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Shakespeare's sonnets get a new iPad, iPhone app
William Shakespeare is believed to have written 154 sonnets during his life. Carrying around the complete volume has never been physically burdensome since each poem is a mere 14 lines. But a new application for the Apple iPad and iPhone is seeking to...
Tags: Apple iTunes, New Products, Apple iPhone, Poetry, Apple iPad
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Tony Awards 2013: 'Pippin,' Christopher Durang gain momentum
Like the Oscars, the Tony Awards are preceded each year by a bevy of award shows that renders the main event something of a foregone conclusion. This Broadway season, many of the front-runners have become clear relatively quickly, with the big-top-...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Cicely Tyson, Lincoln Center, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Theater
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Shakespeare's sonnets come to life in new app
ReutersTORONTO (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks. The Sonnet Project is a free app for the...Tags: Celebrities, University of Cambridge, Movies, Brooklyn Bridge, Apple iPhone
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Clarence Brown Theatre's new managing director David B. Byrd loves the community his art creates
Knoxville News SentinelDavid B. Byrd is managing director of the Clarence Brown Theatre. Hired in March, the native North Carolinian most recently was marketing director at the historic Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Conn. His past work includes serving as marketing...Tags: Westport, Westport Country Playhouse, Clarence Brown, Yale Repertory Theatre
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BRIEF: GO! Theater Box
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17; and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18. An American jukebox musical that premiered in 2004, combining music by Elvis Presley, a book by Joe DiPietro and a story based on the now classic William Shakespeare comedy "Twelfth Night." At...Tags: Music
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Summer at the Movies: Here's a rundown of the season's big releases ... and more
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Iron Man has already gotten the summer movie season off to a rollicking start, and this week Captain Kirk and his crew follow suit. So what else can we look forward to on the big screen in the next few months? Here's a week-by-week rundown of the...Tags: Google Inc., Celebrities, Mark Wahlberg, Angel (tv program), Melissa McCarthy
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Theater, Les Miserables (movie), A Christmas Carol (movie, 2009)
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Brandon plantation goes on the market
Richmond Times-DispatchAn 18th-century house in seemingly impeccable condition sits on nearly 5,000 acres of timberland and farmland along the James River in Prince George County. The Brandon Plantation has changed ownership only a few times in the past four centuries. It...Tags: Auction Service, Government, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Benjamin Harrison, Smithfield
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U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother. The three justices were taking part in a mock trial...Tags: Coriolanus (movie), U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Newspaper and Magazine, Judges
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Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, Mark Saal column
Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahIt's time to play "Name That Column." When editors started debating what to call this new column, they were surprisingly unenthusiastic about the names I suggested: --"Writer's Block Party" --"Moby-Dick" --"Stuff I Just Now Thought Of" --"...Tags: Twilight (book), Stephenie Meyer, Walmart, Sarah Palin
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Land of Linkin'
Change of SubjectA weekly listing of intriguing, wacky, useful, provocative and otherwise interesting links that readers and I have come across and think you might want to see. Look for Land of Linkin' first thing every Monday morning and click here to...... -
Movie review: Baz Luhrmann presents big, bold version of 'Gatsby'
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAfter Jay Gatsby has filled the living room of Nick Carraway's modest bungalow with cascades and crystal vases of orchids, he fears, "You think it's too much." To which Nick responds, "I think it's what you want," as a backdrop for an ill-fated reunion....Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Beyonce, Warrior (movie), Michael Fassbender, Joel Edgerton
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