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7 years

Hillary Clinton has now won more votes than any white male president or presidential candidate in U.S. history.

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Local Threats

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Just bought a staff rate ticket for my friend's off-broadway play for 80 bucks. That's the STAFF RATE. For an OFF BROADWAY play. How in god's name can we sustain this sort of thing?

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The ending of Uncle Vanya is the most soulcrushing thing I've ever seen in my life. I can't ever fully process the end when I get to it, it is too horrible. Also, Chekhov makes no sense until you hit middle age. Then he smacks you in the head like a bag of bricks.

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@NatashaBertrand "At least 10 FinCEN employees have filed formal whistleblower complaints about the department. The whistleblowers say they tried multiple times to raise concerns about issues they believed threatened national security, but that they faced retaliation instead of being heeded."

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Anyone who’s studied viewpoints with Anne Bogart will know what this is.

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I’m fascinated by the rules of this game

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This was my first ever preview on Broadway and it was pure electricity. Once the actors left, the audience applauded a bare stage for something like two minutes. It was so moving

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First preview of Stereophonic ended with the longest standing ovation I’ve ever seen

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5 years

@evanperez And Fox News will be reporting on... Christmas Cookie trends!

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It's coming.

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2 years

My playwrighting students from different schools know each other "because we all go to the same sex parties." (Yes, this is a direct quote.)

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8 years

It's down to 50K votes for just 3 states: Call the DOJ at 1-202-514-2000 LV A MESSAGE or 202-353-1555, tell them you want the VOTES AUDITED

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I don’t take an instant of this for granted. Not one instant. Thanking my lucky stars tonight.

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Opening Night. Let's blow the roof off this place.

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@NatashaBertrand “What we were seeing with Russia was the fruition of a long-term strategy to try and compromise Treasury by cultivating civil servants. That’s why we sounded the alarm and reported it.”

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@shannonrwatts @kharyp @NRA He needs a boyfriend. Badly.

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@JuneCasagrande @TopherSpiro @SenatorCollins Shower these on her doorstep

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@AP So not getting a job in the WH administration then?

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4 years

My friend's husband died of cancer, & the day of the funeral was her young daughter's birthday. Obviously, the girl was a wreck. Friend had a VERY loose connection to Harry Styles, the girl's favorite singer, & Harry ended up serenading her on FaceTime that night. That's a man.

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4 years

This is AMAZING: Kathryn Hahn’s Family Performs ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With American Girl Dolls (Video)

Always Be Quarantining: Kathryn Hahn's Family Performs 'Glengarry Glen Ross' With American Girl...

So, yes, it's an all-female cast

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2 years

I'm not generally one for 'calling out" posts, but in this case I hit a wall. And the comments I received (sadly) illustrates that I am just one in a sea of writers abused by people with money and power. It shouldn't be this way. And writers need to look out for one another.

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8 years

incredible. giving me life.

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3 months

This is why we endure 30+ hours listening to her discuss McConnell's Brazilian Coffee Ice Cream and Char Siu Buns.

Barbra Streisand with a soft “S”

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Lover Where Can u be? #barbrastreisand

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7 years

I can see how a letter from Coretta Scott King would be threatening to a bunch of racist white men trying to prove they aren't racist.

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2 months

Limited edition vinyl single. On sale at the Golden starting tonight.

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4 years

I just feel so strongly about Elizabeth Warren. I don't know why people aren't seeing what I see. It's depressing.

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2 months

This sort of thing can’t be manufactured or planned. Lightening in a bottle

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Obsessed with this clip of the cast of Hair performing on Ed Sullivan. It feels like they so believe in the song, and how could you not right along with them?

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I LOVE Harriet Harris. I offered her a part in one of my plays a long time ago, and she said she couldn't do the play unless the theatre housed her parakeets (of course, they couldn't, but I loved the request)

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4 years

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1 month

My beautiful cast got a prize!!! This is so thrilling and so deserved, I love them so.

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They were made for this.

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4 years

I am saying a prayer for Martin Gugino tonight.

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5 months

Six of our seven cast members will be making their Broadway debuts. That's pretty thrilling.

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3 years

The last time a non-white writer won the Best Play Tony was David Henry Hwang in 1988--thirty-three years ago.

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and then this happened...

Stereophonic to Perform on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON Next Week

Tune in to see Sterephonic on Jimmy Fallon next week! On Monday, May 6, cast from the play will be on The Tonight Show to perform a number from the production, which is currently playing on Broadway....

www.broadwayworld.com

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2 months

To me, this album changes the game. Will is doing something totally new and it absolutely slams. I can't wait for people to hear it.

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'Stereophonic,' the critically acclaimed play about a fictional 1970s rock band creating an album, will release a cast album with music by Arcade Fire's Will Butler.

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@WajahatAli @DebraMessing Christine Blasey Ford

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@SethAbramson Pulling the parachute cord three seconds before we hit the ground. I hate his guts.

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3 years

Like a boss 💅

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3 years

After some Republicans balked at going through House metal detectors, Pelosi announces stiff fines. “The fine for the first offense will be $5,000 and $10,000 for the second offense. The fines will be deducted directly from Members’ salaries by the Chief Administrative Officer”

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4 years

Just received the "link" to my aunt's funeral. Wow...we are totally in hell, aren't we?

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3 years

DANA H. and IS THIS A ROOM - 2 extraordinary shows running in rep on Broadway - are closing early. I BLAME AUDIENCES! This was such a thrilling idea (running 2 not-at-all-Broadway shows together in rep) and I applaud @mattross42 & the other producers for taking the risk.

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@dadjmi

10 months

This is my first play in a decade. My whole heart is in it.

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Rehearsals start tomorrow. Something huge is coming... @dadjmi

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8 years

America Elects a Bigot and a Putin Puppet. Get ready, people.

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8 years

Hillary Clinton is running against Trump, Wikileaks, the GOP, the KGB, and the head of the FBI. And she's *still* gonna win. #NastyWoman

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3 years

Without The Lark and Sundance - both gone noe - playwrights in this country are kind of screwed. New Dramatists is incredible, but it's so tough to get in, and once your tenure is over, you lose those resources. These losses are catastrophic for US playwrights.

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4 years

@JudyKuhn1 When Van Jones broke down on CNN earlier today, it hit me that we all have a lot of healing to do. These past few years have been brutal.

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Shhh they’re singing!

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Well last night @JonBatiste made Tony nominees Sarah Pidgeon and Juliana Canfield sing a song from @stereobway at the met gala afters

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7 years

This might be a good time to point out that Mitch McConnell currently has a 14 percent approval rating.

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3 years

One of the weirdest things that ever happened to me. In 2000, I was in residence at the Royal Court in the UK and met an associate at the Schaubuhne in Berlin. He saw a staged reading of an early play of mine, an adaptation of Ibsen's A DOLL HOUSE, loved it, and asked if he could

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1 year

there is no longer a robust avant-garde in NYC theatre , which is a giant problem for anyone who cares about the form.

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Looking over the shows I've seen at Under the Radar and the catastrophe of its ending comes into focus. Its not just the large quantity of great artists. It's that these were the type who would be ignored. Who will now be ignored. We won't know what were missing.

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Wow

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‘Stereophonic’ is an absolute triumph of a show, which sneakily takes the Fleetwood Mac Story to Broadway. Read our review:

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I would be nowhere without @phnyc . Thank god for the risk takers and rule breakers.

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From our perspective as the magazine primarily for and about the nation's nonprofit theatres, yesterday's Tony nominations were notable for how prominently the nonprofit sector was represented. Not only did all the Best Musical nominees run first at nonprofits, but 1/4

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5 years

Thinking about @heidibschreck at the Tonys & remembering when she lived above a pizza place in Brooklyn & how I used to schlep over with my insane 200+ page drafts & we'd devise extempore residencies for one another at the Dunkin' Donuts across the street. Love you, pal.

