Archives for: March 2009, 11
3/11/09 [updated 11:27PM EST]
By Andy Propst on Mar 11, 2009 | In Days Top News
NIGHTTIME ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Alliance of New York Resident Theatres to Hold Intern Fair March 21
* PHOTO CALL: Toxic Avenger Cast Records Album
* NY State Will Not Tax Broadway Tickets, After All
TheaterMania
* Ruined Extends at Manhattan Theatre Club Through April 19
* Hamish Linklater to Star in The Projectionist at Kirk Douglas Theatre
* Colin Hanlon, Matt Sax, Phoebe Strole, and More to Perform at Ars Nova
Broadway.com
* Ta’Rea Campbell is The Lion King's New Nala
* The Cast of Broadway's Hair Gets Naked for TONY
* Casting Set for Knives and Other Sharp Objects at the Public
MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
Cote: Q&A: Neil LaBute on la beauty
Neil LaBute on his new Broadway play.
nypress
Cell Block Tango
Music and ‘serious fun’ on hand at Chelsea’s hip new performance space
Playbill
* Ryan Silverman Will Be Phantom's Raoul on Broadway
* Ogunquit Playhouse Season to Feature Guys and Dolls Staged By Zaks Assistant Beckler
* Dario Fo Estate Pulls Rights to VA Run of Accidental Death of an Anarchist
TheaterMania
* God of Carnage Cancels March 11 Matinee; James Gandolfini on Vocal Rest
Broadway.com
Feature: Wicked alum Adam Lambert wows the judges on week one of Idol
BroadwayWorld.com
* Ars Nova Announces Their Eclectic Spring/Summer Lineup
The Guardian
From the 'Chandos' to the 'Pork Butcher' - the many portraits of Shakespeare
Gallery: Artists have depicted Shakespeare with auburn curls, rosy cheeks, a goatee and a little gold earring. Which portrait can we trust?
The Stage UK
Toyer posts early closing notices at the Arts
Toyer has become the latest production to post early closing notices at London's Arts Theatre and will now end its run three weeks early on March 21.
NOONTIME ADDITIONS
Associated Press
Never a Plain Jane - Fonda Makes Broadway Return
To meet Jane Fonda these days means first getting past her 8-pound fluffy gatekeeper.
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
Broadway + bars = what we love about spring
Broadway stars in our favorite bars.
Playbill
* Miranda, Carnelia and White Announced for Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project
TheaterMania
* Public Theater and LAByrinth Announce Cast for Knives and Other Sharp Objects
* Diversionary Theatre Announces Cast for New Harvey Milk Tribute Play
* Urban Stages to Present The Hey-Ya Brothers
Broadway.com
Backstory: How Hair's nude hippies changed Broadway musicals forever
Huffington Post
Mark Bazer: "Xanadu" Star Elizabeth Stanley Meets "The Interview Show"
Parabasis
That's Live Theatre For You
Last night I went to go see The Civilians This Beautiful City, about Colorado Springs and the impact of the Evangelical Christian movement there. For those of you who haven't seen the show (or read the reviews), while the Civilians were down there researching the show, the whole Ted Haggard debacle happened.
The Producer's Perspective
"Recession? What Recession," says movie biz. What says Broadway?
All those Wall St. folk that thought they were playing it safe by going into investment banking instead of movie-making are shaking their heads this week after Variety reported a 13% increase in Box Office grosses for '09 versus the same period in '08.
The Rob Kozlowski Chicago Theater and Vintage Film Medicine Show
Bernie Holicky: Enemy of Theater
The Eugene O'Neill Festival ended this past weekend, and I am feeling the symptoms of O'Neill withdrawal, or at least what I interpret to be symptoms of O'Neill withdrawal: dryness of the mouth, difficulty sleeping, the urge to apply for jobs on steamer ships. It's been an extraordinary eight weeks at the Goodman Theatre and ...
Theatre Ideas
The Wal-Marting of the American Theatre
In Chapter 2 of The World Is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman's celebration of the global economy, he lists as "Flattener #7" what he calls "supply-chaining." He writes:
The Guardian
What to say about ... Jane Fonda on Broadway
Bluff your verdict on the star's turn in 33 Variations – without visiting the Great White Way
The Stage UK
Playwrights shortlisted for Brian Way Award
London's Theatre Centre has announced the shortlisted playwrights for this year's Brian Way Award.
