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Catalpa reviewed by Karl Levett
The play's conceit is that the epic adventure all happens in the mind of screenwriter Matthew Kidd, who has just been unsuccessful in trying to sell the story to Hollywood executives.

Time Out New York Blog
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CinStages Buzz Blog

Playhouse costumes part of New York exhibit
Is a visit to NYC part of your holiday plans? Consider a stop at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts where the work of costume designer Susan T su (costumes and photographs) from the Playhouse's production of King Lear (2001) is included in Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women

Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog

Theater review: 'Molly Sweeney' at Mad Cow

Playbill

* Didion and Linney Aligning for HBO Film on Life of Katharine Graham
* PHOTO CALL: American Buffalo Roams on Broadway
* Early Draft of Williams' Camino Real Will Receive Target Margin Production in 2009
* Tony Winner Dennehy Cast in TNT Pilot "Bunker Hill"
* Dominic Cooper to Return to London's National in Mirren Phedre
* Wicked's Bean to Celebrate New CD at Stonewall Inn Nov. 26
* Annual Out 100 List Celebrates Jackson, O'Hare, Bell, Bowen, Albee, Arias and More
* Quentin Crisp's Centenary to Be Marked By Return of Resident Alien
* O'Hara, Luker and Dansicker Honor Cook in Song Nov. 17

TheaterMania

* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Engeman Theater's Oliver
* Butler, Hoff, Jackson, O'Hara, Rupert, Spirtas, et al. Set for Bacharach to the Future
* Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich to Speak in New York and Philadelphia
* Lea Delaria, Judy Gold to Appear at Boston's Huntington Theatre
* Target Margin to Present Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
* Full Cast Announced for West End's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Talkin' Broadway

SF Reviews: The Devil's Disciple, 100 Years of Queer Theatre, Stephen Schwartz and Friends

Regional Review: Miracle on 34th Street

nytheatre.com

Review: Catalpa

Culturebot

Dark-Eyed Junco @ Calvert Vaux Park
I won’t be able to attend but this looks interesting:

The Mirror up to Nature

Oh Boy, Man the Cultural War Battle Stations
This combination is going to be hard on the Arts....

Theatre's Transcendence
From the Hindu Times: ...

Chicago Theater Database
Nick Keenan, who runs the Theatre for the Future weblog, and Dan Granata of I-Humonculus, have been working on the Chicago Theater Database which will be an open source, comprehensive listing of ALL Chicago theatrical productions: past, present and upcoming.

Parabasis

No, Seriously, Let's Focus on the Family
As stories like this make clear, it really is gay marriage and not, say, organized religion, that rips families apart.

Go Billy! Or Not.
You know, maybe it was the recent piece he wrote on politics and art in the Wall St. Journal that got him thinking on such terms, but it sure does seem like Terry Teachout hated Billy Elliott because he disagreed with its politics ....

The Playgoer

Daredevil Theatre
British theatre maker Andy Field channels some Artaud in the Guardian, singing the praises of a recent performance he saw of, basically, daredevil theatre.

The Producer's Perspective

(Not So) Favorite Quotes: Volume XIII
From the New York Times, this past Wednesday:

The Guardian

A leaky roof and backstage drama at Chekhov's White Dacha
Gorky liked the garden, Rachmaninoff played the piano and the owner, Anton Chekhov, wrote The Cherry Orchard there. Now, a campaign hopes to save the playwright's dilapidated White Dacha, reports Marina Kamenev

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Andrew Haydon: Is the Bulger case a suitable subject for theatre?
Bulger is the latest in a long line of plays to risk accusations of exploitation

Whatsonstage.com

News: Full Casting Announced for Priscilla's UK Premiere
Full casting has been announced today for Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, the musical stage adaptation of the 1994 Oscar-winning Australian film comedy, which receives its European premiere on 23 March 2009 (previews from 10 March, gal...

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

The Making of Newley - The Fool Who Dared to Dream
Performer, writer and director Pete Gallagher has teamed up with David Boyle, creator of the 2007 Edinburgh hit Newley - The Singer and his Songs, to develop a new show about the legendary songwriter. Newley - The Fool Who Dared to Dream appears Upstairs at the Gatehouse from 18-30 November ...

London Theatre Guide

Full cast announced for Priscilla
Former Pop Idol finalist Zoe Birkett and Hairspray’s Kate Gillespie have been cast in forthcoming show Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, which opens at the Palace theatre on 23 March (previews from 10 March).