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...follow this advice, you will miss some of the finest acting to ever grace the Loeb Mainstage. In the past, the Achilles Heel of the ART has been in the performers. As Brustein himself has complained, it is nearly impossible to keep good actors in Cambridge with New York just a shuttle away. For some reason, though, a covey of new and returning talent has decided to roost at the ART this season, revitalizing a company that was moribund two years...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, EDITOR EMERITUS | Title: STAGE | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

From time to time a good idea or clever dramatic conflict appears in Sweettable. But just as the audience starts to get interested, the moment is mercilessly crushed beneath the heel of Ribman's pompous phrasing and erratic characterization. This play is bad in a painful way, as it time and again raises your expectation that something worthwhile is about to happen, then disappoints you by dropping the theme or hiding behind a convenient cliche. The wasted talents of the director, cast, designers and crew make the spectacle all the more pitiful. Sweettable never bores you; it just makes...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, EDITOR EMERITUS | Title: STAGE | 2/19/1987 | See Source »

From Crimson Tide to Hoya and Tar Heel, the identities of sports teams are tied to colorful and sometimes appalling nicknames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...drum is a percussion instrument of surprising subtlety. But so is the heel, not to mention the toe and the palm of the hand. All are on display at ; Broadway's Mark Hellinger Theater, where Flamenco Puro opened last week and -- like its sister show, last year's Tango Argentino -- astonished as much as it entertained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Flamenco, Simple and Smashing | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...tango, it can awake something that is familiar. It is urban folklore. But flamenco puts you in a different world. People who expect castanets might be disappointed." If first-week audiences are any indication, however, they will not be, and word of mouth is already causing a toe-tapping, heel-stamping queue at the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Flamenco, Simple and Smashing | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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