Rebecca J. Joseph
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L IFE is not what it is cracked up to be. Or so learn the characters in the Loeb Mainstage's
The Pope Prevails
S ET IN NEW YORK CITY'S Little Italy. The Pope of Greenwich Village traces a few months in the bizarre
Uninspired Remake
R EMAKING OLD CLASSICS has always been a popular--yet usually fruitless--pastime for filmmakers, as any views of last summer's pathetic
'Iolanthe': Pastoral Perfection
A S LONG as there are energetic companies dedicated to fleshing out the subtleties of William S. Gilbert's language and
Part-Time Mother
W HEN the half-gnawed bagel covered with plum Gerber baby food dropped to the floor for the third time, I
Opera Gigolo
A LEGENDARY love-them-and-leave them cad, Don Giovanni is the type of man mothers tell their little girls to stay away
Staging New Plays
H OW MANY of you drool whenever you hear that Marsha Norman or Sam Shepard is having of one of
Uncomplicated Power
S ILKWOOD is a devastatingly lyrical film about the mysterious death of anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood on November 13, 1974.
A Visual Feast
F ROM THE MOMENT the curtain opens on the fishing village of Rederring in Cornwall, the set stands out as
On the Hot Seat
P LAYS WRITTEN BY Tennessee Williams reek of viciousness, violence, and sexual tension. Some of his most famous characters--Amanda in