Articles filed under Theater
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Theater briefsMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - What's new Redmoon Theatre's latest spectacle -- a Depression-era tale about a man reflecting on his life -- incorporates original gospel and folk music as well as the c...
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On stageMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Man's best friend In the midst of his mid-life crisis, Greg adopts Sylvia, a frisky female "dog" who upsets his marriage to Kate, in A.R. Gurney's romantic comedy "Sylvi...
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Director unfazed by farce's difficultyMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Theatre Wit artistic director Jeremy Wechsler is serious about comedy. That's a good thing, because the comedy he's currently directing, "Feydeau-Si-Deau" (which opened ...
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Commanding British actor Paul Scofield dies at age 86Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Paul Scofield, a commanding stage and screen actor indelibly stamped on filmgoers' minds as the doomed philosopher-statesman Sir Thomas More in "A Man For All ...
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Van Dyke marks 'Poppins' reunion: 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Dick Van Dyke may be 82, but he can still get 14 syllables into a single word. Van Dyke sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" on Monday night at the G...
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'Carter's Way' doesn't hit all the right notesMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Like a composer weaving together multiple melodies to create a symphonic poem, playwright/director Eric Simonson weaves together several themes in "Carter's Way." This ...
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Greasy Joan's modern flair enlivens MoliereMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The mission of Greasy Joan & Co. as expressed in rhyme, involves re-imagining classics for contemporary times. For its first foray into the oeuvre of Moliere, the compa...
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Slow-moving 'Crimes' falters on tight stageMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - On the surface, "Crimes of the Heart" seems like a fairly easy play to pull off. A dark domestic comedy about estranged sisters who return to their rural Mississippi h...
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Acclaimed 'Bountiful' concludes Goodman's salute to Horton FooteMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Trip to Bountiful" makes no grand pronouncements. Yet Horton Foote's bittersweet play, a study in character about an elderly woman returning to her childhood home ...
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'Sweet Charity,' 'Match' opening soonMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey, big spender A dance hall gal with a heart of gold and a penchant for picking the wrong guy bumbles through assorted romances in "Sweet Charity." Jim Corti directs D...