Archives for: March 2009, 28
3/28/09
By Andy Propst on Mar 28, 2009 | In Days Top News
AmericanTheaterWeb
ATW Digest - Finian's Rainbow at City Center's Encores! - read the reviews
New York Times
Harsh Economy Takes Toll on New York State Summer Arts Program
A 40-year-old, state-subsidized program that offers training in the arts may have to cut its budget by as much as half because of the drop-off in real estate transactions.
Footnotes
“Zombie,” Bill Connington’s one-man play adapted from the novel by the Joyce Carol Oates, has extended its run at the Studio Theater on Theater Row ...
Bloomberg.com
Churchill's Bitter, Brief Gaza Play Inspires Mushy Polemics: Commentary
I expected to be greeted with placards and protests Wednesday night at the first New York reading of “Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.”
Star-Ledger Entertainment
In the ultimate Jersey musical, a corrupt politician with a taste for 'Toxic' sludge
Playbill
* Florida Stage Has Horovitz, Laufer, Demos-Brown, Lewis and New Musical Dr. Radio in 2009-10
* Laurie Metcalf to Headline Voice Lessons in Hollywood
TheaterMania
* Patrick Page to Play Title Role in Old Globe's Cyrano de Bergerac
* Chita Rivera to Receive Actors Fund Lifetime Achievement Award; Dick Van Dyke to Host Tony Awards Benefit in LA
Broadway.com
Interview: Tony winner John Glover feels lucky to play a slave in Waiting for Godot
Miami Herald
Miami developer flies stranded actors back to N.Y.
A group of out-of-town actors -- stranded in a rented Wilton Manors house after their theatrical production was canceled this week -- received a helping hand from Miami real estate developer and arts patron Tony Goldman on Friday
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ticket sales outperform weak economy
Despite a weak economy, many performing arts organizations' ticket sales are meeting and exceeding expectations as familiar shows and strong programming make for special events in the city.
Orlando Sentinel
Winter Park Playhouse to double in size
Swimming against the tide of arts groups that are shutting down or cutting back, the tiny Winter Park Playhouse plans to double in size.
Chicagoist
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Shakespearean Character?
Cirque du Soleil meets Shakespeare in The Tempest at the Steppenwolf. The Tempest is the company's first Shakespeare show, and instead of taking the obvious route, they teamed up with circus and performing arts school The Actors Gymnasium in Evanston, where some actors had to "learn to fly."
Decider Chicago
Theater in all the wrong places
Where the hell is that damn show? Decider takes a look at Chicago's out-of-the-way, hard-to-find theaters
St. Louis Riverfront Times
Kevin Kline Awards recognition is growing
On a recent trip to New York, Stages St. Louis producer Jack Lane went to see the acclaimed revival of "South Pacific" at Lincoln Center. As he leafed through his program before the show, he saw something that surprised him.
CinStages
Jerry Siegel History of Invulnerability Stage Production -Superman Homepage.com
New play about Superman's co-creator coming to Playhouse in the Park
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog
CityBeat closure silences more critical voices in the arts
The Times UK
Talking to the star of The Fever - Clare Higgins
'The New York Times called it an orgy of self-flagellation? Some people may feel accused, I am expecting some heckling'
Daily Telegraph
Restorers 'wiped away' precious details from rare William Shakespeare portraits
Art work restorers have unwittingly wiped away precious details in a portrait of William Shakespeare.
Ken Stott halts play for schoolchildren
Actor Ken Stott halted a West End performance of his latest play, A View From The Bridge, to demand that a group of rowdy schoolchildren be removed from the audience.
XML Feeds