See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more. Thanks to the man who wrote it, Marc Shaiman, for the link (and the laughs!) [ NYT ]  Shubert Organization Names Chairman By PATRICIA COHEN In an appointment that promises more continuity than change, Philip J. Smith was named chairman of the Shuber......
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[ TM ]  Boeing-Boeing to Close on Broadway January 4; National Tour to Launch Fall 2009 [ P ]  Grounded! Hit Boeing-Boeing Will Close Jan. 4, 2009; Tour Planned [ B ]  Boeing-Boeing Sets Broadway Closing Date [ B ]  Billy Elliot’s David Bologna to Play Title Role in Tommy Reunion Benefit [ TM ]  Bologna to Join Cerveris, Hoff, Lewis, Ripley, Scott, et al. for Tommy Reun......
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[ P ]  Mahon Will Join Broadway’s 39 Steps at Its New Home in January 2009 [ TM ]  Sean Mahon to Star in The 39 Steps at Helen Hayes [ B ]  Sean Mahon Headed to Broadway’s The 39 Steps [ NYT ]  Arts, Briefly: Footnotes Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF [ P ]  New Group’s Mouth to Mouth to Close Off-Broadway Dec. 6 Features: [ DN ]  Remembering my friend Gerry ......
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MID-MORNING ADDITIONS Playbill * On the Town’s Ferguson and DeLaria Will Celebrate Comden and Green Dec. 16-17 theatermania * Bologna to Join Cerveris, Hoff, Lewis, Ripley, Scott, et al. for Tommy Reunion Concert The Guardian Next stop, Dubuque! A road trip through American plays August: Osage County is the latest play to signpost its setting for theatregoers. ......
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Features: [ P ]  ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: The Variety of Life By Seth Rudetsky [ B ]  Q&A : Brian d’Arcy James [ B ]  VIDEO FEATURES : Behind the Scenes: Shoshana Bean’s ’Sup erhero&rsq uo; CD [ B ]  PHOTO OP : Hannah Montana at Rydell High! Superstar Miley Cyrus Visits Grease [ P ]  PHOTO CALL: Craig Lucas Offers a Prayer for My Enemy Off-Broadway [ P ]  M......
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[ BN ]  Broadway’s Shubert Organization Gets Ready to Appoint Successor By Philip Boroff The Shubert Organizati on’s board of directors is scheduled to meet tomorrow to select a new leader, who will oversee its 17 Broadway houses and $300 million foundation. [ V ]  Bargains begin on Broadway Broadway is gearing up for winter months that may turn out to be colder than usual. ......
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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS Playbill * McArdle, Gershon and Rudetsky to Fete Charles Strouse Dec. 3 * Guettel’s Myths and Hymns Will Make Canadian Debut in 2009 theatermania * Tom Pelphrey to Star in An Evening of Don Nigro * Neighborhood Playhouse Announces 2009 Season Bitter Lemons A Consumptive Fit Was led to this little ditty from Anne Bogart at the SITI......
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[ YN ]  A nervous Broadway looks forward to spring By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Writer Still, there is an underlying nervousness among some producers about early 2009, especially if the economic situation remains stagnant and tourists, both homegrown and foreign, stay away from New York. [ TM ]  Actress Patricia Marand Dies at 74 [ IBDB ]  Patricia Marand’s Broadway Credits ......
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This morning’s Peter Filichia: [ TM ]  Wish I’d Thought of That I swear—this will be the last column on The Most Clever Broadway Musical Moments. We’ve had five in the last two weeks, but I do believe I’ve saved the best for last: The selections that you made that I considered absolutely stellar, and ones I wish I could have thought of. This morning’s M......
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AmericanTheaterWeb Happy Thanksgiving and Some Musical Options for the Season New York Times Arts, Briefly: Gerard Mortier to Lead Opera House in Madrid Time Out New York Victoria’s secret Victoria Clark does unto others in Playwrights Horizons’ Prayer for My Enemy. theatermania Meeting Christopher Gatelli The noted choreographer and director talk......
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This morning’s Michael Portantiere: [ STARS ]  Thank You Very Much These are challenging times, but we who love the theater have much to be thankful for, from the new TKTS booth to Forbidden Broadway to an amazingly talented bunch of actors, playwrights, and composers. This morning’s Ellis Nassour: [ STARS ]  Discussions Thanksgiving Launches the Season to Be Merry: ......
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LATE DAY ADDITIONS Okay, I couldn’t resist - no more til tomorrow morning... Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog South Coast Rep tightens its belt and goes Bard-less Time Out New York Blog The envelope? Please?: a Billy Elliot blooper Perhaps the only thing better at the theater than everything going right is one small thing going wrong, the bump that reminds you h......
