Dirty Rotten Scoundrels News

The Oscars will have that Broadway touch for a second consecutive year as production designer David Rockwell will return to work behind the scenes at the 82nd Academy Awards.

When Newburyport High School's theater department players take to the stage tonight to enact the musical, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," they will be only the second theater company in America to bring the acclaimed show to the amateur stage.

He's the comic genius behind Hollywood classics like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels or Trains, Planes and Automobiles.

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," the high-energy comedy about two competing con artists on the French Riviera, opened on Venice Theatre's MainStage on Nov.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:18 a.m. Venice Theatre is making a temporary home for some "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." THEATER PREVIEW "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" opens at 8 p.m. Tues.

Arts editor Kay Kipling picks the 26 top tickets of a sensational year. Kay Kipling You might think, with the constant din of news about the economy and cutbacks in just about every aspect of our lives, that Sarasota's 2009-10 arts season would be a puny one.

Broadway's A Chorus Line kicks off a winter wonderland of theatre offerings across the city.

SHE'LL STEAL YOUR HEART, AND YOUR WALLET Caitlin Mills shines as the snookering sultress Christine in the Academy of Performing Arts production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels .

That's the comparison Joan Edstrom makes as a shorthand for explaining the female-centric comedy she's directing for Woods Hole Theater Company.

Banjo music, like comedy, is not pretty. The twangy instrument with the five strings and the cornpone image must share honors with the accordion as the most burlesqued of all musical instruments.

Steve Martin: Wild and Crazy Guy emeritus ? Well, not quite. Though with the release of a melancholy memoir, Born Standing Up , Martin signalled that comedy isn't the only love of his life.

He's a novelist, a playwright, an actor and a comedian. Oh, and he plays a pretty mean banjo, too.

A veteran actor calls on all his skills for a new role, writes Michael Shmith. "I PLAY an ageing con man.

Marina Prior in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels : ''I feel at home out there on the stage.'' Photo: Craig Sillitoe September 27, 2009 The always-busy Marina Prior talks to John Mangan about adding yet another role to her repertoire.

What's not to love about a play that manages, within a running time of less than two hours, to run a sharpened foil through sacred entities such as love, marriage, money, religion, high society and, of course, surgery? There's quite a bit to love with "The Beaux Stratagem," Fairbanks Drama Association's rollicking season opener.

Gary Kimble stars in the Broadway Palm Dinner Theater prduction of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Submitted photo If Paul Bernier wants his production of the con-man comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" to be a hit, he's going to have to pull a fast one.

Watch out when Steve Martin is driving. This is a guy who doesn't like to look back.

The actor has been a bum in Paris, a callow youth in Cannes and a superstar in St Paul de Vence.

If you're a fan of vintage " Saturday Night Live ," you probably know Joe Piscopo.

Alan Patrick Kenny mines "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" for adorability and comes up with gold at The Carnegie, the same way he did with his summer hit from a couple years back, "The Full Monty" at Know.