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Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton Expected to Star in 'Sweeney Todd' at U.K's Chichester Festival Theatre (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton are set to star in a new production of Sondheim's 1979 Broadway musical Sweeney Todd, that will open at Chichester Festival Theatre in the 2011 summer season, ahead of a projected West End transfer.

Jonathan Pryce to Transfer to Wet End in Liverpool Production of Pinter's 'The Caretaker' (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Two-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce is to reprise his performance as Davies in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, when it transfers from Liverpool's Everyman Theatre to the West End's Trafalgar Studios.

Heisler and Goldrich Are 2009 Fred Ebb Award Winners (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich have been named the recipients of the 2009 Fred Ebb Award, which will be presented in a ceremony at the American Airlines Theatre on Nov. 30.

Off-Broadway Will Be Schooled in 'Sister's Christmas Catechism' (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Sister's Christmas Catechism will play a limited Off-Broadway engagement just in time for the holidays, beginning Nov. 27 at The Downstairs Cabaret Theatre at Sofia's.

Playwrights Horizons Launches World Premiere of 'This' (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - This, Melissa James Gibson's tale of the complicated life of a single mom who is a promising poet, played by Julianne Nicholson, begins a world premiere engagement at Playwrights Horizons Nov. 6.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jim Norton (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Any dedicated New York theatregoer knows that actor Jim Norton has been on a roll for some time.

A New Iliad Emerges With Classic Stage's 'The Age of Iron' in NYC (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company (CSC) melds two Elizabethan texts about the Trojan War to create The Age of Iron, a new three-hour epic that begins performances Nov. 6. CSC artistic director Brian Kulick adapted the plays and directs.

Reeve Carney Is Broadway's 'Spider-Man'; New Producers Promise 2010 Opening (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Producers of the new Broadway-bound Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark gave a progress report about the developing show on Nov. 5. New producing partners are on board and Reeve Carney has been announced to play the title role.

Scott Alan to Welcome Kennedy, Jibson, Trimm and More to Birdland (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - A host of theatre's leading ladies will join composer Scott Alan for a concert of his music as part of Jim Caruso's Cast Party Dec. 7 at Birdland.

Welch Added to 'Marlowe vs. Shakespeare' Event at Kaye Playhouse (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Actor Christopher Evan Welch will join John Douglas Thompson and Matthew Rauch for Marlowe vs. Shakespeare: Rivalry, Imitation, and Influence at the Kaye Playhouse on Nov. 9.

Sotheby's flags art market recovery following Q3 loss (Reuters)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:20:19 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/arts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/stage_nm/us_sothebys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3689266662.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=Sz7B7M3dPFKvjX.iaFCrMA--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="An attendant waits for visitors at the entrance to the preview show of Sotheby's Autumn Sales 2008 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in this October 3, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Bobby Yip" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Sotheby's, the world's largest publicly traded auction house, said it was past the bottom in the art market with net auction sales trending higher in the second half of the year.

John Irving still spinning fiction from real life (Reuters)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:23 GMT

Reuters - Backstage, renowned novelist John Irving tells a story about the 300-pound (165-kg) man he found in the sauna at his New York hotel that morning.

Awash in notes? Piano "drowns" in Andsnes concert (Reuters)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:44 GMT

Reuters - It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.

Ali's former brand maker takes on opera world (Reuters)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:05:30 GMT

Reuters - Anyone approaching Harlan Werner's multi-level Hollywood home during a weekday morning is likely to be greeted by the rousing sounds of a classically trained tenor exercising his unique voice.

'Marvelous Wonderettes' Will Exit NYC in January; Wide Regional Life Begins (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - The Marvelous Wonderettes, the characterful pop revue about a girl-group performing at its high school in Act One and at a reunion ten years later in Act Two, will play its final Off-Broadway performance on Jan. 3, 2010, the producers announced on Nov. 6.

Activity, prices bounce back at Sotheby's auction (Reuters)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:22:00 GMT

Reuters - If there is distress in the art market, it was not on view at Sotheby's on Wednesday as the auction house sold more than $180 million worth of Impressionist and modern art at a sale exceeding even the most optimistic expectations.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Why Me? (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Brighton Beach Memoirs announced a closing date this week and Broadway headed to the psychiatrist's couch, plaintively asking the skies, "Why?"

Obama's brother emerges in China with novel (Reuters)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:19:48 GMT

<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/arts/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/stage_nm/us_usa_china_obamabrother"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091104/i/r597679230.jpg?x=130&y=119&q=85&sig=F9T9qPQ_.2gmb9IYqHB6sg--" align="left" height="119" width="130" alt="Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, introduces his first novel "Nairobi to Shenzhen" during a pre-launch news conference held by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China, in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama's half-brother made a rare appearance on Wednesday in southern China, his home for seven years, to launch a novel he says draws on his painful childhood under an abusive father.

Mary Tyler Moore Will Be 'Into the Woods' Narrator in Bernadette Peters Concert (Playbill)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:47 GMT

Playbill - Emmy Award winner Mary Tyler Moore, who co-founded Broadway Barks with Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, will be Peters' special guest at her Nov. 9 benefit concert at the Minskoff Theatre.

Autistic artist finds inspiration in New York city (Reuters)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:56:05 GMT

Reuters - Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed as autistic at aged three, did not speak until five but as an adult sells his art for thousands of British pounds.