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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Tony Awards 2013: 'Pippin,' Christopher Durang gain momentum

    Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone conclusion.
    Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone conclusion. This Broadway season, many of the front-runners have become clear relatively quickly, with the big-top-...

    Tags: Ceremonies, Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Academy Awards, Theater

    2. May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app

    William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to make the sonnets even more portable and accessible.
    William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to...

    Tags: New Products, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, Poetry, Apple iTunes

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'

    John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times.
    John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...

    Tags: Literature, Entertainment, Les Miserables (movie), Jane Eyre (movie), Theater

    4. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Bertie Carvel gives his all as 'Matilda's' demonic Miss Trunchbull

    NEW YORK — Miss Agatha Trunchbull, headmistress of Crunchem Hall school, hates pigtails. They're good only to serve as handles by which she can toss a rebellious child into the air — a feat this one-time Olympic hammer-throwing champion shows off early in "Matilda," the new Broadway musical.
    NEW YORK — Miss Agatha Trunchbull, headmistress of Crunchem Hall school, hates pigtails. They're good only to serve as handles by which she can toss a rebellious child into the air — a feat this one-time Olympic hammer-throwing champion...

    Tags: Sherlock (tv program), World War I (1914-1918), Entertainment, Matthew Warchus, Broadway Theater

    5. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Matilda: The Musical' on Broadway: What did the critics think?

    “Matilda: The Musical,” the stage incarnation of Roald Dahl’s famed storybook, made its Broadway debut Thursday at the Shubert Theatre.
    “Matilda: The Musical,” the stage incarnation of Roald Dahl’s famed storybook, made its Broadway debut Thursday at the Shubert Theatre. The London import, minted by the Royal Shakespeare Company, follows a troubled girl genius whose...

    Tags: Entertainment, Literature, Broadway Theater, Theater, Entertainment Events

    6. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Richard Griffiths dies at 65; actor appeared in 'Harry Potter' and 'The History Boys'

    Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65.
    Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65. The cause was...

    Tags: United Kingdom, Entertainment, Nicholas Hytner, Fiction, Obituaries

    7. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Shakespeare: all about the pounds and pence, not the poetry?

    Oh, Will, you bad, bad Bard.
    Oh, Will, you bad, bad Bard. All the time I’ve been defending you from the elitists and snobs who refuse to credit the idea that you, a mere glover’s son, could have penned some of the most lyrical passages and memorable characters in the...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Mahmoud Abbas, Human Interest

    8. Mar 19, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. ‘Hobbit’ star Richard Armitage hopes film will stand ‘test of time’

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    For his turn as dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” actor Richard Armitage drew ......
    9. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Exhibition looks at Maurice Sendak in the wild

    The first touring exhibition of Maurice Sendak's illustrations since his death at 83 last May is making its debut at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It's called "Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons," but a more apt title might have been "Where the Wild Cards Are."
    The first touring exhibition of Maurice Sendak's illustrations since his death at 83 last May is making its debut at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. It's called "Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons," but a more apt title might have been...

    Tags: Artists, Fine Artists, Arts, New Britain, Arts and Culture

    10. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Scientists identify remains as those of King Richard III

    LONDON -- More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had definitively identified a skeleton unearthed in central England last summer as that of Richard III, the medieval king portrayed by William Shakespeare as a homicidal tyrant who killed his two young nephews in order to ascend the throne.
    LONDON -- More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had definitively identified a skeleton unearthed in central England last summer as that of Richard III, the medieval king portrayed by William Shakespeare as...

    Tags: Science and Technology, England

    11. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Richard III found, but the truth may still be missing

    In America, we paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
    In America, we paved paradise and put up a parking lot. In Britain, they put up a parking lot and paved over a king. As my colleague Henry Chu reported: More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had...

    Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Indiana Jones (fictional character), England, Al Gore

    12. Feb 4, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Richard III horror story: Axed in head, stabbed in rear, bones dug up

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    This post has been updated. Please see note at the bottom for details. King Richard III has not been treated ......
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