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Lyman, too, provides an intricate study of his character. His Joe is one part Mister Rogers and one part Gordon Gekko, with a hint of Vito Corleone mixed in for good measure. A suggestion of darkness hides in Lyman’s friendly neighborhood persona, the many aspects of which...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Esbjorson Does Ample and Timely Justice to Classic Miller | 1/22/2010 | See Source »

If only every U.S. presidential campaign could be relived in song and dance. As a new musical in Germany about Barack Obama's rise to the top demonstrates, politics takes on a whole new comical meaning when set to music. In one scene, for instance, a Sarah Palin look-alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama, the Musical: Germany's Stage Love Letter | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

Although its makers insist that the musical's purpose isn't to glorify Obama (played by the American actor Jimmie Wilson), there's no doubt who the audience is supposed to be rooting for. There are some laughs when McCain, who is presented as a slightly awkward, Machiavellian character, enters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama, the Musical: Germany's Stage Love Letter | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

Even though the American dream is now generations old, “In the Heights” is emphatically contemporary. The musical genre is ostensibly hip-hop, but utilizes a variety of genres. The central character, Usnavi (Kyle Beltran), generally raps his longer monologues and soliloquies, and the cast dances...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "In The Heights" Channels the American Dream | 1/20/2010 | See Source »

Bob Ho, Chan's character in The Spy Next Door, has a double life too. He's both Clark Kent - a bespectacled, mild-mannered pen importer in a Western suburb - and Superspy, working for the Chinese and American governments. Now he's received his hardest mission: babysitting the three children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spy Next Door: Jackie Chan, Babysitter | 1/16/2010 | See Source »

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