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Obama's 2009 Kennedy Center Honors: A Modest Proposal
...Since things are going to suck no matter what, we suggest the incoming Chief Executive concentrate on the bread-and-circuses front, and give us a 2009 Kennedy Centers fete that will keep people from even noticing the disastrous state of the country for several days. ....
Here is the program we would like to see next December: ...

The Globe and Mail - Theatre

More end-of-year lists: Michael Posner and James Bradshaw's picks of oh-eight

Playbill

* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 27-Jan. 2: The Sequel
* Hilferty and Goodman to Discuss Women Designing for Theatre at NYPL Jan. 12
* American Theatre Wing Releases Interviews with McAnuff, Lapine, Wolfe and Wasserstein
* Jackman Won't Join Zeta-Jones for Soderbergh's "Cleo"
* "The Kvetching Continues": Hoffman Adds Joe's Pub Performance Jan. 12
* Callaway, Jenkins and Caughell Set for Free Broadway Today Concert at the Kennedy Center
* Marcovicci to Premiere Mercer Tribute Skylark in March

TheaterMania

* Hugh Jackman to Honor Baz Luhrmann at Australia Week Gala
* Cast Announced for Pure Confidence in Minneapolis, to Be Directed by Marion McClinton
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for The Seafarer at Pittsburgh's City Theatre
* Callaway, Caughell, Jenkins, Mitchell, Schwartz Set for Kennedy Center's Broadway Today Concert
* Scandinavia House to Salute Victor Borge's Centennial
* Horton Foote to Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird at Hartford Stage

Broadway.com

* Andrew Samonsky Succeeds Morrison in South Pacific
* New Stars Onboard for B'way Transfer of LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty
* Eden Espinosa Joins Hair; Previews to Start March 6

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A Spooonful of Sugar
Contrary to what you might think from the title of this entry, this isn't another post about Julie Andrews. The spooonful in the title refers to a fantastic, free online newsletter which introduces recipients to one emerging artist or band each week.

Parabasis

The Infinite Jest Read Thru, Part 1
I am not, in general, a fan of reader's guides. Maybe it was my high school teacher's ban on them (particularly Cliff's Notes) which resembled Singapore's drug ban in its swiftness and harshness. They actually read Cliff's Notes so they could spot resemblance's between the guides' thoughts on a book and our own. Yikes.

The Playgoer

Magic needs a Miracle?
Add to the endangered species list of theatres the famed Magic of San Francisco. Incubator for many noted writers it was home to Sam Shepard in one of his most prolific periods in the 70s & 80s.

The Producer's Perspective

Should there be two Broadway Leagues or one?
The Broadway League, or the artist formally known as The League of American Theaters and Producers, includes two groups of people that many say should be segregated, Theater Owners and Producers.

Daily Telegraph

London International Mime Festival: beautiful and strange
A Chinese-inspired display of human geometry, Les Sept Planches de la Ruse, is set to be one of the highlights of this year's London International Mime Festival.

London Theatre Guide

Lights dimmed for Pinter
In a mark of respect and remembrance for recently deceased playwright Harold Pinter, all Ambassador Theatre Group-owned theatres will dim their lights on Saturday night, 3 January.