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Review: Henry Jaglom's New Play Rocks

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Plays, Tanna Frederick, Henry Jalom, Theatre, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway, Lara Croft, Movies, Entertainment News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Just 45 Minutes From Broadway is a stunning tribute to showbiz folks. It offers us a glimpse into family life that explores: sibling rivalry, long-term marriage, happiness and the secrets we keep.

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The Play's The Thing, But It's Not The Only Thing

Nora Ephron | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Plays, Shakespeare in the Park, New York, Shakespeare, New York City, New York News
Nora Ephron

Anything can happen at Shakespeare in the Park. Herons land on stage. Planes fly over. This year, I read in the papers, a raccoon wandered onstage.

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Q & A: Actor Gary Sinise Helps "Brothers At War" And Grapples With The Iraq War's Effect on A Family

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Forrest Gump, Sam Shepard, CSI NY, Presidential Citizens Medal, Detective Mac Taylor, Films, Directing, Feature, Plays, Music, Producing, Redacted, Acting, Hit TV Series, Executive Producer, Oscar Nominee, Brian DePalma, Gary Sinise, Documentary, Emmys, Jake Rademacher, Brothers at War, Buried Child, Tony, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Sinise: "It's a look at military families and military life, the Iraq war and the integrity of the people that I know that are serving that; I responded to positively and wanted to support that."

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The Late Great Simon Gray

Josa Young | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theatre, Plays, Simon Gray, Smoking Diaries, Memoirs, Reading, Books, Writing, Actor Harry Burton, Simon Gray Theater, Acting, Simon Gray Play-Write, Matthew Burton, Simon Gray Playwright, Harry Burton, Director Harry Burton, Entertainment News
Josa Young

Victoria Gray, the widow of the playwright Simon Gray, was thinking of creating a website for her late husband, as an online resource for anyone interested in his work. I leapt at the chance.

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Third Screen: David Henry Hwang on Defining Yourself in a Shifting World

Vickie Karp | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Interviews, Playwriting, Americans, Chinese Culture, Theatre, Broadway, Elton John, French, Theater, Plays, Madame Butterfly, Playwright, David Henry Hwang, Timothy Rice, Happiness, Obama Celebration, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

DHH: Theater is uniquely positioned to address issues of community simply because it's not mass media. I do some work in theater. I do some work in film and television.

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My New Play: Like the Vagina Monologues but Without the Vaginas

Nora Ephron | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theatre, Loss and What I Wore, Plays, Love, Nora Ephron, Nora Ephron Play, Samantha Bee, Entertainment News
Nora Ephron

Love, Loss and What I Wore is a series of pieces performed by five wonderful actresses, all about clothes we've loved and the memories they trigger. And our mothers, our mothers, our mothers.

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Pinter

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Social Justice, Britain, Harold Pinter, Christmas Eve, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter Death, Plays, Death, Playwright, Entertainment News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Harold Pinter once said, "Being thrown out of the U.S. embassy in Ankara with Arthur Miller, a voluntary exile, was one of the proudest moments of my life."

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The Cultural Recession: Live Theater on Life Support

Karen Stabiner | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Plays, Broadway, Musicals, Disney, Jeremy Piven, Recession, Entertainment News
Karen Stabiner

A 20-something who either just lost a job or has one that pays so little it's hard to tell the difference is not going to be seduced by face time with a star when there's high-definition TV.

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Stage Door: Billy Elliot, The Footage

Fern Siegel | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, lonelygirl15, The Footage Play, Billy Elliot, The Footage, Plays, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

The Footage, now playing at the Flea Theater, will leave you mad -- at how manipulative people can be with technology.

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Third Screen: Conrad Fink on Making Movies for Grown-Ups

Vickie Karp | Posted 12.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tabletop, Filmmaking, Broadway, Plays, Tabletop Film, Conrad Fink, Movies, Rob Ackerman, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

How do movies get made? I spoke with first-time producer/director Conrad Fink about his recent purchase of the option on a play called Tabletop.

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