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Written by acclaimed playwright and director David Mamet, Glengarry escorts us to Chicago-- the author's native city. The story revolves around a sales contest, initiated by the real estate agency at which all the characters are employed. The vicious competition that ensues culminates in crime and betrayal as the...

Author: By By JULIE L. rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glengarry: Not A World of Men--Ruiz assembles power cast in Kronauer space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Finally, Glengarry is a difficult piece to achieve because of its self-conscious themes. It is a play about taking control, about manipulation, about struggling to survive. Ruiz uses visual symbols and characterization to avoid a potential pitfall in this essential part of the production. The hunger for money and...

Author: By By JULIE L. rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glengarry: Not A World of Men--Ruiz assembles power cast in Kronauer space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

The beauty of Glengarry is that Mamet presents his characters not merely as the machinations they often portray, but as people with feelings, families, and vulnerabilities that are shared and exploited. Here the character of James Lingk (Joe Gfaller '00), is essential. As a reluctant client of Roma's, Gfaller...

Author: By By JULIE L. rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glengarry: Not A World of Men--Ruiz assembles power cast in Kronauer space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Unlike their characters, the actors do not compete for top slot. Each takes a calm but definite possession of the stage without eclipsing the other actors. Although their motivations lack sharpness and definition at times, the actors have done excellent work creating very real and complex characters whose interactions are...

Author: By By JULIE L. rattey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glengarry: Not A World of Men--Ruiz assembles power cast in Kronauer space | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

You've got Anna and the King-imperialism and Ms. Oscar-bait herself starring in a self-proclaimed epic about the "East meeting the West." Sure, the story is recycled, but who cares-it's good for you! The Hurricane tells the also "epic" tale of a boxer's struggle...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Holiday Movies: Winter time, and the screening is easy | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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