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Tuesday

Identity Crisis: Shabana Azmi stars in playwright Girish Karnad's Kennedy Center production of Broken Images, about a Hindu short-story writer who wonders if she has betrayed her language and identity by writing an English best-seller. Courtesy of the Kennedy Center hide caption

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Actress-Activist Shabana Azmi Leads Indian Film's Avant-Garde

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Friday

In Tony Oursler's $5, video elements show through holes in a $5 bill, making it look like Abraham Lincoln's eye and mouth are moving. Courtesy of America: Now and Here hide caption

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Art In 'America' Records The National Experience

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Thursday

Preaching It: Ugandan villagers in The Book of Mormon (from left), Michael James Scott, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Rema Webb, Lawrence Stallings, Mala Nkenge Wilson and Darlesia Cearcy listen to missionary Josh Gad. Joan Marcus hide caption

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Scott Rudin On 'Book Of Mormon' And Edgy Humor

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Wednesday

Tuesday

The Broadway cast of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, from left: Lee Pace, Ellen Barkin, Wayne Alan Wilcox, Patrick Breen, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantello, John Benjamin Hickey, Luke Macfarlane, Richard Topol and Mark Harelik. Joan Marcus hide caption

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'The Normal Heart,' Still Pumping Love And Fury

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Monday

The Book of Mormon features music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone and plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City. John Marcus/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Friday

Playwright Arthur Laurents (center) is shown with collaborators Richard Rodgers (seated) and Stephen Sondheim as they begin work on the new musical Do I Hear a Waltz? in New York City in December 1964. Laurents died on Thursday at age 93. AP hide caption

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Broadway Playwright Arthur Laurents Dies At 93

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Tuesday

Monday

Full Circle: Stiller, who played Artie's son in a 1986 production of The House of Blue Leaves, has now, 25 years later, grown into the role of middle-aged Artie. Joan Marcus hide caption

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Thursday

Wednesday

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 20, 2011

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Tuesday

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 19, 2011

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Monday

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 18, 2011

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Friday

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 15, 2011

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Thursday

What Makes A Tweet A Poem?

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