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The Times' baseball rankings
(Statistics through Friday's games. Last week's rankings in parentheses): "MASTERS, SPREAD YOURSELVES" 1. ST. LOUIS I am feared in field: Cardinals lead the league in fielding. (1) 2. OAKLAND I have had a more rare vision: Moneyball still paying off...
Tags: Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics
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Producer packs talent into his 'backyard bowl' in Silver Lake
Roger Wolfson's backyard is not unlike the others that dot this rugged Silver Lake hillside — a narrow slip of grass, on a steep incline, with a distant view of the reservoir. But Wolfson's yard, unlike the others, also has a Roman-style...
Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Stephen Tobolowsky, John Kerry, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Tony Awards 2013: Will 'Matilda' make an L.A. stop any time soon?
NEW YORK -- The Royal Shakespeare Company's Greg Doran had a rather strange welcome to New York when he arrived at JFK on Saturday. "The oxygen masks came down right when we landed," said Doran, the man whose company is behind best musical nominee...
Tags: Music, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Radio
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Tony Awards 2013: 'Matilda's' four young stars are all smiles
NEW YORK — "Even if you're little, you can do a lot" sings the spirited 5-year-old heroine of "Matilda, the Musical," the Broadway hit adapted from the children's classic by Roald Dahl. The lyrics are a message of self-empowerment for Matilda, a...
Tags: Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Times Square
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Mark Rylance to bring 'Twelfth Night' and 'Richard III' to Broadway
Broadway will get a concentrated dose of comedy and tragedy this fall – brought on by acclaimed British actor Mark Rylance. The two-time Tony winner – formerly artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London – will star in Globe...
Tags: Mark Rylance, Entertainment Events, Mahmoud Abbas, Music Industry, Tony Awards
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Whedon jokes about 'micro-budget' for 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Poised before a lawn full of film enthusiasts seated on blankets and in folding chairs, many with alcoholic beverages in hand, the cast of “Much Ado About Nothing” reminisced and laughed as though they were being featured on a reunion...
Tags: Much Ado About Nothing (movie, 2012), Movies, Clark Gregg, Entertainment
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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. This Broadway season, many of the front-runners have become clear relatively quickly, with the big-top-...
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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...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Poetry, New Products, Apple iPad, Apple iTunes
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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. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Les Miserables (movie), Music Industry
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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...
Tags: Theater, Abusive Behavior, Arts and Culture, Sherlock (tv program), Entertainment Events
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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. The cause was...
Tags: Obituaries, Arts and Culture, Nicholas Hytner, Movies, Entertainment
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'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. The London import, minted by the Royal Shakespeare Company, follows a troubled girl genius whose...
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