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...Producers" was the musical theater's last megahit. The Nathan Lane starrer, which opened in April 2001, was also the first show in ages to break the unwritten 20-year rule for Broadway shows: be dramatic, tragic if possible, and always brown. Mel Brooks, who wrote the score and co-wrote the libretto from his fondly-recalled old film, reminded theatergoers that there used to be something, a very agreeable thing, called "musical comedy" - emphasis on the comedy. Audiences devoured "The Producers" like the first spoonful of chocolate sundae after Yom Kippur. If the show wasn't quite the laugh...
...French orphans search for their faraway home. Doesn't sound like much, but this story of preteen love, devotion and possession was the find of the festival--a work of seamless art and broken heart--and a tonic to movie lovers bummed out by a tragic anniversary...
...game's comprehensive vocabulary, Nihal is a "cricket tragic"?a man irredeemably obsessed. In the past 15 years he has missed more wedding anniversaries than he has international cricket matches played in Colombo. His life revolves around the game and its peculiar colonial customs. He never attends a match without a packed lunch of egg sandwiches, the crusts neatly sliced off by his wife. He happily shares the sandwiches with bemused business associates. "I often do business at the cricket," he says. "The Americans like to do business on a golf course. I like to do business while watching Murali...
While the repression of their stories is a tragic element of the American system, the tragedy of their deaths is not an American tragedy. Those who died a year ago were from both sides of America’s borders. The collapse of the towers was first and foremost a human tragedy, felt more acutely by families like the Arrazolas in Mexico than by most families in the United States who were not directly affected...
...even as first-years take their language placement exams today and upperclass students continue moving in, students say they will recognize the tragic anniversary through both private reflection and at the University-wide memorial service at noon today...