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The Ohio Theater Gets Another 14 Months in SoHo
The Ohio Theater will remain at its longtime SoHo home through August 2010.

Festival Celebrates Arts Under Communist Rule
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts announced Wednesday its schedule for a festival that will celebrate the role that the performing arts played in the decline of Communism in Europe.

'What I Wore' Is Tailor-Made for Off-Broadway Run
The play "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," which features an eclectic company of women telling stories about life and clothing, will receive an Off-Broadway run at the Westside Theater in the fall.

When Patti LuPone Talks, Readers Respond
Was Patti LuPone right to stop her concert to berate an audience member? Readers weighed in, big time.

Billy Crystal Takes '700 Sundays' on the Road
Long Island is coming to Washington - and five other cities - this fall when Billy Crystal takes his one-man show, "700 Sundays," on a national tour.

Variety

Atlantic Theater unveils slate
Mamet, Shepard on sked for 2009-10 season -- A couple of David Mamet one-acts and the latest play by Sam Shepard are among the offerings on tap for the 2009-10 season at Off Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.

TDF Backstage

Harvesting a Fertile Playground
Anne Kauffman adds "Stunning" to the list of new American plays she has directed.

Hartford Advocate

Don't Want No Drama
The producer of a Broadway play is throwing an opening night after-party, and the insiders — the director, the lead actress, the critic, the play's author — wait excitedly in a bedroom for the reviews to come in. Of course, the play tanks, and the group grows more dramatic, drunk and...

Just Google It
You can practically live your entire life on the computer these days, and a lot of us practically do. So what about the artists and filmmakers and playwrights today trying to...

The Foote Clan
Dividing the Estate made a big enough splash on Broadway this winter to be nominated for two Tony Awards: Best New Play and Featured Actress in a Play, for Hallie Foote. (Both awards went...

Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog

Don't Cry for Him, Argentina
"Evita" fans must have dropped their jaws when they heard the ever-wandering (in more ways than one) Gov. Mark Sanford's press conference/confession about having an affair with a woman down Argentine way

Six Percent Ticket Hike Off Table
Word has it that the proposed six percent ticket tax at not-for-profit theaters, museums and heritage sites is now off the table in the discussions among state legislators.

State Commission on Culture Likely to Be "Smerged"
As legislators wrestle with the state budget one proposal by the governor seems to still be in play:

A New Tune for Gay Pride?
I was listening to Malcolm Gets' fine fine new CD, "The Journey Home" on PS Classics.