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Daily Archives: February 4, 2012
Success and Failure from “HOW TO SUCCEED”
In many ways the show begins in the elegantly decorated entryway of New York’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It seems a fitting tribute to the renowned artist and theatre caricaturist for whom the theater is named, that three magnificent ceiling frescoes … Continue reading