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Appomattox Premieres at San Francisco Opera

a shared story    58 weeks 3 days 9 hours 53 minutes ago
Nearly a century and a half after its conclusion and long after anyone who witnessed it is gone, the Civil War remains the defining event of American history. It's the wound that refuses to heal, the festering outgrowth of the racial crimes encoded in the nation's...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Music: Songs Lifted in Praise of an Armenian Hero

a shared story    4 weeks 3 days 5 hours 9 minutes ago
A soprano and a composer honor a man who gathered, analyzed and valorized the music of their heritage.   comments (0)  | report problem



'Without You': Bernhard's Acid Reflex

a shared story    9 weeks 5 days 4 hours 9 minutes ago
No one does angry funnier than Sandra Bernhard. So when she turns her chainsaw wrath on the Republicans' new media magnet, Sarah Palin, the trash talk is so witheringly foul it feels as if it's been fired in a furnace of pure, unadulterated rage. That's...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Patrick Corbin's 'Conversations': A Powerful Heart-to-Heart

a shared story    15 weeks 1 day 22 hours 9 minutes ago
In the pantheon of romantic piano concertos, the Rachmaninoff Second is the mighty Aphrodite: lavish, lush and pretty much guaranteed to sell out concert halls. It is, in a word, sentimental. "Romantic Conversations," choreographer Patrick Corbin's new work set to the concerto's second movement, is...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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On Broadway, A 'Seagull' Carried On Strong Wings

a shared story    5 weeks 6 days 19 hours 9 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- To see in succession the new Broadway revivals of "A Man for All Seasons" and "The Seagull" is to navigate between poles of theatrical impact. For if the transparent heartstring-plucking of "A Man for All Seasons" makes the heroic seem humdrum, the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Seafront venue marks anniversary

a shared story    68 weeks 12 hours 46 minutes ago
Previously unseen photographs of stars who have performed at the Brighton Centre are part of an exhibition marking its 30th anniversary. The Who, Paul McCartney, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen and Queen are among the acts who have appeared on stage. Political parties also hold annual conferences there, including...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



A Modern-Day 'Peace' With Classic Arrows

a shared story    10 weeks 4 days 21 hours 9 minutes ago
Playwright Callie Kimball gives good taste a whuppin' in "Peace," a lively adaptation of Aristophanes' comedy that puts our era's war on terror on its broad watch list. Aristophanes opened with dung jokes and blissfully escalated to zingers on matters of security, and that pattern...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Ma, Pa and Half Pint Now Sing on That Prairie

a shared story    16 weeks 1 day 13 hours 9 minutes ago
After four years of fits and starts, previews for the premiere of “Little House on the Prairie,” the musical, began at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.   comments (0)  | report problem
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Theaters Monitoring Wall Street Drama

a shared story    6 weeks 12 hours 9 minutes ago
For people who work in and around Broadway, as for pretty much everyone else in the country, the main stage in recent weeks has been on Wall Street.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Dance Review: Thinking About an Event Even if It Isn’t Blessed

a shared story    16 weeks 3 days 18 hours 9 minutes ago
The dances performed by Adele Myers and Dancers on Thursday night at the Joyce SoHo aren’t cut from a sentimental cloth.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Sleepwalking His Way From Comedy Club to Theater

a shared story    2 weeks 6 hours 9 minutes ago
With “Sleepwalk With Me,” which opens at the Bleecker Street on Tuesday, the comedian Mike Birbiglia hopes to expand his audience.   comments (0)  | report problem



Piecing Together 'The Break/s'

a shared story    8 weeks 3 days 23 hours 9 minutes ago
He's an African American man, with a son who's half Chinese and a girlfriend who's white. He's a middle-class poet and conflicted about success. He thought he'd be welcomed with open arms when he traveled to Africa, but instead he's robbed and alienated, watching a...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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