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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

New York Magazine Vulture Blog

‘New York’ Magazine TV Critic, John Leonard, Dies

Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog

I'm in a Big Gay Musical
I was just cast in a movie, kids, and it's a real stretch: I play a character called "Gay Man"! It's in Big Gay Musical, a film by Casper Andreas, who previously did such fine features as Slutty Summer and A Four Letter Word.

The Daily Transom Blog

They're Just Like Us! Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise Get Lunch at Zaro's

Playbill

* Busch Replaces Daly in Project Shaw's Jitta's Atonement
* Broadway's "Madame Defarge," Natalie Toro, to Release Solo Album; Sutton Foster Guests
* Blaemire, Farha, Lisitza, Marcus and More Cast in Iconis' ReWrite

TheaterMania

* Blackwell, Blickenstaff, Cavenaugh, Jones, et al. Set for Sonnet Sings the Bard

Broadway.com

Backstory: Mining for talent: How Billy Elliot struck gold onstage

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Matt Wolf: All My Sons: a play for Obama's America?
Miller's classic may be 50 years old, but Simon McBurney's Broadway production captures the mood of the moment

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EARLY AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

Tony nominee comes to New Vista
Crista Moore made her Broadway debut opposite Tyne Daly in the 1989 revival of Gypsy, playing vaudeville kid-turned-striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. She followed that turn, which earned her a Tony Award nomination, with 1996's Big, which got her another Tony nod.

Time Out New York

Breaking The Waves
British director Katie Mitchell marries Virginia Woolf and live video.

[This week's reviews now clipped]

nypress

Streep Tease!
The Gummer girls

Playbill

* Men Are Real Set for Friday Engagements Off-Broadway
* Susan Egan Will Offer The First Farewell Tour Nov. 16 in L.A.

TheaterMania

* Full Cast Announced for Goodman's Christmas Carol

Broadway.com

Video: White Christmas rings in the holidays with a sneak peek at rehearsals

Whatsonstage.com

The Big Interview: Zena Edwards
Performance poet Zena Edwards is billed as the "cutting edge of contemporary urban writing and lyricism, with a sensuous, rhythmic style born from a diverse range of influences, from African music and storytelling to world jazz innovators via hip hop, and spoken word artists Linton Kwesi Johnson and Roger ...

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LATE MORNING ADDITIONS

Playbill

* Chris Jennings Is New Managing Director of DC's Shakespeare Theatre
* Patinkin Announces December Public Theater Concert Engagement
* Deluxe CD/DVD "Mamma Mia!" Package Due in Stores Nov. 25
* Tale of Two Cities' Barbour and Burkhardt Cast in Monte Cristo Workshop
* New Girl In the Heights: Harriell Will Step Into Vanessa's High Heels
* Bound for Broadway to Spotlight New Musicals Big Rosemary, Going Hollywood and More

TheaterMania

* NYFOS to Present Fugitives on November 18
* 59E59 to Present The 1959 Broadway Songbook and Coward at Christmas
* Marcy Harriell to Join In the Heights on November 18

The Producer's Perspective

Don't just pay attention to the closings.
We lost another one yesterday as the Revolution announced it was coming to an end.

The Stage UK

Open auditions to find young Michael Jackson
Producers of Michael Jackson musical Thriller - Live, which is to open in the West End next year, have launched a search to find a young unknown singer to play the pop star as a child.

Whatsonstage.com

Michael Jackson's Thriller Transfers to Lyric, 2 Jan
As previously tipped, Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller - Live will move into Shaftesbury Avenue in the new year, opening at the Lyric Theatre for a limited season from 21 January to 12 April 2008 (pre...

