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Real-life husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to play an adulterous stage couple in a Broadway production this fall of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal. Weisz will make her Broadway debut in Pinter’s 1978 study in deception, which charts an extramarital affair in reverse. Her character, Emma, is married to Craig’s Robert but is having an affair with Jerry, played by rising star Rafe Spall. James Bond star Craig last appeared on Broadway in 2009 in A Steady Rain, where he received positive notices opposite Hugh Jackman even though the play itself did not. The married movie stars will join a long list of recent film celebrities to hit Broadway, including Al Pacino, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Jessica Chastain, Robin Williams, Scarlett Johansson, Katie Holmes and Samuel L. Jackson.

Guitarist Mark Knopfler canceled two shows in Russia in protest over what he says is a crackdown on human-rights groups inthe country. The former Dire Straits frontman is scrapping the June gigs in Moscow and St. Petersburg after raids on the Russian offices of groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, according to a post on his website Friday. “I have always loved playing in Russia and have great affection for the country and the people,” he said in the post. “I hope the current climate will change soon.” Russian authorities raided hundreds of nongovernmental organizations last month to make sure they comply with a law requiring many of them to register as “foreign agents.” The government says the law is designed to curb foreign meddling, but critics say it is intended to stifle dissent.

Front Section, Pages 2 on 04/06/2013

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