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...more blacks celebrate a liberty pole. McElroy complains that the artist "avoids presenting images that describe individual black people": none of the black figures is a portrait. But so what? There is no individual white person in the painting either, except for a bronze bust of the abolitionist Henry Thornton; the goddess Liberty, far from being "a white noblewoman," is a standard allegorical figure...
...TOWN (PBS, Nov. 3, 9 p.m. on most stations). Last season's acclaimed Broadway revival of the Thornton Wilder classic is presented on Great Performances...
...dramatic group, which animates literary work for the stage, was founded in 1950 in a small 50-seat theater located on Palmer St. where the Coop Annex now stands. But when it burned down, the theater temporarily took with it an organization that listed Thornton Wilder and William Carlos Williams as board members. With no place to meet, the theatrical group disbanded...
Three years ago, the Knicks had Ron Cavenall, who played because he was 7-ft. tall. They had Chris McNealy, who played because he hustled. They had Bob Thornton, who played because...well, why did he play? Maybe it was his ball...
...TOWN. For its 50th birthday, Thornton Wilder's nostalgic masterpiece gets the gift of a robust, funny and faithful Broadway production...