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The hero of "Harold and the Purple Crayon" is obviously a set designer in the making. As readers of Crockett Johnson's beloved 1955 picture book will recall, the toddler of the title generates his own universe with the help of a violet-hued writing implement, whipping...(more)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of "The Philanthropist," a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton....
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There's work, and then there's family. Or there's neither, if you play your cards as badly as the lads in Gerald Murphy's dark Irish comedy "Take Me Away." The play, getting its American premiere by local Irish specialists Solas Nua, depicts three dull brothers and...(more)
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When you look at what has gone into Shakespeare Theatre Company's sure-handed revival of Congreve's 1700 comedy "The Way of the World," you come to a deeper understanding of why actors go through what they go through. It turns out little of the hard work...(more)
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NEW YORK -- It was called "A Light Conversation," and so of course most of it involved a long-winded discourse on Kierkegaard. A little postmodern jab in the ribs, that. (We get it!) But if this collaboration between the two dancer-choreographers Wally Cardona and Rahel...(more)
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With heart-stopping artistry, Paata Tsikurishvili has brought back one of his signature pieces, "Host and Guest." And six years after its unveiling, it is still a stunner. The production may now be, in fact, the best that it's ever been. Tsikurishvili has assembled a sterling...(more)
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Steve Martin will always be a bit of a wild and crazy guy, but "The Underpants" essentially belongs among his delicates. This is the versatile Martin in his literary mode. It's an adaptation of an early 20th-century German play called "Die Hose," about a housewife...(more)
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They don't write musicals like they used to, which is part of the intended fun of the "Broadway: Three Generations" concert at the Kennedy Center. The show -- being staged four nights this week -- is designed to power-shift through the 20th century's varying stylistic...(more)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- All the fuss over Daniel Radcliffe's nude scene in "Equus" makes no sense to the celebrity crowd who came to watch the "Harry Potter" star in the play's Broadway opening....
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NEW YORK (AP) -- In the Classic Stage Company's eloquent new production of "The Tempest," a storm at sea creates a brief cacophony of noise, confusion and shouting. The storm tosses a small ship's passengers and crew onto a deceptively peaceful, sandy island, where the sorcerer...(more)
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Margaret Cho are among an all-star lineup of entertainers who will honor the late comedian George Carlin at this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor....
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LONDON (AP) -- Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman are backing a project to promote collaboration among theater companies in London, New York and Sydney, Australia....
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