Last minute Christmas

1. William Shatner, in Denver with “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” will talk about (almost) anything
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... a Broadway show and not be happy about it,” Shatner, 87, said over the phone last month. “Hundreds of dollars, in fact. Read Full Article  ...

2. See what you missed on Broadway on Tony Awards
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Never having been to a play on Broadway, or even to New York for that matter, I always feel a bit hayseedish at Tony time. I'm more of a Golden Globe and Emmy guy. Sure, I've been to Los Angeles more than ...

3. Newtown High School Wins Stephen Sondheim Award
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Photos by Chris Milligan Photography New Haven, CT - Broadway Method Academy, in association with Westport Country Playhouse and the Shubert Theatre of New Haven, proudly presented the first annual Stephen ...

4. Valparaiso's long-running Broadway Cafe to close Sunday
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... in Merrillville, on Broadway and U.S. 30. It closed in 1999. There were also locations in Highland and Valparaiso. Read Full Article  ...

5. Copyright (c) 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Summer Theater Preview: 11 Must-See Broadway and Off-Broadway Productions
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Summer Theater Preview: 11 Must-See Broadway and Off-Broadway Productions Copyright (c) 2018 CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Among ET’s 90 top picks for summer are our 11 most-see theatrical productions ...

6. ROB Magazine Soaring property taxes? Blame Amazon Subscriber content
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Manhattan’s Broadway, one of the most famous avenues in the world, is a shopping mecca that bustles with energy. Or it used to. The stretch between 48th and 57th streets looks like it was hit by a neutron ...

7. Avenue Q: Delightfully naughty musical crackles and delivers
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... team who created the show, with a 15-year run on Broadway and various productions playing all over the world. Read Full Article  ...

8. The Little Mermaid brought to a Peterborough stage
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... love (The Broadway, May 25). The kind -hearted Little Mermaid rescues the Prince during a storm at.... Read Full Article  ...

9. Broadway’s ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ to Close in August
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,” a British farce about an inept theater troupe’s ill-fated effort to stage a murder mystery, will close on Broadway this summer. The play, which began performances early last year, will play its final ...

10. Summer arts preview: Top 5 theater picks
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“The King and I” The onetime San Diego theater maverick Bartlett Sher won a Tony Award in 2008 for the first Broadway revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Now he has directed another R & ...

11. New Village Arts setting up shop on 'Avenue Q'
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Until “The Book of Mormon” enthralled (and appalled) Broadway audiences starting in 2011, “Avenue Q” was probably the reigning champion of button-pushing humor in the musical-theater realm. With its clutch ...

12. Chicago’s wrapped up in Cellophane
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It’s only a few weeks to go to STUDIO32’s latest sizzling musical theatre venture – it’s the Broadway spectacular “Chicago”, a raunchy musical vaudeville set in the 1920s. Based on real life events the ...

13. Way Off Broadway Announces 25th Anniversary Season
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Producers of The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre have unveiled its new 2018/2019 Season, which will also be the theatre's 25th Silver Anniversary Season. The curtain first rose on Way Off Broadway ...

14. Hancher 2018-19 season packs star power
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IOWA CITY — The bubbly will be overflowing when Kristin Chenoweth rings in 2019 at Hancher Auditorium on New Year’s Eve. Star of stage and screen, Chenoweth nabbed a Tony Award as Sally in the 1999 Broadway ...

15. Artistic director brings NYC’s Broadway to Eugene’s
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Local singer, performer and artistic director Evynne Hollens is bringing her Broadway experience to Eugene audiences when “Real Broadway” takes the stage this weekend. Hollens is showcasing “the best works ...

16. BWW Review: Shaw's Saint Joan Gains Fresh Relevance As Condola...
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The title character of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan was burned at the stake nearly 500 years before the play premiered at Broadway's Garrick Theatre in December of 1923, but for many viewers ...

17. The LEX announces Broadway actors to star in 'The Music Man,' 'A Chorus Line'
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... combines Broadway veterans, local actors, and college students from across the country, alongside the local and national creative team. Read Full Article  ...

18. 'Hamilton' Hitting Nashville In 2019
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NASHVILLE, TN -- Andrew Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center will be the room where it happens when Broadway smash hit "Hamilton" comes to Nashville next year. The world was wide enough, ...

