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Warrior—Fighting For Family

Thursday, February 9th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

It’s not usual to cry at the end of a martial arts film, but Warrior is not the typical martial arts movie. Written, produced, and

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Grimm vs. Once Upon A Time
Battle of the Fairy Tale Shows

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

One year it’s vampires, another year zombies, and this year it’s fairy tales that have become the new cultural trend. We have not one but

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What’s Best and Coolest for Kids This Holiday- Part Two

Saturday, November 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around

We hang everything/on our Christmas tree/Ornaments big and bright/and all these sparkling icicles/and twirling balls of white… Eloise at Christmastime- Kay Thompson Daughters and sons,

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Milk and Honey—Jerry Herman’s First

Saturday, October 15th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Musicals Tonight has begun its 14th season, and 66th production with Jerry Herman’s first Broadway show, the 1961 Milk and Honey. Herman and librettist, Don

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Bottle That Brio: Mark Nadler’s Crazy 1961

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

When Mark Nadler takes a stage, the word becomes possessive. His natural authority, urbane charisma and complete focus is magnetic. Voices still, heads rivet, people

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Peter and Wendy Now and Forever

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

When I was a little girl, I waited for Peter Pan. “The Neverland” made its way out of my mind into dark nights, especially when

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Bring Your Kids And Bring Your Gran—
They’ll All Delight In Wonderland

Sunday, April 24th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around

Wonderland has the potential to be this season’s Wicked. In fact, it’s really an amalgam of both Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
At Arena Stage Is a Marvel

Sunday, March 27th, 2011
by Martha Kepner on Playing Around

Leading Arena Stage’s Edward Albee Festival, The Steppenwolf Theater Company’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a searing and fascinating interpretation of Albee’s

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