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PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: A Little Help

Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET

Big-deal musicals honing their acts out of town reached out for a little help this week.

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Blumberg, Whitlock, Thirlby Join Atlantic's 'Farragut North' Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
Additional casting has been announced for the world premiere of Beau Willimon's political play, Farragut North, for Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.
'First Wives Club' Musical Will Premiere in San Diego in 2009; Zambello Directs Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
The First Wives Club - A New Musical will premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego in summer 2009, prior to Broadway.
Miller Is Terrorist Seeking Revenge in DC-Area 'Inishmore' Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
Casting has been announced for Signature Theatre's Washington, DC, premiere of the viciously bloody comic satire The Lieutenant of Inishmore, to play Sept. 23-Nov. 16 in Signature's ARK Theatre in Arlington, VA.
'Lying in State', a Political Farce With Coffin Humor, Gets South Florida Run Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
Caldwell Theatre Company is breathing new life into a comedy about death, Lying in State, by David C. Hyer, which begins Sept. 5 in Boca Raton, FL.
Strand & McCarthy's 'Italian Straw Hat' Musical Premieres in CA Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
French playwright Eugene Labiche's durable 1851 farce An Italian Straw Hat gets a new ribbon or two Sept. 5-Oct. 5 in a fresh musical version premiering at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, CA.
Gay Dads Face a Choice in NYC Premiere, 'Two Spoons' Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
Two Spoons, Peter Mercurio's play about gay dads on the verge of marriage - until temptation arises - gets its New York City premiere starting Sept. 5 at the Bank Street Theatre in Greenwich Village.
Touring Houses Use Unique Marketing to Awaken Nation to Coming 'Spring' Fri Sep 5, 5:41 PM ET
Teen sex, ignorance, fear, suicide, emotional abuse - and music. How do you sell regional audiences on Spring Awakening?
In Need of More Tech, '9 to 5' Previews Will Now Begin Later Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
A second delay of the first preview of 9 to 5: The Musical has been announced by Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, which will now launch the Dolly Parton-scored show at 8 PM Sept. 9, six days later than originally announced.
All-Latin Cast Featured in Round House World Premiere 'Garcia Girls' in MD Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Maryland's Round House Theatre's 2008-09 season will launch Sept. 17 with its first commissioned play, the world-premiere adaptation of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Washington, DC-based playwright Karen Zacar�as.
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Allan S. Larson Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Meet Allan Larson, the father - and one of the keepers of the flame - of late Rent writer Jonathan Larson.
Adjmi, Graney, McCullough Among Playwrights in Goodman's Fall New Stages Reading Series Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Six new plays by emerging American playwrights will be presented at Goodman Theatre's 2008 New Stages series of play readings Sept. 12-21 in Chicago.
'My Friend Hitler, Madge's Box, Monkey Poet' Among San Francisco Fringe Shows Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
The 17th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival began Sept. 3, exposing audiences to varied plays, musicals and other live events on several stages in the city by the bay.
Parson Directs 'Radio Golf' at Pittsburgh Public, Completing Wilson Cycle Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Pittsburgh Public Theater has assembled a cast for its season-opening production of August Wilson's Pittsburgh-set final play, Radio Golf, Oct. 2-Nov. 2, in the O'Reilly Theater.
Harris, Keith Featured in TACT's 'Bedroom Farce' This Fall Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Off-Broadway's The Actors Company Theatre will launch its 2008-09 season Oct. 5 with Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce featuring Cynthia Harris, Larry Keith, Eve Bianco, Margaret Nichols, Scott Schafer, Ashley West, Mark Alhadeff and Sean Dougherty.
Broadway's Biltmore Becomes the Friedman Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
A page in Broadway history will be turned on Sept. 4 when the Biltmore Theatre - once home to Hair and Barefoot in the Park, and now occupied by Manhattan Theatre Club - is renamed The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre at 7:30 PM.
Daly and Lindo Star in Open-Air 'Agamemnon' in Malibu Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
Tony Award winner Tyne Daly plays vengeful wife Clytemnestra opposite Tony nominee Delroy Lindo as the returning title king in an open-air California production of Agamemnon, directed by Stephen Wadsworth at the Getty Villa. Performances begin Sept. 4.
PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Jason Moore Thu Sep 4, 5:20 PM ET
No more ping pong balls and fur for Avenue Q director Jason Moore. He's Broadway-bound with Shrek.
Broadway's 'White Christmas' Will Star Bogardus, O'Malley, Denman and Patterson Wed Sep 3, 5:13 PM ET
The Broadway premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas will feature Tony Award nominee Stephen Bogardus plus Kerry O'Malley, Jeffry Denman, Meredith Patterson, Susan Mansur and Charles Dean, all of them veterans of earlier regional productions of the popular Walter Bobbie-directed show.