Somebody somewhere has probably spent a lot of grant money trying to answer a question Marco Ramirez figured out early in his career.
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Performing "Macbeth" solo is tough enough, but doing it as the cast of "The Simpsons"? It's a challenging gimmick.
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When you look at what has gone into Shakespeare Theatre Company's sure-handed revival of Congreve's 1700 comedy "The Way of the World," you come to a deeper understanding of why actors go through what they go through. It's the clothes.
Stephen Page sees himself as a storyteller as well as a choreographer.
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To see in succession the new Broadway revivals of "A Man for All Seasons" and "The Seagull" is to navigate between poles of theatrical impact.
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