® Theatre Geek TV: A video of Lone Star Love in rehearsal.This wild west musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor begins Broadway previews November 1 at the Belasco Theatre.

® Michael Feingold of the Village Voice writes an enlightening article on why Grease was such a hit in it’s hey day, and why the reviving of it must stop! “Grease, in its present form, is the theatrical equivalent of an asteroid: a chunk of old rock that, when it was young and hot, broke loose from the reality to which it had been anchored and now, cooled down, drifts aimlessly through space…Unless it happens to collide with you, there’s no particular reason to bother about it.”

® Now THAT’S a Theatre Geek: Man proposes to fiancé onstage at Spelling Bee.

® I don’t usually pay much attention to Broadway grosses, but an article from Ticketnews.com caught my attention, now that there are no plays left on Broadway.

® Eve Best, Tony nominee and Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award winner for last season’s Moon for the Misbegotten, will join the cast of the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming. As previously reported, the cast will incude Raul Esparza, Michael McKean, and Ian McShane. The design team will include Eugene Lee (set), Kenneth Posner (lights) and Jess Goldstein (costumes). Daniel Sullivan will direct the play, beginning previews November 23.

® Garrett Eisler, aka The Playgoer, give us an update on the recent brouhaha over the revision of the Actors’ Equity Association showcase code. When coupled with the article from the New York Times the other day on just how little actors’ yearly salaries can be, you can start to get a picture of just how much actors have to struggle to make a sustainable income..

® Thanks to Steve on Broadway for the shout out. I have been a fan of SOB for many months now, and Steve has given me great support as I begin to find my way into the blogosphere.

® STELLLLLA!!! Indian theatre group has to shut down after being sited for noise pollution.

® Thanks to Broadway Abridged for these hot promo pics of the remixed, newly reimagined Rent opening at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London this fall.

® The Warner Brothers execs got over their squeamishness and Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd film will be released December 21. From Theatermania.com: “As previously announced, the film stars Johnny Depp in the title role, Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sacha Baron Cohen as Pirelli, Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford, Laura Michelle Kelly as the Beggar Woman, Jamie Campbell Brown as Anthony, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, and Ed Sanders as Toby. All of the actors will do their own singing.”

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