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   'Hands on a Hardbody' to Touch Down on Broadway

   9:53 am 10/2/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Adapted from the 1997 documentary about an endurance-test competition run by a Texas car dealership, the new musical stars Keith Carradine and features tunes by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio.Read more

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   Shiner: Theater Review

   6:23 pm 10/1/2012

   • by Myron Meisel

   The 1994-set play centers on an adolescent couple who aim to score tickets to the band's Hollywood Bowl concert and then jump off a freeway overpass.Read more

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   Orestes 3.0: Inferno: Theater Review

   5:04 pm 10/1/2012

   • by Myron Meisel

   Playwright Charles M. Lee takes on Euripides in this production by avant-garde company City Garage.Read more

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   Potential Space: Theater Review

   1:24 pm 10/1/2012

   • by Myron Meisel

   Kirsten Vangsness writes and stars in a thoughtful yet laugh-loaded meditation on sex and relationships.Read more

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   By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: Theater Review

   11:16 pm 9/28/2012

   • by Myron Meisel

   The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Ruined" addresses the quandaries facing African-American artists in early 1930s Hollywood, first in the moment and then in hindsight. Read more

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   Rome at the End of the Line: Theater Review

   10:17 pm 9/28/2012

   • by Myron Meisel

   Playwright Daniel Serrano continues his trilogy, "Impossible Cities (Ciudades Imposibles)," with a meditation on the passage of time.Read more

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   Batman Live: Theater Review

   4:27 pm 9/28/2012

   • by Marc Bernardin

   A less ambitious production than "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" brings the comic book character to the stage through childish lens.Read more

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   An Enemy of the People: Theater Review

   7:00 pm 9/27/2012

   • by Frank Scheck

   Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas star in Ibsen's classic about a small-town doctor who attempts to warn the citizenry about the local spa's contaminated waters. Read more

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   Anne Hathaway Comes to the 'Cabaret' for New York's Public Theater

   1:30 pm 9/26/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Having played Viola to critical acclaim in the Public's 2009 production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," the star of "Les Miserables" will showcase her singing chops in a celebration concert for the historic New York theater.Read more

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    Holland Taylor to Play Former Texas Governor Ann Richards on Broadway

    10:33 am 9/24/2012

    • by David Rooney

    An Emmy winner for "The Practice" and a series regular on "Two and a Half Men," Taylor wrote and stars in the solo vehicle about the colorful political figure.Read more

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