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Coming to Broadway: 'Paradise' on a BudgetHarold Prince and Susan Stroman are planning a return to
broadway with a musical adapted from the Joseph Roth novel "The Tale of the 1002nd Night."
New York Times Wednesday, September 23, 2009Theater Review | 'The Confidence Man': 1 ¾ Hours Before the Mast, With a Swift Nod to MelvilleThe Woodshed Collective has mounted a silly theater piece, which it claims was inspired by Herman Melville's novel "The Confidence-Man," aboard an old Coast Guard vessel at Pier 40.
New York Times Wednesday, September 23, 2009Calif. Shakespeare Theater Embarks On Major Renovation"Demolition of the 20-year-old 'temporary' buildings that house public restrooms and a refreshment stand, as well as dressing rooms and offices, will begin Oct. 12, after the last show of the season."...
Arts Journal Wednesday, September 23, 2009National Theatre Audiences Are Biggest In Years"The highest attendance figures for seven years helped the National
theatre to a £456,000 surplus, its annual report revealed today. ... The total programme of 25 productions in 2008/2009 was seen by 817,000 paying audience members," while "[h]ouses were on average 93 per cent full."...
Arts Journal Wednesday, September 23, 2009Dallas' Ultra-Flexible Theatre (Movable Balconies Included)"The Dallas Arts District Theater was a magnificent piece of crap. ... Fortunately, its replacement, which hosts its first production in October, is a worthy successor. The Dee and Charles Wyly
theatre was designed by New York megafirm Rex to be an enormous Transformer that can suit
almost any directorial whim."...
Arts Journal Wednesday, September 23, 2009Spielberg To Do Broadway Musical TV Series?"DreamWorks TV and Showtime are in the early stages of developing a scripted series that will chronicle the development of an original
broadway musical, from its creative inception through its opening night. The intention is to then mount the tuner on [Broadway] after the series airs."...
Arts Journal Wednesday, September 23, 2009Enron, The Play, From The Financial Sector's Point Of View"When Enron premiered at the Minerva
theatre in Chichester in July, the critics went a bit bonkers. Enron is a Citizen Kane for our time, said one. 'Aristotle himself would relish the hubris,' gushed another." Finance professionals had a slightly different take....
Arts Journal Wednesday, September 23, 2009Theater Review | 'Cymbeline': Shakespeare, Appalachia and a Trunk"Cymbeline" may be nobody's favorite Shakespeare play, but Fiasco Theater is making it awfully lovable in a spunky production at Access Theater.
New York Times Wednesday, September 23, 2009Theater Review | 'In the Daylight': Skeletons in a Family's Dark ClosetThe entertaining parts of Tony Glazer's "In the Daylight" don't arrive until the second act but when the secrets do finally drop, they're pretty tasty.
New York Times Wednesday, September 23, 2009Sony STRDG820 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black (Electronics) newly tagged ''theater''Sony STRDG820 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black (Electronics)By Sony Buy new: $249.956 used and new from $235.98 Customer Rating: First tagged "theater" by B. E. Bly "Computer Nut" Customer tags: receiver(34), hdmi(25), home theater(21), 1080p(21), sony(19), blu-ray(18), dolby truehd(15), bravia(12), hd dvd(8), 1080i(6), 720p(2), 4 hdmi input receiver
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