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e-Geaux: Social Networking Without The Social Or The Networking

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e-Geaux: Social Networking Without The Social Or The Networking

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'Bad Boys Of Abridgement' Reduce World Of Sports

Reed Martin (from left), Austin Tichenor and Matt Rippy reduce the entire history of athletic competition to a two-hour comedy show. Meghan Moore/ Megapix Photography hide caption

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'Bad Boys Of Abridgement' Reduce World Of Sports

The Reduced Shakespeare Company comedy troupe is known for condensing everything from American history to the Bible into 90-minute stage shows. Now, they're taking on sports. The Complete World of Sports (Abridged) aims to reduce every sport ever played in the entire history of the world.

'Bad Boys Of Abridgement' Reduce World Of Sports

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The RSC In NYC: 41 Actors, Five Plays, Six Weeks

A scene from the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of As You Like It in the specially constructed theater at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Stephanie Berger hide caption

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The RSC In NYC: 41 Actors, Five Plays, Six Weeks

Last week, the Royal Shakespeare Company began a six-week residency in New York, performing five of William Shakespeare's best-loved plays in repertory. The productions take place in a 975-seat replica of the company's main theater from Stratford-Upon-Avon.

The RSC In NYC: 41 Actors, Five Plays, Six Weeks

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Elaine Paige's Musical Life, Lived On Stage

Elaine Paige is known as the "First Lady of Musical Theater" and recently celebrated 40 years on the stage. For more than six years, she has also been hosting a radio show on BBC Radio 2, on which she interviews people from the theater world. Host Scott Simon speaks with Paige about her radio show and her favorite musical roles.

Elaine Paige's Musical Life, Lived On Stage

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What Does It Mean To Be 'All-American'?

'In The Blink Of An Eye,' A Change In Racial Identity

Michael Sidney Fosberg grew up thinking he was white. His mother is white. His stepfather is white. And while he never met his biological father, the assumption was that he was white too. But well into his adulthood, Fosberg found out that his father was a black man. Michele Norris speaks to him about his story that he's told in his one-man play and his book, both called Incognito.

'In The Blink Of An Eye,' A Change In Racial Identity

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Stephen Sondheim's 'Company': Can Theater-To-Film Take Off?

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Stephen Sondheim's 'Company': Can Theater-To-Film Take Off?

This weekend, movie theaters played a filmed version of a star-studded production of Stephen Sondheim's Company that played live in New York in April. An experiment in filmed versions of live performances (though certainly not entirely new), it raises the question of what the future could hold.

A Few Of Michael York's Star-Studded Memories

The classically-trained British actor Michael York has had a dazzling film, stage and television career, from Shakespeare to Austin Powers to The Simpsons. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with York about his long and distinguished acting career.

A Few Of Michael York's Star-Studded Memories

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'Spider-Man': Worked Over And Reworked, Does It Work Better Now?

Reeve Carney appears onstage at the curtain call for the opening night performance of the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Charles Sykes/AP hide caption

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'Spider-Man': Worked Over And Reworked, Does It Work Better Now?

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is finally officially open on Broadway, substantially revamped from its troubled beginnings. Critic Mark Blankenship says there are thrills to be found, but none of them are in the unimpressive score or the flat story.

Stephen Colbert: In Good 'Company' On Broadway

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Stephen Colbert: In Good 'Company' On Broadway

Fresh Air

The political satirist and comedian talks about his Broadway performance (and performance anxieties) and about his recent segments on The Colbert Report featuring Sarah Palin and Anthony Weiner.

Stephen Colbert: In Good 'Company' On Broadway

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At Long Last, Curtain To Rise On 'Spider-Man'

Reeve Carney (left) as Peter Parker and Jennifer Damiano as Mary Jane Watson on the Spider-Man set at the Foxwoods Theatre. Carney previously starred in Taymor's film The Tempest; Damiano earned a Tony nomination in 2009 for her performance in Next to Normal. Jacob Cohl hide caption

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At Long Last, Curtain To Rise On 'Spider-Man'

After months of previews, cast injuries, scathing reviews and delay upon delay followed by a shut-down and complete overhaul of the script, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — the most expensive musical ever produced on Broadway — opens Tuesday night.

At Long Last, Curtain To Rise On 'Spider-Man'

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'Book of Mormon' Draws Hopefuls Into Ticket Lottery

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'Book of Mormon' Draws Hopefuls Into Ticket Lottery

The Book of Mormon has been a popular Broadway musical since it was in previews — So popular, in fact, that hundreds gather in the heat, day after day, just to enter a lottery for a ticket.

'Book of Mormon' Draws Hopefuls Into Ticket Lottery

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A Rising Talent Finds Inspiration In A Theater Vet

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A Rising Talent Finds Inspiration In A Theater Vet

Nina Arianda is dazzling playgoers in a revival of Born Yesterday; a few blocks away, British-American actor Mark Rylance is performing in Jerusalem — after wowing critics earlier this season in La Bete. Jeff Lunden talks to two of this season's Tony favorites.

A Rising Talent Finds Inspiration In A Theater Vet

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For Lookingglass: Classics, Acrobatics And A Tony

Nora Fiffer and Chance Bone of Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre in the company's current production of The Last Act of Lilka Kadison. Sean Williams hide caption

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For Lookingglass: Classics, Acrobatics And A Tony

The Chicago theater company founded in 1988 calls its work "theater without a net." It has long been dedicated to performances of new works that involve enormous physical demands of its performers. On Sunday, Lookingglass will receive the 2011 Tony for best regional theater.

For Lookingglass: Classics, Acrobatics And A Tony

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