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Vijay Tendulkar : Leading Indian Playwright

February 3rd, 2011 Contributor No comments

Vijay Tendulkar (7 January 1928 – 19 May 2008) was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi. He is best known for his plays, Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1967), Ghāshirām Kotwāl (1972), and Sakhārām Binder (1972).Many of Tendulkar’s plays derived inspiration from real-life [...]

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Beautiful Folk Dances of India

January 17th, 2011 Contributor No comments

India is a country with diversity in all forms. Like diversity in religions, traditions, languages, costumes, and food choices, the country also boasts of a huge diversity in classical and folk dances. Every dance form is unique to a specific state or religion and is different with respect to its structure, style, and form [...]

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Habib Tanvir

October 21st, 2010 Contributor No comments

Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He is the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975). A pioneer in Urdu, Hindi theatre, he is most known for his work with [...]

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See ‘Wizard of Oz’ at Fall Forest Theater

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

After its first rain-out in decades last Saturday evening, the Snoqualmie Forest Theatera s production of The Wizard of Oz is down to its last three weekends of performances.
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Sex, lies and videotape, Taiwan style

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Above: Rehersal of Love On a Two-Way Street . a a a a The latest production of Love On a Two-Way Street , a comedic social satire by Taiwan’s leading contemporary theater group Performance Workshop , is coming to Beijing, serving up the capital’s PLA Theater with sidesplitting laughter from September 30 to October [...]

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Theaters adapt, stage ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Actor Aaron Munoz, who plays Ignatius, shares a laugh with other cast members as they work to refine the script for “A Confederacy of Dunces” in Atlanta.
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Grammer’s wife to get half his fortune

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Actor Kelsey Grammer and Camille Grammer arrive at the Screening Of 20th Century Fox’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ on April 28, 2009 at the Gruman’s Manns Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
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Do It This Weekend: The Princess Bride at Tampa Theatre, MOSI’s Back-to-School Fair

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Do It This Weekend: The Princess Bride , MOSI Back-to-School Fair, Analog Existence , Jennifer Nolletti Fundraiser and more August 13, 2010 at 9:28 am by Julie Garisto If you’re going to be in downtown St.
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International Children’s Theater announces 2010-11 season

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

Alice T. Carter is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s theater critic and can be reached at 412-320-7808 or via e-mail. Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater offers five ways to introduce young children to live theater with its 2010-11 subscription series.
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(Im-)Mobile Theater: Puppet Shows for a Traffic Jam

August 14th, 2010 RSS FEED No comments

“The show, called Superclogger after L.A.’s endlessly clogged freeways,” is performed out of a white truck during rush hours. “Fueled by a determinedly low-tech aesthetic, it stars a cast that suggests a group of funky, grimy, homemade Muppets, acting out short vignettes on themes that might speak to people stuck in traffic.”…
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