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'Venus in Fur': In search of one really good sadist

Many human relationships - on the street, in the office, in the bedroom, on the stage - boil down to simple sadomasochism.

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Shakespeare Theatre Company "The Winter's Tale" by Susan Berlin

A play as whimsical as William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale needs the audience to accept its premises if it's going to work at all. Washington's Shakespeare Theatre Company and director Rebecca Taichman take…

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'Spider-Man' Broadway venue sold to Britain's Ambassador Theatre

(Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the co…

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Winners of L.A.'s Jerry Herman Awards On To Broadway

Two Los Angeles area high school students won a chance to perform on Broadway after claiming the top spots in the regional round of the National High School Musical Theater Awards. The final round of the five-y…

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Theatre review: The Contents of a House, Preston Manor, Brighton Festival

One of the main attractions of this year’s Brighton Festival is a night-time traipse around Preston Manor, a gorgeous historic house in the suburbs which was bequeathed to the city by the Stanford family in 1…

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Theatre review: Table Manners, The Basement, Brighton Festival

Table Manners is a triple bill inspired by that most genteel of gatherings: the dinner party. But this is no cosy, bring-a-bottle, one-pot-on-the-scrubbed-kitchen-table affair. Rather it is a “trip to the end…

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News: Members reject calls for union to be dissolved by Matthew Hemley

Calls for Equity to be dissolved have been rejected. The walk-on and supporting artists’ committee called for the “dissolution of the union” at the Annual Representative Conference, claiming forthcoming c…

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News: Equity to increase subs to £120 by Alistair Smith

Equity’s annual subscription rate will increase to a minimum of £120, after representatives voted in favour of 3.45% hike to rates. The percentage increase, which comes into effect from January 2014, was pas…

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News: Actors urge BBC to produce and cast more dramas regionally by Matthew Hemley

Lobbying body the Performers’ Alliance Parliamentary Group – which includes Equity and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – is being urged to pressure the BBC to produce and cast more dramas in the nat…

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1st Night Photos: Strictly stars party at Relatively Speaking first night

Strictly stars Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen and Artem Chigvintsev were among those celebrating the opening of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking at the Wyndham's Theatre last night (20 May 2013). The pl…

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News: ATG acquires Broadway's largest theatre The Foxwoods, home of Spider-Man

In another significant step for transatlantic theatre relations, the UK’s biggest theatre owner Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has acquired Broadway's largest theatre for a reported figure of over $60million.…

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1st Night Photos: Celia Imrie & Jill Halfpenny celebrate Limbo opening

Jill Halfpenny and Celia Imrie were among those at Limbo last night (20 May 2013), which opened at the Southbank Centre. Limbo comes to London following a run at Australia’s Adelaide Festival, and presen…

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Review: Cloud Dance Sundays by Jemma Wilson

A collaboration between Cloud Dance Festival and Giant Olive, Cloud Dance Sundays hopes to become a regular occurrence at the theatre above the cosy Lion and Unicorn pub in Kentish Town. All the pieces shown we…

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Young, early, emerging: Daniel Brodie, associate producer, Royal Court by Nancy Groves

The young producer talks funding, family, Vicky Featherstone and the odds on a female artistic director at the National TheatreWhat introduced you to the possibility of being a theatre producer?I morphed into i…

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Should we put up with disruptive behaviour at the theatre? by Lyn Gardner

Audiences are increasingly fed up about bad behaviour in the theatre – and they are taking the law into their own handsKevin Williamson's account of his vigilante action against a woman persistently using her…

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Dance review: Sylvie Guillem, Sadler’s Wells, London

Some stars become famous far beyond their own fields. You don't need to be interested in running to know about Usain Bolt; you don’t need to be interested in dance to have heard of French ballerina Sylvie Gui…

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Theater Review: The Master Builder, on Very Shaky New Pilings

"When The Master Builder becomes an episode of Gilly, you know something’s wrong."-- Delivered by Feed43 service

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Limbo, Southbank Centre by Jasper Rees

Circus is a broad church these days. It can be housed on the street, a grand proscenium stage and all points in between, though for this latest raucous reinvention of the form, it makes its way back into an int…

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Poetry slam competition Louder Than a Bomb nears the finals

The event is called Louder Than a Bomb, and some schools around Massachusetts have been leery of letting students wear the T-shirts to class since the Boston Marathon attack.    

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'Builder' not masterful by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A midlife crisis has devastating consequences in “The Master Builder.” This should surprise no one since the 1892 play is by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian not known for rom-coms. But the production that opened …

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL by John Simon

What is it that makes smallness lovable? That bigness should be impressive is understandable. We all respect Mount Everest as the world’s highest, and Mont Blanc as Europe’s highest mountain. The Nile impre…

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Blood Brothers by Theasy.com

Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC), Off Off Broadway By Molly Marinik BOTTOM LINE: A wonderful reimagining of a musical that never quite hit its stride in the states. Blood Brothers played in London…

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Macbeth by Mondschein

The National Theater of Scotland's production of "Macbeth" at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, May 20, 2013 Alan Cumming returns to the Great White Way, reprising his one-man production of the Scottish Play …

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Weekend Recap: A Very Long Blog PostIt's been super sunny and warm here in the Bay Area. I spent all last weekend running around and loving the weather. FridayFriday my good friend Angel came into town. Sh…

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Macbeth by Wendy Caster

In his one-man Macbeth, the protean Alan Cumming orates, cries, hits his chest, yells, whispers, throws things, and tries to drown himself. What he doesn't do is define characters or tell a coherent story. Now …