19. The reality of being a West End star? Living like a monk, says Meath man Killian Donnelly
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When Drimnagh native and 1978 Eurovision contestant Colm Wilkinson took on the role of brooding Jean Valjean in Les Miserables he became a Broadway and West End legend. Now Killian Donnelly is picking ...

20. In his humble shop on the East Side, the last of Buffalo's master hatters has fitted Broadway, Hollywood stars.
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Chadwick Boseman is a feather in his cap. So are Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Steve Buscemi. All have worn custom-made hats from Buffalo's master hatter, professionally known as Gary White, but ...

21. The reality of being a West End star for Irish actor Killian Donnelly? Living like a monk
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When Drimnagh native and 1978 Eurovision contestant Colm Wilkinson took on the role of brooding Jean Valjean in Les Miserables he became a Broadway and West End legend. Now Killian Donnelly is picking ...

22. Last of Buffalo's master hatters has fitted Broadway, Hollywood stars
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Chadwick Boseman is a feather in his cap. So are Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Steve Buscemi. All have worn custom-made hats from Buffalo's master hatter, professionally known as Gary White, but ...

23. It was panned on release – so why are we hopelessly devoted to Grease 40 years later?
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W hen Grease was released in cinemas in 1978, a starry, bubblegum-bright adaptation of the 1971 Chicago-to-Broadway musical, the initial reviews were not kind. “A grave disappointment to anyone in search ...

24. ‘Riverdale’ Brings Broadway to the Small Screen With ‘Carrie: The Musical’
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Two dark visions of American high school life will collide when the kids from “ Riverdale ,” CW’s teen drama based on the characters of Archie Comics, come together for a production of “Carrie: The Musical.” ...

25. How an Anxious-Adolescent Musical (No, Not That One) Found Its Fans
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, which commissioned the show. The New York Times review was tepid, and despite Mr. Iconis’s spirited score and growing track record — he contributed the cult classic “Broadway, Here I Come!” to the TV ...

26. Cast Announced For The Sauk's ANNIE
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The Sauk, Hillsdale County's community theatre, will present the classic Broadway musical "Annie" for eight performances in June. The cast, which includes both Sauk veterans and newcomers, recently ...

27. REVIEW: Avenue Q, Guildhall, King’s Lynn Operatic and Dramatic Society
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Irreverant, saucy, sassy and funny – Avenue Q made its bow on the amateur stage in Lynn last night with a bravura performance by KLODs. The show premiered off Broadway back in 2003 and then had a long ...

28. How these Newcastle theatre kids plan to take on classic Orphan Annie
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THE popularity of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie , which ran in newspapers around the world from 1924 to 2010, is shown by its adaptation into a radio show, two films and a 1977 Broadway hit musical, ...

29. Annie a classic start
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THE popularity of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie , which ran in newspapers around the world from 1924 to 2010, is shown by its adaptation into a radio show, two films and a 1977 Broadway hit musical, ...

30. Broadway in Birmingham announces 6 shows for new season
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They're on the schedule for the next Broadway in Birmingham series, presented by the Theater League. A total of six shows has been announced for the 2018-2019 season at the BJCC Concert Hall, 2100 Richard ...

31. Studio 32
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STUDIO32 are preparing to thrill audiences with their latest sizzling musical theatre venture - it’s the Broadway spectacular “Chicago”, a raunchy musical vaudeville set... STUDIO32 are preparing to thrill ...

32. Josh Charles to co-star with Armie Hammer in Broadway's 'Straight White Men'
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The production marks the Broadway debuts of Charles, Hammer. Bornstein and DeFoe, and Lee will be the first Asian-American, female playwright to be produced on Broadway. Previews are to begin at the Hayes ...

33. Businesses Capitalize On Bachelorette Parties
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... City. For many Nashvillians, bachelorette parties wearing sashes, or pedaling down Broadway can be.... Read Full Article  ...

34. Too c-c-cold for Jimmy Buffett? Yup. His Saturday concert has been rescheduled.
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Jimmy Buffett reacts to the crowd during the curtain call at the Broadway opening night of "Escape to Margaritaville" in New York's Marquis Theatre on March 15. Brent N. Clarke Invision/AP. Jimmy Buffett ...

