3/26/09 [updated 2:14PM EST]
By Andy Propst on Mar 26, 2009 | In Days Top News
MID-AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
Star-Ledger Entertainment
A chance to hear new voices at the Crossroads
"Fly," by Trey Ellis, above, and Crossroads founder Ricardo Khan, is one of four plays presented by the Crossroads Theatre Company this weekend The Genesis Festival. Where: Crossroads Theatre Company, 7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. When: 8 p.m. Friday and...
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
The TONY Seminar: Hamlet (part two)
More cocktail chatter about Hamlet
Playbill
* Human Race, Center Theatre Group and Goodspeed Musicals Receive NAMT Grants
TheaterMania
* Petronia Paley to Direct Kernel of Sanity for New Federal Theatre
* John Doyle, Olympia Dukakis, Manoel Felciano, and More Set for ACT's 2009-2010 Season
* Insurgo Theater Announces Insect Play Cast and Creative Team
* Steppenwolf Announces Line-Up for First Look Repertory of New Work 2009
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
Mutiny in the ranks at Chicago's American Theater Company
DC Theatre Scene
Caryl Churchill’s controversial play staged this weekend
Theater J and Forum Theatre have joined together for a free reading of Caryl Churchill’s controversial 10 minute play Seven Jewish Children and two response plays, Deb Margolin’s Seven Palestinian Children and The Eighth Child by Robbie Gingras. Each of these brief plays will be followed by discussion periods. The program is estimated to run ...
Austinist
Austin Script Works' Time Steps: Sarah Saltwick [interview]
BBB-Blogger
* EXIT THE KING’S SUSAN SARANDON AND GEOFFREY RUSH FEATURED ON THE VIEW
diacritical
Will Obama's Tax Changes Hurt the Arts?
Vastine Stabler makes a case that changing the tax code to reduce the the top rate of deduction for charitable giving from 35% to 28% will have an enormous impact on giving to the arts: ...
The Hub Review
Hmmm. Caryl Churchill: Gaza's Shakespeare, or Fetid Jew-Baiter? Jeffrey Goldberg wants to know!
One of the most embarrassing cultural posts I've ever read on a blog is up now on the Atlantic site. It's the dim-witted Jeffrey Goldberg's crazed pummeling of Ari Roth, the Artistic Director of Theatre J down in Washington D.C., ...
Modern Fabulousity
Stage Addiction: Inside the Preview of "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" With U2's Bono and The Edge
The Wicked Stage
Hunka Bait
Anthony Lane on the letters of Samuel Beckett. Among the pleasures of the piece for me is the reminder that, as entertaining as AL can be on the subject of film, he is that much more incisive and substantive on literature. I'm especially grateful for such (previously unknown to me) Beckettisms as "eyedew," "daymare," and the punny title Whoroscope, but also for Lane's sobering, magisterial conclusion:
NOONTIME ADDITIONS
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
Bring Your Cell Phone to the Opera, Please
A coming production of Mozart's "Così fan tutte" will ask audience members to vote at intermission for which characters should be married in the opera's final scene.
Playbill
* Arizona Theatre Company Nabs Regional Debut of [title of show] for 2009-2010 Season
* Abraham, O'Malley and Davi Join Line-Up for Broadway Musicals of 1931
TheaterMania
* Nick Blaemire, Phoebe Strole, et al. Set for The Time Travelers Convention
BroadwayWorld.com
Toxic Avenger Blog: PREVIEW WEEK #2: MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED!
Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog
'Rat-Race' takes a theatrical look at theme-park types
Eric Paul Jakobsen has put together a show that ought to interest a lot of locals -- especially the ones who spend most of their days at certain entertainment centers on either side of Interstate 4. (Given the title, I'm...
Austinist
Austin Script Works' Time Steps: Katherine Catmull [interview]
Between Productions
Popdose: Inside the Warner Archive
Once again at the forefront of the market, Warner Bros. is opening its library with an innovative DVD-on-demand initiative. I've placed my first order, including the rarity pictured. I can only hope other studios will follow suit; you're not going to grow the market with Blu-Rays of the same old hits and additional standard DVD editions of Revenge of the Nerds.
The Mirror up to Nature
Buy Outs at the Globe
Dan Kennedy of Media Nation and Adam Reilly of the Phoenix have been laser focused on what is happening at the Boston Globe right now.
Ryan J. Davis Blogs
White Noise Casting
Back in September 2006, I conceived and directed White Noise, a musical at The New York Musical Theatre Festival. It was an exciting production and I got to work with many of my friends, including Joe Drymala who wrote the book and bulk of the score.
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Carrie Dunn: West End girl: Spring fever at the Novello
Plus, Ray Quinn skates into the lead of Grease, Theatreland gets into the swing of the 60s and Wicked has a reshuffle
MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
Village Voice Runnin' Scared Blog
Ronald Tavel, 1941-2009
The sad news arrived late Wednesday afternoon of the passing of playwright, novelist and screenwriter Ron Tavel, one of the formative figures of the off-off Broadway movement in the 1960s and 70s. He was equally significant in cinema for his contributions -- as conceiver, writer, and occasionally ...
