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Community can mean something different to everyone. To some, community is their place of worship, and to others, it’s their local theater troupe or intramural softball team. One segment of the population that is typically excluded from t...
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Normal Bel Geddes perhaps isn’t the best embodiment of the NEA’s notion of creative placemaking. Rather than communities centered on art, the designer envisioned a world centered on the automobile, filled with expressways, multi-tiered b...
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Washington, DC —The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) expands its support of arts-based community development with recommended grants for the fourth year of the NEA's Our Town program. NEA Chairman Jane Chu announces today that the a...
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Elaine Stritch’s death, at the age of eighty-nine, marks the end of an era—the end of old-school, succeed-or-die, knock-’em-dead, Broadway show-biz. She knew better than anyone around how to work an audience, how tell a...
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Flatfoot Dance Company's Mzamo Jabu Siphika, Sifiso Selby Khumalo, and Sifiso Thamsanqa Majola performing July 7, 2014 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts| Photo by Ken Carl In 2013, Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater ...
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Située à Toyokawa, la « Light Walls House » est une maison boisée imaginée par le studio japonais mA-style architects. Blanche, minimaliste et décorée de plantes, cette bâtisse a une structure qui permet à la lumière ...
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Soprano Tony Arnold is a luminary in the world of Chamber Music and Art Song. Today's classical composers are inspired by her inherently beautiful voice, consummate musicianship, and embracing spirit. Audiences everywhere recognize her a...
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The hardest part about being a writer or an artist is having the inclination but not the talent. Rejection is the deepest of all artistic suffering because it is not just what we do -- it is who we are. And when we are celebrated for our...
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Looking back on history often allows people to get a clearer picture of what's wrong with the world. For example, not everyone is as wealthy as Mitt Romney. Following her infamous statement during the 2012 Presidential election that "We'...
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In early May, this picturesque city on the Black Sea suffered a surprising, gruesome tragedy. Forty-eight people were killed when Ukrainian nationalists and pro-Russian separatists faced off in a bloody street fight that culminated in a ...
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Magic!'s "Rude" kicked Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" from the throne atop the Billboard Hot 100, but the song has inspired more backlash than loving remakes. "Rude" tells the dumb tale of a dude who asks for a dad's blessing to marry his daughte...
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Blake Lively is launching a new lifestyle site, but it's not to be confused with Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop.
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As any photographer that's been around the block before will attest, few things are as irritating as equipment getting in the way of a shot, whether it's restrictive straps or just poorly designed attachment points that take too much tim...
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A young girl stands in a corner, half dancing, half wriggling. The movements are adult as much as they are childlike. She shakes her hips with a budding sense of sensuality, then flails her arms as if she were having a temper tantrum.
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Charmaine Jefferson, director of Los Angeles’ California African American Museum will depart her post by the end of the day today, the Los Angeles Times reports. “From my heart I thank you for having allowed me this great lea...
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Mr. Aznavour, 90, seems inclined to dismiss the promotion for his concert, which promoters are describing as a farewell.
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Mr. Aznavour, 90, seems inclined to dismiss the promotion for his concert, which promoters are describing as a farewell.
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Last week, Nigel Redden, the director of Lincoln Center Festival, stepped out onto the stage of the David Koch Theater and greeted the company of dancers assembled there. Twenty artists of the Bolshoi Ballet, dressed in the flowing skirt...
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Mark Romanek is eyeing an extended stay at the "Overlook Hotel."
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Pencils on desks. High-pitched giggles. Balls launched (briefly) into the air. We bet you've never heard the sounds of a school quite like this before. Edgar Camago is a San Francisco third grade teacher and also a music producer. For th...
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A moving photograph that showed strength and community in the face of adversity, now has another message to share -- triumph. Earlier this year, this touching image of three young girls who were all battling cancer went viral. In it, the...
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A few years ago, an unusual map of Africa began gaining traction throughout the internet. It showed that the continent is, in fact, larger than the United States, China, Japan, India and all of Europe combined....
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A la fois sculpteur et poète, l’artiste japonais Tomohiro Inaba compose de superbes représentations d’animaux à base de fils de fer et d’acier. Avec un aspect surréaliste et une accumulation de fils, ses créations nous ...
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"You've gotta hear this one song," she says. "It'll change your life. I swear."
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Just as there are fusion cuisines — and you never know what they’re like until you try them — so, too, there’s fusion dance.
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Gemma Tipton at the Galway International Arts Festival
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Michael Deacon wonders about the wisdom of making comic-book heroes more diverse
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Syrian curators, heritage experts and civilians are being trained to secure high-risk collections
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We didn't think anyone could possible take the place of the almighty force that is Neil Patrick Harris in his epic Tony Award-winning role as Hedwig in "Hedwig in the Angry Inch." Then we saw this. Move over, NPH. You're looking at a dol...
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“Out of all the hopped-up Caucasians who turbocharged the blues in the late Sixties,” writes Rolling Stone , “Texas albino Johnny Winter was both the whitest and the fastest.” While brother Edgar hung a synthesizer around his neck and ex...