35. Too c-c-cold for Jimmy Buffett? Yup. His Saturday concert has been rescheduled.
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Jimmy Buffett reacts to the crowd during the curtain call at the Broadway opening night of "Escape to Margaritaville" in New York's Marquis Theatre on March 15. Brent N. Clarke Invision/AP. Jimmy Buffett ...

36. Too c-c-cold for Jimmy Buffett? Yup. His Saturday concert has been rescheduled.
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Jimmy Buffett reacts to the crowd during the curtain call at the Broadway opening night of "Escape to Margaritaville" in New York's Marquis Theatre on March 15. Brent N. Clarke Invision/AP. Jimmy Buffett ...

37. Too c-c-cold for Jimmy Buffett? Yup. His Saturday concert has been rescheduled.
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Jimmy Buffett reacts to the crowd during the curtain call at the Broadway opening night of "Escape to Margaritaville" in New York's Marquis Theatre on March 15. Brent N. Clarke Invision/AP. Jimmy Buffett ...

38. Josh Charles to make Broadway debut with 'Straight White Men'
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"The Good Wife" star Josh Charles is set to make his Broadway debut in the Second Stage Theatre production of Young Jean Lee's "Straight White Men". Tony winner Anna D Shapiro will direct the play, which ...

39. Clip 'n Climb opening times and visitor information for a rock climbing day out in Chelsea
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Not sure on a rainy day in London? Book a session at Clip 'n Climb. Located in between Fulham Broadway tube station and Imperial Wharf train station in Chelsea , the large rock climbing centre is a fun ...

40. COVER STORY: 'A Little Bit Of Everything'
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FAQ. TheatreSquared. Season 13. “Once” — Aug. 22-Sept. 23. “A few years ago, Bob and I sat in a theater on Broadway and watched a production that we frankly loved,” says Amy Herzberg, T2 associate artistic ...

41. For live 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' NBC turns to a Legend
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The latest Broadway musical to land on live TV will be a little different this time. For one thing, it's being broadcast on Easter Sunday, not Christmas. For another, producers are bucking the trend toward ...

42. For live 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' NBC turns to a Legend
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The latest Broadway musical to land on live TV will be a little different this time. For one thing, it's being broadcast on Easter Sunday, not Christmas. For another, producers are bucking the trend toward ...

43. Preview of 'Sister Act' at Westchester Broadway...
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Pictured: Photos of Zuri Washington as Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act by Julie Curry (courtesy of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre.) Westchester Broadway Theatre Presents SISTER ACT. Music by Alan Menken ...

44. IRT's new season includes Sherlock Holmes spin-off, prison pipeline drama
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A spin off a classic mystery, an off-Broadway play about the school-to-prison pipeline and a one-man show highlight the 2018-19 season announced by the Indiana Repertory Theatre. “Holmes and Watson,” written ...

45. "Hamilton" plays Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre Aug. 27-Nov. 17, 2019. Broadway Philadelphia season tickets with a guaranteed seat to the show go on sale 9 a.m. March 23.
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... else. The “legacy” package is open to renewing Broadway Philadelphia subscribers. It gets you a seat for the first week of Hamilton . Read Full Article  ...

46. 'Hamilton' is coming to Philadelphia in August 2019: ticket packages available 9 a.m. Friday
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The “legacy” package is open to renewing Broadway Philadelphia subscribers. It gets you a seat for the first week of Hamilton . It also gets you seats to Love Never Dies Fiddler on the Roof Charlie and ...

47. From Captain America to Broadway
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... remodeled Broadway venue. The choice will give those wondering about Evans’ frame of mind.... Read Full Article  ...

48. Kiss Me, I’m Very Not Irish and Cold and Confused
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Here, at the intersection of Broadway and Dorchester Street, college students and families and grey-haired men line the street, shouting and watching the parade go by. I keep stepping on empty Bud Light ...

49. Hamilton, Aladdin headline Shea's new season
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - Three blockbuster musicals currently playing to sold-out audiences on Broadway headline the most anticipated season in recent memory at Shea's Performing Arts Center. The M&T Bank ...

50. Shea's announces a packed 2018-19 season
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... tonight, Buffalo's flagship theater announced the rest of its Broadway season, and it's likely to make Broadway fans swoon. Read Full Article  ...