Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Construction Near on New LIC Theatre Complex by CFR Staff

Bringing to fruition Variations Theatre Group’s desire to return to its LIC roots.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:54PM

People You Should Know . . . Sara Farrington by Zack Calhoon

SARA FARRINGTON is a Brooklyn based playwright. MFA from Brooklyn College with Mac Wellman. Her play Mickey & Sage premiered (currently running!) at The Incubator Arts Project, Sept 21-3…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:34PM

Live Arts review: 'Red-Eye to Havre de Grace' by Howard Shapiro

In the Fringe, a haunting enactment of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe. Inquire3r theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:31PM

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 9/8/2012

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 982012.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PM

‘The American Maid’ at Victorian Lyric Opera Company by Francine Schwartz by Francine Schwartz

On Friday night, I had fun at the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, where I have previously enjoyed several Gilbert and Sullivan performances. VLOC is a ambitious repetoire company specializing…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: Spirits to Enforce (Abraham Werewolf at Studio BE) by Scotty Zacher

This show is amazing! It’s like “The Tempest” fell into a vat of toxic waste and now has the power to make us laugh... really hard. Spirits to Enforce is art to enchant!

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:54PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Fuse Stage Interview: Cracking Eggs to Make An Omelet –Talking to Israeli novelist and playwright A.B. Yehoshua by Debra Cash

The latest play by the celebrated Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua is a historical drama that revolves around an imaginary conversation between two major political rivals about Zionism and the f…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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'Inspector Hound' is an amusing stroll through doors of perception

The actors have a fine time playing the broad gestures and stilted delivery of melodrama in "The Real Inspector Hound." Ultimately, Tom Stoppard's play dissolves into a surrealistic cloud --…

SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 08:48PM

Review: What Was Mine To Do (Strangeloop Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

At over 2 hours with intermission, the script does need some cutting and tightening. To its credit, however, the show’s wonderful performances and commitment to character had me wanting to…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:46PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Sept 8 - NEWSIES' Jeremy Jordan Gets Married, Broadway Supports Obama and More! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's Saturday Intermission Pics round-up Today's photos feature NEWSIES' Jeremy Jordan with his groomsmen on his wedding day cast membe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:35PM

Rebecca Delays Rehearsal Start Date After Death of Major Investor by Broadway.com

Rebecca, the Broadway musical which was scheduled to begin performances October 30 at the Broadhurst Theatre, has postponed the start date of its rehearsals after the recent death of a major…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:31PM

Review: (Vancouver) Jersey Boys by The Charlebois Post

(l to r) Preston Truman Boyd, John Gardiner, Joseph Leo Bwarie and Michael Lomenda Photo: Joan MarcusMagical! Dazzling! ...smittenby Jay CattersonOh what a night! Jersey Boys, the …

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 07:25PM

‘Golda’s Balcony’ at The Vagabond Players by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

What happens when idealism becomes power? It kills. And to save your world how many other worlds are you entitled to destroy? The shocking tension filled story of William Gibson’s Golda’…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:10PM

Secrets of the rowdy past revealed as Bristol Old Vic reopens by Vanessa Thorpe

In Britain's oldest theatre, reopening this week, actors performed with noisy members of an anarchic audience surrounding them on three sidesRenovations to the oldest theatre in Britain, Bri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

Forests; Branches: The Nature of Crisis – review by Kate Kellaway

Old Rep, Birmingham; Wepre Park, WalesIt is a bold idea to graft Shakespeare's thoughts about forests and make something original out of them – to turn over a new narrative leaf. And the C…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM

Unlimited Global Academy – review by Luke Jennings

Southbank, LondonUnlimited Global Academy is an evening of work directed by the British visual artist Rachel Gadsden and born of the notion of "invisible trauma". Handicapped by spinal probl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Freddie Fox: 'I liked throwing the toys out of my pram' by Kate Kellaway

Freddie Fox on playing Oscar Wilde's lover Bosie – and the joys of being the baby in an acting dynasty Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Freddie Fox: 'I liked throwing the toys out of my pram' by Kate Kellaway

