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Tony Awards nominations find some class amid the crass
The Tony nominations were announced Tuesday, but before we plunge into the big race between "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda the Musical," one obvious question should be addressed before any other: Given the crassly commercial direction of Broadway, why do we...
Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Music Theater, Courtney B. Vance, Tom Sturridge
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Tonys 2013: Bette Midler, 'Motown' among nomination snubs
NEW YORK--The Tony Awards committee always loves a good surprise or three. Members did not disappoint Tuesday morning, leaving out audience favorites like “Motown: The Musical” and critical darlings such as Bette Midler in favor of less...
Tags: Tom Hanks, Music Theater, Berry Gordy, Tom Sturridge, Cicely Tyson
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Review: Fiona Shaw fleshes out 'The Testament of Mary'
NEW YORK — Sucking on a cigarette and swigging from a bottle of spirits, the Virgin Mary isn't looking all that virginal in Colm Tóibín's defiantly strange, inescapably controversial and at moments intensely gripping dramatic experiment "The...
Tags: Deborah Warner, Celebrities, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition
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Irish hit 'The Commitments' bound for London stage
More than 25 years after Roddy Doyle wrote "The Commitments," the bestselling book-turned-movie is bound for London’s West End. The scrappy story about a group of down-and-out Dubliners who form a soul band will open on Oct. 8 at the Palace...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Once (musical), Theater
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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, Celebrities, Fiction, BBC, Dominic Cooper
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Catholic group unhappy with Colm Toibin's 'Mary' play on Broadway
A Catholic group is speaking out against a new Broadway play by Irish novelist Colm Toibin that offers an alternative interpretation of the life of the Virgin Mary. "The Testament of Mary," starring Fiona Shaw, began preview performances this week at...
Tags: Deborah Warner, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Scott Rudin, Theater
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Last minute gift ideas: Memorable theater books
Culture MonsterTheater book suggestions for the holidays.... -
'True Blood' recap: Werepanthers, witches and psychopathic frat boys, oh my!
Show Tracker'True Blood' episode two recap: Sookie, why do you smell so good?... -
'True Blood' recap: 'You drank the whole fairy -- Now you're going to your room'
Show Tracker'True Blood' episode four recap: Eric gets drunk, Pam gets cursed, Maxine is a 'lioness'... -
'True Blood' recap: Soul survivors
Show TrackerYou just knew Marnie wasn't going to be dispatched quite that easily. In "Soul or Fire," Sunday's pentultimate episode of "True Blood's" fourth season, Bill might have managed to take down the witch's body, but she's still hanging around in spirit.... -
Nelsan Ellis on 'True Blood' finale: Fans are going to be upset
Show Tracker"True Blood" is gearing up for the finale of its fourth season Sunday night, and actor Nelsan Ellis, who plays flamboyant, forthright medium Lafayette Reynolds, promises that it will be one to remember -- and not just in terms of momentous events for... -
'True Blood' recap: The witch is dead and so is...
Show TrackerNan Flanagan, Debbie Pelt, Jesus and possibly Tara! The body count for Sunday's season four finale of "True Blood" was high by nearly any measure and certainly full of surprises, like, say the fact that Steve Newlin's back -- and he's a vampire! -- not to...
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