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    Mar 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Gift Theater tries, but 'Hell' is tough to fit in a storefront

    THEATER REVIEW: "Absolute Hell" at Gift Theatre ★★½ ... Sheldon Patinkin's Gift Theatre production, three hours and 15 minutes of mostly plot-free bohemian behavior in post-war London, is so ambitiously audacious that you find yourself gunning for it to succeed.
    With a cast of 21 actors crammed into the minuscule Gift Theatre, Sheldon Patinkin's production of Rodney Ackland's loquacious but fascinating play, "Absolute Hell," three hours and 15 minutes of mostly plot-free bohemian behavior in post-war London, is...

    Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Entertainment Events, Winston Churchill, Entertainment, United Kingdom

    2. Jan 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Nicol Williamson dies at 75; legendary British actor

    Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of "Hamlet" mid-speech because he was too tired to go on.
    Once heralded as the greatest British actor of his generation, Nicol Williamson was also a legend for stormy onstage behavior that included calling off a performance of "Hamlet" mid-speech because he was too tired to go on. "I'll pay for the seats," he...

    Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, The New York Times, Movies, United Kingdom

    3. Oct 13, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  3. Planners postpone decision on zone change for church

    jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.com
    After two and a half hours of testimony and discussion, the Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission voted to delay a vote on a zone change until its next meeting. The request came from Lonnie Moore, the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers

    4. Nov 16, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  4. Jessamine planners recommend denial of rezoning for church

    The Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission narrowly voted to recommend denial of a zone change for Tabernacle Baptist Church and its pastor Tuesday night.
    jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.com
    The Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission narrowly voted to recommend denial of a zone change for Tabernacle Baptist Church and its pastor Tuesday night. Lonnie Moore, the pastor of the church at 2420 Lexington Road (U.S. 27),...

    Tags: Religion and Belief

    5. Jun 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. L.A. Theatre Works moving to UCLA for 2011-12 season

    Culture Monster
    L.A. Theatre Works moves from Skirball to UCLA...
    6. May 26, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  6. Planners approve subdivision of land after tie-up in court

    jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.com
    Two months after the initial request, the Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission granted a variance and a final plat application for property on Creek Ridge Drive. The request for a road-widening variance came with the application...

    Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers

    7. Feb 11, 2011 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  7. Joint planning commission rejects amendment to regulate winery restaurants

    They had it right in the first place — local vineyards can already sell cheese with their wine.
    jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.com
    They had it right in the first place — local vineyards can already sell cheese with their wine. That’s what members of the Jessamine County-City of Wilmore Joint Planning Commission decided after nearly two hours of testimony and...

    Tags: Kentucky, Dining and Drinking, Lawyers, Farms, Agricultural Research and Technology

    8. Apr 25, 2011 | Chicago Tribune

  8. Cromer's 'House of Blue Leaves' on Broadway has the darkness but needs the light

    The Theater Loop
    Ben Stiller and Edie Falco star in director David Cromer’s Broadway production of "The House of Blue Leaves." BROADWAY REVIEW: "The House of Blue Leaves" at the Walter Kerr Theatre; 212-239-6200 or www.houseofblueleaves.com NEW YORK — In his...
    9. Jun 28, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. 10 things you might not know about desperadoes

    "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger, opens in movie theaters Wednesday. Suddenly, outlaws are in. Here are 10 arresting facts that might have escaped your attention:
    Tribune staff reporter
    "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger, opens in movie theaters Wednesday. Suddenly, outlaws are in. Here are 10 arresting facts that might have escaped your attention: 1. A Wyoming ne'er-do-well known as "Big Nose George"...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Johnny Depp, Billy the Kid, Public Enemies (movie), Crimes

    10. Dec 13, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  10. 'The Browning Version': Terence Rattigan lives at Pacific Resident Theatre

    Culture Monster
    Looking for a drama that will provide psychologically complex characters, sparkling dialogue and a resonant emotional payoff, all packaged in an intriguing plot that takes less than 90 minutes to unfold? Terence Rattigan’s “The Browning Version,”...
    11. Jun 24, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'A Voyage Round John Mortimer' by Valerie Grove

    June 25, 2008
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    June 25, 2008 Emotionally, William Butler Yeats was a 19th century man, and so his famous dictum that the creative soul must seek "perfection in the life or in the work" once seemed not only practical but also wise. What would the arch-poet have made,...

    Tags: Family, Adultery, Biography (genre), United Kingdom, Los Angeles Times

    12. Jan 6, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The magical and the elemental, from Halldr Laxness

    <b>By Richard Rayner</b>
    By Richard Rayner * "Summer up here in the north is beautiful," my Finnish father-in-law once said. "Last year it was on a Thursday." The great Icelandic novelist Halldr Laxness develops this idea in his masterwork, "Independent People": "They stood in...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Awards and Prizes, Corporate Crime, Literature

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