Freddie Fox on playing Oscar Wilde's lover Bosie – and the joys of being the baby in an acting dynastyFreddie Fox is deliciously debonair. He walks into Hampstead theatre wearing his silk …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM

Carl Djerassi: scientists aren't just Frankensteins or Strangeloves or nerds by Laura Barnett

The inventor of the pill, who is also a prolific writer of fiction, talks about his latest play – a comedy about chemistryIt says a lot about Carl Djerassi that his first venture into lite…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM

Forests, Old Rep, Birmingham Branches: The Nature of Crisis, Wepre Park, Connah's Quay Morning, Lyric Hammersmith, London

Why not run completely wild? It was into the woods three times last week. Commissioned to round off the World Shakespeare Festival, Forests is a devised piece rustled up by director Calixto …

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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The festive Philly premiere of Le Grand Continental by Ellen Dunkel

For 10 weeks, more than 150 non-dancers trained like professional dancers, and this afternoon Le Grand Continental had its Philadelphia premiere at the foot of the Art Museum steps.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:40PM

Christine Pedi to Perform American Traditions Competition Concert Fundraiser in Savannah, 11/29 by Stephen Hanks

Acclaimed cabaret singer, Broadway performer and host of The Broadway Breakfast on SiriusXM Radio, Christine Pedi will perform her hilarious holiday show, Theres No Bizness Like Snow Bizness…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Holy theatrics, Batman!

The arena spectacle "Batman Live" brings a lighter Dark Knight to the Xcel Energy Center.

SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:56PM

Reviews: Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye: Swingin' The Night Away by Brian Scott Lipton

"This must have been what Steve and Eydie was like," joked Michael Feinstein during his Friday show with Marilyn Maye, entitled Swingin' the Night Away, at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.And w…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:45PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 494: Halley Feiffer by Adam Szymkowicz

photo by Seth Kushner Halley Feiffer Hometown: NYC -- Upper West Side, Manhattan Current Town: NYC -- Park Slope, Brooklyn Q:  Tell me about Dear Darkness at the New Ohio. A:&nb…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 05:23PM

Reviews: Marie Antoinette by Sandy MacDonald

In Marie Antoinette, now at American Repertory Theater, David Adjmi dispenses with the obvious jests right off the bat. "O let them eat cake," protests Marie (the spectacular Brooke Bloom),…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:20PM

Theater News: Actor and Playwright Jerome Kilty Has Died by Brian Scott Lipton

Actor and playwright Jerome Kilty died on Friday, September 7 at Norwalk Hospital of cardiac arrest, according to published reports.Kilty was one of two drivers injured in a two-car crash ar…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: (Ottawa) Stones in His Pockets by The Charlebois Post

Luck of the Irishby Jim MurchisonFriday evening Ottawa's 2012/2013 season kicked off with Marie Jones award-winning play Stones in His Pockets directed by John P Kelly. As is traditional on …

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:53PM

Saturday, September 08, 2012

LabyrinthineI had one crazy dream last night.I was in this enormous theatre. And when I say enormous, I mean large enough to house an ocean (or what was supposed to be an ocean) for its prod…

SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 04:31PM

Theater News: Broadway's Rebecca to Be Delayed Once Again by Dan Bacalzo

The Broadway production of the new musical Rebecca, which was to begin previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 30 for a November 18 opening, will be delayed.A new preview and opening d…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:04PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Rock Opera: An Improvised Muiscal Event by David Stearns

Can a rock opera be improvised on the spot? Characters? Songs? Lyrics? Ladies and Gentleman take on this performing arts Hydra.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:38PM

“13 The Musical’ at Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre by Kim Moeller by Kim Moeller

Thirteen reasons I enthusiastically applaud Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre’s production of 13 The Musical about growing up geeky and the profound desire to be popular: The entire cas…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:11PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Chicago Theater Review: BLAGOJEVICH, BLAGOJEVICH! (Athenaeum Theatre) by Paul Kubicki

NOT REALLY, NOT REALLY! The most pressing question I had walking out of Athenaeum Theatre’s Blagojevich, Blagojevich! was “Was that really necessary?”  We’re already familiar with t…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:41PM

