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Laura Dave’s The First Husband:
Sometimes Love Gets Messy

Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Annie Adams loves the film Roman Holiday. “It was my comfort movie,” she says. “It was, quite simply, my comfort.” Unfortunately for Annie, every viewing

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Noël and Company Presents
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
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The Mouse Trap, which began as a short radio piece in 1947, opened formally at  The Theatre Royale in Nottingham in 1952. It’s been running

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Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman:
An Ebullient and Smart Production

Monday, May 7th, 2012
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Attention refugees from such as the over-zealous, psychedelic projections of Ghost and the phoned-in performance by Matthew Broderick in Nice Work If You can Get

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Believing In Judy-ism

Friday, April 20th, 2012
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The immediate question that must be asked when discussing End of the Rainbow is whether or not it will have an appeal to those who

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Out of Africa—My Adventure with Lions,
Tigers, and a Teenage Daughter

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
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It was getting into the eighth hour and I was starting to get a bit fidgety. I’ve done seven-hour flights, even eight, but I was

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Noel & Company

Sunday, April 8th, 2012
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In early February 2012, actor/singer/writer/director Keith Merrill approached friend Mary Ellen Ashley, herself a singer/actress/producer with the idea of establishing what would eventually become a

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Sometimes Fiction Is Stranger Than Truth—
And Lots More Fun To Read

Friday, April 6th, 2012
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Don’t you ever wonder how writers get all their ideas? I’m especially interested in the ones that are really off the beaten path. What a

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AIPAD Showcases Photography for Professionals and Fans

Thursday, March 29th, 2012
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This is photography week in New York City. Exhibitors and collectors from Boston to Beijing are in town to participate in The Association of International

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