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  • Cate Blanchett shines in Ullmann's powerful "Streetcar'"

    Reuters – Wed Dec 2, 5:10 pm ET  

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Liv Ullmann's numerous film collaborations with Ingmar Bergman serve her well in her staging of "A Streetcar Named Desire," which has just landed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited engagement after sold-out runs in Sydney and Washington. Full Story »

  • West End's New Production of 'Ghosts' Completes Casting

    Playbill – Fri Dec 11, 6:01 pm ET  

    Harry Treadaway, Jessica Raine and Malcolm Storry have joined the previously announced Iain Glen and Lesley Sharp in a new West End production of Ibsen's Ghosts, to begin at the Duchess Theatre Feb. 11 prior to an official opening Feb. 23, for a limited run through May 15. Glen, who also directs, plays Pastor Manders, with Sharp as Mrs. Alving. Full Story »

  • Book Talk: Baking your way out of recession blues

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 11:54 pm ET  

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - When Suzan Colon was laid off from her dream job as a magazine editor in New York, her mother came up with some advice that has led to the next chapter of her life -- "put up soup," or resort to fortifying foods. Full Story »

  • 'Enron', Acclaimed in London, Will Play Broadway's Broadhurst

    Playbill – Fri Dec 11, 6:01 pm ET  

    The Broadhurst Theatre will be the Broadway home for Lucy Prebble's Enron, the acclaimed theatrical account of a company's financial collapse. Previews will begin April 8, 2010, prior to an opening on April 27. Full Story »

  • Royal jewels shine at Russia sale, paintings flop

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 12:51 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - Rediscovered royal treasures from Russia broke records at a London auction on Monday, but a separate sale of paintings fell well short of estimates. Full Story »

  • Kelsey Grammer to make Broadway musical debut

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 6:49 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emmy award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer will make his Broadway musical debut in April playing the gay owner of a transvestite club in the revival of "La Cage aux Folles," publicists said on Monday. Full Story »

  • China appeals to rival Taiwan with ancient treasures

    Reuters – Tue Dec 1, 12:21 pm ET  

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - A state-run academy in China is hosting the biggest show of treasures to reach rival Taiwan in 60 years, offering a plethora of works including wedding sedans and music to teach the island about its Chinese roots. Full Story »

  • Debut novelist wins UK's John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

    Reuters – Mon Nov 30, 3:18 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - London bookseller and first-time novelist Evie Wyld beat top literary award winners Aravind Adiga and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie among others to land the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize on Monday. Full Story »

  • Austria's Raich wins Val d'Isere super-combined

    Reuters – Fri Dec 11, 8:57 am ET  
    Benjamin Raich of Austria takes a curve during the men's... Reuters

    VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Austria's Benjamin Raich won a men's Alpine skiing World Cup super-combined event on Friday, according to provisional results. Full Story »

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