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Production difficulties undercut dynamism of Opera Theater's Sweeney Todd
STLtoday.com
Actress Karen Ziemba will play Mrs. Lovett in the 2012 Opera Theatre St. Louis production of Sweeney Todd. (AP FILE Photo/Mary Altaffer) Opera Theatre of St. Louis' new production of Stephen Sondheim's “Sweeney Todd,” seen at the opening Saturday night ...

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New menu at Royal Shakespeare Theatre is truly offal
Sunday Mercury
The new menu at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's rooftop restaurant is offering 'nose-to-tail' dining, from brain fritters to stewed pig's head. There's even a Bedfordshire Clanger sausage that's both sweet and savoury – depending on which end you bite.


 
Directors putting horror back in 'Little Shop'
Hometownlife.com
Growing up at the Barn has persuaded me to pursue theater in college and it's bittersweet knowing this may be my last show for quite some time at the Barn.” Next year Shapiro will begin studying theater at Columbia College in Chicago.

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New York Times
New York City Ballet at Koch Theater
New York Times
The real test of a ballet company's health comes not at opening nights or galas, but when injuries remove beloved dancers, or new productions return, or marvelous ballets are revived with alternative casts. All the above were on view this weekend at ...

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Trevor Nunn to Direct ALL THAT FALL, Starring Eileen Atkins & Michael Gambon ...
Broadway World
On the back of Jermyn Street Theatre's recent announcement of the UK premiere of Henrik Ibsen's comic fantasy St John's Night, to be staged this July, the smallest theatre in the heart of the West End announces another major production for this autumn.

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A journey into sight
Mail Tribune
Presila Quinby plays Molly Sweeney, John Leistner plays Mr. Rice and Doug Warner plays Frank Sweeney in Next Stage Repertory's "Molly Sweeney."Photo by Jamie Lusch By John Darling "Molly Sweeney" was penned by the greatest living Irish playwright, ...


 
The art of staging realistic violence
San Antonio Express
Photo/Bob Owen Fight Choreographer Ronald L. Piretti, back, directs James Bradley, right, playing Othello, and Kat Connor playing Dedemona in a fight scene for this year's Shakespeare in the Park production of "Othello" produced by Magik Theatre.