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As the musical dances on, the story becomes so engrossing that the characters more silly and overused lines blur into a powerful larger picture. While Father is out on an arctic expedition, Mother discovers a live baby buried in her backyard--the child of Sarah and Coalhouse Walker Jr. Much...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Oppression Gets Syncopation | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

She's also had the opportunity to become acquainted with receptive crowds in three major cities, and chart the differences in attitudes in each locale. In Seattle, where she's become almost as much of a fixture as she is in Boston, she's referred to on the radio as...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Underground Songstress | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

AND THE WOMEN? GRAY'S QUERULOUS, chain-smoking, scatterbrained Chris matches husband Ken for droll facial expressions. In this respect, she edges Catherine M. Ingman '98, who plays sharp-tongued, slightly scornful Claire Ganz. Both, however, are upstaged by Jordanna M. Brodsky '99 as a hilariously dippy, brocade-clad Julia...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: How to Make 'Rumors' Flourish | 5/1/1997 | See Source »

If you adhere to that philosophy during the Terrible Twos, it doesn't surprise your kids if you stick with it through the ticklish questions of sex, drugs and alcohol. It's at these times that children are uppity enough to ask, and some parents are foolish enough to reveal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARGARET CARLSON : WHY I SAID NO | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

Somehow the McCourts got by, on driblets from Eire's dole and Angela's uppity kin, who berated her for marrying a sodden Ulsterman. Christmas dinner was no stuffed goose, but a lowly pig's head. No wonder young Frank dimly viewed Catholic priests preaching sacrifice to the pews while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: RELIVING HIS BAD EIRE DAYS | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

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