{"id":16350,"date":"2011-05-28T09:54:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=16350"},"modified":"2011-06-01T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T20:57:33","slug":"win-two-tickets-to-arcadia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/win-two-tickets-to-arcadia\/","title":{"rendered":"Win Two Tickets to Arcadia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Paris Review<\/em> is giving away two tickets to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcadiabroadway.com\/weboffer?gclid=CI2Ws_bliqkCFYXd4AodKyDbow\">Arcadia<\/a><\/em>\u2014Tom Stoppard\u2019s paean to poetry and bodies in heat\u2014now on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre. 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