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AFTERNOON ADDITIONS
NewYork Times ArtsBeat
'Irena's Vow' to Close
The play "Irena's Vow" has become the latest production to announce its closing as Broadway polishes off its 2008-2009 season and prepares for a new year.
'Chess' Moves on Public Television
Tim Rice has been playing the "Chess" game for more than 25 years, and the lyricist will go another round as PBS "Great Performances" serves up "Chess in Concert."
Backstage
Signature Style
Just in time for its 20th anniversary, the Signature Theatre of Arlington, Va., received the 2009 Tony for outstanding regional theater.
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
* "The Lion King" to Return to the Bushnell
* "Seafarer"'s Ahlin Cast in TheaterWorks' "American Buffalo"
TheaterMania
* The Wiz to Hold Post-Show Talkbacks
* North Shore Music Theatre to Close
* Liz Diamond, Pam McKinnon, Daniel Sullivan to Direct Works in Primary Stages' 2009-2010 Season
* Mary Donnelly Haskell, Blake Ewing, Stephanie Wall to Star in Light in the Piazza at El Portal
* Sarita Choudhury and Kevin Kilner to Star in Powerhouse's Ninety
Playbill
* Naked Angels Announces Next Fall Talkback Series
* Hess and Siebert Will Join Goldyn and Yazbeck in Maine State's Crazy for You
* Rock Musical bare Will Play Toronto July 17-Aug. 1
* Dominate Yourself!, Boys Upstairs, Flutterbies and Revised Dow Jones Set for FringeNYC
Stage Banter: The Arena Stage Blog
Hip Hopping the Downstairs
Today we make Downstairs history. In about a half hour I'm going to go down to the theatre to watch the first read through of Psalmeyene24's Journey to the Door of No Return: A Hip Hop Odyessy...
Live Arts & Fringe Festival Blog
Jet Set with Pig Iron's Alex Torra
In advance of tonight's Pit Stop with Pig Iron's free at the Arts Bank, Broad and South streets, 7:00 pm, be there!), I met up with Alex Torra, Pig Iron's associate artistic director
What The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative Means to You
The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative announced their 2009-2010 grants today, and I'm proud to report that they'll be supporting a Live Arts show for the 2010 festival! Remember Gatz, a 2007 festival production from Elevator Repair Service? You should, because it was great. PTI has lent its support to ...
Pretty
Check out this earlier application of the type of lighting design you'll see in Chunky Move's Mortal Engine at the Live Arts Festival in September. This is an excerpt from Glow at the Kitchen in New York.
Creative Loafing Culture Surfing
Cleveland Scene
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival reimagines Antony and Cleopatra
Alison Garrigan puts her stamp on Shakespeare, laying a 21st-century concept on Antony and Cleopatra that should resonate on several levels. The original play centers on the relationship between Roman Marc Antony and Egyptian Cleopatra, which is complicated by...
American Mirrors festival at Actors Summit
Actors’ Summit launches a new project tonight: the American Mirrors summer repertory festival, which brings four small shows — three of them one-man portraits of American cultural icons — to two Hudson locations. ..
Dallas Morning News The Arts Blog
That's Broadway: new season - the plays
Ahh, we have bid a fond farewell to the 2008-2009 Broadway season. The 2009-2010 season is at the starting gate, chomping at the bit to get moving.
California Chronicle
3 premieres at [Inside] the Ford
2009-10 SEASON AT [Inside] the Ford: Three new plays from EST-LA, TheSpyAnts and Circle X about love, loss, betrayal... and America. ...
Orange County Register The Arts Blog
Construction resumes on new arts building at UCI
Almost six months ago, California’s budget woes halted construction on a number of projects on local campuses, including UC Irvine’s ambitious New Media Arts Building.
Backstage at The 5th (Seattle)
Buzz in the air - by Mo Brady
I had been looking forward to June 9, 2009 for a long time. Well, about five months actually. I got the call to join the cast of the world premiere of Catch Me If You Can in early January, and the subsequent months have been filled with anticipation, pride, and preparation for our first rehearsal. So, to say the least, it has been thrilling to finally be in the rehearsal room and start working on this show.
