Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, January 15, 2012 - Sunday, January 15, 2012.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45PM

Carbonell Nominations Announced; Palm Beach County Theaters Score Big by Bill Hirschman

By Bill Hirschman For those who like to read fortunes in tea leaves, the annual Carbonell Award nominations announced Sunday night provide plenty of seeming portents to extrapolate before th…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:33PM

Review: The Ghost Is Here (Vitalist Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

*The Ghost Is Here* is an allegory that supports regulated capitalism. This timely piece demonstrates that as long as you have a system that supports cleverness and greed, clever and greedy …

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:31PM

'Porgy' gets an unlikely Spike

Legit News: Show opens on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater review: 'Topdog/Underdog' at South Coast Repertory by Charles McNulty

In Suzan-Lori Parks "Topdog/Underdog," in revival at South Coast Repertory, characters named Lincoln and Booth by their parents as a sick joke struggle to survive the historical funhouse th…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52PM

69th Annual Golden Globe Award Winners Are Announced by Brian Scott Lipton

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were handed out on Sunday, January 15 in Los Angeles and aired live on NBC. The ceremony was hosted by Ricky Gervais. The award for Best Motion Picture, …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50PM

Review: Lovesong at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Writer Abi Morgan's play arrives in London as she is riding on the crest of a wave with her screenplay of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political career and her acclaimed serial last …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:42PM

Review: Fog at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

a very accomplished debut as joint playwrights, Task Fairbanks and Toby Wharton. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:40PM

Review: History of the World at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Judith Malina’s History of the World takes theatergoers on a whirlwind tour of history. But in compressing thousands of years into less than two hours, its historical personages get the di…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:36PM

Golden Globes: Full list of winners

A list of winners on Sunday at the Golden Globe Awards

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:34PM

Review: Leo at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Whether this multi-media piece is welcomed in the New York with the same enthusiasm that greeted it earlier this year at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe remains to be seen. I certainly fell fo…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:33PM

Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer, Kelsey Grammer and More Are Golden Globe Winners by Andrew Gans

"The Descendants," "The Artist," "Homeland" and "Modern Family" were among the big winners at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, which were presente…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06PM

Review: Leo by Dan Bacalzo

Tobias Wegner's utterly delightful solo show combines acrobatics and film.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01PM

Review: Leakey's Ladies by David Finkle

This show details the work of three pioneering female anthropologists.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Review: The Picture Box by Andy Buck

Cate Ryan's play about the relationship between a wealthy white woman and her elderly black caretaker fails to live up to its own potential.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM

Theater Review | 'Leo': Tobias Wegner in ‘Leo,’ From Circle of Eleven - Review by Claudia La Rocco

In “Leo,” Tobias Wegner seems to walk on walls thanks to acrobatics and sleight of hand.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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My Introduction To Godspell by Linda

I've been really excited for Godspell basically since it was announced. Many of the cast members (Lindsay Mendez, Hunter Parrish, Nick Blaemire, etc.) have impressed me in other shows. I was…

SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:58PM

STAGE TUBE: Megan Hilty on Returning to the Stage in SMASH by Stage Tube

Check out Broadway vet and one of the show's stars, Megan Hilty, talking her audition for SMASH, what it's like returning to the stage and more

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11PM

Theater review: 'Topdog/Underdog' at South Coast Repertory by Charles McNulty

"Topdog/Underdog," Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize winning drama, opens at South Coast Repertory

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:10PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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The City by the Bay by Deborah Cullinan by Dcullinan

This is the first contribution to HowlRound’s City Series. Over the next few months we will explore the theater scene in cities from around the country. We’ve asked members of ou…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:49PM

Long Wharf Theatre's Adaptation of SOPHIE'S CHOICE Cancelled by BroadwayWorld

Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, has cancelled its premiere production of SOPHIE'S CHOICE based on the novel of the same name.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Lookingglass captures the ambiguity of baseball's barrier-shattering moment A shattered baseball barrier, but an ambiguous American moment by Chris Jones

There's a moment in "Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting," the terrific new show at the Lookingglass Theatre, when the caller of the 1947 meeting, Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the …

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:47PM

Theater Review | 'Dedalus Lounge': Anthony Rapp in Gary Duggan’s ‘Dedalus Lounge’ - Review by Ken Jaworowski

