tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745387950249539712024-02-20T04:31:38.323-05:00AmericanTheaterWeb BlogAn extension of my writing for AmericanTheaterWeb.com, the Village Voice, TimeOut New York, etc. Expect informal thoughts, comments and musing on theater and theater-related news and events.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.comBlogger587125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-47564411568243619112009-02-23T16:13:00.001-05:002009-02-23T16:13:48.749-05:00Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-40322492563169187762008-07-22T04:56:00.002-04:002008-07-22T05:00:07.220-04:00AmericanTheaterWeb Update for Tuesday, July 22, 2008Well, took the site pretty much live yesterday. Had some notes about changes you'd like to see - will work on trying to implement some over the next week or so.<br /><br />Just in case you're seeing this and wondering 'where are the clips' - you can just use the old URL <a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.com/"><strong>www.americantheaterweb.com</strong></a> to get to the new pages. The news is in process - <strong>ATWTopNews</strong> should be done by about 7:30AM EST. Until then, you can scroll through the <a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/index.php/atwclips/"><strong>ATWClips</strong></a>.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />AndyAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-49934571130836096722008-07-21T04:57:00.003-04:002008-07-21T05:07:26.395-04:00AmericanTheaterWeb Update for Monday, July 21, 2008Well, it's 4:57AM here on the East Coast - and I'm at it. London newsclips just went up at <strong><a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/">www.americantheaterweb.info</a></strong> I'm going to continue just doing one set of links this week - email me if you find that difficult. I'm hoping that today or tomorrow, we might all start being directed there, so, with fingers crossed...<br /><br />Andy<br /><br />p.s. Remember that until the full newsclips are done, you can find each portion of the clipping at <a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/index.php/atwclips/"><strong>http://www.americantheaterweb.info/index.php/atwclips/</strong></a>Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-71701656536901986712008-07-20T05:41:00.001-04:002008-07-20T05:43:25.836-04:00AmericanTheaterWeb Update for Sunday, July 20, 2008Well, it's just about 5:40 here on the East Coast - the first posts are going up on <strong><a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/">www.americantheaterweb.info</a></strong> I should have the ATWTopNews done by 7:30AM or so. Until then, if you drop by and want to see the news 'in process' - click on ATWClips at the top right of the page, or click through to here: <a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/index.php/atwclips/"><strong>http://www.americantheaterweb.info/index.php/atwclips/</strong></a><br /><br />Hope you're having a good weekend!<br /><br />AndyAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-13839282473517604642008-07-19T05:49:00.000-04:002008-07-19T05:50:30.024-04:00AmericanTheaterWeb Update for Saturday July 19, 2008Want to try something this weekend. Am only going to do the news over at the beta - <strong><a href="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/">www.americantheaterweb.info</a></strong><br /><br />Hope you like what you find there!<br /><br />Andy PropstAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-9941186155103005612008-07-19T05:36:00.000-04:002008-07-19T05:40:40.703-04:00aTW NewsClips - London<strong></strong><br /><strong>Daily Telegraph</strong>Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-62150284700197207772008-07-18T16:10:00.002-04:002008-07-18T16:26:19.624-04:00ATW NewsClips - Late Day Links<strong></strong><br /><strong>Associated Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Stafford.html">Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90</a><br />Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.<br /><br /><strong>New York Times ArtsBeat Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title="Permanent Link: London Theater Journal: Back to New York, Onstage at Least" href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/back-to-new-york-onstage-at-least/" rel="bookmark">London Theater Journal: Back to New York, Onstage at Least</a><br />In anticipation of my return to sweltering New York City on Sunday, I went to sweltering New York City on Thursday night. I found it a most invigorating place – probably quite a bit more than I will the real thing. It helps when hot-weather discomfort and hostility – […]<br /><br /><strong>amNY New York City Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/2008/07/interview_with_nancy_lemenager.html">Interview with Nancy Lemenager on Playing Velma</a><br /><br /><strong>New York Magazine Vulture Blog</strong><br /><br /><a id="a019704" href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/07/title_of_show_makes_everyone_f.html">‘[title of show]’ Makes Everyone Feel [name of emotion]</a><br /><br /><strong>Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/07/18/review-ishi-the-last-of-the-yahi/" rel="bookmark">Review: `Ishi: The Last of the Yahi”</a><br />Fisher’s `Ishi’ horrifies, fascinates<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829473">Craig Pomranz</a> reviewed by David Finkle<br />What's instantly lovable about Craig Pomranz isn't his easy way on a stage, the unforced smile, the loose body language — although all of that is certainly appealing.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829472">Can I Help You?</a> reviewed by Christopher Murray<br />"Alphonse, you are going to feel a big needle." Nine words blandly spoken but likely to strike terror in the heart of poor Alphonse — and a typical moment in the experimental collaborative Exploding Moment's new work.<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage MITF Reviews</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829471">Zen and the Art of Doing Nothing</a><br />Zen and the Art of Doing Nothing, written and directed by Michael Wallach, has flashes of originality, even brilliance, crammed into a creaky backstage story of a nervous actor pressured by a domineering father (Brad Russell).<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage West Reviews</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829462">The Drowsy Chaperone </a><br />Yes, there are curmudgeonly naysayers to this loving spoof of 1920s musical theatre, but what could they be thinking?<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829461">Henry V </a><br />Rarely have Shakespeare's other historical dramas reached the grandeur of this one, the Bard's portrayal of "good King Harry," the Lancastrian monarch who won the Battle of Agincourt.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829460">Spring's Awakening </a><br />musical. Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was ahead of his time with this powerful 1891 tragedy of adolescence and sexual repression in rural Germany.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829459">The Wizard of Oz</a><br />It feels like Christmas in July as Musical Theatre West offers an enchanting and visually spectacular revisit to this stage adaptation of the beloved 1939 MGM movie<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829403">An Evening of Music and Comedy Starring Debbie Reynolds </a><br />It must be nice to be Debbie Reynolds. Now, I mean. Because despite the unfortunate marriages and the not wholly grateful children, she seems remarkably comfortable where she is.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/la/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829402">Dupe</a><br />The word dupe can refer to a person who is deceived by others, or it can be a copy of a negative from which additional copies can be made, thus saving the original.<br /><br /><strong>Playbill</strong><br /><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119634.html">McCarthy, Lumbard, Patterson, Page, Fleming and More Cast in Muny's <em>My One and Only</em></a><em> </em><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119630.html">PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: <em>[title of show]</em> — Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119629.html">Controversial <em>Stitching</em> Extends Off-Broadway to Aug. 2; Ventimiglia Joins Cast</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119628.html">PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, July 12-18: The Helen Hayes Gets a Second Act</a><br /><br /><strong>TheaterMania</strong><br /><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14614">Dacal, de Jesus, Gomez, et al. Set for Reading of Hudes' <em>Yemaya's Belly</em></a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14613">Donna McKechnie to Star in Reagle Players' <em>No, No, Nanette</em></a><br /><br /><strong>nytheatre.com</strong><br /><br />Reviews: <a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/ff_reviews2008.php">Fresh Fruit Festival: Bed and Breakfast and Theater Boys</a><br /><br /><strong>The Playgoer Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://playgoer.blogspot.com/2008/07/inside-rnt.html">Inside the RNT</a><br />Nice little 2-minute interview with the National's Nick Hytner embedded into Michael Riedel's <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/entertainment/theater/irons_ever_so_good_120376.htm?CMP=EMC-email_edition&DATE=07182008">column</a> today.<br /><br /><strong>nytheatre Mike 2.0 Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title="Permanent Link to There’s No Clock in the Forest" href="http://nytheatremike.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/theres-no-clock-in-the-forest/" rel="bookmark">There’s No Clock in the Forest</a><br />It’s been a light week for posting here on the ol’ blog. That’s because I’ve been knee-deep in “tech” rehearsals for my latest show,...Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-14035623325408839872008-07-18T13:07:00.002-04:002008-07-18T13:31:11.702-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-Afternoon Links<strong></strong><br /><strong>Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/07/puppet-events-f.html">Puppet events for July</a><br /><br /><strong>Fort Worth Star-Telegram Pop Cultural District Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://startelegram.typepad.com/pop_cultural_district/2008/07/high-school-mus.html">High School Musical(s) move into the bigtime</a><br />Not talking about Disney's juggernaut, but actual musicals performed by students at real high schools<br /><br /><strong>Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2008/07/want-to-see-the.html">Want to see the hottest British show of last year? Road trip to Complicite..</a><br />One show has utterly dominated the British theater awards in the last year or so. And it wasn't by David Hare or Tom Stoppard or Harold Pinter. It was Complicite's production of "A Disappearing Number." Simon McBurney's company-devised show won...<br /><br /><strong>New York Magazine Vulture Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/07/vulture_crush_dominic_cooper_o.html">Vulture Crush Dominic Cooper on ‘Mamma Mia!’ and Why He’s No Heartthrob</a><br /><br /><strong>Playbill</strong><br /><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119625.html">Warren, Graham, Ewoldt, Kromer, Hurst and Thomas Set for Free DCT Readings</a><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119619.html"><em>Spin</em> Will Feature Short Plays by Rapp, Gionfriddo, Thompson and More</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119618.html">DeLaria Will Sing Arlen, Porter, LaChiusa and More on New CD, "The Live Smoke Sessions"</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119617.html"><em>Little Fish</em> Recording, with Ripley, Jbara and Kimball, Due in September</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119615.html">Barnaba Will Be Truman in <em>Give Em Hell Harry!</em> Beginning July 20 Off-Broadway</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119614.html">Camp Broadway to Perform in Macy's Parade; Auditions Held July 19</a><br /><br /><strong>TheaterMania</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14604">[title] characters</a><br />Betty Buckley, Barrett Foa, Megan Hilty, Derek Keeling, Aaron Lazar, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Rapp and a host of stars attend the opening of Broadway's [title of show].<br /><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14247"><em>American Idol</em>'s Davis, Guarini, Hernandez, Locke, to Play Rrazz Room This Summer</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/12947"><em>High School Musical: Get in the Picture</em> Begins ABC Run on July 20</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/11553">Wilton, West Join Anderson, Branagh, Jacobi in Donmar Warehouse Season</a><br /><br /><strong>The Producer's Perspective Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://kendavenport.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/the-sequel-to-s.html">The sequel to sequels.</a><br />So Les Miserables II: One Show More is out of the question.<br />Ditto to the sibling sequel Thoroughly Modern Molly.<br /><br /><br /><strong>The Guardian - Performing Arts Blog</strong><br /><br />Matt Wolf: <a title="West Side Story in Spanish? You're talking my language now" href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/07/west_side_story_in_spanish_youre_talking_my_language_now_.html">West Side Story in Spanish? You're talking my language now</a><br /><br /><strong>London Theatre Guide</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item101511/Gate-announces-season-of-premieres-and-Sadler%3Fs-transfer/">Gate announces season of premieres and Sadler’s transfer</a><br />A new adaptation of Hedda Gabler, the world premiere of a new dance theatre piece and the UK premiere of German playwright Falk Richter’s State Of Emergency comprise the Gate’s new season.