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Associated Press

Stage Actress Patricia Marand Dies at 74
Actress Patricia Marand, who played Lois Lane in the Broadway musical ''It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman,''' has died. She was 74.

Dallas Morning News Arts Blog

William Gibson, Miracle Worker playwright, dies

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog

Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines
-- Citing economic concerns, the Public Theater delays its production of John Guare's new play, "A Free Man of Color." But was there something more behind cancellation?
-- "Shrek the Musical," the new Dreamworks-backed Broadway show based on the animated film, cancels its Dec. 2 performance to work on final changes before its Dec. 14 opening.

Playbill

* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 22-28: Jerry and Joey
* Rando-Directed Expansion of Connick's Happy Elf Musical Plays "Tryout" in WI to Dec. 24
* London's Billy Elliot to Welcome New Billy Plus Riding and Caffrey

TheaterMania

Behind Enemy Lines
Jonathan Groff leaves musical theater behind to star in the new play Prayer for My Enemy and the film Taking Woodstock.

Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel Appear at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Broadway.com

Tony-Winning Miracle Worker Playwright William Gibson Dead at 95

The Hub Review

Of love and war, once more

lies like truth

Slap Happy
I don't often devote blog posts to highlighting upcoming events. But the other day my eyes alighted upon a flyer in a cafe promoting an intriguing Festival that's happening next week in the Bay Area. ...

The Mirror up to Nature

Reviews Are in for the Robot PLay

Royal Court Theatre Stages Blogging/Criticism Panel

Moxie the Maven

The Most Damaging Wound

The Producer's Perspective

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheProducersPerspective/~3/468472784/we-go-to-theatre-to-see-if-someone-will-up.html
There's a very popular thread on BroadwaySpace right now called "Mess-ups on stage". It's 8 pages along and features tons of comments like this:

The Guardian

Stage news roundup: American Buffalo slaughtered on Broadway
Mamet's Buffalo is hunted out of Broadway, Justin Lee Collins takes on three-night project in Chicago and Gareth Gates tries on Lee Mead's Dreamcoat

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Karen Fricker: Blogging and theatre criticism: the debate continues
A debate at the Royal Court Theatre will discuss the blogosphere's impact on theatre criticism

Lyn Gardner: What to see this week
Here's my pick of this week's performances, including Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Rear Window and State of Emergency

Mark Espiner:
Deutsch Mark: High art and techno in Berlin
I've looked for the Wall, discovered Sasha Waltz and tried the trendy Volksbühne. What next to mark off the list?

London Theatre Guide

Riding joins Billy Elliot
Two-times Laurence Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding joins the cast of Billy Elliot The Musical on 1 December, for a limited season, to play Billy’s dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson

Jersey Boys collects Visit London Award
Hit Four Season’s musical Jersey Boys was crowned the 95.8 Capital FM Best West End Show at last night’s Visit London People’s Choice Awards.

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dur, Courtyard Theatre
I have to admit it, I am not of a generation that is particularly familiar with Ian Dury, or his life and rhymes, and rock 'n' roll has always been something that I have vaguely associated with a time before I was born, but a ...

Barbershopera, Theatre 503
Barbershop is a bit like ventriloquism. Easily mockable, but utterly irresistible when done well. And in Barbershopera it’s done superbly well by a talented young ensemble with a sharp eye for satire and a sharper ear for four-part harmony.