The Critical Condition
Guest Critic Casey Cole on the Trouble With Saying “Godot”
Hey everyone! As of today, I am back from Key West. My back is sunburned, my face is tanned, and my spirits are high. It was a fantastic trip.
lies like truth
Playing With Conviction
The chapel at San Quentin State Prison doesn't look like it would make a very effective place to stage a play by Shakespeare -- or any work for the stage outside of the morality play cannon for that matter. The dumpy modern room is equipped with a huge wooden crucifix on the back wall.
Parabasis
A Designer Prepares-- In The Studio
Lighting Designer Lucas Krech has graciously agreed to let readers in on his process in a three part series he's titled "A Designer Prepares". Here's the first part:
Performance Monkey
Happy ever after?
Many theatres search for a stonking family show that will unite the generations, and it is hardly surprising that they frequently turn to classic children's literature.
The Producer's Perspective
Will what has happened to Off-Broadway happen to Broadway?
As I sat in my seat at The Laura Pels, one of the 143 Roundabout theaters, watching the new Off-Broadway musical Tin Pan Alley (directed by my ABz director, Stafford Arima), I started to think once again about the current state of Off-Broadway and more specifically, commercial Off-Broadway.
Travalanche
Stars of Vaudeville #23: Clark and McCullough
Today is Bobby Clark’s birthday (the guy from whom I stole the glasses).
Daily Telegraph
Sandi Toksvig interview for Theatre Live
Reluctant star Sandi Toksvig has come up with Theatre Live a scheme to put live plays on television for the first time since the 1970s.
The Guardian
Why shouldn't older actresses play young characters? Imogen Russell Williams
Great roles are thin on the ground for leading ladies of Helen Mirren's age. If only more of them could swipe the parts played by stars in their salad days
Whatsonstage.com
Gossip: Fantasticks Fetch up in West End at Long Last???
It may be relatively unheard of on this side of the pond, but rumour has it the record-breaking show The Fantasticks will be making its West End premiere this October. Les Miserables may be the “world’s longest-running musical” if...
Gossip: A Tale of Two Cities - Broadway to Brighton????
It may have been one of the “worst of times” when it closed prematurely after only 66 performances on Broadway in November 2008, but producers are hoping to turn Jill Santoriello’s musical version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two Citie...
ACE Invests in Musical Theatre via Perfect Pitch
Perfect Pitch, the showcase for homegrown musicals which has been supported for the past two years by Whatsonstage.com, has been awarded £188,860 by the Arts Council England (ACE) to continue its long-te...
MIDDAY ADDITIONS
Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog
Casting About in Connecticut: "Minnie's Boys"
I was reading Lewis J. Sadlin's rather juicy book "Acting Foolish," which brought to mind the 1970 musical "Minnie's Boys," the show about the early days of the Marx Brothers which launched his career receiving acclaim for his performance as Groucho.
TheaterMania
* NEWS EXCLUSIVE: QUEEN LATIFAH CONSIDERING BROADWAY DEBUT
Playbill
* Candida Sings! Minister's Wife Musical Gets Two Added Weeks in IL
* Film Actress Washington to Join Spader and Thomas in Mamet's Broadway's Race
* Stew's Midsummer Night's Dream Score to Be Preserved on Disc
* Scott Nevins: One Night Stand to Play New World Stages
An Angry White Guy in Chicago
What To Do with the Playwright?
It's All About Boundaries
Live Design Online
Working 9 to 5, Part 2
A continuation of Live Design’s roundtable discussion with the design team for 9 to 5 The Musical.
The Mission Paradox Blog
Expectations
One of the most disappointing experiences I had early in my life as an arts admin was the time I let the financial expectations of a show get blown way out of wack.
Scrappby Jack's World-Wide Theatricals and Dime Museum
health care for artists
Something I learned about last night at the Get LIT gathering, thanks to International Culture Lab:
smArts & Culture
Are you testing your arts marketing email?
Often, when I talk to arts marketers about their patron emails, I find that they don’t regularly test them.
