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All Rights Reserved. http://www.playbill.com/ Playbill.com : Features en-us 12/14/2009 04:08:13 PM 60 Broadway Grosses: Dec. 7-13 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135300-Broadway-Grosses-Dec.-7-13 Music From a "Little House" Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135230-Music-From-a-Little-House Little House on the Prairie, the Musical.]]> THE DVD SHELF: "Every Little Step," "Julie and Julia," Holiday Favorites and More Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135261-THE-DVD-SHELF-Every-Little-Step-Julie-and-Julia-Holiday-Favorites-and-More A Chorus Line; Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in the culinary confection "Julie and Julia"; a Turner Classic movie collection of four holiday titles; and a Blu-ray disc of "North by Northwest."]]> SHELF LIFE: Papp and Pops, Wicked and Wasserstein, Mercer and More Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135259-SHELF-LIFE-Papp-and-Pops-Wicked-and-Wasserstein-Mercer-and-More PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 5-11: Addams Family and the Critics Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:31 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135248-PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Dec.-5-11-Addams-Family-and-the-Critics The Addams Family opened their new work, inspired by the macabre clan of characters created by late illustrator Charles Addams, on Dec. 9 in a pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago. On Dec. 10, the Chicago critics gave the cast and crew the gift that keeps on giving — the message that they had more work to do.]]> PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Race — The Stop-Start Mamet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:25 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135105-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Race-%97-The-Stop-Start-Mamet Race.]]> Broadway Grosses: Nov. 30 - Dec. 6 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:26 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135096-Broadway-Grosses-Nov.-30---Dec.-6 STAGE TO SCREENS: Be Italian! Meet the Makers of "Nine," the Movie Musical Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:02 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135069-STAGE-TO-SCREENS-Be-Italian%21-Meet-the-Makers-of-Nine-the-Movie-Musical ON THE RECORD: A Grab Bag of Theatre-Related Recordings Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135065-ON-THE-RECORD-A-Grab-Bag-of-Theatre-Related-Recordings We address a stack of this year's releases that have not found space in this year's columns. Gems? Oddities? You decide.]]> A Day in the Life…with Kerry Washington Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135061-A-Day-in-the-Life%85with-Kerry-Washington Race, gave Playbill an exclusive look inside rehearsal in the final weeks leading up to her big debut.]]> PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Early Closing Blues Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:40 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135046-PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Nov.-28-Dec.-4-Early-Closing-Blues The Trials and Triumphs of Tarell Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:57 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/135009-The-Trials-and-Triumphs-of-Tarell Brother/Sister Plays, now at the Public Theater.]]> Broadway Grosses: Nov. 23-29 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134924-Broadway-Grosses-Nov.-23-29 ON THE RECORD: Holiday Gift List of 2009 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:01 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134891-ON-THE-RECORD-Holiday-Gift-List-of-2009 The Gig, Maggie Flynn (and many more) are on our holiday list of recommended Broadway-related recordings.]]> Henry Miller Gets a New Theatre Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134848-Henry-Miller-Gets-a-New-Theatre- PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 21-29: Thank You Very Much Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134890-PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Nov.-21-29-Thank-You-Very-Much PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Fela! — Not Your Most Happy Fela Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:02 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134839-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Fela%21-%97-Not-Your-Most-Happy-Fela Fela!]]> I Found My Art in San Francisco Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134488-I-Found-My-Art-in-San-Francisco PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Dreamgirls — Of Dreams and Dreamettes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134815-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Dreamgirls-%97-Of-Dreams-and-Dreamettes Dreamgirls.]]> Broadway Grosses: Nov. 16-22 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:14 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134804-Broadway-Grosses-Nov.