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Review: In Conflict
One of the sentences from last week's Presidential Debate that hasn't gotten much attention is this one, uttered by Barack Obama: "No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief." The tens of thousands of troops who are or have been on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan in our two current wars don't ever seem to make it onto the news unless they die. Yvonne Latty's book In Conflict, which has been dramatized by adapter/director Douglas C. Wager, makes some of these young men and women real to us, and reminds us how truly ignored/forgotten our veterans really are once they come home.Save on Tickets to Wig Out!
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Ko'olau is nytheatre.com's Pick of the Week: Tom Lee's puppetry/multimedia show, about a Hawaiian cowboy who goes into exile after he contracts leprosy, reminds us of the most essential reasons we come to the theatre.Review: Small Craft Warnings
Tennessee Williams's not-often produced play from the end of his career is far cruder and its characters more desperate than his more familiar pieces. That isn't to say Williams's characters aren't always desperate, but here he presents people who are utterly at sea. A cast of great actors brings the inhabitants of a dreary bar in southern California to life.Playbill News
Pawk Becomes Part of the Family in NYC Premiere of Lucas' <I>Prayer</I>
"Michele Pawk will join the previously announced Victoria Clark, Jonathan Groff, Cassie Beck and Skipp Sudduth for the New York City premiere of Craig Lucas' family drama Prayer for My Enemy, starting Nov. 14 at Playwrights Horizons."Jackie Hoffman: Live from Joe's Pub" to Hit Stores Nov. 11
"Jackie Hoffman's debut solo album, "Jackie Hoffman: Live from Joe's Pub," will be released on the PS Classics label Nov. 11.Disney's <i>The Lion King</i> Will Reign Over Las Vegas in 2009
"The Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King will roar into Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Theatre in 2009. Expect an extended stay and the full-length version of the spectacle directed and designed by visionary Julie Taymor.Bonner, Carroll, LaVoy Will Settle Into <I>Home</I> for NYC's Signature
"Signature Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Home by Samm-Art Williams, under the direction of Ron OJ Parson, will feature Tracey Bonner, Kevin T. Carroll and January LaVoy.Cast Album of International Stage Hit <I>Dirty Dancing</I> Released in U.S.
"The original cast recording of Dirty Dancing The Classic Story On Stage, the dance-heavy theatrical event based on the hit movie, is in U.S. stores Sept. 30 from the Masterworks Broadway label.
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Backstage With Stew
New star of Broadway's "Passing Strange," Stew, talks to The Post's Michael Riedel about his Great White Way experience.Backstage with Riedel: Bill T. Jones
The Tony Award winner brings the life of Fela Kuti to the stage in an off-Broadway musical.Christopher Cross at Cafe Carlyle
Singer Christopher Cross shares the story behind the lyrics of his famous song, Arthur's Theme with the Post's Michael Riedel.Backstage with Riedel: Taylor Hicks
The “American Idol” sensation talks with Post columnist Michael Riedel about his Broadway performance in “Grease” and plays a little harmonica.Backstage With The Star of 'Gypsy'
Patti Lupone plays the role of Mama Rose, one of the great musical theater parts.