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MID-MORNING ADDITIONS

TheaterMania

* Aizawa, Gianino, Nelis, et al. Set for Freshwater

BroadwayWorld

* Bill Nolte to Appear at Birdland in 'All of Me' 11/10
* Jonathan Tunick to Perform in Concert w/ Surprise Guest 11/24 at Birdland
* Ebersole & Stritch to Perform Holiday Tunes for 4 Nights at Birdland

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

David Tse Ka-Shing : It's time to put British east Asian theatre in the spotlight
Unless they happen to coincide with Chinese new year, few of our productions get the mainstream attention they should

Whatsonstage.com

Richardson & Horrocks Celebrate Shawn at Court
The Royal Court will celebrate the work of Wallace Shawn (pictured) next spring with a season of plays by the American actor and playwright, comprising revivals of The Fever (starring Clare Higgins) and Aunt Dan and Lemon (starring Jane Horrock...

Whatsonstage.com - Off West End & Fringe

Court & Union Take Top Honours at Empty Space Awards
The Royal Court and Union Theatre scooped top accolades at the 19th annual Peter Brook Empty Space Awards which were announced yesterday at the National Theatre Studio (4 November 2008).

London Theatre Guide

Higgins, Horrocks, Richardson and Rylance lead Court 2009
Clare Higgins, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson and Mark Rylance will appear at the Royal Court during the new writing theatre’s spring/summer 2009 season

Bookless Musical Futures re-launched
Musical Futures, Greenwich Theatre’s annual festival of new music theatre, will re-launch this weekend, with a twist; this year’s offerings leave the traditional idea of a ‘book’ musical on the back burner to explore new forms of music theatre

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THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES

New York Times

Audiences Gasp at Violence; Actors Must Survive It
No one was more disturbed by “Blasted” than its director, Sarah Benson, and the three cast members, yet they have found inventive ways to cope with the nightly torture sessions.

Time Out New York

Diary of a madman
The British film giant takes us behind the scenes at his Off Broadway debut, Mindgame.

Hartford Courant

Rizzo: Play Reading Series Starts At Hartford Stage
Quiara Alegría Hudes' play for "Brand:NEW," Hartford Stage's annual festival of play readings, is not so new

Associated Press

Central Park's 'Hair' Opens on B'way in March
The Public Theater's Central Park production of ''Hair'' is going indoors -- Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Reuters / Hollywood Reporter

Vote for "La Guardia"
Having previously essayed the role in "Hizzoner" and a revival of the musical "Fiorello!" Tony Lo Bianco again portrays the legendary New York City mayor in "La Guardia."

Bloomberg.com

Male Dominance in New York Theaters Gives Women Playwrights Rallying Point
Let's call this drama: Many Women Playwrights in Search of a Stage. Because if you write plays and have the wrong chromosomes, you're in for a lot of frustration in New York.

Variety

'Dance Revolution' goes legit
Comedy to run Off Off Broadway Dec. 3 - 20

Playbill

* Jersey Boys Celebrates Third Anniversary on Broadway Nov. 6
* Mellon Foundation Gives Playwrights Horizons a Record-Breaking Programming Grant of $2 Million

TheaterMania

Feature: The Game is On!
Academy Award winner Keith Carradine takes TheaterMania behind the scenes at the new Off-Broadway thriller Mindgame.

Peter Filichia's Diary: Let's Hear It for the Boys
At the end of the documentary included in the new The Boys in the Band DVD, there’s an “In Memoriam” montage, commemorating six actors: Frederick Combs (Donald; 1935-1992), Leonard Frey (Harold; 1938-1988), ...

* Full Cast, Creative Team Announced for LAByrinth's Philip Roth in Khartoum

BroadwayWorld

* Disney Theatrical Launches 'Virtual Backstage' Online Resource

Time Out Chicago

Amy Morton
Steppenwolf’s Tony-nominated star touches base.

Whatsonstage.com

Extensions: Jersey Boys, Dreamcoat, Brook Fat Pig
Two West End musicals – this year's Tony Award-winning Broadway import Jersey Boys and the TV-cast revival of Joseph and the Amazing Te...

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