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New York Times

Actor, Playwright and a Theater Group’s Revivalist
Geoffrey Nauffts’s still-young tenure as artistic director of the theater company Naked Angels has brought new programs, renewed dedication to play development and the surprise success of “Next Fall.”

Newsday

Linda Winer: Anne Hathaway adds her star power to 'Twelfth Night'

Village Voice La Daily Musto Blog

Touching Tribute To Natasha Richardson
I was at the amfAR "Honoring With Pride" gala at the Edison Ballroom last night, and in between the wild acceptance speeches (like Lady Bunny's zanily potty-mouthed one) and the wacky auction (where P...

Time Out New York Upstaged Blog

Check this out: Morgan Library goes into stacks, pulls out set designs
The Morgan Library puts set design in the spotlight

Wall Street Journal

Clap and Be Damned
Theater critic Terry Teachout on the art of applause.

Variety

The French warm to musicals
'Mozart' epitomizes this relatively new trend

BackStage

Back From the Brink
Let's review the list, shall we? There's Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, Va., and Foothills Theatre in Worcester, Mass.

TheaterMania

* Harlem Repertory Theatre to Present The Wiz, Flahooley, Yip Harburg Festival
* Nick Blaemire, Gina Milo, Michael-Leon Wooley to Lead Cast of Casa Mañana's Little Shop of Horrors

Playbill

* PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 6-12: Neil and Nielsen
* Swit, Miller, O'Bryan and Blanchard Cast in TUTS 42nd Street
* Tony Winner LuPone to Bring Her Gypsy to Atlantic City
* Rent Star Pascal Wants to Put Operation: Mindcrime, the Musical, on Broadway

Washington Post

Book World: Two Biographies of Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee
The Entertaining Life Of Gypsy Rose Lee in 2 Revealing Portraits

Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog

What summer lull?
It has been a long, long time since South Florida theaters went into summer hibernation. There are plenty of shows to choose from this weekend, including Fuerza Bruta, Celia and Summer Shorts at the ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Old St. Louis troupe plans new shows
“Tomfoolery,” the musical revue that artistic director Steve Woolf once said could run forever at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, will open the West End Players’ 98th season in September.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Great Lakes Theater Festival lays off leading man Andrew May
He's not exactly LeBron James. But Cleveland is in peril of losing another star after next season.

Houston Chronicle

Cabaret gets fresh new look [@ TUTS]

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster

LA Arts Town Hall 2009: D.C. keynote speaker debriefs
More than 500 artists, art leaders, city and county government representatives and potential arts funders convened today at the Japanese American Cultural Community Center for the 2009 LA Arts Town Hall.

Orange County Register

'Octomom! The Musical' a step closer to reality

San Francisco Chronicle

YBCA in 2010
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to launch new season with a summer festival.

San Jose Mercury News

Q&A with Theatreworks' new director of new works
Having cut her teeth at theatrical hotspots from the Humana to New York's National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Meredith McDonough is champing at the bit to raise the profile of New Works '09 as a breeding ground for new plays. Sponsored by Microsoft, the fest runs July 15-Aug. 23.

The Times UK

McGough's Moliere makeover
Roger McGough explains his new take on the sharp 17th-century satires of Molière

Financial Times

Antony Sher at the National Theatre
An exhibition of paintings marks the actor's 60th birthday and reveals some tormented moments in his life. He talks to William Leith about apartheid, cocaine and the gay scene in the 70s

Alive and tweeting
Dissemination is the keynote of culture in the 21st century and British theatres have been quick to seize on the spread of a new medium, writes Peter Aspden

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