Free Seminar: ‘Casting Off-Broadway: A How-To Guide’ Sept. 9 in NYC by Back Stage

If directing is 90 percent casting, as the saying goes, why is the casting process still such a mystery for so many? Actors, directors, producers, and New York theatergoers can learn more th…

SOURCE: Backstage at 02:32PM

Concert review: John Alcorn debuts new Songbook program that bucks the tide by Robert Cushman

Toronto has a new cabaret venue, the Flying Beaver Pubaret, which as its name might suggest, is in the back room — a long and elegant one

SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 02:00PM

‘Electra’ at Mobtown Players by John Harding by John Harding

After 14 seasons of new and often experimental theater, Baltimore’s Mobtown Players is busy re-inventing itself this fall with a slate of classics. If the opening night of Euripides’ Ele…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Los Angeles Theater Review A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY (Theatre 68 in Hollywood) by Tom Chaits

A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY – FUHGEDDABOUDIT! Originally produced as Emergency Used Candles for NYC’s Emerging Artists Theatre One Woman Standing Festival and then followed by a run at the…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:47PM

Visual arts subjects include election, Legos

The Contemporary will be transformed into 'red zones' and 'blue zones' where visitors can reflect on the political process. 

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:30PM

Twitter Watch: Jeremy Jordan-'Can't wait to get married in less than an hour!! Love my girl.' by BroadwayWorld

On Twitter Watch, Jeremy Jordan wrote Can't wait to get married in less than an hour Love my girl.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PM

Breaking News: REBECCA $4.5 Million Short After Investor's Death - Delays Start of Rehearsals for 2 Weeks; Previews & Opening Night as Well by BroadwayWorld

REBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier novel, has delayed the start of its rehearsals by two weeks due to the death of a key investor responsible for a 4.5 …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PM

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’: A Pair of Pixie-Ish Promotions by CFR Staff

Two upcoming events channel that Neverland spirit.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 01:22PM

PHOTO CALL: Phantom Honored by Guinness World Records as Longest Running Broadway Show by Krissie Fullerton

On Thursday, Sept. 6, Guinness World Records honored Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera as the longest running show in the history of Broadway after reaching a milestone 10,0…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PM

PHOTO CALL: Phantom Honored by Guinness World Records by Krissie Fullerton

On Thursday, Sept. 6, Guinness World Records honored Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera as the longest running show in the history of Broadway after reaching a milestone 10,0…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PM

Baltimore Raven Brendon Ayanbadejo stands up for marriage equality by Esther

It only takes a quick Google search to find out how many Baltimore Ravens players have been arrested over the past decade. Here's a partial rap sheet: driving under the influence, assaulting…

SOURCE: Gratuitous Violins at 01:10PM

I went on an experimental film by Kyle

Youtube bender yesterday. It began with a tweet about Dirty Projectors new video, Hi Custodian, a long-form video featuring the songs from their incredible new album, Swing Lo Magellan. Davi…

SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 01:09PM

Broadway-Bound Musical Rebecca Delayed, Again, Due to Death of Major Investor by Michael Gioia and Kenneth Jones

Rebecca, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier, has delayed the start of its rehearsals by two weeks due to the death of a key investor responsible for a $4.5 milli…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM

Food, music, Dancing in the Street planned for fall fests

First up are Wolf Fest and the Great Forest Park Balloon Race.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM

Fall theater scene bursts with choices

How to choose? Here's a week-by-week guide.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM

Another fall brings more dance and jazz

Four St. Louis companies will perform newly commissioned works by top choreographers in 'New Dance Horizons.' 

