Actor and Former Broadway.com Staffer Al D. Rodriguez Dies at 45

Broadway Revival of Colored Girls Delayed; Producers Seek Rainbow Gold

Broadway Revival of For Colored Girls On Hold

Broadway Revival of for colored girls Postponed

Free "Broadway on Broadway" Concert Scheduled for Sept. 14

Broadway on Broadway to Kick Off 2008-2009 Season on September 14

Date Set for 2008 Broadway on Broadway Free Concert

Will Hair Sprout Life Beyond Central Park?

Rosie Says Bye, Bye to Blogging - For Now By Mark Dagostino

Go West, Young Man By: Brian Scott Lipton

John Lloyd Young returns to the stage in the Hollywood Bowl's concert version of Les Miserables.

The standing ovation is a filthy American habit by Michael Billington

Where once British audiences were content to applaud, they now increasingly rise to their feet. Why?

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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Ira Weitzman

Don't recognize the name Ira Weitzman? If you're at all interested in the American musical theatre, you should.

'Sleepless' in Pittsfield By Clarence Fanto
Broadway veteran brings new musical to Barrington Stage

PHOTO OP:A Match Made in Heaven: Whoopi Goldberg and Xanadu

PHOTO CALL: Whoopi Goldberg Joins Broadway's Xanadu

Whoopi Goldberg: 'I've Had 50 Lovers'

FIRST PERSON: Megan Mullally: My Young Frankenstein Yearbook

FRESH FACE: Derek Keeling Gets His Turn in the Grease Spotlight

Bebe Neuwirth Has Come A Long Way From "Lilith" to Cabaret Singer By OWEN McNALLY

Museum raises host of questions BY HEDY WEISS
PERFORMING ARTS | Theater and dance communities ponder options

Welcome to Chicago, a showbiz town in need of more stages by Chris Jones

In the WASP's nest By Rob Kendt

A.R. Gurney returns to well-trod territory with his new comedy, Buffalo Gal.

Welcome Wagon!
Preview by Adam Feldman

Galapagos has now relocated to Dumbo-to survive, after all, one must adapt-and its inaugural show, Earl Dax's Welcome Wagon!, looks to be a lulu.

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IT'S A GAY OLD TIME

STARRING on Broadway is working for Aubrey O'Day.

Whose star will shine bright on the big stage? By Elysa Gardner

LIZ SMITH
TUNE TAKES NEW KIND OF 'TURN'

Streep Woos Redford, Sings Abba, Mimics Dial Tone by Peter Rainer

VIDEO: Behind the Scenes: Forbidden Broadway: Dances with the Stars Spoofs B'way's Best

Burton, Pankow, Kaczmarek to Star in House of Blue Leaves, Re-Lighting L.A.'s Taper

Burton, Kaczmarek, Pankow, et al. Set for Mark Taper's House of Blue Leaves

House of Blue Leaves Revival to Reopen L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum

Elizabeth Taylor Expected to Return Home Following Hospitalization

Primary Stages Extends Run of Off-Broadway's Buffalo Gal

Before Opening, Gurney's Buffalo Gal Extends at Primary Stages

PS 122 Announces Fall Schedule of Premieres

P.S. 122 Announces Fall 2008 Season

Black Footnotes, Wrapped, Fairy Tale and Ubu Complete NYMF Slate

NYMF Announces Full 2008 Line-up

More Animals Out of Paper: Second Stage Extends NYC Run of Joseph Play

Before Opening, Animals Out of Paper Extends at Second Stage Uptown

Lynn Redgrave, Boyd Gaines Set to Headline the 12th Annual Broadway Blessing

Gaines and Redgrave to Be Part of 12th Annual Broadway Blessing

Lear Bumped to Fall 2009 at South Coast Rep; Collected Stories Added

Collected Stories Added to SCR's 2008-2009 Season, King Lear Postponed to Next Season

Reprise to Present Ben Vereen: Up Close & Musical Sept. 8

Reprise Theatre Company to Present Ben Vereen: Up Close & Musical

Kelly Price Is Next Roxie in London's Chicago

Chenoweth, O'Hara and Company Salute Featured on New "Mitzi Gaynor" DVD

New Voices, Hosted by Champlin, Will Feature Tunes of Stitt Aug. 18

Wesleyan Arts Center Thinks 'Outside The Box'
Frank Rizzo | TICKER

NIU theater professor Christopher Markle, 1954-2008 by Chris Jones

Montclair's Peak Performances announce shows by Peter Filichia

Sally Struthers to Star in Nunsense 25th Anniversary National Tour

Chalfant, Strathairn to Participate in Epic Theatre Ensemble's First Vote '08

Belber, Callaghan, Wright Set for Rattlestick's 2008-2009 Season

Naked Angels to Present Geoffrey Nauffts' The Gospel According to Adam

Channing, Cook, Moreno to Perform Kick-Off Concert for Carol Channing Retrospective

