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"Kinky Boots" marching to Broadway
"Kinky Boots" could be strutting to Broadway. The British comedy feature, which starred Chiwetel Ejiofor as a drag queen, has been acquired for the stage by veteran Broadway producers Daryl Roth ("August: Osage County") and Hal Luftig ("Movin' Out"), who aim to turn it into a musical.

Cumming dares, bares in lively "Bacchae" revamp
He is a rock star, an exhibitionist and a vengeful god. He is Dionysus as played by stage and film star Alan Cumming in a vibrant production of Euripides' "The Bacchae," courtesy of the National Theatre of Scotland.

Variety

Broadway box office takes a dive
Holiday, post-Tony closings cause slowdown

Friedkin to direct 'Truth' at La Scala
Battistelli to write score for opera adaptation

'Italian' slated for playwrights confab
Neena Beber's play replaces 'Mistakes'

Brian Murray added to 'To Be'
Actor joins Bierko, Maxwell in adaptation

La Scala strike cancels 'Boheme'
Dispute closes curtain on opening

Review: The Producers in Vienna
...if opening-night receptions are an adequate barometer, Austria is ready to embrace Mel Brooks' no-holds-barred musical.

Review: Crave/Somewhere in the Pacific
..Both one-act dramas are sturdily produced, with strong perfs especially buoying Bell's play about gay panic on a WWII troopship. But while creative choices are intelligent, they lack the fever implied by works about violent passion.

Back Stage

The Bacchae reviewed by Adam R. Perlman
It's been 10 years since Sam Mendes' deliciously grimy rethinking of Cabaret gave birth to Alan Cumming.

Hana Ichimomme reviewed by Andy Propst
Hana Ichimomme, a Japanese children's song with a tune that brings to mind the lilting melody of "London Bridge," is the unlikely inspiration for this poignant one-woman drama.