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At Chicago Shakespeare, asking why Timon wrote those checks
Few realizations are as painful in life as the one that comes to a previously generous person, fallen on hard times and made suddenly and brutally aware that the quality of kindness among homo sapiens is neither reciprocal nor ubiquitous. That's...
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'Timon' of a galaxy far, far away ...
In Chicago Shakespeare Theater's new rethinking of Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens," the venerable London stage actor Ian McDiarmid plays Timon, "a psychological mess," the actor says, "a British lord in America, rich from birth and generous with money,...Tags: Athens (Greece), Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Star Wars (movie), Theater
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McDiarmid in 'Timon,' Griffin's 'Follies' lined up for Chicago Shakespeare Theater
The Theater LoopThe actor Ian McDiarmid, known for his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company and his appearances in the “Star Wars” films, will star in a new Barbara Gaines production of Shakespeare’s rarely produced “Timon of Athens” &#... -
How about another song?
Times Staff WriterThis year's Tony Awards had no host, no comedian; I forgot to check if there was even red carpet coverage beforehand. Was there? Was Ryan Seacrest out there, terrorizing some Royal Shakespearean with his E! voodoo mumbo jumbo? I'm not even sure why...Tags: Alan Cumming, Patricia Neal, Celebrities, Julie Andrews, Jessica Alba
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Oh 'Boys'
![NEW YORK — "Jersey Boys," a show about the '60s pop group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that has bucked a history of scorn for so-called jukebox musicals, on Sunday became the first of the genre to win a Tony Award for best musical.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-06/23865006.jpg "NEW YORK — "Jersey Boys,\" a show about the '60s pop group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that has bucked a history of scorn for so-called jukebox musicals, on Sunday became the first of the genre to win a Tony Award for best musical.")
Times Staff WritersNEW YORK — "Jersey Boys," a show about the '60s pop group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons that has bucked a history of scorn for so-called jukebox musicals, on Sunday became the first of the genre to win a Tony Award for best musical. Its main...Tags: John Lennon, London (England), Johnny Cash, Kathleen Marshall, Celebrities
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'Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones'
![We'll never see another "Star Wars," no matter how much we want to. And we want to very much.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-05/4076024.jpg "We'll never see another "Star Wars,\" no matter how much we want to. And we want to very much.")
Times Staff WriterWe'll never see another "Star Wars," no matter how much we want to. And we want to very much. But like the cherished passions of first love, the fervor called forth by the landmark film is never coming back, and no amount of prequels or sequels is...Tags: Kirsten Dunst, Carrie Fisher, Death, Movies, Mark Hamill
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'Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'
![Over the 20-plus years since its release, George Lucas' "Star Wars" has influenced so many lives that the writer-director's friend Francis Ford Coppola suggested, more or less seriously, that he turn its philosophy into an organized religion.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-05/3900278.jpg "Over the 20-plus years since its release, George Lucas' "Star Wars\" has influenced so many lives that the writer-director's friend Francis Ford Coppola suggested, more or less seriously, that he turn its philosophy into an organized religion.")
Times Film CriticOver the 20-plus years since its release, George Lucas' "Star Wars" has influenced so many lives that the writer-director's friend Francis Ford Coppola suggested, more or less seriously, that he turn its philosophy into an organized religion. ...Tags: Pernilla August, Carrie Fisher, Star Wars (movie), Networking, Newspaper and Magazine
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'Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith'
![Never but never underestimate the power of the dark side of the Force. It has made "Episode III Revenge of the Sith" into easily the best of the trio of "Star Wars" prequels and has even attempted the tougher assignment of saving writer-director George Lucas from himself.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-05/17565395.jpg "Never but never underestimate the power of the dark side of the Force. It has made "Episode III Revenge of the Sith\" into easily the best of the trio of \"Star Wars\" prequels and has even attempted the tougher assignment of saving writer-director George Lucas from himself.")
Times Staff WriterNever but never underestimate the power of the dark side of the Force. It has made "Episode III Revenge of the Sith" into easily the best of the trio of "Star Wars" prequels and has even attempted the tougher assignment of saving writer-director George...Tags: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars (movie), Networking, Movies, Mark Hamill
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The power of the dark side
Tribune entertainment reporterGeorge Lucas hasn't yet done what every "Star Wars" geek probably assumed he would've done the moment he completed "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith." He hasn't watched the six-movie "Star Wars" saga in chronological order. "I don't know...Tags: Arts and Culture, Tickets, Star Wars (movie), Texas, Popcorn
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The 'Star' Maker
![To those fans who have been camping out to be first in line for the May 16 opening of the new "Star Wars" movie, "Episode II Attack of the Clones," the franchise's creator understands you.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2002-05/3069072.jpg "To those fans who have been camping out to be first in line for the May 16 opening of the new "Star Wars\" movie, \"Episode II Attack of the Clones,\" the franchise's creator understands you.")
The Hartford CourantTo those fans who have been camping out to be first in line for the May 16 opening of the new "Star Wars" movie, "Episode II Attack of the Clones," the franchise's creator understands you. "It is a kind of mini-Woodstock," George Lucas said Thursday in a...Tags: San Francisco, Star Wars (movie), Movies, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee
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