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Steven Polito makes a living saying what many of us might want to say in certain situations but would never bring ourselves to say. His creation Hedda Lettuce keeps the crowd howling, even when poking fun at on…

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The Johnny Rodgers Band - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

So the cabaret year doesn't end with a bang but with a band, big and contemporary style - not with a whimper but with a winner.

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United States of Tara

By turns oozing sexuality, vulnerability and confusion, Toni Collette gives Showtime's latest half-hour its buoyant pulse -- and a credible shot at the accolades the channel covets.

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Movie Review | 'Good'
Aligning With the Nazis, Blindfold Tightly in Place By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"Good" is an anemic screen adaptation of C. P. Taylor's play about a respectable "good German" who passively acquiesces to Hitler's agenda.

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Jacobi Monster, 'Sunset Boulevard' Add Sparkle to London Stage
Review by Warwick Thompson

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New Sarah Ruhl Essays at Device

Read her torrent of rhetorical questions about hatred, chimpanzees, initials, scariness, "rhapsodic states of pure emotion" and other subjects...

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To read or not to read, that is the question. By Kathryn Streeter

A New Year's resolution to read a Shakespearean drama each month drew all sorts of reactions from strangers.

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The Big Interview: Craig Revel Horwood

Matthew Amer talks to the Strictly Come Dancing judge and West End director/choreographer about his new version of Sunset Boulevard and his controversial 2008.

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Oliver! How I got Mr Bean to play Fagin

Impresario Cameron Mackintosh has wanted Rowan Atkinson to star in 'Oliver!' for 15 years. He reveals why the comedian finally agreed.

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PHOTO OP : Hello, Roxie! Broadway Newbie Melora Hardin Sasses Up Chicago

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PHOTO CALL: Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, with Callaway and Bohmer, at the Kennedy Center

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PHOTO OP : Seasonal Snapshots: Backstage at Wicked

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PHOTO CALL: Falls and Dennehy Ready Desire Under the Elms for Goodman

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The year of the woman By Mary Carole McCauley

Four who hold the reins at arts institutions in the city compare notes

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Goodbye, Belmont Avenue: Bailiwick holds a wake by Chris Jones

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La Daily Musto: Dorothy's Favorite Witch Gets a Book Deal

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Before Stalin Lowered the Curtain By ROBERT GRESKOVIC

Artist Marc Chagall, who headlines an exhibit at the Jewish Museum, is only one part of a story that enfolds in the 200-plus pieces related to the Russian-Jewish theater.

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Broadway 2009 Preview By: Brian Scott Lipton

Joan Allen, Matthew Broderick, Christine Ebersole, Rupert Everett, Jane Fonda, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Mary-Louise Parker, David Hyde Pierce, Oliver Platt, Mercedes Ruehl, and …

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Revolutionary Road's David Harbour on Bond Villainy and Onscreen Sex With Kate Winslet

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FIRST PERSON : Frank Wood: My Very Special Journey to Ethiopia

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Peter Filichia's Diary: December Leftovers

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Gatecrasher: Jeremy Piven plows ahead in love life with model Ashley Chontos

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GRIEVING STAR EYES SINGING AT INAUGURAL

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DETAILS are finally emerging about Steven Soderbergh's latest folly, "Cleo," the bizarre 3D musical about Cleopatra he's planning with Hugh Jackman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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"HARRY Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe, who's headlining in Broadway's "Equus," is tired of getting naked every night with a fake horse on stage and wants to try something new.

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Flower Drum Song Added to National Film Registry

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Culture Monster: Larry Gelbart's 'fatal stroke' just another setup for waxing comical by Mike Boehm

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2008'S FINAL CURTAIN CALLS By MICHAEL RIEDEL
RECALLING THE STARS WHO DIED THIS YEAR

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Royle Family's Liz Smith and director Katie Mitchell named in New Year Honours

Elsewhere, actor Michael Sheen, who appeared as David Frost in the West End production of Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon and who has reprised the role for a film version of the play, has received an OBE in recognit…

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