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From the neck up, Hideaki Kobayashi is a middle-aged, bald man with a bushy mustache. From the neck down, this Japanese man could pass for a Japanese schoolgirl as he parades all over Tokyo dressed in "Seifuku," the name for the sailor o...
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Inside/Outside: Images of Los Angeles | Manny Silverman Gallery breaks from its Abstract Expressionist focus with "Not the Usual Suspects 2," featuring an exhibition of paintings by Jamie F. Adams and photographs by Todd Squires. Curated...
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Merce Cunningham’s legacy is in danger among American dance troupes.
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Dungeons & Dragons turns forty this year. The game, which I played in my youth, is entering middle age just a few years behind me. My interest in—or, I should say, my obsession with—D. & D. coincided with the height of its po...
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Jon Caramanica and Charles Isherwood discuss “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” the musical based on the work of Tupac Shakur, and what its failure means for hip-hop on Broadway.
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Jon Caramanica and Charles Isherwood discuss “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” the musical based on the work of Tupac Shakur, and what its failure means for hip-hop on Broadway.
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Jon Caramanica and Charles Isherwood discuss “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” the musical based on the work of Tupac Shakur, and what its failure means for hip-hop on Broadway.
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Students from the Warwick women's rowing team decided to strip down for charity -- and found themselves held up to a double standard. This week, Facebook banned the group's page citing "inappropriate content" -- but allowed an identical ...
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Rosa breaks out, and Vee is the loser.
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Rosa breaks out, and Vee is the loser.
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06.26.14-08.02.14 Chapter NY, New York, review written by Samara Davis
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Cindy Sherman 's Untitled Film Stills are among the most iconic contemporary artworks. Characteristically when they're discussed and analyzed, they're considered as a series. (This is also how I have taught and written about them in the ...
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Next summer on TNT will likely look quite a bit like this summer as the cable channel announced on Friday that it has renewed three of its summer dramas. "The Last Ship," "Major Crimes" and "Falling Skies" all will return for new seasons...
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Philippe Parreno lives and works in Paris in the 11th arrondissement, close to the Place du Republique. He located here four years ago because “we got a cheap place”. Originally he had one space but recently took over a second so he coul...
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There's no denying that once you've stepped off your bike and locked it up, carrying around a clunky helmet is annoying. NYC-based Mara Holmgren and Megan Kiefer—like so many designers—saw the...
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named its new board of governors Friday, a list that includes current academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, key Academy Museum fundraiser Annette Bening and five first-time governors.
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The CW isn't trying to hold on to its youth.
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Since October thousands of children attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border have been taken into custody. Author Kate Bernheimer recommends a book to help reflect on the lives of these children.
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Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here feels like a spiritual descendant to his Garden State . As much as it shares his sensibilities, it also shares some of the earlier film's weaknesses.
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Wish I Was Here follows a struggling actor and father of two whose breadwinning wife is starting to rethink her role. It's the first feature film Braff has directed since 2004's Garden State .
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Marvel plans to make big changes to two of its iconic characters, announcing that Thor will be rewritten as a woman and that Captain America's identity will be assumed by an African-American. To learn more about the decisions, Audie Corn...
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Filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner discuss their new documentary The Newburgh Sting , which covers the FBI investigation and conviction of four American men for plotting an act of domestic terrorism.
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The Shubert Organization, Broadway’s largest theatre owner with 17 houses, is poised to become a major player in the commercial Off-Broadway world. According to a report in the New York Times, it is said to be…
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Tony nominee Johanna Day, Will Brill and Fran Kranz have joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s You Can’t Take It With You . The trio will play Mrs. Kirby, Ed Carmichael and Tony...
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Television soaps Hollyoaks and Emmerdale have become more violent over the past decade a report by media regulator Ofcom has revealed. New research into episodes of violence screened before the 9pm watershed showed that incidents of…
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Guys...it’s Friday! It’s time for Broadway.com’s ridiculous recap of all of the wild, wacky and strange stuff that happened this week. From Sutton Foster’s (kinda unhygienic) grooming habits to Idina Menzel’...
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Shakespeare in Love, which is currently in previews at the Noel Coward Theatre, has released a trailer for the show, ahead of the play’s opening night on July 23. Produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman…
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Steven Pasquale Lands Role on The Good Wife Broadway vet Steven Pasquale will guest star on The Good Wife, opposite Tony winner Alan Cumming. According to Deadline , ...
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She was truly a Broadway baby. Elaine Stritch, who died at the age of 89 on July 17, was so much more than an " existential problem in tights ." Her seven-decade career included numerous Broadway credits with her name “ o...
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Actor Wesley Taylor, who created and stars in the comedy series "It Could Be Worse," will offer master classes in Texas for performers interested in musical theatre July 29-30.
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The mother of late "Glee" star Cory Monteith, who died one year ago, July 13, 2013, at the age of 31, has spoken out for the first time since her son's death.