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Daniel Breaker Joins Shrek the Musical as Gregory and Lewis-Evans Depart, Broadway.com Buzz
Link: Daniel Breaker Joins Shrek the Musical as Gregory and Lewis-Evans Depart, Broadway.com Buzz. As the Broadway production of Shrek the Musical prepares to begin rehearsals on October 6, the production team announced the arrival of Tony nominee Daniel Breaker as Donkey and the departure of Chester Gregory, who played the part during the Seattle pre-Broadway run, and Kecia Lewis-Evans as the Dragon. Shrek the Musical is set to begin previews on November 8 and will open on December 14 at the Broadway Theatre, directed by Jason Moore.Forum
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Arts, Briefly: ‘Lion King’ in Las Vegas
The Walt Disney Company said that a permanent production of “The Lion King” would open in May at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.Arts, Briefly: ‘Shrek’ Loses One Donkey, Gains Another
“Shrek the Musical” has recast one major role and is reconceiving a second, the show’s producers announced.Enter Singing: Giant Bedbugs, Fancy Boys, Bank Robbers, Potato Farmers
There are two big messages in this year’s New York Musical Theater Festival: Nobody wants to be in 2008 New York. Everybody is gay.Combining Words and Physicality to Explore Religion and Homosexuality
A new piece by the British company DV8 Physical Theater looks at religion and sexuality through the words of more than 85 people.Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
Christine Ebersole will return to Broadway in a revival of Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit.”Videos
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BLONSKY BOMBSHELL
THE performers who play Feinstein's are usually "of a certain age," but the current headliner is an exception. Nikki Blonsky, who at 19 can't even order a cocktail there, is making her nightclub debut with songs from her best roles - Mrs. Lovett...MODERN GOLDEN AGE OF OPERA IS UPON US
THERE was once some thing called the Golden Age of Opera. I missed it. When I started my opera-going, it was mostly a landscape of distinguished rather than great singing, occasionally lit up by the flare of a Callas or Sutherland, a Pavarotti or...GIDDYUP!
PETER Shaffer's "Equus" is a mystery play of sorts, but it's less a whodunit than a whywasitdun. The story of a disturbed young man who steals into a stable one night and blinds six horses - and the child psychiatrist who tries to find out why -...HIP-HOP HELP FOR 'FELA!'
'THE Color Purple" had Oprah - and "Fela!" may get Jay-Z. According to my vast network of sources in the hip-hop world, Jay-Z and Beyoncé have fallen completely under the spell of Bill T. Jones' thrilling new musical at 37 Arts. Now, as plans...FLEMING SHINES IN MET MEDLEY
YOU can be an extraordinary singer - all that's required are a superbly beautiful voice and impeccable training - and still lack that final gleam of genius. Discover a Different New York - Grand Prize/Central Region Award - Watch today's...LA Times Reviews
'Back Back Back' at the Old Globe
A baseball play from Itamar Moses finds a potent topic (steroid use) but underplays it.SAN DIEGO -- Stepping up to the plate and hitting one out of the park is the consummate American fantasy. Our entire system is built on such a dream -- from schnook to big cheese with one swing of the bat.
Liping Zhang is a thoroughly cosmopolitan 'Madame Butterfly'
The personable Chinese soprano is nothing like the submissive heroine she plays so often.Chinese soprano Liping Zhang has built a career out of playing submissive, self-negating heroines in the operas "Madame Butterfly" and "Turandot," both by Giacomo Puccini.
Paintings could be by Jackson Pollock, or not
If the paintings are genuine, Azusa Pacific University stands to gain a windfall. However, that's quite an 'if.'AS EXECUTIVE vice president of Azusa Pacific University, David Bixby fields lots of calls. But one that came through last March was a stunner. Howard Kazanjian, a film producer and university trustee, had come across a trove of paintings by a giant of 20th century art that might be donated to the evangelical Christian university.
Arts fundraising shifts gears in a perilous economy
Turmoil has prompted decision-makers to think outside the box office.Unprecedented spending is the Bush administration's plan to avoid the worst or something like it in the American economy. But many arts organizations can quip that they were way ahead in the rush to embrace Mother Necessity in hopes of begetting Invention.
