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Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

Revitalized Drury Lane is back, bold and downtown
The late, great Tony De Santis spent $9 million several years ago to turn a movie theater at Water Tower Place back into a venue for live shows. The legendary creator of the Drury Lane Theatre empire had decided the...

Village Voice Blog

Voice Choice: The Bacchae

ny1

Broadway Producers, Actors Reach Contract Agreement
The actors' union and the Broadway theater producers have reached a tentative agreement for a new, 39-month contract that covers Broadway shows and touring productions.

Associated Press

Actors' union, theater producers reach agreement
The actors' union and Broadway theater producers have reached a tentative agreement for a new, 39-month contract that covers Broadway shows and touring productions.

Bloomberg.com

Strike-Wary Broadway Producers, Actors Union Reach Tentative 3-Year Accord
Wary of reprising a crippling strike that shut down most Broadway shows last year, Broadway producers and Actors' Equity Association this morning announced a tentative 39-month labor agreement.

Playbill

* League of Chicago Theatres Has New Interim Director
* Rylance, Ripley, Rapp, Hoff, Arden and Cavanagh to Sing Variations on Shakespeare Aug. 4
* The Show Will Go On: Scuttled IL Ragtime Production Will Sing July 10-11
* Fellner, Marshall, Morris, Renfroe and More Will Read notes to MariAnne July 18-20
* Lloyd Webber and Rice's First Musical, The Likes of Us, Released for Amateur Productions
* Heights' Miranda Set for NYMF "Guitar Hero" Tournament July 14
* Chicago's Raven Will Premiere Dark Comedy Misamerica in 2009
* Akron Urinetown Lawsuit Settled
* Williams and Wolf Join Cast of LATW's Broadway Bound
* Cooper, Lenox, Mendes, Murphy, Owens, Steel and More Set for Soul Deep Benefit
* Paper Dolls, with "As the World Turns" Star Magnussen, Begins Players Theatre Run Aug. 8
* Montgomery and Allen's Triumph of the Underdog to Play Aug. 8-24 in Manhattan
* Gypsy Tony Winner to Head to the Chatterbox July 3
* Actors' Equity and Broadway League Reach Tentative Agreement; Highlights Announced

TheaterMania

Photo File
Sandra Bernhard, Alan Cumming, Alec Mapa, Idina Menzel, Jerry Mitchell, Rosie Perez, George Takei, Michael Urie, and other stars smile for our cameras.

* Collective Unconscious to Close; UndergroundZero Festival to Relocate
* Actors' Equity and Broadway League Reach Tentative Contract

Broadway.com

John Simon, etcetera: Annie - 30th Anniversary Cast Recording, Time-Life Entertainment

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Superior Donuts in Chicago

Review: Stuff Happens in Washington D.C.

Review: Rabbit Hole in Connecticut

The Playgoer Blog

Yes, There Will Be No Actors Strike

Jamespeak

Coming Soon: As You Like It

Clyde Fitch Report Blog

A Post, A Plea, and a Request from Jonathan West
...blog Artsy Schmartsy is running a great little hometown debate about the state of theater in general and lots of little artistic tangents associated with said subject.

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Alan Davey: The Arts Council is heading in the right direction
Fin Kennedy: Can theatre change immigration law?

Whatsonstage.com

* Hall Directs Labour at Kingston & Transfers Portrait

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Bush Extends Fiennes Feet, Tours Little in 50 Ways
2,000 Feet Away, starring Joseph Fiennes, has been extended by a week at west London’s Bush Theatre (See 1st Night Photos, 17 Jun 2008). Anthony Weigh’s play...

The Fun of the Edinburgh Fringe Hits London
It’s that time once again to prepare for the talented, the funny and the just plain absurd acts of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The official website now claims...

London Theatre Guide

Interview: Andy Nyman
Andy Nyman’s name does not immediately bring a face to mind. Yet the talented actor has spent the last decade playing film leads and being the creative force behind Derren Brown. He also has enough enthusiasm for a small nation, finds Matthew Amer.

First Night Feature: On The Rocks
If you’ve ever dreamed of moving to a cottage by the sea, living off the land in the company of your closest friends...

First Night Feature: Sara Baras: Sabores
The premiere dame of flamenco dancing brings her show Sabores back to Sadler’s Wells.