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Horton Foote play replaces Albee one at Signature

The Signature Theatre said Thursday it is replacing the much-anticipated world premiere of Edward Albee's new play "Laying an Egg" with one by Horton Foote.

Review: Andre Previn's `Streetcar' makes it to NYC

Previn's adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play, with a libretto by Philip Littell, returned for Thursday night's semistaged concert performance at Carnegie Hall with Renee Fleming, who sang...

Commentary: Coverage of Obama may take harder edge in second term

"Then The Washington Post's Bob Woodward stirred the pot with an op-ed contradicting the White House line that the sequester had been a GOP idea.

New Edward Albee play a Signature highlight

""Laying an Egg" was initially scheduled to be produced last year by the Signature but was postponed when Albee requested more time.

Sarah Paulson leaves TV cruelty to do a NYC play

She later starred opposite Linda Lavin in "Collected Stories" and Jessica Lange in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" in 2005.

Steven Spielberg to head Cannes jury this year

Jury presidents in the festival's seven-decade history have included such figures as Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, Roman Polanski and Francis Ford Coppola.

Bill Pullman comes to rescue 'The Other Place'

Movie fans know Pullman from "Ruthless People," "Spaceballs," "The Accidental Tourist" and "Independence Day," but the theater community knows him for David Mamet's "Oleanna" and Edward Albee's...

'God of Carnage' leaves a lot of emotional wreckage on the stage

This show has as many surprises and lays bare as many souls as that Albee classic, but it is a lot funnier.

Review: A noisy 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' distracts

The creative team behind the Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has apparently concluded that Tennessee Williams' script needed more fireworks.

UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men

The "gross indecency" law dates back to 1885, and has been used to persecute thousands of English homosexuals, including playwright Oscar Wilde, who spent two years in prison after a trial in 1895...

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Former Tech hoopster facing charges on Georgia murder plot

Former Texas Tech basketball player Decensae White is being held in Fulton County Jail in...

Malloy seeks review of Conn. trash authority

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Flooding kills 1 in San Antonio, Texas

Flood levels on the San Antonio River reached a new record Saturday at Loop 410 when water rose...

Two freight trains collide in Missouri, seven injured

"One train T-boned the other one and caused it to derail, and the derailed train hit a pillar...

UPDATE 4-Two freight trains collide in Missouri, 7 injured

"One train T-boned the other one and caused it to derail, and the derailed train hit a pillar...