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Articles in April 2007 issue of American Theatre

• Mabou Mines: a love story: the black-sheep troupe of the avant-garde is still going strong. So are Ruth and Lee.(Ruth Maleczech, Lee Breuer)(Interview)
  by Gener, Randy
• A Long Long career.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(William Ivey Long, costume designer)(Brief article)
• Catching up with Ntozake Shange her innovations in stage verse and movement have inspired a new generation.(Interview)
  by Power, Will
• Pan Asian Repertory Theatre.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Nicky Paraiso got Red Socks Award)(Rocky Chin got Community Service Award)(Mako got The Theatre Legacy Award)(Brief article)
• Three-time Tony-winning designer Santo Loquasto.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Robert L.B. Tobin Award)(Bob Mackie wins life-time achievement award)(Kermit Love gets Artisan Award)(Brief article)
• Anthony Barilla, artistic director of Houston's Infernal Bridegroom Productions, will leave the organization at the end of this month.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Brief article)
• Take me to your leader.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Flahaven, Sean Patrick
• Toyt fun a salesman.(SAN FRANCISCO)(Traveling Jewish Theatre to present Death of a Salesman)(Brief article)
  by Bent, Eliza
• News from theatre communications group available online.(TCG ON THE WEB)
• If Lear lived down the block.(NORFOLK, VA.)(King Lear: The Storm at Home, play by Virginia Stage Company )
  by Wren, Celia
• The Wisconsin Arts Board.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Richard Kalinoski)(Brief article)
• Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney was twice honored this winter.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition )(Paula Vogel Playwriting Award )(Brief article)
• Erika Mallin.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(appointed at Signature)(Brief article)
• Editor's note.
  by O; '; Quinn, Jim
• Un regalo de musica y teatro Latino.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(TeatroStageFest, Latino Theater Festival )
  by Gener, Randy
• 20 questions.(Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg)(Interview)
• April Almanac.
• The University of Delaware.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Adrian Hall)(Brief article)
• Lyricist-composer duo Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock will be the artists of honor at the 26th annual William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kans., this month.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Jackson Bryer to get Jerome Lawrence Award)(Brief article)
• Kathryn Lipuma has become the new executive director of Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Ill., replacing Jennifer Bielstein.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Brief article)
• Katchor as catch can.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Ben Katchor exhibitions)(Brief article)
• Onstage April 07.(ALABAMA-WISCONSIN)(Calendar)
• Dungeons & daggers.(CHICAGO)(The Girl in the Iron Mask by Babes with Blades theater company)(Brief article)
  by Bent, Eliza
• Director George C. Wolfe.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Hollywood N.A.A.C.P. Theatre Awards)
• In an unprecedented move, the judges of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Sheila Callaghan Lucy Cladwell and Stella Feehily )(Brief article)
• As the globe turns.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Reinventing the Globe: A Shakespearean Theater for the 21st Century)(Brief article)
  by Gener, Randy
• New names and spaces.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Portland Center for the Performing Arts)(American Stage, St. Petersburg College partnership to build 200-seat performance space)(Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival is now Orlando Shakespeare Theater )
• Global Spotlight.
  by Estvanik, Nicole
• He's baaack!(CHICAGO)(Massacre, play by Jose Rivera)
  by Nance, Kevin
• La Jolla Playhouse's The Wiz, Starlight Theatre's Urinetown.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Craig Noel Awards)(Brief article)
• Two venerable British institutions announced leadership changes at the beginning of 2007.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Dominic Cooke becomes artistic director of Royal Court Theatre (London, England))(Paul Gudgin resigns from Edinburgh Festival Fringe)(Brief ar
• Laissez les bons spectacles rouler!(NEWS IN BRIEF)
• Egyptian shadows.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble plans Egyptian puppet show)(Brief article)
• The Internationalist.(PLAYSCRIPT)(Interview)
  by Walat, Kathryn
• The color of morality.(LOWELL, MASS.)(Secret Order)(Brief article)
  by Crolius, Covey
• Several Americans.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Critics' Circle Theatre Awards)(Brief article)
• Samuel French, Inc.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Leon F. Embry appointed as president and chief executive officer)(Brief article)
• Reconstructing Boris Godunov.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Princeton University students working on Alexander Pushkin's drama Boris Godunov)(Brief article)
• Classifying Monk.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired archives of Meredith Monk's works)(Brief article)
• On the capriciousness of critics: actors shouldn't see reviews till after closing night, a veteran director asserts. It's bad enough that audiences read them.(OPINION)(Reprint)
  by Mason, Marshall W.
• John Doe-Re-Mi.(WASHINGTON, D.C.)(Meet John Doe by Eddie Sugarman and Andrew Gerle)
  by Wren, Celia
• MetLife Foundation.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Nowhere on the Border)(Brief article)
• Bill Lelbach.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Chenango River Theatre appoints him as artistic and managing director)(Brief article)
• Memories in a box.(FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)(Editorial)
  by Eyring, Teresa
• Regional recordings.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
• Socrates unbound: the cheeky philosopher has his say again--in corporate training sessions and ancient ruins.(CURRENTS)
  by Kalb, Jonathan
• Barrie Stavis: 1906-2007.(IN MEMORIAM)(Obituary)
  by Martin, Christopher
• Portland Stage Company.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Brief article)
• Rebecca Novick.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(resigns from Crowded Fire)(Brief article)
• Correction.(LETTERS)(Correction notice)
• The Living Theatre lives again.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Brief article)
• Where do we go from here? Four playwrights anticipate the seismic shifts of the new century.(CURRENTS)(Discussion)
  by Bly, Mark
• The Louisiana State Arts Council.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Swine Palace gets outstanding arts organization award)(Leslie Wade gets award in playwright category)(Brief article)
• The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Brief article)
• Northlight Theatre of Skokie, Ill., is also getting a new executive director this month: Timothy J. Evans replaces Philip J. Santora.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Brief article)
• Terror and pity.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Freed, Donald
• Preview coming May/June 07.(ONSTAGE)
• Go ask George.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Mel Miller's concert series in tribute to George S. Irving)(Brief article)
• Passing Strange: Berkeley Repertory Theatre/the Public Theater.(PRODUCTION NOTEBOOK)
• Ford's Theatre feted historians David Herbert Donald and Doris Kearns Goodwin with its Lincoln Medal.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Brief article)
• Anthony Moseley.(AWARDS & PRIZES)(Goodman Theatre appoints him )(Brief article)
• Congo Square Theatre Company.(ENTRANCES & EXITS)(Adam Thurman resigns)(Erin Gilbert promoted as interim executive director)(Brief article)
• Money matters.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
  by Garland, Fill