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  • Cast members during a rehearsal of 'The Sound of Music' musical, in Salzburg, Austria, on Oct. 19, 2011.
    Cast members during a rehearsal of 'The Sound of Music' musical, in Salzburg, Austria, on Oct. 19, 2011.
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    Taking the Swastikas out of High School Musicals

    Why censoring Nazi imagery in student theater isn’t good for anyone

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Valeska Gert in 1917.
    Valeska Gert in 1917.
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    The Forgotten World of the Badass Valeska Gert

    On her 126th birthday, measuring the influence of the incomparable ‘dance performance artist’ who inspired entertainers from German Expressionism through to 1980s punk

    byElyssa Goodman
  • Jason Kander, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, delivers his concession speech to supporters at Uptown Theater on November 9, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri.
    Jason Kander, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, delivers his concession speech to supporters at Uptown Theater on November 9, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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    Jewish Senate Candidate Jason Kander Hilariously Schools Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer on Musical Theater

    Spencer unironically cited a satirical Nazi song written by Kander’s uncle, the legendary John Kander

    byRachel Shukert
  • Jeremy Lawrence as his Weimar alter ego Tante Fritzi in "Lavender Songs" at Pangea through April 8.
    Jeremy Lawrence as his Weimar alter ego Tante Fritzi in "Lavender Songs" at Pangea through April 8.
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    When Life Really Was a Cabaret—and Cabaret Was a Life

    An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    The Prairie Oyster(TwinCocktails)
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    The Kosher Prairie Oyster

    The ultimate post-Hanukkah party hangover cure

    byAdam Chandler
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    His Life As a Dog

    Jeff Goldblum discusses his tour-de-force role in Adam Resurrected

    byLawrence Levi
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    A Man Possessed

    A visit with the composer who took over where Marc Blitzstein left off

    byBlake Eskin
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