The modern immigrant's struggle informs Joseph and Mary's ancient quest for shelter in this Christmas pageant.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 10:54PMTony Nominee Anita Gillette on The Fitzgerald Family Christmas By Ellis Nassour
With The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, Edward Burns returns to the working-class, Irish-American roo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:35PMWatch the full documentary about the controversial and surreal Beatles film.
SOURCE: PBS at 10:30PMAdrienne Truscott’s “…Too Freedom…” premiered at The Kitchen on Saturday, where it runs through Dec. 15 (tickets $15). The work involves eight performers, two of whom are Spanish-s…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 10:29PMHere are my 6 favorite Broadway Christmas songs. Numbers 12 - 7 are in yesterday's blog (scroll down!).My Top 6 Favorite Broadway Christmas SongsThere is no song or scene on stage, fil…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:11PMThe Joffrey Ballet ’s silver anniversary production boasts impressive casting, sweet choreography and appealing if staid visuals, a pleasurable holiday confection for all. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:02PM
Written by Joe Regan, Jr. Album produced by Bruce Kimmel; for Kritzerland – Musical Director, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Lanny Meyers Sandy Bainum’s new CD album, This…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:29PMThe 3rd annual SF One-Minute Play Festival opens tomorrow, and two of the 70 plays are written by yours truly. It’s a pretty fantastic evening, with new plays coming at you every minut…
SOURCE: direct address at 07:22PMOne of our most popular 8-week workshops, Introduction to Too Much Light, comes back to The Neo-Futurarium on Saturday January 5th, led by Neo-Futurists' Jay Torrence and Megan Mercier.Intro…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 07:18PMNew Wimbledon, LondonPriscilla Presley might have once been married to rock'n'roll royalty, but having been the King's consort is little preparation for playing the Wicked Queen. The annual …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMHeidi – A Goat's Tale | Cinderellas | Arabian Nights | Pantos for adults | The Importance Of Being Earnest | The Last MarchHeidi - A Goat's Tale, BathDirector Lee Lyford always delivers a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMWhy not give Twitter a rest and catch up on some theatre? The V&A has just launched a new app for iPads which examines the history of theatre since 1945. Narrated by Simon Callow, Played…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:01PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company is the natural home for Pushkin's great drama, with its echoes of Macbeth and the history plays, and its policy of commenting on the political turmoil of its ow…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMNothing sets those visions of sugarplums dancing like Great Lakes Theater's production of "A Christmas Carol" -- onstage at the Ohio Theatre through Sunday, Dec. 23 -- except for t…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 07:00PM
Antony Gormley, Jez Butterworth, Mark Wallinger and other artists, playwrights and leading cultural figures look back on the experiences that inspired them as children and reflect on the dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:50PMNow according to the New York Times, a slew of stars were being considered to fill the leading roles. Antonio Banderas, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Ramin Karimloo and Raul Esparza were a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMNY's homegrown circus presentss 35th season with Legendarium,capturing the family fun, excitement, and thrills of circusdom in its heyday.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 05:36PMSTUCK IN THE DESERT Don’t the powers that be at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum understand that casting is roughly 80% of a play’s success? Don’t they understand that any play, i…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:30PM… singing about work … People talked about working in Studs Terkel’s oral history book of 1974, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do -- …
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 05:29PMMarilyn Sokol, one of the stars of off-Broadway’s Old Jews Telling Jokes, offers some helpful advice for Jews young and old. Over her traditional Jewish meal of Chinese food, Marilyn a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMProducers declined to comment on whether negotiations with these and other actors to replace the departing Ricky Martin ever progressed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:22PMTaylor Swift said her new video for "I Knew You Were Trouble" would be "edgy" and she wasn't kidding. The clip begins with Swift laying in the middle of a trash-cover…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, December 14, 2012 Also, The Afternoon Report will be on hiatus until January 2, 2013. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy, h…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:14PMYou’re never too old to learn something new, and that’s most definitely the case this week, as we found out a ton of surprising new life lessons over these past seven days. We le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMGlee on my birthday = awesome present (a Christmas episode no less!) I loved the set up of this whole episode. You got 5 separate stories each centered around one or two characters. They did…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 05:02PM
From Broadway to Off-Off, here are 20 plays, musicals and revivals you need to see this winter.
