New York Magazine
Jesse Oxfeld on Janet McTeer’s Performances
Bergen Record
Feldberg: Leonia playwright’s new comedy explores power
Where do playwrights get their ideas? Generally speaking, there are two places. One is from their own significant life experiences. The other is everywhere else.
Associated Press
NYC’s Times and Herald Squares Remade for Walking
New York’s Times and Herald squares just got a lot more pedestrian-friendly.
Singing Sensation Boyle Gets New Chance to Shine
Britain’s unlikely singing sensation Susan Boyle, the frumpy church volunteer who wowed the world with her angelic voice, was on Saturday voted into the next round of a TV talent show that propelled her to global fame.
Reuters
Italian showman Benigni brings Dante to America
A one-man show about Italian poet Dante Alighieri may not sound like a bundle of laughs but when the man doing it is Roberto Benigni, famous for his exuberant antics after winning an Oscar, it won’t be a snooze.
TheaterMania
Peter Filichia’s Diary: Gene Castle Looks Forward and Back
Fifty years ago, Gene Castle stormed onto the stage of the Broadway Theatre, singing, “Extra! Extra! Hey, look at the headlines!” as one of the original newsboys in Gypsy.
* Alan Cumming, Liza Minnelli, Bebe Neuwrith, Martha Plimpton, Geoffrey Rush, et al. Set for Astaire Awards
* Joe DiPietro, Rajiv Joseph, Maureen McGovern, Vienna Teng, et al. Set for TheatreWorks New Works Festival
New York Times
Arts, Briefly: The Audience’s Choices
After two weeks of online voting, Broadway.com announced the winners of its 10th annual audience awards.
Culturebot
Talking with Paige Evans
Check out my interview with Paige Evans from LCT3:
Huffington Post
Johann Hari: Is This the Greatest Play of the Late Twentieth Century?
…As it is about to have its first major revival in London’s West End since its premiere in 1993 – starring Stoppard’s own son, Ed – the vindication of ‘Arcadia’ seems close at hand. Yet Stoppard compresses so many ideas…
Just Show To Go You
Quick Q&A: Megan Hilty
Megan Hilty has arrived in a big way as one of 9 to 5’s three leading ladies.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Coming to terms with Tony Kushner
Theatergoers weigh in on the latest (“The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide”) from the acclaimed playwright (and Minneapolis booster).
Encore Michigan
BoarsHead adds late night production of For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls
As one group of actors take their bows at BoarsHead Theater, another will be warming up May 29 and 30 as they get ready to take the stage for a late night production of Christopher Durang’s For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
‘Henry’ outlasts Milwaukee Shakespeare
Milwaukee Shakespeare suddenly closed only a third of the way through its 2008-’09 season, but in a strange and wonderful bit of serendipity, its planned schedule of plays has continued.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Summer Preview: ‘Mary Poppins’ is a highlight of summer theater
The Times UK
Peter Pan heads home
A spectacular show brings Peter Pan’s ‘awfully big adventure’ to his birthplace, and should leave the audience soaring
Marianne Elliott: explorer of the heart
She was the woman who brought War Horse to the stage. Now the director puts her unique spin on All’s Well That Ends Well
The Guardian
Alfred Hickling talks with actor Brenda Blethyn and novelist Edna O’Brien’s new play Haunted
Brenda Blethyn gave Edna O’Brien a lift one day – and got a ghostly role in her new play in return. The friends talk roots, religion and rebellion with Alfred Hickling
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