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New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

'Minsky's' May Move to Broadway
The producers of "Minsky's," a new musical comedy about the Depression-era burlesque house, said on Thursday that they were seeking to mount a Broadway production early in the 2009-10 theater season.

amNY New York City Theater

Laura Osnes to Replace Kelli O'Hara?
New online rumors suggest that Laura Osnes, who originated the role of Sandy in the recent Broadway revival of "Grease" after enduring and winning NBC's "You're the One That I Want" reality TV show, will replace Kelli O'Hara in "South Pacific." Earlier speculation suggested that ...

Time Out New York Upstaged Blog

Scriptease: Conversations on Russian Literature
TONY offers some tasty, tantalizing quotes from David Johnston's latest comedy.

Cheyenne Jackson’s sitting pretty
The star of Xanadu got extraterrestrial this week.

DCist

Ford's Theater Reopens After 18-Month Renovation
On Wednesday, the bicentennial of President Lincoln's birthday, Ford's Theater celebrated its grand re-opening after having been closed for a significant renovation and restoration project since June 2007. As Paul Tetreault, the theater’s director, explains in the video below ...

Orange County Register The Arts Blog

Margulies takes a crack at war
Donald Margulies’ newest play, “Time Stands Still,” opened last night at the Geffen Playhouse. ...My review.

Playbill

* Boone, Lipp, Lawson, Wyatt and More Will Join Myers and Evans in Hello, Dolly! Concert
* MARQUEE VALUE: West End Three Days of Rain at the Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury)
* Ferrera, Burns, Van Patten, Najimy and Schall Set for Feb. 16 Reading of Love, Loss, and What I Wore

TheaterMania

* America Ferrera to Lead Cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore February 16 Reading
* Cotter Smith to Star in Dick Enberg's McGuire at El Portal
* Terry Fator & His Cast of Thousands Set for The Mirage
* Judy Kaye, Lotfi Mansouri, Frederica von Stade Set for Koret Visiting Artist Series at ACT

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Rent: The Broadway Tour in New Jersey

Review: Spring Awakening in St. Louis

BroadwayWorld.com

* Unpublished Shorts By William Inge To Be Performed 4/22
* Accidental Repertory Theater Makes Every Show Unique

On Theatre and Politics

Without critics?
Over at Parabasis, Isaac brings up the "death of criticism" issue that certainly has hounded the Critic-O-Meter project. On a similar point, Rob Weinert-Kendt does a run down of the John Lahr Q&A at the New Yorker, where Lahr paints a stark contrast between critics and reviewers.