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The television theme music swells, the video montage begins, and the audience delivers the predictable swooning response. But the glamorous star onstage is quick to remind us of one important fact.   “There was life before Dynasty, announces Joan Col… more »

The invaluable Applause Theatre and Cinema Books has just released two new indispensable releases for theater lovers. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook, now in its sixth edition, provides a comprehensive summary of the 2009-2010 Broadway season. Edited… more »

For all of you unlucky souls who couldn’t be there, Image Entertainment has released SONDHEIM! The Birthday Concert, a DVD and Blu-ray of the concert held this March at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in honor of the famed theater composer’s 80th birt… more »

“Houdini: Art and Magic”Jewish Museum, NYCThrough Mar. 27. One of the most compelling museum exhibitions in town is the one at the Jewish Museum devoted to the life and career of Ehrich Weiss.You might ask, Erich who? Well, you’re probably mo… more »