Three melancholy friends in a Dublin bar find their lives become increasingly knotty in Gary Duggan’s play “Dedalus Lounge.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:27PM

Choreographer Parsons tames his wild impulses by Robert Johnson

Parsons translates the roundness of the globe into obsessive circling.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:27PM

Broadway Review: STICK FLY

Broadway new-comer Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly is a prickly family dramedy that incorporates racism, class warfare between races, and more poignantly, in this case, class warfare amongs…

SOURCE: The AndyGram at 06:21PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Review: To Tree (Brown Paper Box Co.) by Scotty Zacher

*To Tree* focuses largely on the inner life of one man's choice to leave his life behind to instead become a tree. Guilt and redemption are represented through the metaphor of Julian’s tra…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:25PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Showstopping Broadway dancer Rachelle Rak talks about life, her one-woman show, getting her start in Pittsburgh, taking notes from Gwen Verdon, and wh by Byrne Harrison

By Rob Hartmann I spoke to Rachelle Rak by phone. She’s having a busy month: she premieres a new video at Marty Thomas Presents: Diva at Industry Bar on January 16th, and her one-woman sho…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:45PM

WinterFest 2012 by Pauline Adamek

WinterFest 2012 – Immerse yourself in some new theatre. Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA is currently presenting three weeks of non-stop staged readings: 47 plays in 18 days including new works …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:35PM

Review: (Toronto) The Penelopiad by The Charlebois Post

Megan Follows (photo credit: Robert Popkin)A Whimsical Production that Warrants Applause...and a conversion...by Alexandra LelliThe word ‘contemporary’ gets thrown around a lot when desc…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:10PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Broadway Ladies: Ms. Broadway January 2012: Nikki Renee Daniels by JK

Ms. Broadway January 2012Nikki Renee DanielsWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY:  With several Broadway and regional credits on her resume, she's been entertaining audiences for several years in a w…

SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 03:35PM

Review: Ghosts of Follies Past by Michael Block

There’s a reason why drama and theater go hand-in-hand. It’s because theater people are filled with way too much drama. Especially the love square in the revival of Follies. This classic…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:21PM

Butoh performance at Getty – one night only — Kalpa by Pauline Adamek

*** STOP PRESS: This show was booked out, but check for newly-released tickets *** Kicking off the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art Festival, this major new site-specific com…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:00PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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"Unforgettable" ***1/2 by John Moore

Review: Leonard Barrett, best known for his work with the handicapped theater company called PHAMALy, is performing a one-man cabaret show called "Unforgettable" — and it's truth in a…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:32PM

"Black Stockings" *** by John Moore

Reviews: There are two worthy dramas now playing that could not be more different but for the brave performances by their respective leading ladies: Megan Van De Hey in the Aurora Fox's "W…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:12PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Luner on Theatre Celebrates 1 Year on the Web! by Chris Luner

Happy Birthday to Us!! Well over a year ago, Chris Luner began working on the idea of a theatre forum where he could report on theatre news accurately but also share his opinion and love for…

SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:28PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at noon (Broadway Time)
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LEO by Doug Marino

What a delightful and entertaining way to start off the new year  - and it wasn't a big budget Broadway musical with 17 stars flying around the theatre!  LEO, the brain-child of To…

SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 12:27PM

The Art of Concealment, Jermyn Street Theatre, London

This thoughtful play about Rattigan’s life, which focuses particularly on timing and the crippling effect of losing it

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:02PM

Survivor, Barbican Theatre, London

This collaboration by choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter and sculptor Antony Gormley promises much. Does it deliver?

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:01PM

Outside People, Vineyard Theatre, New York

American boy meets Chinese girl: Zayd Dohrn’s play has geopolitical resonance but its focus is a bittersweet tale of love across a linguistic divide

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:01PM

The Kreutzer Sonata, Gate Theatre, London

Tolstoy originally wanted his tale of jealousy to be staged with music; adapter Nancy Harris and director Natalie Abrahami oblige in this striking production

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:01PM

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/15- THE 39 STEPS by Stage Tube

Today in 2008, The 39 Steps opend at the American Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 771 performances. The play is a farce adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Al…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM

