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  • Hanks, Branagh brush up on their Shakespeare

    2011-05-11 19:51

    Surrounded by skateboarders and surfers, UCLA's Royce Hall is about as far as you can get from the Bard of Avon's old stomping grounds. But some of entertainment's elite did their best to bring William Shakespeare to Southern California with an all-star reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

  • Hanks takes part in the reading of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'

    2011-05-11 16:55

    Hanks takes part in the reading of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" for the 21st Annual Simply Shakespeare Fundraiser at UCLA'

  • French director's dramas duel on opposing stages

    2011-05-10 12:24

    Being on your own can be beautiful. Imagine sitting on a sunny balcony, cigarette in hand, reading a book by Marguerite Duras as some cool jazz plays in the background.

  • Lynn Nottage plays with Hollywood stereotypes

    2011-05-10 11:32

    The opening scene of "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" begins with such overripe acting and stilted dialogue that you might be tempted to bolt for an exit. Don't.

  • Nigerian hip hop goes international

    2011-05-10 11:30

    Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with 150 million people, has had a long musical tradition with artists such as IK Dairo earning a knighthood from the Queen of England as early as 1963.

  • No denying the Holocaust

    2011-05-10 09:38

    A recent production of Then They Came for Me in Beijing underlines the importance of not forgetting the lessons of history.

  • Injured Broadway `Spider-Man' actor flies again

    2011-05-06 17:36

    An actor seriously injured when he fell more than 30 feet from on onstage platform at the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has resumed aerial stunts.

  • Classical twist

    2011-05-06 17:19

    An innovative take on Puccini's traditional opera Tosca will be staged in Beijing.

  • 'Book of Mormon' leads with 14 Tony nominations

    2011-05-04 13:41

    "The Book of Mormon," a musical comedy skewering many classes of people, was nominated for 14 Tony Awards on Tuesday, potentially making it the most celebrated Broadway show since "The Producers" won 12 of 15 nominations in 2001.

  • University of Sydney offers Picasso worth $16 million

    2011-04-27 12:59

    Christie's said on Wednesday that it would offer a Pablo Picasso portrait of his lover Marie-Therese Walter at auction in June on behalf of the University of Sydney.

  • Exploring the life of 'leftover women'

    2011-04-26 11:29

    Among the phenomena that have contributed to new words in the Chinese vocabulary, shengnu, or "leftover women", has become the subject matter of numerous films, novels and TV series.

  • Injured Broadway 'Spider-Man' actor rejoins show

    2011-04-26 11:19

    An actor seriously injured at the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" returned to work Monday, only four months after he plummeted 35 feet from an onstage platform.

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