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New York Times

Tragedy in the Theater, a Bit of Drama Around It
This month’s sold-out run of “Agamemnon” at the Getty Villa in Malibu is unfolding under the watchful eyes of the neighborhood associations that sued to stop the Getty from adding the outdoor theater.

A Trove of Golden Broadway Images, Stuck in a Tangled History
Thousands of famous images by Leo Friedman are caught in a dispute between the photographer and the New York Public Library’s performing arts collection at Lincoln Center.

Reuters

Broadway hopes "Shrek," "Billy" defy economic woes
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gets naked, Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes does Arthur Miller and cartoon ogre Shrek vies with ballet-dancing Billy Elliot in a battle of the monster musicals.

Variety

'Shrek' musical team work over time
DreamWorks creates its legit identity

London gets in on the 'Act'
Palladium is the favored venue for spring '09

Michael Weller back Off Broadway
Playwright will raise curtain on two plays

Trenton Times

A cross-stitch of characters
BD Wong takes on 10 roles in the one- man musical 'Herringbone' at McCarter's Berlind Theatre

Theatre in Chicago

Turn of the Century Kicks Off Goodman Theatre's 2008/2009 Season
Goodman Theatre starts its 2008/2009 season on a high note with the greatest music of the 20th century in Turn of the Century, a star-studded ...

Cleveland Plain Dealer On Stage Blog

Video interview with Avery Brooks about playing Willy Loman in 'Death of a Salesman' at his alma mater, Oberlin College

Denver Post

"November" heading from Broadway to Denver's Avenue Theater

Los Angeles Times

Mark Taper Forum makeover freshens up L.A. theater scene
The venue reinvigorates its place among the region's playgoing experiences, from...

San Francisco Examiner

SF native Felciano rocks out at ACT

The Independent

Josh Harnett: 'I'm not so hot on the hottie tag'
Having ditched blockbusters for the indie scene, Josh Harnett is on a quest to be taken seriously – and making his West End debut is all part of that strategy, he tells Alice Jones

The Guardian

Writers' rooms: Richard Eyre
The desk was designed so that I had everything at hand ... but now everything's on my MacBook I could as well be sitting in an empty room

Daily Telegraph

War Horse: backstage diary
Colin Mace, one of the stars of the National Theatre's revival of War Horse, describes in his backstage diary how the play came to life

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