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Gennaro to Paper Mill

Michael Gennaro, currently executive director of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will succeed Angelo Del Rossi as President and CEO of the Paper Mill Playhouse, it was announced last week. Gennaro starts his new position in July, when Del Rossi becomes president emeritus.

Keeping the Faith

Our East Coast colleagues at Back Stage, about two miles north of the demolished World Trade Center, solicited responses from readers all over the country about the attack of Sept. 11. How would this horrific event affect their lives as artists, as Americans, as New Yorkers? Here are some of ...

The Typographer's Dream

The usually witty and engaging company Clubbed Thumb, which describes itself as a producer of "funny, strange, and provocative" new American plays, presents an imaginative work by playwright Adam Bock that examines the lives of three typically mundane Americans.

The Multi-Media Is the Message

Undoubtedly, when "The Rocky Horror Show" 's Brad and Janet morph from film projections into real live people—they seemingly float off the movie screen and onto the stage—the use of video technology or mixed media, or "projection design" as it's known in the business, has entered a ...

Six By Tenn

"Six by Tenn," presented by Blue Sphere Alliance at the Lex, 6760 Lexington Ave., Hollywood. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. June 29-Aug. 4. $15. (323) 930-9304.

The Show Must Go On

The Orpheum Theatre, one of L.A.'s last remaining movie palaces, gets new lease on life.

"The Groundlings taught me the skills to think on

"The Groundlings taught me the skills to think on my work feet and create characters. The experience brought confidence to my work to play and explore. The films Austin Powers and Drop Dead Gorgeous allowed me to use my improv abilities in the most hilarious of styles. The Groundlings brings ...

DAMN YANKEES

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