SOURCE: Time Out at 04:56PMWhat Rhymes with America follows Chris Bauer as a recently divorced dad juggling his teenage daughter, dating and one crazy co-worker. See what the stars had to say about Melissa …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PMTickets to RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA will go on sale Monday, December 17 at 10 a.m. at the Broadway Theatre box office 1681 Broadway at 53rd St. Now in rehearsals, RODGERS HAMMERSTE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMASTEP/Artists Striving to End Poverty's Dec. 17 Backstage for Christmas cabaret, set in a rehearsal room backstage at Broadway's largest theatre, will include songwriters Tom Kitt (N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMFor those craving a show after the show, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, offers its Tuesday night cocktail partysongfe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMThe Hypocrites have a strong talent pool, and Mikado displays several charming performances and production values. Even so, in the end, The Mikado comes off as being both messy and smug. (r…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:14PMThe Young Centre is the site of a bicentennial celebration this week of Charles Dickens, playing hose to Miriam Margolyes Dickens’ Women
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 04:04PMI write as chair of the board of trustees of the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. It is an amateur theatre with a small professional staff, which presents 12 plays each year. In programming ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PM
We didn’t need another reason to love the adorably bearded bundle of fuzzies that is Mandy Patinkin, but now we have one! The Homeland star and Broadway vet eschewed conversation about…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMAt this festive time of year we all hope that our days are merry and bright. But if you truly wish for the seasonal sentiment to reach out and touch your heart the place to go is The John F.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMAs the national leader in playwright training, Chicago Dramatists offers a variety of professional playwriting classes designed for both beginning and experienced playwrights. Classes are f…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:44PMIn Memphis, the fun, the risqué exhilaration of early rhythm and blues is airbrushed away, to the point that the show appears to argue that from its inception black music sold out to mainst…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:38PMBarlow Adamson and Celeste Oliva in Chinglish. Photos: Timothy Dunn.It's amusing (to me, at any rate) that so many critics have misinterpreted David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, which is i…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:37PMWashington, D.C.— The Downtown BID presented the Ford’s Theatre Society with a 2012 Momentum Award for its Center for Education and Leadership on December 12, 2012. The evening awards ce…
SOURCE: fords.org at 03:35PMSinger-songwriter Morgan James, who will be seen in Broadway's Motown: The Musical, released her debut solo recording Dec. 4. She celebrated with a concert and signing that evening at Bi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Dec. 3-9, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Columbus, OH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMTaylor Mac will be joined by Annie Golden, Lisa Kron and David Turner in the Foundry Theatre production of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, to be staged by Lear deBessonet at La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMJessica Chastain is having quite the month! The Oscar nominee is headlining the lavish Broadway revival of The Heiress and has been racking up award nominations for her l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:09PMBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Raleigh, NC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMObie Award winner Taylor Mac (The Lily's Revenge) will head the cast of The Foundry Theatre's upcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, to be presented February 1-24 a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:04PM
ore drama than musical, the "Smash" nomination is dubious but also historic. No wonder people are stunned - beyond it not being very good.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:58PMRomance may never get more personal than this, as two splendid actors reason out their future on a dreamy riverbank, under a clear-eyed moon.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:56PMPlaybill stopped by speakeasy-styled cabaret room 54 Below to get a glimpse of Darius de Haas (Rent, Marie Christine) in rehearsal for his latest concert performance, If Only For One Night. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Broadway blows back, BARE takes first official bow, DROOD hits the recording studio, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMCan you smell that? It’s the U.K. premiere of Sweet Smell of Success, the 2002 Broadway musical about a gossip columnist who sets out to ruin his sister’s unsuitable relationship…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMIn the Heights, the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will make a return with much of its original Broadway cast for one night only this February.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMBack during the Cold War, a theatrical genre flourished called the American absurdist comedy. Perfected by Herb Gardner and Bruce Jay Friedman, it took hip unconventionality to an extreme de…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:21PMSinger and songwriter Morgan James released her debut album Morgan James Live Epic Records on December 4th. Recorded at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, an intimate jazz club nestled within New York …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMBroadway's Janet Dacal (In the Heights, Wonderland) is spending her December in sunny Florida, starring in the Actors' Playhouse production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMTalk about a giant undertaking – recording a show with a cast of 26 actors and a 17-piece orchestra! Ghostlight Records will release a recording of Giant, ''the new off-Broadway musical b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMLilla Crawford, the young actress who stars as Annie on Broadway, is out of the show until the week of Dec. 17 due to a minor foot injury suffered onstage at the Dec. 12 matinee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM
