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by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2013

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by Marakay Rogers - February 04, 2014

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by Shari Barrett - July 30, 2015

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Hauser & Wirth Presents Monika Sosnowska's TOWER, Now thru 9/25
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2014

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BWW Review: THE CLIFTON'S CANTEEN - An Entertaining, Interactive USO Evening Making Full Use of Clifton's Unique Space
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by Don Grigware - January 18, 2016

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Birmingham Hippodrome Presents RINGSIDE Film Series to Accompany THE RING CYCLE, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2014

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InDepth InterView: Rita Moreno Talks New Memoir, Broadway, Hollywood, Upcoming Projects & More
by Pat Cerasaro - May 05, 2013

Today we are talking to a legendary triple-threat performer who over the course of her unique career has become one of a select few in show business to have attained the entertainment quadruple crown - Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, that is; commonly referred to as the EGOT - the exceptionally gifted...


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Next Weekend to Salute Speight Jenkins with Wagner Competition, Seattle Opera Day and Special Dinner
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2014

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Seattle Opera's Speight Celebration Concert Nets $1 Million
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2014

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by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2014

Joining the illustrious list of renowned ballet companies presented by Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the Mikhailovsky Ballet from St. Petersburg, Russia will make its West Coast debut opening the Center's 2014 - 2015 International Dance Series performing The Flames of Paris, a work rarely seen in ...


Living Room Productions' World Premiere of THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD Begins Tonight
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