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Hitting the road: The American Foundation for Equal Rights is co-sponsoring dozens of productions across the country of Dustin Lance Black’s play ‘8,’which deals with the court battle over Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage in California. (Associated Press)

The Bard banned: Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ is among the books barred in Tucson schools as Arizona lawmakers purge ethnic studies. (Salon)

A date with Tony: The 66th Tony Awards are set for June 10, returning for a second year to the Beacon Theatre, after many years at Radio City Music Hall. (The American Theatre Wing)

Ladies man: ‘The O.C.’ alum Adam Brody lands the lead in the film adaptation of Neil LaBute’s ‘Some Girls.’ (Variety)

Wanted: audiences: A new musical based on Craigslist ads is scheduled to open at Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. (Ad Week)

New gig: Jaap van Zweden, who is in his fourth season as music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, has been appointed to a new role, music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. (Dallas Morning News)

The music stops: An examination of what was behind the demise of Opera Boston. (Boston Globe)

Crumbling theater: A woman’s mission is to save Brooklyn’s 32-year-old Paul Robeson Theater. (New York Daily News)

Banana split: The Velvet Underground is suing the Andy Warhol Foundation for allegedly licensing the famous fruit on the rock band’s 1967 album cover (Bloomberg)

Also in the L.A. Times: Margaret Gray reviews the TV-turned-stage show ‘MythBusters: Behind the Myths,’ and British comic Stephen Merchant, co-creator of ‘The Office’ and “Extras,” returns to stand-up.

-- Jamie Wetherbe

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George Clooney joins L.A. cast of Prop. 8 play

December 14, 2011 | 5:00 am
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George Clooney is throwing his considerable star power behind the fight against Prop. 8 by signing on to appear in a reading of the play ‘8’ in Los Angeles. The play, by Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, is scheduled to have a staged reading at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3.