“What makes this initiative unusual is that these plays are already guaranteed full productions beyond their one-night-only staged readings.”
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The Photo Whose Existence Is A Powder Keg For Arguments About Confederate Memorials
“The image has helped bolster the claims of the community of amateur historians, hucksters, and Confederate sympathizers committed to defending the Confederacy from the charge of racism, who insist that thousands of black men fought and died for the rebel cause.”
Can Cirque Du Soleil Leap To Success On Broadway?
“[The] global entertainment behemoth that has 17 different shows running worldwide is once again trying to establish a long-running production in New York City, the major-league market that has most stubbornly frustrated its ambitions. … So now Cirque is trying a high-wire hybrid – a combination of theater and acrobatics, with a splash of old Hollywood, in one $25 million musical called Paramour.”