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-86691785171466939302008-07-18T10:27:00.002-04:002008-07-18T10:45:16.312-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-Morning Links<strong></strong><br /><strong>amNY New York City Theater Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/2008/07/morning_news_friday_july_18_20.html">Morning News: Friday, July 18, 2008</a><br /><br /><strong>UPI</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/07/17/Suit_Woman_humiliated_by_flight_attendant/UPI-66601216329515/">Suit: Woman humiliated by flight attendant</a><br />Carolyn "Lynne" Meadow, the artistic director of the prestigious Manhattan Theatre Club, claims in her suit against Continental Airlines...<br /><br /><strong>Playbill</strong><br /><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119611.html">Sondheim's <em>Saturday Night</em> to Play London's Jermyn Street Theatre in 2009</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119610.html">Casting Announced for <em>What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends</em></a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119609.html">Gurney, <em>Tale of Two Cities</em> and Finn Tribute Featured on Playbill Radio July 22-29</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119607.html"><em>Mormon Boy</em>'s London Run Canceled</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119606.html">Wilton and West to Star in Donmar's <em>Family Reunion</em></a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119605.html">Actors Fund Launches Online Store</a><br /><em>[for eash of use: <a href="http://www.actorsfund.org/">http://www.actorsfund.org/</a>]</em><br /><br /><strong>TheaterMania</strong><br /><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14403">Aubrey O'Day to Join Broadway's <em>Hairspray</em> on July 18</a><br /><br /><strong>The Guardian Performing Arts Blog</strong><br /><br />Lyn Gardner: <a title="What to see this week" href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/07/for_editors_to_go_up_on_friday.html">What to see this week</a><br /><br /><strong>Whatsonstage.com</strong><br /><br /><a class="headlines" href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821216383678&title=Lee+Mead+Removes+West+End+Dreamcoat+on+10+Jan">Lee Mead Removes West End <em>Dreamcoat</em> on 10 Jan</a><br /><br /><strong>Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=259" rel="bookmark">Mad London Fundraising Festival This August</a><br />TheatreMAD, the theatre charity who fundraise for those affected by HIV, AIDS and other critical illness, are to stage a London Fringe festival as part of their...<br /><br /><strong>London Theatre Guide</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item101505/Warehouse-welcomes-West-and-Wilton-/">Warehouse welcomes West and Wilton </a><br />Samuel West and Penelope Wilton return to the Donmar Warehouse to star in T S Eliot’s The Family Reunion, which opens on 25 November, after previews from 20 November.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item101508/Atkins-sympathises-with-Greer/">Atkins sympathises with Greer</a><br />Eileen Atkins, star of new comedy The Female Of The Species, spoke of her sympathy for Germaine Greer following the show’s press night.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-35010612523300586272008-07-18T08:42:00.001-04:002008-07-18T09:36:18.023-04:00ATW Review - After Years of Development, [title of show] Reaches Broadway, DelightfullySomething interesting and thoroughly unique happens in the telling the history of Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's joyful musical <i>[title of show]</i>; as the piece's four-year development process is related, the plot description of the show also unfolds.<br /><br />Bowen and Bell wrote this intimate show about writing a musical for the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) and the piece debuted in that Festival in 2004. Subsequently, 'show' was developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut and, then, it ran off-Broadway in an extended, and ultimately commercial, run at the Vineyard Theatre in 2006. Last night, nearly a full four years since Bowen and Bell developed the piece for NYMF, <i>[title of show]</i> opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. It's not for nothing that there's a reason why there PLAYBILL cover for 'show' is a picture of the production's PLAYBILL; this is a delightful New York theater industry hall of mirrors.<br /><br /><center><img title="" alt="Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen in ['title of show]'" src="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/images/tos6_568r.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen in <i>[title of show]</i><br />Photo: Carol Rosegg</span></center><br /><br /><br />At this juncture, most New Yorkers have heard something about the piece with book by Bell and music and lyrics by Bowen (they also play themselves in "show"). It's been profiled extensively during its many incarnations, reviewed repeatedly, and in the time since its off-Broadway run, been the subject of an online video project "the [title of show] show" – also created by and featuring Bowen and Bell.<br /><br />Theatergoers' familiarity with the piece and its history, though, does not dampen the joy that comes with experiencing the musical. There's a freshness and irreverence that's inherent to the material that captures one on both a first visit and return trips. Given that the last third or so of the show has been redeveloped to reflect what's taken place in both the lives of the creators and their co-stars (Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff) and the development of the show itself, event those people who caught "show" two years ago, will be in for a few surprises. Blickenstaff's need to juggle "show" and her work in Broadway's <i>The Little Mermaid</i>, for instance, has been added in to the musical for its Broadway engagement.<br /><br />But it's not just the story of writing the musical that is found here. Bell's book contains almost Pirandellian layering (which has been perfectly calibrated by director and choreographer Michael Berresse). Bowen's infectious score contains an equal number of Escher-like twists and turns. Many of his songs pull one in and out of the action of writing the piece and performing it (which very quickly blurs into one sort of gleeful haze).<br /><br />Within this haze there are a multitude of showbiz jokes and insider quips, ranging from a strain of the ill-fated musical <i>Henry, Sweet Henry</i> to random lines from <i>Into the Woods</i>. There's a running joke in the show about the actresses whom Bell and Bowen invite to participate in the project. Periodically between scenes, an answering machine beep signals a message that they've received from a Broadway diva. These voiceovers can be hysterical.<br /><center><br /><img title="" alt="Heidi Blickenstaff, Susan Blackwell, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen in ['title of show]'" src="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/images/tos1_980.JPG" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Heidi Blickenstaff, Susan Blackwell, Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen in <i>['title of show]</i><br />Photo: Carol Rosegg</span></center><br /><br />"show" also has enormous heart – Bell and Bowen have written what might be one of the ultimate valentines to not only musical theater, but also to the people who love them, and in instances like this, create them. Bowen's ode to the dreams that young people have about becoming part of the city's theatrical community – "A Way Back to Then" – truly encapsulates the soft and truly endearing emotional center that's the heart of "show."<br /><br />As the piece unfolds within the confines of a rehearsal room with four mismatched chairs (from scenic designer Neil Patel), Bell, Blackwell, Blickenstaff and Bowen – along with accompanist Larry Pressgrove – prove both amusing and touching, and in the case of Bell and Bowen, who rarely leave the stage, indefatigable. Perhaps most important, the quartet manges to navigate the hairpin turns of the piece's various realities, even as they deliver Bell's quips with aplomb and Bowen's songs with gusto.<br /><br /><center><img title="" alt="Susan Blackwell, Jeff Bowwn, Heidi Blackwell and Hunter Bell ['title of show]'" src="http://www.americantheaterweb.info/images/tos9_003r.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Susan Blackwell, Jeff Bowwn, Heidi Blickenstaff and Hunter Bell ['title of show]<br />Photo: Carol Rosegg</span></center><br />When combined, the performers' verve and the production's ability to navigate the script's quicksilver tone changes make <i>[title of show]</i> a truly refreshing and winning night at the theater. It's great to finally have this piece on Broadway.<br /><br />---- Andy Propst<br /><br />---------------------------<br /><br /><i>[title of show</i> plays at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Performances are Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 8pm; Saturday at 3 and 8pm; and Sunday at 3 and 7:30pm. Tickets are $26.50 - $101.50 and can be purchased by calling 212-239-6200 or by visiting <a href="http://www.telecharge.com/">http://www.telecharge.com/</a>. Further information is available online at <a href="http://www.titleofshow.com/">http://www.titleofshow.com/</a>.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-80670968895158108582008-07-18T08:13:00.002-04:002008-07-18T08:28:46.656-04:00ATW NewsClips - California, Pacific Northwest Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Los Angeles Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-charity18-2008jul18,0,5082094.story" target="">'Sweet Charity'</a><br />The fast-paced Madrid Theatre production is full of spunk and pizazz.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-stage18-2008jul18,0,2687114.story" target="">A lynching yields a musical love story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-henry18-2008jul18,0,6614691.story" target="">'Henry IV' in Barnsdall Park</a><br />In its fifth season of free Shakespeare in Barnsdall Park, the Independent Shakespeare Company presents...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-bernadette-peters20-2008jul20,0,6058134.story" target="">Peters writes a new role for herself</a><br />She has earned seven Tony nominations and a rapt fan base. Rebounding from...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-henry17-2008jul17,0,5828257.story" target="">King Henry is outnumbered</a><br />David Denman marches to Agincourt as Shakespeare's brave king, but the cast's...<br /><br /><strong>Los Angeles Daily News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.la.com/arts/Of_Equal_Measure_comes_up_short.html">'Of Equal Measure' comes up short</a><br />One-sided direction, story don't deliver<br /><br /><strong>Orange County Register</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/henry-denman-french-2096576-battle-king">Shakespeare Orange County's 'Henry V' roars with British pride</a><br />The Garden Grove-based troupe's staging is a grand retelling of one of England's greatest military victories.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/theatre-seussical-saturday-2096645-ages-production">Dr. Seuss debuts this weekend at renovated Gem Theater</a><br />The Garden Grove theater reopens after extensive remodel with Seussical the Musical<br /><br /><strong>Orange County Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocweekly.com/culture/theater/getting-wet-with-monica-palacios-before-her-greetings-from-a-queer-senorita-runs-at-breath/29003/">Getting Wet With Monica Palacios Before Her 'Greetings From a Queer Señorita' Runs at Breath</a><br /><br /><strong>San Francisco Chronicle</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/NSVH11NAH7.DTL&type=performance">Still Current</a><br />During the Lorca Summer Festival, the Pangs Theater ensemble is staging the three plays that made Federico Garcia Lorca's theatrical reputation: "The Blood Wedding," "Yerma" and "The House of Bernarda Alba."<br /><br /><strong>San Francisco Examiner</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/a-1493588~Kudos__Ruth_Felt.html">Kudos: Ruth Felt</a><br />Occupation Founder and president of SF Performances<br /><br /><strong>Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/07/17/eugenie-chan-spins-into-avant-gardarama/" rel="bookmark">Eugenie Chan spins into Avant GardARAMA!</a><br /><br /><strong>Contra Costa Times</strong><br /><br /><a class="listingItemTitle" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9919310">Hit musical 'Drowsy Chaperone' got its start at a stag party</a><br />Fortunately, the betrothed were good comedy writers <br /><br /><strong>Seattle Times</strong><br /><br /><a class="hed" href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2008057828_outdoor18.html">Three reviews of Shakespeare shows outdoors</a><br /><br /><strong>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/371159_fanfare18.html">The union of Shakespeare groups is far from a marriage of star-crossed lovers</a><br />Merger of Seattle Shakespeare Company and Wooden O was a marriage that just made sense.<br /><br /><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/371169_theater18.html">See all of 'Angels in America' -- but with two casts, in two theaters</a><br />For the next few weeks, avid Tony Kushner fans can shuttle between two fringe productions to see both parts of "Angel in America," "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika," with two different casts.<br /><br /><strong>The Oregonian</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/artsandevents/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1216241711245780.xml&coll=7">Take a ticket for classic fare</a><br />Tobias Andersen is a prominent actor on Portland-area stages, playing key roles in such high-profile productions as Artists Rep's adaptation of "Uncle Vanya" (the one that starred William Hurt)....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/artsandevents/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1216158909125430.xml&coll=7">Five Live: Performance</a><br />2. "Man to Man" Inspired by the performance methods of late Portlander Scott Kelman, the U.K.-based Kelman Group presents a one-woman show about gender switching and ...<br />3. "21A" Vancouver company Arts Equity crosses the river this year while looking for a new permanent home. First up: Joey LeBard stars in the multi-character solo show, ...Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-77429140304632438982008-07-18T07:39:00.002-04:002008-07-18T08:10:39.258-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-West, Southwest and Mountain Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Chicago Tribune</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/stage/chi-fillet-solo-ovn-0717jul17,0,6252626.story" target="">Unvoiced thoughts come through loud and clear</a><br />The five solo performers in "A Dreadful Day" are among the best the in city, their monologues like short stories you want to clutch to your chest. If that sounds dorky, you have yet to encounter the pleasures herein.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-stageticker-0718jul18,0,5642079.story" target="">Stage ticker</a><br />[theater notes]<br /><br /><strong>Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2008/07/hizzoner-cancel.html">'Hizzoner' cancelled for summer, Giuntoli in hospital</a><br />The July and August performances of the Prop Thtr Group's long-running hit "Hizzoner" at the Beverly Arts Center have been cancelled, due to the hospitalization of star Neil Giuntoli. According to a spokesman for the show, Giuntoli has a staph...<br /><br /><a href="http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2008/07/robert-sella-to.html">Robert Sella to play Salieri at Chicago Shakespeare</a><br />The high-profile New York actor Robert Sella is to play Salieri in Gary Griffin's upcoming production of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The show begins performances Sept. 6 on Navy Pier in the mainstage Courtyard Theatre. If you've...<br /><br /><strong>Chicago Sun-Times</strong><br /><br /><a class="index_subhead" href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/1062806,mamma071808.article">'Mamma Mia' leaves its actors a bit stranded</a><br />I saw the stage version of "Mamma Mia!" in London, where for all I know, it is now entering the second century of its run, and I was underwhelmed. The film version has the advantage of possessing Meryl Streep, ...<br /><br /><a class="index_subhead" href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/1061177,WKP-News-Stage18.article">Writers get 'First Look' at their new plays </a><br />...that opportunity is the main objective of First Look Repertory of New Work, Steppenwolf Theater's summertime showcase of plays staged in rotating rep at the Merle Reskin Garage Theater.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/1062650,stage071808web.article">Stage notes</a><br /><br /><strong>Daily Herald </strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221171">Merry 'Much Ado'</a><br />Just as pride can't frustrate the budding romance of loquacious lovers Beatrice and Benedick and a bit of slander can't divide<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221191">Noble Fool hosts two crowd pleasers</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221055">Flawed 'Mamma Mia' still fun</a><br />As a movie musical, "Mamma Mia!" is a mess. But a most amusing mess. It features<br /><br /><strong>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/25562009.html?location_refer=OnStage:highlightModules:1">Give her an inch ...</a><br />Ann Michels returns to the role that launched her on a rocket ride in Twin Cities musical theater.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/25602744.html?location_refer=OnStage:highlightModules:2">Putting some razzle-dazzle on Hennepin </a><br />Hennepin Avenue stars: Minnesota to get its own Walk of Fame<br /><br /><a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/onstage/25562019.html?location_refer=OnStage:highlightModules:3">OnStage: 'Annie Get Your Gun'</a><br />Opening: Last year we were writing stories about Laura Osnes going from Minnesota community theater to Broadway<br /><br /><strong>St. Paul Pioneer Press</strong><br /><br /><a class="listingItemTitle" href="http://www.twincities.com/stage/ci_9916594">Minneapolis / Theater copes with director's ouster</a><br />About 50 members of the area's dance and theater community gathered late Wednesday night in support of Jeff Bartlett, the longtime artistic director of the Southern Theater, whose ouster was made public earlier this week.<br /><br /><a class="listingItemTitle" href="http://www.twincities.com/stage/ci_9909565">Give her an 'Inch,' and she'll take a smile</a><br />Actress/singer Ann Michels was drawn to "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" because of its messy, meaningful story.<br /><br /><strong>Detroit Free Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/ENT05/807180317/1115">'Ladies of Harmony' opens at Broadway Onstage</a><br />The first show of the 15th season for Broadway Onstage opens at 8 p.m. This comedy by Ohio playwright Ron Hill is about a Harmony Church committee, reluctantly planning a funeral dinner for a man they all despise.<br /><br /><strong>Louisville Courier-Journal</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/SCENE05/307180018/1047">Cast shines in Bunbury's 'Moon'</a><br />What makes Bunbury Theatre's production of Ken Ludwig's ""Moon Over Buffalo" worth hearing and seeing is a cast committed to the wacky physicality and boundless energy needed to make the show funny<br /><br /><strong>Cleveland Plain Dealer OnStage Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2008/07/newest_photo_tour_of_great_lak.html">Newest photo tour of Great Lakes Theater Festival's $14.7 million renovation of Playhouse Square's historic Hanna Theatre</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2008/07/_get_flash_to.html">Sneak peek: 'Mamma Mia!' promotional video from PlayhouseSquare</a><br /><br /><strong>Cleveland Scene</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.clevescene.com/2008-07-16/culture/bummer-summer/">Bummer Summer</a><br />A time-share gets bloodied in Bang and Clatter's Betty's Summer Vacation<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.clevescene.com/2008-07-16/culture/capsule-reviews-of-current-area-theater-presentations/">Capsule reviews of current area theater presentations</a><br /><br /><strong>Cincinnati Enquirer</strong><br /><br /><a class="go4_hdln" href="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/ENT07/807180320/1032">Meet 'West Side Story' gang</a><br />Jersey Productions moves to the Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater for a trio of shows, starting with a revival of "West Side Story."<br /><br /><a class="go4_subhdln" href="http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/ENT07/807180302/1032">'Edges' smoothes path to adulthood</a><br />The song cycle "Edges," a revue about the struggles of becoming an adult, gets its regional premiere at Contemporary Arts Center.<br /><br /><a class="go4_subhdln" href="http://cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/ENT07/807160321">'Park' perfect for a stroll</a><br />"Barefoot in the Park," the Neil Simon comedy about newlyweds trying to start a new life together, opens this week at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.<br /><br /><strong>CinStages.com</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cinstages.com/article.asp?CinstagenewsID=1691" target="_self">Remembering Jim Campbell</a><br />Essential member of the Playhouse family for more than ten years.<br /><br /><strong>Dallas Morning News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/stories/DN-FIT1_0718gl.ART.State.Edition2.4d7862b.html">Festival of Independent Theatres kicks off with weirdly wonderful double bill</a><br />The Festival of Independent Theatres celebrated the opening of its 10th season on Thursday with perhaps the weirdest double bill in a decade. Not that there's anything wrong with weird in the world of independent theaters.<br /><br /><strong>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</strong><br /><br /><a class="storyHeadline" href="http://www.star-telegram.com/performing_arts/story/763951.html">10th annual Festival of Independent Theatres</a> <br />It's time for the 10th annual Festival of Independent Theatres, and if doesn't look like FIT has grown all that much in a decade, consider how important it has been to Dallas' fringe-theater scene, which is arguably bigger than ever.<br /><br /><a class="storyHeadline" href="http://www.star-telegram.com/live//story/766492.html">TV, stage actor replaces Phillips in Casa production</a><br />Casa Mañana has announced a replacement [Richard Kind] for Lou Diamond Phillips in its upcoming production of the classic Richard Adler/Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees.<br /><br />Upcoming: <a class="storyHeadline" href="http://www.star-telegram.com/performing_arts/story/763815.html">Jersey Boys, Fort Worth Guitar Guild Festival, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</a> <br />The national tour of the Tony-winning musical "Jersey Boys," about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, comes to Dallas for three weeks.<br /><br /><strong>Houston Chronicle</strong><br /><br /><a class="topstory" href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/theater/5893596.html">Broadway class of 2008</a><br />Classic revivals, new voices share the New York stage in a strong year for the musical.<br /><br /><strong>Austin American-Statesman</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2008/07/17/review_the_clean_house.html">Review: "The Clean House"</a><br /><br /><strong>Denver Post</strong><br /><br /><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_9901253">"Hot L" comes back to life at Barth </a><br /><br /><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_9901319">"End Days" is a promising start</a><br /><br /><strong>Rocky Mountain News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/17/bornstein-end-finds-a-lost-family-feeling-its/">BORNSTEIN: 'End' finds a lost family feeling its way through dark days</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/17/music-takes-center-stage-in-buddy-holly-story/">Music takes center stage in Buddy Holly story</a><br /><br /><strong>Daily Camera</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/17/cover-story-school-is-in-session-high-school/">Disney's 'High School Musical 'hits local stages</a><br />Jeff Calhoun didn't know what he was getting into when he took the job as director of the national tour of Disney's "High School Musical."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jul/17/theater-how-to-succeed-in-business-without/">Review: 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' </a>Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-8262102457959142592008-07-18T07:22:00.003-04:002008-07-18T08:37:59.352-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Washington Post</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071700403.html">Signature Series Channels New York's Sizzle</a><br />Signature Theatre is bringing a New York nightclub vibe to Shirlington. For a series of cabaret performances running through Aug. 1, the theater has transformed its smaller performance space into an intimate club, complete with small tables, candlelight, wine and food, sultry singers and a grand...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702584.html">A 'La Mancha' Without the Musical Majesty</a><br />A serving of brawling and blarney is one thing, but a Broadway musical is altogether something else. Can Keegan Theatre, the scrappy local specialist in Irish drama, really hold its own doing "Man of La Mancha"?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702553.html">With Olney's Young Actors, 'Big River' Washes Over the Top</a><br />Watch 'em float in silhouette -- it's Huck and Jim, gliding down the Mississippi in Olney Theatre Center's romantically lighted production of "Big River."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071700573.html">Fringe Festival at a Glance</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071700586.html">Mini Reviews</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702998.html">'Mamma Mia!': Gotta Love It, Like It or Not</a><br /><br /><strong>Philadelphia Inquirer</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20080717_Making_a___show_about_making_a_show.html">Making a show about making a show</a><br />So {title of show} is a new musical about four people trying mightily to create a new musical. But don't stop there. The actors playing the roles are ...<br /><br /><a class="digest-headline" href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/20080718__Mamma_Mia___here_we_go_again_-_this_time_on_screen.html">'Mamma Mia,' here we go again - this time on screen </a><br /><br /><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</strong><br /><br /><a class="head" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08200/897710-42.stm">PICT celebrates Synge by staging complete cycle of plays</a><br />"It is Ireland's sacred duty," joked English critic Kenneth Tynan in 1956, "to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theater from inarticulate glumness." ...<br />* <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08200/897711-325.stm">Synge cycle information</a><br /><br /><a class="head" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08200/897708-42.stm">Movie Review: 'Mamma Mia!'</a><br />We might admire the breathless audacity, if not the morning-after wisdom, of the casting: In trying to think of a worse choice than Pierce Brosnan as the male star of a pop musical, the only name ...<br /><br /><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</strong><br /><br /><a class="headlinelink5" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_578129.html">Award winners to get Broadway opportunity</a><br />The 2009 winners of the Gene Kelly Awards for best actress and actor will have a chance to perform at Broadway's Palace Theatre.<br /><br /><strong>Boston Globe</strong><br /><br />Stages: <a class="bold" href="http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/18/gold_pumps_leopard_prints_are_back_again">Gold pumps, leopard prints are back again</a><br /><br /><strong>Orlando Sentinel</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/stage/theater/orl-licehouse1808jul18,0,6179148.story" target="">'The Wind in the Willows' performed by IceHouse</a><br /><br /><strong>Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/drama_queen/2008/07/women-undercove.html">Women undercover</a><br />Most theater companies save their world premieres for "the season," roughly October through May when both year-round residents and snowbirds make for a deeper ticket-buying pool. But Fort Lauderdale's Women's Theatre Project is taking a different approach, aiming to cure the summertime arts blues with a brand-new work about the girls in blue...