Thursday, June 5, 2008

ATW NewsClips - Mid-West, Southwest and Mountain Print

Chicago Tribune

'The Best Church of God' finds humor in the sacred
When editors nixed Sects and the City as the proposed name for my blog, The Seeker, I swore that it would eventually become the title of my one-woman comedy shtick. But is religion ever a laughing matter? At "The Best Church of God," ...

Chicago Tribune - Theater Loop Blog

Goodman to stage 'Million Dollar Quartet' musical on Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley

BoHo musical needs vocal oomph
The composer Frank Wildhorn made his fame and fortune by turning “Jekyll & Hyde” into a sexy bodice-ripper, replete with killer power ballads

Chicago Sun-Times

'Jekyll & Hyde' musical's success could go one of two ways
For the Bohemian Theatre Ensemble’s current production of the popular musical “Jekyll & Hyde”, director Stephen M. Genovese has pinned all his hopes on exploring the duality mentioned....

Theater Notes
---The Griffin Theatre Company is set to embark on a 12-city national tour (Oct. 14-May 21, 2009) of "Letters From Home: Voices of American Troops From the Battlefields of Iraq," ...
-------NEW PLAY CENTRAL: First comes news from the League of Chicago Theatres that more than 110 plays received their world premieres in this city during the 2007-08 season, ....

Time Out Chicago

Review: Gas for Less
Playwright Brett Neveu makes his Goodman debut.

Review: The Lady with All the Answers at Northlight Theatre
Review: The First Breeze of Summer at Court Theatre
Review: The Prisoner’s Dilemma at Theatre Mir
Review: Spokesperson at Prop Thtr
Review: Beggars in the House of Plenty at Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
Review: Hamlet at Polarity Ensemble Theatre
Review: Sandoval at La Costa Theatre

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A game of cards, the everyday game of life
Wendy Lehr and Bain Boehlke use kings and queens as weapons in this funny but caustic drama.

Minneapolis City Pages

Bulrusher is an everyday epic
The odd tale deftly weaves the mythic and the mundane

Theater Spotlight: The Gin Game

Detroit Free Press

'Moonshine Alley' gets preachy while depicting plight of the homeless

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Review: Hot flashes prove a hot commodity

St. Louis Riverfront Times

Wild Heart: The Black Rep's Sarafina rocks the Grandel
The old theatrical saw, "Always leave them wanting more," is stretched to its breaking point with the Black Rep's season-closing production of...

St. Louis Stage Capsules
Madame Butterfly Reviewed in this issue. Sarafina Reviewed in this issue. The Tales of Hoffmann One of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' great...

Cleveland Scene

A tempting boy toy whets appetites in Convergence-Continuum’s In the Garden
The story of Adam and Eve has always been fascinating, since it involves God, an evil snake, and irresistible temptation. In the play In the...

Capsule reviews of current area theater presentations
The Gamblers — This one-hour romp, written by Nikolai Gogol and produced by the Cleveland Museum of Art, feels as modern as any

Damon and Affleck get roasted in Cleveland Public Theatre’s fast and funny Matt & Ben
Some plays are critically shrugged off because they have a one-joke premise that's never fully developed. Nevertheless, one good joke can make your...

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

'Chaperone' brings bygone stage musicals back to life

Houston Chronicle

Pared-down Sweeney Todd keeps its edge
Director John Doyle's acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd returns spare and intimate — but still bloody brilliant.

Houston Press

Capsule Stage Reviews: Bright Lights, Big City, Present Laughter, Time of My Life, The Splasher, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Denver Post

"Bernice/Butterfly" kicks up plenty of dust

Rocky Mountain News

Baggage claims
One-woman show packed with confessions from playwright-performer's life

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