Archives for: March 2009, 03
3/3/09 [updated 2:03PM EST]
By Andy Propst on Mar 3, 2009 | In Days Top News
MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
N.E.A. Releases Guidelines for Groups Seeking Stimulus Funds
The National Endowment for the Arts announced guidelines for arts groups seeking grants from the $50 million apportioned to the agency in the economic stimulus bill
Back Stage - Blog Stage
The NEA's Stimulating Guidelines
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
David Cote: Met Opera fans boo Zimmerman
Last night: Booing at the Met's La Sonnambula!
Playbill
* Urban Stages to Offer Free Readings of Bulrusher, Roses in December and The Sweepers
TheaterMania
* Kristy Cates, Michael Kadin Craig, John Treacy Egan and More to Sing Music of Bobby Cronin
The Stage UK
Street performers needed to enliven London's St Katharine Docks
Street entertainers are to be allowed to perform on a privately-owned stretch of London Docklands for the first time, after its owners announced plans to award busking permits in a bid to revitalise the area.
NOONTIME ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Curtains, With Corti, Fortunato, Scrofano, to Make Regional Debut March 19 in Chicago
* Buckley Will Welcome Campbell and McGillin at March 7 By Request Shows
TheaterMania
* Jeremy Irons and Cynthia Nixon to Co-Host Drama League Luncheon
Daily Telegraph
National Theatre faces further action over 'racist' play
The National Theatre has been warned it faces further protests from anti-racism campaigners if it continues to show a controversial play about immigration.
Whatsonstage.com
WOS Backs So Jest End Comedy at New Players
After sell-out dates at the Jermyn Street and Leicester Square Theatres last year, the musical comedy show SO JEST END returns for three nights only – 23, 24 and 25 April 2009 - at the New Players Theatre at Charing Cross. Whatsonstage.com ha...
MID-MORNING UPDATES
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
'Sleepless in Seattle' May Awaken on Broadway in 2010
The Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan romance that doesn't involve its leading man leaping into a volcano or a product placement for AOL is planned for a Broadway adaptation.
USA Today
'33 Variations' puts Fonda onstage after 46 years
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
"Tom Sawyer" to Come to Hartford Stage?
"The Big Read" turned out to be a Big Win for Hartford Stage.
Playbill
* Tony Administration Committee to Assemble in April
* New Musical Obama On My Mind Begins U.K. Run March 3
TheaterMania
* Tyne Daly, Jason Danieley, Darius De Haas, and More Set for New York Festival of Song Gala
* Woody Allen Film, Whatever Works, to Open TriBeCa Film Festival
The Guardian
What could British theatre learn from Berlin?
German audiences revere UK playwrights such as Mark Ravenhill and Sarah Kane – and the city's vibrant theatre scene has much to teach us
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Carrie Dunn: Novel ideas for musicals
A new show, Austentatious, goes behind the scenes of a stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Which other books should get the song-and-dance treatment?
The Stage UK - Blogs
Mark Shenton: Critical snipings…
It is always interesting when the subject of theatre reviews leaves the reviews pages themselves and turn up as part of a larger dialogue elsewhere. I see it as part of the job of this blog to monitor as...
Whatsonstage.com
La Clique Extends, More Leicester Square Cabaret
International burlesque cabaret La Clique has extended its limited season at the London Hippodrome by another eight weeks to 14 June 2009, although the historic Leicester Square venue that it calls home is still under threat o...
AmericanTheaterWeb
Digest - New Vic Offers Henry V - read the reviews
Digest - Tales of an Urban Indian opens at the Public - read the reviews
UPDATED Digest: Guys and Dolls
UPDATED Digest: Our Town
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
Despite Reviews, Producers Say 'Guys and Dolls' Can Do
After the Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls" opened on Sunday night to widespread negative reviews, the producers held discussions today about the show's future and decided to keep it running.
Reuters
"In the Heights" writer-star inks with DreamWorks
Bloomberg.com
Gandolfini Dukes It Out With Uppity Parents in Reza's `God of Carnage'
“If I can’t make the audience forget Tony Soprano after five minutes, I’m not doing my job,” James Gandolfini said about his new Broadway role as the wealthy businessman Michael Vallon in Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage.”
Variety
'West Side Story' a Broadway smash
Revival grosses top dollar at previews
Broadway adds more Robin Williams
'Self-Destruction' sold out in under 10 minutes
Playbill
* Flamingo Court to Resume Performances at New World Stages in April; Cast Announced
TheaterMania
Five Minutes with Jane Fonda
The star of the new play 33 Variations joins director Moises Kaufman for a revealing interview about her return to Broadway, her relationship with daughter Vanessa, and memories of her dad, Henry Fonda.
New York Magazine
A Double Life
How John Cullum manages to be in two Broadway plays at once.
Bergen Record
The dawning of another age of 'Hair'
Providence Journal
Shakespeare will open Gamm Theater’s new season
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Shakespeare in park canceled
Citing funding difficulties, Georgia Shakespeare is canceling its Shake at the Lake production, scheduled for May 7-11 at Piedmont Park. The theater hopes to bring back the popular event next year.
Chicago Tribune
Cirque du Soleil's reported new show will start in Chicago
Theatre Jones
Use the Force, Loop
"One Man Star Wars Trilogy" lights up WaterTower's annual Out of the Loop Festival
San Jose Mercury News AEI Blog
Capcom Announces Second Phoenix Wright Musical
I thought this seemed like a good first story to post after spending four days on a jury in Walnut Creek. (He was guilty.) Capcom has announced a second musical based on Phoenix Wright: Ace...
The Times UK
Jason Donovan takes on Priscilla
Jason Donovan will star in Priscilla Queen of the Desert; the Musical, in the West End, once he's learnt the steps
The Guardian
We're no cosy cabal
If a critic writes a play, do his colleagues tend to give it an easy ride? Not a chance, says Michael Billington
The Stage UK
Abbey and Druid theatres triumph at Irish Times Theatre Awards
Honours have been evenly shared in this year's Irish Times Theatre Awards, with Dublin's Abbey Theatre and the Galway-based Druid Theatre each winning three categories.
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