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Grown men were crying. It was last Friday night at the Shubert Theater downtown, and a friend and I had just seen the newest revival of Arthur Miller's classic 1949 play, "Death of a Salesman." This version, starring Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman, swept the Tony Awards last year and has proven as formidable a rendition of the play as those starring Lee J. Cobb, George C. Scott and Dustin Hoffman. The performace Friday was no exception, and afterwards, as I watched fellow members of the audience cry--in some cases, bawl--I realized that the play...
...Nutcracker every Christmas. It was also a tradition of mine to sleep through most of it, waking up only for the Arabian dancers. However, I assure you I had no trouble staying awake through every minute of the Mark Morris Dance Group, who appeared last weekend at the Shubert Theater in Boston...
...NAME: Shubert Organization OCCUPATION: Producer, theater owner and Broadway powerhouse COUNTERPUNCH: Files complaint with Actors Equity citing Stewart's unprofessional conduct; asks union to oust...
...WINNER: Shubert. A little red in the face but gets lots of free publicity before Tony nominations
...Though clich for dance, the title Without Words is extremely appropriate. Every aspect of the piece creates an unsettling dichotomy between the movement and the other aspects of the piece. The frantic, often jarring movements directly contrasted with the calm harmony of the music, a Shubert composition for the piano and cello. Meanwhile, extremely large photographs of the dancers' movements are projected onto a large screen through which dancers enter and exit. The net result was a definite sense of silence. Visual sensory overload (the fluid movement and frequently-changing photography) combined with soothing, lullaby-esque Shubert music to underline...