Word: laundromat
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Marsha Norman's play is an exercise in formal symmetry. In its first act, an older woman reluctantly talks to a younger one in a laundromat. They discover that they share a last name, Johnson, and then proceed to uncover each others' histories until their exploration is disturbed by the entrance of a man, a slick radio personality named Shooter (Derrick N. Ashong...
...generation, a freshet of hope comes with the annual YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL, which has drawn on thousands of writers 18 and younger and given the best an off-Broadway showcase. This year's cleverest premise comes from Aurorae Khoo. Her rap poem The P.C. (for politically correct) Laundromat substitutes for the melting pot the metaphor of the washing machine, where whites and colors fare best when separate. Joanna Norland's Mothers Have Nine Lives wryly contrasts the joys of playing mommy as a child with the discontents of the real thing. The deftest storyteller is Robert Levy, whose Mrs. Neuberger...
...Bertrand '92-94' sits in the Wash and Dry laundromat on Mt. Auburn Street near Harvard Square. He's waiting for his clothes...
...tell TV crews what route he would take, lest live coverage draw hostile demonstrators. But some showed up anyway, chanting "Go Home" or "No Justice." In response, Bush delivered a many-sided message. "Just wanton lawlessness," he said, viewing the twisted skeletons of washers and dryers in a torched laundromat. But he also told police officers that he wanted to "get at the root cause" of the unrest, and he promised federal help in rebuilding Los Angeles -- while yet remarking that "dumping largesse" from Washington on the community was not the answer. Sturdier values are needed, said the President...
Clark cannot help but laugh as he shares with his audience "a good way to freak somebody out" in a suburban laundromat. Sprinkling soda water on his face to simulate nervous perspiration and biting his nails viciously, Clark asks, "How are you guys at getting blood out of things? No, I mean a lot of blood. I can get it off the wall...