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People skip over names. But names have lots of meaning. I had troubles in the beginning. People were saying, "You're going to name a black character Leonid? How can you do that?" And I'd say, "Why not? Does it make any more sense to call him John? I mean, if black people came from Africa, I should give my characters African names, you know?" But as a writer, as a novelist, names help to identify a character, and place a character in the world...
...What's more, producers say business plays can draw a bigger crowd than other productions. Susan Gallin, who produced in the mid-1980s the off-Broadway hit Other People's Money, about corporate raiders, says she remembers more men in the audience of that play than in others she has worked on. "There is an audience for business plays that just doesn't exist for other plays," says Gallin...
...Just like the fraud, though, bringing Enron, which has been running in London for months, to Broadway is costing big bucks. In general, operating on Broadway has grown more expensive than it used to be. Producers say most plays cost between $2 million and $3 million to launch on New York's main stages these days. Musicals like Wicked can cost as much as $15 million, but they tend to draw bigger audiences than dramatic plays. The higher production costs are driving up ticket prices on Broadway and pushing out the time it takes productions to be profitable. Many plays...
...account of how we decide whether behavior is good or not. In Smith's telling, the most important factor is our sympathy for one another. "To restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature," he writes. But he goes on to say that "the commands and laws of the Deity" (he seems to be referring to the Ten Commandments) are crucial guides to conduct too. Then, in what seems to be a strange detour from those earthly and divine parameters, he argues that the invisible hand ensures that the selfish and sometimes profligate...
...going to the IMF, but Merkel is effectively daring him to do it. Speaking to the German Parliament in Berlin last week, Merkel said that calling in the IMF "would probably have to be the way out right now if action were to be taken." She went on to say that the euro-zone countries should be able to kick out one of their own to avert a crisis in the future - a statement deliberately aimed at Greece. (See the top 10 financial-crisis buzzwords...