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Washington Post

'Marat/Sade,' From Time Out of Mind
From the dusty shelves of venerable keepsakes, Forum Theatre has retrieved "Marat/Sade." Peter Weiss's play -- the full, breath-defying title is "The Assassination and Persecution of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" --...

Washington City Paper

Fringe & Purge
Highlights from Washington City Paper's Capital Fringe Festival Blog

Philadelphia Inquirer

Musical social commentary lands cool, calm, direct punch
Laurie Anderson's relationship with mainstream pop music has always been offhand: Sure, she'll traffic in that world if it suits what she has to say. And if not? The 1980s new-

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Songs haven't lost their pop for Annie Oakley
Whatever it is for you, the first, most electric thing that comes to my mind about "Annie Get Your Gun" is the score -- more than a half-dozen of ...

In the Wings: Financial difficulties

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

'Annie Get Your Gun' hits show business bull's-eye
After producing a couple of shows that fell wide of the mark this season, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's "Annie Get Your Gun" is right on target.

Theatre closes 40th season with 'Be My Baby'
Audience members will travel from Scotland to San Francisco in Saint Vincent Theatre's 40th season closer, "By My Baby."

Baltimore Sun

All wet, a bit cracked
Nurseryland is in chaos. President Humpty Dumpty has suffered a great fall,and the people of the rhyming country can't reassemble him. Now, they must elect a new commander-in-chief. ...

Richmond Times Dispatch

Performers take CenterStage in 2009
Seven years in the making. Fourteen months to go. Construction on the Richmond CenterStage performing-arts center downtown remains on schedule for an opening in September 2009.
* SLIDESHOW: Take a look at the Richmond CenterStage Project and renovations at the Carpenter Center

Boston Globe

Over-the-top satire makes this 'After School' special

Theater: 'Hay Fever'
...This one's under the stars. 7:30 p.m. $10-$32. The Publick Theatre, Christian Herter Park. 1175 A Soldiers Field Road, Brighton. 617-454-1444. publicktheatre.com

Boston Phoenix

Smart women, tough choices
All’s Well in Lenox, Going to St. Ives via Gloucester

Providence Phoenix

Power playing
Theater by the Sea’s Evita

Royal fun
Colonial’s rousing As You Like It

Miami Herald

This play provokes, no doubt
Though touring Broadway shows seem to return like the buzzards to Miami's courthouse roof (even Wicked can get old the fourth time around), it's rare for a regional theater to bring back a hit -- even more rare, with the same cast.

Sarasota Herald Tribune

A love for the ages
"Southern Comforts." By Kathleen Clark. Directed by Robert Farley. Opens at 8 p.m. tonight with performances through Aug. 16 on the Keating Mainstage at Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave....

St. Petersburg Times

Missing the point in 'True West' by the Banyan Theater Company in Sarasota

Atlanta Creative Loafing

Family values: Hallelujah Street Blues
Valetta Anderson's play performs neighborhood watch

Speakeasy with...Sadie Hawkins
Putting the burlesque scene on blast

Atlanta Creative Loafing Fresh Loaf Blog

Kenny Leon directs Flashdance: The Musical

Thank you for being a friend: Estelle Getty

Charlotte Creative Loafing

CP's tap-stravaganza
Crazy about Crazy for You