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• George W Bush and Paris Hilton: An Affair?!?!? A Short Play by Sabina England

  Published: July 2, 2007, 11:03 am

  Tags: Art, Bizarre, Conversations, George Bush, Paris Hilton, Playwriting, Politics, Sabina England, Taqwacores, Theatre, Weird

  WARNING: THIS IS AN EXPLICIT, SLIGHTLY OFFENSIVE, SATIRICAL SHORT PLAY! DO NOT PROCEED TO READ IF YOU'RE EASILY OFFENDED OR YOU HATE THEATRICAL PLAYS!!!..... George W. Bush and socialite Whore, Paris Hilton, are engaged in an extra-marital affair?!?!?!  READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN OF THE YEAR (The Untold True Story of the

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• Ladies and Gentlemen... here is SABINA ENGLAND! (CHEERS AND JEERS)

  Published: June 15, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Art, Beer, Bizarre, Broadway, Conversations, Deaf, Disabilities, Feminism, Glared At, Hated, Horror, Misfits, Muslims, Outcasts, Playwriting, Psychos, Punk Rock, Queer, Riot Grrrrrrls, Scary, Sexy, Strange, Taqwacores, Theatre, Unpopular, Violence, Wackos, Weirdos

  be performed onstage at Soho Theatre, London W1D, produced by Kali Theatre Company. If I die young, I want just two words inscripted on my tombstone.. Two final words? TAQWACORES, BABY.. So now, here I am, on ProgressiveIslam.org. I will be writing a few articles sometimes.... about anything that's on my mind, something that really pisses me

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• Iain Aitch finds out how the freaks returned to the British seaside

  Published: July 25, 2007, 7:02 pm

  Tags: Theatre, Arts, Travel News, Travel

  Wander through Blackpool these days and you're as likely to find contortionists as candyfloss. Iain Aitch finds out how the freaks returned to the British seaside.

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• In photos: Six buildings shortlisted for the 20,000 Stirling Prize

  Published: July 28, 2007, 3:41 am

  Tags: London, Young Vic Theatre, Dresden Railway Station, America S Cup Building, Casa Da Musica, Buildings, Architecture, Stirling Prize, Royal Institute Of British Architects

  Great Park. The Young Vic Theatre in London. The winner will be selected by a five-person Riba Stirling Prize jury and will be announced on 6 October. via BBC

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• Get Out Friday: Prayer For My Enemy @ Intiman

  Published: August 2, 2007, 7:20 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  August 26. 8pm // Intiman Theatre // tickets $10 (25 and under) to $48 Photo by Chris Bennion: James McMenamin wrestles with Daniel Zaitchik in Prayer for My Enemy.

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• Get Out Thursday: First Class @ ACT

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  The UW's David Wagoner, a poet and creative writing professor, has written a play about the UW's Theodore Roethke, a poet and creative writing professor. Roethke taught at the UW between 1947 and 1963, when he wasn't self-medicating his bipolar disorder by boozing it up at the Blue Moon -- and sometimes when he was. Wagoner was a student; his

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• Austinist Reviews: Wyrd Sisters

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:39 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  Company and Summer Youth Theatre's version of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. The show was adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs and is directed by Mick D'arcy. Based on Pratchett's original novel of the same name, Wyrd Sisters is part of the novelist's enormously popular multi-volume Discworld series. Pratchett's Discworld has parallels

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• Roethke Goes Down Writing: First Class @ ACT

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:30 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  dramatic tension exits the theatre and never comes back. We see Roethke feeling grandiose, placing phone call after phone call, trying to reach the governor, sending his books to the Supreme Court -- and then it really gets crazy. The idea is to see what was going on in Roethke's office, finally, what all the shouting and thumping was

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• Austinist Reviews: An Almost Holy Picture

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:42 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  heartwarming, popular theatre pieces that make up so much of community theatre fare. We mulled over this question while we recently took in An Almost Holy Picture at Zach Scott Theatre, whose production history includes both challenging, cutting edge works and easier, mainstream blockbusters. In many ways, An Almost Holy Picture splits

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• And More DSO...

  Published: February 8, 2007, 10:21 pm

  Tags: Dark Star Orchestra Carolina Theatre Greensboro

  the Carolina Theatre's Press Release:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECorey PitzMarketing and Public Relationscorey@carolinatheatre.comAdministrative: (336) 333-2600 ext.4Box Office: (336) 333-2605Location: The historic Carolina Theatre, 310 S. Greene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401Prices: Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $22.00 day of

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• NJ Principal Deems Laramie Project Too Provocative

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: Education, Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard, New Jersey, News, Theatre

  Even though it has been produced over 5,000 times in high schools across the nation, in areas far more conservative than New Jersey, a high school principal in Ocean Township has shut down the district's planned staging of The Laramie Project, which deals with events surrounding the homophobic murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming in 1998, on

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• Intiman's Prayer for My Enemy: Better Than Cats?

  Published: August 6, 2007, 5:35 pm

  Tags: Theatre

  At Seattlest, the commenter is king, partly because we get away with writing less when we quote! So here's this thumbnail review of Prayer for My Enemy: "It manages to address some very serious topics (acted out extremely well) and then another second switch to being really light-hearted." You are correct, commenter! It's a profane, messy,

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• News: Rent, Jay McCarroll, Peru, Bill Richardson, Amy Winehouse

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:45 pm

  Tags: Amy Winehouse, Bill Richardson, Bob Allen, Bulgaria, Canada, David Beckham, Jon Stewart, New Jersey, New York, News, Peru, Reality Tv, Theatre

  Bill Richardson will be appearing on Michelangelo Signorile's Sirius radio show today at 4:25 EST to discuss his "choice" comment from last night's forum. Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll's claims that he is homeless challenged by his best friend and publicist: "Jay, she said, in fact lives in a beautiful apartment building at 72nd

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• News: Hillary Clinton, Estonia Pride, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mike Jones

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:56 pm

  Tags: Andy Warhol, Diego Luna, Election 2008, Estonia, Gael Garcia Bernal, Hillary Clinton, Mexico, Mexico City, Mike Jones, Military, News, Ricky Martin, Stephen Colbert, Theatre

  Jim David on The Gay Squirm Factor: "It's enough to make you want to move to Scandinavia, where nobody cares about the gays. If it just wasn't so freaking cold." Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna host human rights benefit in Mexico City: "The $300-a-plate meal in the capital will benefit Mexico's Commission for the Defense and Promotion

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• Lance Bass to Start as Hairspray's "Corny Collins" on Broadway

  Published: August 13, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: Lance Bass, New York, News, Theatre

  Lance Bass begins his stint as "Corny Collins" in the Broadway production of Hairspray tomorrow night. He told the New York Daily News that the experience has been far different than performing in a boyband: "I'd much rather play to 50,000 people than 1,000! In a theater, you can see everyone! It is like doing a live TV show. Everything has to be

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