Sinatra sang plenty of Christmas songs. In Christmas My Way at El Portal, two men and two women interpret those songs, as well as some of Sinatra's other hits within a holiday context. It's …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:56PMPorchlight Music Theatre is proud to celebrate Black History Month, with the third production in their 2012 – 2013 season, Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:53PMThe rockabilly cats portraying Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins in the stage musical “Million Dollar Quartet” don’t come from Broadway. They’re not even a…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:52PMI went to see "Silence! The Musical" with friends on Saturday. This was supposed to be our Halloween activity, but we all know how that turned out. "Silence!" is a musical based on "Silence …
SOURCE: bigislandrachel.blogspot.com at 01:52PMThe American Repertory Theater revival of Pippin officially opens on January 3, but we’ve got a first look at the new production. The musical tells the story of Pippin (Matthew Ja…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMTonight and tomorrow at 7:30 PM at Sandy Spring Friends School – come see Young Artists of America’s MARTYRS, a concert of selections from opera and musical theatre featuring ch…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:46PMA Red Orchid Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of The Aliens, written by Annie Baker and directed by Artistic Associate Shade Murray. The production will run January 17 – March 3, 2013…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:43PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKNC8Nwzx78 by Michael Wheeler RaBIT is a grassroots initiative to change the way we vote in Toronto municipal elections to a ranked ballot. Over the past five…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 01:40PMBroadway vet Darius de Haas has starred in many a musical, including Rent, Kiss of the Spiderwoman and Carousel. He has also become renowned as a solo artist for his critically acclaimed con…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMTickets are now on sale for DR2 Kids Theatre’s production of Bunnicula, written by Tony Award nominee Charles Busch. The show will play a limited ten-week engagement from February 8, 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PMBroadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce a brand new series: ‘Stage Manager’s Report,’ an exclusive series that takes you backstage at Broadway Shows. We’…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:36PMBona Film Group Limited (“Bona” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:BONA), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced its slate…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:36PMWhat a golden time it is for theater! The Golden Land, the excellent Zalmen Mlotek musical about immigrants finding their way in America, has met with such approval that it's now been extend…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:32PMYes, Lee Pace is tall, dark, and handsome, but what's just as noticeable – at least to those who have seen his work -- is his versatility and courage as an actor. Beginning with his trans…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMGlee’s annual holiday episode aired on December 14, and frankly it left us a little cold. In the five-scene episode (loosely inspired by holiday films like Love Actually and It’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:17PMAdditional casting has been announced for The Charing Cross Theatre's production of Jerry Herman's Dear World, which stars Tony Award winner Betty Buckley and begins performances in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMCorey Cott, Ryan Steele and Jess LeProtto and the rest of the Newsies boys took a break from selling papes to head to the most magical place ever, Disney World! The talented crew r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMRoyal de Luxe, whose Sea Odyssey brought Liverpool to a standstill this spring, aghast at soft drink giant using an enormous puppet in its Christmas campaign Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMFor raucous yet polished fun, Hackney continues to see off challenges by the relative newcomers at the Lyric Hammersmith and retains the London laurels, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:02PMTwo of London’s current adaptations of the wistful rags-to-riches tale come up with a glowing family show, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:02PMTwo of London's current adaptations of the wistful rags-to-riches tale come up with a glowing family show, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:02PMThe wild London club scene of the 1980s is back in full force thanks to Christopher Renshaw’s reconceived revival of the Boy George musical Taboo. Taboo tells the story of an up-and-co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Eddie Korbich, who is starring as 'The Old Man' in A CHRISTMAS STORY- currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
