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The ascension of Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel to the top of the Shubert Organization ended a 20-plus-year guessing game about the future of the largest theater-owning enterprise in the nation.
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The ascension of Philip J. Smith and Robert E. Wankel to the top of the Shubert Organization ended a 20-plus-year guessing game about the future of the largest theater-owning enterprise in the nation.
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It’s back: the dreaded curse of “Tristan.” At the Metropolitan Opera, Gary Lehman, above left, sang in place of an ill Peter Seiffert, above right, in Tuesday night’s performance of “Tristan und Isolde.” Last season, Mr. Lehman was one of four tenors to sing Tristan in...(more)
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"Glengarry Glen Ross" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984 -- long before lingo like "commercial paper" and "credit default swaps" became household terms. The current financial crisis, however, highlights the anxiety factor in David Mamet's tale of bellicose, expletive-slinging real estate salesmen. Watching...(more)
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The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater has created a first-rate, thoroughly original production that combines puppetry with the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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Most kids look forward to a break from school during the holidays. (Time to sleep in and stay up late!) For four girls in the D.C. area, the holidays may mean no school, but they definitely don't mean rest. "I don't think a lot of...(more)
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NEW YORK -- If a show's lengthy list of working titles is any measure of the often arduous, sweat-and-blood effort to get a musical right, then Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman have to be one the most tenacious writing teams in the history of the...(more)
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It’s the rare opera finale that doesn’t include bloodshed: A new deal between La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, and an Italian performers union will ensure that La Scala’s gala opening night will take place Sunday as scheduled, The Associated Press reported. The Fials union,...(more)
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William Petersen, above left, the star of the CBS series “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” has solved the mystery of his next job: he has joined the ensemble of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, the company announced. Mr. Petersen, who currently appears in Steppenwolf’s production of...(more)
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You can take the dog out of the hunt, but even one of the theater world's most in-demand pet trainers can't always take the hunt out of the dog. The ill-fated show was an early-'90s New York preview of "Nick and Nora," and actress Joanna...(more)
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