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Associated Press

Richard Monette, former Stratford leader, dies
Richard Monette, the longest-serving artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, has died at the age of 64.

Back Stage

Critics Emerge From the Shadows -- as Playwrights
By definition, the critic-artist dynamic is adversarial: Writers may toil for years, followed by directors and often dramaturges fine-tuning things, followed by actors leaping into the fray as the play at last takes shape.

The Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog

The Worst Broadway Plays of All Time

Cleveland Plain Dealer On Stage Blog

Idina Menzel plays Cleveland's House of Blues next month; tickets on sale NOW

Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog

Cal Shakes announces ‘09 season

Playbill

* PHOTO CALL: NYMF Press Preview
* Sundance Accepting 2009 Theatre Lab Submissions
* Easton, Huffman, Seldes and Smith to Honor Kitty Carlisle Hart Sept. 22

TheaterMania

* In the Heights' Chorus to Receive Equity ACCA Award

Broadway.com

John Simon, etcetera: The Women

Whatsonstage.com

* Cast: Tennant's Labour, Radio & Walters in Water

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AmericanTheaterWeb

Updated Digests: Fela! * Lady

New York Post

Riedel: More than skin deep
When Daniel Radcliffe made his stage debut in "Equus" last year in London, all the press could talk about was his nude scene. That didn't bother the producers, who were happy to tally ...

Wall Street Journal

Wax in My Ears: An Online Journey
Web sites are archiving music that once was only available on wax cylinders.

Bloomberg.com

Karen Finley, Chocolate Artist, Presents Strange Ode to 9/11, Baby Spitzer
Karen Finley, the performance artist who found imaginative uses for chocolate syrup by smearing it over her naked body, is stepping back into view with ``Make Love,'' her weird ode to the 9/11 attacks. It requires her to slip into a strapless silver beaded dress and black wig and channel Liza Minnelli.

Playbill

* Ogre There!: Shrek the Musical Opens in Seattle Sept. 10

TheaterMania

Peter Filichia's Diary: The Broadway Olympics
One of these days, I hope to have the pleasure of meeting Laura Frankos. I’m honored that she’s been reading what I write for some time now, and that she writes me with wonderful regularity. ...

Loose Lips
Anna Camp bares all about Equus; Christiane Noll comes up with an Ace; Madeleine Martin rules on stage and screen; and Peter Bartlett accepts a Sterling proposition.

The Clyde Fitch Report

As for That Bootleg YouTube Video You Love, AEA and the League Are Watching You

Washington Post

Backstage: No, It's Not Juliet & Juliet
But Women Play All the Parts in Taffety Punk's Version of 'Romeo'

Dallas Morning News

Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum announces 2007-08 winners
The Dallas Theater Center's current hit, The Who's Tommy, tops the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum's 2007-08 awards with six mentions, including one for the company's new artistic director, Kevin Moriarty.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

4 Fort Worth theaters recognized by critics forum

Orange County Register

At Laguna Playhouse, bad art imitates life
'Don't Talk to the Actors' is about a playwright facing disaster.

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