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Itamar Moses is just looking to make sense of it all
Special to The TimesWRITING plays is occasionally a profession, arguably an art form, unmistakably a craft (hence the odd spelling of "playwright," distant cousin of the wheelwright). But might writing plays also be a mode of thinking -- a way to make sense of the world?...Tags: Religious Leaders, Theater, New York Times, Tony Kushner, New York University
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Williams Center Highlights
1983-84 (Inaugural season) Guarneri String Quartet André-Michel Schub Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra Washington Ballet Arden Collection of 19thh Century American Painting Ibram Lassaw Kander and Ebb's Chicago Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...Tags: James Williams, Bodies of Water, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Elmer Rice
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Arts Series Starting Exciting New Seasons
This is a somewhat quiet time for the arts in the area, the transition between the end of summer and the beginning of the autumn offerings. There are ongoing concerts and theater offerings, but nowhere near as many as there will be in several weeks....Tags: Connecticut, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Music Industry, William Shakespeare, Theater
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Theater season preview
Sentinel Staff WriterAmway Shakespeare Opportunity Twitter of the Shrew will be at a site to be announced. The Shakespeariment will be at the Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park, 101 N. Rosalind Ave., Orlando. Details: 407-792-9421. Twitter of the Shrew: Feb. 14....Tags: Irving Berlin, Patsy Cline, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), August, Bodies of Water
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When a premiere isn't—and why not to care
In a recent review of the First Look Repertory of New Work at the Steppenwolf Theatre, I described the plays therein as "world premieres." Steppenwolf took objection to that designation and asked me to delete that reference. "We are not claiming the...Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, David Mamet, Broadway
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Off-Broadway has more than a foothold on Broadway
linda.winer@newsday.comAnd now there are five. Now that Second Stage is buying the Helen Hayes Theatre, five Broadway theaters will soon be controlled by Off-Broadway institutions. Confused yet? You're not alone. Distinctions between Broadway and Off-Broadway - not to mention...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Broadway, Transportation, Air Transportation, Lincoln Center
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Benanti gets top actress in a musical
STAFF WRITERThe lavish revival of "South Pacific" took five prizes, including director of a musical, and "Boeing-Boeing, a 1960s sex farce filled with slamming doors and eager stewardesses, was named best-revival play, as the 2008 Tony Awards got under way Sunday....Tags: Oklahoma, Joshua Logan, Broadway, Manhattan (New York City), CBS Corp.
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Birthdays
71 Tom Stoppard Playwright 61 Dave Barry Writer 52 Montel Williams Talk-show host 46 Tom Cruise Actor 38 Audra McDonald Actress-singerTags: Tom Cruise, Dave Barry
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Harry Potter prequel
An 800-word prequel to the Harry Potter series, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling, sold for nearly 25,000 pounds at a charity auction Tuesday. With the winning bid of $48,858, the absent bidder paid more than $59 a word for Rowling's short story...Tags: Auction Service, Charity, Doris Lessing, Fiction, Harry Potter
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How Tony victories will change Chicago
Tribune criticAssuming you ignored the musicals, last Sunday night's Tony Awards were a three-hour, national commercial for the glories of the Chicago theater. Instead of watching the customary likes of Vanessa Redgrave, Cherry Jones or Phylicia Rashad walk off with...Tags: Second City, Chicago Loop, Movies, Phylicia Rashad, Katie Holmes
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A familiar story in a new universe
REWRITING a famous story from a different character's point of view has become common enough that the results constitute a genre of their own. John Gardner saw "Beowulf" through the monster's eyes in "Grendel"; Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea" excavated the...Tags: People, Senior Citizens, Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, Billy Bragg
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Tony Handicapping: On a clear day you can see from "In the Heights" to "South Pacific"
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe voters' official ballots were sent in a week ago, and that's when the wind of gossip and insider tips began stirring up the fog of this year's Tony Awards guesswork. "In The Heights" and "South Pacific" are still the favored musicals but their...Tags: Martha Plimpton, Dance, Political Candidates, Mel Brooks, Laurence Fishburne
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