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Articles in July 2006 issue of American Theatre

• Gigi Bolt: in the eye of the storm; Her specialty has been negotiating the thickets of art and politics.
  by Wren, Celia
• To Norma Jean, with love.(Marilyn Monroe: Still Life)(Brief article)
• Festival watch.(NEWS IN BRIEF)
• Where are we now? TCG calls together theatre pros to take the pulse of the field.
  by Pesner, Ben
• A body of water.(Theater review)
  by Blessing, Lee
• Women of distinction.
  by Gener, Randy
• So far, yet so close: an Off-Broadway hit strikes all the right notes for audiences in Harare, Zimbabwe.(Nikkole Salter and Danai Gurira)
  by Graham, Trey
• The irresistible rise of Ethan McSweeny: the director credits luck and timing for his eclectic career.(Biography)
  by Kleiman, Jaime
• What's the verdict, doc? Actors mix it up with med students in training sessions.
  by Butchy, Laura
• Change is in the air.(Eccentric Theatre Company changes names)(Pittsburgh's African American Cultural Center changes names)(Broadway in construction)
• Seattle: shades of gray.(Elizabeth Heffron's )
  by Berson, Misha
• A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur: Hartford Stage.(Theater review)
  by Erickson, T. Charles
• Frida people.
• Pittsfield, Mass.: a different kind of war.(Galt MacDermot's 'The Human Comedy')(Brief article)
  by Fleischmann, Stephanie
• Irrational visions: a maximalist scenic designer describes his fantastical architectural ideas for Grendel.
  by Tsypin, George
• Wigging out.(Brief article)
• Columbia, S.C.: escape hatch.(Brief article)
  by Fendell, Melissa
• Taymor meets the monster: assembling the opera Grendel in Los Angeles has been a gargantuan challenge.
  by Blumenthal, Eileen
• A Philadelphia story.(The Pew Charitable Trusts)(Brief article)
• July/August: almanac.(Richard Rodgers makes first attempts at songwriting)(Bil and Cora Baird open their own puppetry theatre)(Charles Coburn dies at the age of 84)(Obituary)(Brief article)
• Jay Presson Allen.(dies of a stroke)(Obituary)(Brief article)
• Chicago: classical exposure.(Brief article)
  by Weber, Anne Nicholson
• More singing! More Lab rats!(Eric Schaeffer)(Brief article)
• Editor's note.
  by O; '; Quinn, Jim
• Hometown heroes.
• New York City: Synge our contemporary.(John Millington Synge )
  by Gener, Randy
• Want to become a fellow?
• Two 'Boys' and a 'Chaperone'.
• 'Boys' night out.
  by Gener, Randy
• American Theatre online.(Brief article)
• GLAAD media awards.(I Am My Own Wife, Oedipus at Palm Springs , The Lightning Field )(Brief article)
• The world's a stage.(Oriza Hirata)(Stephen DiMenna, Marianna Houston train students)
• Final things.
  by Cameron, Ben