Joseph A. Kanon
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Richard Lester is everybody's favorite director. For those to whom movies are "cinema" he provides endless hours of coffee chitchat
David Olgivy
By almost any standards, David Olgivy is a successful man. He is handsome, imposing, articulate, urbane, powerful and, one presumes,
The Wrong Box
There are long lines these days at the Sack Cheri theater, for the new English comedy The Wrong Box. Hordes
Grendel, Fedora, and a Big Fat Hit: William Alfred is Still 'Just Folks'
The classic image of an English teacher invariably includes his having 'something in the drawer' that he's been reworking for
Grendel, Fedora, and a Big Fat Hit: William Alfred is Still 'Just Folks'
The classic image of an English teacher invariably includes his having 'something in the drawer' that he's been reworking for
Lillian Ross's Collection Of Talk Stories Sparkles
Lillian Ross is a girl-about-town. She frequents the Village, Central Park, the hairdresser's and other people's apartments. Her tastes in
The Group
In the old days, when Hollywood was still writing its own stuff, a movie "based on" a best-selling novel usually
My Eye Sees Not So Far
Near the beginning of Joel Schwartz's play, three actresses are discussing their roles in a play in sneering negatives. One
'The Cape of Winter
"Nobody goes to the Cape in the winter." The phrase haunts you as you speed down the Southeast Expressway, past
Boston Harbor: Facing an Uncertain Future While Nostalgic for Grandeur Long Past
Bostonians can point with pride to the fact that Boston as a port predated the United States as a nation