          [ TM ]  Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Musical to Play Broadway's Barrymore Theatre

          [ B ]  Ray Charles Tuner Unchain My Heart Books Ethel Barrymore Theatre

          [ TM ]  Doris Eaton Travis, Ziegfeld Follies Girl and BC/EFA Performer, Dies at 106

          [ NYT ]  Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 By DOUGLAS MARTIN

          Mrs. Travis, who may have been the youngest Ziegfeld Girl ever, went on to perform in stage productions and films.

        • Posted by Tim Dunleavy at 8:11 AM | Item Link


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