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...Huntington Theatre Company, in its fourth season under its imported New York artistic director, Nicholas Martin, is finally taking up the mantle of a premiere regional theater. In other words, it is finally done planting its feet as it moves through a season that has put Nathan Lane on its stage, and as it stands at the helm of the first major building project of the last 75 years of Boston theater history, a project funded by seven banks and Boston corporations...
...turning point for the Huntington came with the arrival of Nicholas Martin in 2000. Previously working in Broadway and Off-Broadway and as resident director at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (which still maintains strong ties with the Huntington, as the same people tend to work in both places), Martin was hailed as a second creative wind after a stagnant period for the company. He was a working director. He had won an Obie. He knew Ethan Hawke and Nathan Lane...
...while Martin brought his directing experience to bear on the Huntington’s artistic direction, the decisions he made did not move the company’s artistic vision into the sole hands of the director. So he decided to hire a dramaturg. He began to explore scripts and looked for newness, not in directorial interpretation or adaptation, as has become the hallmark of the ART, but in new texts...
...what was required. He logged more than 600 hours of flying time and received glowing evaluations from his superiors. But in 1972, when he moved to Alabama, his points plunged. He earned only 41 points but was awarded the standard 15 "gratuitous" points from Texas Air Guard Major Rufus Martin for being a member in good standing--just enough to meet his obligation...
...Francisco city officials; after Mayor Gavin Newsom asked the county clerk's office to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in defiance of a California law barring homosexual nuptials; in San Francisco. Among the couples pronounced "spouses for life" were PHYLLIS LYON, 79, and DEL MARTIN, 83, who founded the nation's first lesbian organization 49 years ago. Opponents of the licenses are seeking a restraining order to prevent the city from granting more...