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New York Daily News

Time Out New York Theater Review: "Next Fall"
NY1
Multi-talented actor-director-writer Geoffrey Nauffts is making his Broadway playwrighting debut with "Next Fall." Time Out New York contributing critic ...
(Helen Hayes Theater;587 seats; $116.50 top)Variety
'Next Fall' lands on Broadway with positive opening night reviewsTicket News
'Fall' guys worth watchingNew York Post

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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:52 pm


Reuters

DREAM THEATER Drummer Can't Wait To 'Get The Hell Outta' Chile In Earthquake ...
Blabbermouth.net
DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy is in hot water with some of the group's Chilean fans after he posted a message on his Twitter profile stating that he ...
Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy Criticized for Chile Earthquake CommentsNoisecreep (blog)

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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 11:55 am


Reuters

US theater stars sing "Happy Birthday" to Sondheim
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The leading lights of US musical theater will sing "Happy Birthday" to the great Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim on his ...

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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 11:27 am


Pocket-lint.com

Best Buy Scores Exclusive Panasonic 3D Plasma Home Theater System
High-Def Digest
Everything you need to start watching 3D movies is available now at select Best Buy/Magnolia Home Theater locations for $2899. The whole package starts with ...
Panasonic Touch the Future Tour Lets Consumers Get Hands-On With Latest ...PR Newswire (press release)
Panasonic 3D Home Theater Gear At Best Buy Magnolia Stores NowI4U
Panasonic, Best Buy Partner On 3D TVInformationWeek
SlashGear (blog) -Contactmusic.com -Broadband TV News
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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 11:02 am


New York Daily News

'Avatar' Enhanced Re-Release May Hit Theaters This Year
MTV.com
The thinking is that the arrival of "Alice in Wonderland" on 3-D screens has resulted in Cameron's sci-fi epic being "stomped out" of theaters. ...
Imax Corp. Posts 4Q Profit On 98% Revenue Jump >IMAXWall Street Journal
Coming at you: More 3D movies than everInlandSoCal.com
'Avatar''s days in China are numberedCNNGo.com

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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 6:20 am


Austin American-Statesman

Historic theater in SC reopening
Myrtle Beach Sun News
CHARLESTON, SC -- An $18 million renovation of a South Carolina theater on the site of America's first theater is being finished. ...
Historic theater in SC reopening after renovationDaily Comet
Theatre on site of 1st playhouse in US reopens in SC after $18M renovationThe Canadian Press

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Posted on 12 March 2010 | 1:09 am


Your favorite theaters at your fingertips
Washington Post
Go to http://goingoutguide.com/movies and type in your Zip code to find theaters near you. Then click the "Save to My Theaters" button next to the theater's ...
Let's all go to My TheatersWashington Post (blog)

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Posted on 11 March 2010 | 10:19 pm


USA Today

Movie theaters are turning up the luxury with food, bars, seats
USA Today
Now, as the movie industry celebrates a boffo year of box office — $10.6 billion in ticket sales, the most ever — theaters are going after new revenue and ...

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Posted on 11 March 2010 | 6:31 pm


Washington Post

The Hour Approaches to Stage 'A Time to Kill'
New York Times
Though it's still a bit of a mystery why it's taken this long for one of John Grisham's books to be translated into a play, the identity of the theater ...
'A Time to Kill' stage play plannedUPI.com
A Time to Kill: Grisham's 1st novel coming to BroadwayNew York Theatre Guide
Broadway Bound Rupert Holmes Adaption of Grisham's A TIME TO KILL to Premiere ...Broadway World
The Associated Press -Wall Street Journal (blog) -Playbill.com
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Posted on 11 March 2010 | 3:44 pm


Theater Listings: March 12 — 18
New York Times
Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional listings, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/theater. ...
Spare Times: For ChildrenNew York Times

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Posted on 11 March 2010 | 3:00 pm


Six Artists Are Honored at Kennedy Center
By CHERYL MILLER, NY Times

Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman, George Jones, Twyla Tharp and Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of the Who this weekend became the latest recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the performing arts.

The ceremony, now in its 31st year, is one of Washington's few red carpet events. Celebrities came from New York, Los Angeles and Nashville to pay tribute to the honorees.

The weekend celebration included a dinner hosted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday at the State Department. On Sunday, stars including the musician B. B. King and the actor Denzel Washington appeared on stage at the annual gala at the John F. Kennedy Center.

The gala will be broadcast on CBS on Dec. 30.
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Drama group partners with high school performers
By ANDREW DuPONT of The Oakland Press

Five years ago, Lakeland High School students performed their last school play and the stage went dark.

With no drama program, there were no more acts to follow.

