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Echoes of Tiananmen, on Film, Face Hurdles in China

Echoes of Tiananmen, on Film, Face Hurdles in China

• May 20, 2012 • Comments (0)

A film on Cui Jian, the rock musician whose songs embodied the spirit of hope and protest among young people in China in 1989, faces obstacles in getting distributed. NYT > Rock Music

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Theater Review: ‘Cockfight Play,’ Directed by James Macdonald, at the Duke

Theater Review: ‘Cockfight Play,’ Directed by James Macdonald, at the Duke

• May 20, 2012 • Comments (0)

Mike Bartlett’s “Cockfight Play,” directed by James Macdonald, centers on a sexual triangle. NYT > Theater

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PROFILE: Downtown Lunch’er & Downtown Alliance President “Liz”

• May 20, 2012 • Comments (0)

Origin:  Midtown Lunch Single date:  5/15/2012 URL:  http://midtownlunch.com/downtown-nyc/2012/05/15/profile-downtown-luncher-downtown-alliance-president-liz/#comments As is customary here on Midtown Lunch, every Tuesday we’ll profile a different lunch’er and get their recommendations for places to eat in Downtown NYC. This week, we have the president of the Alliance for Downtown NY, Liz Berger, who not only works in lower Manhattan, but [...]

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Judge gives boost to ex-stuntman at Spider-Man

Judge gives boost to ex-stuntman at Spider-Man

• May 19, 2012 • Comments (0)

Producers of Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark were ordered Thursday to turn over any relevant information to a stuntman who claims he suffered a concussion, whiplash and two holes in his knees while performing as the comic book hero. Justice Ellen Coin of State Supreme Court in Manhattan granted Richard Kobak’s request that 8 [...]

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Dick Clark Understood the American Teenager

Dick Clark Understood the American Teenager

• May 17, 2012 • Comments (0)

Dick Clark, content to be the messenger, presided over the rise of rock and capitalized on the wave of all things “teenage.” NYT > Rock Music

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Arts & Leisure: ‘Food and Fadwa’: How Noor Theater Was Born

Arts & Leisure: ‘Food and Fadwa’: How Noor Theater Was Born

• May 17, 2012 • Comments (0)

A seriocomedy about life under occupation, “Food and Fadwa” is the inaugural production of Noor Theater, the Middle Eastern American company in residence at New York Theater Workshop. NYT > Theater

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High Point for New York’s New Downtown

• May 17, 2012 • Comments (0)

Origin:  Real Estate Weekly Single date:  5/16/2012 URL:  http://www.rew-online.com/2012/05/16/high-point-for-new-york%E2%80%99s-new-downtown/ Lower Manhattan isn’t just for Wall Street anymore. With a growing residential population and an influx of office tenants in creative services and other industries, the post-9/11 downtown is setting a new standard for urban lifestyles

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Spy culture makes a comeback

Spy culture makes a comeback

• May 15, 2012 • Comments (0)

A new exhibition, “Spy: The Secret World of Espionage,” to open at Discovery Times Square. Arts – Crain’s New York Business News Feed

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Pete Fornatale, a Pioneer Of FM Rock, Dies at 66

• May 14, 2012 • Comments (0)

Pete Fornatale, disc jockey who helped usher in the era of FM rock radio, dies at age 66. Photo (M)0 NYT > Rock Music

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Audra McDonald, Once Again a Tony Nominee

Audra McDonald, Once Again a Tony Nominee

• May 14, 2012 • Comments (0)

Audra McDonald shocked the theater world when she went to Los Angeles (and television) five years ago. Renewed and invigorated by a new family life, she’s in a familiar place now: nominated for a Tony. NYT > Theater

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