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
Playbill
* Dreamgirls Tour Will Bow at Apollo Theater Nov. 7
* DiPietro's Gay Take on La Ronde Extends Again at London's King's Head
* Naked Boys Singing to Play Provincetown in Summer 2009
* Jazz Age, with "Brothers and Sisters" Star Macfarlane, Extends Run a Week
* TUTS Season to Include Tours of Grease, South Pacific and Little House on the Prairie
TheaterMania
* Jim Jones' Hip Hop Monologues to Play 37 Arts
* Cast Set for Lydia at the Mark Taper Forum
Whatsonstage.com
Roger Allam & Philip Quast Lead La Cage from May
Roger Allam (pictured) - who won a 2002 Best Actor Olivier for dragging up as Captain Terri Dennis in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Peter Nichols’ play with music Privates on Parade - will pull on a dress and break into song anew in May when he tak...
London Theatre Guide
The Big Interview: Gareth Gates
Pop star turned musical theatre performer Gareth Gates, who recently replaced Lee Mead in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, shares his new passion with Matthew Amer.
AmericanTheaterWeb
Digest - Humor Abuse opens at MTC - read the reviews
* Review: Life With Father, a Clown
UPDATED DIGEST: 33 Variations
Louisville Courier Journal
Theater pioneer Dann Byck Jr. dies
Broadway and film producer Dann Conrad Byck Jr., who left the family retail business to pursue his love of theater, died yesterday at the Louisville home of his daughter, Amy Byck. He was 72
New York Times
Broadway Holds On, for Now
There is a clear fact amid the uncertainty about the near-term future of the Broadway economy: Audiences have not given up on the theater, and producers haven’t either.
New York Post
Riedel: Bad first 'Impressionism'
Cuts force opening to be delayed
New York Daily News
This medium has a message for Broadway
I'm sitting in the bar at Sardi's with a woman who just might know all my secrets. That woman is Paula Roberts, also known as the English Psychic, who has been working as a clairvoyant in New York for...
Karen Olivo stands out in 'West Side Story'
Going from a leading role in the Tony-winning musical "In the Heights" to a supporting part in the new revival of "West Side Story," as the iconic Anita, w...
ny1
NY1 Theater Preview: "Rooms", "The Toxic Avenger"
Time Out New York
Marin Ireland
The downtowner glams up Broadway in reasons to be pretty.
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
Feldman: Pastor tense: Ted Haggard visits This Beautiful City
Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard attends a play about his fall from grace.
TheaterMania
Making for the Exit
Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Andrea Martin, and William Sadler discuss their roles in the Broadway revival of Eugene Ionesco's Exit the King
Peter Filichia's Diary: The Wordplay's the Thing
I don’t speak or understand Spanish, so some of the new West Side Story’s dialogue and lyrics will be lost on me. Of course, I’ll know what every Puerto Rican character will mean when each speaks or sings, for I know the Laurents-Bernstein-Sondheim show cold. But I hope one of you bilingual people will be kind enough to tell me if Lin-Manuel Miranda’s translation keeps a certain piece of Sondheim’s wordplay.
Createquity.
Around the horn: March madness edition
->Cool story about Lower Manhattan arts organizations banding together to improve their joint situation, to the point of actually sharing audience and financial figures with each other. Well done, and hope it yields results.
Washington Post
Backstage: Woolly Mammoth Theatre's 2009-10 Season: A Focus on Timeliness
As Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company heads into its 30th-anniversary season, Artistic Director Howard Shalwitz says he wants to shake things up with an eye to the future, not a nostalgic look back.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Puppetry center hails Pinocchio, who hits 70
Chicago Tribune
Court Theatre announces 2009-10 lineup
Decider Chicago
A musical spring
Decider takes a look at the upcoming, somewhat cheery, and musical-heavy theater season.
Encore Michigan
* Performance Network announces Fireside Festival of New Works
San Jose Mercury News
'Kite Runner' comes home: San Jose Rep lands world debut of stage adaptation
For the author, this is a homecoming for the story that catapulted him out of obscurity. The 44-year-old author, whose wrenching tale of boyhood camaraderie, betrayal and atonement is rooted in his own memories of Kabul, still makes his home in San Jose.
The Stage UK
Exclusive: Udderbelly cow to make its London debut this summer
Udderbelly, the 400-seat, giant upside-down purple cow that has been a popular feature of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2006, is to make its London debut this summer when it will play host to a new arts festival on the South Bank.
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: Theatre's corporate bond
This week, bloggers have been questioning whether a motivational lecture for Ernst and Young belongs in a fringe festival
The Independent
The V&A's new Theatre Galleries: An encore for lost treasures
As the museum prepares to raise the curtain on its new galleries next week, Charlotte Cripps gets a sneak preview of the star turns waiting in the wings
London Theatre Guide
National Theatre hosts Scofield memorial
The life and works of one of the West End’s greatest stars, Paul Scofield, is to be celebrated with a memorial service at St Margaret’s Church and the National Theatre on 19 March, exactly one year after his death.
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