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...National Right to Life Committee's Nov. 13 endorsement couldn't have come at a better time for Fred Thompson. The folksy former actor got off to a rocky start with social conservatives--advertising his spotty church attendance, punting on questions about Terri Schiavo and displaying insufficient opposition to gay marriage. But Thompson recently hired a top Christian Right activist to improve relations. And in a new TV ad in Iowa, he boasts of his antiabortion record and asks viewers to "remember that our rights come from God, not from government." He'll be looking now for a pro-life...
...contemporary score has been added, they draw on a deep tradition of Beckett performance and scholarship. The three short plays included in the show are not widely known and had never been performed on stage before Scanlan’s 2006 exhuming in New York. But as lead actor Alvin Epstein says, “Though they may be smaller in size, that does not make them minor.” Epstein would know: he has a long history of acting in Beckett’s plays, starting with the role of Lucky in the first American production...
...you’re at,’” Reitan said.At one showing his mother saw what appeared to be a bearded homeless man crying in the theatre. “After the show ended, she realized it was Ian McKellen,” said Reitan. The actor, who is also gay, was in town playing “King Lear,” hence the beard. “I think someone like Ian McKellen gets it on a level that other people just can’t,” said Reitan. “He?...
McCabe ends up yelling or whining most of his lines; indeed, he shouts in nearly all of his scenes. We can’t blame the actor, though—it’s probably impossible for any boy to sprint, abruptly stop, and suddenly whisper sentences about impending doom or sexual confusion...
...cannot be stressed enough how vibrantly each actor portrays his or her character. The cast is a treasure chest, with gems even among the minor characters: Benowitz is fabulously annoying and provides much-needed comic relief, while her character’s husband, Jeffrey C. Witt ’09, is every inch the smooth Southern lawyer, right down to the immaculate part of his hair...