Playbill
* Jay Kingwill, Longtime General Manager, Dies at 68
* Batt on a Hot Tin Roof to Benefit New Orleans Theatre
* 82nd Annual Academy Awards to Be Presented in March 2010
TheaterMania
* Kevin Anderson to Star in Victory Gardens' A Guide for the Perplexed
Theatre is Territory
Theatre manifesto blogging for dummies
There’s nothing like a prescriptive list to ignite the passion of the blogs. This week, the blogs have been having their way with theatre manifestos:
The Stage UK
Wilson to star in RSC's Twelfth Night
One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson is to star as Malvolio in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s revival of Twelfth Night this winter.
New York Times
Two Livent Executives Are Convicted of Fraud
Garth H. Drabinsky, who served as the chief executive of the defunct Broadway production firm Livent, and his business partner Myron I. Gottlieb were convicted of forgery and defrauding shareholders.
amNY New York City Theater
Theater Interview with Jim Norton on "Finian's Rainbow"
New York Post
'Desire' on the stage
Brian Dennehy has long been a familiar presence in film and TV as the sort of gruff authority figure you don't want to mess with. But...
Let them eat cake
Hunky actor turns into 'Philanthropist'
Dolly good show!
Seems nearly every Broadway show this season has a Tony winner on board. But only one has a Dolly. We speak, of course, of Dolly Parton
Cindy Adams: Gloria Estefan gets ready for Conn show
Pacino to play King Lear in a $50 mil film. Also in it, Anthony Hopkins. Playing his daughters will be Gwyneth, Keira and Naomi ...
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
Does This Show Still Feel "Lucky?"
"Lucky Guy," a show that has been in development (and even produced) over the years will get a new make-over in a workshop production at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester this spring.
Back Stage - Blog Stage
David Sheward: Angela Lansbury--Lead or Featured Actress?
Theatre award season in New York is almost upon us. We still have a month of openings on and Off-Broadway, but soon we'll be inundated with prizes, nominations, and press conferences. The Lortels, Obies, Drama Desks, Outer Critics, Drama Leagues, and of course the Tonys are just around the corner
TicketNews
More productions help Broadway ticket sales increase over last week
Playbill
* SHELF LIFE: Books by Chenoweth, Suskin, Plummer, Laurents, and About Irving, Terry, Kander & Ebb
TheaterMania
* Harvey Fierstein to Host 2009 Drama Desk Awards
* Larry Bryggman to Star in New Group's Groundswell
* Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker to Announce Outer Critics Circle Nominations April 20
Broadway.com
Backstory: The second coming (on Broadway) of August Wilson's Joe Turner
Interview: Oh Sherrie! Amy Spanger on her sexy new role in Rock of Ages
Live Design Online
Clint Ramos Costume Design Sketches
To help create a character or tell a story through his designs, Ramos notes: “It is always starts with an emotional response and then the response becomes a fact finding mission (like a detective story). It's different every time
off-stage right
Board retention in good and bad times
One thing I have been thinking about a lot in the recent weeks and keep meaning to write about is board member retention during these difficult economic times. The Wall Street Journal article below was a kick in the stomach reminder that we need to be focusing some significant attention on our boards. In times this dire, it is essential to keep key stakeholders engaged. With the pressing economic concerns for both the organizations and the individual board members, a delicate balance must be maintained between being honest about situations and being overly negative or pessimistic.
Encore Michigan
Ron Raines and Leslie Uggams to star in MOT's A Little Night Music
Michigan Opera Theatre announced March 25 further casting for the 2009-10 Opera Season, which includes Guiding Light soap opera star Ron Raines and Stormy Weather songstress Leslie Uggams in A Little Night Music.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Guthrie Theater to trim budget by nearly $4 million
Among cost-saving measures, director Joe Dowling plans to take a 10 percent pay cut
Edge Chicago
About Face reaches beyond the stage to support LGBTQ youth
About Face Theatre prides itself in offering community initiative opportunities for LGBTQ youth that make up more than half of the non-profit services they provide, but is facing a financial crunch. The company hopes to raise $300,000 by month’s end.
L.A. Weekly
Song and Angst: The Rise (and Fall?) of the New, Dark L.A. Musical
“Dark times engender dark works — not just in musical theater but in all art”
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog
Michael Sargent: a playwright makes good in the lobby
Does Los Angeles, forgetful capital of youth-chasing ephemera, deserve a playwright as doggedly dedicated as Michael Sargent?
The Stage UK
James Bulger play to be given UK premiere at Arcola
Monsters, a Swedish play based on the real-life killing of the young child James Bulger, is to receive its UK premiere at the Arcola Theatre this May.
London Theatre Guide
La Clique unveils tantalising new treats
The ever-changing desert trolley of cabaret delights that is London show La Clique will feature two new delicacies from tomorrow night, Le Gateau Chocolat and Carl-Einar Häckner.
Daily Telegraph
Secrets of the War Horse puppeteer
Christopher Middleton meets a proud puppeteer.
The Guardian
This is my life
What's it like to watch an actor play you on stage? Very odd, says William Sutcliffe
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