A new trailer for Kathry Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY has just been released. The action thriller is coming to theaters December 19 and tells the story of history's greatest manhunt for the wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMThe Plaza, Stockport: In The Guardian this week, John Altman revealed that it was liberating to play an "out-and-out villain". He was talking about his famous role as 'nasty&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMLinbury Studio Theatre, London: Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Will Tuckett's dance/theatre adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's immortal book is as fresh and inventive as ever. Due…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school that officially opened Off-Broadway Dec. 9 at New World Stages, will offer $30 tickets to anyone under the a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMSoccer superstar David Beckham has given permission for his name and image to be used in the previously announced musical adaptation of Bend It Like Beckham, according to the U.K.'s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) new Broadway production of PICNIC, in association with Darren Bagert and Martin Massman, begins previews tonight, Friday, Dece…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:54PMRoundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of PICNIC, in association with Darren Bagert and Martin Massman, begins previews tonight, Friday, December 14 at 800PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PM(Photo: Julieta Cervantes. Pictured: Lauren Blumenfeld, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Phillip James Brannon, Grantham Coleman) How going back to the drawing board with a tough playwriting challeng…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:44PMTickets went on sale this week for ANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, which will begin previews on Broadway at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMThe Off-Broadway revue NEWSical the Musical, described as "the forever changing, completely un-sanitized musical mockery of all the news that's fit to spoof," celebrates two ye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMAnother great exhibition we took in last night: Circus and the City: New York, 1793-2010 at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture (BGC). Three flo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:19PMThe Most Christmassy Christmas Morning, a Christmas Benefit with tunes by Sam Salmond, Jenny Stafford, Alana Jacoby, will be presented on Wednesday, December 19 at The Laurie Beechman Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMName: Cleo GrayHometown: Hightstown NJEducation: BFA in acting from Montclair State UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A little tete a tete, makes you feel rejuvenated and better about life.Tell us …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:18PMWilliam Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play PICNIC returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold Roundabout's Look Back in Anger, Seminar. Check out …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, I…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:15PMOur roundup of the performances you've seen and what you thought of themFor this week's roundup, we look back over some pretty lively conversations. Micheal Billington's review of the all-fe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PMIt took as long as Nick and Nora to open, but the Al Pacino revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross finally pulled back the curtain at the Schoenfeld Theatre and let the critics tak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMRuthie Henshall will embark on a regional tour in 2013. The performer’s show, An Intimate Evening with Ruthie Henshall, will begin on January 19 in Salisbury and continue until May, where …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PM1927 is an award-winning theatre company, noted for its attempts at mixing live music, storytelling, and performance with animation. The piece presented at the Lyttelton at the National Thea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:06PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
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Even my culture-savvy bestie from Albuquerque was a little dim on The Pajama Men, the New Mexico improvisational duo of Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez currently showing off their sleepwear—…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:59AMThis week's topics Deaths on Stage, Broadway stage mishapsaccidents, Actors replaced during previews, New Musicals, Another Strike on the Horizon, Touring Logistics, Do new songs from movie …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMNow that BRING IT ON is finishing its extended run on Broadway, the time will soon come when you’ll be able to present it, too. It’s Music Theatre International’s newest acquisition. B…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:56AMManhattan Theatre Club announced that Terrence McNally's backstage-set operatic play Golden Age, starring Emmy Award nominee Lee Pace as a late-in-life composer Vincenzo Bellini, ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMThere's very little new this week, but why not go Wilde in Scarborough, Spread a Little Happiness in Salisbury or get Some Sauce for the Goose at the Orange Tree in RichmondSouth and WalesOn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:55AMIn 2002, the playwright and composer brothers rewrote Silence of the Lambs, the 1991 world-renowned masterpiece of terror, into Silence!, a musical comedy for the stage. Their inspiration fo…
SOURCE: www.nytheatremag.com at 11:54AMManhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the third play in Terrence McNally’s opera trilogy, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, has extended one week at MTC at…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:47AMManhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of GOLDEN AGE, the third play in Terrence McNally's opera trilogy, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, has extended one week at MTC at New…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMCasting has been announced for the Geva Theatre Center's upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which will play the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage Jan. 8, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMHaving trouble keeping up with all the Broadway Buzz? Streamline your Broadway news to the most popular articles each week with our new ‘Broadway News Review.’ Incorporating last…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:33AMThirty years ago today, playwright William Gibson premiered Monday After the Miracle, the sequel to his Tony-winning hit The Miracle Worker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMTravel to Walt Disney World with Corey Cott, Ryan Steele and Jess LeProtto as they prepare for their big moment in the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. Be sure to catch them in the parade …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMFull casting has been announced for Mark Ravenhill’s new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s A Life of Galileo, which runs at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from January 31,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMCasting has been announced for the West End production of Anthony Weigh's version of Vercors' The Silence of the Sea. The production will begin previews on January 10, 2013…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMThe movie premiered earlier this week in New York City, and you can check out what the critics are saying below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMJudy Craymer’s, producer of the global smash-hit phenomenon MAMMA MIA!, new musical, VIVA FOREVER! opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End this week and Broadway.com was …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:17AMThe Les Misérables movie is just over a week away from its Christmas day release! Broadway.com readers recently voted Samantha Bark's rendition of "On My Own" …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMThe epic musical Giant, which is nearing the end of its run at off-Broadway's Public Theater, will be preserved with an original cast album featuring the show’s sweeping score by M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMLES MISERABLES star Hugh Jackman stopped by NBC's 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' last night to chat about the upcoming film opening Christmas Day. Check out clips from last night's appearance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AM There is a charming (and free!) little exhibition on Charles Dickens now up at the main branch of the New York Public Library, that’s well worth a pop in off the street to go se…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today that the cast of the acclaimed epic musical GIANT will enter the recording studio in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMThe cast and creatives of Golden Age took time out from a promotional photo shoot to chat about the rueful new backstage comedy, the world of opera and the work of playwright Terrence McNall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMHappy Birthday, Tammy Blanchard Blanchard was nominated for a Tony Award in 2012 for her performance in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING and is best known for her portrayal o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMNo? Well, let me tell you . . . it tastes like the bottom of a dog’s paw. Wait, you don’t know what Note Stew is? Allow me to explain. I read a script for a client recently and…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMNumerous Cirque du Soleil closings, including Zaia, Viva Elvis and Iris, balanced by new acrobatic showpiece Zarkana.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMGhostlight Records will record the Public Theater production of the new musical Giant, penned by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa and Tony nominee Sybille Pearson. The prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 12142012.
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Picnic, William Inge‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town folk yearning for what’s beyond, returns to Broadway starting December 14 in a Roundabout Theatre Company produc…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:59AMStephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's dark, coming-of-age musical Pippin takes on new life in a fresh production staged by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus that began previews Dec. 5 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMGo backstage with PHANTOM OF THE OPERA performer Jeremy Stolle 'Passarino' and get a glimpse of the costumer's art
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMDeadline reports that TV Land has canceled their original comedy series RETIRED AT 35 after two seasons on the air. The series stars Broadway's Marissa Jaret Winokur and actor George Segal. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMRECOMMENDED: As Cater W. Lewis’ new play American Storm starts out of the gate in the opening scene, you are instantly transported into the 1960’s world of thoroughbred horse racing, als…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:46AMEdward Albee’s master work has always been treated with great reverence, and is always talked about in hushed tones, indicating it is profound and probing in ways that few other domest…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMAlice Ripley, who took home the 2009 Tony Award for her performance as the troubled Diana Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, celebrates her birthday Dec. 14. She c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMLaura Marks Hometown: Lexington, KY Current Town: Brooklyn, NY Q: Tell me about Bethany. A: I wrote this play in early 2009 right after I’d been laid off. It’s a dark…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:37AMOscar and Tony winner Liza Minnelli will slip back into a bowler hat to revisit the iconic Kander and Ebb musical Cabaret, according to the Daily Telegraph. Minnelli, who won an Oscar for th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMIf you’re looking to buy gifts for theatre lovers, then you can’t go wrong with a great theatre book. Whether they’re behind-the-scenes photo collections or collections of …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:28AMTV Land’s sophomore comedy Retired At 35, which stars George Segal, Jessica Walter and Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur, has turned in early. Deadline reports that the network decided…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMLes Misérables' leading man Hugh Jackman took to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to discuss his film's seemingly unstoppable march toward awards season glory, and despite …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:21AMThe Broadway’s Best Shows Season of Winning!