Lea DeLaria's New CD The Live Smoke Sessions to Be Released September 9

Mourning Becomes Electra to Anchor Target Margin's Exploration of Works by O'Neill

I.A.T.S.E. President Thomas C. Short Announces Retirement

Williamson Music to Represent Legally Blonde Songwriting Team

Ripcords, a Musical Drama of Post-War Secrets, Will Play FringeNYC

Second Les Misérables: The Ultimate Concert Spectacular Auction to Benefit BC/EFA

Elaine Stritch Is At Liberty at London's Shaw Theatre Beginning July 31

Catered Affair's Kritzer to Make a Splash Aug. 11

Nesbitt to Join Off-Broadway's Altar Boyz in August

Carl Djerassi's Taboos Gets U.S. Premiere in NYC

New Ute Lemper CD, "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow," Due in the Fall

Shaddow, Rogers, Keller, Fox, Grandy and More Cast in NYMF's Idaho!

[title of show] Cast Sings and Signs at Borders Bookstore July 31

With Theatrical Flair, Walking With Dinosaurs Stomps Into Madison Square Garden

Avenue Q Celebrates Fifth Birthday July 31; Alumni Invited

Today in Theatre History: JULY 31

Route 66 Troupe Makes Debut With Chicago Premiere, On an Average Day

Xanadu's Testa Presents Her Sleepless Variations at the Barrington Beginning July 31

Porter, Pettiford, Simpson and Mae Escape to Catalina Island July 31

Rambo's Spin Cycle, with Zimbalist, Rodd and Rusler, Makes World Premiere July 31

Her Naked Skin Is Revealed July 31 at National Theatre

Blood Wedding and Cajun-Flavored Petite Rouge Get Free Outdoor Run in London

Irving, Kaplan, D'Abruzzo and More Slip Into Summer Shorts in NYC July 31

Rent's Pascal Offers New Album "Blinding Light"

Cedric the Entertainer Is Broadway-Bound in American Buffalo

Working Theater Will Shine a Light on Aguirre-Sacasa's King of Shadows in NYC

Theatre Artists Honored with 2008 Princess Grace Awards

Kline and Zazzi Set for Ten Percent of Molly Snyder at Penguin Rep

Footnotes
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM

A new production of Lerner and Loewe's "Brigadoon," which was scheduled to play in Boston this fall before a Broadway opening, has been postponed.

ETCETERA: Does John Simon Applaud Classic Plays on DVD?

Under the Blue Sky
Review By DAVID BENEDICT

Berkshire Theatre Festival: A play for all seasons By Jeffrey Borak

Shakespeare & Company: Passions of 'Othello' By Jeffrey Borak

Some Americans Abroad
Review by Adam Feldman

There is perhaps some irony to the fact that Nelson's play-which purports to depict American shallowness, opportunism and petty betrayal-is itself a thin piece of work, written on commission…

The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
Review by Adam Feldman

The show is essentially Li'l Little Shop of Horrors, with sullied hosiery subbing in for too, too solid flesh. One looks forward to future efforts in this line: May I suggest Sweeney Toddler?

Stain
Review by David Cote

Glazer can craft a two-person scene deftly and he's brave to offer a stomach-turning plot, but unless the characters are colorful to begin with, no amount of staining will help.

Twelve Ophelias
Review by Helen Shaw

Even the hardest apple brandy can't disguise the way the space wrecks the play. Voices ricochet and vanish, and the young actors can't focus in the vastness.

Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh
Review by Aaron Riccio

No flesh is bared-etiquette reigns supreme-but hearts, those colorful, lively things, certainly are.

What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends
Review by Amanda Coooper

Friendships, we all know, can be awkward; social lives can be nonexistent. Playwright Larry Kunofsky satirizes these sad truths with deft skill.

Singin' in the Rain and Alice in One-Hit-Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass
Los Angeles Reviews by Sharon Perlmutter

Annie Get Your Gun
Pittsburgh Review by Ann Miner