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  The Hard Problem at Main Street Theater is Classic Stoppard in All the Right Ways

  September 15 at 6:51 a.m.

  If the first scene of a play has a couple in bed, undressed or sitting close enough to each other to pique your interest, you might be anywhere in contemporary theater. If the first scene of the play has a couple in bed and they're talking statistics, cost benefit analysis,...

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  Smartly Soulful, The Hiding Place Has Much To Teach Us

  September 14 at 7:43 a.m.

  Sometimes a Holocaust story isn’t simply a Holocaust story. Not when it concerns itself with people’s kindness to those of another religion, even when the personal consequences are dire. When, in the face of unspeakable inhumanity, instead of turning away in fear or preservation, people step forward and help. That’s...

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  The City of Good Abode Errs a Bit on the Too Earnest Side

  September 14 at 7:35 a.m.

  Nothing kills good drama like earnestness. In less competent hands, it trips up playwrights by smothering good intentions, blinding them to obvious structural faults. It can make characters sound like placards, saying more than they would know. It opens the door for bumpy drama, spreading its ideas too thin. It...

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  It's Cabaret Time at Ovations on Three Special Monday Nights

  September 13 at 7:04 a.m.

  If you're a fan of the music from Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, then the next three Monday nights at Ovations nightclub are where you'll want to be as Paul Hope Cabaret presents the music of Frank Loesser. Hope, the former artistic director...

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  TUTS Presents a Standout Production of A Chorus Line at the Hobby Center

  September 13 at 6:56 a.m.

  There are quite a few one-offs in the history of the Broadway musical, hits like Oklahoma, misses like Allegro or Pacific Overtures. But A Chorus Line (1975) stands out. Different in every way from a standard plot show, yet a tremendous smash, ranked 7th among the longest-running musicals ever, A...

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  10 Best Bets This Weekend: Sunday Polo and Jockeying for the Oval Office

  September 12 at 4 a.m.

  All eyes are on Houston this Thursday with the Democratic debates, but that's just the opening volley for this weekend in Houston. We've got the "David Beckham of polo" coming for the International Cup, more than a few theater offerings, and Paul Anka kicking off the 125th season for The...