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David Cote: Photo of the Day
We don’t see a lot of theatricalized William Faulkner, but when we do, it’s usually by experimental groups. Last year, Elevator Repair Service did a ravishing verbatim interpretation of the first part of The Sound and the Fury; in 2004, the Brick’s Michael Gardner engineered an unforgettable four-hour version of As I Lay Dying in...

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* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 7-13: All for One
* New LaChanze CD, "Love LaChanze," Due Valentine's Day; Song List Announced
* "Listen" Will Be Part of Dreamgirls National Tour; Tickets Go On Sale Feb. 20

TheaterMania

* Dean Peerman, Sara Sevigny, and More Set for Solid Gold Cadillac

HuffingtonPost

Agnes Gund, David Lang and Nell Breyer: Put Art Works Back in Stimulus Plan
This week the Senate approved an amendment to the economic stimulus package that strips funds for jobs in arts and culture from the House bill. The Coburn amendment is a grave mistake. Our country's history illustrates why.

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What Makes A Great PR Manager?
In the first of a series of posts about public relations for the performing arts a couple of weeks ago, I laid out a set of guidelines for writers of press releases. Today, I'd like to devote my attention to discussing what makes an effective performing arts public relations manager from the perspective of an arts journalist.

The Producer's Perspective

Theater things that don't make sense: Vol. 7. Is Birdie A "Classic"?
Next season, Broadway will see the very first revival of the hip swiveling hit, Bye, Bye, Birdie (or Grease-lite, as I like to call it).

Daily Telegraph

Andrea Corr in Dancing at Lughnasa: 'forget everything you've ever heard about me'
Director Anna Mackmin and cast members Niamh Cusack and Andrea Corr talk to Dominic Cavendish about enduring appeal of Dancing at Lughnasa, which opens at the Old Vic this month.

 

MID-MORNING ADDITIONS

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* Woodard, Noonan, Puritz, Sayre, Franklin and More Cast in Cabaret Girl
* Seldes, Baker, Jones and Mays to Populate Williamstown's 2009 Summer Season

TheaterMania

* Andrea McArdle to Perform Benefit for Westport's Music Theatre
* Malcom Gets, Allison Janney, Cyndi Lauper, and More Join Starry Defying Inequality Benefit

The Artful Manager

Of art and innovation
I've grown a bit weary of our lofty but vague advocacy of the arts. In our rhetoric and our strategy, we've become interchangeable with any other industry in search of public money, favorable legislation, or civic priority. Which is why I particularly like the specifics and evidence of this article on artistic endeavor and scientific innovation.

Scrappy Jack's World-Wide Theatricals and Dime Museum

scrappy jack wants you
We're kicking off a membership drive for the League of Independent Theater, the advocacy group for 99 seat theaters and the artists who love them.

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THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES

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Digest - Uncle Vanya opens - read the reviews
* Review: There Are Moments to Savor in This Uneven Chekhov

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

3 'Billy Elliot' Actors Eligible for Joint Tony Nomination
A Tony Awards committee took the unusual step of ruling that the three teenagers who rotate in the title role would be considered jointly for a single nomination for leading actor in a musical.

Reuters

Despite bombs, "Chicago" shines in Pakistan
Braving a spate of bombings targeting the arts, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly are shimmying on stage in a Pakistani production of "Chicago," a rare foray into Broadway-style theater in this conservative Muslim nation.

Bloomberg.com

Arts Ban in $789 Billion Stimulus Is Stupid Economics: James S. Russell
A few saplings are sprouting above the rusting hulk of the High Line, an abandoned, elevated railway that once rolled meat to the butchers on the West Side of Manhattan.

Variety

Williamstown fest unveils lineup
Slate includes 'True West,' Baker comedy

Epic season at Center Theater
Kicks off June 23 with 'Lupone'

Drabinsky must pay investors
Court denies duo permission to appeal

Chicago Tribune

Shirley Jean Rickert, 1926-2009: Blond 'Our Gang' actress

Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

American Theater Company nixes 'Yeast Nation,' adds 'Hedwig'

House Theatre cancels spring show

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Busting out all over
With seven new shows opening Friday night alone, this is the busiest theater weekend of 2009. For you early adapters who don't wait around for reviews or word-of-mouth, here are short recaps of what's where and who's who.

San Francisco Chronicle

The Peanut Gallery
A stage version of "MST3K," called "Cinematic Titanic," hits the S.F. stage.

Los Angeles Times

Ahmanson announces its 2009-10 season
Michael Ritchie, artistic director of Center Theatre Group, sounded just a little like Minsky -- the scrappy burlesque show impresario of the Ahmanson Theatre's Broadway-bound musical "Minsky's" -- on Thursday when he described the 2009-10 Ahmanson season as "a hit a minute."

California is last in arts funding — as usual
When it comes to funding for state arts agencies, California remains not-so-proudly ensconced in its customary slot — dead last — according to a report from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

Arts funding: a cliffhanger in Washington
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine last night -- Ernest Lawrence Thayer's hometown ball club in "Casey at the Bat" being Culture Monster's fanciful metaphor for the arts advocates and...

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Hussain Ismail: Why the National Theatre's new play is racist and offensive
Though it's billed as a comedy, Richard Bean's England People Very Nice didn't make me laugh. It just made me angry

The Stage UK

Quadrophenia takes to the stage in six-month national tour
Pete Townshend's famous rock opera Quadrophenia, which was turned into a film in 1979, is being brought to the stage for the first time for a six-month tour of the UK.

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