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The OBIES: 2013 by Ludlow Lad

The winners of the 58h Annual OBIE Awards were announced tonight at Webster Hall. And the winners were:PerformanceEisa DavisSustained ExcellenceBrandon J. DirdenThe Piano Lesson (Signature Theatre)Shuler Hensl…

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Court Theatre’s Moliere Festival Starts Out Strong With “The Misanthrope” by Joseph Hillenmeyer

Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Court Theatre, in residence at The University of Chicago, is launching its Center for Classic Theatre with The Molière Festival: The Misanthrope and Tartuffe. The Richard Wilbur…

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Me on Me and Juliet by Peter Filichia

We’re about to mark the 60th anniversary of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most obscure musical. True, Me and Juliet endured the longest of their three least-successful shows. The musical that opened on May 28,…

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Janet Krupin, Jarrod Spector and More Join Janine McGuire in LET'S MAKE NOISE Concert Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Tonight, May 21, composerlyricist Janine McGuire will present an evening of her original music in 'Let's Make Noise The Music amp Lyrics of Janine McGuire.'

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GIANT Original Cast Album Released Today! by BroadwayWorld

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Recording of the acclaimed epic musical GIANT online and in stores today, May 21, 2013.

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Lea Salonga Returns to the Cafe Carlyle With BACK TO BEFORE, Now thru 6/8 by BroadwayWorld

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel will welcome back Tony Award-Winner Lea Salonga to the Cafe Carlyle for her highly anticipated three-week engagement. Her new program, 'Back to Before,' is a nostalgic repertoire i…

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Kerrigan & Lowdermilk Release New Album Featuring Laura Osnes, Matt Doyle and More Today by BroadwayWorld

A mix of Broadway stars and indie pop artists can be heard on Kerrigan amp Lowdermilk's sophomore album Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live, due to release today, May 21, 2013.

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Keith Carradine, Tonya Pinkins and More Set for New Dramatists 64th Annual Spring Luncheon Today by BroadwayWorld

New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, has announced that they will honor entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with…

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David Bazemore, Ayanna Berkshire & More Set for CTG's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, Beginning Tonight by BroadwayWorld

'The Scottsboro Boys' begins previews tonight, May 21 at the Center Theatre GroupAhmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center. Opening night is May 29 and performances run through June 30, 2013.

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Poster Revealed For Woody Allen's BLUE JASMINE by Pat Cerasaro

The first poster for Woody Allen's new comedy BLUE JASMINE has at long last been revealed - and it's a beauty

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Interviews: Irish Playwright Deirdre Kinahan on How Her Uncle's Struggle with Dementia Inspired Her Touching New Play These Halcyon Days by Bethany Rickwald

Deirdre Kinahan is an internationally produced Irish playwright whose well-known works include Hue and Cry and Bogboy. Her most recent play, These Halcyon Days, is currently playing at the Irish Arts

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Janet Krupin, Jarrod Spector, Rachel Stern and More Make Noise With Composer Janine McGuire at May 21 Concert by Michael Gioia

Let's Make Noise: The Music & Lyrics of Janine McGuire, featuring the original music of composer-lyricist Janine McGuire, is presented May 21 in NYC. Janet Krupin and Jarrod Spector are among the evenin…

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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today In Theatre History: MAY 21 by David Gewirtzman And Anne Bradley And Robert Viagas

1929 Some of the highlights of A Night in Venice are Ted Healy wrestling bears and the choreography of Busby Berkeley. This revue will run at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway for 22 weeks.

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Lea Salonga Goes Back to Before, Beginning May 21 at the Café Carlyle by Andrew Gans

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, who will return to Broadway in spring 2014 in the new musical Allegiance, plays the Café Carlyle May 21-June 8.

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New Dramatists Honors Seth Gelblum May 21 at Annual Luncheon; Keith Carradine and Tonya Pinkins Perform by Andrew Gans

The Tony-honored playwright development workshop New Dramatists honors entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 64th Annual Spri…

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The Scottsboro Boys, With Hal Linden, Joshua Henry and J.C. Montgomery, Premieres in L.A. May 21 by Adam Hetrick

John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, which musicalizes a flashpoint in American Civil Rights history, begins its Los Angeles premiere engagement May 21 at the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson …

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Two-Disc Cast Album of Giant, Featuring Brian D'Arcy James, Kate Baldwin and P.J. Griffith, Released May 21 by Adam Hetrick

The cast album of the Michael John LaChiusa-Sybille Pearson musical Giant, based on Edna Ferber's Texas-set novel, is released in a two-disc set May 21 by Ghostlight Records.

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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tony Nominee Billy Magnussen by Matthew Blank

Billy Magnussen, a 2013 Tony Award nominee for his performance in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.

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Olivier Award winning Philip Glass opera to play Melbourne by Benjamin Neutze

Last night the prestigious Olivier Awards honoured the best on the West End from musicals to plays and opera to ballet. Amongst the winners was Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s epic Einstein on the Beach, whi…

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After Dark, May 21, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

The Funny Bunch...and their strange bedfellowsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisLordie, what a strange week it has been for reviewers/critics/theatre journos... choose your moniker (or epithet).F'rinstance the gang that …

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Review Squared, May 21, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

My Mission StatementValerie Cardinal@vscardinalI’m taking a time out from my regular column this week to address comments I received on my last column. I feel the need to do this because these comments questi…

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