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"Hairspray" Director Shankman Saying Hello to "Birdie" Movie (Playbill) Adam Shankman, the choreographer and film director whose movies "Bedtime Stories" and "Hairspray" are box-office hits, is developing a new film version of "Bye Bye Birdie" for Columbia Pictures, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:46:14 GMT 'Wicked' takes in record $1.7 million in one week (Chicago Tribune) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:48:27 GMT Morris Choral Society auditions for spring concert (Hanover Eagle) MORRIS TWP. - The Morris Choral Society is inviting talented singers with blending voices to audition for the spring concert. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:31:50 GMT In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2008 (Playbill) A Nobel Prize-winning playwright. A major Broadway theatre owner and producer. A longtime New York City theatre critic. A sultry cabaret star who sexily purred songs into her eighties. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:31:24 GMT Spring Awakening influences stage as Rent did (Houston Chronicle) Although Rent has ended, its impact on young adults all over the world has yet to fade. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:58 GMT 'Young Frankenstein' Ends on Broadway, But a Tour Is Planned (Playbill via Yahoo! News) The Mel Brooks-Thomas Meehan musical Young Frankenstein plays its final performance at Broadway's Hilton Theatre Jan. 4. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT ON THE RECORD: Flaherty and Ahrens' 'The Glorious Ones' and the Reconstructed Sound of Cohan (Playbill via Yahoo! News) We listen to the original cast recording of the newest Flaherty and Ahrens musical, The Glorious Ones, and a disc that seeks to recreate the style of George M. Cohan using original orchestrations. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT John Pizzarelli Instrument | Guitar (All About Jazz) Jazz - All About Jazz | Music, Clubs and Culture Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:51:32 GMT B'way ticket availability through Sunday, Jan. 11 (AP via Yahoo! News) Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Jan. 5. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:23:08 GMT Amid Broadway woes, curtains up in China (INO News) (AP:BEIJING) "Fame" is going to China. The Broadway musical about students aspiring to stardom is being customized by its U.S. producer for a Chinese audience, with a full Chinese cast talking, singing and presumably dreaming in Mandarin. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:32 GMT |