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SOUND ADVICE: TRAVELING SOUTH, WEST & EAST by Rob Lester

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'Rafta Rafta' delivers By Matt Windman (***)

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THEATER BEAT: 'i Gelosi,' 'Hiding Place,' 'Natural Selection'

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REVIEW: 'Norman's Ark' at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre By F. Kathleen Foley

Despite an impressive creative team and a solid cast, amateurism holds back the play.

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Brits Off Broadway: Artefacts
Review by Rob Kendt

If Artefacts never quite convinces either as narrative or as fable, it soon enough drops any such pretense and cranks up the sermon.

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Oedipus Loves You
Review by Helen Shaw

As they stomp around Andrew Clancy's Astroturf set, splashing in the kiddie pool and tripping over their own mess, these wrecks also stumble across something wonderful.

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The Great American All-Star Traveling War Machine
Review by Adam Feldman

The Irondale Ensemble takes a scattershot approach in its nonfiction revue, whose title implies a more pointed tack than the one the company deploys.

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Prisoner of the Crown
Review by Adam Feldman

The late Richard F. Stockton's 1972 biodrama is well-meaning but also turgid and dated, especially in Ciarán O'Reilly's self-conscious staging.

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'Our Town' infused with Phila. flavor By Toby Zinman

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Freed from Sept. 11, Goodman's 'Visit' regains its power by Chris Jones

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The Most Sweetly Delectable Musical by Terry Teachout

"She Loves Me" is the most sweetly romantic musical imaginable, the theatrical equivalent of a hot-fudge sundae with two spoons, and the Huntington Theatre Company's new revival serves it up in a fancy dish.

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PHOTO OP:Xanadu Celebrates a Year of Magical Fun

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Fishburne, Lopez, Martin, Metcalf, Stewart, Wopat, et al. Set for Visa Tony Preview

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Glover, Powell, Dahl, Berman and Tosun Join Astaire Awards Ceremony June 2

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South Pacific's Gattelli to Direct Stage Version of "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"

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Miranda in awards tug-of-war

Creator slated to be honored by two orgs

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Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil
Tonys news - We predict the awards, you be astonished

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Video: 2008 TONY Nominations: Plays

Theater critics David Cote & Adam Feldman interview this year's Tony nominees in the Plays categories (and Sunday in the Park with George).

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Video: 2008 TONY Nominations: Musicals

Theater critics David Cote & Adam Feldman interview this year's Tony nominees in the Musicals categories.

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PHOTO CALL: LaBute Gives Off-Broadway reasons to be pretty

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PHOTO CALL: Amadeus, with Cuccioli, at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

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Cabaret singers give history lessons, too By Josh Getlin • Los Angeles Times

Put down that martini and whip out your notebook: Cabaret singer Andrea Marcovicci has just taken the stage and there might be a pop quiz on the Great American Songbook.

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The Greatest Musical You've Never Heard Of by Robert J. Elisberg

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Landers play shows she was one cool 'Lady' BY MARY HOULIHAN

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A Family Affair BY HEDY WEISS

Tilson Thomas reveals soul of Yiddish theater through grandparents' lives

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Faith to Faith

For "Saved," a musical about Christian teens, playwright Rinne Groff worked to burst her own secular bubble.

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Let's get physical By Amanda Cooper

Annie Baker makes a quirk-free Off-Broadway bow with Body Awareness.

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The puppet's the thing in this 'Hamlet' with a Twist by Joe Dziemianowicz

A troupe of puppets has pulled some strings and made its way into Shakespeare in the Park's "Hamlet."

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Podcast: Bill Irwin, Clown Prince

Tony award winning NY actor and master clown Bill Irwin tells Joel Markowitz how misery led to his new show The Happiness Lecture, and tips his hat to Buster Keaton.

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Web Extra: Highlights Of Jodi In Chicago

Here are some excerpts from Jodi Applegate's appearance in the Broadway hit 'Chicago'!

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Video: Jodi Shines On Broadway

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DIVA TALK: Catching Up with Karen Akers, Tony Talk and News of Callaway and Errico

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Paoluccio lands choice roles in Madison

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Peter Filichia's Diary: May Leftovers

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REPRESENTING REAL-LIFE By MICHAEL RIEDEL

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LOOKS like Mel Brooks is exiting the movie business.

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DADDY AIKEN

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Ivey, Kennedy, Stiles, van der Pol Set for Vanities

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Three Cheers: Kennedy, Stiles and van der Pol to Star in Broadway-Aimed Vanities

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Harvey Korman's Broadway Credits

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Harvey Korman of 'Burnett Show' Dies at 81 By BRUCE LAMBERT

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LETTING GO IS SO HARD TO DO by MATT WOLF

Ibsen's rarely seen Rosmersholm is receiving a top-drawer Almeida Theatre revival from Tony winner Anthony Page A Doll's House

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NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN by MATT WOLF

The passage of time has rendered The Common Pursuit, Simon Gray's 1984 play, into a poshly spoken soap opera.

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Fiennes and Dandy By: David Finkle

Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Jeremy Irons, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Russell Beale, Lesley Sharp, Tim Pigott-Smith, Helen McCrory, and Ruthie Henshall light up the London stage.

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