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...third season, this self-described soap opera has turned into the last act of Hamlet, with corpses littering the stage. After the deaths of several supporting meerkats, Flower--the show's matriarch and protagonist, a furry female Tony Soprano--died of a snakebite defending her pups. A few weeks later, Flower's long-suffering daughter Mozart--a fan favorite who was abandoned by her mother and lost several pups--was killed off camera by an unknown predator. Grief-stricken fans held online vigils, created Diana-style tributes, even suggested the deaths were faked. (Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance--they...
...won’t have trouble identifying with them. “Everyone will see a part of themselves, or a part of someone they know,” says co-producer Tines. The instability of the characters is reflected in the peculiarity of Todd Weekley’s stage design. The white and pale green walls evoke the atmosphere of an institution. The four doors in the set lead elsewhere within the mental hospital. Each of these doors is absurd in a particular way. One is three feet tall, while another is nine feet tall. A third...
...going to lose some part of the author’s vision.”To fully preserve that vision, the play will not have any English-language aids, including captions. Before attending, the audience should brush up on their Spanish; during the performance, viewers can also rely on stage action. “I think [the viewers are] going to pay a lot more attention to the sounds, the actions, the expressions of the performers, which in some sense adds more to the theatrical experience because people will be seeing all manners of the performance and not just being...
...opinion. He has been able to attract followers in the debates, where he's presented a clear, simple philosophy of personal freedom and responsibility. He bluntly refers to the U.S. as an empire. And the nerdiness lends Paul's simple message an aura of credibility, especially on a stage with more polished politicians and their nuanced positions. "He's about something that American nerd culture can get on board with: really knowing one subject and going all out on it," says Ben Darrington, a Ron Paul supporter at Yale. "For some people, it's Star Wars. For some people...
...militancy in the cities, as well as anti-Musharraf agitation by the middle class (such as the recent lawyers' protests that forced Musharraf to back down from firing chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry), will become a perfect storm of opposition that could further weaken the regime. "Martial law at this stage would be a disaster for Pakistan," says Senator Raza Rabbani. "The increase in terrorist activity in the country, the growing extremism, has a direct relationship with the lack of democracy...