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UPDATE: The Theater at Lime Kiln holds last show of the year
ReporterUPDATE 9/29/12 11:15pm Despite the problems surrounding the Theater at Lime Kiln, the show must go on in Lexington. Saturday was the last performance of the 2012 season. It was William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Board members of the theater were...Tags: Limes, Arts and Culture
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Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app
ReutersBy Natasha Baker TORONTO, May 20 (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project...Tags: University of Cambridge, Celebrities, United Kingdom, Sex and the City (movie), Apple iPhone
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Tony Awards 2013: 'Pippin,' Christopher Durang gain momentum
Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone conclusion. This Broadway season, many of the front-runners have become clear relatively quickly, with the big-top-...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Human Interest, Lincoln Center, Cicely Tyson, Culture
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Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app
William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to...
Tags: New Products, Apple iTunes, Apple iPhone, Poetry, Apple iPad
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: A Christmas Carol (movie, 2009), Cinderella (movie), Great Expectations (movie), Entertainment Events, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character)
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Land of Linkin'
Change of SubjectA weekly listing of intriguing, wacky, useful, provocative and otherwise interesting links that readers and I have come across and think you might want to see. Look for Land of Linkin' first thing every Monday morning and click here to...... -
U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother. The three justices were...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer, Coriolanus (movie), Newspaper and Magazine
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'This House,' Helen Mirren in 'The Audience' Next Up For National Theatre Live
Hartford CourantNational Theatre Live — those terrific HD live broadcasts from London’s National Theatre to movie houses around the world, including Connecticut — has a hot lineup, ahead, including Olivier Award winners and nominees. It certainly...Tags: Fairfield University, Elizabeth II, Peter Morgan, The New York Times, Nicholas Hytner
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A fast-paced, entertaining 'Henry VIII'
William Shakespeare and his company were not the first artistic entity to suck up to their funders and protectors, and they surely weren't the last. Still, it's hard to watch the last scenes of “Henry VIII” without fantasizing that Wily Old...
Tags: Human Interest, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Arts and Culture
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Get the party started
OPENING FRIDAY The Great Gatsby If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it’s ‘‘The Great Gatsby.’’ After all, who was the character of Jay...
Tags: Joel Edgerton, James Badge Dale, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Stock Market, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Audition notice: Orlando Shakespeare Theater season
(Orlando, FL) Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF will hold local auditions for its 25th Anniversary Season from May 1-4, 2013 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando, Florida, 32803). Equity principal auditions...Tags: Orlando, Culture, Ceremonies, Arts and Culture
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Mary Hynes: Working for a chance at stardom
Special to The Herald-MailMary Hynes is going for it. Four years ago, she moved to New York with "$2,000 and a place to live for four months," and hasn't looked back. Today, the 28-year-old from Hagerstown is now a New Yorker, working every day for the chance to become a...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Butler University, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Manhattan (New York City), Rockefeller Center
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