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New York Times

Comeback With a ‘Z’
Liza Minnelli is returning to Broadway for the first time in almost a decade
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Gotta Dance, Gotta Transcend
The Broadway triumph of “Billy Elliot” is in many ways a triumph of paradox.
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Wantagh Teenager Glides Onto Broadway Stage
13-year-old Trent Kowalik, a champion Irish step dancer, stars on Broadway in “Billy Elliot.”

Irving Berlin’s Snow Business
In almost a century’s worth of songs, Irving Berlin put our times to music.
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Theater Director With a Filmmaker’s Eye
Ivo van Hove is known in America for his bold, actor-centered stagings of classic dramas. But “Opening Night” will show a different dimension of the director.

A Christmas Eve Turning Grimmer With Each Hand
The action in Conor McPherson’s “The Seafarer” takes place on a bleak Christmas Eve in North Dublin, and events soon turn literally biblical. [New Jersey Review]

In a Poker Game With the Devil, Count Luck Out
Conor McPherson’s Ireland is a place where cell phones, euros and Versace jackets co-exist with the ghosts and legends of the far distant past. [Connecticut Review]

New York Post

Liz Smith: $7M for Palin book? Maybe
* Speaking of stars, how about the fab ulous Dame Edna, ...
* Michael Feinstein is the hottest man in the piano business, now an entrepreneur behind Feinstein's At the Regency, and also a philanthropist who shows up everywhere for his pals ...

Hartford Courant

A Christmas Musical For Jim Henson Fans
Christopher Gattelli remembers when he was a 5-year-old boy in Bristol, Pa., in the late '70s, watching the TV special "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" with his family.
* Photos: "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"
* Video: "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" : Behind The Scenes

Star-Ledger

From heroes to villains, Frank Langella finds the heart in them all

Bergen Record

Channing on the prowl in 'Pal Joey'
Hollywood "It Girl." Rydell High troublemaker. Oscar nominee. TV's classiest first lady.

Jersey playwright straddles Mason-Dixon line
The Republicans have their Southern strategy. Kathleen Clark has hers.