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Come January, Grease Will No Longer Be the Word

DC Theatre Scene

Hairspray Philly Style
Interviews with Amy Toporek (Tracy Turnblad) and Michael Walker (Edna Turnblad) by Joel Markowitz Thanks to the management of the beautiful Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia

Playbill

* Tony Winner Chenoweth Will Voice Character on New Animated TV Series
* Julie Andrews to Host PBS' Annual New Year's Day Concert
* DiPietro's Gay Take on La Ronde to Return to London
* Mormon Boy's Fales to Star in Missionary Position at Celebration Theatre
* Soho Rep Announces Cast and Creative Team for Sixty Miles to Silver Lake

TheaterMania

* Kristin Chenoweth Set to Join Fox's Sit Down, Shut Up
* Goodspeed Opera House Announces 2009 Season
* Pig Iron Announces Benefit Line-up for Love of Pig Iron: In-Hog-Ural Ball

Broadway.com

Grammy Nominees Include Five Musicals Currently on Broadway

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Liza's at the Palace...!
Only some titanic rearrangement of the laws of arithmetic, or perhaps a disruption in the space-time continuum, could explain the tempestuous violation of temporal logic that’s resulted in the vortex of pure show-biz at the Palace. The woman immersed in it all looks a lot like Liza Minnelli: the drawn kewpie-doll face, the elegantly mussed bowl of hair, the eyes alight with weary playfulness. But that dancing! That emoting! And especially that singing! Isn’t this really an exquisite impersonator 40 years the real Minnelli’s junior? . .

An Angry White Guy in Chicago

Critical Bullshit
Wherein I Review the Performance of a NewCity Critic Without Really Reading Her Review

The Clyde Fitch Report

Arts Advocacy Update LXIX

More on the Ebbing of Journalism

Scott Eckern Repents: Casts John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Margaret Cho, Neil Patrick Harris in Marc Shaiman's "Prop 8: The Musical"

The Critical Condition

The funnest fun fact of Grammys 2009

Culturebot

grand space
I’m in Houston this week for work. Got in at (ugh) 2:30 am local time Monday morning and sped off to my hotel in a shuttle van, which is how I first saw this:

Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals

Guys and Dolls Casting: Bierko and Grant

'kül

metaDRAMA: Art, What Is It Good For?
The December 2008 Harper's has an excellent article from Suki Kim ("A Really Big Show") that talks about the New York Philharmonic's trip to Pyongyang, North Korea ....

The Mirror up to Nature

Theatre Finances - The Coming Storm

Boston Theatre News Links

On Theatre and Politics

Great Holiday Gift - A Little Fruitcake

The Rob Kozlowski Chicago Theater and Vintage Film Medicine Show

Things to do after the holidays
We might as well talk about it now, right? It's going to happen. Sure, you just put up your holiday decorations, but let's see what happens in those dark days of sub-zero January temperatures. There's several things going on. For example:

Steve on Broadway

A Little Night Music (The SOB Review)

The Stage UK

Theatres Trust will not be given more clout in protecting heritage
Legislation which would give the Theatres Trust greater involvement in the protection of historic buildings has been axed by the government.

Billy Elliot and The Lion King stars to play young Michael Jackson

ROH and Freddy fitness wear company to launch performers' clothing range

The Guardian

Breathless and brilliant, Minnelli's cabaret is back on Broadway
Looking winsomely vulnerable, the iconic performer made an emotional return to the Great White Way at the Palace theatre last night

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Andy Field: Artists must not fear failure
That occasional sinking feeling is just part of the job. When things go wrong, it's essential to learn from the experience – and the critics

Whatsonstage.com

The Sound of Music Confirms Closing Date, 21 Feb
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Sound of Music has confirmed its closing date at the London Palladium. The last performance will be on 21 February 2009, prior to a national tour in which original Maria Connie Fisher will return to the role ...

London Theatre Guide

Trio revealed as young Michael Jackson
A former Billy Elliot and an ex-Lion King are to play the young Michael Jackson in tribute show Thriller – Live which plays at the Lyric theatre from 2 January. Layton Williams and Sterling Williams will alternate as the pre-pubescent popstrel along with newcomer Kieran Alleyne.

First Night Feature: Potted Potter
Potted Potter – The Unauthorised Harry Experience, an Edinburgh Festival favourite full of chaotic family fun, returns to the West End at the Trafalgar Studio 2 this Christmas. Charlotte Marshall was in the very rowdy and hyperactive first night audience