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    Obituaries
    Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical <em>Chicago</em> in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement.
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    Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

    Dec 15, 2020
    A mainstay in Broadway musicals, her standout turn as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977 earned her widespread praise. She reprised the role in 1996 and won a Tony.
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    Theater Producers Go Rogue In The COVID Era

    Oct 02, 2020

    We’re well over six months into the pandemic and most things have

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    Las Vegas Little Theatre Finds A New Performance Space With 'Quarantine Monologues'

    Jul 31, 2020

    The pandemic has hit the performing arts particularly hard.

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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    London's Lyceum Theatre is wrapped in pink tape bearing the words "Missing Live Theatre," part of a campaign by a group of British stage designers.
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    Britain Announces A $2 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts

    Jul 06, 2020
    The package, announced Sunday, includes grants and loans that theaters, museums, live music venues and others can use to pay salaries and maintenance costs as they try to survive during the pandemic.
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    'Hamilton,' 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' 'Frozen' Coming To Smith Center

    Jan 29, 2020

    Christmas has returned early for Las Vegas theater fans. 

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    'Manson Family,' 'Royale' Highlights Of A Strong Fall Theater Season

    Dec 06, 2019

    November was a big month for local theater. UNLV put on the 2014 Pulitzer winner for drama.

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    My Weekend Was Better Than Yours
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    My Weekend Was Better Than Yours: October 20-21

    Oct 24, 2018

    Two days of books, authors, theater — and the perfect amount of rain

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    Performing Arts
    A performance at the Metropolitan Theatrical awards in Mexico City.
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    Foreign Actors On Mexico's Theater Stage Stir Resentment Behind The Scenes

    Sep 08, 2018
    Mexico's immigration battle with the U.S. plays out in the news daily, but a more subtle tension over cultural identity took center stage this week: foreigners taking leading roles in Mexican theater.
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    The Hot Seat

    Jun 28, 2018

    From World Snake Day to "speakeasy" jazz, there is lots to keep you entertained this July.

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    Shots - Health News
    Seventeen Broadway theaters are now using technology that allows deaf and hearing-impaired patrons to see closed captions on their smartphones. Unlike the white smartphone background seen here, the GalaPro app screen is dark.
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    It's OK To Look At Your Phone At A Broadway Show, If Your Hearing Is Impaired

    Feb 11, 2018
    An estimated 48 million Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss. Now, a smartphone app makes it possible for the theatergoers among them to read closed captions on Broadway.
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    Theater
    Kelechi (far right) has to re-learn how to balance and carry items on her head and how to use the outdoor well — and must be reminded that her father's village has the internet and cable.
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    New Play: For Nigerian Expat, Going Home Again Is A Real Trip

    Jan 24, 2018
    We talk to the author of The Homecoming Queen, which opened in New York this week. Like the character in her play, Ngozi Anyanwu knows what it's like to live in two very different cultures.
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    Theater: Welcome to the New Scrooge

    Nov 28, 2017

    This multi-culti Christmas Carol modernizes the holiday classic, but its spirit and message haven’t changed.

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    2017 Fall Culture Guide: Theater & Dance

    Aug 25, 2017

    Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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    Taylor Davis
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    2017 Fall Culture Guide: Music

    Aug 25, 2017

    Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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    2017 Fall Culture Guide: Literature and Ideas

    Aug 25, 2017

    Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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    Food Festivals Family
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    2017 Fall Culture Guide: Food, Festivals & Family

    Aug 25, 2017

    Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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    Dreaming Trees
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    2017 Fall Culture Guide: Visual Arts

    Aug 25, 2017

    Our annual roundup of the season's best in music, dance, literature, theater, and more - plus, some talented Las Vegans to keep your eyes on.

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    Should Race Matter When It Comes To Casting?

    Aug 04, 2017

    Race, ethnicity, and gender divide and unite us in many ways. We see it in the news all the time, and that includes the world of the arts.

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    The Two-Way
    Sam Shepard in 2011.
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    Sam Shepard, 'Poet Laureate Of America's Emotional Badlands,' Dies At 73

    Jul 31, 2017
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.
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    The Two-Way
    J.M. Barrie, at work at his desk in an undated photograph.
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    Madcap 'Sit-Com' From Peter Pan's Creator Finally Sees The Light Of Day

    Jul 28, 2017
    J.M. Barrie penned The Reconstruction of the Crime with E.V. Lucas — but the play was never performed in his lifetime or the 80 years since. Now, the tale of mistaken identity is getting published.
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    Shots - Health News

    A Blind Theatergoer's 'Hamilton' Lawsuit Aims Spotlight On Broadway Accessibility

    Mar 14, 2017

    The class-action suit brought against the hit musical doesn't seek damages. The attorneys say the hope is to draw attention to Broadway's spotty record in serving audiences with disabilities.

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    The Salt
    Former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses now bakes pies for New York City's production of "<em>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."</em>
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    In NYC, 'Sweeney Todd' Baker Serves Up Some Bloody Good Pies

    Feb 27, 2017
    The off-Broadway musical, in which a barber's clients become filling for meat pies, may make you lose your appetite. But former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses bakes a tempting pre-theater treat.
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    Writers Imagine Las Vegas
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    Your arts + entertainment calendar for March

    Feb 27, 2017

    Beware the guides of March! Except this one.  You can trust this one.  Look, no knife!

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    The Two-Way
    People line up to see the Broadway hit <em>Hamilton</em> on Nov. 19 in New York.
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    The Room Where It Didn't Happen: A Case Of Mistaken 'Hamilton' Identity

    Nov 24, 2016
    A small theater company in Montana, Hamilton Players, faced the wrath of online commenters after the cast of the hit musical Hamilton addressed a message to Vice President-elect Mike Pence last week.
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    Family Secrets And Mysteries Focus Of "When The Rain Stops Falling"

    Nov 03, 2016

    “When The Rain Stops Falling” is the new production by “A Public Fit Theatre Company” of Las Vegas. 

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