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Theater community unites for special anti-censorship podcast

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The theater community is banding together for a special podcast to combat censorship featuring performances from plays and musicals under threat and appearances by Bryan Cranston, Raúl Esparza, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Richard Kind. The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund’s “Banned Together: An Anti-Censorship Podcast” has readings, scenes and snippets from works including Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” and Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” It is available to download now through Sept. 24 in conjunction with Banned Books Week. The podcast is hosted by Dramatists Legal Defense Fund board members Lydia Diamond and Cheryl Davis.

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