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In celebration of the 2012 holiday season, Broadway’s Best Shows is thrilled to announce…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:12AMA new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations will play the West End's Vaudeville Theatre beginning February 1, 2013. Opening night is scheduled for February 6. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMYvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford: Kit Hesketh-Harvey virtually repeats last year's evil villain role, this time as Abanazar, but it doesn't matter because he plays it with such rel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, have announced that acclaimed film and television actor Christopher Lloyd, …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:07AMThe multi-talented actress chats exclusively with BWW about the upcoming season of Bunheads, which features a guest star appearance by her real-life brother, Broadway star Hunter Foster and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, London: As you might expect of the Theatre Royal Stratford East, their highly individual interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk is full of contemporary twists…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMOlivier winner Ruthie Henshall, who has been seen on Broadway in Chicago and Putting It Together, has announced U.K. tour dates for her newest concert act, An Intimate Evening with Ruthie He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMThese are the tweets of the week. Hilarious little gems and lovely notes from some of our Broadway favorites in 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMChristopher Sieber will return to the Broadway cast of “Chicago” on Christmas Day as Billy Flynn. The two-time Tony nominee will replace country star Billy Ray Cyrus, who ends his limite…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AM Each Friday David Singletary takes Broadway fans through the most fun and important events of the previous week! Have something you think belongs in our next weekly round up? Email us…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMThe worldwide hit is now a major motion picture starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Makeup kit, brandy decanter, Ralph Lauren gloves, a backgammon set...These are just some of the fine items up for grabs in THE HEIRESS wish list contest Tomorrow is your last chance to enter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMFestive, Malvern Theatres: There is a wonderful energy which runs throughout this deeply funny evening. In a splendid way, Scott Richie, (who directs with a keen understanding of the needs o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMRoundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Picnic, William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy about two feuding families in small-town Kansas, begins performances on December 14. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:51AMThe top three finalists who will move on to the grand finale of Fox TV's "The X Factor" were announced Dec. 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMThe BBC has restructured its drama production arm in a move that hands more “creative accountability” to its teams in Scotland and Wales. Under the changes, Kate Harwood, currently contr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who will debut a brand-new Marc Shaiman-Scott Wittman song on the second season of NBC's "Smash," will offer her critically acclaimed co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #271: Morey Amsterdam (more on him here). Here he is an irresistaibly charming, very old school turn on a 1964 edition of The Hollywood Palace w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:37AMIt's Friday and time for another regional news recap Today, we take you around the country - and beyond - with the most-read theater stories for the week of December 10 Scroll below to see w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMDon’t say I never got you anything for the holidays. My little elves have snuck me discount codes for the York Theatre’s presentation of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-ma…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:16AMLindsay Posner's production of Michael Frayn's brilliant farce, which reveals the barely-controlled chaos lying behind any show – and any life – had the author in stitchesOn the night I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMPriscilla Presley, former wife of Elvis, made her panto debut last night in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the New Wimbledon Theatre.Presley, who plays The Wicked Queen, follows in the f…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:03AMPaul Rudd, Leslie Mann and Jason Segel were among the stars who hit the red carpet at the premiere of THIS IS 40 on Wednesday, December 12 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Check o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMAccess Theatre, FullStop Collective, Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: A strong cast and director help bring to life this story and make it consistently compelling.
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SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:00AM“Picnic” sets an official opening date of January 13, 2013, with previews beginning tonight, December 14. The Pulitzer Prize winning play stars Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan, and the l…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMLast week, co-Artistic Director Mike Boynton gave you an overview of Pallas Theatre Collective’s mission and history. This week, we’d like to offer you an inside look at the creation of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMMONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 AT 8 PM La-Ti-Do At Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009 $10 cover charge at the door. Doors open at 7:50 pm for an 8 pm start. I…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
The holidays and new year are fast approaching. A busy time for all. And also a time for reflecting and thinking of others in a generous fashion. Each year our Executive Director Martin Dent…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 08:58AMNEW YORK (AP) -- They've both played superheroes. They've both hosted the Oscars. But what unites "Les Miserables" co-stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway most is a deep, some might even…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:40AMTo round out this week’s essays and links on criticism, and at the risk of boring Cameron Woodhead further (at least when there’s a hoary, 50-year-old Sondheim musical comedy to …
