Due to a proofreading error, in last week’s Arts picks, the write-up for the play The Santaland Diaries [“Holiday freakin’ cheer”] was printed twice. As much as we approve of the extra promotion of such a great production at the American Shakespeare Center, we greatly regret that it resulted in the exclusion of the write-up for Danny Schmidt’s concert at Gravity Lounge [“Return of the dark-eyed prince”].
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