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Susannah R. Mandel

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Hysterical `Pericles' Not for Purists

PERICLES by William Shakespeare Directed by Ollie Lewis '00 Produced by Seth Harrington '00 April 9-11 At the Loeb Ex


Bio of Gay Actor Gives Rich Portrait of '20s Hollywood

William Haines was not a very good actor, but he was a very popular one, and in Hollywood of the


'Mikado' Through Anime Eyes

They say that everything old is new again. If you believe that weathered saying, it might help to explain the


Bent

Bent's cumulative effect is an extremely heavy, painful and unhappy one. For those who feel that this is appropriate for


KILLER Comics

Comic books don't usually get a lot of attention from the mainstream media. But when Oliver Stone, high-grossing film-maker and


Melodramatic and Moody 'Bent' Translates Poorly to Film

It's extremely difficult to know how to criticize a movie that deals with the Holocaust. A filmmaker deserves credit for


Eat This, Michael Flatley: 'Stomp' Rolls In

"What does the word 'stomp' make you think of?" asks Stomp's official web site. "Music, dance, theatre, choreography or performance


Spectacle Trumps Speech in `Umabatha'

Umabatha, the current revival of the 1970 play by South African playwright/director Welcome Msomi, is such a remarkable amalgam of


Strutting and Fretting Upon the Stage (For Three Hours)

L et's lay our cards on the table right off, shall we? There is something very bizarrely askew with the