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Miami Herald - Drama Queen Blog

Diego to the rescue
So you're thinking it's just Week 1 of summer vacation, and the kids are already whining that they're bored? A live version of a popular Nick Jr. television show is happy to help.

Orlando Sentinel - Attention Must Be Paid Blog

'Twin-Prov': Coming soon to a theater not near you

San Diego Union-Tribune - Karen D'Souza Blog

TomKat to move to the Big Apple

Albuquerque Journal

Silliness Surrounds 'Spamalot's' King

Alibi

Ham and Jam and SPAMalot

Chicago Tribune - Theater Loop Blog

Jacques Brel is alive again in Rogers Park

Village Voice Blog

Michael Musto: Judy Garland is Still Alive! So is Liza!

New York Magazine - Vulture Blog

Why HBO’s ‘Grey Gardens’ Put the Hamptons in … Toronto?

Variety

Don Carlo
Whichever version of "Don Carlo" one stages -- Verdi tinkered with it over 20 years in different languages and lengths -- the work exemplifies the term "grand opera." But any bombast that label suggests is expunged by Covent Garden's assured new production. ...

Back Stage

The Rarest of Birds reviewed by Robert Windeler
Omar Prince bears a strong enough physical resemblance to Montgomery Clift, a fascinatingly troubled movie star, for us to be patient.

Marathon 2008 Series C reviewed by Karl Levett
It's pleasing to see the Ensemble Studio Theatre's annual marathon of one-act plays, now under the guardianship of William Carden, regaining its full strength.

Playbill

* LAByrinth Theater Co. Unveils New Work, Penalties & Interest, June 10
* Flores, Tam, Albano, Davis and More to Be Part of China Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert
* Alvin, Sapp, Zagnit and Taylor Will Be Breaking Up at the Ogunquit
* McGowan and Wolfe Sing Rodgers in NYCB's Thou Swell
* PHOTO CALL: Irish Rep Celebrates 20th Anniversary
* Safe, with Darragh, Narciso and Weixler, Begins Off-Broadway Run June 10
* "Idol" Finalist Maroulis Will Be Part of Radio Hits at Town Hall
* René Auberjonois Makes DC Shakespeare Theatre Debut as Invalid June 10
* Public Accepting Applications for 2009 Emerging Writers Group
* Blackhurst and Stritch's "The Music of Hoagy Carmichael" Due in Stores June 17

TheaterMania

Review: EST Marathon 2008 Series C
The final installment in this year's series of one-act plays suffers from a serious case of the cutes.

* Boyd, Greenspan, Shannon, Waterston, et al. Cast in Rapp's Metal Children
* Richard Todd Adams Takes Over Title Role in Phantom Tour
* Flores, Li, Long, Tam, et al. Set for Earthquake Relief Benefit

Potomac Stages

Review: In the Heart of America
An Earnest Look At Men And Women Caught Up In The Horrors Of War Rep Stage

Review: Nixon's Nixon
Virtuoso Performances In An Entertaining Take On The Personal Side Of History

Review: Measure for Pleasure
A Comedy In Post-Restoration Style But With A Distinctly Modern Lack Of Sensibilities

Financial Times

Review: Edward Albee’s Occupant
It is not easy to keep sculptor Louise Nevelson, with her turbanesque head scarves and spider-like eyelashes, from grande-dame caricature, but Mercedes Ruehl does it, writes Brendan Lemon

Fast Labour, Hampstead Theatre, London
Sometimes you feel the boxes being ticked, but this play is also written with wit and vigour, and performed with likeable zest in Ian Brown’s production, writes Sarah Hemming

The Times UK

Dickens Unplugged, Comedy, London
Adam Long, the writer and director of this dreadful dog’s breakfast of a show, reveals the depths to which comedy can sink

Romeo and Juliet, Open Air, Regent's Park
Much of the movement is clumsy and, with little chemistry between the lead performers, the effect is unpoetic

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End and Fringe

Has London Got Talent?
Miss Behave needs your talent! Camden’s legendary Roundhouse, a Grade-II listed building and former Victorian engine shed and gin warehouse, will be undergoing...