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Miami Herald - Drama Queen Blog

Here's what you missed
So I was talking to Douglas Carter Beane on Sunday evening -- in front of a few dozen onlookers -- at the just-concluded Lavender Footlights Festival, a celebration of theater with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes.

The Envelope - Lost Angeles Times

Daniel Radcliffe to keep his clothes on as a Tony Awards presenter

Chicago Tribune -Theater Loop Blog

Paul Sills is dead

New York Magazine - Vulture Blog

Piper Perabo on ‘Reasons to Be Pretty,’ E-mailing Neil LaBute, and Living at the Y

Variety

Presenters set for Tonys
Minnelli, Radcliffe, Baldwin onboard

Review: Troilus and Cressida, Barbican Theatre, London
One of Shakespeare's most difficult plays, "Troilus and Cressida" is also his most modern, given its preoccupation with talking about war rather than actual combat. In the dying days of the Trojan War, the Greek and Trojan camps send messages back and forth negotiating a mano-a-mano showdown. There's lots of cynical bargaining and decadent lolling about, to which the titular love match is really only a sideline. Cheek by Jowl's self-consciously stylized approach underlines the play's atmosphere of lazy excess, but does so via a series of choices that slow down the action and undermine the company's ability to compel audiences' attention.

Review: Amadeus in New Jersey
Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey shifts into high gear with a richly textured production of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus." Sumptuously mounted and staged, the 1979 courtly thriller is acted with compelling force, and the inclusion of snatches of Mozart's music offers a hint of the composer's extraordinary legacy, especially a few glorious strains from the Requiem Mass. Director Joe Discher accents the play's devilish humor, creating a keen balance between the giddy palace antics and the tragic dissipation of a genius.

Review: Jersey Boys in Las Vegas
The Vegas edition of "Jersey Boys" displays a pure and propulsive rock 'n' roll spirit that has been less apparent in other incarnations. The production, especially the briskly paced first act, is big, loud and contagious thanks to snappy direction and a potent lead quartet portraying the Four Seasons. A rare songbook musical with a dramatic biography attached, this is the zippiest of all the Broadway transfers to the Strip and may well be the strongest exception to the rule that Vegas visitors cannot be kept captive for more than 90 minutes.

Playbill

* Brescia, Ashford and Cusick Will Join Chicago's Wicked June 3
* Datz, Unger, Metz, LaVerdiere, Dunn and More Head to Theatre Aspen for Summer Season
* Young Vic's New Season to Include Weill's Street Scene and McCraney U.K. Premiere
* Xanadu Aims for a 2009 London Debut
* Playwrights McKeever and Demos-Brown Win Actors' Playhouse Page to Stage Competition in Florida
* Stadlen, Stephenson, Reams and Schworer to Star in Muny's Producers

TheaterMania

* Ashford, Brescia, Cusick to Join Chicago's Wicked on June 3
* 2008 Seaport Theatre Festival Set for June and July
* Almendilla, Phillips, Porter, Steele, Stern Set for Rubicon's It's Only Life
* Reams, Stadlen, Stephenson, Schworer, et al. Set for Muny's The Producers
* Datz, LaVerdiere, Metz, Stapleton, et al. Set for Theatre Aspen Summer Season

Broadway.com

Q & A: Christopher Fitzgerald

Xanadu Eyes London Premiere in Spring 2009

Talkin' Broadway

Review: 'Macbeth' in L.A.

nytheatre.com

Review: Stomp and Shout

The Times UK

Review: Wolves at the Window, Arcola Studio, London
A selection of Saki's short stories adapted for the stage is too busy being clever to concern itself with dramatic substance

London Theatre Guide

Pygmalion adds extra week
The Peter Hall-directed production of Pygmalion, which is currently playing at the Old Vic, has extended its London engagement and will now close on 9 August