In the following review of Stage Door, the critic applauds all aspects of the production, but notes that the characters are "mere types."
Stage Door, though it is not George S. Kaufma...
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Krutch was an American drama, literary, and social critic who wrote esteemed studies of Samuel Johnson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry David Thoreau. In the following review of Stage Door, he attributes b...
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A marquee just a few steps from the center Strip begs for the rumors to stop."This casino has NOT been sold as claimed."Then, "We have 23 years left on our lease."The Stage Door Casino will not shu...
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For tourists, there's lots of news from New York City this fall, including a Broadway musical featuring the Grinch, the annual chocolate show, and a discount pass to attractions around Rockefe...
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for the Times Magazine about a Blake Edwards' show on Broadway called Victor/Victoria. Edwards had let me hang out with the production as long as I wanted. When I wrote the piece, it was tough on t...
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A few words about the wonderfully vulgar Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, sometimes known as “The Big Yin” or “The World’s Only Violent Hippie”:
What I love most abo...
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A few words about the wonderfully vulgar Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, sometimes known as “The Big Yin” or “The World’s Only Violent Hippie”:
What I love most ab...
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Where do the ducks go in the winter? It's a question Holden Caulfield, the moody teenage narrator of the classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye," asks about the ducks in the Central Park pond. And i...
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Read the title carefully; then read it again. Just about everything in this marvelous book has been weighed and assessed more than is usual. William Mann doesn’t settle for the obvious, the g...
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Read the title carefully; then read it again. Just about everything in this marvelous book has been weighed and assessed more than is usual. William Mann doesn’t settle for the obvious, the g...
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Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, from a screenplay by John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl, left me completely stupefied. Granted, this movie was never intended for a c...
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Critical Review by The Commonweal
Casino Determined to Stay Open Despite Harrah's Plans
