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...face of it, who in the British theater world appears more established, and Establishment, than playwright David Hare? Last year, despite his decades of scathingly political writing targeted at the holy trinity of monarchy, government and church, he was knighted. In London, where the theater is woven into the fabric of everyday life as in no other place in the world, Hare is one of the city's most popular and prolific craftsmen. In 1998 four of his works were staged--four new works, that is--and all did well enough to make...
...vagaries of buzz. Nicole Kidman comes to Broadway in a David Hare trifle, and the theater world foams at the mouth in anticipation. Uma Thurman, another hot film star, makes her off-Broadway debut in a Moliere classic and gets a big yawn. To be sure, her performance betrays inexperience: slouchy and tentative instead of brittle and biting. But the production around her is smashing. Director Barry Edelstein puts slick designer duds on Crimp's smart update of the play to the phony '90s show-biz world, and the terrific Roger Rees, as Alceste, could teach any young actress...
...resurgence of jazz in popular culture is another reason for the proliferation of jazz clubs in Cambridge, says John O'Hare, an employee at Charlie's Tap Jazz Club...
...jazz all the time in commercials," O'Hare says. "Five years ago, the cool thing to do was to bring a jazz musician to the restaurant. Hip- hop artists use jazz all the time in their music. Now, the rise of R & B and sampling [the mixing together of disparate music styles] has really helped jazz expand. It's opening up people's ears to other kinds of music...
...Dench's American moment has arrived. Last year she received an Oscar nomination for Mrs. Brown; her Golden Globe nomination this year for Shakespeare puts her back in the Oscar game; and in April, she will appear on Broadway for the first time in 40 years, starring in David Hare's Amy's View, a 1997 London hit. She has even gone mainstream--playing M in the James Bond movies...