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:39AMSensual, passionate and delightfully funny, PICNIC is a timeless American classic about the line between restraint and desire. Save 30 on Roundabout Theatre's production of PICNIC - previews…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35AMThe new stage adaptation of Great Expectations, which toured the UK::E8831340185239 earlier this year is heading to the Vaudeville Theatre, playing from 6 February 2013 (previews from 1 Febr…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMOnly three contestants remain after an action-packed X FACTOR Semi-Finals results show last night. Now it's up to America to decide who will win a 5 million recording contract, and appear in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMCasting has been announced for The Silence of the Sea, which begins performances at London's Trafalgar Studio 2 Jan. 10, 2013, prior to an official opening Jan. 14, for a run through Feb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AMThe Victorian in the Wall, a new play by comedy award-winning performer, writer and comedian Will Adamsdale, will begin performances May 11, 2013, prior to an official opening May 16 for a r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:19AMThe Rayne, London: Chickenshed once again throws out the pantomime rule-book and gives us a Sleeping Beauty full of attitude and contemporary relevance. The original fairy tale is only a fra…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMMillfield, London: A Christmas cracker of a panto, Millfield's Mother Goose is loud, colourful and entertaining.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMGoodspeed Musicals begins its 50th Anniversary Season with the announcement of a major new four-week residency program for musical theatre writers. The Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodsp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMChichester Festival Theatre has received a grant of £1.2 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards its redevelopment project. The HLF grant will support the restoration of the grade-II…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AMGreat Expectations, a new stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, will arrive at the West End's Vaudeville Theatre, beginning performances Feb. 1, 2013, prior to an official openi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:07AMFollowing a highly successful national tour, a new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations will open in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre on Wednesday 6 February 2…
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Liza Minnelli will perform a concert at the Royal Festival Hall next spring as part of a weekend celebrating Weimar-era Berlin. Minelli, who last performed at the venue in 1973, won an Oscar…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:46AMNew Wimbledon Theatre, London: She shot to fame for becoming the wife of the King of Rock'n'Roll and no doubt everyone heading to Wimbledon this Christmas will be intrigued to see …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMThe Guardian (UK) 12/14/12
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:11AMIn support of Creative Scotland, role of carers, Equity committee losses, Craig Chalmers porn and panto and searching for Barbara Dowling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMPrinces Hall, Aldershot: This is Robert Hopkins 19th pantomime at the Princes Hall, producing, directing and starring, an admirable record. However, Beauty and the Beast doesn't coast a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMOur staff picks the best of the coming week.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The Acorn, Penzance: In Miracle's musical makeover of Mary Shelley's monster myth, a power cut at a cryogenics institute offers a mad scientist the chance to stitch together a supe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMLiza Minnelli is returning to the Royal Festival Hall 40 years after her last appearance there as part of a celebration of Cabaret-era Berlin.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:59AMA touring production of Great Expectations will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre from next year. Based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens, the stage adaptation by Jo Clifford…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMMatthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is an amalgamation of old and new, a mixture of modern moves and a 19th century score that works to a large extent, but not entirely. Set in a number o…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:18AMOh, the joy of it! 'You'll need a piece of four by two/To get a really good pull through'. Anyone who remembers how to clean the barrel of a .303 rifle, as I did in the school cadet force in…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 06:15AMDick Whittington: After a hiatus of almost a decade, Dick Whittington makes a welcome return to the Civic Theatre, with inventive Simon Aylin once again at the helm.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMRiverfront, Newport: Robin Hood (Torchwood's Daniel Llewelyn-Williams) and his band of merry men and women arrive in Newport for a tolerable panto season turn of duels, campfire sing so…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMBlackwood Miner's Institute, Gwent: Babes in the Wood meets Robin Hood in this traditional, touring Owen Money panto vehicle. Based on an old English ballad, the story sees the wicked Sherif…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMPerrier Award-winning comedian Will Adamsdale's new surrealist play The Victorian in the Wall will run at the Royal Court Upstairs from 11 May to 8 June 2013 as part of a national tour.
The…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:02AM"Call Me Adam" once again chats with rising performer Emily S. Grosland. This time around we discuss making her Off-Broadway debut in Eve Ensler's "Emotional Creature" in NYC!
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AMSetting the holiday table is dramatically more involved this year at the home of Pulitzer-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and his actress-wife, Chris.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMPlaying creeps in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “9 to 5,” Marc Kudisch scored Tony nominations. But he was banished to Santa’s naughty list.
