Playbill: August: Osage County to End Broadway Run June 28

August: Osage County to End Broadway Run June 28

By Ernio Hernandez
June 17, 2009

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County will end its Broadway run June 28 at the Music Box Theatre, producers announced late June 17.

When it closes, Tracy Letts' acclaimed drama — which opened on Broadway Oct. 30, 2007 — will have played 18 previews and 648 regular performances.

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Slate: The Best Way To Speak Shakespeare

Just because I love to see discussion on line readings - from inanimate (words on the page) to animate (speech on the stage).

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The Best Way To Speak Shakespeare

It will make you catch your breath.

By Ron Rosenbaum
Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 3:56 PM ET

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Will she do it as a dirty joke? I'm talking about a certain line in Twelfth Night that can be read either way, innocuous or salacious. And I'm talking about Anne Hathaway, the beautiful Hollywood ingénue most known for squeaky-clean roles (though there was Havoc and the ex-junkie she played in Rachel Getting Married). Anne Hathaway, who, as I'm sure you know and will nevertheless be told incessantly, has the same name as Shakespeare's bride, is doing Shakespeare in the Park this summer.

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Hmmm... apparently Hart House is presenting the Canadian premiere of Bare: the Musical this summer (July 17 through to August 1). See this for ticket information: http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=518

Why do I know this? Apparently, this production has a twitter thing and pinged a request to me the perennial non-twitter-er. O+o; Whatever.

Drabble: Loco

Title: Loco
Fandom: DWP
Words: 241 words
Notes: Miranda Priestly
A/N: Written for the prompt meme and streep_party after ll_alleycat and ff_addict78 asked what happened next.
A/N2: This is a sequel to Smooth and uses a mashup prompt provided by la_fono

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Drabble: Loco

Title: Loco
Fandom: DWP
Words: 241 words
Notes: Miranda Priestly
A/N: Written for the prompt meme and streep_party after ll_alleycat and ff_addict78 asked what happened next.
A/N2: This is a sequel to Smooth and uses a mashup prompt provided by la_fono

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