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Griffin will direct 'West Side Story' at Stratford Festival
The Stratford Festival of Canada has announced that the Chicago director Gary Griffin will make his Stratford debut next year. Griffin will direct a new production of the much-loved musical "West Side Story" during the 2009 season at Stratford. The...

Marcelle McVay will leave Victory Gardens
Marcelle McVay, the longtime managing director of the Victory Gardens Theater, has told subscribers she is leaving her job. McVay, who is married to artistic director Dennis Zacek, has worked for Victory Gardens for 34 years and been managing director...

Playbill

* Little House Musical Will Hit the Road in 2009
* LA Sunset Strips to Benefit Actors Fund and AIDS Project Los Angeles

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Paper Dolls at FringeNYC

The Producer's Perspective Blog

How advertising and waging war have changed.

Culturebot Blog

will franken at ars nova

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Track List Announced for "Story So Far" - Comprehensive Sondheim 4-CD Box Set Due in Stores Sept.30

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Playbill

* Ehlshlager Is Delaware Theatre Company's New Managing Director

TheaterMania

* Belcon, Champlin, Cooper, Larsen, Strickland, Walsh et al. Cast in 2008 NYMF Shows

London Theatre Guide

Zorro swashbuckles into next year
Zorro, the new musical based on the legendary story of the original caped crusader, has extended its booking period at the Garrick until September 2009. It had been booking until January after opening on 15 July this year.

An Angry White Guy in Chicago Blog

Subversive Theater or Just A Different Kind of Pander?

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FringeNYC - 3 ATW Reviews and a Clips Round-Up

New York Times

Stage Role Close to Home for a Former TV Star
Susan Sullivan, most familiar to viewers from her roles on television, has also put in time on the stage, including A. R. Gurney’s new play, “Buffalo Gal.”

Associated Press

George Furth, Sondheim collaborator, dies
George Furth, an actor and playwright who wrote the book for the innovative Stephen Sondheim musical ''Company,'' died Monday. He was 75.

The Guardian

TV and theatre actor Terence Rigby dies, aged 71
Birmingham-born actor passes away at home after battle with lung cancer

USA Today

'Shrek' role turns stage actor into an ogre

TheaterMania

A Stratford State of Mind
Stratford Shakespeare Festival's artistic director Des McAnuff discusses his production of Caesar and Cleopatra, starring Christopher Plummer and Nikki M. James.

Mary-Louise Parker Coming to Broadway in 'Hedda'

* A New ‘Hedda Gabler’ (New York Times)
* Mary-Louise Parker to Play Hedda Gabler (amNY)
* Mary-Louise Parker heads to 'Hedda' (Variety)
* Mary-Louise Parker Will Return to Broadway in Hedda Gabler Revival (Playbill)
* Mary-Louise Parker to Star in Roundabout's Hedda Gabler (TheaterMania)
* Mary-Louise Parker to Headline Broadway Revival of Hedda Gabler (Broadway.com)

'Best Plays' of 2007-2008 Announced

* Adding Machine, August and Yellow Face Among 2007-2008's Best Plays (Playbill)
* Best Plays of 2007-2008 Are Announced (TheaterMania)

Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

Why 'Wicked is closing
The unprecedented Chicago production of "Wicked" will ring down its final curtain after its 1,500th performance at the Oriental Theatre on Jan. 25, 2009. The show is leaving while demand for tickets is still very high—it routinely plays to sold-out...

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Fringe Festival bounces back after a down year
Nearly 41,000 tickets were sold by the Minnesota Fringe Festival during the 11-day performing arts extravaganza that ended Sunday in Minneapolis

San Francisco Examiner

Men of many talents
Gary Aylesworth’s dynamic spirit, mind and body burst onstage in “The Ballad of Edgar Cayce: A Bluegrass Operetta.”

Orange County Register Theater by Paul Hodgins Blog

Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo star in a Greek tragedy
Now here’s a fascinating bit of casting: Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo in “Agamemnon.” The two celebrated actors will star in Aeschylus’ tragedy at the Getty Villa early next month. Stephen Wadsworth directs. Details from the Getty follow the break.