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      The Demolition Artist: 3 Critics Debate Ivo van Hove

      Visionary stylist or one-trick pony? With “Network” on Broadway and “All About Eve” on the horizon, the multimedia-mad stage director is ready for his close-up.

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    Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Conn., Is Destroyed by Fire

    The theater, which had been closed since the late 1980s, once featured notable actors such as Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes. Supporters had been leading efforts to restore it.

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    It’s a Sex-Positive Party, Not a Play

    At Bushwick Starr, Diana Oh and her team of “super queero heart questers” welcome guests to a night of dance-filled revelry. (Yes, there’s a sleepover option.)

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    Did ‘Hamilton’ Get the Story Wrong? One Playwright Thinks So

    Ishmael Reed, who became a MacArthur fellow 17 years before Lin-Manuel Miranda, questions why Native Americans were left out of the show, for one thing.

    By James Barron

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    Verna Bloom, 80, Amorous Dean’s Wife in ‘Animal House,’ Dies

    She was best known for wildly different roles, in a frat house comedy and in the 1960s drama “Medium Cool.” She was also in films by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.

    By Richard Sandomir

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    Review: In ‘Chambre Noire,’ Puppets Make Poetry Painfully Real

    This stunning Under the Radar festival show tells the story of Valerie Solanas, the feminist agitator who shot Andy Warhol.

    By Laura Collins-Hughes

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    This Week in Arts: a Menagerie, Fresh-Picked Plays and Cuban Dance

    Animals from the American Folk Art Museum share a habitat with paintings from Fountain House Gallery that embrace a similar theme.

    By The New York Times

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    9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend

    Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.

    By Alexis Soloski

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    Classic American Musicals, With a German Accent

    From “The Sound of Music” in Salzburg, Austria, to “Candide” in Berlin, German-speaking theaters are bringing fresh appeal to repertory staples.

    By A.J. Goldmann

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    7 More Adventurous Theater Directors to Look Out For

    Visionary. Visceral. Uncompromising. And coming your way.

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    Three Musical Theater Writers Receive $100,000 Kleban Prizes

    The 2019 winners of the awards, given by a panel to the year’s most promising lyricist and librettist, are Shaina Taub, Sarah Hammond and Charlie Sohne.

    By Sara Aridi

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    Obsession, Mourning and Migration at Under the Radar

    Offerings at the festival include a riff on “Uncle Vanya”; a “Frankenstein” adaptation highlighting a mother’s grief; and an intimate tale of displacement.

    By Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

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    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase Drama Book Shop

    After the bookstore announced it was being forced from its home by rising rents, Mr. Miranda teamed up with “Hamilton” associates and the city on a rescue plan.

    By Michael Paulson

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