<br /><br /><strong>Sun-Sentinel</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/stage/sfl-0717tupac-review,0,4122307.story" target="">The Hate U Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story, a review</a><br />The Hate U Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story may be the most thought-provoking and lacerating evening in South Florida theater this season.<br /><br /><strong>Sarasota Herald-Tribune 24/7 Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/section/BLOG16">Theater plays prominent role in Emmy nominations</a><br /><br /><strong>St. Petersburg Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=704839">American Stage, Ruth Eckerd add administrators</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=704298">Show Palace unveils 2009-10 season</a><br /><br />The Fabulous ’50s and ’60s Revue will return in mid 2009. The 2006 version set an attendance record. The 2009 version will have new dances and songs and even a segment for requests from the audience.<br /><br /><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLArts Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/07/17/nbaf_theater_the_amen_corner.html">NBAF THEATER: 'The Amen Corner'</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/07/17/nbaf_theater_hallelujah_street.html">NBAF theater: 'Hallelujah Street Blues'</a><br /><br /><strong>Atlanta Creative Loafing Fresh Loaf Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title="Permanent Link to glows at the Fox" style="COLOR: #333" href="http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/17/the-color-purple-glows-at-the-fox/" rel="bookmark">The Color Purple glows at the Fox</a><br /><br /><strong>Charlotte News & Observer</strong><br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2766/story/1145491.html"><br />Abba dabblers do too little</a><br />Theater fans who love a good yarn could only be disappointed by the skeletal tale at the heart of the Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" The characters are sketchy.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-16195024877550571602008-07-18T07:01:00.003-04:002008-07-18T08:42:25.375-04:00ATW NewsClips - Tri-State Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>New York Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/theater/reviews/18titl.html?ref=theater">Puttin’ on the Put-On, With Tunes</a><br />“[title of show]” is genial, unpretentious and far funnier than many of the more expensively manufactured musicals that make it to Broadway these days<br />* <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2006/08/29/theater/20060714_TITLE_AUDIOSS.html">Audio Slide Show</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/theater/18berk.html?ref=theater">In the Berkshires, Some Heavy Hitters, Some Smaller Sluggers</a><br />Marquee-name playwrights, directors and actors lend an air of glamour, fill the houses and help keep the bills paid at the main stages at these Massachusetts festivals.<br /><br /><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/movies/18mamm.html?ref=movies">Does Your Mother Know You Sing Abba Tunes?</a><br />You can have a perfectly nice time watching this spirited adaptation of the popular stage musical and, once the hangover wears off, acknowledge just how bad it is.<br /><br /><strong>New York Times ArtsBeat Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title="Permanent Link: London Theater Journal: Hitting Bottom" href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/507/" rel="bookmark">London Theater Journal: Hitting Bottom</a><br />I was very sad when the armed intruder put a gag in Eileen Atkins’s mouth on Wednesday night. Ms. Atkins, an actress of incomparably incisive style, had seemed to be the only hope that “The Female of the Species,” Joanna Murray-Smith’s sitcom about feminism under siege, might be worth listening...<br /><br /><strong>New York Daily News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/07/18/2008-07-18_abba_musical_mamma_mia_slips_on_some_gre.html">ABBA musical slips on some Greece</a><br />You want it to be great, don't you? The soundtrack, the cast, the history: Everything about "Mamma Mia!" makes it the ideal summer fling. Except, alas, the experience itself.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/07/18/2008-07-18_title_of_show_the_little_musical_that_co.html">'[title of show]': Little musical that could</a><br />People often wonder how a show gets to Broadway. One way is to come up with a quirky idea: Make a musical about making a musical and enter it into a theater festival, where you get noticed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/07/18/2008-07-18_forbidden_broadway_revue_takes_cue_from_-1.html">'Forbidden' revue takes cue from reality TV</a><br />Summer is grilling season. That sizzling sound and roasted aroma coming from the 47th Street Theatre are stage stars getting the hibachi treatment (i.e., scorched) in "Forbidden Broadway Dances With the Stars!"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/07/18/2008-07-18_hot_seats_theater_and_comedy_picks_for_t.html">Hot Seats: Theater and comedy picks</a><br />Seasoned comedy king Sinbad is back on stage at Caroline's, sure to leave you rolling in the aisles. For some drama, catch performances of iconic writer Samuel Beckett's one-man dramas at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.<br /><br /><strong>amNY</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amny.com/entertainment/stage/am-title0717,0,2592861.story" target="">[title of show]: Love it or hate it</a><br />When Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen announced last year on the "[title of show] show," their internet television series, that they intended to take their hit Off-Broadway musical "[title of show]" to Broadway, no one took them seriously.<br /><br /><strong>amNY New York City Theater Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/2008/07/spiderman_musical_holds_open_c.html">Spiderman Musical Holds Open Casting Call</a><br /><br /><strong>Newsday</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etrock5766305jul18a,0,4446323.story" target="">Theater review: '1968: Rock the World'</a><br />"Rock the World" is a must-see for those who were alive in 1968, and even more so for those who weren't.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-ettitle5766304jul18a,0,377369.story" target="">Review: [Title of Show]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-etbeaut5766306jul18a,0,2291701.story" target="">Theater review: 'Beauty and the Beast'</a><br /><br /><strong>New York Post</strong><br /><br />Riedel: <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/entertainment/theater/irons_ever_so_good_120376.htm">Irons ever so good</a><br />Top job in Brit pol drama<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/entertainment/theater/haunting_liams_dead_on_120375.htm">Haunting Liam's dead on</a><br />Less than a year after Mikhail Baryshnikov performed it as part of a Samuel Beckett evening, "Eh Joe" is back, this time via<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/entertainment/theater/this_broadway_musical_really__expletive__120374.htm">This Broadway musical really [expletive]</a><br />Originality isn't what it used to be. Take "[title of show]," a Broadway musical - 95 minutes long, top ticket price $111...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182008/entertainment/movies/abba_dabba_do__120368.htm">Abba Dabba Do</a><br />Streep belts out songs, wears overalls and does a split in "Mamma Mia!," an exuberant if not always brilliantly crafted adaptation...<br /><br /><b>New York Sun</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nysun.com/arts/the-mega-meta-micro-musical/82144/">The Mega-Meta-Micro-Musical</a><br />If you see only one mega-meta-micro-musical this year, make it "[title of show]."...<br /><br /><strong>New York Journal-News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/ENTERTAINMENT/807180305/1186/Entertainment0801">[title] fills in the blanks</a><br />A little musical about writing a little musical makes it to Broadway — and its finale is about making it to Broadway. It's fresh, smart and funny.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/ENTERTAINMENT/807180311/1186/Entertainment0801">Shakespeare, bloody Shakespeare</a><br />Bravely and confidently, the Rockland Shakespeare Company has picked "Titus Andronicus" for its 10th anniversary production at Rockland Community College. A Shakespearean punster would call it a hack's work, because hacking of limbs, heads and the odd tongue are part of the action.<br /><br /><strong>ny1</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=83885&search_result=1&stid=238">"{title of show}"</a><br />"{title of show}" is the ironic-generic meta-musical that popped up four years ago in the Off-Off New York Musical Theatre Festival.<br /><br /><strong>New York Observer Culture Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title=" Coming to Broadway" href="http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/9-5-musical-coming-broadway"><em>9 To 5: The Musical</em> Coming to Broadway</a><br /><br /><strong>New York Magazine Vulture Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/07/colin_firth_defines_the_actors.html">The ‘Mamma Mia!’ Cast Disagrees on Just How Comfy Colin Firth Was in Those Outfits</a><br /><br /><strong>Hartford Courant</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.courant.com/entertainment/stage/reviews/hc-titlerev.art0jul18,0,1292798.story" target="">"[title of show]" A Feast For Stage Insiders</a><br /><br /><strong>Star-Ledger</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/theatredance/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/1216355825319820.xml&coll=1">A musical with songs and words you'll remember</a><br />A smart musical about "two nobodies in New York" feverishly writing a musical about themselves writing a musical, "[title of show]" is a lovely and surprisingly resonant creation by composer Jeff Bowen and writer Hunter Bell.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/theatredance/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/1216355752319820.xml&coll=1">Role is a feather in actor's (Yankee) cap</a><br />As he prepares to open "The Odd Couple" on Friday night, there's one thing Lou Liberatore is flatly refusing to do.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/movies/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1216355729319820.xml&coll=1">Mamma Mia! How dreadful!</a><br /><br /><strong>Trenton Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/times/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1216353959242830.xml&coll=5">Opera NJ raises curtain on 'The Merry Widow'</a><br />Opera New Jersey will continue its repertory of three productions this week at McCarter's Berlind Theatre in Princeton, including the first two of four performances of Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/times/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1216353954242830.xml&coll=5">Off-key 'Mamma' for indulgent ABBA fans only</a><br /><br /><strong>Bergen Record</strong><br /><br />Review: <a class="newslink" href="http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/stage/Theater_review_title_of_show.html">[title of show]</a>Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-473163002189814502008-07-18T06:46:00.003-04:002008-07-18T08:35:08.478-04:00ATW NewsClips - National, Industry Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Associated Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Theater-Review-title-of-show.html">Two musical obsessives follow their dream to B'way</a><br />When we last saw Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen on stage, the two theater-obsessed lads were basking in the glow of a successful off-Broadway run in ''title of show,'' their delightful tale of writing and putting on a musical.<br /><br /><strong>Variety</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989095.html?categoryId=15">Sondheim re-ups with Warner</a><br />Icon's catalog spans more than 50 years<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989098.html?categoryId=15">High School Theater to be feted</a><br />First round of trophies will be presented June 1<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989100.html?categoryId=15">Cape Cod attracts big names</a><br />Summer program's current offering is 'Reality!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989101.html?categoryId=15">Marshall-Green, Pine join 'Beast'</a><br />Duo will play maimed Iraqi War vets<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989102.html?categoryId=15">O'Neill Theater lines up cabaret</a><br />Event runs July 30-Aug. 9<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989103.html?categoryId=15">Corddrys to play stage brothers</a><br />Crispin Whittell directing 'True West'<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937758.html?categoryId=33">[title of show]</a><br />...stripped of satirical edge for its heavy Broadway date, the backstage show by Hunter Bell (book) and Jeff Bowen (score) is revealed in all its narcissism, flaunting its shallow aesthetic values and taking unseemly pride in its inflated ambitions<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937756.html?categoryId=33">There Reigns Love</a><br />Ever since an afternoon in 1979 when he performed all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets from the stage of the Olivier Theater in London, Simon Callow has taken an almost obsessive interest in these poetical works from the Bard of Avon. Now, in "There Reigns Love," he has rethought them in a more theatrical light. The final result, although still in need of some polishing, makes for high drama indeed.<br /><br />Review; <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937755.html?categoryId=33">Eh Joe</a><br />It is an incontrovertible fact that Liam Neeson has the most beautiful -- and beautifully expressive -- upper back in the entire English-speaking theater. And that's a very good thing, since that broad, muscular back is pretty much all we get to see in the flesh of Neeson, who has the title role but not a single line of dialogue in Beckett's bleak 30-minute piece "Eh Joe," ...