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SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMWill Tuckett’s danced version of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows evokes a tweedy idyll, from woolly ducks to comedy car chases. In 2002, it was the first Christmas show created…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:00AMWhether dining out before a show or catching a weekend matinee, ticket holders flocking to PlayhouseSquare have more choices than ever about where to eat, drink and be merry in the city's pr…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
New Theatre, Cardiff: As usual the New Theatre bang out the bling and special effects in their big budget, long-running pantomime. This season's festive fairytale Sleeping Beauty is pac…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMBloomsbury Theatre, London: Philippa Pearse's 1958 children's fantasy novel was an instant classic. And in the Birmingham Stage Company's capable hands the story stands the te…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMWhen she's not directing adult theatre of extraordinary rigour and imaginative reach, Katie Mitchell does a smart line in children's Christmas shows.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:46AMJack Studio Theatre, London: This was Ridley's most successful play, written in 1923 and transferring to the West End before being made into a film comedy starring Arthur Askey.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AM’Tis the season to be jolly. ’Tis also the season to dust off the stories of the Grimms and Perrault and present them as drama, sometimes transmogrified into panto. There are sometimes a…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:46AMTrained at New York's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse, Gene Bua was discovered by famed composer Richard Rodgers who asked him to play the lead in the Broadway revival of "The Boys from S…
SOURCE: www.welovesoaps.net at 05:45AMRegent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent: The prodigal son has returned. For six consecutive years Jonathan Wilkes topped the panto bill in this, his hometown theatre - and how the Potteries audiences…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMBelgrade Theatre 2, Coventry: Forbes Masson's show Crackers split the Belgrade audience last Christmas: one can see why. 'An anarchic slice of musical madness', it has a glori…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AMThe North Wall, Oxford: Creation's Christmas productions tend to eschew the pantomimic for the eccentric and enchanted, and this Aladdin, penned by Lizzie Hopley, is no exception. At ti…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMIs the emphasis on "show", "business", both, or neither? By Rachel James (Treasurer/Writer) A few weeks ago, a quote from film director Arthur Penn about the current state of the theatre beg…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:03AM
JONESING FOR MORE PIG SHIT Early in terraNOVA Collective’s comic book adventure P.S. Jones and the Frozen City, the villainous Great Glass Spider spins out of the wall. The regal Sofia Jea…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:58AMEach year Musical Theater Heritage tweaks its annual holiday show, "A Spectacular Christmas," so no two editions are exactly alike.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:07AMASPEN - "The Spirit of Aspen Spectacular," a musical with an original story by Jayne Gottlieb Productions that debuts this week at the Wheeler Opera House, goes heavy on the kind of images a…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 02:05AMASPEN - "The Spirit of Aspen Spectacular," a musical with an original story by Jayne Gottlieb Productions that debuts this week at the Wheeler Opera House, goes heavy on the kind of images a…
SOURCE: Aspen Times at 02:05AM
Performances of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s highly anticipated production of The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis start in just two weeks. Ensemble member Anna D. Shapir…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:47AMSam Button-Harrison, Nicholas Stockwell, and Kyrie Anderson have been cast as the leads in Leo Schwartz’s musical Under A Rainbow Flag. Based on the real-life story of a WWII naval cor…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMA new and revised version of "Working," the musical based on the 1974 book by Studs Turkel, has just opened off-Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:34AMMichael Cerveris, Krysta Rodriguez, Taylor Trensch, Julia Mattison, A. J. Shively, Ashley Sweetman, Mike Pettry, Kristen da Costa, Ross Wolkenbrod, Kimberly Kaye, and Jordan Stanley will be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMJoe's Pub at the Public has announced its Broadway and cabaret events for today, December 14-February 3, featuring performances by Sasha Allen amp Rob Lewis Christmas Time Is Here, Lady Rizo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPhoto/Carol RoseggGreed, despite what you may have heard, isn't good. Comedies about greedy men, on the other hand are. And while Red Bull (every bit as energetic as the drink) is best known…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:30AMFriday December 14, 2012
NORTH ADAMS -- Deep into a rehearsal of Anton Chekhov’s 1895 play "The Seagull," an assistant calls out to an
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:08AMSunset Boulevard: From Screen to StageWe move in for a close-up (beware of spoilers!)by Stuart MunroI was quite young the first time I sat and listened to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMThe condition known as laughing oneself silly is, it turns out, no medical myth. Doctors of comediology can observe, nay, can experience the syndrome themselves, right here, right now, thank…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:02AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two backstage comedies, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's revival of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Shaw knows at any moment, on any subject, what he thinks, what you will think, what others have thought, what...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMThe 5th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular, the annual holiday event featuring the tunes of rising songwriter Joe Iconis, is held Dec. 14-15 at the new Manhattan nightclub 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets are now on sale for In the Heights: In Concert, reuniting original Broadway cast members Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo, Olga Merediz and Robin de Jesús, Feb. 11, 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPicnic, William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of small-town folk yearning for what's beyond, returns to Broadway starting Dec. 14 in a Roundabout Theatre Company production sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1885 Birthday of Brock Pemberton (1885-1950), producer of many Broadway plays and comedies during a 30-year career, including the original Harvey, Miss Lulu Bett, Six Characters in Search of…
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