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* Speed-the-Plow Revival Begins Broadway Run Oct. 3
* Lahti Returns to the New York Stage Oct. 3 in Blessing's Body of Water
* DIVA TALK: Chatting with Spamalot's Merle Dandridge Plus Betty Buckley at Birdland
* "Dream Music": Arias with a Twist Soundtrack Released Oct. 3
* Toronto Comes Alive with The Sound of Music Oct. 3; Moses and MacKenzie Star
* Saroyan's Slice of Life Plays NYC's Storm Theatre Oct. 3-Nov. 1
* All the King's Men, with Procaccino and Marks, Opens at the Intiman Oct. 3
* StageFARM Gives Off-Broadway a Spin Beginning Oct. 3
* Lahti, Shanley and a Dietz and Schwartz Tribute Featured on Playbill Radio, Oct. 7-14
* Boeing-Boeing Recoups Investment; Tour Planned for 2009
* Hairspray Likely to Close in January; Fierstein Will Return
* Audra McDonald & Barbara Cook: Broadway Voices For Change Set for Oct. 19 at the Hirschfeld
* Police Drama, The Rant, Premieres at New Theatre in FL
* Annette Bening to Star in Actors Fund Reading of "All About Eve"
* PHOTO CALL: To Be Or Not To Be on Broadway
* Queens Company to Stage Twelfth Night at Urban Stages in November
* "Good Morning America" Will Capture Madness of 39 Steps Oct. 3
* Westerfield Is Equity's New Western Regional Director
* PHOTO CALL: [title of show] Visits Forbidden Broadway
* Goodwin, Morgenstern, Ragsdale and Rothauser to Be Exposed at the Zipper

TheaterMania

Peter Filichia's Diary: For the Love of Mike -- and Chekhov
I thought of Mike Salinas when I saw the impressive production of The Sea Gull at the Kerr. But then again, I always think of Mike when I see any Chekhov play.

Review: The Seagull
Kristin Scott Thomas gives a brilliantly multifaceted portrayal of the actress Arkadina in Ian Rickson's worthy revival of Chekhov's classic play.

Review: Legally Blonde on Tour
Becky Gulsvig is irresistible as think-pink lawyer-to-be Elle Woods in the national tour of the hit musical.

* Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald to Star in Broadway Voices For Change Benefit
* Harris, Martins, Rivera to be Honored at the Harman Center Gala
* Annette Bening to Star in Actors Fund's All About Eve Reading
* Journeys Begins La MaMa Run on October 2

Broadway.com

John Simon, etcetera: Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far...
We now have, in a handsome presentation, an anthology entitled Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far... It comprises four CDs of well above 70 minutes duration each and containing together 77 Sony....

* Annette Bening to Star in Benefit Reading of All About Eve
* Broadway Marquees to be Dimmed in Memory of Paul Newman

Talkin' Broadway

Review: The Seagull
How often are squelched laugh lines a hidden blessing? There’s long been a resistance to appraising Anton Chekhov’s plays as the comedies he originally labeled them, so even the lightest-handed productions are usually accompanied with a heaping helping of dour. So at first blush it’s uncertain that any mounting of The Seagull that loses one of its comedy perennials would be able to replace it with anything more compelling. But...