The new play had an entertainingly over-the-top premise (elderly Mom booby-traps her apartment with Molotov cocktails to Sonny can’t send her to a nursing home), two skilled stage actors (Stephen Spinella and the 86-year-old Estelle Parsons), and excellent audience and critical response from its run at Arena Stage in D.C. Yet it closed after a month, despite a Tony nomination for Parsons.
Author: Matthew Westphal
NPR Names Eighth CEO In Eight Years
Jarl Mohn “is the founder of the E! Entertainment Television cable channel and has a long list of media investments and corporate board appointments on his résumé. Among other positions, he was general manager of MTV and VH1 cable networks between 1986 and 1990.”
Fired Director Of 92nd St. Y Commits Suicide
Sol Adler, 60, was dismissed by the Jewish cultural organization’s board after his longtime undisclosed affair with a subordinate was discovered during a corruption investigation. His body was discovered by his wife on Friday in their Brooklyn home.
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Hemingway Biopic ‘Papa’ Is First Hollywood Feature Film Shot In Cuba Since Revolution
“Papa came to Cuba under a U.S. Treasury Department license exempting it from most embargo restrictions. … For licensing purposes the movie qualified as a documentary, since it depicts a firsthand account of real events that took place here. So it’s unlikely just any Hollywood blockbuster would get the same permission in the future.”
Harry Potter Is Headed For The West End
“The production won’t be a condensed run through the epic saga of the books, but rather a focus on Harry’s early years and the story of his parents, who are killed by Lord Voldemort when Harry is 15 months old.”
The Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society
It’s exactly what it sounds like, and it meets in Central Park (where such things are legal).
American TV Shows Can Be Popular Or Written About, But Not Both
“[With] television, the world of criticism and the world of viewership aren’t merely askew; they’re mostly on different planets. No self-respecting TV critic writes about NCIS: Los Angeles, ever – ever – even though the all-time most-popular episode of Game of Thrones (which is, itself, the all-time most-popular HBO show) got fewer viewers than an NCIS: LA rerun.”
The Heroic Rebellion Portrayed In ‘Battleship Potemkin’? Never Happened
“[Eisenstein’s film], including its massacre scene on Odessa’s famous outdoor steps, … was in large measure a fabrication.” (What actually happened in Odessa in 1905 was rather less glorious.)
Is Meditation Overrated?
A review of the published clinical trials indicates that, with a few limited (though important) exceptions, there’s very little scientific evidence so far for the health benefits that meditation is said to provide.