Curtain Call: Stage Whispers

Ah theatre, where sitcom stars come to die. Eric (Will & Grace) McCormack is the latest to tread the boards, appearing off-Broadway in the new Neil LaBute play Some Girl(s).

Vanessa Redgrave is set to step into Joan "J. Diddy" Didion's shoes when her stage adaptation of her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking arrives on Broadway next spring. [New York Times]

Theatre. Is. Officially. Dead. Or will be, if the idea of having live commercials presented before shows takes off. [New York Times]

A revised version of the musical Bright Lights, Big City (based on the Jay McInerney novel) is set to open in Philadelphia. It's ironic that such an iconic New York story would play in "the sixth borough." [Playbill]

Nathan Lane plays the title role in Butley, coming to Broadway this fall. Insert your own gay joke here. [Broadway.com]