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...many stars today have the emotional equilibrium to keep their private lives private. (Meryl Streep is an exception - how does she manage it?) The consummate professional, Richard Widmark made his ripples and waves only on-screen. He had worked with plenty of notorious stars and tempestuous directors, but never wrote a tell-all autobiography, perhaps because he thought that secrets were best kept, not spilled. "I think a performer should do his work," he said in 1974, "and then shut up." He let his acting do the talking, snarling and giggling. And that was eloquent enough...
...Paradise Out of Africa (1985) You're in a loveless marriage, you're broke and you have syphilis. But, as Meryl Streep discovers, Kenya's rolling plains can make it all better...
...Wright ’09, every word in the 90 minute production is weighty; every delivery is considerable. This is an ambitious undertaking for Wright and producer C. Alexander Tremblay ’10, who must follow a Tony award-winning production and precede a film version that stars Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. But despite its large ambition, what makes this production so successful is its attention to the smallest detail. Within the confines of the Ex, the small cast of four delivers, and the streamlined set allows the raised eyebrows of Sister Aloysius (Marielle E. Woods...
...said Jonathan M. Padilla ’11, secretary for the Harvard Dems. “However, I have some qualms about Gravel’s direct democracy initiative. I’ve seen direct democracy in California lead to a Byzantine-like bureaucracy.” Meryl H. Federman ’11 expressed similar reservations. “Sen. Gravel has interesting political theory ideas,” she said, “but I’m not sure about the idea of people over government when both are really intertwined...
...their friends,’ ‘I want them to be able to talk to me’ kind of figure.” Wright was also motivated to bring this play to the stage as soon as possible because a big-budget film version, starring Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, is slated to debut this December. She maintains that the undergraduate cast and unique venue provide artistic possibilities that Hollywood simply can’t offer. “I think the actors themselves set this production apart. Being in the Ex, which is kind...