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* Walker, Dibble, Young, Toporek Cast in Walnut Street's Hairspray
* Will Spring Awakening and In the Heights Hit the Big Screen?
* Jeffrey Carlson Is Chicago Shakespeare's Edward II, in "Promenade" Production
* Will Power's Five Fingers of Funk Musical to Debut Oct. 21 in Minneapolis
* Original Altar Boyz Cast to Perform at NYMF Awards Gala Nov. 2
* Oscar Winners Mirren and Irons to Star in Taymor's "Tempest"
* How the Nurse Feels Reading to Feature Parry, Earley, Young, Mendez and More
* Additional Performances Added for Blasted's Off-Broadway Run
* Blackhurst, Mayes, Reams and Vidnovic Will Ask Does Size Matter? Oct. 28
* Broadway for Obama Concert to Feature Lopez, Burgess, Hicks, Dixon and More
* Hey, You Know What Movie Would Make a Good Musical? to Play the Zipper
* Brown, Cuccioli, Kudisch, Colella and More to Go Unplugged Nov. 17

TheaterMania

Seasons of Love
Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Cook, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Chita Rivera, Elaine Stritch, Barbara Walters and more stars help Frank Langella and company celebrate the opening of A Man For All Seasons.

* Giamatti, Gleason, Rabe, Strathairn Set for LATW's The Rivalry
* Gummer, Kates, O'Connor, et al. Set for The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
* Kaufman, Sun, Suh, et al. Set for Produce! Workshop
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Walnut Street's Hairspray
* Larry Pine to Star in Secret Order at Houston's Alley Theatre
* Tom Atkins to Star in Pittsburgh CLO's Christmas Carol
* Irons, Mirren, Molina, et al. Set for Taymor's Tempest Film
* Brown, Cuccioli, Kudisch, McCarthy, et al. Set for Broadway Unplugged

Talkin' Broadway

Review: The Night Watcher in Seattle

Review: Tobacco Road in San Diego

Book Review: "What We Do: Working in the Theatre"

nytheatre.com

Review: Outside Inn

Extra Criticum

Critic on the Spot: Matthew Gilbert v.2
As our 3rd Critic on the Spot, we welcome Matthew Gilbert, television critic for the Boston Globe. Among the shrines at which he has worshipped during his tenure: The Sopranos, Freaks and Geeks, Six Feet Under, Scrubs, Lost and The...

lies like truth

I'm A Believer?
It seems to me that you don't need to be a believer in order to sing religious music masterfully. Plenty of great singers bring tears to the eyes of...

On Theatre and Politics

Weird Review
This review of The Force Unleashed is very strange.

Parabasis

Discount For Parabasis Readers
Hot off a tour of the US and Canada this summer, frequent collaborator and good friend Clay McLeod Chapman is bringing his Pumpkin Pie Show to Under St. Mark's... and as a Parabasis reader, you get a 30% discount! Sweet! here's all the info: ...

The Producer's Perspective

The web is a time machine.
It allows you to go back through the years and dig up old articles that talk about some of the same problems we're talking/blogging about today

Whatsonstage.com - Blogs

Ivanov - 7 October

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Brian Logan: Where are the Joan Littlewoods of today?
You have to look hard to find radical, popular companies that are engaged with the parts of society theatre usually leaves behind

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Five Reasons To See … Paperweight
Paperweight, the absurd story of two men trapped in mindless office jobs, plays at the Camden People’s Theatre 7-25 October. Here are five very good reasons why you simply can’t miss it:

Goold & Mitchell Headline New Young Vic Season
The Young Vic has announced the full line-up for its December 08 to April 09 season, with productions by Rupert Goold, Katie Mitchell and Colin Teevan debuting...

Paperweight, Camden People's Theatre
The triumvirate of Jamie Wood, Tom Frankland and Sebastien Lawson (otherwise known as ‘Top of the World’) have come up with an extraordinary piece of theatre. As I watch it comparisons keep running through my head - from Beckett and Pinter to The Office and The IT crowd.

Informed Consent, Jermyn Street Theatre
Four separate stories all collide as the people involved become unwittingly tangled in each others lives. A taxi driver named Battle (Anton Stephans) wanders aimlessly up and down hospital corridors while his daughter lays in intensive care waiting for a new heart.

London Theatre Guide

First Night Feature: The Broken Space Season
After a series of leaks left the Bush theatre unable to turn on its stage lights, undaunted, the theatre decided to create a novel selection of plays, all of which could be staged as the natural light outside was falling. Charlotte Marshall was in the first night audience to experience theatre in the dark.

The Big Interview: Paulette Randall
Matthew Amer meets the be-jewelled Radio Golf director to discuss all things from August Wilson to technophobia.