A few miles down the road, the community theater group the Lakeland Players performed in a makeshift theater in the auditorium of Central United Methodist Church in Waterford Township.

The school had the facilities, the Players had the resources. It seemed like a match made in heaven, and now, the two groups have formed a partnership that has brought life back to the high school theater in two ways.

"They needed us and we needed them," said Mike Brody, who works with the Lakeland Players and is directing Lakeland High School"s current production of "Grease." The classic musical is the first production of what Brody hopes will be a lasting collaboration between the two groups.
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EdTA sponsoring national student essay contest on the importance of Arts Education

The Educational Theatre Association is excited to announce the the creation of an essay contest for its student members in support of the 2009 Arts Advocacy Day training and lobbying activities in Washington D.C., March 30-31. The annual event, organized by Americans for the Arts, draws arts advocates from throughout the country lobbying on behalf of legislative initiatives and financial support for the arts, including education.

The wave of student interest in the recent presidential election, and the educational challenges connected to the current economic crisis prompted EdTA to create the contest.

The topic for the essay is, "Why arts education is important to America's future."

EdTA will choose one winning essay and provide $1,500 toward the travel and attendance costs at Arts Advocacy Day for the winner and their chaperone. Americans for the Arts will waive the event registration fees for the winner and chaperone.

The winning essayist will:

  • Have their essay included in the Arts Advocacy Day materials distributed to all registrants and Congress
  • Have the opportunity to read their essay at a legislative training session before an audience of national arts education advocates
  • Take part in all scheduled events, including legislative training on the current arts issues circulating on Capitol Hill, and the Congressional Arts Breakfast
  • Conduct lobbying visits to his or her district Congressional representatives
  • Attend the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Public Policy at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Have their essay published in Dramatics magazine
Deadline for submissions is February 2. The winner will be announced February 16. For the complete essay submission guidelines go to edta.org/essayguidelines.

UCLA sweeps 2008 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
Fri Nov 7, 2008 in Accolade

For the first time in its 53 year history the annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, which recognize excellence in dramatic writing, have been swept by students from a single program.

The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards were founded by Samuel Goldwyn Sr. in 1955 to encourage young writers. The awards competition is open to all University of California students. This year's winners were selected from a field of more than 120 feature-length script submissions from eight UC campuses. But when the winner and finalists were announced Monday by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., president of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, during a ceremony at UCLA, which turned out to be the School all of them attended. Read More...


"In The Heights" Movie in the Works
by Dave Itzkoff, ArtsBeat Blogs

For fans of "In The Heights" who have yearned to see the hit underdog Broadway musical turned into a motion picture, it won't be long now: Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to the show, the studio announced Friday. The story of a community in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood, "In The Heights" won four Tony Awards this year, including best musical, as well as best score, for Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also stars in the show. Mr. Miranda will be a producer of the film adaptation, and Quiara Alegria Hudes, who wrote the show's book, will write the screenplay. Universal scored a blockbuster hit this summer with its film adaptation of the musical "Mamma Mia!", and is also working on a film of the Broadway show "Wicked."
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Finding New Ways to Make the Horses Dance
By Julie Bloom, NY Times

THE scene comes at the very end of "Equus," now playing at the Broadhurst Theater on Broadway. After more than two hours of anticipation a young man named Alan, played by Daniel Radcliffe, blinds six horses in a nightmarish dance that leaves the audience disturbed and stunned. It lasts only 20 seconds, but the blinding, which onstage is manifest as a kind of equine ballet, has become one of the most memorable parts of this drama, making the men who portray the horses a vital part of "Equus" since its premiere in 1973.

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JabbaWockeeZ America's Best Dance Crew Live Tour Review
by Chrissy Le Nguyen, Yahoo Blogs

It's been said before, but when the America's Best Dance Crew Live Tour hit Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre on Thursday night, it couldn't have rung truer: JabbaWockeeZ is the best dance crew ever, period, the end. OK, so maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but judging from the jam-packed theater, with teens decked out in white masks, gloves, and colorful Jabba t-shirts, it was clear that the people came to see JabbaWockeeZ, and luckily for them, that's exactly what they got and then some!
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Fault Lines David Schwimmer directs Stephen Belber's Fault Lines
NY Times

Dude. It's an important word in the lexicon of the average, beer-swilling American male, employed frequently as a term of endearment, exclamation (Duuuude!) or even informal title (First Dude). So when Bill (Josh Lucas), a graphic designer who has settled down in a life of marriage and nightly episodes of "Charlie Rose," tells his old friend Jim (Dominic Fumusa), still single and sleeping around, to stop calling him "dude," it feels like a harsh break-up. Looking shocked and even a bit hurt, Jim replies exasperatedly, "You don't see yourself as a dude?"

