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To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the education-driven ensemble Suite Hispania combined flamenco, traditional song, poetry, classical music and classical dance at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium on Saturday night. The performance offered as many lessons in artistic chemistry and planning as in Spain's musical...(more)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The artistic director at California's largest nonprofit musical theater company resigned Wednesday amid protests over his donation to a campaign to ban gay marriage in the state....
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The world knows Shen Wei now. That's a remarkable thing for a Chinese-born modern-dance choreographer who, until he was tapped to create part of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies, was known only to connoisseurs of the small, rarefied field of contemporary dance. But here's what...(more)
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An awful lot of scene changes and one overused plot device keep Colin McKenna’s play from achieving the escalating tension it’s going for.
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Think of "The Nutcracker" and you imagine chimes and snowflakes. Think of flamenco and you conjure up guitars and passion. So at first glance, the idea of a seasonal flamenco Christmas performance seems as wobbly as a cantaora's vibrato. But hold on: Carlota Santana's "Navidad...(more)
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The new national tour of “Rent” will include seven performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in February.
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Pianist, vocalist and pop music scholar John Eaton opened his 21st season of concerts at the Wolf Trap Barns on Saturday night with "Indiana on Our Minds: The Music of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael," a program first introduced at the venue in the mid-'80s....(more)
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An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. Moss Hart had one of the most spectacular show business careers of the 20th century. Born in New York City in 1904 to parents who existed at or...(more)
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“Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy With a (Somewhat) Happy Ending” merges elements of Greek tragedy (including a chorus) with real-life events to create a screwball version of recent history.
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Even retooled, "Les Misrables" is a colossus. "This is more people than we've ever had onstage here," says Signature Theatre's longtime choreographer Karma Camp. Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer declines to put a number on the musical's budget, but he shakes his head as if awed,...(more)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met - and both went on...(more)
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