Wapakoneta has dance fever for TV show finalist

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WAPAKONETA, Ohio Dance fever has hit a small northwest Ohio town that’s home to one of the finalist on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Storefront windows in downtown Wapakoneta are decorated with signs urging support for 18-year-old Kent Boyd.
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Check out the hottest album covers

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Ita s not a “teenage dream” if therea s no nudity in it, right? Well, at least thata s what we think Katy Perry was going for when she posed nude on a cotton candy cloud for the cover of her forthcoming album, aptly titled Teenage Dream .
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Bath Supervisors Introduce Tourism Director

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Anderson was named to the tourism post in mid-July and begins her duties Monday.
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Dream house turns into alleged discrimination lesson

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George Willborn, a local comedian and radio personality, alleges that he is a victim of discrimination in his attempt to purchase a home in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
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Female Comics Break Through at Edinburgh Fringe

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“Last week, giving a speech at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards lunch, director Nica Burns celebrated the fact that the 30th anniversary of the awards is the strongest ever for women performers: 20% of acts eligible for the award this year are by female performers.”…
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"Glee" A Big Influence At This Year’s Edinburgh Fringe

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“The multi award-winning TV series, about a gang of high school misfits who join the school’s show choir – or Glee club – and serve a weekly helping of re-invented classic songs and big musical numbers, seems to have reinvigorated interest in music theatre at the Fringe.”…
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Producers Put a Theater in Their Own Backyard

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FOURTEEN years ago, Barry and Fran Weissler took “Chicago,” a Broadway show that had done well at the box office but was received coolly by critics, and turned the revival into a hit that generated front-page reviews and drop-dead ticket sales.
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Javier Bardem says co-starring with Julia Roberts in new film ‘Eat Pray Love’ was ‘easy’

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If Javier Bardem had to choose whether to eat, pray or love, he doesn’t know which one he’d pick.
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Celebs turn out to empower women in theater

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Cause Celeb highlights a celebrity’s work on behalf of a specific cause. This week, we speak with actress Emmanuelle Chriqui and actor Ron Livingston about Women’s Expressive Theater .
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The Muny’s Show Boat is stunning

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St. Louis theatergoers have enjoyed a continuing affection for Show Boat ever since it first docked in St.
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