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Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett, seen here in performance, are starring in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of "Hedda Gabler" at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music through March 26. Stars turned out for the play and for a benefit party afterwards on Feb. 28.
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Naomi Watts, left, and Cate Blanchett attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actor John Turturro hugs actress Cate Blanchett as they attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Director Martin Scorsese, left, and producer Ed Pressman attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actress Marisa Tomei and Joseph V. Melillo, BAM's executive producer, attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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A benefit party after the Feb. 28 performance was hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Guests included, from left, "Hedda Gabler" director Robyn Nevin; Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of BAM; actress Cate Blanchett and Joseph V. Melillo, BAM's executive producer.
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Actor Jonathan Rhys-Meyers attends the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actor John Turturro, left, and Joseph V. Melillo, BAM's executive producer, attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actor John Turturro is interviewed by the media as he attends the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actor Hugo Weaving is interviewed at the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actors Aden Young, left, and Hugo Weaving attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Actor Aden Young, from left, director Andrew Upton and actor Hugo Weaving attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
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Cate Blanchett and Joseph V. Melillo, BAM's executive producer, attend the "Hedda Gabler" benefit party, hosted by BAM and Sydney Theater Company, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Feb. 28, 2006.
