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...against commercial realities. The older kids that many of these new plays are geared toward are also the hardest to lure into a theater--especially a theater with "children's" in its name. When the Nashville Children's Theater staged Wrestling Season last spring, the crowds were thin. Old reliables like The Velveteen Rabbit are still the way to fill the theater--"the tyranny of titles," as some put it. There are those who argue, moreover, that the traditional book adaptations shouldn't be dismissed so readily. "It's more important to do Tom Sawyer now than ever," says Nashville...
...talent is any guide, Q'ORIANKA KILCHER'S face is one worth watching. Kilcher, 14, plays Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's The New World, now filming in Britain. Malick gave first big breaks to Richard Gere, in 1978's Days of Heaven, and James Caviezel, in 1998's The Thin Red Line. An aspiring singer, Kilcher had her only previous film role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, as a little choir member. The Peruvian Indian sang a blues tune at her screen test for Malick. "She had the innocence of the young Pocahontas and the gravitas to play...
Surviving in Harvard’s social world can be tough on a thin wallet. But for many students, buying things—whether they’re edible, drinkable, or wearable—can be a quick fix for loneliness or disatisfaction, and a not-so-free pass to social acceptance...
Surviving in Harvard’s social world can be tough on a thin wallet. But for many students, buying things—whether they’re edible, drinkable, or wearable—can be a quick fix for loneliness or disatisfaction, and a not-so-free pass to social acceptance...
...hybrids' complex engineering, Detroit has been slower to move away from its reliance on gas guzzlers like SUVs (though the new Ford Escape hybrid is a hot model). GM has been the most cautious about hybrids, which are costly to build and could cut into the company's thin margins on small cars. The leading U.S. car manufacturer is also still smarting from the more than $1 billion it sank into an unsuccessful electric-car project during the early 1990s. "Initially it looks as if the Big Three are running behind, but the race isn't over," says Lindsay Brooke...