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM

Classical music organizations get a fresh start

Three important concerts open three different seasons on the weekend of Sept. 28.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at noon (Broadway Time)
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ArtsBeat: 'Rebecca' Delayed, Again, After Major Investor Dies by Patrick Healy

The producers of one of the most expensive, and troubled, musicals of the fall season are in talks with the investor's estate to secure the promised money.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:57PM

LA, NYC, and Tour Theater Review: ANDRÉ & DORINE (Los Angeles Theatre Center) by Jason Rohrer

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT Mask work reduces the craft of acting to the essential elements of pose and gesture.  That’s all you get when there are no words or facial expressions.  Watching a…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:53PM

And Make Our Garden Grow: Finding The Solutions… by Bill Hirschman

[box_full] Who are we? Where do we want to go? What’s standing in our way? How do we prevail? The dwindling days before the season gears up are a prime time for us all, audiences to artist…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:50PM

Alliance’s Home Sweet Funeral Home Is Imaginative If Uneven by Bill Hirschman

A group of loopy scenarios fuel eight daffy short plays by local playwrights thumbing their nose at Death in an often funny if markedly uneven collection commissioned by the Alliance Theatre…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:48PM

The Train Driver, written and directed by Athol Fugard, with Leon Addison Brown and Ritchie Coster, SignatureTheatre by Yvonne Korshak

… inadvertent … Among the Fugard plays I’ve seen, this -- possibly excepting the iconic The Island -- is the finest. It’s intense, with a driving force. Especially interesting, altho…

SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 12:30PM

FLASH SPECIAL: Kids Take Over Broadway This Season - A Look At ANNIE, MATILDA, CINDERELLA, A CHRISTMAS STORY, ELF & More by Pat Cerasaro

The 2012-2013 Broadway season is positively brimming with musicals featuring characters under the age of 18, so today we will take a special anticipatory look at the many kid-themed properti…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PM

Marilyn Maye & Michael Feinstein Bach-Trump-Lineage by Sandi Durell

 There can never be too many views about Marilyn Maye and Michael Feinstein!   “My View” Written by Stephen Sorokoff     Like the brilliance of a Bach Fugue, Michael Fein…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:02PM

Broadway Boys and Girls: Making the List (s) by JK

Two fun and interesting lists came out this week regarding theatre.  One is pure fun - just sexy admiration of AfterElton.com's  The 40 Hottest Guys in New York Theatre.  …

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Sid Caesar by Trav S.D.

Isaac Sidney Caesar (born this day in 1922) came along too late to be in vaudeville proper (hence his exclusion from the “Stars of Vaudeville” series). He got his start in Catski…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:46AM

Perez Hilton and Leslie Kritzer Join Cast of NEWSICAL Today, September 8 by BroadwayWorld

Broadways Leslie Kritzer joins the cast of Rick Crom's Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical beginning Sept. 8. Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton was announced last week as jo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AM

Love, sex and death at the Coterie: 'Spring Awakening' packs a punch

First let me say that I've never quite understood the excitement surrounding "Spring Awakening," a rock musical depicting abused and neglected teens in the late 19th century.

SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 11:40AM

SMASH's Megan Hilty to Sing 'America the Beautiful' Before US Open Women's Championship, 9/8 by BroadwayWorld

According to the New York Post, SMASH's Megan Hilty will perform America the Beautiful before the US Open women's championship between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka tonight, Septembe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AM

Review: Illegal Use of Hands/American Blues Theater by Lisa Buscani

Has-been football players Roy (Howie Johnson) and Cody (Steve Key), find themselves outside Wallace’s (Dennis Zacek) house when Roy’s POS Chevy breaks down. Roy is convinced Wallace is t…

SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:16AM

PLAYBILL VAULT UNLOCKED: What's New, Week Ending Sept. 8, Chaplin, Annie and More by Andrew Gans

When the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Ohio, Revisited by Theasy.com

Dixon Place, The Roadsters, Off Off Broadway By Benjamin Coleman BOTTOM LINE: A highly theatrical ensemble tells tales of unlived life in Ohio, blending the avant garde with American…

SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:43AM

Stars of Vaudeville #488: Hackett and Delmar by Trav S.D.

