Behind the Persian Veil: Theater Illuminating the Iranian Experience by Larry Rohter

The Brooklyn theater company the Brick presents a four-week festival of contemporary Iranian plays.

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Support for Belarus Theater Troupe Includes Rally, Benefit, and a Chicago Engagement by Larry Rohter

News of Belarus Free Theater includes NY rally, Public Theater benefit, and plans to do show in Chicago

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Belarus Free Theater Returning to New York by Larry Rohter

With their political status still unclear back in their homeland, members of the Belarus Free Theater will be returning to New York next month for a five week run at La MaMa.

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Here They Go Again? ABBA Members Raise Idea of a Reunion by Larry Rohter

Speculation that ABBA may reunite has bubbled up again based on remarks by two members of the Swedish pop group.

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Oprah's List: The Finalists for 'Your OWN Show' by Larry Rohter

Oprah announces the finalists for "Your OWN Show."

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The Queen Honors British Arts Figures by Larry Rohter

The Queen of England announced her annual honors list on Friday in London.

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Escaped From Belarus, Actors Raise Voices by Larry Rohter

Members of a persecuted theater troupe have managed to escape Belarus to perform at the Under the Radar Festival in New York.

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ArtsBeat: Lin-Manuel Miranda to Close Out Broadway Run of 'In the Heights' by Larry Rohter

The show will close on Jan. 9.

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Bert Berns, Songwriter and Producer, Remembered by Larry Rohter

Bert Berns, a top songwriter and producer who died young and largely unknown, is the focus of a biography, a musical and a planned documentary.

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Tom Stoppard Gives 'The Dark Side of the Moon' a Makeover by Larry Rohter

The playwright Tom Stoppard's new work is a one-hour radio play, "Darkside," for which he has written text to go over the music of "The Dark Side of the Moon."    

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Toward a Go-To Gershwin Edition by Larry Rohter

The University of Michigan is planning a critical edition of Ira and George Gershwin's work under an agreement with their estates.    

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Guillermo Calderón, Writer and Director of 'Neva' by Larry Rohter

The Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón discusses his play "Neva," which opens at the Public Theater in its English-language debut.

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PEN World Voices Festival to Focus on Art and Politics by Larry Rohter

The festival will bring more than 100 writers from around the world to New York City to discuss art and politics from April 29 through May 5.

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Marina Keegan's 'Independents' at the Fringe by Larry Rohter

The late Marina Keegan's musical "Independents" opens at the New York International Fringe Festival.

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ArtsBeat: Broadway Shows' Closings Are Good for Business by Larry Rohter

Audiences come through, as expected, as three productions close.

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James Corden Goes Far Beyond in 'One Man, Two Guvnors' by Larry Rohter

As his run in "One Man, Two Guvnors" enters its last weeks, James Corden has been juggling the opportunities that have come out of his sudden success on Broadway.

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ArtsBeat: From Film to Broadway, but Changes in Schedule by Larry Rohter

"Diner" and "Honeymoon in Vegas" are taking unexpected detours.

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ArtsBeat: Sondheim's 'Marry Me a Little' Returning to New York by Larry Rohter

A Stephen Sondheim musical that hasn't been performed in New York in 25 years will begin the Keen Company's 2012-2013 season next month.

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'Bullet for Adolf' by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman by Larry Rohter

Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman, who together wrote the play "Bullet for Adolf," started their friendship as construction workers in Houston.

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ArtsBeat: Hoffman to Direct in Coming LABryinth Theater Season by Larry Rohter

Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct a new comedy by Bob Glaudini.

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Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory Teaming on Two Plays by Larry Rohter

Andre Gregory will direct two plays by Wallace Shawn in their latest collaboration.

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ArtsBeat: It's the End for 'End of the Rainbow' by Larry Rohter

The musical about Judy Garland will close Aug. 19.

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ArtsBeat: 'A Christmas Story, the Musical,' Gets Its Broadway Moment by Larry Rohter

The show, based on the holiday favorite movie released in 1983, will open on Nov. 19 and run through Dec. 30.

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ArtsBeat: A Return to Broadway for Henry Winkler by Larry Rohter

He will play the hardest-working man in the porn industry in "The Performers," a new play by David West Read.

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ArtsBeat: Lewis Black, Fed Up With Politics, Will Vent on Broadway by Larry Rohter

The comedian will perform for a week in October at the Richard Rodgers Theater.

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