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New York Times

Far From the Spotlight, a Brewing Fight Over Theatrical Rights
A long-simmering debate in theater circles has intensified: Do nonprofits deserve a substantial cut of an author’s future royalties for producing a new play?

Associated Press

'Spamalot' Moves Up Its Broadway Closing
Some Broadway shows can't wait to say goodbye.

Hollywood Actors Guild to Seek Strike
The Screen Actors Guild says contract talks with Hollywood studios has failed despite the help of a federal mediator and it will now ask its members to authorize a strike.

Variety

'White Christmas' hits Broadway
Producers are dreaming of "White Christmas" becoming a New York perennial.

Broadway may freeze U.K. imports
Economy could disrupt influx of productions

Wall Street Journal

The Ghosts of 'Studio One'
A new six-disc anthology offers a glimpse into the early days of television.

Hartford Courant

Finding Discounted Theater Tickets

Providence Journal

Broadway backers want less risk, more thrills during economic downturn
At the new, high-tech TKTS booth in Manhattan’s Father Duffy Square recently, flashing red LEDs were hawking half-price orchestra seats for Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera and 22 other Broadway shows.
[this seems to be a bloomberg.com piece from the first of the month that I never came across]

Chicago Tribune

'Terror Texts': Musical at Iowa Christian college depicts frightening Bible stories
[Associated Press story]

Time Out Chicago Blog

What’s our theater saturation point?
Earlier this week, New York theater writer Garrett Eisler, who blogs at The Playgoer (and is an occasional contributor to Time Out New York), asked if NYC has too many subscription-reliant theater companies. What’s the number that Eisler thought might be beyond the pale? ...

Encore Michigan

Performance Network Theatre presents marriage equality panel Nov. 23

Los Angeles Times

Stephen Daldry juggles stage, screen efforts
How the director worked on the movie 'The Reader' while readying 'Billy Elliot' ...

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