03/05/13 COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR THEATER.

• The Philharmonic Center for the Arts Presents Anything Goes, Now thru 3/10 _{2013-03-05, 01:46 am}
  ... Friendship and, of course, the show-stopper, Anything Goes-Anything Goes is among the greatest madcap musicals in theater history. The Roundabout Theatre Company's touring cast includes versatile Orlando-born and award-winning actress, singer, ...
• To smoke, or not? In Minn., that is the question _{2013-03-05, 01:25 am}
  ... coffee mug, but it's a pivotal moment that begins the character's transformation into an assertive woman. And some theater employees say it wouldn't feel nearly as raw if the actress couldn't smoke an actual cigarette on stage. "If you're going to ...
• Devastating New Herzog Play; Irwin's Dizzying - Old Hats': Jeremy Gerard _{2013-03-05, 12:15 am}
  A red velvet curtain rises on two tramps struggling against the vacuum force of a raging storm projected on the giant screen behind them.
• Review: Marriage deflates in Herzog's 'Belleville' _{2013-03-04, 11:53 pm}
  She's a whiny, spoiled, would-be yoga teacher with no students, and he's a lying pothead.
• March Will Be An Eventful Month For Des Moines Theaters _{2013-03-04, 11:51 pm}
  ... For more information visit Des Moines Community Playhouse . Brooke is a Des Moines native who has been enjoying theater her entire life. She fell in love with writing about theater in college when an extra credit assignment in Theater 106 was to go ...
• The Grand Theatre Presents Death of a Salesman _{2013-03-04, 10:25 pm}
  The Grand Theatre at Salt lake Community College presents Death of a Salesman, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Arthur Miller.
• Hollywood's German Influence _{2013-03-04, 10:07 pm}
  ... beautiful 1935 version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" directed by Max Reinhardt, legendary director of the Deutsches Theater, and starring Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney and Mickey Rooney. Lubitsch was one of Weimar's most successful ...
• On tap for the Ordway's 2013-14 season: 'Miss Saigon,' 'Porgy and Bess,' 'Bring It On,' 'Oz' _{2013-03-04, 08:58 pm}
  Two musicals that have sparked controversy highlight the just-announced 2013-14 season at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
• Next season at the Grand Theatre is "live and lively," artistic director promises _{2013-03-04, 08:40 pm}
  The star of the one-man Wingfield plays is teaming up with brother Doug for a return to the Grand Theatre during its 2013-2014 season in a production of renowned Canadian playwright Gratien Glinas' The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux .
• Ordway Center's 2013-14 season lineup unveiled _{2013-03-04, 08:24 pm}
  ... Audra McDonald and David Alan Grier on Broadway. "Porgy and Bess" (March 25-30, 2014) is part of a 2013-14 Ordway theater season line-up that also includes Andrew Lloyd Webber's new version of "The Wizard of Oz"(Dec. 4-29), and "Bring It On: The ...
• Imagine Dragons on the rise _{2013-03-04, 08:20 pm}
  Rock band Imagine Dragons, from left, Ben McKee, Wayne Sermon, Dan Platzman and Dan Reynolds, pose for a group portrait in Las Vegas.
• Theater review: 'Belleville' _{2013-03-04, 08:13 pm}
  That was my series of reactions to the young husband and wife adrift in Amy Herzog's "Belleville," a snug, well-acted psychodrama in which nail-biting moments are outnumbered by ones of eye-rolling. Let's just say that some of the revelations and switcheroos stretch credulity.
• Ordway announces 2013-14 season _{2013-03-04, 08:00 pm}
  The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' upcoming season features a wide variety of performers, including some familiar big names.
• Front Row at Saint Laurent _{2013-03-04, 05:23 pm}
  WORLD WIDE WEB: Guests arriving at the Saint Laurent show space in the Grand Palais on Monday night encountered a web of shifting light beams crawling over the walls.
• Helen Reddy: 'Strong, Invincible Woman' at Wolf Trap _{2013-03-04, 08:03 pm}
  ... heat of fame rarely lasts, but Reddy was to the stage born and toured often and also made forays into the legitimate theater stage, where she appeared as "Shirley Valentine" and in "Anything Goes" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" in addition to ...
• Oh, Sherrie! Backstage at Rock of Ages with Kate Rockwell, Episode 6: ... _{2013-03-04, 07:07 pm}
  On this week's episode of Oh, Sherrie! , Rock of Ages vlogger Kate Rockwell braves the cold to film a segment for American Idol , does the Harlem Shake, cooks with her dog, goes on an easter egg hunt and eats her first Schmackary's cookie!
• That Time Marlon Brando Mooned a Bunch of Real Mobsters While Filming 'The Godfather' _{2013-03-04, 07:04 pm}
  It's pretty well documented that The Godfather may not have even been made without the help of some real-life mafia figures at the time.
• Shorn enough: St. Baldrick's experience is a bald move _{2013-03-04, 06:46 pm}
  John Katsilometes has his head shaved by Tricia McCrone during a benefit for the St.
• Rising in rock: Imagine Dragons making moves _{2013-03-04, 06:39 pm}
  In this Feb. 6, 2013 photo, Las Vegas-based rock band Imagine Dragons, from left, Ben McKee, Wayne Sermon, Dan Platzman and Dan Reynolds pose for a group portrait in Las Vegas.
• Minn. considers banning actors from smoking on stage _{2013-03-04, 06:24 pm}
  Associated Press/Michal Daniel - In this Jan. 29, 2013 photo, Vanda, played by Anna Sundberg, smokes during a dress rehearsal with Thomas, played by Peter Christian Hansen, for the play "Venus in Fur" at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, Minn.