Archives for: March 2009, 13
3/13/09 [updated 3:12PM EST]
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MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
'Little House' Is on the Move
The new musical "Little House on the Prairie," based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, will run for five weeks at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J.
Back Stage
Stop Horsing Around!
Lorenzo Pisoni never had to run away to join the circus; he was born into it.
ny1
Producer Turns To Ad Company To Create Some Pre-Show Buzz
Fox New York
Cynthia Nixon on being 'Distracted'
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
Latessa, DeVito to "Naples"?
While I was in Boston at the Huntington Theatre Company the other day seeing "Two Men of Florence" with Edward Hermann and Jay O. Sanders, I heard that Tony Award-winner Dick Latessa (Broadway's "Hairspray") and Lucy DeVito (daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman) will be featured in the premiere of David Grimm's new comedy, "Miracle at Naples." "Naples" plays April 3 to May 9.
Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog
Playing to the crowd
Most theater has a target audience, broad as that group may be. Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables is doing its terrific current production of Les Misérables for folks who love Broadway megamusicals. The Gables' intimate New Theatre ...
Playbill
* Louise Pitre Will Be Rose in Ontario Gypsy Concert, Part of Talk Is Free Theatre Season
* NYC's Garden of Earthly Delights Will Wilt March 29
Broadway.com
* Broadway.com Premieres Music Video for Next to Normal's 'Superboy and the Invisible Girl'
Huffington Post
City Of Verona To Offer Weddings At House Of Juliet
Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe
Off West End Announcements - 13 March 2009
Here's a round-up of announcements at Off-West End Theatres this week: King’s Head Joe Di Pietro’s critically acclaimed Fucking Men returns from 19 March – 6 June following its recent sold-out extended run. The comedy about sexual manners is directed by Phil Wilmott and features a cast including Morgan ...
EARLY AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
Back Stage
The Firebrand of Florence (In Concert) reviewed by Andy Propst
Is there an ember of viability glimmering in The Firebrand of Florence, the 1945 musical cum operetta by composer Kurt Weill, lyricist Ira Gershwin, and book writer Edwin Justus Mayer?
Playbill
* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, March 7-13: The Play Engine
* Paper Mill Season to Include Little House, On the Town, Lost in Yonkers and More
* Cripple Is Atlantic's Biggest Hit; Irish Staging Preserved in Lincoln Center Archive
* Duncan Sheik Concert to Be Broadcast on Radio March 16
* Little House Tour to Feature Gilbert, Blanchard and Lindsay
TheaterMania
The Art of Impressionism
Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Marsha Mason, Michael T. Weiss, Aaron Lazar, and Andre De Shields discuss their reasons for appearing in Michael Jacobs' new Broadway play.
* Austin Pendleton and Kristina Valada-Viars to Star in World Premiere of Romulus Linney's Love Drunk
* Ping Chong's Inside/Out to Play the Times Center
* Novelist and Playwright James Purdy Dies
* Kevin T. Collins, Meghann Dreyfuss, Maxx Mann to Head Cast of BRUNCH - The Musical
* The Ontological Theater Announces Line-Up for Incubator Series
BroadwayWorld
* Toxic Avenger Blog: TECH DAY 3: DAVID SPEAKS!
Off-Off Blogway
9 Questions for Caden Manson (Big Art Group)
Big Art Group's newest show, SOS, opens new week (March 19th) at The Kitchen. We sent over some questions for Caden Manson and he was kind enough to send us his answers!
Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog
* Can church save plans for the performing-arts center?
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
amNY New York City Theater
HBO Preview of You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush
Playbill
* NYC Our Town Tickets On Sale to Sept. 27
* Return Engagement of Loaded to Play LGBT Center March 26-April 2
TheaterMania
* Neil Stuke to Star in Menier Chocoalte Factory's Rookery Nook
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Almeida's When The Rain Stops Falling
* Philadelphia Theatre Company to Collaborate With Second City; Premiere Terrence McNally's Golden Age
The Artful Manager
Is a conservatory a professional school?
The Chicago Tribune tells us that, in this time of economic uncertainty and job-market transformation, there's one area of higher education that's booming more than others:
On Theatre and Politics
$25,000
Last week, there was a linking and commenting jumble about "What ____ would do if they ran the NEA." .... Here's something a little more concrete: How would you use a grant for $25,000 that had to be used for your own artistic output or enhancement ( i.e. not rent, food, clothes, etc)?
Whatsonstage.com
Goodman & Stevenson Transfer Duet to West End
Olivier Award winners Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman (pictured) will reprise their performances in Tom Kempinsk’s Duet for One, which, following its run at the Almeida Theatre and a re...
