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Associated Press

Koch giving $100 million to Lincoln Center theater
Billionaire oil baron David Koch has pledged $100 million to renovate the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.

A husband explores 'Life in a Marital Institution'
James Braly's one-man show, ''Life in a Marital Institution,'' seems on the surface to be about his marriage and his wife, Susan -- although it's really all about him. Braly seems to know that, though, which makes his storytelling about the ''tantric conflict'' between him and Susan even funnier, as he often laughs along with the audience.

Variety

Review: Six Characters in Search of an Author
Rupert Goold and Ben Power's audacious new version of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" transports Pirandello's 1921 masterpiece into the contemporary world of documentary television -- and of the reality-bending film narratives...

Review: Life in a Marital Institution
For a little more than an hour, Braly's gaspingly funny scorched-earth autobio is wittier than most standup routines, but his stony delivery belies the show's least expected quality: a core of genuine emotion.

Review: Looped
...Valerie Harper's Tallulah Bankhead buries, or at least sets aside, memories of Rhoda Morgenstern in a performance brimming with art and heart, albeit shoehorned into a maladroit main plot unworthy of Harper's skill ...

'Angels' takes flight with tax credits
Musical to bow at Strand Theater in Louisiana

Spike Lee's 'Strange' needs distrib
Performances shot in front of live audience

Clark reteams with 'Piazza' duo
Trio reunite for 'Prayer for My Enemy'

Bloomberg.com

I Can Fly! Divas Martin and Andrews Lift Off in New Biographies: Review
On March 8, 1955, Mary Martin flew to Never Land from a soundstage in Brooklyn, New York. The pixie- size actress with a voice as expansive as her Texas home had been collecting the hearts of Broadway theatergoers for almost 20 years. But on that March night she crowed for 67 million viewers watching the live color broadcast of ``Peter Pan'' on NBC.

Wall Street Journal

I Played My Part in This Drama
"Suspicious Package," an audience-participation interactive drama, gave one writer a chance to be a showgirl.