This piece has involved more than my usual (and preferred minimal) amount of research, but it has been rewarding and I (or someone) would do well to do still more and get it out there. Mostl…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:30AM

Dream Cast: Lady Bugs by BroadwaySpotted

More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my favorite,…

SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM

Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE AND KICKING! by Jennifer Broski

After a three-year absence, Gerard Alessandrinis Forbidden Broadway returns to the 47th Street Theatre with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway ALIVE AND KICKING. The show, which opened …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Earns Spot in Guinness Book of World Records! by Kevin Thomas Garcia

Honoring excellence in theater, Guinness World Records recognizes the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera as the Longest-Running Show musical or play on Broadway, having rea…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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BROADWAY RECALL: Forbidden Once Again by Michael Dale

A little over thirty years ago Gerard Alessandrini was just another struggling young musical theatre actor who enjoyed doing what a lot of struggling young musical theatre actors do in betwe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AM

Perez Hilton Joins the Cast of Off-Broadway's NEWSical the Musical by Broadway.com

Who better to lampoon current events than Hollywood's resident gossip king, Perez Hilton? On September 8, the infamous blogger steps into NEWSical the Musical, the ever-changing mus…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:44AM

Anna Christie on the Red Hook Barge by Trav S.D.

Well, this is the fiorst I’ve heard of the Spleen Theatre (with a name that makes me wanna say “Bleccch!”) but I must say this new production of theirs is a stroke of geniu…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:21AM

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Natalie Toro, John Herrera and More in Pioneer Theatre's IN THE HEIGHTS by BroadwayWorld

Pioneer Theatre Company presents In the Heights, the musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Score, September 14 September 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Fuse Book Review: “The Woman Reader” — The Sounds of Silence by Debra Cash

In the encyclopedic, fascinating, and intermittently infuriating "The Woman Reader," author Belinda Jack argues that we should be not fear the battle between paper vs. pixels, but value read…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AM

Stage Dad: ‘Talking to Parents’: Part Two: ‘What Other Parents Wish They Had Known’ by Glenn Cook by Glenn Cook

What Other Parents Wish They Had Known… One of my favorite television shows is Friday Night Lights, a beautifully written, small-scale drama that focuses on a small Texas town and its obse…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31AM

'Rebecca' faces second delay

Legit News: Death of funder prompts postponement

SOURCE: Variety at 08:27AM

BWW's On This Day - September 8, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Gotham Girls Tonight! by Trav S.D.

Tonight the Manhattan Mayhem takes on the Queens of Pain (of Queens. Of Pain. Of Queens. Of Pain….) at City College’s Nat Holman Gymnasium. Doors open 6pm, first whistle is at 8p…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:43AM

Circus Amok’s “Moo” Launches Today by Trav S.D.

Jennifer Miller’s Circus Amok launches its new show Moo today at 2pm with a performance at Coffee Park in Red Hook. The free outdoor show will tour city parks through September 23. For…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:30AM

'Bullet For Adolf' extends run amid mixed reviews

"Bullet For Adolf" has received mixed reviews since it opened on August 8 at the New World Stages theatre in New York. The play began previews on July 19, and was originally scheduled to clo…

SOURCE: Ticket News at 07:00AM

Interview: Bachelorette's Leslye Headland Takes A Direct Approach to Life by Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Leslye Headland's breakout stage comedy, Bachelorette, has been turned into a breakout first feature film – also directed by Headland – which is now in theaters (as well as being availab…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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theartsdesk Q&A: Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson by Jasper Rees

Is Steptoe and Son the platonic ideal of the British sitcom? Two men trapped in eternal stasis, imprisoned by class and bound together by family ties as if by hoops of steel, never to escape…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:01AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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I Am a Camera, Southwark Playhouse by Laura Silverman

The Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, inspired by the Berlin stories of Christopher Isherwood, is soon to return to the West End with Will Young. It's less well-known source is John Van Druten…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:20AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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PHOTO CALL: Liz Callaway, Rita Wilson and More Visit Marin Mazzie Backstage at 54 Below by Krissie Fullerton

Marin Mazzie brought her brand new concert show to the new Manhattan cabaret location, 54 Below, Sept. 4 for a run through Sept. 8.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30AM

Tender Napalm by StageGrade

Do critics have mixed feelings about "Tender Napalm"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 02:07AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Brooke Jackman Foundation Read-A-Thon Welcomes Rosie Perez, Cast of SPIDER-MAN and More Today, 9/8 by BroadwayWorld

