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Billy Elliot's Proud Papa: An Interview With Gregory Jbara

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stage, Rob Patterson, Outer Critics Circle, Billy Elliot, Stephen Daldry, Tony Awards, Drama Desk, Dancers, Broadway, Kiril Kulish, Dancing, Miner, Gregory Jbara, Theatre, Elton John, Father, Dialect, Greg Jbara, Screen, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The boys may get all the press in the Tony Award-winning musical Billy Elliot, but anyone who has seen the show knows veteran character actor Gregory Jbara subtly steals the show.

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Let Me Off at Off- and Off-Off-Broadway

Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Gandolfini, Theatre, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Theater, Marcia Gay Harden, Entertainment News
Brad Schreiber

There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, watching them on seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese.

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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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Stage Struck

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Theatre, Entertainment, Parts and Labor, Show Business, Abraham Lincoln, David Dean Bottrell, Better Angels, Boston Legal, Los Angeles, Colony Theatre, Home News
David Dean Bottrell

Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...

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Circle Rules Football -- The Road Ahead

Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Sports, New Sports, Gregory Manley, Nyu, Circle Rules Football, Greg Manley, Football, Brooklyn, Theatre, Grand Army Plaza, Tisch-School-of-the-Arts, Recreational Sports, Theater, Prospect Park, New York News
Eugene Michael Santiago

As a boy, Greg Manley grew up in Oakland California. As a young man Greg invented a sport in New York. That sport? Circle Rules Football. Almost three...

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Live On Stage: Moms Tell All

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Theatre, The Well Mom, Heather Cabot, Moms, Mom-Bloggers, Drug Addiction, Women, Twitter, Children, Family Care International, Theater, Motherhood, Facebook, Babies, Gender, Living News
Heather Cabot

Through a series of new stage productions in New York and elsewhere, mom bloggers and tweeters will step into the spotlight and tell motherhood like it is to a live audience.

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August: Osage Country: Southern Gothic Soap Sitcom Theatre

Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: August: Osage County, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, Theatre, Broadway, Theater, Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize, Entertainment News
Brad Schreiber

One wonders if there is some theatre ordinance that requires every Southern-themed play in this country to deal with incest. It is as if the fear of boring the audience has been taken to the zenith of tawdry complication.

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Off Broadway Shows To See

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Lynn-Nottage-Ruined, Off-Broadway, Gay Rights, Broadway, Theatre, Theater, Gay Marriage, New York City, New York News
Ryan J. Davis

I'd be shocked if Ruined doesn't get a shot at Broadway soon.

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Octomom the Musical Opens in LA to Sellout Crowds

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theatre, Henry Paulson, Los Angeles, Ben Bernanke, Octomom, Bernie Madoff, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

The Octomom is not the only character skewered in the zany musical: others include Bernie Madoff, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, and Vince Shamwow (of magic towel fame).

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Gender Bias in Theatre -- Digging a Little Deeper

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theatre, Theater, Playwrighting, Playwright, Woman and Theater, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

Anyone who says they are not producing a woman because her play won't make money can no longer get away with it. The argument is gone and should be unmasked as what it is -- sexism.

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The Universal Rules of Framing Part II: What Does The Proscenium Frame?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Theatre, Theater, Being Heard, Senator Dodd, Reframing, Framing, Living News
Gerald Sindell

Dodd had accomplished the near-impossible: making something said in a Senate committee hearing freshly framed.

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Remembrance of Sublets Past

Chris Durang | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Theatre, Playwrititing, Sublets, Wendy Wasserstein, New York City, New York, New York News
Chris Durang

To be a playwright, it seemed a given that one had to eventually move to New York City.

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Bright Lights, Green City: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Dirty Coal, Michael Bloomberg, Theatre, Mountaintop Removal, Broadway, NY Loves Mountains Festival, Coal, New York City, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Theatre can educate and move people to create change for the common good, not just be another outlet for entertainment.

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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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Escape From Banality: A Cultural Road Map For Our Children

John Farr | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Internet, Art, Children, Museums, Theatre, You Tube, Pop Culture, Film, Teaching, Technology, Music, Reading, Culture, Living News
John Farr

Tell me if you agree with the following assessment of contemporary life, and if you do concur, then let me know why you're not scared, or angry.

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Interview with Rocky Carroll of NCIS

Jenna Busch | Posted 03.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cbs, Rocky Carroll, Mark Harmon, Ncis, Chicago Hope, Theatre, Hollywood, Roc, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

Rocky Carroll has done it all. Comedy on the sitcom Roc, drama on Chicago Hope and extensive background in theater. He's currently playing NCIS Director Leon Vance on the CBS series NCIS.

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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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