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Associated Press

Veteran Actor Pat Hingle Dies at 84 in NC Home
Pat Hingle, a veteran actor whose career included a recurring role as Commissioner Gordon in several Batman movies in the 1990s, has died after battling blood cancer. He was 84.
[Here are his Broadway credits courtesy of ibdb]

Gothamist

Broadway Darkens, But Off Broadway Lights Up This Month

amNY New York City Theater

Katie Holmes, Christian Borle are Finding Neverland

TheaterMania

* Student Prince Star Edmund Purdom Dies at 84

nytheatre.com

Special Report on this week's festivals

Whatsonstage.com - Blogs

Michael Coveney: Your Country Needs You…You Who?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Christmas card this year broke with his tradition of sending a beautiful reproduction of one of his own Pre-Raphaelite paintings to provide a chummy photo of his recent interview with President Putin.

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New York Times

Doesn’t Speak Norwegian. Does Speak Ibsen.
Christopher Shinn has adapted one of Ibsen’s most popular works, “Hedda Gabler,” for a new production starring Mary-Louise Parker.

Big Finales, All Together Now: A Month of Broadway Closings
More than a dozen plays and musicals — almost half of the current lineup — will close by the end of the month.

A Protégé Honors His Mentor’s Legacy
To commemorate the composer and Great Neck resident Elie Siegmeister on what would have been his 100th birthday, a former student heads a celebration.
[I'll be reviewing a disc from Original Cast Records celebrating Siegmeister this week here on ATW]

Hartford Courant

Hartford Stage Inherits 'Estate'
It ends its Broadway run today, but the Lincoln Center Theater production of Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate" will find a new home at Hartford Stage.

TheaterMania

Rent is due again!
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Lexi Lawson, Gwen Stewart, and Michael McElroy help give a sneak peek at the new national tour of Rent.

* Basil Twist, Kneehigh Theatre, et al. Set for 2009 Spoleto Festival

Chicago Tribune

In battle of stage vs. screen, the play wins

Chicago Sun-Times

Astaire biographer's gotta write
As a young man at the University of Chicago still shaping his world view, Evanston author Joseph Epstein knew he was more interested in the world of writing than in the realm of the coin...

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Spotlight: "Chautauqua!"
Theater spotlight: Walker's monthlong Out There series opens

Denver Post

In hard times, theater companies facing an uncertain future

Seattle Times

Paramount, Moore theaters unveil new services
The Paramount and The Moore Theatre have launched some new features: a new Web site, 24-hour ticket kiosks and a new ticketing system through Tickets.com.

The Observer

'Horribly funny ... stroppy ... touching ... troubled but coping'
The hotlist 2009: Jessica Raine, actor

Mother superior
Kate Kellaway meets Viola Davis who, as the courageous mum in Doubt, eclipses even Meryl Streep

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