<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937754.html?categoryId=33">Zorro</a><br />Replete with arch putdowns and audience-nudging one-liners, tuner "Zorro" tries to put the camp in "gypsy encampment." Unfortunately, it also bangs on about honor, identity and dignity and takes itself so seriously it kills off its most winning personality -- a tragedy for both the remaining characters and the audience's enjoyment. Although tremendous flamenco stomping ...<br /><br /><strong>USA Today</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-07-16-mamma-mia_N.htm">Streep is the dancing and singing queen in 'Mamma Mia!'</a><br /><br /><strong>Bloomberg.com</strong><br /><br /><a class="summheadline" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a_If3XL8tlns&refer=muse">Bossy-Boots Lover, Bad Flamenco, Wild Gypsies Harass Sexy Zorro in London </a><br />The London musical ``Zorro'' should have the qualities to make a night of passionate theater: dashing hero and flamenco from the best-selling Gipsy Kings.<br /><br /><a class="summheadline" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ag9Yo.1JeDec&refer=muse">Streep Dances, Brosnan Sings in Hummable, Syrupy `Mamma Mia': Rick Warner </a><br />Pierce Brosnan sings! Meryl Streep dances! Colin Firth plays guitar!<br /><br /><a class="summheadline" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aULI5cO6HQiU&refer=muse">`[title of show]' Sinks; Durang Says `Boo' to Catholic Church: John Simon </a>A familiar problem at birthdays is what to give the celebrant who has everything. The problem with reviewing ``[title of show],'' a vest-pocket and sweaty-collar musical, is what to say about a show that has nothing.<br /><br /><strong>Wall Street Journal</strong><br /><br /><a class="g20" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121632924528963349.html?mod=2_1578_leftbox">Songs of Themselves</a><br />"[title of show]" comes across as a flyweight exercise in narcissism interspersed with fleeting moments of genuineness.<br /><br /><a class="" href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121633648202963759.html?mod=2_1578_leftbox">Q&A: Bill T. Jones on His New Musical "Fela!"</a><br /><br /><strong>Christian Science Monitor</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><a class="head3" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0718/p13s01-almp.html">All the world on stage</a><br />New International theater festival in California offers audiences a window on foreign cultures – and shared stories.<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828813">The Desk Set</a><br />Most actors would undoubtedly love to find a supplemental job that's closer to their field — where they could learn things that might prove valuable in their craft.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828812">Continuing Education</a><br />You've decided to find an acting teacher. That's a big enough decision in itself. So what else is there to think about in getting yourself back to class?<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/features/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828811">Undiscovered</a><br />Many actors arrive in Los Angeles with a fantasy about landing representation. In reality, nabbing an agent and/or manager is a process, and there's no one way to go about it.<br /><em>[more Welcome to L.A. Coverage can be found at <a href="http://www.backstage.com/">http://www.backstage.com/</a>]</em><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829022">[title of show]</a> reviewed by David Sheward<br />Can an intimate little musical with no stars and virtually no plot — but lots of charm and laughs — survive on big, spectacle-loving Broadway?<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828964">Gate/Beckett: Eh Joe </a>reviewed by Leonard Jacobs<br />Who is this hermitic, tormented man on stage? It's Liam Neeson, of course, wearing a forlorn yet mysteriously blank-faced look.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829018">Theater Boys </a>reviewed by Jerry Portwood<br />Bare skin is the name of the game when it comes to gay-themed plays.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828963">Traces/Fades</a> reviewed by Andy Propst<br />Lenora Champagne crams Traces/fades with enough material to fill two or three plays.<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage MITF Reviews</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829020">Kidnapping Laura Linney </a><br />Philip Mutz's Kidnapping Laura Linney is exactly the type of fluffy fun one always hopes to find in festivals but so rarely does.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003829019">The Red Paintball</a><br />Just ask Ted Haggard — this country loves to catch religious hypocrites with their pants down, especially the gay ones.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-88379044483590891382008-07-18T06:36:00.002-04:002008-07-18T06:42:28.449-04:00ATW NewsClips - Online Sources<strong></strong><br /><strong>Playbill</strong><br /><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119526.html">Alabama Shakespeare's <em>West Side Story</em> Begins to Rumble July 18</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119572.html">Aubrey O'Day Is <em>Hairspray</em>'s New Amber Beginning July 18</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119571.html">DIVA TALK: Chatting with <em>In the Heights</em>' Karen Olivo Plus News of Akers, Colella and Callaway</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119573.html">Runolfsson, Noll, Buntrock and More Join Julie Andrews at the Hollywood Bowl July 18-19</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119574.html">Free <em>As You Like It</em>, with Ireland, Weller and Davenport, Begins Boston Run</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119575.html">Fellner, Marshall, Morris and Renfroe Read <em>notes to MariAnne</em> July 18-20 at the Powerhouse</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119577.html">"Mamma Mia!," It's Arrived: New Movie Musical Opens in U.S. July 18</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119582.html">Tickets for 2008 NY International Fringe Festival Go On Sale July 18</a><br /><br /><strong>TheaterMania</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatermania.com/peterfilichia/permalinks/2008/07/18/Life-Is-All-Right-in-America">Life Is All Right in America</a><br />I’m all for this new bi-lingual West Side Story that plans to open next spring.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14542">[title of show]</a><br />This Broadway musical about the making of a musical has plenty of heart, passion, wit -- and a terrific cast of four.<br /><br /><strong>Talkin' Broadway</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/tos.html">[title of show]</a><br />Cults of personality form when the messenger becomes, or in many cases makes himself, more important than his message. But even in the arena of unbounded hero worship that is too often the Broadway musical, writers and stars rarely trade on the premise that you should think less about what's being said than who's doing the talking (and singing) - while simultaneously proclaiming the opposite. . . .<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>nytheatre.com</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=titl6688">[title of show]</a><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>CurtainUp</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.curtainup.com/titleofshow.html">[title of show]</a><br />What started off as a cutsey little self-referential festival entry became a sassy, cult-like Off Broadway musical that has plopped down, with no added flash and trash, onto the Great White Way.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.curtainup.com/marriageofbettyandboo.html">The Marriage of Bette and Boo</a><br />Like the best absurdist playwrights, Durang fills his socio-political themes with jokes and levity. It’s best if you let him explain it all for you. . . .Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-92228640289660511382008-07-18T06:31:00.003-04:002008-07-18T06:36:41.501-04:00ATW NewsClips - Select Blogs<strong></strong><br /><strong>The Clyde Fitch Report Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://clydefitch.blogspot.com/2008/07/pondering-clay-tablet.html">Pondering the Clay Tablet</a><br />For about a week or so -- well, ok, maybe a little bit longer -- I've been carrying around the New York magazine tribute to Clay Felker, the legendary creator and editor of the magazine.<br /><br /><a href="http://clydefitch.blogspot.com/2008/07/arts-advocacy-update-l.html">Arts Advocacy Update L</a><br />This, my friends, is the 50th Arts Advocacy Update. Hooray!!<br /><br /><a href="http://clydefitch.blogspot.com/2008/07/welcome-to-mark-blankenships-critical.html">Welcome to Mark Blankenship's The Critical Condition</a><br /><br /><strong>About Last Night Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2008/07/tt_hating_the_new.html">TT: Hating the new</a>Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-30038851508662616442008-07-18T06:24:00.002-04:002008-07-18T06:30:58.772-04:00ATW NewsClips - London<strong></strong><br /><strong>The Independent</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/news/regards-to-broadway-from-west-end-directors-870364.html">Regards to Broadway from West End directors</a><br />The last few years have seen a veritable flock of Seagulls land on the stage with varying degrees of success.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/reviews/the-female-of-the-species-vaudeville-theatre-london-870725.html">The Female of the species, Vaudeville Theatre, London</a><br /><br /><strong>The Guardian</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2291629,00.html">Street Scene, Young Vic, London</a><br />A dazzlingly diverse score of ordinary yearning makes for a great evening, writes Michael Billington<br /><br /><a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2291613,00.html">Beauty and the Beast, Williamson Park, Lancaster</a><br />Alfred Hickling finds this larger than life promenade performance makes for a warm heart and sore legs<br /><br /><strong>Daily Telegraph</strong><br /><br /><a class="main" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/arts/2008/07/17/btfemale117.xml" jquery1216376769552="83">Review: The Female of the Species </a><br />Charles Spencer reviews The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville Theatre<br /><br /><strong>Whatsonstage.com</strong><br /><br /><a class="headlines" href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821216310374&title=West+%26+Wilton+Have+Family+Reunion+in+TS+Eliot+Fest">West & Wilton Have <em>Family</em> Reunion in TS Eliot Fest</a><br /><br />Latest Gossip: <a class="headlines" href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821216373568&title=Fiennes+%26+Griffiths+in+Double+Dose+of+Classics%3F%3F%3F">Fiennes & Griffiths in Double Dose of Classics???</a><br /><br /><strong>Whatsonstage.com - Off-West End & Fringe</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=254" rel="bookmark">Street Scene</a><br />There are only a few performances (until next Tuesday) of Kurt Weill’s great 1947musical melodrama at the Young Vic, but you simply must catch one of them. A sort of white Porgy and Bess set in a New York tenement over a sweltering hot twenty-four hours, the score is one of Weill’s American masterpieces, set to a 1929 play of Elmer Rice with beautiful lyrics by the Harlem poet Langston Hughes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=251" rel="bookmark">Why You Should See … I, Lear</a><br />I, Lear, an “anarchic character comedy” from theatre company The Black Sheep, opens at the Trafalgar Studios next week (21 July - 16 August). It features two of England’s finest actors, who attempt to condense a lifetime’s worth of roles into a single evening. And it’ll all end in tragedy. Here, one of those “twin collossuses of the stage”, Chester Blenheim, explains the inspiration behind the show…Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-46613870460394387572008-07-17T18:44:00.003-04:002008-07-18T06:00:53.805-04:00ATW NewsClips - Late Day LInks<strong></strong><br /><b>Playbill</b><br /><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119564.html">Noll, Scott, Skinner, Paice, Stanek, Lacey Will Star in Signature's <i>Ace</i>, a Musical With Wings </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119604.html">Andrea McArdle Will Prove <i>You Don't Know Me</i> at the Metropolitan Room </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119601.html">PHOTO CALL: <i>Thurgood</i> Star Fishburne Gets Sardi's Caricature</a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119595.html">PHOTO CALL: <i>August: Osage County</i>'s New Residents</a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119593.html">"Moonlighting" Star Beasley Joins Cast of <i>Grecian Formula</i> </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119593.html">PHOTO CALL: Vermont <i>Light in the Piazza</i> with McCarthy, Worsham and Worley</a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119593.html">Superstar Parton Jumps Onto Broadway Bandwagon for <i>9 to 5: The Musical</i> </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119583.html">Sondheim Extends Worldwide Publishing Agreement with Warner/Chappell Music </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119581.html">Lacey, Grodner, Drummond and D'Amico Will Take <i>Italian Sojourn</i> to the O'Neill Center </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119580.html">Aranas, Bobb, Joyce, Marshall-Green, Pine and More to Star in NYTW's <i>Beast</i></a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119579.html">Lavin and Najimy to Star in Reading of Nora and Delia Ephron's <i>Love, Loss, and What I Wore</i></a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119578.html">Shaiman Penning Score for Touchstone's "Bob: The Musical"</a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119578.html">New Music: NAMT Announces Selections for 2008 Festival of New Musicals </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119578.html">Rock Musical <i>bare</i> Will Make Its San Francisco Debut in 2009; Arima to Direct </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119569.html">"Theater Talk" Will Head to the Guthrie in August </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119568.html">National High School Musical Awards Named for James M. Nederlander </a><br />* <a href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119567.html">"Mamma Mia!" Soundtrack Lands in Top Ten on Billboard Chart</a><br /><br /><b>TheaterMania</b><br /><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14602">Noll, Paice, Skinner, et al. Set for Signature's Ace</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14602">John Ventimiglia to Join Cast of Stitching, Which Extends Through August 2</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14600">Anthony Rapp's Without You Set for Special Engagement at City Theatre</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14317">Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Chandra Wilson React to Emmy Award Nominations</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14597">Kenn Duncan's Photographs to Be Displayed at New York Public Library</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14597">Marshall-Green, Pine, Stoll, et al. Set for NYTW's Beast</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14571">Full Cast Set for BTF's A Man For All Seasons and Noel Coward in Two Keys</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14592">Robert Sella, Robbie Collier Sublett to Headline CST's Amadeus</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14591">NAMT Announces 2008 Selections </a><br /><br /><br /><b>Broadway.com</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568659">FRESH FACE: Carrie Manolakos</a><br /><br />* <a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568672">Logan Marshall-Green, Larry Pine & More Set for <i>Beast</i> at NYTW</a><br />* <a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568650">NAMT's 2008 Festival Lineup to Include <i>Pamela's First Musical</i></a><br />* <a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568648">Stoppard's <i>Heroes</i> to Be Part of Keen Company Season</a><br />* <a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568646">Linney, Chenoweth, McDonald, Nixon & More Among 2008 Emmy Nominees</a><br /><br /><b>nytheatre.com</b><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=trac6994">TRACES/fades</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/mitf_reviews2008.php">MITF Reviews (updated)</a><br />[Flagboy, Daguerreotypes, Natalie, Eighty-1, The Wendy Complex and Flies in the Snuffbox]<br /><br /><b>The Playgoer Blog</b><br /><br /><a href="http://playgoer.blogspot.com/2008/07/nonprofit-takeover-of-broadway-cont.html">The Nonprofit Takeover of Broadway, cont.</a><br />Looks like second best won't do for the so-called Second Stage any longer. They want to play with the big boys on Broadway.<br /><br /><b>The Wicked Stage Blog</b><br /><br /><a href="http://thewickedstage.blogspot.com/2008/07/rafta-rafta-headed-for-main-stem.html">"Rafta Rafta" Headed for Main Stem</a><br /><br /><b>The Producer's Perspective</b><br /><br /><a href="http://kendavenport.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/sequels-suck-bu.html">Sequels suck. But just for us.</a><br />Squeezing successful products for every penny of profit may sound like a greedy, grubbin' producer sort-of-thing to do, but the exploitation of products that have penetrated the market successfully is what allow producers to reinvest in more new product.<br /><br /><b>The Times UK</b><br /><br /><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4352160.ece">Jonny Woo</a><br />Charismatic and confident, Woo resists cosiness or anything personal as he runs a gamut from Shakespeare to Barbra Streisand<br /><br /><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4350399.ece">Kids Week tickets go on sale</a><br />Theatreland in London’s West End is opening itself up to children to see what goes on behind the scenesAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-90916374283203466772008-07-17T10:34:00.002-04:002008-07-17T10:53:05.318-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-Morning Links<strong></strong><strong></strong><br /><strong>Chicago Tribune Head Candy Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2008/07/jersey-boys-the.html">Jersey Boys Joke of the Day - Monday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/headcandy/2008/07/jersey-boys-j-1.html">Jersey Boys Joke of the Day - Tuesday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/headcandy/2008/07/jersey-boys-j-2.html">>Jersey Boys Joke of the Day - Wednesday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/headcandy/2008/07/jersey-boys-j-3.html">Jersey Boys Joke of the Day - Thursday</a><br /><br /><strong>Associated Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-People-Eric-Idle.html">Eric Idle adds an orchestra to Monty Python comedy</a><br />In Eric Idle's world, a leaf blower is part of the orchestra.<br /><br /><strong>amNY New York City Theater Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/stage/blog/2008/07/morning_news_thursday_july_17.html">Morning News: Thursday, July 17, 2008</a><br /><br /><strong>Playbill</strong><br /><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119565.html">New Victory Announces 2008-2009 Season of Family Programming</a><br />* <a class="leadtitlelinks" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119566.html">Akers, Cavenaugh, Callaway, Reichard, Haran and More Set for Fall Cabaret Convention</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119564.html"><em>Curtains</em>' Paice to Star in Signature Theatre Company's New Musical <em>Ace</em></a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119563.html"><em>Fourposter</em>, <em>Heroes</em> and Beasley's <em>Christmas Party</em> Comprise Keen Company Season</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119561.html">Chenoweth, Dench, Linney, McDonald, Rashad Nominated for Emmy Awards</a><br />* <a class="readmore" href="http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119562.html"><em>Grease</em>'s Keeling to Perform at New York City Triathlon July 20</a><br /><br /><strong>TheaterMania</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14589">My, Oh Mia!</a><br />Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Rita Wilson, Jane Seymour, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Louise Pitre come out for the New York premiere of the film Mamma Mia!<br /><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14317">60th Annual Primetime Emmy Nominations Are Announced</a><br />* <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/14588">Keen Company Announces 2008-2009 Season</a><br /><br /><strong>Broadway.com</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=568643">Second Stage to Purchase Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre </a><br /><br /><strong>About Last Night Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2008/07/tt_jo_stafford_rip.html">TT: Jo Stafford, R.I.P.</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Stafford" target="_new">Jo Stafford</a>, who died yesterday, is mostly forgotten now, save by those who were young a half-century ago, but back then she was one of the most popular singers in America,<br /><br /><strong>The Guardian</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2008/jul/16/musicals.zorro?picture=335744999">Men in black</a><br /><strong>In pictures:</strong> As Zorro: The Musical hits the West End, relive the masked hero's many lives on stage and screen<br /><br /><a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/Guardian/media/2008/jul/17/bbc.television2">Alan Bleasdale reunited with BBC after 22-year absence </a><br />Writer to return with a drama based on the sinking of RMS Laconia during the second world war<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>The Guardian Performing Arts Blog</strong><br /><br />Chris Wilkinson: <a title="Noises Off: Getting down to the nitty-gritty" href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/07/noises_off_getting_down_to_the.html">Noises Off: Getting down to the nitty-gritty</a><br />David Pollock: <a title="Wlll booking chaos bring order to the Edinburgh Fringe?" href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/07/wlll_recent_chaos_bring_order.html">Wlll booking chaos bring order to the Edinburgh Fringe?</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Whatsonstage.com</strong><br /><br />* <a class="headlines" href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821216294197&title=Gate+Adapts+Hedda%2C+Dances+to+Sadler%92s+Wells+Deal">Gate Adapts <em>Hedda</em>, Dances to Sadler’s Wells Deal</a><br />* <a class="headlines" href="http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821216292766&title=1st+Night+Photos%3A+Keanu+Leaves+Females+in+Private">1st Night Photos: Keanu Leaves <em>Females</em> in Private</a><br /><br /><strong>London Theatre Guide</strong><br /><br />First Night Feature: <a href="http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/features/view/item101496/The-Female-Of-The-Species/">The Female Of The Species</a><br />In a week where Germaine Greer has loomed over the production like the angry clouds of a British summer sky, The Female Of The Species faced critics who would actually watch the play last night.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-43514840580985212772008-07-17T07:35:00.002-04:002008-07-17T07:53:37.395-04:00ATW NewsClips - California, Pacific Northwest Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Los Angeles Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/theguide/performing-arts/la-gd-cover17-2008jul17,0,3710398.story">REDCAT's New Original Works Festival</a><br />REDCAT's innovators show that . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-henry17-2008jul17,0,5828257.story" target="">King Henry is outnumbered</a><br /><br /><strong>Orange County Register</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/one-marvelous-wonderettes-2095375-school-bean">'The Marvelous Wonderettes' in Laguna brings back marvelous memories</a><br />Laguna Playhouse's nostalgic show examines the innocence of the '50s and the dynamism of the '60s through the prism of a female vocal quartet.<br /><br /><strong>Orange County Register Paul Hodgins' Blog</strong><br /><br /><a title="Permanent Link to A “West Side Story” for our times — bilingual and more menacing — is coming to Broadway" href="http://artsblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/16/a-west-side-story-for-our-times-bilingual-and-more-menacing-is-coming-to-broadway/" rel="bookmark">A “West Side Story” for our times — bilingual and more menacing — is coming to Broadway</a><br /><br /><strong>L.A. City Beat</strong><br /><br /><a title="Read Story: Life Begins at 8:30, So Leave the House at Six" href="http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/life_begins_at_8_30_so_leave_the_house_at_six/7246">Life Begins at 8:30, So Leave the House at Six</a><br />Don Shirley takes a bus!<br /><br /><a title="Read Story: NOW PLAYING July 17" href="http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/now_playing_july_17/7266">NOW PLAYING July 17</a><br />(Capsule Reviews from Don Shirley)<br /><br /><strong>Contra Costa Times</strong><br /><br /><br /><a class="listingItemTitle" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9905737">Disney to Shakespeare and Alan Thicke -- quite a week</a><br />One Hand clapping is about the week's Bay Area theater highlights <a class="listingArticleLinkTo" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9905737"> </a><br /><a class="complexListingMoreHeadlines" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts"></a><br /><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9905662">Classy cast, sets spark 'Thoroughly Modern Millie" </a><br /><br /><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9901334"></a><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/arts/ci_9900492">Doing theater in harmony</a><br /><br /><strong>San Francisco Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-16/culture/oscar-wilde-s-view-of-women-in-politics-not-ideal/">Oscar Wilde's view of women in politics not ideal</a><br />It's an election year, in case you hadn't noticed. From Josh Kornbluth's Citizen Josh to Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector, Bay Area...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-16/culture/killing-my-lobster-new-show-doesn-t-kill/">Killing My Lobster new show doesn't kill</a><br />San Francisco's flagship comedy troupe is back with a new show, new actors, and a different performance space. This edition's theme is "time,"...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-16/culture/american-joe-pits-liberal-sister-against-army-brother/"><em>American Joe</em> pits liberal sister against army brother</a><br />Despite being given life by the same DNA donors and being raised in the same household, siblings often grow into people who bear little...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-07-16/culture/also-playing/">Also Playing</a><br />(capsule reviews)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6743&catid=85">Campaign pain? </a><br />SF Mime Troupe takes no election-year guff in Red State<br /><br /><strong>Sacramento Bee</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/124/story/1088420.html">Vicki Lewis nails the role of Rose in Music Circus' excellent telling of 'Gypsy'</a><br /><br /><strong>Seattle Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/twist-in-the-gut/">Twist in the Gut</a><br />In the annals of American dramaturgy, A Streetcar Named Desire isn't just an 800-pound gorilla—it's the whole monkey house. Family,...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/bard-beats-bond/">Bard Beats Bond</a><br />Stage acting is where TV stars go to demonstrate that they've got chops. And when stage actors want to assay the test of great acting, they go to...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/opening-nights-bare/">Opening Nights: Bare</a><br />When I think of Catholic boarding school, I think of two things—parents who don't really want to be parents and bored, forgotten children...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/stage-openings-big-river/">Opening Nights: Big River</a><br />Taproot Theatre gets a number of things right in its staging of Big River, the 1985 musical that follows Huckleberry Finn and his runaway slave...