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Streisand, President Bush Share Awkward Smooch
Barbra Streisand got an awkward kiss on the cheek from the president, and yes, she gave him a smooch back.

Winners Blaze to a Finish in 'Amazing Race' Finale
It's been an ''Amazing Race'' indeed for Nick and Starr Spangler.

Actress and Drama Teacher Nina Foch Dies at 84
Nina Foch, the Dutch-born actress who often played cool, calculating women in films, theater and television and was a respected coach of aspiring actors and directors, has died. She was 84.

Bloomberg.com

Disco-Mad, Hi-Tech Fairies, Roman Political Battles: Shakespeare in Paris
Voltaire called Shakespeare “a savage drunk,” and Victor Hugo likened him to a peasant from Auvergne. Judgments like these are rare nowadays, yet French productions of the Bard’s plays tend to be more miss than hit.

Metropolitan Opera's Board Rolls Out Recession-Busting $25 Discount Seats
New York’s Metropolitan Opera, with ticket sales lagging and the economy in recession, said it will offer some of its priciest seats for weekend evening performances at $25 each for the rest of the season.

Variety

Kennedy Center celebrates six
Official Washington doffed its cap Sunday to six titans of the performing arts at the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Kennedy Honors mark end of an era
Honorees visit Bush's White House

Met to offer discount tickets
Opera house jumps on Broadway bandwagon

'Peach' musical preps for stage
Bookwriter McDonald plans reading

Review: Slava's Snowshow
...the refurbished show boasts fresher set pieces, sharper lighting, cleaner costumes, better beach balls, more "snow" -- even more clowns. And if one should whisper that some of the magic has evaporated, who would hear that voice above the screams of laughter of a delighted audience?

Back Stage

Slava's Snowshow reviewed by Adam R. Perlman
It's not unusual for colorful family-friendly entertainments to douse audience members or drag them on stage.

A Child's Christmas in Wales reviewed by Jason Fitzgerald
Director Charlotte Moore has chosen three -- count 'em, three -- Christmas trees, a Christmas wreath, a row of Christmas candles, a Christmas black piano, a plush Christmas rug, and five Christmas chairs to adorn the small stage of the Irish Repertory Theatre.

Home reviewed by Andy Propst
Lyrical, genuinely sentimental, and filled with a terrific social consciousness, Samm-Art Williams' Home takes theatregoers on a journey through roughly two decades of an African American's life.

Beasley's Christmas Party
Beasley's Christmas Party, as presented by the estimable Keen Company, is a charmer. It's like looking at a favorite old chromolith Christmas card -- the kind where the snow is indicated by pasted-on glitter -- to discover it has been newly minted.

A Touch of the Poet reviewed by Gwen Orel
Friendly Fire's production of A Touch of the Poet, starring Daniel J. Travanti, highlights the virtues of Eugene O'Neill's solid dysfunctional-family melodrama

Call Me Anne reviewed by Mark Peikert
Performing a one-man show in 2008 about actor Anne Heche and her alternate personality Celestia is akin to lampooning Sean Young's desperate, frightening attempts to land the role of Catwoman in Batman Returns.

The Truth About Santa reviewed by Andy Propst
In this season that celebrates hearth and home, a show that features not only the author but also his wife and kids (and their dog) grandly upholds the tradition that the family that plays together stays together.