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* Ayckbourn's Norman Conquests May Be Broadway-Bound
* Barber, Button, Findlay and Galloway Will Join Dench and Pike in Madame de Sade
* Will Oscar Winners Rush and Sarandon Star in Broadway Revival of Exit the King?

TheaterMania

* Barber, Button, Dench, Findlay, Galloway Set for Donmar Warehouse's Madame de Sade

BroadwayWorld.com

Cruise Tells Leno, 'I'd Like To Do A Broadway Musical'

About Last Night

TT: Almanac
"Psycho is one of his most interesting pictures because he had to make the picture very fast, with very primitive means. He had little money, ..."

TT: Almanac
"'Well, I like a lot of talk in a book, and I don't like to have nobody tell me what the guy that's talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks. ..."

Daily Telegraph

Madame Zingara at Battersea power station - review
Singing, swinging and chilli-chocolate beef.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Lyn Gardner: What to see this week
It's not all panto madness out there - why not try Carthage Must Be Destroyed, Joe Orton's Loot or Punchdrunk's treasure hunt?

Alexis Soloski: Oppositional political theatre isn't dead in the US
Christopher Shinn is too hasty in claiming that American playwrights and theatres are failing to respond to the political events of the last decade

The Stage UK

Culture secretary backs copyright extension for performers
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has, for the first time, endorsed the principle of extending the term of copyright protection for performers on sound recordings from its current limit of 50 years.

Liverpool hails its Capital of Culture year as an £800m economic boost
Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture has boosted the regional economy by £800 million, according to the city's culture chiefs.

The Stage UK - Blogs

Mark Shenton: Typos and some one-star shows….
Ian Shuttleworth has helpfully pointed out in his regular editorial introduction to Theatre Record, the publication that invaluably collects every national review published into one place, that I “unintentionally but perhaps tellingly misspelt” the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s name...

Whatsonstage.com

Cast: Barber Joins Madame, Atwell in Bridge, Be Near
Full casting has been announced for Michael Grandage's forthcoming production of Madame de Sade, the third instalment in the Donmar West End season at Wyndham's theatre, which runs from 18 March (previews from 13 March) to 23 May 2009. Joining prev...

London Theatre Guide

Barber and Findlay join Madame de Sade
Frances Barber and Deborah Findlay will join Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike in Madame De Sade, the third production in the Donmar West End season at the Wyndham’s theatre, which opens on 18 March (previews from 13 March).