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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

Jane Fonda Back on Broadway in ‘33 Variations’

‘Brighton Beach,’ ‘Broadway Bound’ Back to Broadway?

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog

'Criss Angel: Believe' opens in Las Vegas

The Wicked Stage

More Lessons From the Music Business
Again, not to beat a dead horse, but this kind of questioning seems to be what we in the culture racket need to be pondering: ...It occurs to me that the sheer amount of people in the world who now have v..

Playbill

* Rigby to Star as Mrs. Claus in The Magical Spirit of Christmas
* Is Irena's Vow Headed for Broadway?

TheaterMania

* Bernhard, DeLaria, Ferguson, Hoffman, LaChanze, Lewis, Porter to Play Joe's Pub

Broadway.com

* Broadway Grosses: Halloween Pushes B.O. Down; Billy Elliot Strong

The Times UK

The curtain goes up on Mindgame
The long process of rehearsing and reshaping Ken Russell's off-Broadway production is over. Now bring in the audience

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EARLY AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

AmericanTheaterWeb

Creators of In The Heights Offer Freestyle Love Supreme at Joe's Pub on Election Day Eve

The Critical Condition

Guest Critic Sam Thielman: Theater Criticism in America

On Theater and Politics

Attention Equity Actors - Showcase Code Reform

Playbill

* Keogh Brings John B. Keane's Confessions to Life at Irish Rep
* Dodd, Mauzey, Kern, Brightman and O'Malley to Join Broadway's Wicked
* Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound Will Be Paired for Broadway Run
* Rebecca Reading Features Ashmanskas, Huffman, Kudisch, Peil and More

TheaterMania

* Christy, Gunn, Mann, Rees Set for Collegiate Chorale's The Firebrand of Florence
* Harris, Ivey, Monk, Seldes, et al. Set for Acting Company Gala
* Ethan Hawke to be Honored at New Group Gala

Broadway.com

Q&A: Estate diva Elizabeth Ashley on fame, marriage & stage stardom

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Mark Shenton: The slow but irresistible rise of Rupert Gould
He is the barnstorming director whose name is on everyone's lips, but his success has been hard won

Whatsonstage.com

Nominations Open in Theatregoers' Choice AwardsThe nominations phase in this year’s Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, the only major theatre prize-giving to be decided by...

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MID-MORNING ADDITIONS

Playbill

* Kate Pazakis: Unzipped! to Play the Zipper; Rudetsky Guests
* 110 in the Shade's Steggert to Host Nov. 17 Monday Nights, New Voices Concert

Broadway.tv

Presidents and Performances
favorite show was supposedly Richard Sheridan's comedy "The Rivals." According to the Oliver Stone movie "W.," George W. Bush's

An Angry White Guy in Chicago

What Do We Lose, Isaac?
We Only Lose If the Artist Stops Creating

Whatsonstage.com

Past/Present/Future for … Julie Atherton
Julie Atherton is a musical theatre actress best known as an original West End cast member of puppet musical Avenue Q. Her other credits inc...

London Theatre Guide

Well transfers to Apollo
Well, Lisa Kron’s Tony Award-nominated comedy which played at Trafalgar Studios earlier this year, transfers to the West End’s Apollo theatre on 29 December for a limited season to 24 January.

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THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES

AmericanTheaterWeb

Review - Happy Now? - Sometimes It's Hard to Tell

New York Times

Toe-Tapping Guardians of American Songbook
The mission of the New York Sheet Music Society is to keep the great American songbook alive and to pass along the artistry of the country’s musicians.

Arts, Briefly: In the Wings
The York Theater Company’s recent production of “Enter Laughing: The Musical” will return to the Theater at St. Peter’s for an encore engagement Jan. 21 through March 8. ... Daniel J. Travanti will star in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s "Touch of the Poet” at the 14th Street Theater from Dec. 2 through Dec. 20. Mr. Travanti

Arts, Briefly: Stars Line Up for Song Series
The 92nd Street Y has announced casting for the 2009 season of Lyrics & Lyricists, ...

Daily Telegraph

Shrek the Musical: will Shrek be a monster hit on Broadway?
After three hit movies, the grumpy ogre is about to turn the Great White Way green in 'Shrek the Musical'. Tom Leonard meets the team putting it on in New York

amNY

'Story of My Life' Confirmed for Broadway

New York Magazine

Trippi Says Farragut North Not Based on Dean

TheaterMania

A Season to Remember!
Polly Bergen, Ruby Dee, Harvey Evans, Elaine Stritch, and Pat Suzuki recall the 1958-1959 Broadway season.

Peter Filichia's Diary: Your Lousy Logo Choices
Many of you had a lot to say about my feeling that the incoming Shrek had, as I called it, “a lousy logo.” Bill Rosenfield disagreed: “I think the new Shrek logo is great. I hated the first one but this one is clean and direct and in no way evokes...

* High School Musical 3 Breaks $60 Milllion Mark

BroadwayWorld

* Jeremy Schonfeld & Lauren Kennedy: Catch Their DRIFT

Variety

Theater groups gear up for election
Shows update productions to mark occasion

Associated Press

Peruvian-Born Singer Yma Sumac Dies in Los Angeles
Yma Sumac (EE'-mah SOO'-mak), the Peruvian-born soprano who wowed international audiences in the 1950s with her stunning vocal range and modern take on South American folk music, has died.

Bloomberg.com

Warning: Puppet Nudity; `Avenue Q' Ponders Porn, Racism, Love in Singapore
In times of volatile markets, the only safe investment is porn.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bartlett Sher gets second job heading a theater in New York
Bartlett Sher, artistic director of Seattle's Intiman Theatre since 2000, has been named resident director of the Lincoln Center Theater in New York.

Los Angeles Times

L.A. to host ambitious 10-week arts festival
Add another Ring to the Olympics legacy. A months-long extravaganza is planned for spring 2010, linked to L.A. Opera's staging of Wagner's 'Ring' cycle.

Whatsonstage.com

Richard Dreyfuss Is Complicit at Spacey’s Old Vic
Five years after being axed from the UK premiere of The Producers just days before opening night (See News, 19 Oct 2004), Oscar-winning...

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Mark Fisher: Are theatre retrospectives a good idea?
Suddenly Tennessee Williams is everywhere. Who else deserves the full works treatment?

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