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Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantFor set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...Tags: Victor Garber, Hartford Stage, Arts and Culture, Long Wharf Theatre, Entertainment Events
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Mad Cow Theatre announces 2013-14 season
Mad Cow Theatre's 17th season will include recent Broadway hits "Venus in Fur" and "Other Desert Cities," as well as classics, including Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and the 1970s rock musical "Hair." The annual Orlando Cabaret Festival...
Tags: Music, Awards and Prizes, International Military Interventions, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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Summer Times: Stage
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJoey Fatone returns to Pittsburgh CLO to help open the 2013 season in the classic musical "42nd Street." The former 'N Sync band member played Franz Liebkind in the 2010 production of "The Producers" and now plays the role of a producer of a Broadway-...Tags: Music, Central Intelligence Agency, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Smithfield
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Michael Hainey book raises questions about truth versus family
Say you had a family secret. A juicy one. The kind that speaks volumes about families. And you wrote a book about it. But your family hates the book. Or, at the very least, potentially feels embarrassment from it. Would you still release that book?...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Julian Barnes, GQ, Obituaries, Literature
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As playwrights age, so do perspectives
In his younger days, playwright Jon Robin Baitz was known for his angry young characters, usually in conflict with stubborn members of the older generation. Those bristling, indignant, furious youth fill such plays as "A Fair Country" (produced in Chicago...
Tags: Steppenwolf Theatre, Entertainment, Human Interest, Theater, Arts and Culture
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A family's well-kept secrets unspool in the desert
Any writer knows the temptation of using one's family for material. They're immediate and present. Their influence is intense and fundamental. Writers usually justify the act on the grounds of authorial honesty: Since the issues in one's life are forged,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Linda Kimbrough, Stacy Keach, Celebrities, Goodman Theatre
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Hartford's 'Water By The Spoonful' Opens Off-Broadway
The Hartford CourantIs it possible to fall in love with all the characters in a play, even those who see themselves as less-than-worthy members of the human race? And then, after more than a year, fall in love with them all over again? That's what happened to me with...Tags: Off-Broadway Theater, Music, Awards and Prizes, Hartford Stage, Aetna Inc.
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Winter theater 2013: 10 shows for the cold, from classic 'Caesar' to 'Other Desert Cities'
With Scrooge back under wraps, it's time for the 2013 winter theater season to begin in earnest. There's an especially strong slate of classical works opening between now and the end of March, but the offerings also are as diverse as ever. Among the...
Tags: Music, Cy Coleman, Disconnect (movie), Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Review: Ties bind even as brickbats fly in 'Other Desert Cities'
If like me you come from a mixed family, meaning there are conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats boisterously hashing out their differences at the holiday table, you'll have an easy time recognizing the Wyeth clan gathered to celebrate...
Tags: Michael Weston, Parties and Movements, Stockard Channing, Family, Linda Lavin
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Robin Weigert taps Brooke Wyeth's mind in 'Other Desert Cities'
On your way to meet actress Robin Weigert for the first time, you may be forgiven for feeling some trepidation about who, exactly, will greet you at the door. Will it be Calamity Jane, the buckskin-wearing, dirt-encrusted, foul-tongued frontier woman...
Tags: Movies, The Sessions (movie), Awards and Prizes, Robin Weigert, Arts and Culture
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Goodman announces 'Desert Cities' casting; cancels a 'Sweet Bird'
The Goodman Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming production of "Other Desert Cities," directed by Jon Robin Baitz. Tracy Michelle Arnold will play Brooke Wyeth (the role originated on Broadway by Rachel Griffiths); the Tony Award-winning...Tags: Entertainment Events, Tony Awards, Goodman Theatre
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Justin Long withdraws from 'Other Desert Cities' at Mark Taper
Justin Long has withdrawn from the upcoming Los Angeles premiere of "Other Desert Cities" at the Mark Taper Forum, which is set to begin performances on Nov. 28. Center Theatre Group said that the actor had to leave the play due to "a film commitment."...
Tags: Movies, Michael Weston, Robin Weigert, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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