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New York Times

Studs Terkel, Chronicler of the American Everyman, Is Dead at 96 ...
Mr. Terkel was a Pulitzer prize-winning author whose searching interviews with ordinary Americans helped establish oral history as an important historical ...

Newsday

Linda Winer: Conducting a Leonard Bernstein tribute
On the town with a larger-than-life celebration of the late Leonard Bernstein's 90th birthday.

Miami Herald

But you can't see it here
One of Miami's much-honored play-writing sons, Tarell Alvin McCraney, will see all three of his buzz-generating Brother/Sister Plays -- The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet -- produced at the Tony Award-winning McCarter Theatre in Princeton, N.J., this spring. In support of the ambitious project, the McCarter has just been awarded $90,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts' Outstanding New American Play Project, one of only two grants bestowed in the...

Playbill

* THE LEADING MEN: Jbara and Young
* Geoffrey & Jeffrey, a Tribute to a Local Artist — and to Family — Gets World Premiere in Ann Arbor

TheaterMania

* Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America Sets February 5 Opening

St. Petersburg Times

'Phantom:' Behind the scenes: How does the boat float?
Even if you've seen The Phantom of the Opera 50 times, it's easy to be wowed by the elaborate production. How do they pull it off? Come with us on a backstage tour of the Tampa stop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Studs Terkel's life: Take it easy, but take it
Roger Ebert: In his last weeks, Studs Terkel continued to affirm his life. He sent us a copy of his new book...

Spring Awakening opens in L.A. - read the reviews

Orange County Register

We’re still here!
Reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated.
[more buy-out talk]

The Independent

Roles reversed as play reveals truth about Maria and the Baroness
'Sound of Music's' leading lady was the true villain of the piece, writer claims

The Guardian

One million tiny plays about Britain
Craig Taylor's snapshots of life in the UK continue with two men sitting in the lunch room of a high street bank in Brighton...

Daily Telegraph

The Curve theatre in Leicester: A dramatic statement
A new theatre is about to open in Leicester. Dominic Cavendish gets behind the Curve.

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