Tuesday, June 10, 2008

ATW NewsClips - Mid-West, Southwest and Mountain Print

Chicago Tribune - Theater Loop Blog

Lifeline tops Jeffs winners list
The venerable Lifeline Theatre emerged a big winner at Monday night’s Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards at the Park West venue, walking away with five Jeffs for its creepy production of "The Island of Dr. Moreau." Bailiwick Repertory Theatre’s Chicago premiere...

Chicago Sun-Times

Thank heaven for rare and wondrous revival of 'Gigi'
Watching Light Opera Works' beguiling production of "Gigi," the Lerner and Loewe musical that began life as a hit movie starring Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan, you might well find yourself asking one simple question: Why has such an altogether lovely, ...

Mayor Daley pays tribute to Chicago Shakespeare Theater, theater community at large
For two decades -- from the moment she produced "Henry V" on the roof of the Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park, to her current status as the chief cultural anchor of Navy Pier -- Barbara Gaines...

Non-equity Jeffs Honor an eclectic Chicago Theater scene

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Big, dark themes predominate in 'Fall'
A rich theatrical metaphor plumbs the tangled relationship between Oscar Wilde, his wife and his lover....

Great cast makes for an entertaining 'Holmes'
A fun and well-acted tale straight from the canon of the Baker Street detective.

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Wilde times Stormy story of Oscar, his wife and his lover unfolds on Guthrie stage
Oscar Wilde's self-destructive behavior is infamous, but most people know nothing about his unfortunate wife. Irish playwright Thomas Kilroy became intrigued with her untold story and the result is the fascinating "The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde," in its U.S. professional premiere at the Guthrie.

'Robber Bridegroom' — a rogue, a romp, a laugh riot
Minneapolis Musical Theatre's "The Robber Bridegroom," a 1975 country musical based in 18th century Mississippi, is as light and fluffy as the feather in its protagonist's cap. Made of square dancing and bluegrass music, dirty jokes and sexual innuendo, the show is uproarious.

Cleveland Plain-Dealer Onstage Blog

Welcome to cleveland.com/onstage: Tony Brown's Plain Dealer blog on everything theater

The Bang and The Clatter extends "Blackbird" to Saturday, June 28, and adds "Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead" to schedule

Dallas Morning News

Hip Pocket Theatre's 'Cootie Pancake' is charming, but a bit icky
My response to Cootie Pancake : one-third charmed, one-third alarmed, one-third bored.

Houston Chronicle

Judy Kaye continues to reign on stage after 30 years
"Miss Kaye is smashing — a magnificent performance." That was the New York Post's Clive Barnes raving about Judy Kaye's star-is-born triumph in the 1978 hit On the 20th Century.

Austin American-Statesman

Review: 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane'

Review: 'Hamilton Township'

Denver Post

Denver Center nabs 20 Henry Awards nominations

Rocky Mountain News

Denver Center leads Henry Award nominations

Six of the company's nominations went to the world premiere of "Lydia"

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