Inside the dancing life in Los Angeles by Laura Bleiberg

Being a concert dancer takes equal parts talent, skill, and perseverance, particularly in Los Angeles. But ballet and modern dancers say the artistic opportunities are worth it, despite the …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Did program notes bring down Opera Boston? by Thomas Garvey

Well, the Globe story on the Opera Boston mess dropped today, revealing that the company's closing seems to have been not so much a case of malfeasance (as I once speculated), as a case of c…

SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:58AM

2012 GOLDEN GLOBES Are Tonight! BroadwayWorld to Update Winners LIVE! by BroadwayWorld

Tonight, January 15, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held in Beverly Hills. Presenters include a Who's Who of the A-List, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Jan…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM

Once The Musical ends off Broadway run and schedules cast recording by Loganne

Once, the new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, concludes its sold out run at New York Theatre Workshop today, January 15, 2012.  The production will begin Broadway per…

SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:00AM

The Sunday Giveaway: 1 Free Admission to TedX Broadway! by Ken Davenport

We're 8 days and counting from the first ever TedX Broadway. All of you should be going . . . and one of you, is going for free! (If you don't know what Ted is, check out Seth Godin's blog...

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Mary Stuart by Jake Orr

Classic texts such as Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller are often given a facelift by companies wishing to explore them in new and exciting ways. The classic texts are often considered a rig…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:57AM

STAGE TUBE: Daniel Radcliffe Hosts Saturday Night Live! by Stage Tube

Broadway vet Daniel Radcliffe made his Saturday Night Live hosting debut last night. See clips from the star's monologue and skits below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AM

How the World Began by StageGrade

Are critics divided over "How the World Began"?

SOURCE: StageGrade at 10:31AM

Review Roundup: LOVE NEVER DIES Makes Its Sydney Premiere by Review Roundups

The principal characters of The Phantom of the Opera continue their stories in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. 10 years after the mysterious disappearance of The Phantom from the Pari…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Not for Vampires Only by Constance Rosenblum

Jeff Marder never lacked for spectacular views. “When I lived in Los Angeles,” said Mr. Marder, a 42-year-old conductor, keyboardist, synthesizer programmer and composer who is currently…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:50AM

A planned ending for Merce Cunningham Dance Co. by Diane Ragsdale

Merce Cunningham In last week’s post on direct subsidies to artists, I expanded upon a premise from artist/economist Hans Abbing–that direct subsidies to artists may provide incenti…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:39AM

BREAKING NEWS: LES MISERABLES Original London Cast In Recording Royalties Row by Rialto Chatter

BWWUK understands that the original cast of Les Miserables are currently locked in a dispute with First Night Records about the royalties of their cast recording. Peter Polycarpou originally…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AM

BWW TV: Around the Broadway World 1/12 - Bway's Greatest Fan?, Robert Torti, Ruthless and more! by Craig Brockman

Check out BroadwayWorld TV's Around the BroadwayWorld for 112 featuring Broadway's Greatest Fan Inspired Musical Montage, Full House Dramatic Reading, STC's production of Ruthless, Robert T…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AM

Photo Coverage: Marco Zunino Joins CHICAGO! by Peter James Zielinski

Broadway's celebrated revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO welcomed Latin-American star Marco Zunino in his first Broadway appearance as that s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AM

VIDEO FLASH: Daniel Radcliffe on Saturday Night Live by Andy Propst

Broadway and film star Daniel Radcliffe hosted the January 14 edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live. In addition to his monologue, he appeared in many skits, including one spoofing his…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AM

Photo Flash: NEWSIES' Broadway Set Model! by BroadwayWorld

Newsies, the new American musical, will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre 208 W 41st St for a strictly limited 101 performance run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill Pl…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Leo by Suzy Evans

In this mind-twist of a one-man show, performer Tobias Wegner does not actually fly through the air. Nevertheless, his coupling of video and a minimalistic set creates the ultimate onstage …

SOURCE: Backstage at 08:04AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Stars of Vaudeville #423: Loïe Fuller by Trav S.D.