THE DAY'S FIRST TOP STORIES
New York Post
Riedel: Big bucks to bash Bush
Top price for tickets as Ferrell ends run
Cindy Adams: Nothing but the tooth in theater
Matthew Broderick & 'The Philanthropist'
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
'Don't Dress for Dinner' appears Broadway bound; 'Million Dollar Quartet' nearly set for London
Two very successful Chicago productions appear set for export. "Don't Dress for Dinner" is on the verge of announcing a Broadway run during the 2009-10 season (producer Robyn Goodman is actively involved) and "Million Dollar Quartet" has ignited a lot...
Time Out Chicago Blog
Jack Goes Boating, avoids press
Thunder & Lightning Ensemble opens its production of Bob Glaudini’s comedy Jack Goes Boating tonight, the play’s Chicago premiere. If you happen to go see it, won’t you tell me how it was? Because I’m not allowed to tell you.
Reuters
New Yorkers shown despair of Baghdad in new play
Back Stage
Shulman's Way
Michael Shulman is frequently cast as a young innocent, but he didn't start his new production company, Starry Night, to combat typecasting by creating roles for himself.
TheaterMania
Peter Filichia's Diary: The Good Old Bad Old Days
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day. So are the Ides of March. And every 11 years, we have them both in the same month, separated only by the 14th.
The Villager
Stockard Channing: Life in renewal
As a thousand theatergoers came pouring out of Broadway’s Studio 54 at the end of a Saturday matinee of “Pal Joey” a couple of weeks ago, one homebound customer — a woman of manifest means and breeding — said it all. “Wonderful!” she exclaimed to the world at large. “What an intelligent performance!”
Edge New York
Lypsinka and Charles Busch bring new life to "Legends!"
It’s taken more than twenty years for "Legends!" to make it to New York, but this Monday night it finally lands in Times Square in a benefit reading that stars Lypsinka, Charles Busch and Whoopi Goldberg. EDGE spoke to the two drag divas -- Lypsinka and Busch -- about the reading.
the nytheatre i
A Brand New Theatre Company Opens Its Doors
Apple Core Theatre Company joins the ranks of NYC's indie theatre community this month. Co-founders Allison Taylor and Walter Hoffman launch their troupe with a double bill of plays by James McLure and Steven Gridley called
Boston Globe
Troupe looks at the world through puppetry, dance
"Wonderboy" will be performed by the Joe Goode Performance Group in collaboration with puppet designer Basil Twist at Northeastern's Blackman Theatre
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philanthropist Leonore Annenberg dies
For more than half a century, she was at the center of Philadelphia's social, cultural, and philanthropic affairs
Creative Loafing Culture Surfing Blog
KING to rule Theatrical Outfit’s 2009-2010 season
A world premiere musical about the life of Martin Luther King promises to be a highlight of Theatrical Outfit's 2009-2010 season.
San Francisco Chronicle
An Alternate World
In writer-director Dorothy Adams' new play, "Lead," lesbians rule a world in which all children are born female and men (or "dawgs") are created in a lab.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New Village Theatre musical celebrates the original 'Stunt Girl' journalist, Nellie Bly
Village Theatre premieres a musical about journalist/entrepreneur Nellie Bly.
The Stage UK - Blogs
Mark Shenton: Critical colleagues on the other side of the footlights….
Nicholas de Jongh’s current appearance on the marquee of a West End theatre with his play Plague Over England was, I wrote here a few weeks ago, the first time a member of the Critics’ Circle had a play...
Daily Telegraph
Margaret Tyzack champions older actresses
In language that is hardly becoming, Margaret Tyzack, the Olivier award-winning actress, has condemned the ageism that she feels is blighting the career of women in her profession.
The Guardian
Welcome to the tweet seats: Twitter at the theatre
It's all the rage, but should we be tweeting during a performance? Ruth Jamieson thinks so – just along as you play by the rules. That means no spoilers and don't call it tweatre
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Elisabeth Mahoney: For Godot's sake: McKellen and Stewart get smug on the Today programme
James Naughtie's cosy chat with the Godot cast certainly wasn't worth the wait. It was a new low for the show's arts coverage
Whatsonstage.com
Actors White up for Soyinka's Horseman at National
After recent protests surrounding the premiere of Richard Bean’s England People Very Nice, the National Theatre may soon be courting more racially-oriented controversy with the next play in i...
London Theatre Guide
London theatres explore Origins
Soho theatre and Riverside Studios are to host four plays about the experience of the indigenous cultures of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US in a festival entitled Origins, which runs from 4 to 17 May.
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