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History
This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf
Frenchman Henri Farman was already a celebrated cycling champion, race car driver and entrepreneur when he ordered a biplane from…
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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan
Of all the city slickers ever to venture into the 19th century American West, Oscar Wilde towered above the rest,…
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Voicing Innocence | HowlRound Theatre Commons
Join the Segal Theatre Center for a conversation with librettist, co-author, and dramaturge Aleksi Barrière about the upcoming 2026 Metropolitan…
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Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?
O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment…
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Cassandra: A Dramatic Poem, by Lesya Ukrainka (1871 –1913)
Lesya Ukrainka, born Larysa Petrivna Kosach (1871 –1913), is one of Ukrainian literature’s foremost writers, best known for her poems…
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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show
Fresh from robbing the Deadwood Stagecoach, the Sioux performers of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West changed into loose-fitting Chinese garb and…
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Vickie Ramirez, Tuscarora, Canada | HowlRound Theatre Commons
Join us for a World Voices reading of Yuchewahkenh (Bitter) by Vickie Ramirez of the Tuscarora Nation, an Iroquoian-speaking First…
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This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets
The California Gold Rush. The very words evoked the strong reaction of an American populace driven by adventure and a…
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Lisa Wentz, Austria | HowlRound Theatre Commons
Lisa Wentz is an award-winning Austrian playwright. Wentz, born in Tyrol in 1995, completed her acting training in Vienna in…
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An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong
Norman Crockatt is not a well-known name, but the British intelligence officer was responsible for one of the most controversial…
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