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Sunday

Debbie Allen's 'Weapons' To Stop Gun Violence Are Dance And Music

Debbie Allen's FREEZE FRAME...Stop the Madness is a musical featuring dance, video and visual art that explores gun violence in cities. Lee Tonks/Courtesy of Debbie Allen Dance Academy hide caption

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Debbie Allen's 'Weapons' To Stop Gun Violence Are Dance And Music

Director, actor and choreographer Debbie Allen's multimedia musical Freeze Frame examines the lives of young people living in cities with the backdrop of violence and police shootings.

Debbie Allen's 'Weapons' To Stop Gun Violence Are Dance And Music

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Monday

Manic And Depressed, 'I Didn't Like Who I Was,' Says Comic Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard co-stars in Comedy Central's Broad City and in Mike Birbiglia's film Don't Think Twice. His one-man show, Career Suicide, details his experiences with depression. Atisha Paulson/Chris Gethard hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Manic And Depressed, 'I Didn't Like Who I Was,' Says Comic Chris Gethard

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Gethard tells stories of hitting rock bottom in his new one-man off-Broadway show, which is billed as a comedy about "suicide, depression, alcoholism and all the other funniest parts of life."

Manic And Depressed, 'I Didn't Like Who I Was,' Says Comic Chris Gethard

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Friday

Sunday

'It's Very Lonely': Kathleen Turner Stars As Joan Didion In 'Magical Thinking'

Kathleen Turner stars as Joan Didion in Arena Stage's production of The Year of Magical Thinking. C. Stanley Photography/Arena Stage hide caption

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'It's Very Lonely': Kathleen Turner Stars As Joan Didion In 'Magical Thinking'

Turner appears in a new production of The Year of Magical Thinking, based on Didion's 2005 memoir. In one year, Didion's daughter fell into a coma and her husband of 40 years had a fatal heart attack.

'It's Very Lonely': Kathleen Turner Stars As Joan Didion In 'Magical Thinking'

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Saturday

A Guilt-Ridden Winner Takes Center Stage In Peter Brook's 'Battlefield'

Battlefield stars actors Sean O'Callaghan, Jared McNeill (as Yudishtira), Ery Nzaramba and Carole Karemera. Richard Termine/Courtesy of the Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption

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Theater

A Guilt-Ridden Winner Takes Center Stage In Peter Brook's 'Battlefield'

The theater director's latest production was inspired by the civil war in Syria. It tells the story of Yudishtira, a prince who is overwhelmed by guilt after he wins a bloody war.

A Guilt-Ridden Winner Takes Center Stage In Peter Brook's 'Battlefield'

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Friday

Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88

Albee, shown here in 1995, won Pulitzer Prizes for A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women and Tony awards for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Jack Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88

"All art should be useful," Albee said. "If it's merely decorative, it's a waste of time." The Pulitzer-winning playwright of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? died Friday following a short illness.

Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88

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Saturday

Actress And Broadway Star Kristin Chenoweth Plays Not My Job
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Actress And Broadway Star Kristin Chenoweth Plays Not My Job

We've invited Chenoweth, who is 4 feet 11 inches, to answer three questions about 6-foot-1 model and actress Brigitte Nielsen.

Actress And Broadway Star Kristin Chenoweth Plays Not My Job

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Thursday

'Come From Away' Musical Tells Story Of Resilience After 9/11
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'Come From Away' Musical Tells Story Of Resilience After 9/11

On 9/11, 38 planes were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland. More than 6,000 passengers and crew were taken in by families there. Their story is the subject of a new musical called, Come From Away.

'Come From Away' Musical Tells Story Of Resilience After 9/11

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Sunday

AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

People participate in the annual Afropunk Music festival on August 27, 2016 in New York City. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion

Code Switch

AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

This year's AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn features artists who are expanding the universe of punk and ideas about who belongs there.

AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

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Saturday

'OSLO' Tells The Surprising Story Behind A Historic Handshake

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat (right) shake hands at the White House in front of President Bill Clinton in September 1993. The new play OSLO is a dramatization of events that led to a historic agreement. David Ake/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'OSLO' Tells The Surprising Story Behind A Historic Handshake

A new play chronicles the secret negotiations that brokered the 1993 Palestinian-Israeli peace accord. It's a thriller, says playwright J.T. Rogers: "The ticking clock is the dramatist's friend."

'OSLO' Tells The Surprising Story Behind A Historic Handshake

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Friday

At The Portrait Gallery, Students Tell The Stories That Pictures Can't

Daja Moorer performs an original monologue acting as the Hull House founder Jane Addams at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Moorer chose to portray Jane Addams for Portraits Alive! because of the mysterious nature of the portrait. Ruby Wallau/NPR hide caption

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At The Portrait Gallery, Students Tell The Stories That Pictures Can't

Washington, D.C., teens get into the spirit of historical figures and tell visitors what the portraits miss. In one instance, a student imagines a private talk between Richard Nixon and his wife.

Thursday

Remembering Zelda Fichandler, Matriarch Of American Regional Theater

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Obituaries

Remembering Zelda Fichandler, Matriarch Of American Regional Theater

When the co-founder of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., made her theater a nonprofit, hundreds of small regional stages followed suit. Fichandler died July 29 at the age of 91.

Remembering Zelda Fichandler, Matriarch Of American Regional Theater

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Sunday

Second Acts: Heather Headley Is Back On Broadway — After A '15-Year Intermission'

Singer and actress Heather Headley (center) returns to Broadway after 15 years to wow audiences in her role as Shug Avery in a revival of The Color Purple. Matthew Murphy/Matthew Murphy hide caption

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Second Acts: Heather Headley Is Back On Broadway — After A '15-Year Intermission'

The actress, who won a Tony in 1997 for her role in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, returns to Broadway after 15 years, to play nightclub singer Shug Avery in a revival of The Color Purple.

Second Acts: Heather Headley Is Back On Broadway — After A '15-Year Intermission'

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Friday

Rachel Chavkin Loves Chaos, And With 3 Shows In The Works, It Shows

Hadestown — a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus -- is one of two off-Broadway shows director Rachel Chavkin has running right now. Above, from left, Shaina Taub, Lulu Fall, Damon Daunno, Nabiyah Be, Amber Gray, Chris Sullivan and Jessie Shelton. Joan Marcus/Matt Ross Public Relations hide caption

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Rachel Chavkin Loves Chaos, And With 3 Shows In The Works, It Shows

The avant garde director has two shows running off-Broadway and a musical opening in October. Though she's working on several different projects, she says there's always "a conversation" between them.

Rachel Chavkin Loves Chaos, And With 3 Shows In The Works, It Shows

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New 'Merchant Of Venice' Recasts Shylock As A Sympathetic Everyman

Real life father and daughter Jonathan and Phoebe Pryce as Shakespeare's Jewish moneylender Shylock and his daughter Jessica, in a new production of The Merchant of Venice. Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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New 'Merchant Of Venice' Recasts Shylock As A Sympathetic Everyman

Actor Jonathan Pryce is playing the Jewish moneylender in a new touring production of The Merchant of Venice that reimagines Shakespeare's supposedly-comic villain as a tragic and universal figure.

New 'Merchant Of Venice' Recasts Shylock As A Sympathetic Everyman

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