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Goodbye, Maurice

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Reading Around

A great light has gone out. Maurice Sendak passed away at the age of 83, reportedly from complications following a stroke at his residence in

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Any Given Monday—Humdinger Theater!

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Any Given Monday has next to nothing to do with football. It’s an ingeniously structured, subversively funny, morally off kilter play during which realistic characters

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Who Owns Anne Frank?

Friday, September 16th, 2011
by Patricia Norris on Playing Around

This is a question raised in the final moments of After Anne Frank. Without a doubt, Carol Lempert and Janice L. Goldberg are prime contenders. Developed by

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Let My People Go, But Where?

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

“There were approximately twelve hundred Jews who served in the Confederacy including…officers. In the North, 6,000 Jews served in the Union Army, among them…officers and

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Prague—Beauty and Romance on the Vltava River

Monday, August 2nd, 2010
by Stacey Walz on Living Around

When I told people I was moving to Germany, one thing stuck with me: “You have to visit Prague. It is the most beautiful city

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Woman Around Town: Kati Marton—Her Own Person

Sunday, February 14th, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Woman Around Town

Sitting in the warm, wood-paneled living room of Kati Marton’s apartment overlooking Central Park, it’s hard to imagine the fascinating and, at times, courageous journey

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage

Friday, January 16th, 2009
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around

By Eleanor Foa Dienstag It’s not easy being a small museum in a big museum town. If you have not yet visited the Museum of

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