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New York Times

Singing! Dancing! Adapting! Stumbling!
Every few years, with depressing regularity, a hit Broadway musical makes the leap to the big screen and goes splat! Or thud. Or zzzzz.

New York Daily News

7 free theater picks for this summer
All the world's a stage - and these shows playing all around town won't cost you a penny. From "Hair" to "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death," here are some of the free theater picks in the city.

Seattle Times

"Shrek" reaches a new stage
"Shrek the Musical" will play at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in a pre-Broadway run Aug. 14-Sept. 9, 2008. With a magical set and costume design by Tim Hatley, the stage production draws inspiration from the classic William Steig book "Shrek!" and from "Shrek," the 2001 DreamWorks film.
* The man behind Shrek

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Actor Richard Kind talks about his love of the stage
In the past 13 months, actor Richard Kind has been seen onstage in five shows, from the very small to the wow-inspiring.

Philadelphia Inquirer

The sound of Julie is the gift at the Mann
Once a humble, holiday-time advertising slogan, "The Gift of Music" is now the title of a new Julie Andrews show testing its artistic and commercial viability - not to mention its star's injured but recovering vocal cords - at a handful of summer-concert venues. Thursday night it was at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts.

Washington Post

On the Boards in the Burbs: Challenging Works
With the Likes of 'Stuff Happens,' Olney Theatre Gets Into an Important Act

Boston Globe

The joy of Noel Coward's plays
Vivian Matalon directed writer-actor Noel Coward in 1966 — now he brings his one-acts back to the Berkshires.

San Francisco Chronicle

A New Stage
Timothy Near begins her final season as artistic director of San Jose Repertory Theatre.

Denver Post

Democratic National Convention: A call to acting

Sacramento Bee

Ashland, Ore.: A retreat over the border
The Standing Stone Brewery is roughly in the center of Ashland. So it's not surprising that I met Duane Smith there, as he seems to be at the center of the southern Rogue Valley town....

The Observer

The many faces of the Doctor
Profile: Long before he became the most successful Doctor Who ever, the versatile Scottish actor was picked out for stage stardom

The Times UK

Callow brings Dickens to the Festival
The actor, writer and self-confessed workaholic will bring the great novelist’s short stories to Edinburgh