Word: playful
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...days, Alan Ayckbourn's work used to wind up on Broadway: early, funny plays like How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, and The Norman Conquests trilogy. More recently, several of Ayckbourn's later plays (Comic Potential, Private Fears in Public Places) and more flamboyant experiments (Intimate Exchanges, the play with 16 permutations) have been given major New York productions. In between, however, lies a vast expanse of Ayckbourn masterpieces that have rarely if ever been seen in the U.S. (Read TIME's report: "Alan Ayckbourn: Man of the Moment...
...Upstream (1981) Two unhappily married couples take a boat trip, which turns into a nightmare after a sinister hitchhiker takes command. A rare Ayckbourn play that got panned by the critics, and I have never seen it onstage (not surprising, since it requires the stage to be filled with water). But it's a thrilling read, and a rare Ayckbourn attempt at political allegory...
...Chorus of Disapproval (1983) After the death of his wife, a man joins an amateur theater company performing The Beggar's Opera, and unwittingly turns everyone's life upside down. A big play (unusually long for Ayckbourn) with a large cast, but one of his most entertaining - though you couldn't tell it from the botched 1988 movie version starring Anthony Hopkins...
...After a tough loss to Rutgers-Newark last week, Harvard gave the fifth-seeded Patriots a run for their money. Even with injuries affecting the play of the Crimson’s two key offensive players—Weissbourd and senior libero Jeff Nathan—Harvard started out the game competitive, keeping up point-for-point with George Mason’s explosive offensive sets. After leading 7-4 early in the first set, the Patriots went off on a 5-0 run, capitalizing on perfectly placed sets by setter Ryan Kwiakowski and two errors from Weintraub and junior...
...shot of a pyjama-clad Tautou holding a flaming ciggie aloft in a typical pose of the real Chanel could be interpreted as an encouragement to light up. It's not like anyone in France ever needed much prodding to do that. But Métrobus decided to play it safe, and asked Coco's studio, Warner Bros., to airbrush the cigarette out or lose the ad. (See pictures of old tobacco...