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After collaborating with Zach Altman, a student at the Julliard School who wrote the story on which the show was based, the show was performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia this past May. The entire show is sung and it is performed against a black stage. The original cast consisted of two men and one woman, although the roles are not gender dependant. “The plot is secondary to the way the story is told,” Lowdermilk explains. “The story emerges from the three characters’ commentary on their situation...
...fictional, Lowdermilk did draw from personal experience when writing some of the songs, many of which were not composed specifically for the show. He likens the effect of the songs to pointilism, with each song a separate but integral part. Lowdermilk’s next project, again with Altman, is a piece about teen suicide that is loosely based on Camus’ Caligula...
...retirement in 1991 (with a one-year break for a fling at Hollywood producing). In her colloquial, compulsively readable prose, she punctured the pretensions of arty classics from Hiroshima, Mon Amour to 2001: A Space Odyssey; championed such American filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma and Robert Altman; hailed Last Tango in Paris as a cultural event to rival Stravinsky's Rite of Spring; and celebrated the appeal of pop American moviemaking, where "trash" (a favorite term of praise) often gave more pleasure than "art." In the process, she set the tone and the tastes of a generation...
...selection of flavor-of-the-month Ang Lee as best American film director had more to do with hype and fashion than artistry or achievement. How could Lee be chosen over a far more accomplished filmmaker like Robert Altman? He continues to create works of passion and originality at an age (76) when most directors are far past their prime. His influence can be felt in the most exciting films of recent years, and he has worked in just about every film genre known to man. In a field of imitators, Altman is an innovator--one of the best America...
Women who cannot or choose not to take estrogen risk vaginal problems if they are not having sexual relations on a regular basis. To be absolutely clinical about it, "lack of use promotes vaginal atrophy, while frequent intercourse helps maintain elasticity," says Dr. Altman. He is aware that some women could find this message annoying, especially if they don't have a regular partner. Undaunted, Dr. Altman advises that women, well, improvise. "For patients who don't have a willing or able partner, I suggest they take the advice from the song made famous by Carly Simon: Nobody Does...