Reuters - The Victorian Gothic novel Dracula is associated with the dense forests of Transylvania rather than the Georgian squares of Dublin, but the great great nephew of its Irish born author thinks that is an oversight.
Reuters - New Zealand writer Christian Karlson Stead has won the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank short story award, competition organizers said on Friday.
Playbill - Composer Stephen Sondheim has seen a lot of nice things come his way with his 80th birthday this month. A celebratory concert, a new Broadway show - and tons of ink. But I'm guessing his favorite present came this week, when it was announced that the Henry Miller's Theatre on West 43rd Street will be renamed The Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Playbill - Writer-performer David Cale's one-man show, Palomino, about the side career of a Central Park carriage driver, will replace Tynan in the spring slot at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles.
Playbill - Leo Marks, Betsy Brandt, Laura Heisler, Tony Amendola and Linda Gehringer are featured in the South Coast Repertory world premiere of Julia Cho's The Language Archive, a new romantic comedy about love and miscommunication, March 26-April 25.
Playbill - Roundabout Theatre Company is exploring a number of options to replace its suddenly postponed Broadway production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart. Among the possibilities: Tony Award nominee Sherie Rene Scott in Everyday Rapture.
Playbill - Playbill.com enlisted Kaitlin Kiyan, a tribe member of Broadway's Hair, to document in pictures the cast's journey from New York City to the upcoming London premiere of the Tony Award-winning revival.