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December 18, 2008


Dallas Theater Center finally announces Sarah, Plain and Tall

3:42 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 |
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The Dallas Theater Center has been in negotiations for the rights to a new musical version of the book and miniseries Sarah, Plain and Tall for many months. It has finally announced the show as the final entry in its 2008-2009 season.

The songs in the show are by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, who also wrote Legally Blond. Their version had a public workshop version in downtown New York a few years ago, but the DTC production is being billed as the world premiere. It will run April 22 through May 24.

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Pivens leaves Speed-the-Plow on Broadway

2:03 PM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 |
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Jeremy Pivens, the TV actor who's one of the three stars of the highly successful Broadway revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, missed Tuesday's performance and Wednesday's matinee and announced he's not returning to the show. He says his doctors have advised him that his mercury levels are high.

According to Variety, the apparently skeptical Mr. Mamet said. "So my understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer."

Mr. Mamet is also reported as saying that some high-profile performer(s) will be stepping in for the quicksilver actor.

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Louvre: Sketches found on back of Leonardo work

9:29 AM Thu, Dec 18, 2008 |
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From The Associated Press:

PARIS (AP) -- Researchers have found three previously unknown sketches on the back of a painting Leonardo da Vinci that may have been drawn by the Renaissance master.

Paris' Louvre Museum says the sketches feature a horse head, part of a skull and baby Jesus with a lamb. Researchers using infrared cameras found them on the back of "The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne."

In a statement Thursday, the Louvre said the style was reminiscent of Leonardo's. Researchers are working to determine whether he drew them.

The sketches are barely visible to the eye. They were discovered during an in-depth examination using an infrared camera that picks up traces of carbon-based pigments often used for sketches.

The painting is in the Louvre's collection.

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