9/8/08 [updated 4:51PM EST]
By Andy Propst on Sep 8, 2008 | In Days Top News
LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
Associated Press
Stockholm names street after film director Bergman
Stockholm City Council has named a street and a square in the city after Ingmar Bergman.
New York Magazine Vulture Blog
Can ‘Australia’ Finally Convince Audiences That Hugh Jackman Isn’t Gay?
Playbill
* Cleopatra, Opa! and Love, Incorporated Among MITF Award Winners
* PLAYBILL ON CLOSING NIGHT: Rent — For Closure
* Luker, Burns, Benanti, Hoff, Lewis, Cavenaugh, Newman and More Set for BC/EFA Flea Market
TheaterMania
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Sheila Callaghan's Crawl, Fade to White
* Brian Dennehy and Joe Grifasi to Star in Long Wharf's Hughie
Talkin' Broadway
Interview: John Tartaglia currently appearing in 'Shrek' in Seattle
The Wicked Stage Blog
The Ick File
I hate to pile on Ben Brantley's odd Broadway preview yesterday (Isaac has already dinged him for obviousness), but I have to say, this paragraph struck me as exceptionally tone-deaf
EARLY AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog
The Gayest Show For Miles?
That's what a publicist is calling Bedbugs!!!, which opens September 16 at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (at TBG Theatre, 312 W. 36 Street.)
Playbill
* "Housewives" Star Denton Cast in World Premiere of How Cissy Grew
* Additional Workshops of Lloyd Webber's Phantom Sequel Set for the Fall
TheaterMania
Out Tonight!
Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Drew Lachey, Wilson Cruz, Frenchie Davis, Blake Lively, Christy Carlson Romano, and a host of stars come out for the final Broadway performance of Rent.
Extra Criticum Blog
Street Theatre: ACLU's Online Agit Prop
Following in the footsteps of great masters of Agit Prop Theatre, the ACLU has come up with a witty illustration of what's at stake when we relinquish control over our personal information. As Brecht pointed out, if you want to...
The Mirror up to Nature Blog
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Sleepwalk With Me to Play the Bleecker Street Theater; Nathan Lane Among the Show's Producers
TheaterMania
* Boggess, Butler, Ellis, Hanks, Lachey, Parrish, et al. Set for Broadway on Broadway
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Maxie Szalwinska: Lepage's Lipsynch isn't the real thing
Whatsonstage.com
Latest Gossip: Zac Efron Goes Technicolor in West End Dreamcoat???
THE MORNING'S TOP NEWS
New York Times
With a New Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center Sets New Goals
As Jazz at Lincoln Center prepares to open its fifth and biggest season, Adrian Ellis is completing his first year as its executive director.
Arts, Briefly: The Classics Two Ways
The Aquila Theater Company has announced that it has been awarded $292,585 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
'Rent' Closes
* 'Rent' past due: Ends B'way run (New York Daily News)
* 'Rent' brings down the curtain (amNY)
* "Rent" Takes Final Bow On Broadway (ny1)
* 'Rent' brings down the curtain on Broadway run (Associated Press)
'Maria Stuart' Sets Broadway Dates, Theater
* 'Mary Stuart' to rule at Broadhurst (Variety)
* Mary Stuart, with McTeer and Walter, to Play the Broadhurst (Playbill)
* Mary Stuart to Bow at Broadway's Broadhurst on March 30 (TheaterMania)
TheaterMania
Peter Filichia's Diary: Tovah and Irena
She’s been on Broadway in a drama, a musical, a comedy, and a one-woman show — and got Tony nominations for all of them. How many other performers in Broadway history can say that? ...
Playbill
* Zoo Story: A Preview of the Fall 2008 Broadway Season
* Gaines and Redgrave Are Part of 12th Annual Broadway Blessing Sept. 8
Boston Herald
For legendary choreographer, ‘Chorus Line’ is still the one
Legendary choreographer and producer Bob Avian has more than an inkling why “A Chorus Line” is still...
Louisville Courier-Journal
The magic of Minnelli
From Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" to Lucille 2 on "Arrested Development," Liza Minnelli's characters and extraordinary talent have carried her through 50 years in show business.
Los Angeles Times
'Memphis' at La Jolla Playhouse
With its GPS set on Broadway, a big, new musical in La Jolla gives a 21st century take on the birth of rock amid '50s racism.
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Lyn Gardner: Theatre is a matter of life and death
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