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  <updated>2006-08-22 06:42:53</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Kander and Ebb's 'Skin of Our Teeth'-Based Musical Will Play Westport in 2007 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138006"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138006</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - The Westport Country Playhouse will produce John Kander and Fred Ebb's Thornton Wilder-inspired musical All About Us during its 2007 season.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA["Holocaust joke" comedians hit back at critics 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138005"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138005</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Two stand-up comics accused of making 
light of the Holocaust at the Edinburgh Fringe festival hit 
back at their critics on Tuesday, igniting a debate about 
where, if anywhere, to draw the line in comedy.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Annie Golden, Eartha Kitt Star in Off-Broadway Musical 'Mimi Le Duck' 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138004"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138004</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - Annie Golden and  Eartha Kitt  will star in a new mounting of the musical Mimi Le Duck, the latest product of the New  York International  Fringe Festival to graduate to a commerical production.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[A little tacky goes a long way with 'Kiki & Herb' 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138003"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138003</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - It seems rather incongruous 
that Kiki & Herb, the cheesy cabaret performers who are the 
alter egos of singer Justin Bond and pianist Kenny Mellman, 
have hit the big time.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bobby, Meet Ethel: 'Company' Will Play Broadway's Barrymore, Starting Oct. 30 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138002"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138002</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - The doors of the  Ethel Barrymore  Theatre represent the threshold through which the marriage-minded musical Company will have its latest Broadway run, under the direction of Tony Award-winner John Doyle.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Patty Griffin's Roadtrip Musical, With Bunin and Mayer, Will Park at Atlantic Theater in 2007 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138001"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138001</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - The untitled new musical by folk-rock songwriter Patty Griffin and librettist Keith Bunin will surface at Atlantic  Theater  Company in 2006-07.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Garnhum's Calgary Season Has Martha Henry in 'Moscow,' a Fresh 'Carol,' North American Bow of 'Glorious!' 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?138000"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?138000</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - Theatre Calgary's first season of shows picked by new artistic director Dennis Garnhum will kick off with John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Sept. 12-Oct. 7.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['Opus, Adrift in Macao,' Jarrod Emick, Eugene Fleming Among 2006 Barrymore Nominees in Philly 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137999"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137999</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - Michael Hollinger's new play, Opus, a revival of Dreamgirls and a new musical inspired by a Mark Twain story are among the 2006 Barrymore Award nominees in Philadelphia.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[The Beales Are Back! Ebersole and Wilson Will Sign 'Grey Gardens' CDs in NYC 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137998"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137998</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill -  Christine Ebersole  and  Mary Louise Wilson  - the ladies who fertilized the Broadway-bound musical, Grey Gardens, with their potent spring 2006 performances - will appear at a CD signing celebrating the release of the world premiere recording of the score by Scott Frankel and Michael Korie.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Lawrence Sacharow, Award-Winning Director of 'Three Tall Women,' Dead at 68 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137997"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137997</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - Lawrence J. Sacharow, director of the theatre program at Fordham University, and the Lortel Award-winning director of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, died  Aug. 14 at New York Hospital.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Longtime Broadway 'Phantom' Actress Hangs Up Her Costume for Last Time 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137996"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137996</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - The Paris Opera House of Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera will lose its Wardrobe Mistress - the character, not the crew member - Aug. 19, when original cast member Mary Leigh Stahl retires.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hot Spot: 'The Middle East, in Pieces' Is a Hot Ticket in NYC 
    (Playbill)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137995"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137995</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Playbill - With Middle East in pieces at the moment, two Manhattan theatre companies are teaming to present free readings of six short works by six playwrights under the umbrella of The Middle East, in Pieces, Aug. 17-18.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Elvis-themed show planned for new MGM Vegas resort 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137994"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137994</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Attention Elvis impersonators: you 
may soon have a new way to make a living.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA['Scoundrels' puts the romp in larceny 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137993"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137993</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Broadway L.A.'s summer 
season at the Pantages concludes with yet another hit Broadway 
musical. Led by Norbert Leo Butz's madcap romp as aspiring but 
tres gauche American scam man Freddy Benson (the most awarded 
performance in Broadway history), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 
knocks the audience back on its heels with its brilliant 
production numbers and powerful solo escapades.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Summer camp kids mount "High School Musical" premiere 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137992"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137992</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    and now it's been adapted for the stage. REUTERS/Phil McCarten" border="0" /> Reuters - At a kids' summer camp in the 
Catskill Mountains, a bunch of self-described " theater  geeks" 
are singing their hearts out rehearsing a show that will appeal 
to more than just their parents.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Naked performance with dead pig branded "sick" 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137991"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137991</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Animal rights activists have described 
as "sick" a live art performance involving a naked woman 
cradling a dead pig for four hours.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[When it works, "Fame" becoming to Short's comic talent 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137990"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137990</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) -The quality of Martin 
Short's musical revue is well encapsulated by what has become 
his trademark pose. Hands on hips, staring off into the 
distance, he embraces the adulation of his audience while at 
the same time slyly mocking his need for it.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Martin Short satirical stage show wildly uneven 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137989"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137989</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - The quality of Martin 
Short's musical revue is well encapsulated by what has become 
his trademark pose. Hands on hips, staring off into the 
distance, he embraces the adulation of his audience while at 
the same time slyly mocking his need for it.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Critics' Short shrift was unwarranted 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137988"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137988</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:37:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Most of the city's 
newspaper critics didn't give " Martin Short : Fame Becomes Me" 
high marks after its opening Thursday at the Bernard Jacobs.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Failure, madness: a playwright's path to success 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137896"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137896</id>
    <updated>2006-08-22 06:22:37</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - For 50 years, the Royal Court Theater in 
London's Sloane Square has acted as a crucible of young writing 
talent, launching many careers.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Pierce & Co. raise stylish 'Curtains' 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?137253"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?137253</id>
    <updated>2006-08-10 20:26:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - With his slight physique 
and lack of conventional good looks,  David Hyde Pierce  might 
not be a likely leading man or dramatic linchpin. But once he 
makes his first appearance in "Curtains," one of the last 
collaborations of John Kander and the late Fred Ebb (the folks 
who brought you a raft of musicals including "Cabaret" and 
"Chicago"), he pretty much carries the show.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh Fringe puts faith in religious satire 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?136051"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?136051</id>
    <updated>2006-08-09 05:51:34</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Playwrights and comedians at the 
world's largest arts festival have boldly marched into the 
minefield of religious extremism this year to explode myths and 
destroy taboos.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Reality TV show seeks stars for Broadway "Grease" 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135594"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135594</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 15:29:15</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The T-Birds and the Pink Ladies of 
"Grease" are coming back to Broadway, where producers are 
turning to a reality television show to cast the lead roles.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA["Sperm Monologues": What to tell your unborn child 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135413"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135413</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 10:11:19</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Some sperm donation clinics invite 
men to leave a message behind for their unborn child to hear 
when they are 18.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Star Wars show: from dark side to funny side 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?135388"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?135388</id>
    <updated>2006-08-08 09:40:54</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Actor Charles Ross first went to a 
galaxy far, far away on a remote farm in Canada.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
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