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Luna Negra ranges far and wide
"Ciclos" at Luna Negra Dance Theater, which opened its 10th season last weekend at the Harris Theater, pointedly roved between the Old World and the New. Fact is, artistic director Eduardo Vilaro's wide-ranging, thoughtful attention to the Hispanic diaspora has paid off tremendously for the company. It recently landed an Abelson Award, the first given to a dance troupe.Dreams, Colonel Sanders fuel Steppenwolf's mythic 'Kafka'
"In dreams begin responsibilities," observes the hero of "Kafka on the Shore," Frank Galati's inestimably cerebral, endlessly complicated, occasionally incomprehensible and quite beguiling new show at the Steppenwolf.Brilliant 'Picnic' goes right for the throat
I f you have children, you might find David Cromer's intensely emotional revival of "Picnic" at Writers' Theatre almost too much to take. And if you happen to be single, lonely and of a certain age? Ditto.'Disavowal' about John Brown has too many gaps
David Dorfman Dance's world premiere, "Disavowal," begins with the dancers' wrapping string around various audience members' wrists and ankles. It ends with most of the audience onstage bearing witness to an abstracted cry for civic responsibility. The contemporary New York troupe, performing through Sunday at the Dance Center of Columbia College, is promoting community involvement and human connection—even if the audience-participation aspects felt forced.Fast-moving 'Picture of Dorian Gray' is ultimately stand-in for the real thing
In his delicious story "The Picture of Dorian Gray," Oscar Wilde came up with a kind of Victorian Botox.Sign in
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AP On Broadway: Broadway and Cabaret Performer Jessica Molaskey
Jessica Molaskey's new CD is called "A Kiss to Build a Dream On." Jane Waldman spoke with her about the new album, what it was like having Stephen Sondheim in the audience of her cabaret show and how she and her husband stay in harmony on and off stage.AP On Broadway: Jason Danieley Goes Country
Jason Danieley's new CD "Jason Danieley and the Frontier Heroes" was released this week. Jane Waldman spoke with the Broadway actor about his country recording, the key to his successful marriage to actress Marin Mazzie and his upcoming concert schedule.AP On Broadway: John Pizzarelli Honors Richard Rodgers
John Pizzarelli pays tribute to Broadway legend Richard Rodgers in his new CD "With a Song in My Heart." Jane Waldman spoke with the jazz musician and vocalist about his new CD and his upcoming concerts with his wife, Broadway performer Jessica Molasky.AP On Broadway: Introducing Hunter Bell
The musical with an unusual title, "title of show", is attracting audiences on Broadway. Jane Waldman spoke with one of the show's stars and creators, Hunter Bell, about this musical's success story.AP On Broadway: Kelli O'Hara Stars in "South Pacific"
Kelli O'Hara is now starring in the hit Broadway revival of "South Pacific." Jane Waldman spoke with the singer and Tony-nominated actress about her role in that show and her new album "Wonder in the World."S. Florida Scene
Stage Pick | '1776'
CRITIC'S PICK The founding of a nation is the subject of 1776, the lavish Sherman Edwards-Peter Stone musical that kicks off the season at Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables. Featuring Ken Clement as Benjamin Franklin, David Kelley as Thomas Jefferson and Gary Marachek as John Adams, the 1969 Broadway hit traces the writing of the Declaration of Independence and explores the personalities of the men who dared to break away from British rule. The show previews at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, opening...Wynwood's in store for a fright
Timothy Haskell loves a good scare, so much that he keeps track of what scares whom, how and why -- and tries to beat his own record of spooks each Halloween.Cuban tragicomedy comes with perfect timing
A teacher and her former students tackle a Cuban tragicomedy with a stunner of an ending. When a local theater company presents a play by an ostracized Cuban playwright whose work has never been produced in Miami, one anticipates a controversial, possibly political, performance. Cuban playwright Antón Arrufat's allegorical Los siete contra Tebas, his critical reworking of Aeschylus' The Seven Against Thebes, stirred enough controversy in 1968 to silence its writer for 14 years.Failed 'Ambition' a critic's nightmare
Tony Kusher, an expansively imaginative playwright, has already used the subtitle A Gay Fantasia on National Themes for his Pulitzer Prize-winning work Angels in America. That description was most apt, but as you might imagine, not every fantasia is as brilliant as Kushner's.Stage Pick | `La repetición'
Maderamen is a Spanish-language theater company founded by actor Javier Siut, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz and actress-director Teresa María Rojas, founder of the Prometeo theater troupe and a former mentor to both men. All three are involved in the new Maderamen production of La repetición by Cuban playwright Antón Arrufat -- Rojas and Siut as actors, Cruz as director. The production also features Hannia Guillen (at left, with Rojas and...© 2008 Created by Thomas Richard Hoey on Ning. Create your own social network
