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The pressure is on Gates and Agee to perform, and the pressure comes from all sides. In addition to the constant upbraiding from coach Pingatore, Arthur's father Bo ("I could've played the pros") reminds Arthur that he represents the family's last chance for success, and William's...
"Capitol Hill is always in a state of flux," said Dana M. Curtis, Counselor for Careers in Government in the Office of Career Services. "There might be more of that," said Curtis, "but there is always a need for interns on the Hill."
William is the one marked for stardom, and the burden of anticipated glory weighs heavily on him. His brother Curtis, once a junior college star, is now a has-been in sports and an ain't-gonna-be in life; he wants his brother to make it for him, but...
The production, directed by Simon Curtis, is spare and uncompromising. Black-and-white shots of a rainy New York City in the 1950s punctuate the scenes. Anne Bancroft, as the mother, looks lost inside her drab overcoat, while Joan Cusack and Adrian Pasder etch small, sad portraits of her well...
A scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia gave Rorem entry into the company of the other wunderkinder and their mentors who, from the 1940s on, would do much to define what serious American music was all about: Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Virgil Thomson, Marc Blitzstein, Lukas Foss...