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Better Than Mom and Apple Pie
Yearning For the Good Ol' Days For the Love of the Game Cynthia J. Wilber William Morrow and Company T
Chills, Thrills and Plenty of Sex
It has chills, thrills and more sex than one would have thought possible in a few hundred pages. Ken Follett
Other People's Money: Tales of the Street
It is a shame, William Coles remarks at the beginning of Other People's Money, that more plays are not devoted
Harvard in Repertory
Should Harvard actors devote themselves to a single theatrical endeavor? This question has acquired relevance with the founding of the
Minorities in Boston Arts
Does pressure for increased minority representation in the arts interfere with artistic freedom? In a recent editorial written for The
Once Again: A Book of Sequels
There are, I suspect, many budding sequel writers at Harvard. After viewing the fifth Rocky movie, students may be tempted
Unconventional Christmas
Three Christmas One-Acts Directed by Henry Bial At the Cabot House JCR Through December 15 Give director Henry Bial credit
Black C.A.S.T Production Realizes Ideal of `Young, Gifted and Black'
Although only two of her plays had been produced by her death at age 29, Lorraine Hansberry emerged as a
Chicago's Razzle-dazzle Fizzles
In all fairness, one must admit that Chicago director Beth Heller did not have the best material with which to
Cultures Clash at Club Venus
In the program distributed at performances of Club Venus, director Shelagh Kenney promises that student playwright Gabrielle Burton will "explore
Betrayed by Directorial Determinism
There's a lot of posturing in director Woody Hill's staging of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. Rather too much posturing, actually. Given
A Double-Dipped Coen
D ON'T see Miller's crossing if you enjoy sunshine. The latest offering from the creative duo Joel and Ethan Coen
Rameau's Nephew: Brilliant Invective
Rameau's Nephew By Denis Diderot Adapted by Andrei Belgrader & Shelley Berc Directed by Andrei Belgrader American Repertory Theater I
Telling Fairy Tales
As Stephen Sondheim discovered in his musical Into the Woods, updating a fairy tale presents some prickly challenges. The old-fashioned
Dramatic Giants Strindberg and Shaw Meet at ART
Is overt audience manipulation ever a viable substitute for theater? August Strindberg's The Father , now playing at the American
