Ed Westick & Chase Crawford Support Penn Badgley at Premiere of Stepfather Photos

AP - Director Joe Dowling is stepping into what could be a scary place at the Guthrie Theater: on stage, facing an audience as an actor for the first time in more than two decades.

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As the curtain rises on Joel and Ethan Coen's suburban comedy "A Serious Man," you may wonder if you're in the right theater. In the opening sequence, the Polish peasant Velvel and his wife huddle in their hovel while a fist pounds at their door. Has the almighty Hashem blessed them with a visitor? Or cursed them with a soul-stealing dybbuk?

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Family Guy and country superstar Garth Brooks will launch a five-year residency of weekend-only shows in the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.

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I don't think he wants to play catch. The Stepfather starring Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh in theaters Oct. 16 - ADVERTISEMENT - Photo: WENN...

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AP - The spotlight is on Dallas as it opens its $354 million performing arts center, unveiling a new opera house and theater designed by architectural stars with the idea of making the arts more accessible.

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The spotlight is on Dallas as it opens its $354 million performing arts center, unveiling a new opera house and theater designed by architectural stars with the idea of making the arts more accessible.

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Conventional wisdom holds that any studio that shaves time off the DVD window will find its rivals getting better treatment from exhibitors.

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The spotlight is on Dallas as it opens its $354 million performing arts center, unveiling a new opera house and theater designed by architectural stars with the idea of making the arts more accessible.

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Main Street in Lewistown looks like a postcard with its barber shop, soda fountain and old movie theater. But below the street runs Spring Creek - the scene of a rite of passage for many of the town's residents. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us

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