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A sizable exhibit of Franz West's works

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The BMA takes on the complicated task of reassembling Franz West's sculpture for this weekend's opening of his first comprehensive U.S. exhibit

T he next exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art won't open until Sunday, but it has already set one record.

John Lennon's drawings on display

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

John Lennon 's doodles and drawings - some erotic - went on display at a downtown Manhattan gallery last night, on what would have been Lennon's 68th birthday.

Oliver Platt to star in 'Guys and Dolls' revival

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Broadway has found its Nathan Detroit for the coming revival of Guys and Dolls : Oliver Platt .

Double, double, toil and ... d'oh!

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

F or the next four nights, the legendary Macbeth, long-deceased high king of Scotland, will stride about Woolly Mammoth Theatre's stage with Homer Simpson and Barack Obama.

Quick Hit: Ryan de Ryke

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Tall, thin and red-haired, Ryan de Ryke is hard to miss when he's onstage. And, with an expressive voice that finds reflection on his equally expressive face, the baritone invariably grabs the attention, as he did in American Opera Theater's just-concluded production, Le cabaret de Carmen . De Ryke will be back in March to sing in Opera Vivente's staging of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea .

A serious 'Kiss' from Dignity Players

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Stop Kiss , Dignity Players' current production, traces the evolving relationship of two young, single women pursuing careers in New York City. Relatively early in this one-act play, the audience is forced to consider the violence that results from a stranger witnessing the first tentative kiss between the two women.

Patriots play to fife, drum

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Pasadena Briefs

Pasadena Theatre Company, showing a good sense of timing or a little bit of luck, scheduled in the middle of an election season a musical chronicling the vote for independence by the Continental Congress in the summer of 1776.

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Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

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Projecting the future

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Some major technologies have enhanced the moviegoing experience over the years and another, digital projection, might be on its way

T oday's movie audiences can order tickets over the Internet, eat gourmet theater food far removed from simple popcorn and enjoy computer-generated special effects that can make virtually any scene a moviemaker can conceive of seem real.

Visionary Arts museum returns to its inspired roots

Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

When the American Visionary Art Museum opened in 1995, founder and director Rebecca Hoffberger sought to provide a new kind of institution for Baltimore and beyond.