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Friday

'Love' Brings Beatles and Cirque Du Soleil Together

The French-Canadian theatrical company Cirque du Soleil is known for its visually spectacular shows. The company's latest show -- Love -- kicks off Friday night in Las Vegas. It's a fantasy set to 90 minutes of Beatles music.

'Love' Brings Beatles and Cirque Du Soleil Together

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Monday

Thursday

Play Asks, What if Nazis Had Murdered Picasso?

Playwright, poet and novelist Ariel Dorfman discusses his new play Picasso's Closet, which poses the question: What if Pablo Picasso had not died in 1973, but had been murdered by Nazis during the occupation of Paris?

Play Asks, What if Nazis Had Murdered Picasso?

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Tuesday

Wednesday

Opinion

A Lot to Learn from 'Judy at Carnegie Hall'

Singer and entertainer Rufus Wainwright will perform at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday in tribute to Judy Garland's legendary performance there in 1961. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was listened again to the album recorded at that performance 45 years ago, Judy at Carnegie Hall, and says today's artists have a lot to learn from Garland.

A Lot to Learn from 'Judy at Carnegie Hall'

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Sunday

Music News

The Invisible Hands Behind Tony-Nominated Shows

At Sunday's Tony Awards, fans will focus on actors, writers, directors and designers. But hundreds of others, whose names are less prominently displayed on the playbill, are a crucial part of the Broadway scene.

The Invisible Hands Behind Tony-Nominated Shows

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Race

Movie Clip Stirs Debate over Black Relationships

A clip from the upcoming film Diary of a Tired Black Man is stirring debate in the African-American community about interracial dating and whether some black women are "too angry" to be datable.

Movie Clip Stirs Debate over Black Relationships

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Saturday

Music Interviews

Wainwright to Channel Judy Garland, Live

The concert poster for Judy Garland's 1961 performance at Carnegie Hall proclaimed her the "world's greatest entertainer." Rufus Wainwright is certainly less well-known than Garland, but he's retaining the set list and the superlative billing for his recreation of that legendary show.

Wainwright to Channel Judy Garland, Live

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Friday

Opinion

Free's Love for the 'The Color Purple'

Commentator and actor Kevin R. Free loves the Tony Award-nominated musical based on the bestselling novel. He loves the story, the actors and the production. There's only one problem: He's not in it.

Free's Love for the 'The Color Purple'

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Culture

TV Gig Pulls Corey Reynolds Away from Broadway

Tony Award nominee Corey Reynolds is also the co-star of the TNT crime drama The Closer. Reynolds talks with Farai Chideya about his TV role, and whether he misses the stage. He was nominated three years ago for his starring role as Seaweed J. Stubbs in the enduring Broadway smash Hairspray.

TV Gig Pulls Corey Reynolds Away from Broadway

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Thursday

Sunday

Jerry Herman on 'Mame,' One Grand Dame

Jerry Herman is the composer and lyricist for the musical Mame, which opened on Broadway in 1966. A 40th-anniversary production is playing at the Kennedy Center with Christine Baranski as Mame.

Jerry Herman on 'Mame,' One Grand Dame

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World

Belarus' Arts Underground Chips Away at Regime

The musicians, theater groups and artists of Belarus have been driven underground recent years under the increasingly authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenko. Among the groups that have managed to thrive is the Belarus Free Theater, which is gaining recognition abroad. Its director was a key organizer of the popular protests of last month's president election, which many in the international community say was rigged.

Belarus' Arts Underground Chips Away at Regime

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Saturday

Art & Design

Book Reveals Actors 'In Character'

Actors posing for photographer Howard Schatz's book In Character: Actors Acting weren't allowed to just sit pretty. Schatz gave them dramatic scenarios, and then captured the expressive results. Schatz and actress Martha Plimpton, who is among those featured, talk about the book.

Book Reveals Actors 'In Character'

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Movies

Vince Vaughn, Getting Yucks from Yammering On

Vince Vaughn has a lock on characters who are insensitive to women and say more than anybody wants to hear. Elvis Mitchell and Lynn Neary look at Vaughn in the context of Bill Murray and other loveable louts.

Vince Vaughn, Getting Yucks from Yammering On

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