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Through the artistry of music and movement, and the strength of lyrics that generate deep emotion, Caught in the Threshold is a performance piece shaped by an ensemble of actors, dancers, musicians and artists who, themselves, are at that 'threshold' of change.

A new play written and directed by Paul Weitz and the rain-check run of the latest Douglas Carter Beane play are set for the 2009-10 season at Off Broadway's Second Stage Theater according to a report in Variety.

Variety reports that Stephen Collins and Tony Roberts have joined the cast of Manhattan Theater Club's upcoming Broadway revival of THE ROYAL FAMILY.

Film News: Krantz to direct actor in noir detective story -- Antonio Banderas is set to star in 'The Big Bang,' a neo-noir detective story to be directed by Tony Krantz.

"Star Trek" sold an estimated $76.5 million in tickets at North American theaters in its first three and a half days of release, the top draw of the weekend.

'Star Trek' went where no Trekkie film has gone before, earning $72.5 million in its first weekend in theaters.

Veronica Wadley says paper's political turn and 'Pravda-style' good news is insulting to readers On a freezing afternoon three months ago, Veronica Wadley joked for a final time with her staff at the London Evening Standard.As the capital wriggled under a heavy duvet of snow, The outgoing editor bid an emotional farewell to her team after seven years and wished them luck with the paper's new owner, the Russian billionaire and former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev.The wintry scene outside her window that morning, Wadley told the newsroom, had prompted a premonition: 'I thought, 'the Russians really are coming'.'Her worst fears appear to have been realised. Tomorrow, Wadley launches a lacerating attack on Lebedev and the Standard's new editor, Geordie Greig, for 'humiliating' the paper's staff and insulting the intelligence of its readers by peddling 'the Pravda-style promise of good news'.She also damns Greig for being an Old Etonian.Her scorn, though, is chiefly directed at the Standard's

Legit Reviews: Play is unable to pull its varying styles together into a successful piece of theater.

West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents, Karen Olivo, who plays the iconic and passionate 'Anita' in 'West Side Story', earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical for her dynamic performance.

'Theater is undergoing a metamorphosis in Las Vegas. Since the 1990s, when Las Vegas began energetically selling itself not just as a getaway for gamblers and bachelor parties but as a family-friendly destination with theme parks and entertainments for all ages, Sin City has been a port of call for well-known Broadway musicals.'...