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MID-DAY ADDITIONS
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
Jeremy Piven Arrives for Grievance Hearing
Stern-faced and silent, the actor Jeremy Piven entered the Actors' Equity building at 11:15 a.m. today for the grievance hearing over his sudden departure from the Broadway revival of "Speed-the-Plow."
Your Questions About Broadway Answered
Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik, authors of the newly revised "Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time," answered readers' questions about all things Broadway, from the successes and failures of its past to the proprietors of its future.
Bloomberg.com
Monroe, Gorilla, Streep, Brando Offer Cue for Job Interviews: Act the Part Actors have ways of dealing with angst: Roar like a lion, play a song in your head, imagine eating chocolate or carry a comforting prop.
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
To Kill a Commission
We wonder what will go through Gov. Mi.Jodi Rell's mind when she takes in the opening Friday night of Hartford Stage's production of "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog
Playbill
* Marshall, Lopez and Trujillo Join NYMF Next Link Panel
* Pascal Returns to Cast of Touring Rent Production Feb. 26
* Anderson, Bevan, Dennison, Packard, Parker to Populate Winesburg Musical in KC
TheaterMania
* Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, James Carpinello, and Rufus Wainwright Set for Rock-It Science Festival
* Brian Kerwin, Laura Odeh, and More Set for Irish Rep Reading of Rosemary
* Rebecca Naomi Jones to Join Cast of This Beautiful City at the Vineyard Theatre
HuffingtonPost
Liz Smith Says Goodbye, Trashes New York Post
Fox Renews "The Simpsons," Setting TV Record
[hey - some of them have done theater]
The Playgoer
Obama's Best Arts Policy, Leading by Example?
The Producer's Perspective
Advice from an Expert Vol. 7: She sold her show on MySpace. Here's how you can to.
At a New Producer's Panel of The Broadway League last night, the topic was social networking and just what it could do for shows already running and those still trying to get out of the starting blocks.
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Lyn Gardner: A golden age of British experimental theatre
With the ongoing success of the Spill festival, LIFT and BITE, experimental theatre in England is close to getting the recognition it deserves
Howard Jacobson: Why Jacqueline Rose is not right
Caryl Churchill's play is not just bad art, but part of a toxic discourse that masquerades Jew-hatred as denunciation of Israel
Andrew Haydon: Why the new Gaza plays are all wrong
Two new shows aim to address the conflict in Gaza – but, worryingly, without putting it in context
* Read Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children
Whatsonstage.com - Blogs
Michael Billington: A Pinter pause for thought
The great comedian Max Miller used to sign off with, “There’ll never be another”. I feel much the same way about the person whose death dominated the news at Christmas – Harold Pinter. Of all the millions of words written and spoken in tribute to Pinter, one phrase haunts me....
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Dancing at Lughnasa Begins Limited Run at the Old Vic Feb. 26
* Norton, Baldwin and Jackson Cast in Encores! Finian's Rainbow
TheaterMania
A Killer Performance
Zombie star and author Bill Connington reveals what it's like to play a serial killer.
* Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Cancels World Premiere of iSondheim
The Clyde Fitch Report
Would Broadway Allow Photo Taking in the Name of Viral Marketing?
Amanda Ameer's fun blog Life's a Pitch had an interesting post yesterday that is all about what us old-school fogies would call courtesy and decorum at public performances. ...
HuffingtonPost
Brad, Angelina And The Oldest Four See "The Little Mermaid"
The Stage UK
EastEnders actress Wendy Richard dies, aged 65
Whatsonstage.com
Gossip: Sister Act Nuns on the Run for Charity???
London already plays host to an annual 'gorilla run' in aid of conservation, and a host of 'santa runs' every Christmas, but now there's a new kid on the wacky charity run block. The producers of the new Sister Act musical, which opens at the Palla...
THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES
Time Out New York
Dinner theater
Conni’s Avant-Garde Restaurant serves up delish dishes—and theater.