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/stage-openings-the-mikado/">Opening Nights: The Mikado</a><br />Just like the pair themselves—W.S. Gilbert, bourgeois family man/cutting satirist, and A.S. Sullivan, shameless hymn-monger/bon-vivant...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-07-16/arts/opening-nights-the-wind-in-the-willows/">Opening Nights: The Wind in the Willows</a><br />With little more than a tricked-out bicycle, Theater Schmeater transports the young and the young at heart to a magical realm of animals in their...<br /><br /><strong>The Stranger</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=621770&tr" target="_self">White Girls</a><br />Leni Riefenstahl, Blanche DuBois, and a Bulimic Black ManAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-24116984691077606432008-07-17T07:10:00.002-04:002008-07-17T07:35:45.806-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-West, Southwest and Mountain Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Chicago Sun-Times</strong><br /><br /><a class="index_subhead" href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/poprock/1059828,abba071708.article">Why are ABBA songs so infectious? Science has answers</a><br />It only takes a single exposure, and in an instant, your whole day can change. The infection is rapid and feels potentially unending. One minute you’re minding your own business ...<br /><br /><strong>Time Out Chicago</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39271/aleagueofherown">Deborah Clapp </a><br />The new leader of the League of Chicago Theatres talks shop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39901/smokealarm">Smoke alarm </a><br />In the wake of the Jersey Boys smoking bust, we check in with Ald. Brendan Reilly on what it means for other cig-wielding stage characters like August: Osage County's Violet Weston.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39281/amidsummernightsdreamaqueertale">A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Queer Tale </a>@ MidTangent Productions<br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39311/unsexmehere">Unsex Me Here </a>@ The Living Canvas<br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39291/ragandbone">Rag and Bone </a>@ Rubicon Theatre Project<br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/39301/saintsinstrangeplaces">Saints in Strange Places </a>@ Appetite Theatre<br /><br />Spotlight on...<a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/theater/37141/freemilly">Milly's Orchid Show </a><br />Mily May Smithy, maven of miscellany, pops up at Park West Saturday 19.<br /><br /><strong>Daily Herald</strong><br /><br /><a class="columnistLink" href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=221198">July 17 openings and closings</a><br /><br /><strong>Minneapolis City Pages</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.citypages.com/2008-07-16/arts/guthrie-s-government-inspector-a-first-rate-face/">Guthrie's Government Inspector a first-rate farce</a><br />As someone who once logged a certain amount of deeply satisfying and restorative R.E.M. sleep in the back seat of a state-owned car (yes, on the...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.citypages.com/2008-07-16/arts/theater-spotlight-autobahn/">Theater Spotlight: Autobahn</a><br />Seeing as how we, as a species, appear to be furiously evolving toward a life of sitting on padded seats and hurling ourselves through space in...<br /><br /><strong>Detroit Free Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/ENT05/807170335/1115/ENT05">The Bard comes home to the park</a><br />"Barefoot in the Park" was nice, but Shakespeare in the park is what Water Works Theatre Company does best at Royal Oak's Starr Jaycee Park.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080717/ENT05/807170336/1115/ENT05">More Shakespeare</a><br />Can't wait a week for a summer Shakespeare fix? You could cross the Canadian border for Stratford or just go to Jackson and Grand Rapids. Both are hosting performances of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.<br /><br /><strong>Encore Michigan</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=418"><em>Panhandle Slim</em> extended through September</a><br /><br /><strong>St. Louis Riverfront Times</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-07-16/culture/mo-muny/">Mo' Muny!: What happens when the Muny looks back on its 90 years? (Hint: It ain't "magic.")</a><br />Doubtless, 90 Years of Muny Magic, this week's birthday celebration of St. Louis' longest-lasting — and, in recent decades,...<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-07-16/culture/dennis-brown-offers-up-his-most-memorable-muny-moments/">Dennis Brown offers up his ten most memorable Muny moments</a><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2008-07-16/culture/stage-capsules/">St. Louis Stage Capsules</a><br /><br /><strong>CiN Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/ENT07/807160317/1067/rss05" target="_blank"><em>What's the Point?!</em></a><br />Know Theatre opens season with regional premiere<br /><br /><strong>Houston Press</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-07-17/culture/capsule-stage-reviews-ain-t-misbehavin-snoopy-the-tamarie-cooper-show-war-of-the-roses/">Capsule Stage Reviews: Ain't Misbehavin', Snoopy, The Tamarie Cooper Show, War of the Roses</a><br /><br /><strong>Austin American-Statesman</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><a href="http://www.austin360.com/arts/content/arts/stories/2008/07/0717coffee.html">A coffee with ...</a><br />'Nanny' co-star now nurtures a 'Clean House' in Austin.<br /><br /><strong>Denver Post</strong><br /><br /><a class="complexListingLink" href="http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_9901426">History as chess yields a weighty "Henry VIII"</a><br /><br /><strong>Rocky Mountain News</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/16/actresses-revisit-the-hot-l/">Actresses revisit the 'Hot L'</a><br />Reprising roles gives actresses second chance to bring experiences to lobby stageAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-47193785578691860092008-07-17T06:41:00.002-04:002008-07-17T07:10:02.248-04:00ATW NewsClips - Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>Washington Post</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602789.html">A Man Walked Into a Bard One Day . . .</a><br />Suspect in Folio Theft Is Something of a Character<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602788.html">'Miss Lizzie,' A Greek Chorus That Rocks</a><br />The spirit of fringe is rock-and-roll, so it's fitting that one of the most sizzling acts thus far in the third Capital Fringe Festival is an hour-long ramble through Greek tragedy set to amplified music.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071603033.html">How to Choose at the Fringe Festival?</a><br />Just try searching for that perfect play among the 100-plus Capital Fringe Festival offerings -- the one that for a mere 15 bucks will entertain, warm the heart, remind of you of your humanity.<br /><br /><strong>Washington City Paper</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=35896">Fringe & Purge</a><br />Highlights from Washington City Paper's Capital Fringe Festival Blog<br /><br /><strong>Philadephia Inquirer</strong><br /><br /><a class="digest-headline" href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20080717_In_spite_of_yourself__a_fABBAlous_time.html">In spite of yourself, a fABBAlous time </a><br />Let's just be frank here - Mamma Mia! is about as critic-proof a musical as you'll ever find. Some people just love ABBA, and others love any creative endeavor to which the prefix "chick"...<br /><br /><strong>Philadephia Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a class="feature" href="http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/17342/a-e--stage">Stage</a><br />PlayPenn at the Playground at the Adrienne, and the Spark Festival at Plays and Players Theater.<br /><br /><strong>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</strong><br /><br /><a class="head" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08199/897455-42.stm">Finger-snappin' 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' is a departure for CLO</a><br />All musicals are time machines. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08199/897541-325.stm">Gene Kelly Awards going national</a><br /><br /><strong>Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</strong><br /><br /><a class="headlinelink5" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577886.html">Civic Light Opera brings Wild West to Benedum</a><br />Tuesday, Jack Devereaux will open a two-week run as Frank Butler in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production of "Annie Get Your Gun."<br /><br /><a class="headline2" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577887.html">'Smokey Joe's' shines spotlight on songwriters</a><br />Songwriters -- for the most part -- get little attention. That's one big reason you might want to see the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's production of "Smokey Joe's Cafe."<br /><br /><a class="headline2" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577888.html">Apple Hill adds twist to traditional 'Cinderella'</a><br />This summer, Apple Hill Playhouse offers a traditional retelling of "Cinderella," complete with a pumpkin coach and a beautiful princess -- and no male siblings. But there's a twist. Cinderella and the prince meet while they're doing laundry.<br /><br /><a class="headline2" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577889.html">Theatre Factory presentation pays tribute to Cole Porter's life, music</a><br />"Red Hot & Cole" showcases many of American songwriter Cole Porter's biggest hits from Broadway and Hollywood, from "Anything Goes" and "Kiss Me Kate" to "High Society" and "Can-Can."<br /><br /><a class="headline2" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577899.html">Hoping 'Stonewall's Bust' will leave audience breathless with laughter</a><br />When playwright John Morogiello's comedy "Stonewall's Bust" takes stage for the first time, he has some high hopes for the outcome.<br /><br /><a class="headline2" href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/arts/theater/s_577890.html">Irish & Classical celebrates works of John Synge</a><br />For theater lovers, the Synge Cycle can become a vehicle to explore the world of Irish playwright John Millington Synge.<br /><br /><strong>Baltimore Sun</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-ar.plaid16jul16,0,7221887.story" target="">Strong cast weaves fine 'Plaid'</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-ar.hawyah16jul16,0,4219919.story" target="">Drawing on the soul of the 'Machine'</a><br /><br /><strong>Richmond Times-Dispatch</strong><br /><br /><a class="ContentBlockcollectionListHeadline" title="Cheap Dating at Lulu's, Fringe Theater at Gallery 5, Shockoe Chef Showdown" href="http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment/mashup.html">Cheap Dating at Lulu's, Fringe Theater at Gallery 5, Shockoe Chef Showdown</a><br /><br /><strong>Boston Globe</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/16/they_sing_they_dance_they_aim_to_shoot_a_president">In 'Assassins,' they sing, dance, and aim to shoot a president</a><br />Why does Company One ask us to spend 90 minutes in a dark room with these obsessive killers? For Sondheim fanatics, the answer is obvious: It's the music, stupid.<br /><br /><a class="bold" href="http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/07/17/making_a_mockery_out_of_situation">Making a mockery out of situation</a><br />"The Book Club Play" is a play about a film mockumentary about people who love books.<br /><br /><strong>Boston Phoenix</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Arts/64785-Killing-grounds/">Killing grounds</a><br />The Seagull flies at the Publick; Company One knocks off Assassins<br /><br /><strong>Providence Journal</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.projo.com/theater/content/wk-theater17_07-17-08_5GART87_v15.27554e5.html">As You Like It in Westerly; Evita in Matunuck</a><br />You can catch actor David Birney playing Shakespeare in Westerly’s Wilcox Park this weekend, or you can head over to Matunuck for Evita at Theatre by the Sea.<br /><br /><strong>Providence Phoenix</strong><br /><br /><a title="Mamma Mia!" href="http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Movies/64860-MAMMA-MIA/">Mamma Mia!</a><br />Passable, frothy fun<br /><br /><strong>Berkshire Eagle</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.berkshireeagle.com/entertainment/ci_9905519">Director digs into Chekov</a><br />Among the plays Michael Greif has directed at Williamstown Theatre Festival since his first production there in 1993 is John Guare's "Landscape of the Body."<br /><br /><strong>Orlando Sentinel Attention Must Be Paid Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/07/not-quite-theat.html">Not quite theater, but fun all the same</a><br /><br /><strong>Miami Herald</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/theater/story/606026.html">Smart treatment for comedy of buffoons</a><br />Just over a century ago, Jacinto Benavente surprised audiences in Madrid with the premiere of Los intereses creados (The Bonds of Interest), a ''comedy of buffoons'' that pays homage to Italian Commedia dell'Arte and playwrights such as Carlo Goldoni, as a mocking satire of society at the time. ...<br /><br /><strong>Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/drama_queen/2008/07/exiting-too-soo.html">Exiting too soon</a><br />If you've been following the state of the newspaper business over the past few years, you realize that (as with the economy) the picture isn't a rosy one. From the country's largest dailies to its smallest ones<br /><br /><strong>St. Petersburg Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=702815">Dialogue causes 'Forever Plaid' to founder</a><br /><br /><strong>Atlanta Creative Loafing</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/all_that_glitters_valhalla_and_the_merchant_of_venice/Content?oid=519298">All that glitters: Valhalla and The Merchant of Venice</a><br />Can't buy me love, or can you?