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FringeNYC Enters Final Two Days - Last Clips Round-Up

Variety

Broadway season: Feast and famine
Season shaped by high-profile shows, dropouts

Broadway tickets available in planes
In-Flight Box Office aims to lure tourists

Playbill

* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Aug. 16-22: Where the Buffalo Roam

TheaterMania

* Kristin Chenoweth's A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas to Be Released on October 14
* Chad Allen to Star in Sea Change

Broadway.com

FRESH FACE: Yaya DaCosta (of 'First Breeze')

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'Streetcar' With Cate Blanchett Announced

* Cate Blanchett will play Blanche DuBois in New York, Washington (Orange County Register)
* Arts, Briefly: A New Streetcar (New York Times)
* STC's 'Streetcar' takes ride to U.S. (Variety)
* A Streetcar Named Desire, with Cate Blanchett, to Play Kennedy Center and BAM (Playbill)
* Cate Blanchett to Tour Australia and U.S. in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2009 (TheaterMania)

Erik King Joins Cast of 'Wig Out!' at Vineyard

* Erik King set to 'Wig Out!' (Variety)
* "Dexter" Star King Replaces Williams in Vineyard's Wig Out! (Playbill)
* Erik King Joins Cast of Vineyard's Wig Out (TheaterMania)
* Dexter Star Erik King Joins the Cast of the Vineyard's Wig Out!(Broadway.com)

Culture Project's 'In Conflict' Casting

* Casting Complete for Culture Project's In Conflict (Playbill)
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Culture Project's In Conflict (TheaterMania)

IT Awards Announced

* Malina, Boomerang and New York Theatre Experience to Be Honored at IT Awards (Playbill)
* Judith Malina to Be Honored at 4th Annual IT Awards (TheaterMania)

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Rocky Mountain News

Long before the negative ad, politicians have always known how to play to the crowd
Party conventions are among the most carefully planned acts of political theater. In the 20th century, the rise of modern media made it particularly easy to stage a message, and not always at a convention.
* DNC draws theater groups hoping to put across their political messages

St. Petersburg Times

As political convention hosts, Denver and Twin Cities arts scenes have national stage

Boston Globe

Lombardo is leaving New Rep
Rick Lombardo, producing artistic director of New Repertory Theatre, plans to leave to become the artistic director of the San Jose Repertory Theatre, New Rep announced Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Puttin' on the hits: Marriott staging five familiar shows

Encore Michigan

Winners announced: The 2008 Wilde Awards

Meadow Brook Theatre announces 2008-2009 season

Miami Herald

This 'Nightmare' could be a hoot
New York's Psycho Clan, a company that produces everything from theater to site-specific entertainment, thinks horror movies are for wimps. At least that's what you might conclude if you check out Nightmare: Ghost Stories, New York's Most Horrifying Haunted House, ...