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Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder'
Updated: 22 hr ago
NEW YORK (AP) — If you didn't think Henrik Ibsen's work was sexy and racy, you'll be pleasantly surprised by BAM's production of "The Master Builder," which embraces a whole new interpretation of that classic 1892 tragedy. At least the Freudian symbolism of tall towers, even taller church...
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'Chuck' and 'Smash' stars head to Broadway
Yesterday
NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway. Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg. The music and lyrics are by Alan...
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Man falls from NYC theater window onto marquee
Yesterday
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City say a man suffered minor injuries after falling out of a window onto the marquee of a Broadway theater. The incident occurred at the Lyceum Theater just before the Sunday matinee performance of "The Nance" starring Nathan Lane. Officials say the man...
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History Theatre to tour greater Minn. with 2 shows
Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The St. Paul-based History Theatre is taking its show on the road to greater Minnesota in June and July. The theater will bring its production of "Beyond the Rainbow: Garland at Carnegie Hall" to three theaters. The show recreates singer Judy Garland's famous 1961...
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'Mad Men' Vincent Kartheiser finds a new role
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — To find their Mr. Darcy, the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota has turned to a Mad Man. Vincent Kartheiser, who plays the malcontent Pete Campbell on AMC's "Mad Men," will star this summer in a new Guthrie production of "Pride and Prejudice" as the brooding hero of Jane Austen's...
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Playwright takes on 'Clybourne Park' with new work
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
BALTIMORE (AP) — Growing up in Britain, Kwame Kwei-Armah saw the American classic "A Raisin in the Sun" perhaps more often than any other play, with its powerful portrayal of race relations. More than 50 years after the debut of "Raisin," the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Clybourne Park"...
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Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
MUMBAI, India (AP) — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death....
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Lincoln Center names a Broadway producer as head
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has tapped as its new leader a Broadway producer who has helped mount such hits as the Tony Award-winning revival of "Hair" and "Equus" with Daniel Radcliffe. Jed Bernstein, a former advertising executive who led the trade group Broadway...
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Broadway's 'The Winslow Boy' to star Mastrantonio
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — A revival of Terence Rattigan's play "The Winslow Boy" starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Roger Rees is heading to Broadway next season. The Roundabout Theatre Company said Wednesday the play joins its previously announced shows Donald Margulies' "Dinner With Friends"...
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Broadway's 'Pippin' to go on national tour
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The thrilling Broadway revival of "Pippin" will be taking its magic on the road. Producers of the Tony Award-nominated show said Wednesday that a national tour will kick off in September 2014 at the Buell Theatre in Denver. No other cities were immediately announced....
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