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AmericanTheaterWeb

Four New Play Anthologies from NoPassport Press Launched at "Dreaming the Americas" Conference

amNY New York City Theater

Video Preview of The Toxic Avenger

Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles to Star in Oleanna

Back Stage - Blog Stage

Andrew Salomon: Will Senate Democrats Abandon the NEA?
Glad to see Senate Democrats have found their backbone and are standing up to Republicans in getting that stimulus bill passed. Oh, wait. Did I say "Senate Democrats" and "backbone" in the same sentence? My apologies.

Gothamist

There's No Spellcheck for Subway Mosaics

Pencil This In
THEATER: Blythe Danner, Debra Messing and Alysia Reiner (Sideways) are just a few of the notable actors performing at tonight's one-night-only "LOVE" benefit for the non-profit group Women's Expressive Theater [WET], which is dedicated to ...

New York Magazine Vulture Blog

Outburst at You’re Welcome America Tests Will Ferrell’s Chops

Playbill

* Rent's Leung Will Make a Splash Feb. 23
* Alliance Theatre Receives $1.1 Million Grant for Educational Outreach
* Park, Duffin, Tobie, Nolan Will Be Featured in Walnut Street's Honor and the River
* Dodd, Yorke, Caskey and McGowan to Star in Wicked's Second North American Tour

TheaterMania

* Gary Sinise to Perform at Steppenwolf Gala 2009
* John W. Engeman Theater to Present The Odd Couple in May
* Christine Toy Johnson, Lan Tran, and More Set for Pan Asian Repertory's NewWorks 09
* Marilyn Caskey, Marcie Dodd, Tom McGowan, Helene Yorke and More Set for Second North American Tour of Wicked
* Edward Hermann and Jay O. Sanders to Headline Huntington's Two Men of Florence
* Walnut Street Theatre Announces Honor and the River Cast and Creative Team
* John Porell to Replace Sam Weisman in Centastage's Random Caruso
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Touch at New Leaf Theatre
Broadway.com

* Marcie Dodd and Helene Yorke Headline the Second National Tour of Wicked

The Artful Manager

The pros and perils of the embedded institution
Many bloggers are spinning out the story of Brandeis University and its imperiled Rose Art Museum (see the chatter via Google's Blog Search, or just read CultureGrrl here, or more recently here). In a nutshell, the university is desperately strapped for cash, and inelegantly floated the idea of ''repurposing'' the art and assets of the Rose to balance the books.

lies like truth

Green With Envy
Lately, I've been on a campaign to educate myself on many of the big musical theatre and opera works that I haven't yet experienced live on stage. A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post about walking out of the Phantom of the Opera at half-time. I was not proud of this decision. But under the...

The Mirror up to Nature

An Online Debate - Guess Where the PR People Stand?
Thanks to the Oregonian for pointing out a strange article written by the Communications Director of the Guthrie Theater, Melodie Bahan. Bahan has a problem with the deterioration of the newspaper review. And, well, everything goes downhill from there. ...

Theatre Ideas

Thoughts on Style While Feeling Crummy (Embracing My Inner Paglia)

The Guardian

Great novel, forgettable play: Andrew O'Hagan's Be Near Me
Ian McDiarmid has adapted Andrew O'Hagan's novel for the stage – but it would have been better left alone

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Untitled, Finborough Theatre
We English seem to have an endless fascination with the story of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson. Maybe it is the typical English habit of favouring the underdog but there have been many plays and TV shows about The King That Never Was