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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
'Dreamgirls' Tour Will Have Apollo Theater Premiere
The 2009 national tour of "Dreamgirls" will have its premiere at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
amNY New York City Theater
Mark Adamo Makes NYCO Proposal
New York Magazine Vulture Blog
Cedric the Entertainer Brings Product Placement to Broadway, Promotes Underage Drinking
New York Daily News
New play examines relationship between Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire
The New Yorker
Land of Lost Souls
David Rabe's America
Playbill
* Dreamgirls National Tour to Premiere at Apollo Theater in 2009
TheaterMania
* Dreamgirls National Tour to Launch at NYC's Apollo in November 2009
* Mark Morris to Stage Gotham Chamber Opera's L'Isola Disabitata
Talkin' Broadway
Interview with Alma Cuervo of 'Road Show'
Parabasis
Apparently, The Powers That Be Don't Listen To Me
How else to explain that Under The Radar will contain yet another f*ing production of Woyzeck. This one from South Korea, featuring the music of Astor Piazzolla ....
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Rikki Beadle-Blair: Theatre that's Fit for purpose: tackling homophobia
Using theatre to change the attitude of teenage bullies
MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
AmericanTheaterWeb
Best of Times, Worst of Times? - A posting at Footlight.com
As New Sondheim Bows Off-Broadway, Older, Unheard Sondheim Comes to Disc
"Story So Far," Evening Primose", "I've Gotta Get Back to New York"
Review - Mary the Third – Trying to Find a Perfect Love
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
He's a Scream: Sam Kinison Gets a Biopic
Dan Fogler will play the comedian Sam Kinison in a biographical film for HBO
Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog
Catwoman’s `Journey,’ `Angry’ keeps going
Playbill
* Lynn Redgrave to Star in Paper Mill's Earnest
TheaterMania
* Breuer, Crouch, Joseph, Maleczech, Watts, et al. Set for 2009 Under the Radar Festival
Broadway.com
First Person: Anna Camp on baring all with Daniel Radcliffe in Equus
The Clyde Fitch Report
Is It the Best of Times or Worst of Times? Ask the Pearl Theatre Company
NOONTIME ADDITIONS
ny1
NY1 Theater Review: "American Buffalo"
Back Stage
William Parry: Sondheim Stalwart
While some actors' biggest thrill is a showcase song or a scene-stealing turn, Broadway veteran William Parry, a regular presence in Stephen Sondheim's musicals, has relished opportunities to grapple with big questions.
A New Day
When theatres change artistic leaders, actors sometimes feel the ground beneath them is a bit shaky. In the San Francisco Bay Area over the past two years, five major regional theatres have undergone staff changes.
Playbill
* Abraham, Brown and Rolle to Star in Pearl Theatre Company's Nathan the Wise
* Dinklage, Hecht, Keenan-Bolger and Yaegash Will Be Part of Let Me Put it This Way
* "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" to Feature O'Donnell, Connick, Jr. and More
TheaterMania
* Deborah Gibson to Join Spencer Day, Phantom Cast for One Night Only Benefit
Whatsonstage.com
Hairspray & Kenneth Branagh Scoop Variety Awards
London Theatre Guide
Mumsnet sends kids to Hairspray
musical Hairspray has teamed up with family website Mumsnet.com to offer free children’s tickets for Monday night performances from 5 January.
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
New York Magazine Vulture Blog
If Matthew Weiner Doesn’t Come Back, Bryan Batt Will Sing ‘Les Miz’
Seth Rogen Is Really Into Porno
....Fat Man and a Little Coke: Rotund long-haired actor Dan Fogler will play rotund long-haired comic Sam Kinison in HBO's biopic of the foul-mouthed funnyman, ...
Theatre in Chicago
The Bowery Boys to Make World Premiere at the Marriott Theatre
The Bowery Boys, a new musical, will make its highly anticipated world premiere at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive; previewing December 10th, opening December 17th, and running through February 15th.
Playbill
* A New Boy Will Head to London's Trafalgar Studios in March 2009
* New Cast Announced for Canadian Production of Jersey Boys
TheaterMania
Berlin's Back on Broadway!
Stephen Bogardus, Kerry O'Malley, Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, and Walter Bobbie give a sneak peek at the new Broadway musical Irving Berlin's White Christmas.
* Canonico, Daniel, Hunton, Pritchard, et al. Set for Want the Change
An Angry White Guy in Chicago
In the Economic Maelstrom, the Gypsy is King
What About the DCA Theater Program?
The Globe and Mail - Theatre
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Ajesh Patalay: What Barack's Campaign Can Teach the West End
Theatres would do well to pay attention to how politicians are starting to use the web
The Stage UK
Hairspray scoops top musical at Variety Club Showbiz Awards
West End show Hairspray has been named the top musical theatre production of the year at the 56th annual Variety Club Showbiz Awards.
Whatsonstage.com - Blogs
Michael Coveney: Cohen for a song, and is Boris Godunov?
I’m increasingly drawn to the songs of ancient troubadors who can’t really sing all that well these days, and I had Leonard Cohen placed third in my personal line behind Tom Waites and Randy Newman.
London Theatre Guide
Bush gives breaking up a festive twist
The Bush theatre’s collected tales of relationship endings, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, returns to the West London venue next month with a new seasonal slant
THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES
AmericanTheaterWeb
Digest - American Buffalo revival opens on B'way - read the reviews
* Review - American Buffalo - Small-Time Theft Played Small
New York Times
Kathleen Turner Is Cast Off Broadway
Ms. Turner has joined the cast of the Off Broadway play “The Third Story” by Charles Busch.
Associated Press
Lansbury and Company Set for 'Blithe Spirit'
Casting is nearly complete for the Broadway revival of Noel Coward's ''Blithe Spirit,'' which will bring Angela Lansbury back to Broadway and will also star Christine Ebersole, Jayne Atkinson, Simon Jones and Rupert Everett.
Bloomberg.com
Sondheim's `Road Show' Gets Boost From Housing Bust After Long Gestation
In ``Road Show,'' the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical opening tonight at New York's Public Theater, the character Wilson Mizner takes to the radio to promote real estate in 1920s Boca Raton, Florida.
USA Today
Christopher Plummer gets wordy, naughty and nice 'In Spite of Myself'
Variety
Stage-to-screen scores pose challenges
Composers use restraint with 'Doubt,' 'Frost/Nixon'
About Last Night
TT: Eavesdropping on Tom Stoppard with Gwen Orel
Tom Stoppard, who might just be the greatest living English-language playwright, is in Manhattan on business, and made a couple of public appearances last week. Alas, I was unavoidably elsewhere, but my friend Gwen Orel, ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Youngest audience members learn golden rules of theater
The theater-goers were fidgeting and talking over each other before the curtain went up. One even let out a primal cry before running through the aisles.
Miami Herald
Carbonell Awards for theater take intermission
Coming up on the 33rd annual ceremony, the Carbonell Awards board votes to suspend the program in 2009 to regroup.
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
WFMT to broadcast Steppenwolf Studs Terkel tribute
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