Archives for: February 2009, 07
2/7/09 [updated 6:15PM EST]
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EVENING ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Leguizamo Will Offer a Work in Progress at the Barrow Street
TheaterMania
* Wicked's Aaron Tveit to Join TV's Gossip Girl
The Clyde Fitch Report
THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES
AmericanTheaterWeb
Digest - Ferrell opens 'You're Welcome America' on Broadway - read the reviews [updated 2/7/09]
Digest - Encores!' Music in the Air - read the reviews [updated 2/7/09, 7:10AM]
Associated Press
Film, TV Actor James Whitmore Dies of Lung Cancer
James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday, his son said. He was 87.
Obama and his family take in a Friday night dance performance at Kennedy Center
New York Times
At 70, a Legendary Jazz Label Asks, ‘Now What?’
Now part of a larger corporate entity, Blue Note has entered a pivotal moment in its history.
Where a Comedy Turned to Tragedy
Abraham Lincoln’s last theater box, at Ford’s Theater in Washington, will be part of a new museum that is opening next week after 18 months of renovation.
Reuters/Billboard
After Broadway "Awakening", Sheik offers "Whisper"
Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik is breathing just fine these days, thank you.
Newsday
Linda Winer: So classic, so chic
Why do Hollywood stars want to tackle Broadway classics?
TDF Backstage
Role Play
Playwright Itamar Moses looks behind the curtain of contemporary romance in “Love/Stories.”
Variety
Alliance Theater receives $1 million
Money will be doled out over four years
Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog
Piano Bar, The Movie!
Last Call is a documentary about the dying art of piano bars, focusing a lot on Marie's Crisis, the basement West Village haunt where the sun will always come out "Tomorrow." Director Christopher Ashley...
TheaterMania
* Goodman to Premiere Naomi Iizuka's Ghostwritten
BroadwayWorld.com
* Ralph Fiennes to Make Film Directorial Debut with 'Coriolanus'
Normally don't do reviews on front page, but as this may be Broadway-bound, reviews of 'Memphis' in Seattle:
* Theater review Promising "Memphis" musical needs a bit of tuning (Seattle Times)
* 'Memphis' truly rocks 5th Avenue (Seatle Post-Intelligencer)
Dallas Morning News Arts Blog
Decca record label shutting down?
That's what classical-music doomsayer Norman Lebrecht says on his blog, La Scena Musicale (www.scena.org. If so, that will be the end of one of classical music's most distinguished imprints, ...
Orange County Register The Arts Blog
Recession leads to cancellations at Carpenter Center
Diavolo Dance Theatre’s Feb. 17-18 appearance at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center has been cancelled. The Long Beach venue also scratched “A Kid’s Life!” on March 8. A Carpenter Center press release cited “current economic circumstances as well as our need to carefully manage expenses.”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Cultural Trust warily cuts jobs, programs
Despite ending 2008 with a budget surplus, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is cutting its budget, reducing programs and eliminating 16 full-time jobs.
Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe
New Season Announced for St. Stephen’s, Hampstead After 30 Year Closure
Next month brings the reopening of St. Stephen’s, Hampstead, which has lain dormant since 1977. The 2009 season features three productions presented by Antic Disposition—a theatre company started in 2005 by Ben Horslen and John Risebero, who act as co-directors for the upcoming season. Kicking off the venue’s revival is the ...
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