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'Vanities' Sets a Feb. 26 Broadway Opening
''Vanities,'' a musical version of one of off-Broadway's biggest hits, has found a theater on Broadway and set an opening date.

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

'Vanities' Musical Gets Theater, Opening Date on Broadway

Chad Jones Theatre Dogs Blog

Prop. 8 battle gets theatrical

Playbill

* Musical Vanities Will Play Broadway's Lyceum, Starting Feb. 2, 2009
* Annie Parisse to Head Cast of Second Stage's Becky Shaw
* Sondheim and Rich Will Discuss A Life in the Theater in January 2009
* California Music Theatre Artistic Director Eckern Issues Apology Following Prop 8 Backlash
* Baldwin, Lang and LaBute Set for "Selected Shorts" at Symphony Space
* Are We There Yet? Nostalgic Comedy, Leaving Iowa, Makes West Coast Debut Nov. 11
* Two-Time Tony Winner Larry Gelbart Will Receive PEN USA Lifetime Honor

TheaterMania

* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for New Repertory's Christmas Carol
* Ferrera, Leo, O'Nan to Star in American Tragic Film
* Yando and Newsome to Star in Walkabout Theater Company's Goldbrick

Broadway.com

* New Musical Vanities Sets Broadway Theater and Opening Date
* Annie Parisse, Kelly Bishop & More Set for Second Stage's Becky Shaw

nytheatre.com

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The Clyde Fitch Report

Scott Eckern: I'm Sorry I Was Such An Ignorant, Thoughtless, Antigay Imbecile!
Ugh. Apparently, artistic director Scott Eckern of California Music Theatre has issued an apology for having donated $1,000 in support of Prop 8

The Globe and Mail - Theatre

Review round-up: Bashir Lazhar at the Tarragon
For those of you who think I'm a Quebecophile who loves anything that originates in La Belle Province, here's my so-so review of Morwyn Brebner's translation of Evelyne de la Chenelière's Bashir Lazhar at the Tarragon. While I really enjoyed Raoul Bhaneja's performance as the titular substitute teacher - Follow link to read full post

The Mirror up to Nature

A Theoretical Question?
Over at Roger Ebert's Answer Man column a reader asks an interesting question:

Parabasis

Olbermann on Prop 8
Jen G-T sent this to me. I gotta say, I go back and forth on Olbermann.. I'm glad he's there, but find the more theatricalized expressions of his arrogant blowhardiness difficult to swallow even when I agree with him.

The Playgoer

Le Deluge
Some glimpses, via ArtsJournal, of how the sinking economy is affecting local theatre and arts scenes: in Chicago, Cleveland, and, in New York, whither philanthropy?

The Wicked Stage

Redemption for Scott Eckern?
Avenue Q co-author Jeff Whitty thinks maybe so.