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By Sharon Eberson / Nov. 20, 2009 NEW YORK -- It's extraordinary the ties you find to Pittsburgh during a theater trip to Broadway. After seeing the exuberant show "Memphis" tonight with the PG ShowPlane group led by senior theater critic Chris Rawson, many of us gathered at Sardi's to discuss the plays they'd seen so far (I had
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Sitting at my desk, working quietly, when a call comes in -- why it was put through to me, I'll never know. Guy says he's doing a job in Vandergrift, listening to Rush Limbaugh, and we in the media sometimes pay attention to him. Says Rush Limbaugh said that Hitler put people in jail when he wanted to bring the unemployment numbers down, and
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Visit Broadway.com for a gallery of Tim Hartman, one of our favorite local actors, who's making a splash in the NYC revival of "Finian's Rainbow." The image here is from the opening-night after party on Oct. 30.
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AP -- "Twilight" and " True Blood" were among the top nominees announced today for People's Choice Awards. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online to select the nominee slate and will also choose the winners in 35 categories. "Twilight" is up for favorite movie, franchise and on-screen team for its trio of stars
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"Men Who Star at Goats" is mostly light-hearted stuff, if you can call a dark anti-war comedy light. The chuckles often come because the audience is in on the joke of Ewan McGregor -- who stars here and who played the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "Star Wars" franchise -- saying he doesn't know what a Jedi is, and George Clooney
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I'm sure there was someone happier to be in front of a Comic-Con audience than the outgoing Doctor of "Doctor Who," David Tennant. The smiley, wiry Tennant and the equally delighted creator of the current incarnation of the "DW" franchise, Russell T Davies, couldn't have been more thankful for the support from American fans
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Above: The first committee members of the San Diego Comic-Con, in a picture taken in the fall of 1969 at the home of Jack Kirby. Left to right: Dan Stewart (holding drawing), Bob Sourk, Richard Alf, Barry Alfonso (in front, holding drawing), Jack Kirby, Shel Dorf and Wayne Kincaid. (Wayne was not a Comic-Con member; he was just along for the visit.
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Broadway can't hold onto Neil Simon, but Oregon is going full steam ahead with Shakespeare and friends. It was sad to read that the revival of Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," lauded by critics, had closed after just nine performances. An L.A. Times story blamed the producers: "The reason “Brighton Beach Memoirs”
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Just back from a weekend in Chicago, my first trip there, with my family. We stayed in Downtown Chicago while visiting Northwestern University, taking the usual university tour and staying on Saturday for the Penn State game. It was Halloween so we were treated to a "Thriller" -- a re-enactment of the Michael Jackson song and dance -- and
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The movie "This Is It" opened in theaters today. Post your review of the documentary made from footage of the late Michael Jackson as he prepared for comeback concert tour.