PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: It's All Good (Playbill) Playbill - Playwrights deceased and long-honored, and young and rising, were praised to the skies this week. Baayork Lee Will Stage 'Flower Drum Song' Revision in Chicago; DC and Shanghai Visits Planned ... Playbill - Columbia College Chicago's Center for Asian Arts and Media will produce the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song in summer 2010. Sidney Howard's 'Late Christopher Bean', a Praised "Find," Extended Off-Broadway (Playbill) Playbill - The rare New York City revival of Sidney Howard's 1932 comedy The Late Christopher Bean, a satire of greedy small-town folk and corrupt art-world personalities, will get six extra performances Off-Broadway. LaCause Is El Gallo in Arena 'Fantasticks', Set in an Amusement Park (Playbill) Playbill - Arena Stage's new production of The Fantasticks, directed by rising American director Amanda Dehnert, who places the musical in the world of an abandoned amusement park, begins previews Nov. 20 in Washington, DC. "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!": 'A Christmas Story, The Musical!' Begins World Premiere Run (P... Playbill - A Christmas Story, The Musical!, conjuring the frosted magic of a classic 1940s holiday, gets its world premiere at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre beginning Nov. 20-Dec. 27. Tony Administration Committee to Assemble in December (Playbill) Playbill - The Tony Awards Administration Committee will assemble for the first time during the 2009-2010 season Dec. 10, according to a Tony Awards spokesperson. Art investments can add color to a portfolio (Reuters) Reuters - Collecting fine art is more than just a hobby for savvy investors who see the art world as a $50 billion vehicle for generating wealth, storing it and passing on to their heirs. YSL auction raises almost three times estimate (Reuters) Reuters - A second auction of art and furniture once owned by fashion guru Yves Saint Laurent has raised 8.9 million euros ($13.22 million), up to three times the estimated amount, auctioneers Christie's said on Friday. Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers (Reuters) Reuters - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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