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New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

Cancellation With a Z
The title of her show notwithstanding, Liza Minnelli was most definitely not at the Palace on Wednesday night.

New York Magazine Vulture Blog

Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie Gyllenhaal Present a Very Indie Uncle Vanya

Back Stage

Water(gate) Under the Bridge
Frank Langella won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in the play Frost/Nixon, but he prefers his performance in the film version. "It's less theatrical, more internal, and more tragic."

The 'Road' Traveled
When Michael Shannon heard that a film adaptation of Richard Yates' 1961 novel Revolutionary Road was in the works, he knew he wanted to be a part of it.

Rewrite: A Musical Comedy Triple Feature reviewed by Mark Peikert
Perhaps if the first two mini-musicals in Joe Iconis' triple feature were more impressive, the staggering amount of navel-gazing in the third offering, The Process, would be forgivable

Dallas Morning News Arts Blog

'A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker' extended in Addison

Playbill

* Liza's at the Palace . . .! Extends Through the New Year
* Three Decembers, a McNally-Inspired Chamber Opera, Makes West Coast Debut Dec. 11
* Lee and Adrales Are Lark Play Development Center Fellows
* Rent's Rapp to Go It Solo at Joe's Pub Dec. 22
* PHOTO CALL: George S. Irving Receives Oscar Hammerstein Award
* The Show Won't Go On: Rent Canceled at Texas High School
* Cutrell Will Be Feelin' Frosty at the Beechman Dec. 19
* Servant of Two Masters and Turn of the Screw, Adapted by Hatcher, to Play Seattle Shakespeare Company

TheaterMania

* Liza Minnelli Extends Run at Broadway's Palace Through January 4
* Anthony Rapp to Play Joe's Pub December 22
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Walnut Street's Streetcar Named Desire
* Gummer, Gyllenhaal, Morfogen, Sarsgaard, et al. to Join O'Hare in CSC's Uncle Vanya

Broadway.com

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard and Denis O'Hare to Headline CSC's Uncle Vanya

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Twelfth Night in D.C.

Review: Legally Blonde in CT

The Critical Condition

Have the 80s Become a Soap Opera?

Parabasis

In Which I Weigh In On Serious Matters!
Namely, the Teachout-Appel kerfuffle. I take Teachout's side on this one. It's not being a poseur it be literate, intelligent and articulate about matters that one is discussing

Responding to Steven Leigh Morris
Steven Leigh Morris- critic for the L.A. Weekly, dramaturg for The Civilians, former guest-blogger for Playgoer- has some serious objections to Critic-O-Meter which he writes about here. It will probably surprise readers not one bit that I have objections to his objections (obviously, if I agreed with them, I wouldn't have built the site)!

The Playgoer

Bond. Edward Bond

Plays and Playwrights

Coming Soon
There's a whole bunch of good stuff happening with the playwrights in the near future. Here's a sampling: ....

The Producer's Perspective

Last call for the social! Door prizes announced: Win Broadway Tix and an Iphone!

The Guardian

When drama turns to tragedy
After a prop mishap saw an actor slit his own throat on stage, we look at some other performance-related injuries

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Carrie Dunn: West End girl: A Jackson Five musical? I'll be there
Cast takes shape for the Lyric's Thriller, Nigel Planer tries out Hairspray and it's not too late to savour The Sound of Music

Daily Telegraph

Hollywood in-breeding
Carrie Fisher's wonderful memoir shows she is more than Princess Leia from Star Wars.

The Stage UK

Really Useful Group to launch channel on YouTube
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Really Useful Group is to launch its own channel on video site YouTube.

First two performances of Oliver! cancelled for more rehearsal time
Cameron Mackintosh's revival of Oliver! has cancelled its first two previews at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, due to difficulties rehearsing the production's large cast of children.

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Julian Armistead Wins Protect the Human Playwriting Competition
Oxford-based playwright and teacher Julian Armitstead has been announced as the winner of the second annual Protect the Human playwriting competition produced by iceandfire

Whatsonstage.com - Blogs

Michael Coveney: Is Wyndham’s wasted on us?
I sometimes feel we’re not good enough to go into the best of the West End theatres. Wyndham’s, where Twelfth Night has opened to deserved acclaim, is a case in point. This beautiful 1899 theatre by W G R Sprague ...