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David Rabe is often referred to as a Vietnam playwright, largely because his reputation was established on the basis of work he wrote in the years immediately following his tour of duty in Vietnam. While the war certainly provided a catalyst for his writ...

David Rabe achieved national recognition in 1971 when two of his plays, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones, opened in New York within six months of each other. Productions of The Orphan (1973), Boom Boom Room (1973), and Streamers (1...

Some students at the University of Pennsylvania have eagerly waited for three years to be pelted with flour, eggs, ketchup and mustard.They'll have to settle for streamers and marshmallows.That was part of the compromise agreed to by Penn officials and students participating in "Hey Day,"...

In its 75th year, the "Christmas Spectacular" at Radio City Music Hall is a relatively mellow affair.The annual holiday blast marks its diamond anniversary with a lighthearted program, sparkling in appearance, but a little soft in the center, especially compared to director-choreographer Linda Haberman's truly...

Leftist Rafael Correa is promising to battle Ecuador's widely discredited political establishment after taking office Monday in a ceremony that is drawing some of Washington's fiercest critics.U.S. foes including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Iran's hardline leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were gathering...

President Robert Mugabe declared Wednesday that he had overcome British-backed efforts to topple him, leading muted independence celebrations for a country beset by recent political violence and a plummeting economy.Looking robust, the 83-year-old Zimbabwean leader described the opposition Movement for Democratic Change as "the shameless...