Hare has written dialogue for Wilde that measures up to the man's legendary wit, while Everett achieves that elusive theatrical magic of a larger-than-life yet utterly believable performance.
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‘Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas’ at the New York Botanical Garden
The conceptualization was that the gardens were echoes of their canvas counterparts; they were living paintings.
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'In More Chocolate, No Cavities,' dentist Roger Lucas offers a revolutionary approach for preventing cavities in kids. It's based on diet, eating habits and biochemistry. Turns out, crackers are a leading culprit in causing cavities. Chocolate's really not so bad.
Read More »Theater Interview (San Antonio): Roberto Prestigiacomo, Director of ’14’ (Coming to AtticRep)
AtticRep's Producing Artistic Director talks about the company's ambitious new production, set to make its world premiere in June.
Read More »Language Matters in Life and Business: Redundancy
The worst thing about redundancies is they aren't effective in the way people seem to think they are. "Last and final" isn't a stronger call to action than just "last" or just "final." Either one is sufficient.
Read More »Sacramento Sports Collectors Show 2016: Recap (May 14, 2016)
Pete Rose, Ruthie Bolton and Bubba Paris were among the featured sports guests at the inaugural Sacramento Sports Collectors Show on May 14, 2016 in Sacramento, California.
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The substance of our lives is composed of deep questions, many of which may never be answered.
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The online world should be a better place than it is and, just like the real world out there, it is up to us to make a difference.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pelican’ by August Strindberg
Late in his career, August Strindberg wrote four short works he called "chamber plays" for his own new theater, which opened in Stockholm in 1907 with this weird one-act influenced by the playwright's studies of Swedenborg and incorporating his interest in the occult.
Read More »PlayOn Makes It Easier to Cut the Cord
“Cord cutting” means getting your news, sports and entertainment direct from the Internet, rather than through a cable company. PlayOn software makes this task less daunting by pre-populating its interface with almost all the popular online programming sources. On top of this, it gives you a software based digital video recorder (DVR), they call a Streaming Video Recorder (SVR).
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