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Upper Canada Playhouse premieres new Norm Foster comedy, Moving In
After a winter and spring season of the live concerts Glory Days, Across the Pond and Honky Tonk Angels, Morrisburg, Ontario’s Upper Canada Playhouse is moving on to Moving In, the world premiere of a brand new comedy by Norm Foster, running June 8 to 25.
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Gay teacher fabulously shuts down homophobic mom who pulled her kids from his class.
A drama teacher had the best response to the mom who stopped her kids from taking classes with him after discovering he was gay.
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Emma Hunton - BEST Defying Gravity
Powerful interpretation of Defying Gravity from the the neo-Oz classic Wicked.
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The Theater at the Forefront of Poland’s Culture Wars
The Powszechny Theater in Warsaw faced protests and acid attacks when it staged a play about the Catholic Church. Will its staging of “Mein Kampf” cause more uproar?
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Joe Sirola, Actor Who Found Riches in Commercials, Dies at 89
He made countless commercials; at one point it was said that people who listened to the radio or watched TV heard his voice every single day.
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‘Do we not laugh?’ On the continuing obsession with Merchant of Venice
This brings us back to the question posed whenever a production of The Merchant of Venice is mounted: is this an antisemitic play, or a play about antisemitism? Indeed, if we need Shylock’s ‘Hath not a Jew’ speech to remind us that Jews are, in fact, human too, then we are dealing with a much larger cultural problem that productions of The Merchant of Venice play into. By Gabriella Edelstein.
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Lord Hutchinson of Lullington obituary
Celebrated criminal barrister who defended Christine Keeler, George Blake and Howard Marks, and played a key role in the Lady Chatterley trial. By Geoffrey Robertson.
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When Oscar Wilde Colluded with the Russians
Wilde's first play, ‘Vera; or the Nihilists,’ is rarely written about or staged. By Jennifer Wilson.
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The World's Largest Ventriloquist Convention
On this episode of 'American Conventions,' Taji Ameen meets the nearly 500 people—and puppets—who gather at the world's largest ventriloquist convention every year. From old hands who have been puppeteering since the 80s to newcomers in their teens, there's something for everyone at Vent Haven. Taji even swallows his pride and hits up the open mic with a routine of his own.
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The X Factor of Ancient Athens
Everyday citizens became the judges of an ancient theatre prize that challenged popular opinion and rewarded subtlety and intelligence.
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Disunion: Lincoln on Stage
Abraham Lincoln authored some of the greatest American presidential prose. We all know that. It’s also worth remembering where much of his inspiration came from — in particular how he deeply loved the theater, his teacher from the rugged prairie to raging, war-torn Washington.
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A history of Greek theatre in two acts
Ancient Greek drama dealt with everything from murder and incest to sex and sausages. Yet, says Michael Scott, one theme above all dominated the performance of tragedies and comedies in democratic Ath
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Tony-Winning Actor George S. Irving Has Died
Tony-winning character actor George S. Irving, a Broadway mainstay, died December 26 at the age of 94. Born on November 1, 1922, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Abraham and Rebecca Shelasky, Irving made his Broadway debut in the chorus of the original 1943 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! He went on to appear in a myriad of Broadway shows including the original productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), Can-Can (1953), Bells Are Ringing (1956), Irma La Douce (1960), and many more.
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‘Hamilton’ Hits a New High: The Most Money Grossed in a Week on Broadway
“Hamilton” is the first Broadway show ever to gross more than $3 million for an eight-performance week.
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A lynching in Georgia: the living memorial to America’s history of racist violence
There are still no national monuments to the thousands of black Americans killed during a century of lynchings. But for 12 years, activists in Georgia have been re-enacting the infamous 1946 murders of two black men and their wives.
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What An 81-Year-Old Book Taught Berkeley About Donald Trump and Their Country
It has been a bewildering campaign season for many Americans, but perhaps for none so much as Tony Taccone. Since February, an eerie question has haunted the veteran theatrical writer and director: Is his art imitating life? Or is it the other way around? By Kathy Kiely.
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The Letters of Samuel Beckett 1966-1989 review – a ‘long farewelling’
The fourth and final volume of these impeccably edited letters covers the years in which Beckett was lionised and won the Nobel prize, but became ‘weary with words.’ By Chris Power.
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Vote, Sing, Breathe
The art of protest. By Alison Kinney.
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You Should Be Terrified That People Who Like “Hamilton” Run Our Country
The American elite can’t get enough of a musical that flatters their political sensibilities and avoids discomforting truths. By Alex Nichols
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Shakespeare: Actor. Playwright. Social Climber.
Shakespeare biography has long circled a set of tantalizing mysteries: Was he Protestant or secretly Catholic? Gay or straight? Loving toward his wife, or coldly dismissive?
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