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Associated Press

Vietnam Vets Protest Jane Fonda's Broadway Showing
It's been decades, but Jane Fonda still can't shake her ''Hanoi Jane'' image from the Vietnam War.

'The Story of My Life' Closes Sunday on Broadway
''The Story of My Life'' has quickly reached the end of the road.

New York Times

A Radical Vixen Retakes the Stage
Jane Fonda is starring in “33 Variations,” a play by Moisés Kaufman, almost 50 years after she last appeared on Broadway.

Brantley: Again, a Time to Wait for Whatever
Broadway takes another helping of lives stripped down to their essentials, be they kings, queens or tramps.

Isherwood: Off Broadway Offers Its Own Sort of Stars
Some pretty stellar names are making new work away from the shining lights of Broadway this spring.

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New York Daily News The Cultural Tourist

Allegro
During their 16-year collaboration Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote five iconic musicals ("Oklahoma!", "Carousel," "South Pacific," "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music"); one film score ("State Fair") with two enduring standards ("Grand Night for Singing" and "It Might As Well Be Spring"); the first original musical for television ("Cinderella"), and three flops...

amNY New York City Theater

This Beautiful City at Vineyard Theatre Preview

Denver Post

Death of criticism? Careful what you wish for

2009 Colorado New Play Summit: Lessons learned

Chicago Tribune Theater Loop Blog

Black Ensemble adjusts plans for new theater

St. Paul Pioneer Press

10 tips to ensure that the childlike wonder of the theater is just that
If I had a dime for every time someone called or e-mailed, wondering if a particular piece of theater was appropriate for their particular child, I could single-handedly save the American economy from its current dire straits.

Boston Globe

From ART to CBS
Tim Kang, a former student at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, is currently costarring in the hit series "The Mentalist."

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Convergence-Continuum announces 2009 play lineup
The inimitable Clyde Simon has announced the 2009 season for his garage-space Convergence-Continuum theater, and it's an interesting-looking one indeed. Below, you'll see the titles, dates and Simon's commentary on each show

Los Angeles Times Culture Monster Blog

'Pippin' gives a new meaning to 'stage hands'
Each evening just before curtain, Alexandria Wailes makes her way through a dark maze of wooden beams under the stage of the Mark Taper Forum. The 5-foot-8 actress hunches forward to avoid knocking her head against the ceiling, which is less than 5 feet high. ...

Founder of Los Angeles Shakespeare Company files $11.9-million claim against L.A. County
Los Angeles Shakespeare Company founder Geoffrey Forward went public Friday with an announcement that he has filed an $11.9-million negligence and inverse condemnation claim against Los Angeles County, claiming that 80 "outrageous acts" on the part of various county departments over the course of several years caused construction delays that led to the foreclosure sale of the company theater, the Globe, in Topanga.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Gotta dance! 'Billy Elliot's' hoofers lead the charm charge

The Independent

RSC haka angers Maori tribe
Theatre company accused of showing contempt for the traditional dance in its production of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’

Close-up: Rory Kinnear
He was more than a match for Maggie. Now the actor is squaring up to Stalin

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