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1988 Tony Awards

PlayM. ButterflyMusicalThe Phantom of the OperaRevivalAnything GoesActor—PlayRon Silver, Speed-the-PlowActress—PlayJoan Allen, Burn ThisFeatured Actor—PlayB. D. Wong, M. ButterflyFeatured…

2006 Goldsmith Prizes

The Goldsmith Awards Program encourages a more insightful, spirited public debate about government, politics, and the press. The awards are given by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,…

satire

(Encyclopedia) satire, term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It is more easily recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to…

2001 Deaths: A - F

AaliyahLionel AbelLarry AdlerMortimer AdlerAffirmedTommie AgeeMichele AlboretoStephen AilesBlaise AlexanderGreat AlzanaJorge AmadoA. R. AmmonsPoul AndersonFrank AnnunzioJoe AndrewsEarl…

Famous Firsts by Hispanic Americans

The first Hispanic-American politicians, baseball players, and more Government Member of U.S. Congress: Joseph Marion Hernández, 1822, delegate from the Florida territory. Sonia Sotomayor…

Animal Books

The world beyond Charlotte's Web by Holly Hartman Since the days of Aesop's fables, animal stories have brought readers closer to the animal kingdom while pointing up truths…

1979 Tony Awards

PlayThe Elephant ManMusicalSweeney ToddActor—PlayTom Conti, Whose Life Is It Anyway?Actresses—PlayConstance Cummings, WingsCarole Shelley, The Elephant ManFeatured Actor—PlayMichael Gough,…

folk song

(Encyclopedia) folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. These assume that the…