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News: A Preview of the 2008-09 New Jersey Theater Season. . .For a preview of what to expect when Vanities, the Musical hits Broadway, see our California review . . . A whirlwind tour of the Shaw Festival . . . For details about Fall Theater in New York—new shows and continuing shows on Broadway and Off Broadway, check out our continually updated, annotated Broadway and Off Broadway pages. . . And for a look back at the summer '08 Berkshire Theater season click here. . .and Mamma Mia! the Movie and soon to come in some theaters Mamma Mia! The Sing-Along Edition. . .

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Fela-Whether you arrive knowing Fela through his music, his politics or (as with most of the audience) not at all, you will leave infused with everything Fela; the sensory experience is that complete. And you will be better for it. . . .

I Got Life- British chanteuse Barb Jungr does indeed have life. . .

A Perfect Ganesh- McNally's insistence that humankind's only hope lies in compassion and confession is certainly moving, but he makes his point too many times . . .

The First Breeze of Summer- Extended to October 5th This unwieldy but intriguing family drama seems at times to be as purposefully disjointed as it is mea. . .

It's the Economy Stupid! or The Turning Point- a look at Theater for the New City's 31nd annual free summer tour. . .

Hair- Few shows strive as literally to bring the audience into the experience, and that's what accounts for much of its continuing vitality. Extended again to September 13th . . .

Buffalo Gal- This is the fourth undoubtedly compatible collaboration between Gurney and director Mark Lamos. Although the play ends with a question mark, Lamos has nailed down its comical edge without losing a sense of the desperation and sadness at its core. . . .

Flamingo Court-if old is in, so is this triptych at New World Stages . . .

Book Reviews: Historic Photos of Broadway. . .The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. . . Theresa Rebeck's Three Girls and Their Brother

Around the World in 80 Days-five capable actors playing more than thirty roles in the globe-trotting yarn, at the Irish Rep. . . extended to 9/28.

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London
Hedda - Lucy Kirkwood, the writer of the E4 teenage drama Skins, updates Ibsen to explore the constraints facing women in 21st century—extended to October the 4th. . . .

Her Naked Skin- Rebecca Lenkiewicz has crafted a realistic political play detailing some of the events in the campaign to secure female suffrage in the UK. . . .

Hamlet -This production will be coming to London in November and it will be fascinating to see how David Tennant's Hamlet matures. He already speaks the verse beautifully and clearly, and the depth of emotional content will increase as he settles into the role . . .

Piaf- Pam Gems’ play transfors to the Vaudeville Theatre for an extra 14 weeks. . . .
Gigi-Regents Park Open Air Theatre is an enchanting evening out and with their new musical production of Lerner and Loewe’s Parisian based musical . . .

Timon Of Athens-The director-designer team of Lucy Bailey and William Dudley once again undertake an obscure, problematic Shakespeare play with innovative, energetic direction. . . .

. . .some trace of her- not content with simply pioneering an innovative, ambitious media, the source novel which forms the basis of this play is a far from wieldy text— Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot . . .

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California
Vanities, a New Musical-the musical adaptation of the Off-Broadway hit, has a trial run in Pasadena . . .

Bury the Dead-This is a grim play, but so well acted by the Actors' Gang and so well directed by Matthew Huffman that it grips you even as it chills you . . .

Scaredycats- No profound messages; no meaningful soliloquies. But as farce, it does the job very well indeed.. . .

As U2 Like It-I hope U2 appreciates this production as much as Shakespeare would have. . . .

Beethoven As I Knew Him- Hershey Felder's Q&A with the audience after the show offered many more interesting revelations than those in the production. . .

Abigail's Party- The first of Mike Leigh's s plays focusing on the desperately funny tragedies of working class life at the Odyssey. . . .

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