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Julie Taymor

After getting tangled in Spider-Man, Julie Taymor turns back to Shakespeare

December 24, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Julie Taymor’s latest Broadway effort is a new version of the Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream — with a bit of a twist.

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