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    <title>DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Community Theater Productions</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 05:11:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Here are some of the community theater productions that made an indelible impression on our writers this year.</description>
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    <category><![CDATA[Colonial Players of Annapolis]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Dominion Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Little Theatre of Alexandria]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Ovations Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Rockville Musical Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Silver Spring Stage]]></category>
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    <title>An electrifying night of songs and stories with ‘John Cameron Mitchell &amp; Stephen Trask: Return to the Origin of Love’ at NYC’s The Town Hall</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:14:10 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>With its huge cult following of “Hed-heads” and significant place in both theater and LGBTQIA history, the four-time Tony Award-winning alt-culture musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell (writer, director, and lead actor) and Stephen Trask (composer and lyricist) has continued entertaining and inspiring audiences since its Off-Broadway premiere in 1998, Broadway […]</description>
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    <title>Colonial Players to stage ‘The Lost Boy,’ about Peter Pan creator</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A heartwarming, fictionalized story based on the author James Barrie.</description>
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    <title>DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Theater Productions</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 22:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>17 productions that wowed us as live theater returned.</description>
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    <category><![CDATA[1st Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Anacostia Playhouse]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Ford's Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Her Majesty &amp; Sons]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[In Series]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Kennedy Center]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Olney Theatre Center]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Perisphere Theater]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare Theatre Company]]></category>
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    <category><![CDATA[Woolly Mammoth Theatre]]></category>
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    <title>WIT to require booster shots and medical-grade masks</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:41:05 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Becomes first local theater to tighten COVID safety protocols in light of omicron.</description>
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    <category><![CDATA[COVID]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Jordana Mishory]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Mark Chalfant]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Source Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Washington Improv Theater]]></category>
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    <title>In miniature, two children seek safety, in ‘Flight’ at Studio Theatre</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:33:28 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The immersive journey of two young Afghan refugees, an unforgettable tour de force.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Sophia Howes]]></author>
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    <title>15 Questions in 15 Minutes that don’t go wrong with Chris Lanceley from ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 19:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Since moving to the US, British-born and NYC-based Chris Lanceley from Liverpool, who has appeared on network television (FBI; Blue Bloods) and Off-Broadway, is either “a terrible actor” or “the greatest actor to grace New York City,” depending on which tongue-in-cheek quote you believe from his website. For those of us who’ve seen him in the […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA['The Play That Goes Wrong]]></category>
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    <title>Director Cara Gabriel on the magic and joy of ‘Winterfest’ at Adventure Theatre</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>‘Our kids have been on screens 24/7 the past two years. I wanted to involve them live and in person whenever we could.’</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Kendall Mostafavi]]></author>
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    <title>In lipstick and hip schtick, the Kinsey Sicks tickle at Theater J</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:10:46 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>‘Oy Vey in a Manger,’ their adults-only holiday special, is not for the pious or prudish—let alone right-wing fanatics—but it’s hilarious for everyone else.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Ravelle Brickman]]></author>
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    <title>Free December streamings from NYC’s The Mint and The Bad Kids</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 04:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Through the pandemic shutdown, theaters reopening, and many performances currently being canceled to ensure safety, NYC companies continue to present online shows. Among the range of digital events over the holidays are free offerings of a proto-feminist Victorian comedy and a listening party for the concept album of a brand-new musical adaptation of a post-modern […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Hindle Wakes]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[How to Repair a Mechanical Heart]]></category>
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    <title>‘Corduroy’ at Imagination Stage is laugh-out-loud adorable</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A lighthearted, fun adventure for families with young children.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Kendall Mostafavi]]></author>
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    <title>There’s a new ‘Pretty Woman’ in town: Q&amp;A with Olivia Valli</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The rising star who plays Vivian tells how the musical has been revised since its Broadway run and how her character will be different from the movie.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Bob Ashby]]></author>
