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Thursday, October 13, 2011

P. D. James Writes a 'Pride and Prejudice' Sequel (but No Zombies) by Charles McGrath

"Death Comes to Pemberley" involves Elizabeth Bennet in a murder investigation.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

A Memoirist Ever Ready to Inhabit Another Role by Charles McGrath

The actor John Lithgow, soon to return to Broadway in David Auburn's play "The Columnist," has a new memoir, "Drama: An Actor's Education."

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Monday, May 23, 2011

3 Classic Novels. 22 Minutes. Why Not? by Charles McGrath

The Elevator Repair Service theatrical troupe performs a mash-up of "The Great Gatsby, " "The Sound and the Fury" and "The Sun Also Rises" at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at the New Yo…

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Postgraduate Work in Bergman Madness by Charles McGrath

Carey Mulligan has embarked on an eight-week run in the Atlantic Theater Company's production of "Through a Glass Darkly," Jenny Worton's stage adaptation of the 1961 Ingmar Bergman film.

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Need a Broad? Call Turner by Charles McGrath

Kathleen Turner, 56, returns to Broadway to play a nun and add to a list of tough-purring lionesses.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Piece of 'Gone With the Wind' Isn't Gone After All by Charles McGrath

A Connecticut library will display four chapters of the final typescript of "Gone With the Wind," which many thought had been destroyed.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

All the News After 64 Years: The Story That Didn't Fly by Charles McGrath

A New York Times reporter was killed in World War II. The newspaper took awhile to explain what happened.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

What If? In Next Novel, Stephen King Imagines A Chance To Alter the JFK Presidency by Charles McGrath

In the new book, called "11/23/63/", a Maine high school teacher finds himself with a chance to thwart the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Relocating Drama From Ice to Stage by Charles McGrath

As exciting as hockey can be on the ice, it hasn't made for compelling dramaturgy. But Victor Lesniewski, an aspiring playwright, tries to get a stick in the game with "Where Bison Run."

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

A Return to Southie, by Way of Broadway by Charles McGrath

David Lindsay-Abaire's new play, "Good People," is set in South Boston, where he grew up, and delves into class distinctions, which he learned about when he left there.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010