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Rule No. 1: Don't close a hit show

Back Stage - Tony Award Coverage
We hope you enjoy our salute to the 62nd annual Tony Awards — as we await a new season.

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Playbill

* West End Cabaret to Close June 21; Tour Will Launch
* LisaGay Hamilton Stars in World Premiere of Barfield's Of Equal Measure
* Palace of the End, Dirty Dancing, Fire, Brent Carver Are Among Dora Nominees in Toronto
* Showtime Greenlights "United States of Tara" With Collette
* "I'd Do Anything": Rudetsky Recap Nine
* Case Dismissed: Attorney for the Damned to Close June 11
* McCarthy, Worsham, Worley and Berry to Star in Vermont Piazza
* Phantom of the Opera Tour Has a New Christine
* Sondheim and Weidman's Bounce Will Bow at Public Theater This Fall
* Cry-Baby's Jibson to Host June 16 New Voices Concert
* Block, Morrison, Boggess, Arcelus and More Will Go Green July 14 at Birdland
* Joan Rivers to Play the Cutting Room in Manhattan June 25-27
* Catered Affair Cast to Appear on "Regis" and "The View"

TheaterMania

* Atkinson, Cannavale, Capshaw, Pasquale Set for MCC's Fat Pig Reading
* Brustein, Linney, Pendleton, et al. Set for Abingdon Theatre Company 2008-2009 Season
* Chenoweth, Connick, Minnelli, Patinkin, Pierce, Radcliffe, Shields, Tomlin, et al. to Present at 62nd Annual Tony Awards
* Daniels, de Haas, Graae, Larsen, Luft, McGillin Set for York's Compose Yourself
* Million Dollar Quartet to Bow in Chicago in September
* Fruge, Roseberry, Spina, et al. Cast in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
* Berry, McCarthy, Worley, Worhsam, et al. Set for Weston Playhouse's Light in the Piazza
* John Pizzarelli to Release Richard Rodgers CD in August
* Kelley, McGovern, Parrish Set for One Red Flower Readings

Broadway.com

PHOTO OP: The Stars Collide Backstage at A Catered Affair
PHOTO OP: Fan Faves Claim Their Trophies at Broadway.com's Audience Awards
PHOTO OP: Fantasies Come True! Avenue Q Celebrates 2,000 Performances!

* Sam Robards to Play The 39 Steps' Leading Man-on-the-Run
* Theatreworks USA Plans Free Summer Show, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Amadeus in New Jersey
Review: The Gin Game in Minneapolis

nytheatre.com

Review: Vicious Dogs on Premises
Review: Jollyship the Whiz-Bang

CurtainUp

Review: Body Awareness

The Guardian

This time it's serious, say festival organisers
Edinburgh 2008: Fringe director unveils hard-hitting programme as breakaway comedy festival falters

The Guardian - Performing Arts Blog

Mark Fisher: My top tips for Edinburgh 2008

Whatsonstage.com

* Cabaret Posts West End Closing Notices, 21 Jun
* Hudd, Wilmot & Cooper Lead Wizard; Luft at Lowry

London Theatre Guide

First Night Feature: Contractions
Mike Bartlett’s black comedy Contractions causes the audience to squirm on the edge of their seats...

First Night Feature: The Revenger’s Tragedy
The plot includes rape, incest and countless murders, and yet The Revenger’s Tragedy is a surprisingly funny affair...

Curtain comes down on Cabaret
Cabaret has become the third musical in the space of a week to announce that it will close in the West End. The dark Kander and Ebb drama finishes its run at the Lyric on 21 June.

Wizard cast follows yellow brick road to Southbank
The Royal Festival Hall has announced a principal cast for The Wizard Of Oz which is packed with musical experience. Adam Cooper, Gary Wilmot, Roy Hudd, Julie Legrand, Hilton McRae and Siân Brooke star.