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...American Repertory Theatre's production of Henry IV, Part Two--inspired somewhat by Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho"--paints a timeless landscape for Shakespeare's original play; it collapses then and now with witty juxtapositions of different moments of history. This potpourri of costumes (Gabrielle Berry), props and motifs is no more unusual than performing a play in the late 20th century, which was written in the late 16th and set in the late 14th. And though this odd, albeit very effective, hodge podge of disparate time periods creates a certain ahistoricity, it succeeds remarkably...
...production, a TV holiday staple starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland, both in their radiant prime. But Balanchine's remains the standard. His hero and heroine are children, and the first act contains a party scene that is the heart of the piece. Deftly and smoothly, it teaches a timeless lesson in deportment: how a child's natural greed and anger are coaxed into poise and good manners...
...indulgence of his friends, then abandoned the instant his considerable fortune is gone, has been set in the jazz age and augmented with music by Duke Ellington. The semimodern dress and judicious pruning of the most convoluted language makes the text accessible, and its cynicism about the rich is timeless. But the play's rage depends in large part on the context of classical notions about the sacred nature of hospitality. These ideas of mutual obligation, almost unto ruin, were antique in Shakespeare's day, and are alien to our own. Thus Bedford wisely plays the extravagant Timon...
Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "La Strada" on Oct. 28 at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Fellini's early masterpiece and the film that brought him international acclaim, "La Strada" has been out of distribution since 1988. The timeless story of an innocent peasant girl employed and seduced by an itinerant circus strongman. Giulietta Masina is outstanding as Gelsomina the waif, and Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart's performances equal hers as the two men in her life...
This summer's best-seller Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Dr. Deepak Chopra, recommends meditation, as does Bill Moyers' book Healing and the Mind. The stress clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center uses meditation, and the Mutual of Omaha insurance company reimburses policyholders for meditation courses...