Today, September 8th, the World Financial Center Winter Garden will welcome families and visitors to the third annual Brooke Jackman Foundation Read-A-Thon, with readings of childrens books …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM

Suzan-Lori Parks Directs Her Play TOPDOG/UNDERDOG at Two River Theater, Now thru 9/30 by BroadwayWorld

Two River Theater Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, launches its 2012-2013 Season with TopdogUnderdog, written and directed by…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM

WICKED's Shoshana Bean Joins JoAnne Worley, Rex Smith and More for A MAGICAL NIGHT ON BROADWAY Tonight, 9/8 by BroadwayWorld

Shoshana Bean joins the cast of A Magical Night On Broadway at The Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa in Rancho Mirage tonight, September 8 at 800 pm. A Magical Night On Broadway is a fully-sta…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Harbor,’ at the Westport Country Playhouse by Anita Gates

“Harbor,” at the Westport Country Playhouse, starts as a horror story of houseguests who swear they are staying only one night but refuse to leave, then the tale takes surprising turns.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12AM

Arts | New Jersey: In New Jersey, a Fall Theater Season of Infinite Variety by Michael Sommers

World premieres, audience favorites, fresh Off Broadway hits and a Shakespearean drama are among the mix of works arriving this fall at New Jersey’s professional theaters.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12AM
Saturday, September 8, 2012 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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SLSO wraps up European tour in Paris

Violinist Jenny Lind Jones and contrabassoon Brad Buckley, who retired as of the end of Friday's concert, were honored.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:21AM

Theatre For Thought, September 8, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

COLORS OF THE FUTUREjoel fishbaneMany young artists have made bold pacts after a night of too many beers, but every now and then the promises remain even in the harsh light of day. Such was …

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM

PLAYBILL BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Sutton Foster; Catching Up With the Broadway and "Bunheads" Star by Kenneth Jones

We snagged a few minutes with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster to get a post-mortem on her newly renewed TV series, "Bunheads," and her fall concert schedule.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

THE WEEK AHEAD, Sept. 8-14: The Best Man and Rent Close; Chaplin Opens; Grace and Cyrano Begin by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that The Best Man bows out of the race… Paul Rudd returns to the stage… Perez Hilton reports the NEWS… and Nintendo and Bro…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

West Coast Premiere of Silence!, With Davis Gaines, Christine Lakin and Stephen Bienskie, Opens Sept. 8 by Michael Gioia

The West Coast premiere of Silence! The Musical, the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award-winning Best Musical billed as the unauthorized parody of "The Silence of the Lambs," official…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, With Brothers Brandon J. Dirden and Jason Dirden, Begins NJ Run Directed by Author by Michael Gioia

Real-life brothers Brandon J. Dirden (Clybourne Park, Enron, Prelude to a Kiss) and Jason Dirden (Fences) play siblings on stage in Two River Theater Company's Topdog/Underdog beginning …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Frank Dain Sings Johnny Mathis Tunes in The Magic of Mathis at NYC's Metropolitan Room Sept. 8 by Michael Gioia

Singer Frank Dain returns to the cabaret stage following a 13-year hiatus with his solo show The Magic of Mathis, celebrating the tunes made famous by Johnny Mathis, beginning Sept. 8 at the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Perez Hilton and Leslie Kritzer Join Off-Broadway Cast of NEWSical the Musical Sept. 8 by Andrew Gans

Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton and Broadway singer-actress Leslie Kritzer (Legally Blonde, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair) join the cast of Rick Crom's Off-Broadway music…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: SEPTEMBER 8 by David Gewirtzman and Robert Viagas and Ernio Hernandez

1914 A farce about selling soap called It Pays to Advertise, by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, opens at the Cohan Theatre. It stars Grant Mitchell and Ruth Shepley.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

EIF takes spotlight

Legit News: Edinburgh festivals yield buzzy shows

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

'Nice Work' at the box office

Legit News: Tuner leads bump up in Broadway sales

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM