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At One Washington Theater, Texting and Tweeting Are Welcome

Fire up your phone, the curtain’s going up.

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The Importance of Being Honest: Grandson Says Oscar Wilde’s ‘New’ Play Isn’t His Work

A theater in London is debuting a never-before-produced play by the esteemed Oscar Wilde. Exciting! One small problem: Wilde’s grandson says his grandfather “never wrote a word of the play.” 

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‘Porgy and Bess’: A Rave Review for a Revival Some Dismissed

Stephen Sondheim may hate it, but TIME’s Richard Zoglin can’t get enough of a new revival of Porgy and Bess.

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‘A Clockwork Orange,’ The Musical: Yes, It’s Happening

A Clockwork Orange will hit the stage in England in the form of a musical to mark the 50th anniversary of the Anthony Burgess novel.

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No, Really: ‘Spider-Man’ Musical To Officially Open Tonight

If for whatever reason, the curtain does not rise on the embattled musical Tuesday night, can all involved immediately turn the show into The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

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Jazz Squares in the Boxing Ring? ‘Rocky’ Musical In the Works

Lovers of the 1980s (and late ’70s), rejoice. It looks like Rocky: The Musical is on track to becoming a reality. “Ohhhh, tough Dolph Lundgren/ Gonna make him stunned then/ ‘Cause I won’t be rotund then/ When we meet at the aaarrreeeeeeeeenaaaa!”

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Circle of (Digital) Life: ‘The Lion King’ to be Reborn in 3-D in Movie Theaters

Disney has slowly been re-releasing its classic films in 3-D for its adoring fans to enjoy at home. So what makes The Lion King different?

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Arthur Laurents, Famed Broadway Playwright, Dies at 93

Last night Broadway dimmed its lights in honor of Arthur Laurents, the famed writer, director, and nonagenarian who died in Manhattan Thursday.

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To Boldly Go Where No Play Has Gone Before: A Klingon Christmas Carol

nuqneH? qaStaH nuq? peDoghQo’ buy’ ngop (that would be Klingon for, “Hello? What’s happening? Don’t be silly. That’s great news!”)

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Broadway’s Spider-Man Falls From Grace

At $60 million, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is one of the most expensive shows to grace Broadway musical history. Now it’s also the most cursed. In the production’s latest stroke of bad luck, an actor plunged 20 to 30 feet from a platform into a pit beneath the stage in Monday night’s preview performance.