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Variety

Broadway B.O. sees lull before Thanksgiving
'Plow,' 'Seagull' buck downward trend

Choreographer Arte Phillips dies at 49
Theater veteran was a champion hustle dancer

Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog

Nothin’ like this Dame: Humphries returns, Edna in tow

CinStages Buzz Blog

The hunt for the harp for The Price

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog

Monster Mash: News and Headlines
-- Quebecois theater artist Robert LePage -- who is appearing with Ex Machina in "The Blue Dragon" through Saturday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse -- will team up with dancer Sylvia Guillem and choreographer Russell Maliphant to create a new show called "Eonnagata" to be part of the 2009 season at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

New World seniors put their plays on
To graduate from the New World School of the Arts' college theater program, seniors need to research, write, produce and perform in a 20- to 30-minute solo show. Sixteen of those shows will be presented, in four programs, on Dec....

Orange County Register The Arts Blog

Festival of Arts posts record surplus
Despite a faltering economy, the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach is still going strong. The art fest posted a record surplus, $1.76 million, for its reently concluded 2008 fiscal year.

Playbill

* Decision on American Buffalo's Future to Be Decided Nov. 24
* Barnette and Letchworth Will Celebrate A Tuna Christmas! for Gallery Players
* Norm Lewis' "This Is the Life" CD Now Available On-Line
* Tony Winner Chenoweth Will Perform on TNT's "Christmas in Washington" in December
* The Fantasticks to Offer Special Grandparents Day Performance Dec. 7
* Sunset's Barrowman to Launch U.K. Concert Tour in May 2009 (21 Nov 2008)
* Tony and Olivier Winner Griffiths to Read "Night Before Christmas" at Tree Lighting Ceremony

TheaterMania

Join the Circus
Brad Oscar stars in the title role of Barnum at Sarasota's Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Mulholland Drive
Director Kiff Scholl discusses Sacred Fools Theater Company's annual production of A Mulholland Christmas Carol!, which adds some local color to Dickens' holiday perennial.

* Cast, Creative Team Set for Civic Light Opera's Fiddler on the Roof
* 20th Anniversary Screening of Tap Set for February 14
* Isaac Mizrahi to Narrate Guggenheim's Peter & the Wolf
* Brown, Butler, Friedman, Pascal, et al. to Celebrate Disney Music in London
* Sadie Frost to Make West End Debut in Touched
* Clay Aiken to Appear in CBS' Thanksgiving Day Parade Broadcast
* The Flaming Dames' Vegas Baby Set to Return to The Millenium Theatre...
* Full Cast Set for The Ark Big, Fat, Funtime Holiday Spectacular
* Theater J to Present Deborah Leiser-Moore's Cordelia: Mein Kindt

The Clyde Fitch Report

Horse Trade's Frigid New York Festival Needs Your Help

DC Theatre Scene

Interview: Kimberly Gilbert
An interview with actress Kimberly Gilbert appearing in Woolly Mammoth’s production of Boom by Joel Markowitz Boom, the three actor Peter Sinn Nochtrieb comedy, shifts into high gear with the performance of Kimberly Gilbert. Here she takes us into the world of her character Jo - an angry woman who would definitely not be a good candidate for [...]

The Mirror up to Nature

Sarah Ruhl on American Theatre and Boston
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nytheatre mike 2.0

Random Friday Theatergoing and Companioning
It’s been another busy week here at the ol’ blog. Last night The Companion and I went to see the new Broadway revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo. My review will be forthcoming on nytheatre.com, but I will say this much: it’s better than the lackluster reviews would lead one to believe. ....

Steve on Broadway

Critics Undivided In Praise Of Estate