The famed Art Nouveau dancer Loïe Fuller, one of the most famous women of the fin de siècle and early 20th century, had toiled in very different vineyards during her first couple of decade…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AM

Stage 'Choice' scuttled

Legit News: Theater nixes novel adaptation

SOURCE: Variety at 07:20AM

Andrews directs 'Mousical'

Legit News: Kids' book to get stage adaptation

SOURCE: Variety at 07:19AM

BWW's On This Day - January 15, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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City Opera faces final curtain  by Joe Dziemianowicz

New York City Opera has made music for 68 years, introducing to avid audiences Brooklyn’s own Beverly Sills and many other stars along the way. Now the only sound coming from comp…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Untitled Feminist Show by Jason Fitzgerald

Young Jean Lee gives New York audiences the feminism they deserve: conflicted, unprocessed, at times ironic, at times sincere, always provocative. Feminism, she reminds us, is never a simp…

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:59AM

FOLLIES Hosts Actors Fund Benefit Performance Tonight by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway productions of FOLLIES and RELATIVELY SPEAKING will host special, additional performances to benefit The Actors Fund in January, 2012. FOLLIES will play an nineth weekly show at…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Horton Foote's children keep his plays alive by Mike Boehm

The playwright's two older children bring their father's 'Dividing the Estate' to the Old Globe while making plans to ensure his legacy.The playwright's two older children bring their father…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Wham Bam! by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Few New York cultural institutions are as beloved as the Brooklyn Academy of Music. After opening in Brooklyn Heights in 1861, BAM moved to the edge of Fort Greene in 1908. Now in its 150th …

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:12AM

Caldwell Theatre’s Chad Deity Has All The Right Moves by Bill Hirschman

The Caldwell Theatre’s hilarious satire The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz sneaks a critical rabbit punch at the solar plexus of society. The milieu of “professional…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:06AM

Helen E. Richardson by League of Professional Theatre Women

Director, Playwright, Dramaturg, Maskwork, Educator Where do you look for inspiration?  Nature, people, music, philosophy, the Théâtre du Soleil. What’s your favorite book / movie /…

SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AM

The Abominable Showman, January 15, 2012 by The Charlebois Post

The glamourous world of Tonya Lee Williams (courtesy BTW)Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proudMontreal’s trailblazing Black Theatre Workshop hosts its 26th annual Vision Celebration Ga…

SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AM

Review: MIRANDA by Martin Denton

Miranda knocked my socks off. This new theater work by Kamala Sankaram and Rob Reese mashes up a variety of traditional musical theatre forms (mostly operatic and classical ones) with uber-r…

SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM

New Podcast: WILL BOND AND "BOB"

An interview with actor/creator Will Bond about his solo performance BOB, moderated by one of his former students, Julie Congress.

SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM

THE BOOK SHELF: "Broadway Musical MVPs," Funny Girl, "Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll & Musicals," Wicked and More by Steven Suskin

Paging through a stack of recent theatre-related books, scripts and sheet music, including the latest from Peter Filichia, a travel tome celebrating Shakespeare's Italy, a Wicked memoir,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

THE SCREENING ROOM: Watch "Man in the Mirror" and "Maybe I'm Amazed" from "Joyful Noise" (Video) by Michael Gioia

"Joyful Noise," starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Jeremy Jordan and Keke Palmer, hit movie theatres Jan. 13. In the film, Palmer sings "Man in the Mirror," and Jordan…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Golden Globe Awards Presented Jan. 15; "War Horse" In the Race for Best Picture by Adam Hetrick

"Carnage" stars Jodi Foster and Kate Winslet, as well as Stephen Spielberg's "War Horse" and Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" are among the nominees fo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Follies Offers Special Actors Fund Performance Jan. 15 by Andrew Gans

The critically acclaimed revival of Follies, which will end its limited Broadway engagement Jan. 22, offers a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund Jan. 15.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Actors from Upcoming Evita Revival and More Sing Work of Waldrop and Williamson at the Duplex Jan. 15 by Andrew Gans

The songs of William Waldrop and Robert Williamson will be presented Jan. 15 at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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Several local choirs will converge to celebrate the ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Let Freedom Sing Concert at Franklin Regional High School, 3200 School Road, Murrysville, at 7 p.m…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM

Rob Marshall to direct movie of 'Into the Woods,' John Logan tackles 'Jersey Boys' film ... and more

The back and forth between stage and screen, screen and stage, is evident most weeks of the year. "Carnage," based on the play "God of Carnage," opened Friday as the latest theatrical produc…

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM

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