Theatre Geeks News for March 19, 2012

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Tennessee Williams revived, brush up your Shakespeare accent and More!

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• Chris Jones’ review of Death of A Salesman on Broadway in the Chicago Trib — Good, but not great?
• Tennessee Williams’ final play is getting its world premiere in NYC this spring — more information is here.
• Backstage Magazine’s Broadway Power List — Know these names?
• Theatre Resources Unlimited and Back Stage Present Panel About Bringing Diversity to Broadway , from Backstage Magazine — Is this an issue in YOUR theatre?  Send me your feedback from our contact page
• New CD Suggests How Shakespeare Should Really Sound , Backstage Magazine — Sample audio is  here.
• Trade-offs from page to stage:  ”Gatz,” an unusual interpretation of The Great Gatsby, sparked this long but interesting article about the pitfalls of bringing books to the stage.  By New York Times’ Ben Brantley.
• Cute-as-a-button Bernadette Peters will be appearing on NBC’s Smash – TheaterMania reports she’s released a promo video you can see here.
• Playbill Magazine: THE SCREENING ROOM: Watch the Trailer to Upcoming Theatre Documentary “Journey to America” (Video)
• Val Kilmer Will Play Mark Twain in One-Man Show Citizen Twain — Playbill
• Laurence Olivier Award Nominations Announced; Matilda The Musical Leads with 10 — Playbill

Theatre Geeks’ Twitter followers of the week:

• Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, CA – Currently performing Crimes of the Heart
• Jeremy Kruse  – Jeremy is a working actor, writer and filmmaker. He teaches acting at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and is a certified personal trainer.  follow him @krusejeremy
• The Real William Shakespeare, complete with pithy quotes — follow him at @WmShakespere

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