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The House That Jack Built
Jack Menashe, president of Independent Artists Agency in New York, says a talent agency is an employment agency. "Our job is to employ people and protect them, not to judge nor intimidate."

Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog

Get your passport now
Got nothing planned for the rest of the week? Now's the time to get your papers in order for a trip to Nairobi,where Obama, the Musical opens Sunday.

Time Out New York Blog

Fonda Broadway bound

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

On campus, plays from England and Ireland
The fall college theater season is rolling along, and next week two theater departments open major productions

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On Stage Blog

Stage Review: Capitol Steps' 'Electile Dysfunction' rewards healthy irreverence

Playbill

* Broadway's Chicago Will Welcome a New Matron Nov. 14
* New Group to Honor Ethan Hawke; Crudup, Leguizamo and Taylor Will Appear
* Screenings of Paul Newman Our Town Sell Out at Westport Playhouse
* Nominations for 2008 Evening Standard Awards Announced
* Cherry Jones Is President in Fox's "24" Beginning January 2009
* Allen Will Direct Brothers of the Knight Revival in Los Angeles
* Beverly, Anderson and Cates Will Perform at Nov. 9 TRU Love Benefit
* Tony Administration Committee to Assemble in December
* Hernandez, Evens and Mulay Will Join Steggert, Denman and Anderson for Yank! Readings
* Tony Winner Peters to Play Australia in 2009

Broadway.com

* Simon Jones Joins Blithe Spirit Revival; Shubert Theatre Set
* Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs & Broadway Bound to be Revived

BroadwayWorld.com

* Sam Buntrock Directing Richard O'Brien's New Production of ROCKY HORROR SHOW in Berlin
* Photo Coverage: NYPL 'Library Lions' Benefit Honoring Albee, Ephron, Bryan and Rushdie
* San Francisco Playhouse Offers FREE 'Shining City' Tickets to Voters
* Chita Rivera and More Added to Feinstein's Winter Lineup

The Clyde Fitch Report

More on the Death of Journalism, Part, Um, 27

On Theatre and Politics

Seven Strange Things

Parabasis

What More Can I Say?

Worth Noting...
For those of you who care about such things... Broadway grosses are way down this week. Click here and then scroll down to the second table to get the comparisons to last week. What do we see?

The Playgoer

Stamford Theatre Works

The Producer's Perspective

You know what I did today? Tried to buy tickets to my shows.
One of the greatest challenges for Producers is that we don't control the distribution of our product.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Lyn Gardner: Arts Council promises a new era ... can we believe it?
Alan Davey launches the discussion on funding and peer review designed to shape the future of theatre

Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: If you're a CEO, theatre does pay
This week bloggers are discussing the huge financial divide between theatre CEOs and those struggling to start out in the industry

The Stage UK

Bectu and Disney Theatrical Productions reach three-year pay deal
Bectu and Disney Theatrical Productions have reached a three-year pay deal, including a 5% increase on basic rates for 2008/9, commencing from August 19 of this year.

Davey urges Whitehall to maintain spending on arts
Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey has warned that the current economic climate could see the industry plunged into a "spiral of decline" if the government does not keep up its investment in the culture sector.

RSC's Text and Voice awarded for Services to Drama Training

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Broadway Theatre Hosts Jerry Herman Tribute Concert
The Broadway Theatre, Catford is hosting a tribute concert to legendary Broadway composer Jerry Herman, best known for musicals including Hello Dolly, Mack and Mabel...

London Theatre Guide

Standard announces Awards long list
Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Spacey, Alan Rickman and last year’s Laurence Olivier Award winner Chiwetel Ejiofor are among the names on the long list for the 2008 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, which was revealed today