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...beneath the surface of ordinary lives. So the rave reviews that greeted his new play The Shape of Things when it premiered in June at London's Almeida Theatre can't help making a serious theatergoer's heart race. The drama, about a college guy who falls under the spell of a manipulative female artist, is making a gratifyingly swift transfer to New York City, retaining its London cast--Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol and Frederick Weller--and LaBute as director. Look for another unsettling evening, lots of theater-page debates and a battle for tickets. (Opens...
This question is growing more urgent now that octogenarians--nearly 30% of whom suffer from Alzheimer's--are the fastest growing segment of society. More Americans are doing advanced planning, with living trusts and durable powers of attorney for health and wealth, to spell out who should take over when they have lost capacity. Many would prefer to have others take charge of their affairs a little at a time as needed, rather than all at once. That's the intent of the customized conservatorship that Hankin designs for clients--facilitated by the terms of a pioneering state law that...
...Best list (Harry Knowles of the popular ain't-it-cool-news.com picked the defiantly weird Requiem for a Dream as his No. 1). The web is where traditional criticism is democratized, where the ?lite meet defeat at the hands of the cyber-rabble. You don?t need experience, insight or a spell- check function (Note to all websters: "its" is a possessive, "it?s" is a contraction), just passion and a lot of spare time...
...borne the brunt of the slowdown so far. So a true real-estate bust, in the manner of the one that hit the U.S. in the late ?80s and early ?90s or the one that sent Japan careening into its coma at about the same time, would almost certainly spell recession - with a capital...
...lakes Michigan and Huron had dropped 22 in. from the previous year--"the most precipitous drop in recorded history," says the IJC's Frank Bevacqua--and last year the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that levels would fall an additional 2 ft. by 2030. A prolonged dry spell has hurt, but water consumption is also rising...