Susannah R. Mandel
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Historical 'Hamlet' Staged in Sanders
Legendary Boston theater critic Elliot Norton, writing in the Boston Daily Record about the Harvard Dramatic Club's December 1956 performance
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
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
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
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