The Guardian
Arts Council spotlights new writing in musical theatre Veronica Lee
It's about time we shook up musical theatre in the UK, and now ACE has provided a grant for new writing talent – let's hope producers and audiences play along
The Stage UK
Mosse inspired by Stage campaign to write play for older women
Labyrinth author Kate Mosse has revealed she was inspired to write her debut play, which focuses on a group of women over 50, after reading about The Stage's ongoing campaign to highlight the lack of opportunities for older female performers.
"Uncomfortable" theatres blamed for deterring West End audiences
Adam Kenwright, managing director of leading marketing and promotions agency AKA, has warned that London's "inconvenient and deeply uncomfortable" older theatres are deterring customers from buying tickets for West End shows.
Theatres Trust's Jason Barnes calls for end to 'black box' venues
Jason Barnes, Theatres Trust trustee and former production manager of the National Theatre's Cottesloe space, has criticised 'black box'-designed venues, claiming they have "absolutely nothing" to offer theatremakers.
Culture minister Follett joins queue of complaints about theatre facilities
Culture minister Barbara Follett has joined the long-running argument about the lack of women's toilets in old theatres, after warning that poor facilities and long queues are marring audiences' theatre-going experiences.
Industry figures angered by producer's London reappearance amid claims of unpaid debts
An American theatre producer has come under fire from a group of leading West End industry figures, who claim he continues to stage work in London despite owing them money from a previous production he was behind.
Whatsonstage.com
Michael Coveney: Doctor Theatre comes to the Unicorn
Possibly the most extraordinary show currently playing in London is For the Best at the Unicorn, a stunning mixture of art work, installation, backstage tour and promenade performance, devised by professionals working with children on dialysis.
New York Times
ArtsBeat: Jonathan Demme to Direct for MCC Theater
Jonathan Demme will make his stage directing debut next year with MCC Theater's production of "Family Week," the darkly comic drama by Beth Henley.
Newsday
Linda Winer: 'Chess in Concert'
Time Out New York Upstaged Blog
Broadway Bares preview video
We offer a peek at this year's Broadway Bares X-travaganza
Bergen Record
Broadway making its mark on Paterson fan
He looks like a lot of things, standing there in the lobby of a bank — a lumberjack, a truck driver and John Kruk among them.
Associated Press
Oh, Rob!!! Dick Van Dyke Memoir Planned
Cue the theme music: Dick Van Dyke is writing a memoir.
Ticket News
* Broadway's Spider-Man tickets already on sale on Ticketmaster
Baltimore Sun
Theatre Project's new season keeps its provocative tradition
Paper birds, puppets, grandmothers and private eyes - a line-up this diverse could only be offered by Baltimore's Theatre Project, the most proudly eclectic of the city's performing arts organizations.
Boston Herald
ART puts Mamet's talent on display in early one-act plays
David Mamet is a playwright of many colors, even if the ones we usually see are shades of self-criticizing chauvinism. His larger spectrum is on display at the American Repertory...
Chicago Tribune
ABBA-Tim Rice musical has checkered past, but is now set for public television
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster
NEA reports decline in arts audiences for 2008
Audiences for the arts in the U.S. continue to decline and age at significant rates, according to a report released Monday by the National Endowment for the Arts. But the Internet holds out hope, as more people are going online to experience culture.
Whatsonstage.com
Les Mis Marks 25th Birthday with Major New Tour
Les Miserables will mark its 25th birthday in 2010 by launching a major international tour of a brand-new touring production, which starts at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where it runs 11 December 2009 to 16 January 2010. Based on Victor Hug...
The Times UK
Mincemeat: the man who really was
No one knows the true identity of a body used in an audacious plot to fool the Nazis. Now a new play sets out to name him
The Independent
Billionaire impresario sues over tale of sex and drugs and the Cirque du Soleil
He created one of the most breath-taking and lucrative franchises in show-business. But the once-penniless street performer behind Cirque du Soleil is involved in an intriguing legal spat over the colourful acrobatic manoeuvres that allegedly take place in his bedroom.
The Stage UK
Chit chat - Hamlet's all a-twitter
The Royal Shakespeare Company has gone all 21st century.
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