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Linda Lavin, as Mrs. Van Daan, stands out in the play's showiest role: her Mrs. Van Daan is an irrepressible chatterer, energetically discussing her flirtatious past and the superior quality of her potato latkes, but she's also worldly-wise--a popular characterization of a Jewish mother. Austin Pendleton makes Mr. Dussel both droll and sympathetic. As Otto Frank, George Hearn does come across as a caring and protective father figure, but one oddly formal with his family: his diction is too consistently calm and collected, in a situation of such tremendous pressure, to be convincing. Sophie Hayden...
...look carefully today, you might see the Dalai Lama, members of the Spice Girls or even Austin Powers parading around the Square...
DIED. JAMES MICHENER, 90, prolific and peripatetic author who embarked on a lifelong literary tour of the globe; after taking himself off dialysis; in Austin, Texas. While a Navy lieutenant during World War II, Michener began writing Tales of the South Pacific, a collection of stories that won him the Pulitzer Prize and Rodgers and Hammerstein's attention. Location, location, location was Michener's mantra: Hawaii, Alaska, Poland and, yes, even Space are a few of his titles. Michener rarely wavered from the formula that sold 75 million copies of his 40-odd books: he traveled to a chosen place...
Though slightly nervous before his first performance with the Dins, Austin B. Brentley '00, who sings bass in the group, left the stage happy...
...thrilled by the performance," Austin said before he got into a cab on his way back to Cambridge...