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  • Before he became a famous TV star on "Friends," actor and director David Schwimmer helped start a theater company in Chicago.
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  • Those summer nights are upon us. If you hand-jive over to the Walnut Street Theatre, you can catch a little Grease Lightning.
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  • Daniel Radcliffe has won magical reviews for his latest stage role as a disabled Irish dreamer in Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan."
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  • Last week was the season finale of the hit series, Scandal. But fans may still find their fix in an opera coming to the Kimmel Center.
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  • If you like the hair bands of the 80s and 90s and their rock anthem hits, you'll love the Broadway musical coming to the Merriam Theatre.
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  • For everyone out there waiting for their Prince Charming, he's coming soon to the Kimmel Center.
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  • If you like the hair bands of the 80s and their rock anthem hits, you'll love the Broadway musical that will soon be opening at the Merriam Theatre.
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  • Babes in Toyland has become a holiday tradition in Philadelphia and the musical will soon open at the Kimmel Center.
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  • Lantern Theatre Company is bringing the golden age of Hollywood to Center City Philadelphia.
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  • The global financial crisis is occupying center stage at InterActive theatre in Center City.
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  • A student from Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts has just landed the biggest role of her life.
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  • Philadelphia is home to the only professional theatre company in America dedicated to comedy and the troupe has a new show.
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  • For many families, it wouldn't be the holidays without the classic show Nutcracker.
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  • Shakespeare's romantic comedy, Midsummer Night's Dream, is hitting the dance floor at the Pennsylvania Ballet.
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  • The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations.
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  • You probably watched the video growing up, or at least had someone read you the story. Everybody loves the Italian folk tale, "Pinocchio".
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  • Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad will star on Broadway this fall in a modern take on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
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  • Back in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry broke Broadway's barriers when she became the first African-American woman to produce a play there.
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  • The Tony Awards are going back to the place where the Rockettes high-kick it.
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  • Anna Deavere Smith has won one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the arts.
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  • The Al Pacino-led revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross" on Broadway has plenty to be happy about this Christmas.
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  • A favorite love story comes to the Arden
  • Maybe you own the book, and the Disney video, too. But don't let familiarity keep you and the kids from seeing a new presentation of Cinderella.
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  • The stars of the upcoming Broadway musical about Motown Records have read pretty much every book from that golden era of American music.
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  • Denmark's Royal Theater says it has canceled a play about Amy Winehouse.
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  • A Greek prosecutor is pressing blasphemy charges over a troubled Athens performance of an American play that portrays Jesus as gay.
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  • Camille N. Brown is a supple dancer who hails from California. Lindiwe Dlamini is a singer from South Africa.
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  • Officials vow to track down the person who sent a bomb threat to the Trocadero Theatre in the Chinatown section of Philadelphia Wednesday evening.
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  • The planned November opening of a new 14-screen theater in Wilmington's Riverfront development won't be delayed by a federal lawsuit.
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  • Katie Finneran is about to get evil - playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of "Annie" on Brodway.
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  • Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Bernadette Peters will be on hand to help present the Drama Desk Awards next month.
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  • The low-tech musical "Once," based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin, got a leading 11 Tony Award nominations.
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  • The Bucks County Playhouse will celebrate its reopening this summer with Neil Simon.
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  • Amy Adams, who played a princess in the film "Enchanted," will be returning to fairy tales this summer, starring opposite Cinderella and a witch.
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  • Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards.
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  • 2010 6abc/Ikea Thanksgiving Day Parade!
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have found their love interest - Deborah Cox.
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  • It may not take long before you start hating Eric McCormack.
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  • Clybourne Park is here first
  • "Clybourne Park" is expected to be a big show on Broadway this spring. But first it's here at the Arden Theatre in Old City.
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  • Dame Edna Everage, the Tony Award-winning drag act known for her purple hair and oversized rhinestone eyeglasses, will soon open her final stage show tour.
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  • Growing up in Texas, one videotape that got a serious workout in Jeremy Jordan's home was the film "Newsies."
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  • Raven-Symone is all grown up - and going to a convent.
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  • Andrew Garfield appears as Spider-Man in a photo released by Columbia Pictures on Jan. 13, 2011.
  • In the last months before he becomes a household name, Andrew Garfield has decided to hide in plain sight.
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  • Director Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy.
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  • This much is clear as Molly Ranson prepares for her latest role: There will be blood.
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  • David Alan Grier shrugs off 'Porgy and Bess' row
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