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While attending East Meadow High School, Evan played several sports--he says he was a "decent basketball player." He played trumpet in what he described as his high school's "bad jazz band...
...charm. But here he provides a much more intriguing narrative -- full of time shifts, inner thoughts revealed, imaginary moments, even a flash-forward in which the now dead grandmother describes her search for "life after eternity." This complex material stays clear, thanks to adept direction by Lynne Meadow and remarkable performances by Jennie Moreau as the girl, Eileen Heckart as her tart-tongued grandmother and especially Joanna Gleason as the woman in between, the focal point of family guilt. Eleemosynary, which has ripened in regional productions, is Blessing's finest work, an enriching tale of sin, regret and forgiveness...
...Lynne Meadow and Ron Shechtman, both 42, dote on their son Jonathan, 4. "And there's maybe 30 minutes every day," says Ron, "when we don't discuss having another child. But where would the extra minutes come from?" Lynne runs the red-hot Manhattan Theater Club; Ron is a partner in a midsize law firm. They live in a home where the telephone cords stretch into every room, and the nanny starts work at 7:30 a.m. "You can imagine what getting out the door in the morning is like," says Ron. Are there regrets? He ponders...
...women, riding a new wave of feminism, swept through the nation's law schools. In the U.S. today, more than 40% of law students and 20% of lawyers are women. As their numbers have swelled, so has their influence. "Our voices are definitely being heard," says Carrie Menkel-Meadow, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles...
...megasystem's original budget. "We declared victory and withdrew from the war," recalls Hauser. Since wars require monuments, the sanctuary has ponds named Hauser, Allen and Gearheart. A saltwater slough where pelicans and cormorants gather is called Klopp Lake. Mount Trashmore has evolved into a wildflower-rich meadow. Standing by his pond, Allen recalls that first day he and Gearheart tramped through the mud with the idea exploding in their minds. "We flushed a deer out of that spot," he says. "It seemed like a good omen." An uncommon one, at least...