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The present and future of arts education

by Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger

Wednesday December 03, 2008, 11:51 AM

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Over at Artsjournal, Doug McLennan has assembled a top-notch group of participants -- artists, educators, researchers, advocates -- for a week-long, online discussion about the state of arts education.

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'Rent' road show to play NJPAC

by Peter Filichia/The Star-Ledger

Tuesday December 02, 2008, 2:46 PM

PHIL BRAYAnthony Rapp, shown in a scene from the movie version of "Rent," reprises his role in a national tour of the rock musical.

Not only will a touring company of "Rent" drop by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, but three of its original stars will be part of the cast.

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Shocking (Not!): Female artists earn less than their male colleagues

by Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger

Tuesday December 02, 2008, 11:34 AM

JIM PATHE/THE STAR-LEDGERAs is clear from this scene from "The Nutcracker," women out-number men in the ranks of professional dancers. However, a new NEA study reports women comprise only 46 percent of the artist labor force nationallly and they lag behind their male colleagues in many occupations.

The National Endowment for the Arts released a comprehensive report on employment patterns for women artists Tuesday that shows they are catching up to their male colleagues in several occupations ....

But they still earn significantly less than men. According to the report, women artists earn 75 cents for every $1 made by men. That's worse than the general worker population, where women earn 77 cents for every buck earned by men.

Admit it. This does not surprise you.

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'Rent' Comes to Newark

by By Peter Filichia/The Star-Ledger

Monday December 01, 2008, 6:20 PM

Not only will a touring company of "Rent" drop by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, but three of its original stars will be part of the cast.

Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, who were the first to share a freezing apartment in the 1996 landmark musical, will reprise their roles of Mark Cohen and Roger Davis. Stewart, a Newark native, was the first to sing the show's now-famous anthem, "Seasons of Love."

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Director Mills puts own stamp on tension-filled 'Mauritius' in Parsippany

by Peter Filichia/The Star-Ledger

Monday December 01, 2008, 5:42 PM

BARBARA KRAJKOWSKINino Spallacci, Duncan Rogers, Julie Sihilling and Lenny Bart in "Mauritius."

You've heard of "the Thrilla in Manila?" Here's the thriller called "Mauritius."

It doesn't take place on a rainy night in a house with a creaky staircase, but is instead set in a memorabilia store. That's fitting, for "Mauritius" is memorable. Better still, the way that Lauren Mills has expertly directed it for the Women's Theater Company in Parsippany, it crackles with as much tension as the best Agatha Christie chillers.

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