Thursday, July 10, 2008

ATW NewsClips - MId-Day Links - All


Orlando Sentinel

Mama Walton coming to town
...Now Michael Learned is coming to Orlando to play the title role in Driving Miss Daisy. Alfred Uhry's comic drama is being produced by the Gramercy Theatre Company...

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

London Theater Journal: Wet Groundlings and a Soggy Camille named “Marguerite”
Ben Brantley takes in a lackluster musical updating of the “Camille” story in “Marguerite” at the Theater Royal Haymarket and survives a rain-drenched “Frontline” at the Globe.

Bloomberg.com

Billionaire David Koch to Give $100 Million to New York City Opera, Ballet
David H. Koch, the billionaire who built his fortune in the chemical and oil industries, will donate $100 million to the New York State Theater's renovation effort.

Playbill

* (Keenan-Bolger)3, with Andrew, Celia and Maggie, to Play the Ars Nova
* Powers, Resnik and Baumgartner Set for Dangerous Beauty World Premiere
* First Night Records to Release Marguerite's Original London Cast Recording
* Herman Will Be Alone at Last July 30 at the Zipper Factory
* 7 Stories to Play the Frankel Theater in August
* Company's Walsh Joins Divas! Benefit
* Ebersole and Naughton to Team for August Concerts

TheaterMania

* L.A. Premiere of Agrippina to Benefit Tippi Hedren's Roar Foundation
* Callaway, Campbell, Kennedy, Walsh, et al. Set for Hudson Stage DIVAS Benefit

Broadway.com

FRESH FACE: Kerry Ellis

nytheatre.com

Review: Hospital 2008 - Episode 3

CurtainUp

Review: Looped

Superfluities Redux Blog

Crave
A quartet of voices explore the craving for love unto death in Sarah Kane's penultimate play.

The Producer's Perspctive Blog

The real stars get stepped on.
I stepped on Big Bird today. And Thomas Edison. And even Pat Sajak (I enjoyed that one). ...

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Chris Wilkinson: Noises off: Counting down to Edinburgh
Andrew Haydon: West End tickets too expensive and elitist? That's a matter of taste, not price...

Whatonstage.com

Ayckbourn Hits 72 in Final SJT Season & Minds Dee
...the UK’s most prolific playwright, will premiere his 71st and 72nd plays over the next six months...

Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe

Review: 24/Seven
To say that 24/Seven is the finest gay street operetta in town is a fairly trivial comment, but, in a small basement theatre in West London, seven young actors are pulling off a rather amazing feat of theatre that is as entertaining as it is unique. The Baron’s Court Theatre is perhaps one of London’s most overlooked venues, where brave and experimental theatre finds a loving home, and Urban Troubadour’s premiere production, 24/Seven, fits happily onto its three sided stage.

London Theatre Guide

First Night Feature: The Frontline
Tragic romance, vengeance, violence and a romantic candle-lit balcony – The Frontline is definitely in keeping with the Globe’s Shakespearean roots...

Rachel tucks into Meat
Rachel Tucker is the latest star of reality casting programme I’d Do Anything to land a role in the West End as she makes her debut as Meat in Queen musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion from 22 September

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