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Yahoo! News: Arts Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:40:57 GMT
  • Art dealer Edelman sued over loans (Reuters)   - Reuters - Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider who became an art dealer, has been sued by Emigrant Bank for more than $3.1 million after allegedly defaulting on some loans, including one to buy a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti.
  • Jonathan Pryce triumphs in classic Pinter revival (Reuters)   - Reuters - Harold Pinter's masterpiece "The Caretaker" mirrors life in that it's not entirely clear what's going on. But the joy, pain and despair are real.
  • Senator Brown snags deal for memoirs (Reuters)   - 

    Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen, Scott Brown, R-Mass., ride the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after voting on the Tax Extenders Act. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Reuters - Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal to write his memoirs, the publisher HarperCollins said on Wednesday.


  • Phantom sequel a "shadow of the original" (Reuters)   - Reuters - Comparisons with the original were inevitable when Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to write a sequel to his record-breaking musical "Phantom of the Opera."
  • Paice, Luker, Dvorsky and Petkoff Set for 'Enchanted April' Musical Reading (Playbill)   - Playbill - Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker, George Dvorsky and Robert Petkoff will take part in a reading of the new musical adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's 1922 novel Enchanted April.
  • Cast Announced for David Ives' "Translaptation" of Corneille's 'The Liar' in DC (Playbill)   - Playbill - Christian Conn, Adam Green, Erin Partin, Miriam Silverman, Tony Roach, Aubrey Deeker, Colleen Delany and David Sabin will appear in the world premiere of David Ives' translation of Pierre Corneille's comedy, The Liar, for Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
  • PHOTO CALL: Daniels, McTeer, Baker and Liu in 'God of Carnage' (Playbill)   - Playbill - The third Broadway cast of God of Carnage moved into the Jacobs Theatre March 2.
  • 'Top Secret', Drama of the Pentagon Papers, Opens in NYC; Pine, Bryggman, Strauss and More Star (Playbill)   - Playbill - Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, the new docudrama about the landmark decision by the Washington Post to publish details about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, opens March 9 at New York Theatre Workshop's home in the East Village.
  • Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' Will Get Fresh Staging at Chicago's Court Theatre; Season Announced (Playbill)   - Playbill - Court Theatre in Chicago announced a 2010-11 season that will include an intimate new version of Porgy and Bess, plus works by Shakespeare, Sarah Ruhl and Samm-Art Williams.

  • 'Girls in Trouble,' Controversial Play About Abortion, Gets Extra Week; Talkbacks Announced (Playbill)   - Playbill - The Flea Theater is extending its production of the abortion drama Girls in Trouble by one week, now through March 21 in downtown Manhattan.
  • A Day in the Life of Abigail Breslin (Playbill)   - Playbill - Abigail Breslin, currently starring as Helen Keller in Broadway's The Miracle Worker, gives Playbill.com a peek at the hours leading up to her first preview.
  • Kander and Ebb's 'Scottsboro Boys' Extended Off-Broadway (Playbill)   - Playbill - The world premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, the new musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and David Thompson, will play two extra weeks at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre, now to April 18.
  • Goodman Musical 'Rooms' Will Get Philly Premiere in April (Playbill)   - Playbill - 11th Hour Theatre Company will present the Philadelphia premiere of Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Goodman's Rooms: a rock romance, the musical, April 9-May 2 at the Independence Black Box at the Prince Music Theater. Opening night is April 15.

  • Cutting Costs, Variety Pushes Out Theatre Critic and Editor David Rooney (Playbill)   - Playbill - The iceberg of serious, informed theatrical criticism lost another chunk March 8 when the entertainment trade paper Variety eliminated the job of chief theatre critic David Rooney.
  • Sotheby's raises record sum at Amsterdam auction (Reuters)   - Reuters - An auction at Sotheby's of more than 160 works of post-war and contemporary art from the Peter Stuyvesant Collection exceeded all expectations on Monday, raising a record 13.6 million euros ($18.6 million).
  • Earley, McDonald, Watson, Nichols, Stock Will Join Gambatese in Goodspeed's 'Annie Get Your Gun' (Playbill)   - Playbill - Kevin Earley will play Frank Butler opposite Jenn Gambatese as Annie Oakley in Goodspeed Musicals' Annie Get Your Gun April 16-June 27 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT.
  • Phantom of Opera sequel opens amid "phan" disquiet (Reuters)   - Reuters - The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard "phans" who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.
  • Clements Will Usher in 'Salesman, Cabaret,' Bovell, McGrath, Murray-Smith and More at Milwaukee Rep in 2010-11 (Playbill)   - Playbill - Milwaukee Repertory Theater's first season under new artistic director Mark Clements will include 11 shows on three stages. Cabaret, directed by Clements, will be the season opener, and will be the first musical ever staged in The Rep's Quadracci Powerhouse.
  • Exclusive: "Secret" Giotto uncovered in Florence chapel (Reuters)   - 

    A view of scaffolding inside the Peruzzi Chapel of Florence's Basilica di Santa Croce, during a media tour, in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, March 9, 2010. According to researchers working on a study on Giotto's painting techniques inside the Basilica, sponsored by the Getty Foundation, with the use of ultraviolet rays they discovered Giotto's original drawings beneath his murals in the chapel. The ultraviolet rays, which capture organic materials like egg tempera and oil which Giotto used, unveiled colors, marks and brightness not visible in natural light. (AP Photo)Reuters - Restorers using ultra-violet rays have rediscovered rich original details of Giotto's paintings in the Peruzzi Chapel in Florence's Santa Croce church that have been hidden for centuries.


  • Leibovitz agrees loan deal with Colony Capital: report (Reuters)   - Reuters - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.
 
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