Hot Seat: Lauren Graham
The truth comes out—she doesn’t actually like belly buttons.
Variety
Moss gathers Blackburn Prize
Chloe Moss has picked up the 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play "This Wide Night."
amNY New York City Theater
Slumdog Millionaire Could be Headed for Broadway
Bloomberg.com
Madoff Losses May Slow N.Y. City Center's Shrunken $300 Million Renovation
In December 2005, New York City Center theater hatched a roughly $300 million renovation plan, after soliciting ideas from the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation and other resident companies.
New York Times
Mayor Plans to Close Parts of Broadway to Traffic
The city plans to close several blocks of Broadway to vehicle traffic through Times Square and Herald Square, an experiment that would turn swaths of the Great White Way into pedestrian malls and continue Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s effort to reduce traffic congestion in Midtown.
New York Daily News
Louvinia G. Pointer, star and educator, 92
Louvinia G. Pointer, a Crown Heights, Brooklyn, resident who followed success on Broadway with a long career as a choir director and music educator in New York City schools, has died. ...
TheaterMania
* Scotland the Brave to Perform at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall
Broadway.com
Video: What's new off-Broadway: David Cromer's stripped-down Our Town
Gawker
Jeremy Piven's Partying To Be Held Against Him In Court
Baltimore Sun
New theater group plots surprises
9 Imaginary Cows thinks Baltimore is ready for nontraditional plays
Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog
The Caldwell reveals its new season (maybe)
Though the folks at Boca Raton's Caldwell Theatre Company are busy prepping for Friday's official opening of Michael McKeever's new play Dangerous (and, checking out the show's poster, who can blame them for staying focused on this world premiere riff on Les Liaison Dangereuses?), the company's February/March newsletter lifts the lid on what may be its 2009-2010 season lineup
Treasure Coast Palm
‘Fateful trip’ weighs anchor at Sunrise as ‘Gilligan’s Island’ musical arrives
Associated Press
Festival Considers O'Neill in the 21st Century
For someone who was written off as passe long before he died in 1953, Eugene O'Neill still has an uncanny ability to grab headlines and spark debate among theater critics.
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
About Face Theatre in serious trouble
Time Out Chicago
Heather Woodbury
The performance artist comes to Steppenwolf Tuesday 3.
Chicagoist
Chicago Versus Broadway Part 2
The Rob Kozlowski Chicago Theater and Vintage Film Medicine Show
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company's 2009-2010 Season
Storefront Rebellion
Goodman's Robert Falls calls critic Kelly Kleiman
Los Angeles Times
Barbra Streisand credits a sign from above for 'Yentl'
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog
Newport Beach high school to stage 'Rent' after all
L.A. Weekly
Behind the Talents of Stormy Weather and Bridezilla Strikes Back!
Touched by Oprah: The divine ascents of Cynthia Silver and Linda Twine
Stage Raw: Economic Downturn Hits CTG
The Independent
What new webs theatre will weave
Is it a play? No. Is it a film? Uh-uh. Is it an opera? No way. It's Spider-Man: the Musical, coming to a movie-house on Broadway in February next year, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge from U2.
Whatsonstage.com
Simon Gray Celebration, Galas for 39 & Bedella
The late Simon Gray’s contribution to drama and literature will be celebrated next month with an evening of performances, readings and other tributes. A West End Celebration of Simon Gray takes place at the Comedy Theatre on Sunday 15 March 200...
Feature: Steven Berkoff On … The Waterfront & the Working Man
Steven Berkoff has directed the stage adaptation of the 1954 Oscar-winning film On the Waterfront, which is now transferred to the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket, where Berkoff has also joined the cast as psychopathic mobster Johnny Friendly opposite Simon Merrells as Terry Malloy...
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: Why separate best actors and actresses?
This week, theatre bloggers have been debating whether acting awards should really be divided on gender lines. Plus, the countdown to World Theatre Day begins
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