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LATE DAY ADDITIONS

Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

New Frankie in the Chicago 'Jersey Boys'

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

Casting news, times four
Palm Beach Dramaworks producing artistic director William Hayes has announced the casts for all four of the company's 2008-2009 productions (something only ultra-organized New Theatre founder Rafael de Acha used to do), and he has assembled an impressive company.

Orange County Register Theater by Paul Hodgins Blog

‘Don’t Talk to the Actors’ opens this weekend at the Laguna Playhouse

Playbill

* "Dr. Horrible" Soundtrack, with Neil Patrick Harris, Now Available on iTunes
* 3-D Film of Evil Dead: The Musical in the Works

Parabasis

Quote of the Day
"A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself ..."

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EARLY AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLArts Blog

Lyric's 'Little Shop,' Georgia Shakepeare's 'Richard III' lead Suzi nominations

Playbill

* Wong, Longbottom, Bogardus, Colella and Lewis Will Take Part in NAMT's Festival of New Musicals
* Epp, Cartmell and Nelson to Star in Guthrie's Caretaker

TheaterMania

* Bogardus, Lewis, Mauzey, Reichard, Shindle, Wong, Zippel, et al. Set for NAMT
* James Naughton to Star in Irish Rep's The Master Builder

Broadway.com

FIRST PERSON: Susan Blackwell: Why I Keep My Day Job

The Stage

* Final bid to head off West End strike ballot

The Times UK

'Billy Elliot' parents sell house to fund school
Dominic Handfor won a place at the Elmhurst School for Dance so his parents paid the fees with the sale of their home

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MID-MORNING ADDITIONS

Playbill

* Interactive Musical Eurobeat Opens in the West End Sept. 9

TheaterMania

* Daltrey, Freeman, Jones, Streisand, Tharp, Townshend to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Theresa Rebeck: Broadway's glass ceiling
The majority of plays on the Great White Way this year are about men and written by men. Want to hear some scary statistics?

London Theatre Guide

Tragedy comes to Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory is to follow the light-hearted musical They’re Playing Our Song with its first foray into Jacobean tragedy. The venue’s production of John Webster’s The White Devil plays from 3 October to 15 November (press night 8 October).

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