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New York Fringe Festival

Q&A With Jessica Sherr, Star of
Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies

Joshua Kors | Posted 11.08.2011 | New York
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Joshua Kors

Jessica Sherr has been playing the raven-haired 1940s cinema icon Bette Davis for two years. Sherr sat down with me to discuss how an off-hand comment about her bright green eyes sparked a burgeoning career.

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Rebecca Carroll

Questions For 'Chasing Heaven' Playwright And Director Leah Maddrie

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 10.22.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: Porgy and Bess, Suzan-Lori Parks, Diane Paulus, New York, George Gershwin, New York Fringe Festival, Ira Gerswhin, Black Voices News

Next winter, the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., will stage a new version of the time-honored Gershwin classic "Porgy and Bess" writte...

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Fringe Musical Mocks Julie Taymor And 'Spider-Man'

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 10.17.2011 | Home
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NEW YORK -- To see how far Julie Taymor has fallen over the past year, look no further than the New York International Fringe Festival. That's where ...

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On the Culture Front: Beowulf at Joe's Pub, The Housemaid, and the New York International Fringe Festival

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Beowulf, Im Sang-Soo, NY Culture, Michael Haneke, New York Fringe Festival, Toronto Film Festival, The Housemaid, Joe's Pub, Luis Bunuel, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage is the kind of piece that's ripe for a cult following, so it'd be great to see it land a residency somewhere in the city.

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