Arts + Entertainment
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The Director's Wife
When tasked with directing Signature Theatre's I Am My Own Wife, Alan Paul literally threw out the script. ''I wanted to free myself completely from...
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Di$po$able Pop
If you have an ''s'' in your name, have you ever thought to replace it with a dollar sign? And really, why stop there? You...
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Magnetic Mystery
''The last time I looked at my Wikipedia entry, it said that I was born in 1966, I'm Canadian, and I'm a Buddhist,'' says Stephin...
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Flashdance
Piers Morgan of America's Got Talent has become an unlikely inspiration for female impersonator Shi-Queeta-Lee. ''A bunch of lip-synching old drag queens who can't dance...
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Mozart Moves
''I love choreography,'' says The Washington Ballet's Jared Nelson, adding with a laugh, ''When I can't kick my legs up anymore, I hope to do...
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New Blood
What's this: Another chart-topping, pop-culture act centered on vampires? Well, no. Other than its name, the Brooklyn quartet Vampire Weekend has nothing to do with...
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Devil May Care
Like a cozy vintage clothing store manned by educated young thinkers, The American Century Theater offers a second chance for those less-often noticed American plays...
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Solo Acts
''You are teaching me a history I never knew I had.'' These are the words of the character Doug Wright as written by the playwright...
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A Different World
A funny, provocative and emotionally compelling study of a family rock and what lies under it, Lydia R. Diamond's Stick Fly is engaging and entertaining...
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Sister Speak
In 2008 Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size stomped, beat and snarled its way across the Studio Theatre's stage. It was prose poem brought to...
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Art and Industry
Ever seen an SUV in an art exhibit? ''He has encased it in hand-welded aluminum,'' says Craig Applebaum referring to Shlomo Harush's use of a...
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Broken Bones
There's a sweetness to Alice Sebold's 2002 mega-bestseller The Lovely Bones that belies the story of a young girl's brutal rape and killing. That same...
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Metric System
The year 2009 was pretty ho-hum as far as music went, especially in the mainstream. One overrated artist after another released albums that left us...
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Hormonal Activity
The average (sex) teenaged boy thinks (sex) about sex (sex) every seven seconds (sex). While this might be an old wives' tale, you wouldn't know...
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Sleuthing Around
''Elementary, my dear Watson.'' If you just became indignant about the fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote that famous line, you will likely...
