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Denver theater: Kent Thompson, producing artistic director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for more than 15 years, has been named artistic director of the Denver Center Theatre Company.

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BBC cuts: British Broadcasting Corp. will cut about 2,900 jobs -- more than a tenth of its work force -- in a drive to reduce costs, the company’s director-general told staff on Tuesday. None will come from programming areas, he said. Unions threatened strikes to oppose the layoffs.