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EARLY MORNING ADDITIONS
AmericanTheaterWeb
CD Reviews: Zorro, Elie Siegmeister, 'Godmother!'
Playbill
* HBO to Broadcast Obama's Starry Inaugural Opening Ceremonies
Broadway.tv
Will Ferrell's Presidential Farewell On Broadway
Extra Criticum
"New" Energy?
If Sunday night was a time to mourn shows, there was also ample reason for some producers and actors to see new creative prospects on the horizon, rather than just financial clouds.“There feels like a new energy or a new...
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: Remembering Sarah Kane, honouring Katie Mitchell
Theatre bloggers saw in 2009 by noting a dramatic turn for the honours list and the unearthing of Sarah Kane's short film Skin
New York Post
Riedel: Hooks in fishy tale
Producers scrutinizing Piven's exit
Variety
'Joey' pals around a little longer
Broadway musical gets two-week extension
Back Stage
The Fight for Women
In 1999, Sasha Eden co-founded Women's Expressive Theater in New York to promote better roles for women. After years of auditioning for parts she found demeaning, Eden believed that if more plays by female playwrights were produced, female actors would reap the benefits.
Village Voice
This Year's Under the Radar Festival Gets the Solo Bug by Alexis Soloski
Harold Pinter (1930–2008) and Eartha Kitt (1927–2008) by Michael Feingold
Seattle Times
Report: "Catch Me If You Can" set for 5th Avenue Theatre
"Catch Me If You Can," the hit Tom Hanks-Leonardo DiCaprio film, is the latest movie to get the Broadway-stage treatment, with a pre-Broadway run reportedly set for Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre this summer.
Bloomberg.com
Broadway Producers, Already Hurting, Vow to Fight Proposed 8% Sales Tax
“A sextuple whammy” is how Lucille Lortel Foundation Executive Director George Forbes describes a tax on New York theater tickets in a collapsing global economy.
TheaterMania
Peter Filichia's Diary: The Hundreth Millionth Miracle
Yes, we learned long ago that a hundred million miracles are happ’ning ev’ry day. But would we have ever imagined that one of them would be that the 1961 film of Flower Drum Song would make the National Film Registry’s list of preserved films?
the nytheatre i
A Broadway Musical with a $99 Top Ticket Price
Here's a welcome piece of news: Rock of Ages, the new jukebox-ish musical that takes its score from classic rock of the 1980s, is transferring to Broadway -- and when it gets there, its producers will reverse the trend of charging ever-higher prices for tickets and instead have the first under-$100 top ticket price since the age of Rent.
Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog
Where are you, 'Rob Roy'?
The planned Chicago premiere of the new Canadian musical "Rob Roy The Musical" at the Arie Crown Theatre appears to be on shaky ground, to say the least. Late Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the production refused to comment on...
Chicago Tribune
Obituaries in the news
Olga San Juan - In 1951 she starred in the Broadway production of Lerner and Loewe's "Paint Your Wagon."
Providence Journal
Trinity adding cheaper tickets
Trinity Repertory Company is making it easier in these hard economic times for Rhode Islanders to attend their shows. For the rest of the season, the theater will be making available 5,000 more ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New CMU drama head can't wait to mix art, high-tech
World-renowned theater designer Peter Cooke, the new head of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, is bracing himself for Pittsburgh's colder climes.
Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog
New Orleans' Katrina-damaged Mahalia Jackson Theater reopens
While other theaters and arts organizations around the country are downsizing or closing due to the stormy economy, New Orleans' storm-damaged Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts will reopen this week after a $22 million renovation, the first local theater to reopen since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.
The Critical Condition
Lock Up the Children… iTunes Has Gone Insane!
I guess it was inevitable: iTunes will soon start selling singles on a three-tiered system. Depending on their popularity, individual tracks, which currently all cost ninety-nine cents, will soon cost sixty-nine cents, ninety-nine cents, or (gasp) $1.29.
Whatsonstage.com
French Institute Launches Paris Calling Arts Season
The French Institute in London today (7 January 2009) launched Paris Calling, the first ever Franco-British season dedicated to performing arts, which will present a wide array of contemporary drama, circus and dance productions at over 20 UK ven...
The Stage UK
Dickens to be next Theatres Trust chairman
Rob Dickins, former chairman of Warner Bros Music Publishing and Warner Records, is to succeed Rupert Rhymes as chairman of the Theatres Trust.
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