-16-22 Ruhl and Benanti Discuss the "V" Word Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134774-Ruhl-and-Benanti-Discuss-the-V-Word In the Next Room or the vibrator play, touches upon some serious subjects.]]> As You Like It, American Style Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134776-As-You-Like-It-American-Style The 39 Steps puts As You Like It in the conceptual setting of a Hollywood sound stage.]]> PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: In the Next Room or the vibrator play — Mrs. Givings' Misgivings Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134770-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-In-the-Next-Room-or-the-vibrator-play-%97-Mrs.-Givings-Misgivings In the Next Room or the vibrator play, the Sarah Ruhl play that bowed Nov. 19 at the Lyceum Theatre, wavers between comedy and drama over the trials and errors of Victorian sex therapy.]]> PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 14-20: It's All Good Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:05 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134748-PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Nov.-14-20-Its-All-Good PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Ragtime — The Music of Something Beginning, Again Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:32 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134666-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Ragtime-%97-The-Music-of-Something-Beginning-Again Ragtime that returned to Broadway Nov. 15 at the Neil Simon Theatre, but the style-over-spectacle revival imported from the Kennedy Center has been scaled down to accessible human size from the sprawling saga that spilled all over the cavernous Ford Center for the Performing Arts a dozen years ago.]]> ON THE RECORD: Solo Albums by Baldwin and Callaway, Plus Two Holiday Fund-Raisers Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:02 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134634-ON-THE-RECORD-Solo-Albums-by-Baldwin-and-Callaway-Plus-Two-Holiday-Fund-Raisers Broadway Grosses: Nov. 9-15 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134627-Broadway-Grosses-Nov.-9-15 Maury Yeston's Passion for Nine, on Screen and Stage Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134600-Maury-Yestons-Passion-for-Nine-on-Screen-and-Stage-%0D%0A Nine, and how its score evolved for the new musical film version.]]> PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Nov. 7-13: Two's a Trend Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:32 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134594-PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Nov.-7-13-Twos-a-Trend Colors of the Finian's Rainbow Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:01 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134447-Colors-of-the-Finians-Rainbow Broadway Grosses: Nov. 2-8 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:43 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134471-Broadway-Grosses-Nov.-2-8 Dear Ann Landers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:58 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134450-Dear-Ann-Landers ON THE RECORD: Feinstein & Jackson's "Power of Two," Luker's "Greenwich Time," Plus Barbara Cook Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134440-ON-THE-RECORD-Feinstein-%26-Jacksons-Power-of-Two-Lukers-Greenwich-Time-Plus-Barbara-Cook SHELF LIFE: Tharp, the Orbachs, Forbidden Broadway, The Sound of Music and More Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134370-SHELF-LIFE-Tharp-the-Orbachs-Forbidden-Broadway-The-Sound-of-Music-and-More Forbidden Broadway's curtain, tell the true love story of Jerry and Elaine Orbach, re-imagine The Sound of Music, and offer advice from award-winning practitioners.]]> The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134410-The-Stuff-Dreams-Are-Made-Of Dreamgirls takes to the iconic Apollo stage in a dream come true for the show's original composer.]]> PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Oct. 31-Nov. 6: Why Me? Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134409--PLAYBILL.COMS-THEATRE-WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Oct.-31-Nov.-6-Why-Me%3F Brighton Beach Memoirs announced a closing date this week and Broadway headed to the psychiatrist's couch, plaintively asking the skies, "Why?"]]> A Drop in the Bucket Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:16 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134291-A-Drop-in-the-Bucket Broadway Grosses: Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:47 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134281-Broadway-Grosses-Oct.-26---Nov.-1 THE DVD SHELF: "Snow White," Plus "Miracle on 34th Street," "The Patty Duke Show," and Garry Shandling Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134256-THE-DVD-SHELF-Snow-White-Plus-Miracle-on-34th-Street-The-Patty-Duke-Show-and-Garry-Shandling PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Finian's Rainbow — Yip Yip Hooray! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:21 GMT http://www.playbill.com/features/article/134252-PLAYBILL-ON-OPENING-NIGHT-Finians-Rainbow-%97-Yip-Yip-Hooray%21 Finian's Rainbow.]]>