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• The Endless Pleasures of Pull Quote Litigation

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  This time from the West End theatre production of The Shawshank Redemption:It seemed the perfect way to draw in theatregoers: a sign outside Wyndham's containing a reviewer's quote, describing The Shawshank Redemption as "a superbly gripping, genuinely uplifting drama."Unfortunately, the phrase was about the Hollywood film, not the West End [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:35am EST
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• Back from the Dead?

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  Geoff Edgers has more on North Shore Music Theater's lifeline:William Hanney, who owns Theatre By the Sea in Rhode Island as well as the chain of 10 New England multiplexes known as Entertainment Cinemas, has reached a purchase agreement with Citizens Bank, which acquired the Beverly theater last month.“This theater [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:48am EST
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• The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

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  It seems everybody is under pressure these days. In London, Actor Ian Hart leapt from the stage to apparently attack an audience member:According to a witness, Hart, 45, best-known for playing Professor Quirrell in the Harry Potter films, "exploded with anger" during the curtain call of Speaking in Tongues at [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:17am EST
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• The Etiquette of Leaving In Protest

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  In the Guardian, critic Mark Lawson has a rollercoaster of feelings and thoughts after hearing an incredibly offensive bit of dialogue at a show.He stuck through the rest of the play, but it seems, even afterwards, he is stuggling with teh question of what he should have done.My first reaction [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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• Quote of the Day- On Writing by Committee

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  "One man wrote War and Peace. It took 25 screenwriters to come up with The Flintstones' movie."- Joe Esterhas, The Devil's Guide to Hollywood' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:50am EST
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• Broadway After Dark

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  After the closing of the rather traditional Neil Simon repertory of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, all eyes will be watching Broadway's latest experiment, coming to us from the folks at Lincoln Center.Ladies and Gentlemen, put the kids to bed, because things get a little blue in Times Square [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:13am EST
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• People Flower, Boston, MA

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  People Flower, Boston, MA, originally uploaded by BradKellyPhoto.My friend, photographer Brad Kelly, can even make the Hynes Convention Center interesting. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:54am EST
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• Boston Theatre - Friday Roundup

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  In case you were wondering if there is anything to see at the theater this weekend, the answer is yes!Opening :Paula Vogel's latest, A Civil War Christmas opens at the Huntington Theatre this weekend. The Globe's pre-show piece is here.Speakeasy Stage Company opens Craig Lucas's Reckless, billing it as their [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:39am EST
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• Beware the TalkWrite Gossip!

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  Back in September I posted a link to Rolando Teco's Extracriticum post on the open submission process at the O'Neill.Nick at RatSass posts today about how, it would appear, these allegations have not had any journalism to back them up, and, yet, somehow made their way around very quickly. Even' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:09am EST
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• Theatre's Responsibility

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  Matt Trueman, writing in the Guardian blog, talks about seeing an esoteric piece of theatre involving Gone with the Wind and Hurricane Katrina. He felt a little lost:Even as I felt adrift in the piece, I was aware of the scalpel's presence, dissecting American history, culture and politics and holding [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:24am EST
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• A New Way of Reviewing?

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  Bill Marx at the ArtsFuse is trying a new type of reviewing system for Theatre:He is calling the new feature: The Judicial Review:The inspiration for the Judicial Review is the U.S. Supreme Court. Arts events will be evaluated by a local panels of “judges” who will post majority and dissenting [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 3:37pm EST
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• Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

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  Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, originally uploaded by BradKellyPhoto.My friend, photographer Brad Kelly took this yesterday. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:50am EST
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• What Type of Play Are You Writing? Part 4

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  Continuing to think about the types of plays we see on our stages.Up to now, I think I am have been talking about generally recognizable types of plays and the comments have already included some excellent questions.After laying out the categories of Actual People - Actual World, Boundary Breaker and [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:24pm EST
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• Brother Blue, Rest In Peace

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  Sad news. Brother Blue, a fixture here in Boston, and just a genuine, positive presence, has passed on. CCTV has a post.He will be missed. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:04pm EST
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• What Type of Play Are You Writing? Part 3

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  The last couple of days I have been thinking/writing out loud about the "types" of plays that we see on our stages. The first two types, Actual People - Actual World and Boundary Breaker, are most often created with multiple characters. This does not have to be the case though. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:30am EST
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• What Type of Play Are You Writing? Part 2

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  Yesterday, I posted on plays which are populated by Actual People in the Actual World and which obey laws of time, space and emotion as we pretty much know and observe them to be in everyday life.Today, I want to talk about plays that twist that type of play a [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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• What Type of Play Are You Writing? Part 1

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  Blogger 99 Seats wrote a post a bit ago that talks about "tricks" and conventions that go in and out of fashion with playwriting. Others bloggers have brought up the topic of genres. Screenwriters work within genres. Mastering or having knowledge of various genres is a very important part of [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:17pm EST
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• Back to the Future - Salem, MA

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  I got to sit in this DeLorean yesterday in Salem, MA. A couple is driving it cross country to raise Parkinson's awareness. [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 11:22am EST
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• A Hollywood Ending for Stephanie Umoh

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  The Globe did a three part series on Boston Conservatory student Stephanie Umoh a few years ago. It was a great series, and now it appears to have to be a happy ending!Today's Globe story begins with Umoh breaking down in tears at the meet and greet for the Broadway [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:14am EST
  by Art