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"Hadestown" Popularity Leaves Playwrights Scrambling to Write Musical About Zeus’s Weird Sex Stuff
by Adam Bakst. @AdamBakst_WUSF. CHICAGO - After the enormous success of Hadestown, a musical adaptation of the myth of Orpheus and...


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TUTORIAL: How to Make a Protective Mask Out of Your Old Playbills!
by Justin Ayer. @JustAyer (Instagram), @JustinAyer (Twitter). Edited by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous.

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Phantom of the Community Theater Struggles to Fit 50-Ton Pipe Organ in Broom Closet
by Tom Hickey. @TomedyTonight. MARION, Indiana - Earl Whetterson, the self-appointed "phantom" of the local Marion Community Theater,...

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"Livestreams Are Killing Live Theatre," says Man Who Paid $849 for Premium "Hamilton" Tickets
by Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. PHILADELPHIA - Main Line investment banker Henry Van Doren held a virtual press conference today...

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Broadway Shutdown Extended After No-Good Rotten “Sing Street” Kids Get Eight More Weeks of Detention
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The shutdown of all Broadway shows due to the coronavirus has been extended through at least...

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"True West" Actors Alternate Which Sweet Karate Moves They Destroy the Typewriter With Each Night
by Jason Gong. @TrashMannequin. PROVIDENCE, RI - Ticket sales have spiked for a local production of Sam Shepherd’s True West after the...

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Next Great American Play Currently a Google Doc Titled "YOU WANTED TO BE A WRITER, SO WRITE, DIPWAD"
by Roxy Arecco. @roxyarecco. ATHENS, Oh - Local playwright Noah Lynch is reportedly set to publish the “Next Great American Play” once he...

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Inspiring! This Actor Quit
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. LOS ANGELES - Get ready for a little dose of “Yes I Can”: Local actor Natalie Cambridge announced this week...

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I Told My Landlord I Wouldn’t Be Watching “Rent” This Month & It's Clear I've Misunderstood
by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - In the wake of mass layoffs and an all-time unemployment high due to spread of COVID-19,...

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Joe Exotic Joins Grady County Jail Production of "Cats", Sells Cast Member for $5,000
by Emmy Pratt. @gimmieemmy. CHICKASHA, OK - Joe Exotic, the eclectic subject of the smash Netflix doc series Tiger King: Murder Mayhem...
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