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    <title>DCMTA 2021 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Digital Theater</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:16:10 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>30 online productions that wowed us and got us through theater shutdown.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[DC Theater Arts Staff]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[1st Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[4615 Theatre Company]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Arena Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Constellation Theatre Company]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Imagination Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[In Series]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Mosaic Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Night at Newcastle]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Rep Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Round House Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare Theatre Company]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Signature Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Silver Spring Stage]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Solas Nua]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Studio Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[The Keegan Theatre]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[The SharedScreen]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[The Welders]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Theater Alliance]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Washington Improv Theater]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company]]></category>
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    <title>‘A Strange Loop,’ a hit at Woolly, heads to Broadway</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:22:35 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Michael R. Jackson’s ‘big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway show’ will open in spring 2022 at the Lyceum Theatre.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Michael R. Jackson]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company]]></category>
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    <title>Darlene Love gives it all and gets it back from NYC in ‘Love for the Holidays’ at The Town Hall</title>
    <link>https://archive.dctheaterarts.org/2021/12/20/darlene-love-gives-it-all-and-gets-it-back-from-nyc-in-love-for-the-holidays-at-the-town-hall/</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:47:21 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Legendary singer and actress Darlene Love treated NYC fans to her extraordinary talents in a one-night-only concert at The Town Hall, Love for the Holidays, and what a gift it was! Now 80, Love has not only been endlessly blessed with a powerhouse voice and expressive delivery that have resulted in her countless stage, screen, […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
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    <title>What’s ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ doing at the Shakespeare?</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>There’s got to be more to it than a cool chance to groove on the oeuvre of Britney Spears. | Column by JOHN STOLTENBERG</description>
    <author><![CDATA[John Stoltenberg]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Jon Hartmere]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[Keone and Mari Madrid]]></category>
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    <category><![CDATA[Simon Godwin]]></category>
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    <title>‘Once Upon a One More Time’ is wacky but it works</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 10:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The show at STC inspired by the music of Britney Spears is as thought-provoking as it is toe-tapping, as clever as it is hilarious, and a bona fide success. | Review by NICOLE HERTVIK</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Nicole Hertvik]]></author>
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    <title>Three mid-century icons take a long trip in the Broadway premiere of ‘Flying over Sunset’ at Lincoln Center</title>
    <link>https://archive.dctheaterarts.org/2021/12/18/three-mid-century-icons-take-a-long-trip-in-the-broadway-premiere-of-flying-over-sunset-at-lincoln-center/</link>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 23:24:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Typically lasting eight to twelve hours, a trip on LSD, because of the distorted perception of time induced by the drug, can feel much longer than it actually is. It certainly does in the new two-hour-and-45-minute musical Flying over Sunset, making its Broadway debut at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center Theater, and you […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
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    <title>Come for the songs in ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at KenCen</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 22:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>And what songs they are! — classics on a par with anything in the American Songbook.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Bob Ashby]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Kennedy Center]]></category>
    <category><![CDATA[The Kennedy Center]]></category>
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    <title>COVID-19 updates on show schedules from The Broadway League and The Rockettes</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>With the surge of COVID-19 infections in NYC and the now daily announcements of the need to cancel scheduled performances of shows both on and off Broadway due to breakthrough cases among the cast, orchestra, crew, and staff – including the December 17th decision from MSG Entertainment to discontinue the entire season of its annual […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes]]></category>
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    <title>The Broadway revival of ‘Company’ takes a gender-swapped look at relationships in NYC</title>
    <link>https://archive.dctheaterarts.org/2021/12/17/the-broadway-revival-of-company-takes-a-gender-swapped-look-at-relationships-in-nyc/</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>When the Broadway production of Company, written by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and George Furth (book), premiered in 1970, it was nominated for a record-setting fourteen Tony Awards and won six. But rather than presenting a remount that’s completely faithful to the acclaimed original, the new revival at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, directed by […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
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    <title>Adventure Theatre’s ‘Winterfest’ is a three-in-one celebration</title>
    <link>https://archive.dctheaterarts.org/2021/12/16/adventure-theatres-winterfest-is-a-three-in-one-celebration/</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:45:40 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Productions feature stories about the magic of Chanukah, a heartwarming Christmas journey from the Philippines, and the connecting power of snow.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
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    <title>Two fantastic detective tales unfold as audio plays from We Happy Few</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Sherlock Holmes and Loveday Brooks in a new genre of interactive theater: a mystery experience mailed right to your door.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Kendall Mostafavi]]></author>
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    <title>Poignant musical ‘The Christmas Angel’ premieres at Creative Cauldron</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>From Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith, a beautiful family experience with a powerful message of love, acceptance, and forgiveness.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Kendall Mostafavi]]></author>
