Yahoo! News: Arts Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:47:06 GMT

Urie, Wiig, Broderick and Rudetsky to Read 'Celebrity Autobiography' at the Triad (Playbill)   - Playbill - "Ugly Betty" star Michael Urie and "SNL" regular Kristin Wiig are scheduled to be part of the Oct. 13 performance of Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words at the Triad. Ruehl and Rabe to Star in Broadway Premiere of Greenberg's 'American Plan' (Playbill)   - Playbill - Oscar and Tony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl and Drama Desk nominee Lily Rabe will head the cast of Richard Greenberg's The American Plan, which will begin previews at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Jan. 2, 2009. 'Noises Off' Opens and 'Glengarry' Previews at Denver Center (Playbill)   - Playbill - It's a busy Friday for the Tony Award-honored Denver Center Theatre Company. On the same day, Oct. 10, Michael Frayn's Noises Off opens at The Stage Theatre and David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross begins previews at the Ricketson Theatre, toward an Oct. 16 opening. 'No Entrance', a New Play About Choices, Gets Off-Off-Broadway Bow (Playbill)   - Playbill - WritersBloc Productions presents the world premiere of Alec Gutherz's No Entrance, opening Oct. 16 after previews from Oct. 9. Lonny Price to Stage U.S. Premiere of 'Gates of Gold', About Irish Theatre Founders (Playbill)   - Playbill - Gates of Gold, a drama by Tony Award winner Frank McGuinness, will get a Lonny Price-directed Off-Broadway production starting in January 2009, at 59E59 Theaters. Shahinian, Parker, Heikes and Felder Aim for 'Magnetic North''s Philly-Area Premiere (Playbill)   - Playbill - Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA, has announced casting for the regional premiere of William Donnelly's award-winning new play, Magnetic North, directed by producing artistic director Bud Martin, Oct. 21-Nov. 16. Shenkman, Maxwell, Houdyshell, Gyllenhaal Read 'Good Person of Sezuan' at CSC (Playbill)   - Playbill - Film star Maggie Gyllenhaal is among the performers in the Oct. 13 staged reading of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan, adapted by Tony Kushner and directed by Tony Speciale, as part of Classic Stage Company's First Look Festival, a program of one-night only staged readings, performed by notable actors. Storch and Cariou Take Their 'Frost/Nixon' Act to Toronto (Playbill)   - Playbill - The Canadian Stage Company opens its 2008-09 Bluma Appel Theatre season Oct. 13-Nov. 8 with Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon, starring David Storch as David Frost and Len Cariou as Richard Nixon, in a co-production with Vancouver Playhouse, where the drama recently played. O'Toole and Denham Star in Premiere of Rapp's NYC-Set 'Kindness' (Playbill)   - Playbill - The world premiere of Adam Rapp's Kindness, featuring Annette O'Toole as a Midwestern mother who flees with her son to New York City, opens Oct. 13 after previews from Sept. 25 at Playwrights Horizons' intimate Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Manhattan. 'Bedroom Farce', Ayckbourn's Comedy of Four Couples, Opens in NYC (Playbill)   - Playbill - While London critics are currently praising the new Old Vic revival of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests, Off-Broadway's The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) has revived his Bedroom Farce, not seen in Manhattan in 30 years. ON THE RECORD: "Sondheim: The Story So Far"; Molaskey's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Playbill)   - Playbill - We give a listen to the four-CD set "Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far" and Jessica Molaskey's newest album, "A Kiss to Build a Dream On." 'Courting Vampires' and 'God Save Gertrude' Will Premiere in Pasadena in 2009 (Playbill)   - Playbill - The Theatre @ Boston Court's 2009 season in Pasadena, CA, will include two world premieres, a West Coast premiere and a classic comedy. Cox, Innvar, Robinette, King, Soule Will Celebrate 'Twelfth Night' in DC and NJ (Playbill)   - Playbill - Director Rebecca Bayla Taichman's new production of Twelfth Night will feature Veanne Cox as Olivia and Chris Innvar as Orsino, who will play the roles in Washington, DC, and Princeton, NJ. PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: A Look Back (Playbill)   - Playbill - Broadway revisited its childhood this week, in two different ways, through two very different Broadway openings. Holiday Musical 'Striking 12' Will Return to NYC; DVD Will Be Filmed (Playbill)   - Playbill - GrooveLily, the pop trio known for its infectious melodies and story-rich lyrics, will return to New York City this holiday season to perform Striking 12, their pop-rock fable set on New Year's Eve. DiPietro & Bryan's 'Toxic Avenger' Rock Musical Opens at George Street (Playbill)   - Playbill - The Toxic Avenger, the new musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, opens Oct. 10 after previews from Oct. 1 at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ. "Howard Sings Ashman" CDs Will Feature Demos From 'Smile, Babe, Mermaid' and More (Playbill)   - Playbill - PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has announced details of its Nov. 11 release of "Howard Sings Ashman" - and show tune fans will have a lot to smile about. Broadway-Aimed Musical 'Story of My Life', With Gets and Chase, Makes U.S. Premiere in CT (Playbill)   - Playbill - The Story of My Life, the two-actor Canadian musical about lifelong friendship, begins performances Oct. 10 at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, a first American step on its way to Broadway. Will Chase and Malcolm Gets are the pals. James Naughton Is 'The Master Builder' in Premiere of New McGuinness Adaptation (Playbill)   - Playbill - Irish Repertory Theatre in Manhattan honors the father of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen, with the world premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright Frank McGuinness' adaptation of the 1892 classic, The Master Builder, beginning Oct. 10. Two-time Tony Award winner James Naughton has the title role. 'Radio Golf' Marks Tenth Wilson Play at Pittsburgh Public (Playbill)   - Playbill - Pittsburgh Public Theater's season-opening production of August Wilson's final play, Radio Golf, opening Oct. 10 after previews from Oct. 2, completes the troupe's effort to produce all ten plays of Wilson's cycle charting the African-American experience in the 20th century.