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Associated Press

Actress to Return to Raleigh for Shakespeare Play
Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter in ''The Wrestler,'' is returning to her theatrical roots.

Variety

'Spider-Man' swings to Broadway
The first official announcement of the "Spider-Man" musical has confirmed a February 2010 opening at Broadway's Hilton Theater -- although at this point, one of the only bits of news revealed about the much-discussed tuner is the fact that the show has a subtitle.

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

'Next to Normal' Switches Theaters Before Its Broadway Run
The coming Broadway transfer of "Next to Normal" is moving from the Longacre Theater to the Booth, where its producers said they hope to create a more intimate feel.

TDF Backstage

USNAVI 2.0
Javier Muñoz, who put the “study” in “understudy,” moves on up “In the Heights.”

Time Out New York Upstaged Blog

Adam Feldman: Casting Call: The Wiz
We nominate Anika Noni Rose to star in The Wiz.

Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog

Pass Me the Tums, Part 1
Most theaters across America are reporting they are reconfiguring expenses for the year with actions ranging from reduction or freeze in salaries, cutbacks in travel, implementing ticket discounting and staff cutbacks, a new study reports.

Orange County Register The Arts Blog

Details emerge about ‘Spider-Man’ Broadway show

Playbill

* Fulton Theatre in PA Will Say Hello to Dolly!, Phantom, Cat, Miss Daisy and More
* Mark Jackson Directs Miss Julie for Berkeley's Aurora Troupe

TheaterMania

* Public Theater to Offer Free Tuition for its Summer Shakespeare Lab

Broadway.com

First Person: Joey McKneely plays it cool with West Side Story's iconic moves

Photos: Wicked hosts starry Defying Inequality benefit celebrating tolerance

Stage Banter: The Arena Stage Blog

American Theatre Magazine features "33 Variations"

The Hub Review

Do MFA programs actually hurt the theatre?
Provocateur Mike Daisey thinks so, and has set off a small Internet rumpus with his initial post on the subject here. A theatre professor (Tom Loughlin of "A Poor Player") responded here and here. The Guardian weighed in here. Daisey snapped back here, where he likens MFA training to ...

Whatsonstage.com

Bristol Hires NT's Tom Morris to Restore Old Vic
National Theatre associate director Tom Morris has been appointed as the next artistic director of the troubled Bristol Old Vic as it gears up to full reopening over the next year. In the post, which has been vacant since May 2007 when Simon Reade ...

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MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

Broadway's 'Spider-Man' Spins a Theater and Start Date
The new musical "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," with music and lyrics by U2's Bono and the Edge, and directed by Julie Taymor, will start previews next January at the Hilton Theater.

House Bill Would Increase Funding for Arts and Humanities
An omnibus bill introduced on Monday by the House Appropriations Committee includes a $10 million increase for the National Endowment for the Arts and for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

'The Wiz' Eases Onto Encores! Schedule
New York City Center announced that it would stage a revival of "The Wiz" as its Encores! Summer Stars production.

amNY New York City Theater

* Encores to Present The Wiz This Summer
* Spider-Man Musical to Play Broadway in Jan 2010

Back Stage - Blog Stage

Spider-Man Musical Gets Title and Opening Date
Following our news last week that more auditions for the upcoming Spider-Man Broadway musical will be held soon in NYC -- and that the musical's rehearsal and performance dates had been delayed -- the Onion A.V. Club offers some more info about the big-budget superhero musical today.

Playbill

* Next to Normal Will Now Play the Booth Theatre
* Evan Rachel Wood Set for Romeo and Juliet at Theatre In the Park
* Encores! Summer Stars to Present The Wiz

TheaterMania

* Next to Normal to Now Play Broadway's Booth Theatre
* Rondi Reed to Be Broadway Wicked's New Madame Morrible
* Polly Bergen, Jeff McCarthy, Lynne Wintersteller, Tony Yazbeck, and More Set for American Musicals Project
* Jill Eickenberry and Michael Tucker to Be Featured in San Francisco Selected Shorts
* Woolly Mammoth Announces Cast and Creative Team for Robert O'Hara's Antebellum

The Critical Condition

Spider Man: The Musical (really)

Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals

The Most Underrated Musical -- Spring 2009

The Playgoer

Department of "You're Not Helping"
First we had the well-intentioned nonprofit version of a clueless "yay-arts!" campaign from Americans for the Arts. Now meet the slick and supposedly hipper Broadway media blitz. Financial emergency version.

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