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A chat with Chabon
Michael Chabon's best-selling new novel, “Telegraph Avenue,” is set in and around Brokeland Records, a used-vinyl record store on the border between Oakland and Berkeley, Calif., where Chabon has lived since the late 1990s. The story follows...
Tags: Kill Bill (movie), Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Fiction, Quentin Tarantino
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Rise of e-book trade causing a lit snit: The venerable book business is experiencing a moment of turmoil, as evidenced by two events last week.
VarietyThe venerable book business is experiencing a moment of turmoil, as evidenced by two events last week. A glitzy party on Wednesday triggered the most extravagant book launch of the year (if not the decade). It is being funded by a neophyte publisher...Tags: Lorne Michaels, David Geffen, Amazon.com Inc., Cancer, Chris Hemsworth
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IFC Films closes U.S. on 'Frances Ha': Banner closes rights for North America and Latin America on Greta Gerwig starrer
VarietyIFC Films has closed North and Latin American rights for Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha," starring Greta Gerwig. Variety reported on Sept. 12 that IFC was in talks for the rights during the Toronto Intl. Film Festival following its screening there. IFC...Tags: Politics, Noah Baumbach, New York Film Festival, International Organizations, Movies
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HBO renews 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood': Pay cabler orders second season of Sorkin drama
VarietyHBO has given a second-season order to Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom," as well as another season for top-rated series "True Blood." "The Newsroom," which aired its second episode Sunday night, drew 2.1 million in its initial telecast on June 24. Series,...Tags: True Blood (tv program), Olivia Munn, Alan Ball, YouTube, Alison Pill
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'Three Sisters,' 'Crowns' and 'Oedipus': Summer shows with much at stake
Last week, the Goodman Theatre resigned itself to the news director Robert Falls' production of "The Iceman Cometh" was not going to Broadway. The combination of the show's long running time, problems with theater availability, the schedule of its star...
Tags: A Streetcar Named Desire (movie), Goodman Theatre, Regina Taylor, Nathan Lane, Gang Activity
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Rupert Everett to star in 'Judas Kiss': Two plays to world preem at Hampstead
VarietyLONDON -- Two world premieres and a revival of David Hare's "The Judas Kiss," starring Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde, complete the autumn slate at Hampstead Theater. National Theater associate Howard Davies helms the world premiere of "55 Days" a...Tags: Rupert Everett, Oliver Cromwell, Maureen Lipman, Liam Neeson, David Hare
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'Book of Mormon' secures West End berth: Tuner to play at Prince of Wales
VarietyLONDON -- Broadway favorite "The Book of Mormon" has locked down a West End berth for 2013, one of several widely anticipated moves in the West End's legit winter 2012/13 season. Produced in the West End by Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin and Sonia Friedman...Tags: Religion and Belief, Anna Friel, Ken Stott, Christianity, Mormonism
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'Once' in a lifetime night at 2012 Tony Awards; 'Clybourne Park' wins best play
Broadway fell fast for "Once," the melancholy but moving movie-to-musical about a lovelorn Irish street musician and his Czech guardian angel, which scooped Disney's chirpier "Newsies: The Musical" for the award for best musical at the 2012 Tony Awards....
Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Music Theater, Bruce Norris, Theater, Porgy and Bess (movie)
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'Once' tops Tony Awards: 'Clybourne,' 'Porgy' also take trophies
Variety"Once," the Broadway musical that turns razzle-dazzle tuner traditions on their head with a hushed and idiosyncratic take on an indie-style love story with a melancholy ending, topped the 2012 Tony Awards, nabbing eight of the 11 awards for which it was...Tags: Music Theater, Andrew Garfield, Bruce Norris, Theater, Neil Simon
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The Tony Awards -- Broadway's most religious event?
Liz Smith"THOU shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain," reads the third commandment in the famous Ten! I thought of this while watching the Tony Awards last Sunday night. The show opened with the super neat evangelical men from the smash musical "The Book of...Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Music Theater, Andrew Garfield, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tony Awards
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History is set for 'Iceman Cometh,' even as its future still is unsure
Tribune criticOn Sunday, the iceman goeth. Unless you happen to be Nathan Lane's long-lost great-uncle from Tipperary, or come with your own pot of gold, good luck getting a ticket. At press time, it was not yet clear whether Robert Falls' Goodman Theatre production...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Death of a Salesman (play), Tony Awards, Theater
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HBO's 'Newsroom' opens to 2.1 million: It's the pay cabler's third-best drama bow since 2008
VarietyHBO's Aaron Sorkin-penned series "The Newsroom" drew 2.1 million viewers for its first showing Sunday night. Skein, which stars Jeff Daniels as a cable news anchor working with a new producing team that is trying to raise journalistic standards, scored...Tags: Television Industry, NBA Finals, Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Drama (genre)
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