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Actor Shepard Arrested in Normal
Actor Sam Shepard has been arrested for speeding and drunk driving in Normal. According to the AP, he was stopped about 2 a.m. this morning, for going 46 in a 30 MPH zone. According to reports, when he was pulled over, he drove up on the curb.

Associated Press

Actor Sam Shepard Suspected of DUI in Illinois
Police in Illinois say actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving.

LAist

Get Out: Saturday
GET INTO GRAND GUIGNOL: It's been described as "part French vaudeville and part British Punch and Judy show"--but it's really a party and creepy french puppet show rolled into one. A Grand Guignol Children's Show* (*not for children) is at the Art/Works Theatre

The Globe and Mail - Theatre

The view from Vancouver: Michael Harris's top five plays of 2008

Playbill

* Tennant Returns to London Run of RSC's Hamlet for Final Performances

TheaterMania

* Bill Irwin to Host On Tap at Joe's Pub
* National Society of Film Critics Honor Mike Leigh

The Clyde Fitch Report

Ever Wanted to Know About Getting Into the Edinburgh Fringe?

The Rob Kozlowski Chicago Theater and Vintage Film Medcine Show

NEA Grant Awarded to Adventure Stage Chicago

Murder, Murder, Murder!
BoHo Theatre in association with Chicago dell' Arte has announced a very limited remount of their original production MURDER, MURDER, MURDER! Here's the description of the show as told in the news release: ...

Daily Telegraph

Harold Pinter faces opposition to memorial in Poets' Corner
Harold Pinter was buried in a small private funeral last week, but the Nobel Prize-winning playwright may soon have a more public commemoration. His friends and family tell Mandrake that they want him to be accorded the honour of a memorial in Westminster Abbey.

Kate Winslet loses out on Finding Neverland musical to Katie Holmes
Kate Winslet's critically acclaimed performance in Finding Neverland might have earned her an Oscar nomination, but it has not led to the actress being offered a part in a new stage adaptation. Mandrake hears that the role of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies in a musical version of Finding Neverland has instead been offered to Katie Holmes, the 30-year-old American wife of Tom Cruise.