<br /><br />Speakeasy with...<a href="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/randy_havens/Content?oid=519294">Randy Havens</a><br />Moving FWD: at Dad's Garage<br /><br /><strong>Charlotte News & Observer</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2766/story/1144292.html">'Wicked' star enjoys new spotlight</a><br /><br /><strong>Charlotte Creative Loafing</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/dream_act_deferred/Content?oid=333193">DREAM Act deferred</a><br />Plus, firm convictions with Shakespeare Carolina's Richard IIIAndy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-28952888938340371182008-07-17T06:18:00.002-04:002008-07-17T06:41:20.743-04:00ATW NewsClips - Tri-State Print<strong></strong><br /><strong>New York Times</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/theater/17bway.html?ref=theater">Jets? Yes! Sharks? ¡Sí! In Bilingual ‘West Side’</a><br />More than 50 years after the musical “West Side Story” had its original Broadway premiere, it is set to return in February in a darker, grittier, bilingual revival.<br />* <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/theater/West_Side_Story.pdf" target="new">Original Review: 'West Side Story' (Sept. 27, 1957) [pdf]</a><br />* 'Tonight,' from 'West Side Story' (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (<a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/audiosrc/arts/Tonight.mp3">mp3</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/theater/17thea.html?ref=theater">Second Stage Will Set Up a Broadway Shop at Helen Hayes</a><br />Second Stage Theater, a nonprofit Off Broadway company, plans to announce that it has acquired the right to purchase the historic Helen Hayes Theater on West 44th Street.<br /><br /><a href="http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/theater/reviews/17stra.html?ref=theater">Two Candidates Debate, but No One Seems to Think</a><br />“The Strangerer” is a a curious hybrid of existential philosophy and political satire.<br /><br /><strong>New York Post</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172008/entertainment/theater/great_depth_of_characters_120259.htm">Great depth of characters</a><br />The rags-to-riches theme of "Expatriate," Lenelle Moise's new play with music that opened last night at the Culture Project, is familiar stuff. Two black women seeking musical fame in Paris find plenty of heartache along the way - drug addiction, the testing of friendships and the high price of stardom. Yet as standard as those...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172008/entertainment/theater/east_goes_south_120258.htm">'East' goes south</a><br />Don Reed's autobiographical monologue is subtitled "True Tales of a Reluctant Player," but his performance is anything but...<br /><br />Liz Smith: <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172008/gossip/liz/urban_angel_covert_120240.htm">Urban Angel Covert</a><br />Talk a comeback! On Aug. 7, lots of people get the chance to see <strong>Liza Minnelli</strong> at the 30-year-old Seaside Summer Concert Series outside Asser Levy/Seaside Park in Coney Island/Brighton Beach! ...<strong>"Charlie Chang and the Mysterious Salami,"</strong> a musical spoofing the old movie serial, pokes fun at racial stereotypes. That starts Monday at the Grand Theatre, 358 W. 44th. This is part of the NY Artists Unlimited's Bad Musicals Festival. We don't do enough to encourage struggling talents in this big city. ...<strong>Christine Baranski</strong>, who scores big in the film, introduced the evening, saying, "The 'Mamma Mia!' experience may be the precursor of 'global heart-warming.'<br /><br /><strong>New York Sun</strong><br /><br /><a class="section_link" href="http://www.nysun.com/arts/second-stage-buys-a-broadway-theater/82026/">Second Stage Buys a Broadway Theater</a><br />The nonprofit Second Stage Theatre plans to buy and renovate the 499-seat Helen Hayes Theater on West 44th Street, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The company's artistic director, Carole Rothman, told the Times that Second Stage will raise $35…<br /><br /><strong>Time Out NY</strong><br /><br /><a class="CL_black" title="Retro active" href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/40741/retro-active">Retro active</a><br />Jonathan Groff, 23, is carving out a specialty in playing angels...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40431/quirkydowntowntheateractor">[quirky downtown theater actor] </a><br />Susan Blackwell makes a name for herself in [title of<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40421/kickingadeadhorse">Kicking a Dead Horse </a><br />Cowboy playwright Sam Shepard contemplates death in the desert, with a little help from Stephen Rea.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40461/damnyankees">Damn Yankees </a><br />Is it a home run or foul ball in City Center at the revival of this beloved 1955 chestnut? Here comes the umpire.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40401/themarriageofbetteandboo">The Marriage of Bette and Boo </a><br />Christopher Durang eviscerates several sacred cows in his classic satire. The Roundabout does right by it.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40441/potomactheatreprojectscenesfromanexecution">Potomac Theatre Project: Scenes from an Execution </a><br />Here's a welcome shot of tough British dramatist Howard Barker—plus the sterling Jan Maxwell.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40391/thebeastoftaylormac">The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac </a><br />Once you fall for splendiferous drag artist Taylor Mac, you’ll go anywhere with him.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/40451/potomactheatreprojectcraveandsomewhereinthepacific">Potomac Theatre Project: Crave and Somewhere in the Pacific </a><br />Potomac presents a twofer that meditates on death. There's some liveliness there, mostly Sarah Kane.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/theater/37721/lifeinamaritalinstitution">Life in a Marital Institution </a><br />James Braly airs his dirty laundry (and his wife's) in this warm and witty new solo about spousal relations.<br /><br /><strong>nypress</strong><br /><br /><a class="cover" href="http://www.nypress.com/21/29/abouttown/theater.cfm">Theater: ‘Bette’ Noir </a><br />A revival of Christopher Durang’s savage comedy, ‘The Marriage of Bette and Boo,’ still stings<br /><br /><strong>Hartford Courant</strong><br /><br />Rizzo: <a href="http://www.courant.com/entertainment/stage/hc-tickercol.artjul17,0,556972.column" target="">'Story Of My Life' At Goodspeed; 'Ella Run Extended</a><br /><br /><strong>Fairfield County Weekly</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=8765">Two households, both alike in dignity</a><br />Stratford's Putney Players and Stamford's Curtain Call both put on enticing outdoor Romeo and Juliet productions<br /><br /><strong>Star-Ledger</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/artnews/ledger/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1216269398262650.xml&coll=1">Arts notes</a><br /><br /><strong>Bergen Record</strong><br /><br /><a class="newslink" href="http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/stage/25550019.html">A Revolutionary version of classic play/ '1776' features young cast</a><br /><br /><a class="newslink" href="http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/stage/25546179.html">Shakespeare New Jersey Theatre’s Next Stage Ensemble presents “The Learned Ladies”</a><br />Comedy tonight - 'Esther Demsack'<br /><br /><strong>Albany Times-Union</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=704173&category=ARTS">WTF tackles family strife in 'Three Sisters'</a><br />Michael Greif is making a cottage industry out of directing Anton Chekhov at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. His production of "The Three Sisters" opens tonight at the festival, following earlier takes of "The Seagull" (in 1994, starring a young Gwyneth Paltrow alongside her mother, Blythe Danner) and "The Cherry Orchard" (2004).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=704128&category=ARTS">'Altar Boyz' inspired at Adirondack Theatre</a><br />However improbable it may seem, an off-Broadway musical called "Altar Boyz," about a Christian boy band, became a hit and continues to run in Manhattan more than three years after opening. The show's upstate premiere, which closes the Adirondack Theatre Festival season, demonstrates why "Altar Boyz" is such a success.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=704157&category=ARTS">Charms of 'Kiss Me, Kate'</a><br />With its new production of "Kiss Me, Kate," Glimmerglass is a late comer to the trend of opera companies producing musical comedies. Where other troupes usually pick weighty pieces of nearly operatic scale...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=704181&category=ARTS">Italian troupe sets child play into motion</a><br />Presenting dances in which children from the audience spontaneously create much of the movement represents a bit of an artistic risk. But it's a risk Davide Venturini and Francesco Gandi, directors of the Italian visual dance-theater company T.P.O. (Teatro di Piazza o d'Occasione), are willing to take....Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-774538795024953971.post-85926497862522800172008-07-17T05:59:00.002-04:002008-07-17T06:11:41.459-04:00ATW NewsClips - National Print Pubs<strong></strong><br /><strong>Associated Press</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Theater-Second-Stage.html">Second Stage set to acquire a Broadway home</a><br />Second Stage Theatre, a major showcase for contemporary American playwrights, is expanding to Broadway.<br /><br /><strong>Variety</strong><br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937749.html?categoryId=33">Expatriate</a><br />Things change in "Expatriate," but they don't resolve. That's true of the plot in this two-person play with music, about the rise and fall of an American singing duo in France, and it's true of the songs, whose infectious jazz-pop hooks rarely reach tidy conclusions. By refusing to land somewhere safe, the show makes fresh statements on common themes like celebrity, excess and art.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937751.html?categoryId=33">Scramble!</a><br />...Previously presented as "Hatchetman" at Florida Stage, play gets another go-round at the Westport Country Playhouse where house scribe Wiltse preemed his deft "A Marriage Minuet" two years ago. But in trying his hand at this in extremis comedy, Wiltse's craft fails him, and the production brings more cringes than chuckles.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937750.html?categoryId=33">Parade</a><br />...the L.A. professional premiere from the South Bay's Neighborhood Playhouse demonstrates the material's suitability for a chamber ensemble approach, bringing out two potent narratives about prejudice: that between the community and the outsider, and that between spouses.<br /><br />Review: <a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117937748.html?categoryId=33">The Strangerer</a><br />...Chicago's director-free Theater Oobleck warps Bush's malapropisms and mispronunciations into an absurdist, frequently hilarious tone poem, aided by a sleepy John Kerry and a troubled Jim Lehrer. Neither simple mockery nor earnest existentialism, the oddball play is a uniquely weird and enthralling cross-pollination of the two.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989050.html?categoryId=15">D.C. tryout for 'West Side'</a><br />Revival set for Broadway in February<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989078.html?categoryId=15">Second Stage to buy Helen Hayes</a><br />Nonprofit theater aims to raise $35 million<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989049.html?categoryId=15">NAMT taps musicals for fall festival</a><br />Shows include 'First Musical,' 'Beatsville'<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989036.html?categoryId=15">Tech tune up for 'Phantom'</a><br />Musical closes for sound system update<br /><br /><strong>Bloomberg.com</strong><br /><br /><a class="summheadline" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aTUcvFTuTIS0&refer=muse">Shakespeare Alfresco Triumphs in Wisconsin Hills Where Dairy Cows Graze </a><br />You know you've had an enchanting outdoor Shakespeare experience when, after the final blackout, everyone looks up at the stars and collectively sighs.<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828546">Expatriate</a> reviewed by Gwen Orel<br />Lenelle Moïse's music, created by a JamMan loop machine and a powerful voice singing evocative lyrics, has a beat that gets under your skin, fascinating rhythm, and real theatrical power. It's new.<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/stage/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827946">'9 to 5' to Open on Broadway in 2009 </a><br />A musical based on 1980 film "Nine to Five" will open on Broadway in 2009 with music and lyrics by country star Dolly Parton.<br /><br /><strong>Back Stage - MITF Reviews</strong><br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828547">Cherry Hill</a><br />Cherry Hill by Matt Okin is full of the wisdom and humor you might find in a particularly scuzzy bar, but outside that context, it doesn't seem so profound.<br /><strong></strong><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828543">Daguerreotypes</a><br />At almost two hours, Daguerreotypes is a punishingly long time to sit in the Where Eagles Dare Theatre's wicker seats and unfortunately not quite worth the red lines your skin will accrue.<br /><strong></strong><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828542">Eighty-1</a><br />Six strong singers and some worthy songs by Clive Chang are the plus factors in this world premiere of an 81-minute musical (no coincidence, that).<br /><br /><a class="headline" href="http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003828541">Flies in the Snuffbox</a><br />Three outstanding performances — one in each of the three one-act Chekhov plays that make up this bill — almost but not quite redeem the enterprise.Andy Propsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00819420536256230143noreply@blogger.com0