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...drizzle gave way to heavy rains and eventually to squalls. In the tiny hamlet of Komali in Andhra state, on the Bay of Bengal, the parson of Christ Church flung open the church doors and called his flock from their thatched houses. "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden," he intoned in a deep bass, "and I will give you rest." About 125 villagers, most of them harijan (untouchable) converts, took shelter. When winds ranging up to 100 m.p.h. ripped off the roof, the walls crumbled and entombed the congregation; all were found dead the next...
...characters who dominate A Life in the Theater are actors. John (Peter Evans) is young, zestful, ambitious, a Hamlet-to-be in his mind's eye. Robert (Ellis Rabb) is well into middle age, disenchanted, edgy about criticism, a Polonius of worldly wisdom who can carry a scene but has long since dropped any hope of ruling the stage. They play out scenes before imaginary audiences. With marvelous mimicry, Mamet conjures up parodistic echoes of past playwriting titans together with melodramatic fustian...
...supporting cast continually boosts the show's energy level and keeps it moving. This strategy backfires only once, in the sole disappointing scene of the show. A service led by Jero builds to a manic pitch reminiscent of William Faulkner's description of a rural black church in The Hamlet, but it is too high a note to maintain throughout the excessively long scene...
Neurotic families are much more interesting than normal ones--at least on stage. A good mix of Oedipal tangles, money, repressed anger, dark power plays, and a pinch or two of insanity ought to guarantee an enthralling evening, right? After all, the recipe worked for Oedipus and Hamlet...
...heart of Texas music beats in the capital city, its soul is in Luckenbach, a sleepy hamlet 65 miles away. After 128 years of near total obscurity, the three-family town was put on the map abruptly by Waylon Jennings' hit recording. Luckenbach, Texas sped to the top of the country-music charts, and the album it came from, Ol' Waylon, became Jennings' fourth gold LP within a year...