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Hollywood names up for Olivier theater awards (Reuters) Reuters - Hollywood stars Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Gillian Anderson were nominated on Monday for Laurence Olivier Awards, British theater's top accolades.




Contemporary auctions aim to cement art recovery (Reuters) Reuters - Confidence has surged back into the art market faster than predicted, and although contemporary values were hit hard by the credit crunch, auctioneers are confident that this week's sales will cement the recovery.


Ed Harris surpasses the material in LaBute play (Reuters) Reuters - Playwright Neil LaBute loves to push audiences' buttons, never shying away from explosive themes, particularly in exploring male-female relationships. In the scribe's best works, such as the film "In the Company of Men" and the play "Fat Pig," this approach has paid off with profound yet disturbing insights into gender politics.


MTC's 'Equivocation' Will Now Begin One Day Later (Playbill) Playbill - The New York City premiere of Bill Cain's Equivocation, directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes, will begin a day later than expected.


Kunken Will Play 'Enron' CFO on Broadway (Playbill) Playbill - Stephen Kunken, a Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominee best known for playing James Reston in Frost/Nixon on Broadway, will play disgraced Enron chief financial officer Andy Fastow in the Broadway production of Lucy Prebble's acclaimed London play Enron.


Casting Confirmed for U.K. Tour of 'Hairspray'; Olivier Winner Michael Ball Returns (Playbill) Playbill - Michael Ball, who won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for creating the role of Edna Turnblad in the original West End production of Hairspray, will return to the role to launch the national touring production, beginning performances at the Wales Minnennium Centre in Cardiff March 30. Official opening will be April 7.


'Time Stands Still' Gets One-Week Extension on Broadway (Playbill) Playbill - Time Stands Still, Donald Margulies' well-reviewed play at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway, will get an extra week of performances, now to March 27.


West End Actors Join Forces to Showcase New Musicals and Benefit Haiti Earthquake Appeal (Pl... Playbill - A lineup of young West End musical actors will appear in Snappy Title: From the Heart, a showcase of songs selected from a variety of new musicals, to be held at London's Pigalle Club, Feb. 21. The charity performance is in aid of the Haiti Earthquake Appeal and Mercury Musical Developments.


After 17 Years, 'Phantom' Tour Will Retire Its Mask in November (Playbill) Playbill - The current national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, which recently played its 7,000th performance, will end its long run in November, producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. announced Feb. 5.


Gilman's 'Johnstown Flood' Premiere Will Have a Cast of Eight at Goodman; Falls Directs (Pla... Playbill - Casting for the Robert Falls-directed world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's A True History of the Johnstown Flood was announced by Goodman Theatre, which will launch previews on March 13.


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