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    <title>One captivating actor and 34 classic characters in ‘One Christmas Carol’ Off-Broadway at The Chain Theatre</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 04:05:52 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>After making its New York debut in 2019, One Christmas Carol, a one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 holiday favorite A Christmas Carol, is back in the City for a limited engagement at Off-Broadway’s The Chain Theater. Originally created by Douglas H. Baker to celebrate the season with his family and friends, he then performed […]</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Deb Miller]]></author>
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    <title>Meshaun Labrone’s harrowing film ‘Spook’ now streaming on Tubi</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Based on the haunting one-man play that debuted at Capital Fringe, a visceral exploration of American race relations, policing, and the criminal justice system.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
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    <title>Pianist Lara Downes and the mainstreaming of fully American music</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Imagine if great music by diverse composers were presented not as special but rather as totally normal.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[David Rohde]]></author>
    <category><![CDATA[Florence Price]]></category>
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    <title>For DEI in the arts, pay a living wage, says new AEA report</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A national study of state and local arts agencies finds most grants lack wage requirements.</description>
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    <title>Nostalgia makes for a winning ‘A Christmas Story’ at Silver Spring Stage</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 04:09:10 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>An iconic holiday classic and a delightful trip down memory lane.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Nicole Hertvik]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 21:34:39 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Set in post–Civil War DC, this year’s show is a heartwarming and meaningful way to kick off the holidays.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The show is wholesome, sentimental, and highlights the warmth and comfort of family.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>From the folks who created sock-puppet ‘Urinetown’ comes a comedy band called The Bingle Jells.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:37:25 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Capturing the spirit of the season, the production is a joy to watch in person or online.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Charles Green]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:14:53 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The Emmy-winning political comic has a standup gig at Kennedy Center that’s nearly sold out.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Alexandra Bowman]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The traditionally British holiday panto meets the very American story of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in The British Players’ delightful production.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:00:52 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>This year marks the centennial anniversary of NYC’s The Town Hall, centrally located on West 43rd Street in the heart of the Times Square district. Originally conceived as a meeting place for Suffragists to educate people on the importance of the 19th Amendment, which was passed during the building’s construction, the space was completed and […]</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The show consists of popular R&amp;B songs that featured Aframerican performers and is all about having a good time in a world full of dark, cold nights.</description>
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    <description>The creators have thrown away the rulebook. It’s not jazz exactly and certainly not classical contemporary.</description>
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    <description>On Sunday, Dec 12, 2021, Broadway producers Tom and Michael D’Angora were honored by Senator Brad Hoylman with a State Senate Proclamation naming it Tom and Michael D’Angora Appreciation Day in New York State’s 27th Senate District, in recognition of the couple’s charitable work in producing benefits to save theater and music venues in NYC […]</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:57:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A 5,000-year hurricane of familial, environmental, and societal destruction is unleashed on a typical American family in this classic by Thornton Wilder.</description>
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    <description>Next up in Gingold Theatrical Group’s 2021-22 season of Project Shaw – a monthly series offering some of the greatest works of George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries – is the Irish playwright’s Village Wooing of 1933, to be presented live on Monday, December 13, at Symphony Space, beginning at 7 pm. The evening event, […]</description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The new big-budget musical-theater production of the popular 1993 award-winning movie starring Robin Williams, Mrs. Doubtfire is the latest in a long list of screen-to-stage adaptations that bank on the familiarity of a film to bring its fans to Broadway. With its huge cast and zany production numbers, elaborate scenic design and costumes, and over-the-top […]</description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Their combination of improvisational comedy, poetry, sketch comedy, and theater is bafflingly impressive.</description>
    <author><![CDATA[Alexandra Bowman]]></author>
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    <description>Now in its 33rd year, the Manhattan-based non-profit ballet company Dances Patrelle (dP) celebrates the 25th anniversary of founding artistic director and choreographer Francis Patrelle’s The Yorkville Nutcracker with a weekend of four performances at Hunter College. The annual family-friendly holiday tradition has been re-envisioned and reset in 1895 NYC by Patrelle, whose body of […]</description>
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    <description>A laudable performance of the renowned playwright’s autobiographical ‘How I Learned What I Learned.’</description>
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    <description>In her new one-woman show Is There Still Sex in the City?, making its Off-Broadway debut at the Daryl Roth Theatre in a limited engagement through February 6, writer Candace Bushnell – the now 63-year-old author of Sex and the City – reflects on her life, relationships, and career, and shares personal anecdotes and inside […]</description>
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    <description>The comedy musical based on the famous movie shines with romantic insanity.</description>
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    <description>Along with shining a spotlight on the group’s sizzling Broadway-caliber talent, The Boy Band Project: Holiday Edition, which played at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Monday, December 6, provided fabulous photo ops to capture all the hot moves, feelings, camaraderie, and fun of the super-exciting and entertaining tribute show inspired by the popular boy-band phenomenon of the […]</description>
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    <description>Virgil’s ancient Roman maxim “tempus fugit” is nowhere more apparent than in the life of New Jersey teenager Kimberly Levaco in 1999. Afflicted with a rare genetic disorder that causes her body to age at four-and-a-half times the normal rate, she is just turning sixteen, but looks like a 72-year-old. Her time is flying by, […]</description>
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