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FEBRUARY 2012: WHAT'S NEW!

Welcome to TotalTheater.com which offers thousands of theater reviews and historical facts online and at your fingertips.

March 13-17: TotalTheater is producing a developmental staging of SHALOM DAMMIT! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon at NYC's Richmond Shepard Theater, 309 East 26 St. (2nd Ave). More info: www.shalomdammit.com.

Visit our archives for all your Dave's Gone By audio needs.

RECENT ARCHIVE ADDITIONS

Listen to Dave's Gone By episode #376: Go Ask Alice About Judyism, which aired Sat, Feb. 18. Dave chats with legendary songstress Judy Collins and Tony-winning actress Alice Ripley. Plus: Inside Broadway (news), Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later (Collins covers), Rabbi Sol Solomon's Rabbinical Reflection (Shalom Dammit in NY), and a 75th birthday chat with Dave's dad, Philip Lefkowitz.

NEW IN PERIODICA

The Keenan-Bolgers Back on Broadway (auth: Michael Portantiere; 2/12)
The Return of Liberty: New York Theater Turns Eatery (auth: Ellis Nassour, 1/12)
Petula Clark: After Decades, Miss "Downtown" Hits Midtown in Cabaret (auth: Michael Portantiere, 1/12)
Sultry Blonde Nina Arianda Wasn't Born Yesterday (auth: Ellis Nassour, 5/11)

NEW IN CRITICOPIA

Anything Goes (rev: Richmond Shepard, Roundabout at Sondheim Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Arlequin, valet de deux maitres (rev: Marie J. Kilker, La Comedie Italienne, Paris, France, To summer 2012)
The Book of Mormon (rev: Richmond Shepard, Eugene O'Neill Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Clybourne Park (rev: Willard Manus, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, to 2/26/12)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (rev: Anne Siegel, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, WI, to 3/11/12)
The Fall to Earth (rev: Willard Manus, Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles, CA, to 4/1/12)
Ghost: The Musical (rev: David Dow Bentley, Piccadilly Theatre, London, UK, open run)
God of Carnage (rev: Marie J. Kilker, Asolo Theater, Sarasota, FL, to 4/6/12)
Godspell (rev: Ellis Nassour, Circle in the Square, Broadway, NY, open run)
How to Succeed in Business... (rev: Anne Siegel, Al Hirschfeld Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
How to Succeed in Business... (rev: Richmond Shepard, Al Hirschfeld Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Last Romance) rev: Marie J. Kilker, Florida Studio Theater, Sarasota, FL, to 2/26/12)
Look Back in Anger) rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Roundabout at Laura Pels Theater, off-Broadway, to 4/8/12)
On Holy Ground (rev: Willard Manus, Met Theater, Los Angeles, CA, open run)
Other Desert Cities (rev: Richmond Shepard, Booth Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Other Desert Cities (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Booth Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Porgy and Bess (rev: Michael Portantiere, Richard Rodgers Theater, Broadway, to 6/24/12)
Porgy and Bess (rev: Richmond Shepard, Richard Rodgers Theater, Broadway, to 6/24/12)
The Road to Mecca (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Roundabout at American Airlines Theater, Broadway, to 3/4/12)
Seminar (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, John Golden Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Seminar (rev: Richmond Shepard, John Golden Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Sister Act (rev: Richmond Shepard, Broadway Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Stick Fly (rev: Richmond Shepard, Cort Theater, Broadway, NY, to 2/26/12)
To Kill a Mockingbird (rev: Anne Siegel; Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee, WI, to 3/11/12)
Traces (rev: Richmond Shepard, Union Square Theater, off-Broadway, NY, open run)
Vigil (rev: Anne Siegel, Next Act Theater, Milwaukee, WI, to 2/26/12)
What the Butler Saw (rev: Willard Manus, Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles, CA, to 3/11/12)
Wicked (rev: David Lefkowitz, Gershwin Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)

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OUR HISTORY

In 2000, after nearly a decade publishing This Week On Stage and then This Month On Stage, editor-in-chief David Lefkowitz founded TotalTheater.com as a way of migrating the reviews and feature stories of those hardcopy publications onto the internet. Working with George Nevrodis of PresentMedia, TotalTheater was designed to be a living archive of modern theater criticism and comment.

In January 2001, the TotalTheater company became co-publisher of the hard-copy journal, Performing Arts Insider, an industry journal covering Broadway, Off & Off-Off-Broadway, regional theater, NYC cabaret, opera, dance and special events. PAI has been a respected “bible” of the entertainment professionals for decades, now more comprehensive and easy to use than ever. For more information and a look of PAI's content, please check out our website: Performing Arts Insider.

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