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June 20, 2013

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  • 'Iron Man 3' star Rebecca Hall heads to Broadway

    By MARK KENNEDY | 05/28/13 06:40 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Rebecca Hall, who plays a brilliant biologist in "Iron Man 3," will soon get to play a murderer onstage. The Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Hall will star on Broadway in the first revival of "Machinal" since it made its debut 85 years ago. Previews begin Dec....

  • Local Editorial: Signature Theatre deemed too fabulous to fail

    By Examiner Editorial | 05/28/13 04:20 PM

    On April 20th, members of the Arlington County Board voted to raise homeowners' property taxes 3.5 cents, bringing the total tax bite to $1.006 per ever $100 of assessed valuation. This amount was even higher than the 3.2 cents requested by County Manager Barbara Donnellan. Examiner readers...

  • 'Iron Man 3' star Rebecca Hall heads to Broadway

    05/28/13 02:15 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Rebecca Hall, who plays a brilliant biologist in "Iron Man 3," will soon get to play a murderer onstage. The Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Hall will star on Broadway in the first revival of "Machinal" since it made its debut 85 years ago. Previews begin Dec. 20...

  • Katrina-damaged La. theater goes for 1927 glory

    05/25/13 11:30 AM

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials are celebrating the renovation of a downtown theater as another milestone in the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. A public-private partnership is restoring the Saenger Theatre on Canal Street with a larger stage and state-of-the-art theatrical...

  • Coen, Guirgis bound for Atlantic Theater Company

    05/23/13 03:45 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — The world premiere of Ethan Coen's first full-length stage play, a revival of "The Threepenny Opera" and a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis are the highlights of the Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming season. The company unveiled its slate of 2013-14 offerings Thursday, which...

  • 'Gilgamesh': An epic, adventurous drama

    By Jolene Munch Cardoza | 05/13/13 03:25 PM

    You don't have to be familiar with the ancient Babylonian texts that "Gilgamesh" is derived from to enjoy Constellation Theatre Company's fresh new adaptation. Naturally it helps if you are already acquainted with the epic adventures of one King Gilgamesh and his beloved pal, Enkidu, but it's...

  • An enchanted Illyria at Folger Shakespeare Theatre

    By Barbara Mackay | 05/10/13 05:20 PM

    Shakespeare wrote about love in all its guises, from the young love of Romeo and Juliet to the mature love of Antony and Cleopatra. In "Twelfth Night" he examined the very nature of love, how it is desired, needed and chased by everyone. As the brilliant, whimsical "Twelfth Night" at the...

  • Neil Patrick Harris to return as Tony Awards host

    05/09/13 06:20 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his fourth turn as host of the Tony Awards. The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, joint producers of the show that honors the best of Broadway, said Thursday the 67th annual awards will be broadcast live by CBS from Radio City...

  • The community on and off the 'Show Boat'

    By Barbara Mackay | 05/08/13 01:25 PM

    The world has celebrated Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" since 1927, but the Washington National Opera's new version, directed by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello, is fresh, vigorous and distinctive, emphasizing the world that existed around the showboat performers of...


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