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'August' Heats Up Center Theatre Group's 2009-10 Lineup
Center Theatre Group’s impressive 2009-10 season for the Ahmanson, announced by artistic director Michael Ritchie, is a celebration of Broadway's best. The roster includes three highly anticipated productions currently running on the Great White Way, a recently closed Broadway hit, a new revival of a 1980s musical opening soon on Broadway, and a special bonus option, a concert starring Tony winners Patty Lupone and Mandy Patinkin.

Gothamist

Pencil This In
THEATER: Axis Company, the lush and inviting little West Village theater that's one of our favorite spaces in town, is presenting an encore performance of East 10th Street: Self Portrait With Empty House, a play by and about "legendary" downtown theater performer Edgar Oliver. A ...
THEATER: A post-Apocolyptic Brooklyn is the setting for Soul Samurai, the latest kung fu romp from the Ma-Yi Theater Company and Vampire Cowboys, whose Fight Girl Battle World was good low-fi fun. The star of this Warriors-esque adventure is Dewdrop, who has to fight her way back ...

New York Magazine Vulture Blog

See Duke Ellington’s Movie Debut
Screening this Sunday and Monday as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s series Faded Glory: Oscar Micheaux and Pre-War Black Cinema, 1929’s Black and Tan Fantasy contains Duke ...

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

Interactive theater slays me
If given the choice of going to an interactive theater production or getting a root canal, I have to say that in my case, the dentist might win out. Sure, I know craft and effort are involved in the shows, and I know some folks have a ball at faux weddings...

Orange County Register The Arts Blog

Ahmanson season is chock full of music — and Mandy

St. Louis Post Dispatch Culture Club Blog

Rep’s Off-Ramp goes on hiatus
The Off-Ramp season that the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has presented at the Grandel Theatre in Grand Center will be on hiatus next season.

Rep stays put
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is staying put at its home at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University campus.

Seattlest

Weekend Theatre: Feb. 12-15

Playbill

* Pittsburgh CLO Announces 2009-2010 Cabaret Season
* Chicago Welcomes the Return of Tony Nominee D'Amboise Feb. 13
* Brent Barrett and Rebecca Luker Will Enjoy A Broadway Romance in April
* Drabinsky and Gottlieb Must Pay $40 Million to Livent Investors
* Joseph, Adjmi, Schwartz and McCraney to Receive Kesselring Awards
* International Disney, Kuhn, R&H and Inishmaan on Playbill Radio Feb. 16-23
* "Freak Flag": Shrek Cast to Perform on "The View" Feb. 17

TheaterMania

* Whatsonstage.com Awards to Be Presented on February 15
*David Adjmi and Rajiv Joseph Receive Kesselring Fellowships
* Crista Marie Jackson and Daniel Wolfe Star in Queens Players' Dr. Faustus
* John Jellison, Cass Morgan, et al. Set for Weston Playhouse Dogs of Pripyat
* Mixed Blood Theatre Announces Cast for Sweet 15
* Chorus Line Documentary Every Little Step To Debut at New Directors/New Films

Culturebot

NOSTALGIA ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
Bringing artists who have been working for 30-plus years into dialogue with those who have been working for two years and bringing works that are entertainment-based with those that ...

more on the NEA stimulus allocation
Because I think it’s useful to have these numbers in your head. From Scott Lilly at the Center for American Progress: ...

The Mirror up to Nature

Quote of the Day
Christopher Frizelle in the Stranger: ...

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Andrea McArdle Will Teach a Workshop for Kids at A Class Act NY

Parabasis

Blog Rage
Just peaking my head in to address this blog post I wrote responding to Julian Gough's article on David Foster Wallace's death. After reading Julian's response in the comments, I decided to reread the post and think about it and ultimately, I'm not particularly proud of it. I think it's a textbook example of Blog Rage Syndrome.

The Playgoer

Good Night "Twelfth Night"

Dear Public Theatre: ...

Londonist

Review: Venus And Adonis At Wilton's Music Hall

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Lyn Gardner: What to see this week
From Rock 'n' Roll in Manchester to Othello in Leeds, there's theatre aplenty opening across the UK

Carrie Dunn: West End girl: revival revelations from Phantoms to Flashdance
From Spend Spend Spend to the return of the most famous roof fiddler of them all, brace yourself for a fresh deluge of déjà vu

Daily Telegraph

Alvin Rakoff gets sentimental over Doris Day
Director Alvin Rakoff on why he is bringing A Sentimental Journey, a new show about Doris Day to one of Britain's loveliest theatres.

The Stage UK

Jacksons Lane Arts Centre saved in ACE U-turn
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre in north London has been granted an 11th hour reprieve after Arts Council England overturned a proposal to cut the venue's £135,700 annual funding from April.

The Stage UK - Blogs

Podcast: Peter Purves and Sister Act’s Patina Miller: The Stage Podcast #14
In this week’s podcast, we talked to former Blue Peter presenter, actor and panto director Peter Purves, followed by American actress Patina Miller who opens in Sister Act: The Musical in June. To listen: You can use the player...