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Facing Boycott, Musical Theater Director Resigns
Scott Eckern, the artistic director of the California Musical Theater resigned Wednesday, after gay and lesbian artists threatened a boycott for his support of a ban on same-sex marriage

amNY New York City Theater Blog

Scott Eckern Resigns Due to Prop 8 Uproar

Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog

Ex Child Demon Plays Pat Nixon
I was thrilled to hear that Patty McCormack--who brilliantly played evil little Rhoda Penmark in the 1956 camp classic The Bad Seed--is portraying the marginally less scary Pat Nixon in the imminent movie of Frost/Nixon.

Playbill

* What's That Smell Stars to Head to the Chatterbox Nov. 13
* Hoffman Will Return to Joe's Pub with Scraping the Bottom for Chanukah in December
* PHOTO CALL: Original Side Man Cast Reunite for Benefit Reading
* Eckern Resigns as Artistic Director of California Musical Theatre
* Together Again. . .Again, with Fraser and Testa, Extended at the Beechman
* Glory Days' Call Is Revolutionary in Signature Les Miz

TheaterMania

* Chernus, Rapp, Sparks to Appear in Astroland at the Kitchen
* Alison Fraser and Mary Testa to Continue Joint Concerts at Beechman Theatre
* PBS to Air Jerome Robbins Documentary in February
* Watermill's Sunset Boulevard to Transfer to West End in December

Broadway.com

* Menzel, Chenoweth & Stars of Five B'way Musicals Set for Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

BroadwayWorld

* Billy Porter Returns to Joe's Pub December 7 and 8
* Arena Stage Now Accepting Entries for Student Play Competition

The Clyde Fitch Report

Scott Eckern Resigns!

New York City Arts Coalition Sounds the Alarm on Cuts to NYSCA

The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook, in Honor of World AIDS Day, Announced

Responses to Comments on Scott Eckern

Pen and Brush in Greenwich Village to be Erased?

Culturebot

Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
Don’t know anything about this, but I hear Slovenia is swell. And its an interesting topic

The Globe and Mail - Theatre

Your theatrical theory reading for the week
Read about "postdramatic theatre" in this blog post by Andrew Haydon in the Guardian, and "relational aesthetics" in Carl Wilson's profile of playwright/social acupuncturist Darren O'Donnell in Toronto ...

Amulette Garneau, one of Michel Tremblay's favourite actresses, dies of cancer

The Mirror up to Nature

The Change/Spam Tipping Point?
Dahlia Lithwick at Slate, writes about the continuing e-mails from the Obama campaign asking for money:

On Theatre and Politics

What I don't know
Tony's discussion made me think a bit about what I know, and what I don't, about content and writing.

Parabasis

My Own Opinion on the Scott Eckern Thing
I have been unintentionally a bit cagey about my opinion on the whole Scott Eckern Fiasco (not to be confused with the Rachel Corrie Debacle). SO here's what I think:

The Playgoer

Drama's Historical Closet
In case anyone thinks "gay plays" are anything new, here's an interesting repertory series in San Francisco unearthing the rich history of "out" drama.

The Wicked Stage

Eckern Resigns From CMT
Scott Eckern has resigned from the artistic directorship of California Music Theatre. And Jeff Whitty takes exception to the LA Times' reporting in the comments section.

Whatsonstage.com

Gossip: M&S Carrier Bags Help Fund New Lyric Roof Garden???
Work began this week on a new “community roof garden” at the Lyric Hammersmith, funded by non-for-profit company HammersmithLondon and the Marks & Spencer 5p carrier bag scheme. The garden will be constructed by environmental charity Groundwork as ...

London Theatre Guide

Hartnett leads stellar gala cast
Hollywood star Josh Hartnett is among the many stars confirmed for this year’s Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala, which takes place at the Waterloo venue on 30 November.

Stars turn out for Mathilde reading
A host of West End stars, including Samuel Barnett, Daniel Evans, Josefina Gabrielle, Ella Smith and Sally Ann Triplett, are to stage a special industry reading of new musical Mathilde later this week