Good theater article, but embarassing error

There's been a long history in the annals of the new vs. mainstream media battles of monthly magazines already being out of date by the time they hit newsstands. I'm not sure if this is the same case with the error just made by the New York Times, or if its just a standard error meant for the corrections section. In an otherwise excellent article on the role of orchestrations in Broadway musicals, Susan Elliott says, "Michael Holland is revamping Mr. Schwartz’s original “Godspell” score for its run at the Ethel Barrymore (set to open Oct. 23)." The only problem: Godspell has been cancelled. My guess is that the article was written well before the Variety report on Wednesday, and that it's a fact checking error. But by today's standards, making an error based on a three day old article heavily buzzed in the theater press looks a lot worse than it did 10 years ago.

Dark Knight reviews start piling in

No sooner do I get home from Vermont than do I see the trade papers' reviews of The Dark Knight, which I had completely forgotten came out this week. Both reviews are quite positive, with THR's Kirk Honeycutt seeing slightly more flaws in casting and plot development than Variety's Justin Chang gave it almost unqualified praise. I will now spend the entire week waiting to get a chance to see it. Hopefully I can make arrangements for Friday