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Associated Press

Actor Van Johnson,' 40s Heartthrob, Dies at 92
Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as ''30 Seconds over Tokyo,'' ''A Guy Named Joe'' and ''The Caine Mutiny,'' died Friday of natural causes. He was 92.

The Gothamist

Video of the Day: Subway Circa 1905
[okay so I'm intrigued...AP]

Time Out New York Blog

Theater that rocks
Some playwrights or actors might consider themselves rock stars, but the boys of Less the Band really are grasping at the hammer of the gods: balls-out dramatist Adam Rapp and kick-ass downtown scenery

Playbill

* White Christmas Troupers Will Sing on "Good Morning America" Dec. 15
* PHOTO CALL: Broadway-Bound West Side Story Rehearses
* "Doubt" Stars and Creator Guest on "Charlie Rose" Dec. 12
* Thriller The Lodger to Take Up Residence at Workshop Theatre in 2009
* Living Theatre Will Revive Its Groundbreaking 1959 Jazz Play, The Connection
* Reza's God of Carnage to Arrive on Broadway in Spring 2009

TheaterMania

* Warchus to Direct Reza's God of Carnage on Broadway Spring 2009
* Astin, Boggess, Esparza, Gregory, Karl, et al. Set for A New York City Christmas
* Brian Lane Green, Johnny Rodgers Set for Gulfshore's Singing Down the...

nytheatre.com

Review: Chair
Review: The Truth About Santa

DC Theatre Scene

Krista Cowan named new Artistic Director of Journeymen Theater Ensemble

The Playgoer

Doubts about "Doubt"?
Reading Ella Taylor's Voice review of JP Shanley's film of his mega-successful Pultizer and Tony-winning play Doubt (a major December release & Oscar contender in case you hadn't heard), I wondered why we never heard such critiques of the play on stage.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Daniel Martin: Skywalker: the musical!
Scenes from the Star Wars films are to be screened at the O2 Arena with a live musical score. Maybe it's time to just give the movies the full show-tunes treatment

Daily Telegraph

A more adult Aladdin
Saucy seaside humour lets down family pantomime

Satirical edge to Scottish Cinderella
Brilliant ugly sisters inject life into a pantomime classic

A Night close to perfection
Derek Jacobi makes a magnificent Malvolio in the Donmar's Twelfth Night.