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'Penetrator' needs to do more than talk the talk
Special to the Chicago TribuneThe early 1990s spawned a theater movement in the U.K. called "in-yer-face," with Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson leading the charge with a rough brand of stagecraft that leaves little to the imagination in matters of graphic language and action....Tags: Judd Apatow
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Coming soon: Fall movie preview
Special to amNewYorkAs Hollywood sputters out its less savory summer stragglers, it's time to gear up for fall films. The choices range from a biopic of President Bush to an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road." The directors alone are enough to whet your appetite: The...Tags: George Bush, Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg, Jonathan Demme, Catherine Keener
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Spelling Fall With A 'W.'
Courant Staff WriterThe autumn movie season is a mixed bag. It's got the Coen Brothers, Robert De Niro, Tyler Perry, a new "Saw" movie, a film rumored to land Angelina Jolie another Oscar nomination, and a remake of the classic "The Women." But what everybody's talking...Tags: Greg Kinnear, Richard Gere, Government, Meg Ryan, Sanaa Lathan
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One-act plays a singular success
Special to The SunColonial Players has just completed its One-Act Festival, providing in two weekends what its producer called "a learning lab for aspiring directors." The combination of nine plays produced by Beth Terranova was called "Fun and Mind Games," consisting...Tags: Joe Thompson, Health and Safety at School, Murder
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Samuel L. Jackson character upends stereotypes in 'Lakeview Terrace'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE LOS ANGELES Police Department and race relations factor prominently in a number of celebrated dramas, including "Crash" and "L.A. Confidential." The upcoming thriller "Lakeview Terrace" pushes the often combustible mix of law enforcement and ethnic...Tags: Sex, Celebrity, Social Problems, Lakeview, Will Smith
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The drama after deadline
Times Theater CriticMUCH AS one would like to join Edith Piaf in a duet of "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien," a critic can't help having occasional regrets after passing instantaneous verdicts on scores of plays and musicals, usually in the space of a few morning hours after a...Tags: Tony Kushner, Ray Charles, Music Theater, Edith Piaf, Tennessee Williams
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Critics' choice: Modest Mouse, 'Wrecks,' 'Up the Yangtze'
Rock: Modest Mouse Issac Brock's strangled voice is the most conspicuous feature of Modest Mouse. But other tics underlie the strange appeal of this long-playing band from Nirvana Country. Modest music combines airiness and heaviness, light and dark,...Tags: Edward Albee, Miami Beach, Lake Worth, Jackie Gleason, Fillmore Miami Beach
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'reasons to be pretty' has some ugly words
linda.winer@newsday.comWhen George Carlin died last week, the comedian and social satirist was fondly remembered for having identified - even liberated - what he called the "seven words you can never say on television." Such audacity went all the way to the Supreme Court, to...Tags: Kirstie Alley, Eating Disorders, Manchester Community College, George Carlin, Illnesses
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'Expired'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comWhile watching "Expired," a low-budget drama about two parking-meter cops in love, you may wonder: Why isn't Jason Patric a star? He has the fine bones and baby blues of a Pitt, plus the acting chops of a Hoffman (Philip Seymour, and maybe even Dustin)....Tags: Teri Garr, Jason Patric
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Neil LaBute's absorbing 'Wrecks' at Mosaic Theatre Company
Theater/Music WriterEdward Carr is beside himself, so to speak. He's at the viewing for his wife's funeral, greeting and chatting with visitors in the parlor when his mind, or soul or whatever, decides to check out for some reflection time. Thus begins the saga of...Tags: Broadway, Edward Albee, Music Theater, Death and Dying, Literature
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A Smaller Spotlight
Special to The CourantWhen a pop-culture icon loses what makes him iconographic, he can try lots of outlets. He can join a celebrity dance show. He can develop his own sitcom. He can drown in a tabloid spiral of naughty deeds. David Schwimmer, who ended his 10-year run as...Tags: David Schwimmer, Celebrity, Ethics, Values, Athletics, Track and Field
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