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Daniels, York to star in 'Century'
Jeff Daniels and Rachel York will head the cast of "Turn of the Century," a new tuner from the "Jersey Boys" team of Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, to be helmed by Tommy Tune for Chicago's Goodman Theater this fall.

'Spring' choreographer to direct 'Fela!'
Bill T. Jones takes on musical based on Kuti's life

The Who's Tommy
Only one show in town can boast no risk of cell phone rage. Your Bose headphones firmly in place at "The Who's Tommy" -- piping in Steve Margoshes' pulsating La Jolla and Broadway orchestrations and Pete Townshend's lyrics with crystal clarity -- will admit no outside ringing, and any text messages will blend with Jared A. Sayeg's lighting effects. Brian Michael Purcell's elaborate staging at the Ricardo Montalban Theater has its undercooked and raggedy patches, but the music's energy and production elan are enough to carry the day. The kids are all right.

TR Warszawa's Macbeth 2008
Ouch. Tough luck for St. Ann's Warehouse that much of the theatrical thunder for its hugely ambitious production of "TR Warszawa's Macbeth 2008" was snatched away by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which got there first with Chichester Festival Theater's brutalist version of Shakespeare's drama. Granted, the Brits didn't build a two-story, multichambered, 36-foot-high open-air stage on the East River waterfront, or truck in tons of equipment to make a multimedia statement. But they did beat the Poles to the militaristic vision and anti-fascist message, and they did it without sacrificing poetry to technology.

USA Today

Celeb Watch: Minnelli's memories are showbiz history

Bloomberg.com

Letts Scores Tony, Pulitzer With `Osage,' Now Ponders `Donuts': Interview
Sitting in an elegant suite at New York's Carlyle Hotel, playwright Tracy Letts wore faded jeans and a T-shirt and passed up an iced bucket of Veuve Clicquot champagne for a humble cup of coffee.