Review: 'Curvy Widow' By Chad Jones

Shepherd's charms can't enliven bleak Widow

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'1001' heads to P73

Legit News: Play to open in October -- Latest Off Broadway offering from P73 Prods., the troupe that produced last year's Pulitzer nominee 'Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue,' is Jason Grote's '1001…

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Duo win producing fellowship

Legit News: Pinckard, Wolf nab T Fellowship -- Young producers John Pinckard and Orin Wolf are the inaugural recipients of the T Fellowship, the one-year legit producing fellowship administe…

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'Gauguin/Savage Light' returns

Legit News: Fischoff wrote the book, music, lyrics -- Off Off Broadway tuner "Gauguin/Savage Light" is back for another go-round, with a fourth engagement of the small-scale musical set to b…

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'Boeing' aiming for Broadway run

Legit News: Hit play won strong press on the West End -- Producers of the hit London revival of the 1962 farce "Boeing-Boeing" have set their sights on a spring Broadway run for the show, po…

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Actors up next on Broadway stage

Legit News: Talent to watch out for in New York this season -- Casting director Tara Rubin brought Boggess to the attention of the Las Vegas team behind "The Phantom of the Opera," who made …

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Out-of-town Broadway tryouts triumph

Legit News: The road enjoys a theater crunch -- In an era when a first preview audience disseminates amateur opinions to the world through Internet chatrooms, the out-of-town Broadway tryout…

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Las Vegas theater back after bust

Legit News: Some shows that play Sin City actually stay -- The right kind of legit is still thriving in Sin City after some very lean seasons. But with high-end, uber-theatrical ultra-lounge…

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Joan Rivers veers off the red carpet

Legit News: Who needs E! when you can tour? -- Why did Joan Rivers elect to perform a workshop production of "The Joan Rivers Theater Project" at San Francisco's Magic Theater?

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Broadway books rare revivals

Legit News: Classic titles make a comeback this season -- This season, Gotham's theater companies get risky with a few well-known but seldom-seen revivals.

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Family shows look beyond Broadway

Legit News: Who needs the TV cameras when you can tour? -- The Broadway road is always happy to get top-tier titles like "Spamalot" and "Jersey Boys." But those shows don't fill one increasi…

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Broadway's potential blockbusters

Legit News: These four titles could turn into box office hits -- Hollywood calls them "tentpoles," those B.O. blockbusters that hold up the whole industry.eLegiters don't use that buzzword, …

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Tony Awards sets date for 2008

Legit News: Ceremony scheduled for June 15 -- The Tony Awards have staked out a date for 2008, with the ceremony skedded to air live from Radio City Music Hall June 15, 2008. Production elig…

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Submissions open for Kaufman prize

Legit News: Comedy Festival, Ziddio offers comic award -- The Comedy Festival and Ziddio.com have announced open submissions for the Andy Kaufman award, a $5000 prize for the comic who best …

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'Forbidden Broadway' still a gem

Legit News: Classic spoof to celebrate 25th anniversary -- If it seems like "The Phantom of the Opera" has been running forever, consider this: "Forbidden Broadway" predates it by six years.

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Playwright Margulies sails 'Ship'

Legit News: South Coast Repertory theater to host play -- In many ways, there's nothing surprising in the fact that playwright Donald Margulies is launching his latest world preem -- the fir…

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TV shovels stars onto Broadway

Legit News: 'Bad Girls' gets worse -- For a while there, it seemed there was nothing a legit producer liked more than movie talent. Clare Lawrence and Anna Waterhouse hit paydirt bringing the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal, Matt Damon

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Ensemble rehearsing in Baghdad

Legit News: Folklore cast preps show in secret -- It's showtime, folks -- in Baghdad. Not that you'd know it, though, even if you lived in the war-ravaged city.

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Annette Bening drops out of 'Species'

Legit News: Actress cites 'personal reasons' for withdrawal -- Annette Bening has dropped out of the Geffen Playhouse and Broadway runs of "The Female of the Species." Citing "personal reaso…

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Broadway strike a possibility

Legit News: Organizations renegotiating work contracts -- Hollywood isn't the only town facing a potential work stoppage. Broadway also might come to a halt this fall, once talks between the…

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Writers on Writing 10: Rebecca Coleman by Rebecca Coleman

Okay. This is weird. I am really, really bad at tooting my own horn–one of my favourite expressions is “the shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” Nevertheless, here we a…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 12:31pm on May 9, 2014☆⚑

The Catalouge of Independent Arts by Rebecca Coleman

It’s been a rough year for us in the Independent Vancouver Theatre Scene. The biggest thing that rocked our world this year was the closing of the Playhouse. But, life goes on, there i…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 12:02pm on August 30, 2012☆⚑

Usability for Charity and Non-Profit Websites by Rebecca Coleman

It’s my birthday! So today is a guest post.  Using a web site to sell a consumer product is not as easy as buying the right domain name and setting up a PayPal account; there is a p…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:52am on August 14, 2012☆⚑

Compfight: My New Fave WP Plugin by Rebecca Coleman

I just finished teaching the module on Blogging this past week to my BCIT classes. I love introducing people to WordPress. It pretty much is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Part of wh…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:04am on May 15, 2012☆⚑

Creating an E-Newsletter Archive with MailChimp by Rebecca Coleman

I‘ve been writing a monthly e-newsletter for three years, now. It took me a while to find my niche for the e-newsletter, but I’m fully into it now: every month, I share a “…

SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 10:28am on May 3, 2012☆⚑