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"On the Town" Opens Barrington Stage in June in Berkshires
Hartford CourantThe Leonard Bernstein musical "On the Town," a stage adaptation of "The Chosen" and "Much Ado About Nothing" will be the three shows on the main theater at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass. this summer in the Berkshires "On the Town," directed by...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Dan Collins, Long Wharf Theatre, Entertainment, Jonathan Larson
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'To Have and Have Another' chronicles Hemingway's love of good cocktails
There are a handful of writers — Ernest Hemingway among them — about whom we've written so much, we've practically wrung their prose dry with our commentary. After a certain point, it becomes nearly impossible to read, say, the stories bound...
Tags: Key West, Authors, New Year's Day, Ernest Hemingway, Chicago Tribune
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Guy: Second acts coming in state politics?
The 2012 presidential race may be over, but the 2014 Florida gubernatorial race is starting to heat up. Brace yourself. Given the passion of Florida politics, the next two years should provide quite a spectacle. This month, the highly respected...Tags: Florida Legislature, Marco Rubio, Government, Charlie Crist, Regional Authority
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First editions: A rare present
Never mind the Morlocks. For a book lover, the most chilling scene in the 1960 screen adaptation of "The Time Machine" is the one in which the Time Traveler is taken to the decrepit library of the Eloi race. "I can learn all I want about you from books,"...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Ray Bradbury, Chicago Tribune, Jimmy Carter, Union Pacific Corporation
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Review: Elevator Repair Service's 'Gatz' a rewarding marathon
"Gatz," Elevator Repair Service's celebration of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" now at REDCAT, has persuaded theatergoers around the world to sit for a full-text stage rendering of a novel many have read at least once before and possibly written...
Tags: Authors, Long Island, Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Robert Redford
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For the record
"Gatz": An article and a photo caption in the Nov. 27 Calendar section about the play "Gatz" and an article in the Nov. 25 Calendar section about marathon plays said that actors Scott Shepherd and Ben Williams alternate the role of Nick Carraway in the...Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Nordstrom, Republican Party, Politics
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Elevator Repair Service takes on the great 'Gatz'
In his younger and more vulnerable years, director John Collins flatly rejected the idea that theater is about bringing words on paper to life. He instead placed his trust in actors, space and movement as the most basic building blocks of stagecraft. "I...
Tags: Tobey Maguire, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Francis Ford Coppola, Ben Williams, Robert Redford
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Marathon plays stand the test of time
Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...
Tags: John Irving, John Hurt, Ben Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett
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Karl Rove likes reading Jorge Luis Borges. Yes, that Karl Rove.
Karl Rove: Fox News commentator, conservative who caused consternation on election night, major Republican strategist. And fan of metafictional writer Jorge Luis Borges. Yes, really. The news comes from Rove's own website (via Twitter). Since 2010, Rove...
Tags: George W. Bush, Media Industry, Jorge Luis Borges, David Foster Wallace, Patti Smith
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In search of 'Jewish Jocks'
Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...Tags: Joel Silver, Sandy Koufax, George Halas, Marvin Miller, Judaism
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Author Ford's 'Canada' reads like Midwest
Viewed casually, the event featuring author Richard Ford on Sunday night might have seemed a series of dislocations. Under a projection proclaiming "America" — the theme of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival — Ford talked about and...
Tags: Northwestern University, Education, Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune, Authors
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James Roncie Duke, ophthalmologist
Dr. James Roncie Duke, a retired ophthalmologist and Johns Hopkins pathologist who was a collector of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works and lived in what once was the novelist's Baltimore home, died of complications from dementia Oct. 16 in Bolton Hill. He...Tags: Pathology, Princeton University, Staunton (Staunton, Virginia), Hobbies, Auction Service
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