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Associated Press

Chicago Theater Community to Honor Studs Terkel
Actor David Schwimmer will be among members of Chicago's theater community honoring the late Studs Terkel next week.

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

Seven Words You Can Say About George Carlin: He's Now a Mark Twain Prize Honoree

Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog

Patti LuPone: From Les Mouches to Madame Rose

AmericanTheaterWeb

A Hectic Schedule, but Time for the Delights of The Body Beautiful on Disc

Playbill

* Chicago Tour, with Wopat, Marroquin, MacLeod and Ryan, Launches Nov. 11
* Gomes and Powell Are Royals of Winter's Tale for Shakespeare Theatre of NJ
* Musical Kingdom to Have Public Theater and Queens Theatre Readings
* Tony Winner Menzel to Perform During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
* Young Frankenstein's Bart to Host International Emmy Awards
* Early Stages to Honor Zoe Caldwell; Powers and Cavenaugh Will Host

TheaterMania

Out and About
Kevin Bacon, Annette Bening, Peter Gallagher, Joel Grey, Harriet Harris, Angela Lansbury, Debra Monk, Bernadette Peters, Keri Russell, Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Tilly, and more stars make the scene

* Lauren, Lee, Valk, et al. Receive Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships
* Actor Michael Higgins Dies at 88
* Piven, Schwimmer, et al. Set for Steppenwolf's Studs Terkel Tribute
* Alliance Theatre Dominates Atlanta's Suzi Bass Awards

Broadway.com

* Harvey Weinstein Signs on to Produce August: Osage County Feature Film
* Artios Casting Award Winners Include Bernard Telsey, Jim Carnahan

The Mirror up to Nature

Theatre Reviewing - Honest Dialogue
In the Guardian, critic Lyn Gardner writes about the difficulty of pinpointing what went wrong in productions of new texts: ...

Parabasis

More on Prop-8 and Scott Eckern

The Producer's Perspective

I wish I spoke more languages.
I've been dialogue-deep in translations of foreign productions of My First Time lately. Latest to cross my desk was the Korean version, which opens on January 3rd.

The Guardian

What to say about...Pete Postlewaite's King Lear
You forgot to book tickets for the sold-out King Lear at Liverpool's Everyman but you can still impress your friends by paraphrasing the critics

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: What Brand and Ross can learn from classic theatrical fops
This week, bloggers have been discussing the sartorial heritage of the scandal-hit broadcasters, and why laptops could wreck stage performances

The Stage UK

Redundancies likely as Watford Palace plans to become a seasonal producing house
Watford Palace Theatre is to cease to be a year-round producing house under plans put forward by management which will also lead to staff redundancies.

Big businesses up for arts collaboration award
Sky Arts, Deutsche Bank and BP are among the list of five nominees that have been shortlisted for the inaugural Lloyd's A&B Innovation Prize, in recognition of their ground-breaking collaborations with arts organisations such as the Almeida Theatre, English National Opera and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Henry to play activist Robeson in Radio 3 drama
Exclusive - Lenny Henry is to play American actor and activist Paul Robeson in a BBC drama that charts the performer's fall from grace.

Whatsonstage.com

Gossip: TV Writers Yearn for Theatre Respect???
While the majority of writing traffic seems to flow from theatre to television or film, it’s always encouraging to see the occasional reversal of direction. Ian Kennedy Martin - who, after decades of TV success with the likes of The Sweeney, Th...

Gossip: Liverpool Continues Once Upon a Time in London???
London theatregoers may soon have a chance to see the acclaimed Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse musical Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi::E8821215423826. Commissioned by the theatre as part of its programme celebrating the city’s reign as Eur...

Gossip: Sunset Boulevard Rises Again in December???
We’re still awaiting an official announcement, but we hear that I’s are being dotted and T’s crossed on the anticipated transfer of the Watermill Theatre’s recent revival of Sunset Boulevard