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Tony Awards nominations find some class amid the crass
The Tony nominations were announced Tuesday, but before we plunge into the big race between "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda the Musical," one obvious question should be addressed before any other: Given the crassly commercial direction of Broadway, why do we...Tags: Tom Hanks, Once (musical), Broadway Theater, CBS Corp., Music
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Tonys 2013: Bette Midler, 'Motown' among nomination snubs
NEW YORK--The Tony Awards committee always loves a good surprise or three. Members did not disappoint Tuesday morning, leaving out audience favorites like “Motown: The Musical” and critical darlings such as Bette Midler in favor of less...Tags: Tony Awards, Tom Hanks, Berry Gordy, Amy Morton, Music
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7 Biggest Tony Award Snubs: From Bette Midler to Jessica Chastain
ReutersApr 30 (TheWrap.com) - Tom Hanks may have a date with the Tony Awards, but many of Hollywood's biggest stars didn't make the grade when nominations for Broadway's highest honor were announced on Tuesday morning. Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain and Alec...Tags: Ben Foster, Tony Awards, Tom Hanks, Cherry Jones, Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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Review: Fiona Shaw fleshes out 'The Testament of Mary'
NEW YORK — Sucking on a cigarette and swigging from a bottle of spirits, the Virgin Mary isn't looking all that virginal in Colm Tóibín's defiantly strange, inescapably controversial and at moments intensely gripping dramatic experiment "The...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Religion and Belief, Deborah Warner, Celebrities, Arts and Culture
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Irish hit 'The Commitments' bound for London stage
More than 25 years after Roddy Doyle wrote "The Commitments," the bestselling book-turned-movie is bound for London’s West End. The scrappy story about a group of down-and-out Dubliners who form a soul band will open on Oct. 8 at the Palace...
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Richard Griffiths dies at 65; actor appeared in 'Harry Potter' and 'The History Boys'
Richard Griffiths, the nimble British character actor best known to American audiences as cantankerous, wizard-fearing Uncle Vernon in the blockbuster Harry Potter films, died Thursday at a hospital in Coventry, England. He was 65. The cause was...Tags: Fiction, Gandhi (movie), William Shakespeare, Nicholas Hytner, Celebrities
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Catholic group unhappy with Colm Toibin's 'Mary' play on Broadway
A Catholic group is speaking out against a new Broadway play by Irish novelist Colm Toibin that offers an alternative interpretation of the life of the Virgin Mary. "The Testament of Mary," starring Fiona Shaw, began preview performances this week at...
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'True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season'
Zap2ItWith the start of the HBO series' fifth round imminent, Bon Temps and its population face fresh supernatural trouble in this set of episodes. Sookie (Anna Paquin) has to decide between Bill and Eric (Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard), while the...Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard, DVDs, Stephen Moyer
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Last minute gift ideas: Memorable theater books
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HBO's 'True Blood' renewed for 5th season
RedEye“True Blood” will be back next summer for a 12-episode fifth season. HBO made the news official Thursday in a press release, adding that the hit series from Alan Ball will begin production on the new season later this year in L.A. That’...Tags: Politics, Anna Paquin, Alan Ball, Alfre Woodard, The Washington Post
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Review: 'True Blood' adds witches to its heady brew
RedEyeAs if there weren't enough monsters in the "True Blood" menagerie: "Witches? Oh great, now I have to deal with witches!" grumbles Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) when she learns about the latest threat to her peaceful (ha!) hometown of Bon Temps, La. In...Tags: Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Alan Ball, Sam Trammell
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A bewitching season awaits 'True Blood' fans on HBO
Zap2ItFor a rural Louisiana backwater, the tiny town of Bon Temps seems to be having a supernatural population explosion. During the first three seasons of "True Blood," Bon Temps and its environs have seen an influx of vampires, werewolves and other shifters,...Tags: Ryan Kwanten, Anna Paquin, Alan Ball, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis
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