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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comedy reminiscent of Barney Miller or The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In contrast to sitcoms, which have years to develop nuances, the play instantly sketches the ensemble's mutual mockeries. There's the fussbudget (Lewis J. Stadlen), the hypochondriac (Ron Orbach), the braggart (J.K. . Simmons), the deferential immigrant (Mark Linn-Baker), the Hollywood smoothie (John Slattery), plus two underwritten women, one tough (Randy Graff), one amazingly dumb (Bitty Schram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punch Lines, But Little Punch | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

During the same ceremony, the state's Phi Beta Kappa Iota Chapter will induct Hillary K. Anger of Dudley House, Sheryl A. Brandalik of Dunster House, Chi-An J. Chung of Winthrop House, Julie Cooper, Kristin J. Cummings and Vivian I. Linn of Adams House, Clare G. Crawford and Rebecca Suk of Eliot House, Amy L. Eisner of Mather House, Qing R. Fan of Cabot House, Clare S. Peeters of Kirkland House and Nadine D. Tanenbaum of Leverett House...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith and Elissa L. Gootman, S | Title: Phi Beta Kappa Society Elects 24 New Members | 4/10/1993 | See Source »

...extravaganza is only the point of departure for Face Value, however, which goes backstage at The Real Manchu to explore the interactions between self-absorbed actor, self-absorbed producer, wise-cracking stage manager, disguised Asian protesters and undercover white supremacist terrorists. The cast is terrific across the board. Mark Linn-Baker is especially funny as the actor who has embraced method acting so completely that he thinks he's an ancient Chinese emperor; Mia Korf plays a dynamic Linda Anne Wing, the politically fervent actress brazen enough to disrupt The Real Manchu in protest...

Author: By Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, | Title: Face Value: Where Asians Are White-Faced, WASPs Are Yellow-Faced and All Are Confused | 2/18/1993 | See Source »

...Steven C. Rockefeller Jr. of the oil family and former hockey star Denis Potvin joined the company in top posts, but both say they quit when they realized the stamps were virtually worthless. "The stamps were created by sand-dune nations to exploit collectors," says Michael Laurence, editor of Linn's Stamp News, America's largest stamp journal. After the stock topped $6, it began a steady descent, with Baybak unloading his shares along the way. Today it trades at 18 cents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mining Money in Vancouver | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

...usually joins Miller-Boyett's reigning champ, the four-year-old Full House, in which three unattached males cope with a houseful of little girls. Not far behind is Perfect Strangers, a buddy comedy with Bronson Pinchot as an immigrant weirdo who comes to live with his cousin (Mark Linn-Baker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revenge of The Nerd | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

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