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Associated Press

Edward Albee Sees a Movie on Opening Night
You won't find Edward Albee in the theater on opening night for one of his plays

Playbill

* Tony Rulings: Estate and American Plan Are New Plays; Slava, Liza and Shaolin Are Theatrical Events
* Loomer's Distracted, With Cynthia Nixon, Gets an Added Week in NYC
* Grease's Osnes to Succeed O'Hara in South Pacific

TheaterMania

* Angela Bassett, Sean Combs, Taye Diggs, Jennifer Hudson, Phylicia Rashad And More Win NAACP Image Awards
* L.A's Ahmanson Theatre Announces 2009-2010 Season
* Tony Awards Rule on Eligibility of Billy Elliot Boys, Liza Minnelli, and More
* Erin Davie to Join Penny Fuller, Mark Jacoby, et al. in WPPAC's A Little Night Music
* 42nd Street Moon Announces High Spirits Cast, Creative Team

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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

amNY New York City Theater

Laura Osnes to Replace Kelli O'Hara?
New online rumors suggest that Laura Osnes, who originated the role of Sandy in the recent Broadway revival of "Grease" after enduring and winning NBC's "You're the One That I Want" reality TV show, will replace Kelli O'Hara in "South Pacific." Earlier speculation suggested that ...

Time Out New York Upstaged Blog

Scriptease: Conversations on Russian Literature
TONY offers some tasty, tantalizing quotes from David Johnston's latest comedy.

DCist

Ford's Theater Reopens After 18-Month Renovation
On Wednesday, the bicentennial of President Lincoln's birthday, Ford's Theater celebrated its grand re-opening after having been closed for a significant renovation and restoration project since June 2007. As Paul Tetreault, the theater’s director, explains in the video below ...

Playbill

* Boone, Lipp, Lawson, Wyatt and More Will Join Myers and Evans in Hello, Dolly! Concert

TheaterMania

* America Ferrera to Lead Cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore February 16 Reading

On Theatre and Politics

Without critics?
Over at Parabasis, Isaac brings up the "death of criticism" issue that certainly has hounded the Critic-O-Meter project. On a similar point, Rob Weinert-Kendt does a run down of the John Lahr Q&A at the New Yorker, where Lahr paints a stark contrast between critics and reviewers.

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MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

Sh-K-Buzz

Website launched for Sutton Foster’s “Wish”

New York Magazine Vulture Blog

Senator Charles Schumer in Hot Water With Local Arts Organizations
Arts organizations were hoping for some help from the economic-stimulus package. But they're being left empty-handed, and they're blaming Senator Schumer. The original version of the package was arts friendly, with the House version containing $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. But when the bill started receiving criticism, the Senate removed the NEA money from its version.

DC Theatre Scene

Interview: Carole Shelley

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

Pinter at home; "The Cook" heats up
Conundrum Stages is taking on the challenge of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming for its next staged reading at 8 p.m. Feb. 20. And appropriately, this reading will take place ata home: The Yellow House at 420 NE 23rd St. in Miami.

Playbill

* Public Extends The Good Negro Through April 19
* Gabriel, Getz and Kanater Join Cast of Parker's Betrayed in Los Angeles

TheaterMania

* James Earl Jones to Narrate Honest Abe at Avery Fisher Hall
* Bill Camp, Charles S. Dutton Set for Yale Rep Productions
* On the Boards to Present Nature Theater of Oklahoma's No Dice

Culturebot

AUDITION for KING LEAR
OBIE Award-winning, internationally touring Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company...

The Mirror up to Nature

What is Protected Anyway?
From an interesting article in the New York Review of Books: ...

The Stage UK

Shakespeare's Globe announces new season
Penny Downie and Ellie Kendrick are to appear in Shakespeare Globe Theatre's 2009 season, entitled Young Hearts.

Daily Telegraph

Hugh Leonard
Pugnacious playwright who led the post-war Irish dramatic revival and relished literary battles

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AmericanTheaterWeb

Anne Hathaway to Star in Public's Summertime Twelfth Night; Akalaitis to Stage The Bacchae

New York Times ArtsBeat

Anne Hathaway to Star in Shakespeare in the Park's 'Twelfth Night'
The other Anne Hathaway -- not the one who was married to the playwright -- will star in Shakespeare in the Park's production of "Twelfth Night."

Associated Press

NYC's Beacon Theatre Ready for Next Performance
Manhattan's historic Beacon Theatre is ready for its next performance.

Connecticut Opera Closes Down, Citing Bad Economy
Officials of the Connecticut Opera say the organization has gone out of business after 67 seasons because of the bad economy.

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog

Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines
-- What art will hang in the White House? Here are some clues.
-- "Anna Nicole Smith, The Opera." Yes, really.

Playbill

* Allen, Malloy, Mizer, Moore and Oliver Given 2009 Jonathan Larson Grants for Musical Writing
* LuPone and Minnelli Will Be Part of 13th Annual Virginia Arts Festival
* Hutchison Completes Cast of Broadway's Exit the King
* BBC America to Air "Any Dream Will Do" Reality Competition and Barrowman's "Making of Me"

TheaterMania

* Playwright Hugh Leonard Dies at 82
* Daniel Breaker, Raul Esparza, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, and More Set for Miscast 2009
* Joe Mantegna, Danny Nucci, Sally Struthers, and More Set for 13 by Shanley in Los Angeles
* Lynda Carter to Perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center in March

Broadway.com

Video: Behind-the-Scenes - V-Day 'Mamma Mia!'

HuffingtonPost

Obama Lincoln Bicentennial Remarks (LIVE VIDEO)

The Mirror up to Nature

Artists are Fine?
The LA Times Culture Monster blog on why some don't see Arts funding as creating jobs: ...

On Theatre and Politics

Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts - Cut?
I attended Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts in 1992. Over the years, the program has inspired countless artists and educators. Now, the proposed budget from Gov. Ed Rendell in PA does not, currently, include the Governor's School program at all.

The Producer's Perspective

2 Things To Do If You Want To Be A Broadway Producer
Recently, as the final question to an interview, I was asked to give one tip to any people watching that wanted to be a Broadway producer. ...

The Stage UK

Joanne Froggatt and Helen Baxendale to star in Radio 4's new take on The Sound of Music
Former Coronation Street actress Joanne Froggatt is to star alongside Helen Baxendale in BBC Radio 4's new take on The Sound of Music, which retells the Rodgers and Hammerstein story through the eyes of Maria's rival, Baroness Schrader.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Mark Fisher: Nudity, talc and twitching pigs? It must be the National Review of Live Art
Take a risk at Glasgow's Arches and you'll find brilliance in the most unlikely places

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AmericanTheaterWeb

Anne Hathaway to Star in Public's Summertime Twelfth Night; Akalaitis to Stage The Bacchae

TheaterMania

Jonathan Larson Grant Recipients Announced

Travel + Leisure

T+L Design Awards 2009
Best Public Space - TKTS Booth