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PETALING JAYA: Social media was flooded with tributes for Jit Murad, a celebrated theatre actor-director-writer and icon of the Malaysian arts scene.

Be prepared to hear "YEAH BABY" a lot.

Courtesy of The Paramount Theatre Can you hear it? The sound of applause? Coming not from some ersatz arts space on your computer but from actual theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs? Yes, after an excruciating year of having their spaces shuttered and being unable to engage directly with audiences in the intimacy of indoor venues, performing artists are once again opening the doors and bringing people back in to see them play. Its a reunion thats been a long time coming....

It started with four bankers boxes of miscellaneous letters from friends, family and acquaintances. The collection began more than 40 years ago, about the time many of my friends and I were splitting off to college. If you wanted to maintain a friendship, letter writing was the standard meth… More Headlines