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...Bears (3-5-1, 3-4-1 ECAC) had control in the early going, thanks to Les Haggett’s tally at 3:16 of the first period, but Harvard (5-4-2, 5-2-2 ECAC) was able to regain its composure and coasted to a 5-2 win before 2,310 at Meehan Auditorium...
...general, popular culture has gone through a period of soul-searching, with filmmakers, television programmers and comedians trying to figure out what is appropriate right now. Some, like the creators of the popular French satirical show Les Guignols, have found themselves under attack for continuing to mock the suspect intelligence of George W. Bush. But others seem to be finding the right balance. Ellen DeGeneres, the American comic, received a standing ovation after hosting the twice-delayed Emmy Awards, a show she opened by joking: "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded...
...team at least should not go to the group headed by former Padres executive Tom Werner and skiing magnate Les Otten. The Werner-Otten group includes The New York Times, and it would be an inexcusable insult to have a New York newspaper own part of the Sox. Additionally, the Times owns the Boston Globe, which would create a potential conflict of interest in the Globe’s sports coverage...
...when the bits are more inspired, wow. There is a death-by-falling sequence that would be tremendously clever even if it weren’t mocking falls in musicals such as Les Miserables. And all of the scenes that depict dead characters are accomplished not only with the right amount of hokey acting and writing but with a low budget effect that grows funnier each time it recurs. Like similar on-the-cheap elements in the show, it humorously riffs on the low budget nature of Urinetown while exposing the frailty of such a device when employed seriously...
...full recovery is by no means assured. Tourists have not returned, which has left long-running hits like The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables in danger of closing. Advance ticket sales are way off; people are going to the theater, but they are not planning ahead--a potentially fatal blow to shows that depend on hefty spring sales to get through the slow winter months. And the outlook for future productions is dicey. "What investors are asking themselves," says Jed Bernstein, president of the League of American Theatres and Producers, "is, If Broadway is already at the high...