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What corn, Broadway, and the 4th of July have in common
Corn, courtrooms, and country music: how 'Shucked's' Tony-winning anthem became an unlikely 4th of July meditation.
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The 1MC summer bookshop is live. Start with these three
We’re bringing this reading list back to the top because there’s still plenty of time to discover your next great…
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Brick by brick: Over 40 LEGO beasts take over Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden
Sean Kenney's LEGO menagerie has taken over Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Over sculptures on view. Here's what to see first.
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5 regional theater productions worth the trip this July
Your regional theater summer guide: five shows worth the drive, the train, and the excuse to get off the couch.
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‘Iceboy!’ at the Goodman: two Emmy winners and one very cold script
Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman headline 'Iceboy!' at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, but the show around them never quite thaws.
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‘Birthright’ reveals what 18 years does to the people who know you best
Jonathan Spector’s Birthright opens with a disappearance and ends with one. In between: three hours and twenty minutes of the…
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‘A Walk on the Moon’ packs an Apollo-sized budget but forgets the oxygen tank
The musical "A Walk on the Moon" spends like NASA but can't generate the oxygen to bring its own story…
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The $31.5 million question: Will ‘Death Becomes Her’ find life on the road?
"Death Becomes Her" has closed on Broadway, but it wasn't a verdict on the show—it was math. The national tour…
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In ‘Reality Detox,’ The Second City turns audience confessions into comedy gold
Real audience secrets fuel the comedy in The Second City's "Reality Detox." Plenty of laughs and a few misses.
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