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1 hr ago | The Miami Herald

Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder'

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.

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Related Topix: Arts, Wedding

5 hrs ago | Bellingham Herald

'Chuck' and 'Smash' stars head to 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.

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Related Topix: Zachary Levi, Arts

9 hrs ago | Patch.com

Oswego Playhouse Performing Dinner Theater Show 'Death By Chocolate'

The following was provided by the Village of Oswego : Oswego Playhouse's next production is a dinner theatre show "Death By Chocolate" by Paul Freed.

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Related Topix: Arts, Oswego, IL, Yorkville, IL, Carol Stream, IL

11 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

'Fast & Furious 6' includes scene long dreamed by Justin Lin

The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin's fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fiery escape scene featuring a muscle car that crashes out of an airplane during takeoff.

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Related Topix: Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five, Crime Movies, The Fast and the Furious, Action Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Celebrities, Vin Diesel, Arts

15 hrs ago | New York Daily News

The Liza show must go on: concerts, theater, awards

' height='423' itemprop='associatedMedia' alt='AS NEEDED' width='635' src='http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1347079.1368813305!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/liza20f-15-web.jpg' /> When "Arrested Development" streams hotly anticipated new episodes on Netflix this Sunday, Liza Minnelli is back in action as loopy ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Comedy, Hip-Hop, Arrested Development, Entertainment, Television, Drama Movies, Cabaret, Musical Movies, Liza Minnelli, Pop/Rock

20 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

See how some theater veterans have fared on TV

NEW YORK The slow, lingering demise of 'Smash' has felt more like a punch to the gut to the folks on Broadway.

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Related Topix: Arts, New York, Smash, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston, Drama

Sun May 19, 2013

Noozhawk

Speaking of Stories, Charles de L'Arbre and Kristina Kulchin to Get a Read on T.C. Boyle

Gathering in a group and listening to a well-trained voice tell a story is probably the mellowest, not to mention most ancient, of our social pleasures.

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Related Topix: Arts, Montecito, CA

KSL-TV

70 years later, firefighters honor fallen heroes of Victoria Theater Fire

A 1931 Mack firetruck was parked on streets wet from rain Sunday morning outside a building that once housed Victory Theater.

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Related Topix: Fire, Arts, Victory, NY, Saratoga Springs, NY, Sundance Film Festival

Cleveland.com

Cleveland theater auditions for May 17 and beyond

Seeking African-Americans for webisode series, "The Greek Chronicles," that follows the Greeks and wannabes of fictitious Bindford College.

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Related Topix: Arts, Cleveland, OH, Ashtabula, OH, Wedding

BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Flash: First Look at Hampton Theater's How the Other Half Loves

Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn 's "How The Other Half Loves," opening on May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue.

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Related Topix: Arts, Quogue, NY, Remsenburg, NY, North Sea, NY

Examiner.com

David Leeper is five shades of rainbow perfection in 'At The Flash'

Leeper did an amazing acting job with a wonderful piece of theater . Leeper is alone on stage for 90 min as he plays 5 different GLBT characters.

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Related Topix: Arts, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Herald Star Online

Davison speaks out about the past and the future

"After the game was over, John ran over and hugged me because he was happy I could be at his game.

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Related Topix: Steubenville, OH, Jefferson County, OH

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Eclipses 2009 Predecessor

See the new movie, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' playing at GTC Cherokee 16 in Woodstock and Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton .

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Related Topix: Star Trek Into Darkness, Arts, Canton, GA, Star Trek, Chris Pine

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Public Theater presents - Clybourne Park'

"I love solo shows and multiple characters. That's the kind of stuff that's so rich and it gets to the core of people's humanity.

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Related Topix: Arts, Entertainment

The Florida Times-Union

SIGHTS & SOUNDS: Music, art, theater and more at the Beaches and beyond

Susan Roche for Shorelines The cast of A Streetcar Named Desire, Kenneth Dowling Jr.

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Related Topix: Arts, Jacksonville, FL, Philips (Jacksonville, FL), St. Augustine, FL, St Johns County, FL, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Monsters and Critics

Chita Rivera To Play The Schoenfeld Theater

New York : Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life will play Broadway's Schoenfeld Theater.

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Related Topix: Chita Rivera, Arts

Timberjay Newspapers Online

Movie buffs rally to save theater

The Comet Theater, in business since 1939, got its own happy ending this week when an online fundraising campaign surpassed expectations and will keep the curtain from descending on the venerable movie house.

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Related Topix: Arts

BroadwayWorld.com

Ridgefield Theater Barn Hosts Fundamentals of Improv Teen Workshop, Now thru 6/29

The Ridgefield Theater Barn has introduced a new workshop for teens, The Fundamentals of Improv class taught by Rick Hodder, the director of the wildly successful in-house improv comedy troupe, the Role in the Hay Players.

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Related Topix: Arts

Fri May 17, 2013

The Village Voice

Charles Bradley - Apollo Theater - 5/16/13

When Charles Bradley and I met up at Daptone Records to discuss the release of his sophomore album Victim of Love back in April, his headlining show at The Apollo was a prominent topic of conversation, though much of the Apollo talk never made it to print.

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Related Topix: Arts, Black Entertainment, Soul, James Brown, Music, Entertainment

EDGE

Cuba's LGBT Community Celebrates International Day Against Homophobia

A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.

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Related Topix: Arts, Los Van Van, Latin, Gay/Lesbian, Fidel Castro