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This morning’s news: [ P ]  American Buffalo Broadway Revival Has Closed [ P ]  Ejiofor, Tyzack, Wilton, Grandage and More Win Evening Standard Theatre Awards [ P ]  Broadway Grosses: Nov. 17-23 [ P ]  Gordon’s Irena’s Vow Ends Off-Broadway Run Nov. 25 [ P ]  Borders Book Store Welcomes Cast of 13 Nov. 25 [ P ]  Liza Minnelli: The Complete A&M Recordi......
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ARF. HEIDI MONTAG LOVE BRAN. Photo courtesy Pink_Fish13 via the LAist Featured Photo pool on Flickr. It’s turkey week, so make sure you work off some of those cranberry sauce pounds by laughing extra hard. If you need help getting started, try checking this out. And don’t forget to add to Flickr’s LAist Featured Photo pool with any pics you want to run for the weekly LAst Laugh s......
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This morning’s Peter Filichia: [ TM ]  Seriously Clever Good Lord! I’ve asked reader a ton of questions over the years, but I’ve never received as many answers as I did when I asked for The Most Clever Broadway Musical Moments. This morning’s news: [ P ]  Young Frankenstein to Close in January 2009 [ P ]  Story of My Life, with Chase and Gets, to Play Broad......
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AmericanTheaterWeb Digest - Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Comes to B’way - read the reviews * Review: Charm That’s a Little Chilly New York Times Arts, Briefly: ‘Young Frankenstein’ to Close Arts, Briefly: In the Wings A new musical has been announced for 2009 to help fill the empty Broadway stages left by shows that will be closing soon a......
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[ TONY ]  Exit stage right, Act II: More thoughts on Scott Eckern, Christine Ebersole and tolerance in the theater By Adam Feldman Christine Ebersole and others respond. [ V ]  Gay theater ’sec edes&rsquo ; from California Theater Rhinoceros protesting Prop 8 [ NYT ]  Far From the Spotlight, a Brewing Fight Over Theatrical Rights By JOY GOODWIN A long-simmering debate in thea......
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[ NYP ]  CONSTRICTIVE CRITICISM By MICHAEL RIEDEL SHRINKING CIRCLE STILL GUARDS ITS SECRETS [ USA ]  Economy acting out on Broadway attendance By Elysa Gardner and Jack Gillum [ V ]  Off Off Broadway scene suffering ’Tis the season to announce closings. According to a survey from the New York Innovative Theater Foundation, more than 25% of the Off Off Broadway venues in Ne......
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LATE MORNING ADDITIONS Time Out New York “It’s about fucking time!” That’s our reaction to hearing that South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are writing a Broadway musical. About Mormons. Starring Cheyenne Jackson and his gaymazing Playbill * New Musical 13 to Close on Broadway in January 2009 * Broadway Will Get Crafty with ActorCraf......
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New York Times Inherit the Windfall But safely distanced by footlights, someone like Mary Jo, one of three squabbling siblings in Horton Foote’s tart and delicious “Dividing the Estate,” is heaven to be with. As played with true comic genius by Hallie Foote, the covetous, calculating Mary Jo has absolutely no sense of humor. But it’s hard to think of anyone on a Broa......
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LATE AFTERNOON ADDITIONS Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines -- Katharina Wagner, co-director of the Bayreuth Festival and great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, was uninjured in a car accident on the German autobahn that occurred when the driver died of a heart attack at the wheel. Miami Herald Drama Queen Blog Listen to ......
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The East West Players have extended their stage version of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club for two weeks. Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang, says that though the play is about a Chinese family, “the mother-daughter relationship is universal, striking a chord in all communities.” The show will continue until December 21st, 2008 at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Downtown Los......
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A rundown of two one-person shows and the current Boz Scaggs tour. SLEEPWALK WITH ME -- Mike Birbiglia is a comic whose new monologue -- Sleepwalk With Me -- is currently playing in downtown New York City at the Bleecker Street Theatre. It falls somewhere between the pure monologues of Spalding Gray and the brilliant, idiosyncratic but clearly stand-up o Eddie Izzard. Birbiglia spins stori......
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[ NYP ]  LONGTIME POST ARTS CRITIC DIES AT 81 CLIVE BARNES COVERED DANCE, THEATER FOR DECADES [ NYT ]  Clive Barnes, Dance Critic, Dies at 81 By WILLIAM GRIMES As a critic in Britain and later for The New York Times, Mr. Barnes helped bring dance to a broad audience with an exuberant style. [ B ]  Veteran Theater and Dance Critic Clive Barnes Dies at 81 [ TM ]  Theater and Danc......
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