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...impossible good looks that bad-TV actors are made of. And while he has done some bad TV--he played Barto Zane for two years on the WB's forgettable Jack & Jill--in reality, Kirk, 34, is an accomplished stage actor. He did his first play at 7 (Brecht, no less) and has since racked up accolades that include an Obie for playing the blind man in Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion!--"the other gay play of the '90s," says Kirk, who reprised the role in the movie...
...Hurt Me, all the songs are new.) The show opens with an infectious cabaret number that launches the show as effectively as the Wilkomen number in Cabaret: "I'm known/ In all the wrong places / I'm one of those faces / You'll never forget." The score ranges from Brecht-Weill for the age of irony (Ich Bin Kunst), to disco with a touch of wit (?Tell me what you feel / I'll show you what to do / We don?t do sincere / Everything taboo"), to a haunting lament for the passing of Warhol?s 15 minutes...
...Bertold Brecht had no doubt about the importance of eating well. “Food,” the German playwright wrote, “comes first, then morals.” The recent changes introduced by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) have shown, however, that improvements in gastronomy and morality can sometimes go hand-in-hand. The revamped menu that came into effect in September should prove beneficial to both students’ taste buds and their cholesterol levels...
...home earlier. Later dining hall hours are a necessity—and the sooner that is recognized, the better. That much-needed move will stop students from getting the undesirable pairing of shrinking wallets and bulging waistlines, and, in the process, HUDS will have another chance to prove Brecht wrong...
Ignacio Hernandez, secretary-general of the union that helped win the concessions at BJ&B, spoke before the performance at the Brecht Forum about the importance of a broad base of support...