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Shakespeare on the air!
American Shakespeare Center's "Almost Blasphemy Tour" at St. Lawrence University this weekend. (Photo: Michael Bailey)
American Shakespeare Center's "Almost Blasphemy Tour" at St. Lawrence University this weekend. (Photo: Michael Bailey)
(10/27/11) The American Shakespeare Center on Tour troupe is at St. Lawrence University this week. The group, based in Virginia, performs Shakespeare with the house lights on, shattering the "fourth wall" between actors and audience.

Their "Almost Blasphemy Tour" continues this weekend in Canton. Two cast members, Bridget Rue and Patrick Earl, along with tour manager Glenn Schudel, brought their brand of the Bard into the NCPR studio this morning.

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ASC's "Almost Blasphemy Tour" at SLU
American Shakespeare Center
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Preview: The Scarlet Pimpernel in Watertown
(04/25/08) The Watertown Lyric Theater spring production, The Scarlet Pimpernel, continues at the Dulles State Office Building tonight and tomorrow night. Director Taylor LaVere tells Todd Moe about this action/adventure musical based on an 18th century novel.

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Watertown Lyric Theater
acting · actors · arts · french revolution · lavere · lyric theater · theater · tijf · watertown
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