Word: picnics
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...They came to the Summer School registration and invited students to a University picnic," she said. "They pretended to have an association with Harvard that doesn't exist...
...Boston Globe reported that the two men, who escaped on Halloween, took advantage of the blind spots in the security system and escaped by "propping a picnic table against the courtyard wall, vaulting onto a walkway and then scaling a fence...
Maybe the best way to evoke the odd and intriguing flavor of The Loman Family Picnic is to recount the ending -- or rather, endings. After throwing a bar mitzvah way beyond the budget of his blue-collar Brooklyn family, the father (Peter Friedman of TV's Brooklyn Bridge) storms out in rage at being unappreciated, his son's wad of cash gifts stuck precariously in his back pocket. He returns hours later, explaining that he has been watching the "dumb" movie Born Free. In one variation, his bored wife (two-time Tony Award winner Christine Baranski) chucks...
...envisions adapting as a perky Broadway musical. Arthur Miller, after all, came from the neighborhood, and the boy's parents seem crazier than Miller's Lomans. What better escape for both households than song and dance? If neither as funny nor as painful as it could be, this Picnic is still a satisfying meal. -- W.A.H...
...TABLE: The pivotal event of a Seinfeld week is the table reading, when the actors get their first chance to read the script and the producers can see how it plays. On Saturday afternoon, a dozen actors and writers gather around a long picnic table on the Seinfeld set, scripts in hand. With director Tom Cherones interpolating stage directions, the actors perform The Barber. David fills in as one of the barbers himself, offering a florid Italian accent. There is much laughter and applause...