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3 years

I can not get over Jennifer Coolidge's brilliance in The White Lotus. She reminds me of actors from the 70s like Shelley Duvall and Karen Black--actors who would never be cast today because Hollywood has gotten so cookie-cutter and bland. It's so great to see her in this role.

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7 years

The GOP does not want you to see Coretta Scott King's letter, so we must make it THE MOST READ THING ON THE INTERNET. PLEASE R/T.

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This is the letter from Coretta Scott King about Jeff Sessions that Mitch McConnell doesn't want you to know about

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4 years

Thinking of brilliant Jessica Walter, who just lost her partner of 36 years--the brilliant irreplaceable Ron Liebman. R.I.P.

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8 years

@AlGiordano Bernie Bros is a nihilist movement. Booing black and gay speakers? Booing women's rights? No. FUCK OFF. We're done here.

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4 years

@NPR In the middle of a pandemic, during pride month and on the anniversary of the pulse shooting. Dog whistles so loud my eardrums just burst.

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7 months

Second and (as far as i know) final extension:

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Look you have more time to listen to me

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4 years

Look what just came in the mail for L'il Ole Me!

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8 years

So let's review: Wall? Nope. Charges against Hillary? Nope. Repeal of Obamacare? Nope. Nazi-filled racist White House? Yep.

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11 months

Sarah was/is a great curator of new plays and (though i hate this word) a 'tastemaker'. I'm so proud to be affiliated with this theatre--particularly now, when things are coming apart for so many off broadway companies. This is how it's done.

Sarah Benson Thinks Audiences Want a Challenge

At the helm of Soho Rep, Benson presided over a long streak of ambitious, thought-provoking works. As she heads out the door, she reflects on her vision for theater’s future and plans for her own.

www.nytimes.com

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4 years

Marc Jacobs on the looting of his store: "Never let them convince you that broken glass or property is violence. Racism, white supremacy and poverty are violence. You can replace property. But not human lives."

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3 years

Just finished a pilot and sent in my syllabus--now I just have to read twenty books in three months, write a movie and finish a play. (I think this is mainly fallout from the year where I did nothing except watch Rachel Maddow, cry, and eat lasagna.)

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Funding bodies like Mellon, the Steinbergs, the Pels' et al need to think about how to create developmental havens for young (and not young) theatre artists, or we are dead in the water. The Biltmore doesn't need a new lounge. We need places to incubate, fail, try stuff out.

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11 months

Every civilized nation funds their artists. The funding apparatus we have in the US is so paltry and badly run we may as well have nothing. This is in large part due to Trent Lott and the GOP war on “obscenity” in the 90s which permanently hobbled the NEA. Time to reverse course.

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When @parabasis says get these bills passed or the theater will collapse, it's time to pass some bills.

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6 years

@SethAbramson We're waiting...

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8 years

So much brilliant art is going to come from all this. Let's not give up hope. We can still make things. We still have each other.

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8 years

@DrJillStein somewhere in Brooklyn a co-op is missing its volunteer checkout lady

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My heart

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Still basking in the glow of that encore.

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7 months

This is just too much…

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THE David Byrne (of Talking Heads, "American Utopia," and "Here Lies Love" fame) made a superstar visit to see “Stereophonic” and found the show as mythical as being in a real recording studio🤘

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5 years

@johncardillo This is absolutely 100 percent false.

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8 years

"Clinton has 2.5 million more votes than the person who will be inaugurated. That is not a close margin. This is a democratic crisis."

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For those who can't/won't pay $$$$ for Broadway tickets, this is, I think, a really good deal... and all fees included in the base price. From 4/03-4/18. No code needed. For more info:

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8 years

It is amazing to me that people insist on seeing women as an "interest group" when in fact they are half of the world & carry the vote.

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3 years

The DC Police just abetted a coup. I want to see accountability. This is sedition.

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3 years

Caroline or Change is quite a stunning piece of theatre. Everyone is firing on all cylinders here--Tony obvs--but Jeanine Tesori's score is like Rhapsody in Blue: a dazzling bricolage of American pop music that keeps reinventing itself through to the final number. I'm blown away.

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7 years

Until Trump releases tax returns we must assume he is a Putin puppet. And unless there is a thorough investigation assume GOP is complicit.

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I don’t know how to deal with this loss. It feels unthinkable.

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"It's too painful to imagine what American theater might be like without the mind of Chris Durang, whose scathing darkness and odd grostequerie could turn despair into the greatest comedy." – Adam Greenfield

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7 years

@Rosie @jasoninthehouse thanks for making me aware of this. Just donated.

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7 years

GOP blocked Dem bill to overturn Twitler's Muslim Ban. We need to DECIMATE the GOP in 2018 and every election thereafter.

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5 years

I just accidentally typed in ‘Cardi’ Churchill instead of ‘Caryl’ and now i am feeling suddenly wildly inspired

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4 years

I'm not one to exhort you on twitter to run and see a play, but if you are in Los Angeles you MUST see @MDizzia in @heidibschreck magnificent What The Constitution Means to Me at @CTGLA Maria is a revelation, and the play deepens with repeated viewing. I was blown away.

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3 years

Once you begin to think of the GOP as a criminal mafia operating under the guise of a political party their actions make perfect sense.

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3 years

That no congressperson was killed on Weds is a logistical accident. If the bullets hit their targets, the pipe bombs worked, the planned lynchings took place-would that be enough to invoke the #25thamendment ? Do we just need more bloodshed for Republicans to do their jobs?

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4 years

Lol

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4 years

#PresidentWarren is trending

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#PresidentWarren is trending because despite her being 3rd in delegates, 3rd in most national polls and 2nd in endorsements, the media acts as if she doesn't exist. So her supporters are dealing with this blackout by making sure voters know she's still here and still kicking ass.

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This is a listing for a Lit Manager job, but it's actually about 10 jobs in one. and the pay is a measly $45K. People deserve a living wage -- yeah, even theatre people **deserve a living wage**

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6 years

@AriFleischer We could also serve you special "Trump supporter soup" made from Flint's reserve of delicious drinking water!

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4 years

Every time I see ‘Kushner’ trending, my first thought is always ‘Tony?’ Then bleak reality sets in...

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5 years

So excited for the amazing Adam Greenfield who is succeeding Tim Sanford at Playwrights Horizons. Adam is in many ways responsible for the renaissance at PH that began with Annie's CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION 10 years ago. He's a mensch and a beautiful soul. Bravo, pal.

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7 years

New York, I love you.

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6 years

@CBSThisMorning @DavidBegnaud I prefer "concentration camps"

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6 years

the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Let that sink in for a minute: We belong to a society that no longer believes in universal human rights.

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8 years

It's still two months before Trump can really start acting on his threats. Use this time to show him how many people oppose his intentions.

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2 months

My kiddies. The best cast in the world.

TheaterMania

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INTERVIEW: Meet the seven breakout stars of @dadjmi 's new Broadway play @stereobway

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7 months

🎂🎂🎂❤️

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When the last time a play made you cry just because it was so damn good? In turning friction into fire in a California recording studio, David Adjmi's "Stereophonic," at Playwrights Horizons, reminds you that nothing thrills like theater at its best. That cast, that music, that..

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2 years

Sarah Benson completely transformed Soho Rep: Blasted, An Octaroon, Alesha, Jackie, Lucas, Annie B, Washburn, (me!) It's a remarkable legacy & she's just getting started. I was thrilled to be even a small part of this & excited for the next incarnation of this amazing theatre.

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7 years

Trump and his administration are pro-fetus, not "pro-life." They are anti-choice, pro-death, and pro-suffering.

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3 years

6. and I never saw another play at the Schaubuhne. NORA was the production that cemented Ostermeier's international's reputation as one of the greatest modern theatre directors. To quote Flaubert: "Never touch your idols, the gilding will stick to your fingers." /END

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6 years

@EmilyMiller @PressSec womp womp.

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4 years

I'm so scared of my emails.

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