David Schwimmer and Stephen Belber talk about the play.


Navigators for the College Bound
NY Times

What may be largest high school senior class ever in the United States is applying to college this fall. And thousands of students will look beyond their high school guidance counselors to help them get into the schools of their choice.

Private educational consultants take up where overburdened high school guidance counselors leave off. Charging by the hour or offering a package of services, these consultants usually meet multiple times with a student to talk about goals for college and beyond. They synthesize information from parents, transcripts and other sources to help create a list of colleges that might be a good match. Then they guide students through the application process, reviewing essays, preparing them for interviews and keeping them organized to meet deadlines. Read More...


In the Struggle to Balance Dance and School, Don't Give Up On the Arts
Dancer Blog

It's hard to do everything you need to for school, friends, homework, and dance class. We're now a few weeks into a new school year, and your packed schedule is probably starting to wear you out.

If you're thinking of freeing up some time by giving up activities, don't drop dance. Even though it requires time and energy, research shows that your participation in dance can actually help you succeed in school. Read More...


The Teacher Behind the Mask
by Wendy Garofoli (Danceruniverse.com)

Before the Jabbawockeez rocketed to world-wide fame during their "America's Best Dance Crew" stint, Kevin Brewer and a few of his crew members started laying the foundation for expanding their reach to dance students and enthusiasts around the country. Brewer and Larot, his "brother from another mother," began brainstorming and sessioning for hours at a time, hoping to set a new standard for freestyle dance. "There was one point in time where we wanted to train a lot to set our own mark and our own tone," Larot said. "We would just lock ourselves up in the studio filming ourselves freestyling. That's kind of how Beat Kune Do came about."

Brewer began documenting ideas about how to improve musicality and tap into a dancer's inner ear and natural movement. He took his fledgling philosophy into the classroom, teaching at Culture Shock Dance Center in San Diego and overseeing a new crew called Super Galactic Beat Manipulators, which he no longer manages though the crew continues to operate with his occasional involvement. Read More...


The Curtain Comes Down on Rent
NY Times
The landmark musical "Rent" ended its Broadway run on Sunday after 12 years. The musical opened in April 1996 at the Nederlander after a run Off-Broadway. The play opened on Broadway the same month that its playwright and composer, Jonathan Larson, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. He had died three months earlier at age 35. Rent is now No. 7 on the list of longest-running Broadway shows, right behind "Beauty and the Beast" and just ahead of the "Chicago" revival that is still running. Read More...


Mamma Mia! Becomes 16th-Longest Running Show on Broadway Sept. 4
www.playbill.com
The international hit musical Mamma Mia!, which continues to pack in audiences at the Winter Garden Theatre, becomes the 16th longest-running production in Broadway history Sept. 4.
Mamma Mia! will surpass the record-breaking run of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! when it plays its 2,844th performance at 8 PM. Read More...




Finding the College That's the Right Fit for You
Secrets of coming up with a shortlist, from figuring what you're really looking for to asking the right questions on campus

US News and World report
You don't need to be a math whiz to solve this one: Who has better odds of gaining acceptance at the college that's the best match, the kid who applies to 25 schools indiscriminately or the one who applies to a carefully whittled-down list of seven?
Safety in numbers doesn't apply to getting into college, no matter how many applications you think you can churn out thanks to your good pal, the Common App. Getting that fat envelope from the school of your dreams requires figuring out exactly which school that is, and that takes introspection and research, not extra supplemental essays. Read More...


After all these years, Broadway comes calling
SF Gate
In 36 years on Bay Area stages, Charles Dean has played drunks and dreamers, rock stars and lonely old men. He's broken a toe onstage, acted with a case of conjunctivitis and fallen offstage into a man's lap when he lost control of a motorized wheelchair.
A journeyman actor, Dean has appeared in more than 150 local stage productions. For 20 years, from 1977 to 1997, he did 80 plays at Berkeley Rep alone, both lead roles and character turns. He's accomplished something most actors find impossible - he's made a living as a Bay Area stage actor, without taking outside jobs to supplement his income. Read More...
Television's Best
New York Times Ginia Bellafante discusses some of the best performances from the last TV season.
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The Rest Was Silence, but Then Came the Sequel
New York Times
Hamlet 2 belongs to the school of free-for-all satiric farce whose creators ball up wads of ideas, apply chewing gum and hurl them against the wall to see what sticks. If the style smacks of desperation, enough of the jokes cling to make Hamlet 2, directed by Andrew Fleming, intermittently funny.
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