Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chase for audience approval and Oscar nods, screenwriters Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard could not have custom tailored "Shakespeare in Love" any better. Gwyneth Paltrow bares her breasts, audiences can test their recognition of the Shakespearean quotes interspersed in the dialogue, the most acclaimed playwright and poet is known by the affectionately simple title "Will," and the bond between two beautiful lovers is yet again tragically severed. What is there not to love? Oh, and one more thing: the screenwriters took the liberty of redirecting a bit of William Shakespeare's prose to alter his sexual orientation. But in Hollywood...
...Ragtime) creates a pretty, pastel production and fills the stage with inventive, witty movement. The members of the Wild West troupe are onstage most of the time, either dancing up a storm or providing rhythmic accompaniment to the action by slapping thighs or snapping scarves. When Frank (the fine Tom Wopat) sings My Defenses Are Down, he clings to the leg of one member of a male chorus line as they drag him across the stage--then he turns and drags them...
...giant sequoias, members of the world's largest living species, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Twain visited Bret Harte, another gold-rush writer, at Harte's cabin near California Caverns, where, according to local lore, Twain spelunked and found inspiration for the cave in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Nearby Columbia State Historic Park is one of California's best-preserved gold-rush towns, with many original buildings...
...have heard of him, but Tom Paxton wrote "I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler," an early '80s folk classic popularized by Arlo Guthrie. (If you haven't heard of that one, get out some time.) Tonight, he comes to Cambridge. Club Passim, Harvard Square...
With the hiring of Tom Wilson, the volleyball renaissance can be seen off the court as well as on. Wilson leaps on every opportunity to meet with administrators, giving the program a presence in the Department of Athletics. He is visible in the admissions office and has been instrumental in recruiting a solid class for next year...