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A new play by Neil Gore based on the Shrewsbury 24 will have its world premiere at the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool this autumn. United We Stand will run from September 24 to October 11,…
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Is that Santa Claus?! A well-bearded John Lithgow , fresh off the Delacorte stage from a King Lear tech rehearsal, stopped by The Tonight Show on July 17. The Tony winner sat down to chat with Jimmy Fallon about his latest stint with Sha...
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New artwork for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which will star Tony nominee Andrew Rannells in the title role, has been released.
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Patrick Marber's play Closer , a drama about deceitful relationships, will be revived in London with Nancy Carroll, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Chris set to star, the Daily Mail reports.
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Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of A Second Chance , the Ted Shen musical that starred husband and wife actors Brian and Diane Sutherland. The production was seen Off-Broadway in a limited run at the Public Th...
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A free festival of arts and science, which will be held in celebration of theatre director Joan Littlewood’s 100th birthday, was officially launched in London today. Fun Palaces takes place on October 4 and 5…
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Great news, sexy, hot-tub-loving singles: The Bachelor is casting! But this season, we have a brilliant idea—why not cast a hunky Broadway bachelor to be the next star of the deliciously dramatic ABC reality series? From Norm...
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Roundabout Theatre Company is currently presenting the Violet, which plays a strictly limited engagement at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre 227 West 42nd Street through August 10, 2014. Based on the short story 'The Ugliest Pilgrim'...
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Tony, Academy and Olivier Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard's latest play, The Hard Problem , will have its world premiere at London's National Theatre in 2015, according to the Daily Mail.
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Broadway alums Rufus Sewell and Oliver Chris, along with Oliver winner Nancy Carroll, will star in Closer at London’s Donmar Warehouse. According to the Daily Mail , Patrick Marber’s play will begin a three-month engagement i...
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Andrew Rannells officially steps into the high-heeled boots of Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch beginning August 20—and we’re not gonna lie, those are some pretty big boots to fill. But judging by ...
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On last night's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, Jimmy chatted with John Lithgow about playing the titular role of King Lear for Shakespeare in the Park
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Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Alecky Blythe's Little Revolution , beginning performances Aug. 26 at London's Almeida Theatre prior to an official opening Sept. 3 for a run through Oct. 4.
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BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Fargo.
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BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in RocklandWestchester.
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Yesterday, 30 Rock creator and star, Tina Fey, shared her memorable experience working with the actress.
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BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Delaware.
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Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news Acclaimed choreographers Jerry Mitchell and Larry Keigwin co-host the 2014 Fir...
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Below, check out photos from last night's concert at New York's famed Madison Square Garden
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Jellicle cats come one, come all Join the Jellicle Ball, today, July 18 through July 27 with Pittsburgh CLO's production of CATS A talented company of felines will bring Andrew Lloyd Webber's mysterious masterpiece to life on the Benedum...
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Not everyone can win the gold medal, and historian Sarah Lewis says that's a good thing. It's the near-wins and bare losses that truly motivate us to master our destinies.
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In pitch-black, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, hallucinating, Diana Nyad kept swimming. She describes the journey of her historic 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, at age 64.
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Berkshire Theatre Group presents a special benefit event featuring a reading of Martin Rabbett's new musical Sometimes Love at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, July 18 at 2pm with participating artist, Richard Chamberlain.
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Also: a gay bookstore said to be the oldest in the U.S. will reopen; Hilton Als on art and memory.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A fashion exhibit centered on Beyonce will debut at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in a section previously featuring only Hall of Famers.
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The New York theatrical world will bid farewell to Elaine Stritch by dimming the marquees of all Broadway theatres tonight, for exactly one minute at 7:45pm. A four time Tony award nominee, Stritch died yesterday at her home…
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Former Southampton Football Club players Matthew Le Tissier and Francis Benali will appear in Nuffield Theatre’s production of The Saints. The pair are making their acting debuts in the show, and will feature as themselves…
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Comedians and politicians may seem like strange bedfellows – often the most they might have in common is the likelihood they will wear suits – but comedy has received a parliamentary seal of a approval. It…
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Ghost Stories, written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, has extended its run at the Arts Theatre in London until January next year. The show had been booking until August, but is now running until…
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Chichester Festival Theatre has reopened following a £22 million redevelopment project, which has seen the venue benefit from larger foyer areas, a refurbished auditorium and improved access facilities. Alan Finch, executive director at ...
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Elaine Stritch, whose career spanned more than half a century and went from stage to screen to TV and back to stage again, died Thursday at her home in Birmingham, Mich.
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BERLIN (AP) — German artist Otto Piene, known for his colorful paintings and gigantic open-air sculptures, has died at age 86.
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A new Blu-ray edition of the popular stage-to-screen adaptation of Garson Kanin's celebrated comedy BORN YESTERDAY is now available to order.
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The Broadway in Bryant Park concert lunchtime series continued July 17 at 12:30 PM on the Bryant Park Stage.
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Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Alice Ripley has recently been utilizing her Soundcloud account to share a series of intriguing and entertaining musical selections and a new song is now available to hear, titled 'Miss America'.
