Monday, June 2, 2008

ATW NewsClips - National, Industry Pubs

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

"Gone With the Wind" musical to close in U.K.
To no one's great surprise, Trevor Nunn's West End production of a new musical version of "Gone With the Wind" will soon be just that, and plans for a New York production have been shelved.

Variety

Gore's 'Truth' warms to opera
Climate documentary adapted for the stage

South Coast Rep tips 'Hat'
'Straw' to open September 5

Review: Love, Janis @ Wilshire Theater
The rip-the-walls-down vocals of Mary Bridget Davies supply the sharpest moments in the touring Janis Joplin bio-tuner "Love, Janis," but the bio material, performed with understated folksiness by Marisa Ryan, does not offer enough substance to clarify the self-destructiveness of this troubled genius.

Review: Norman's Ark @ John Anson Ford Amphitheater
In conjunction with the Southern California Festival of New American Musicals, the team of Glen Roven and Jerome Kass have conjured up an earnest if simplistic retelling of Noah's biblical plight, filtered through Katrina survivor concerns. Buoyed by Roven's easy-listening gospel/rockabilly score, helmer Peter Schneider fluidly marshals the talents and energies of a 200-member singing and dancing ensemble.

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