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The Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 am on Tuesday, Dec 16th at St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill, 313 Second Street SE, Washington, DC Interment will be at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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A review of the Marlon Brando bio “Somebody” by Stefan Kanfer
by Richard Seff
Once again veering slightly off the course of New York Theatre Buzz, I’d like to acquaint you with a new biography of Marlon Brando, titled “Somebody.” Alfred A. Knopf has just published it, it’s by Stefan Kanfer, who’s done great justice to Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball and the entire Yiddish Theatre in previous bios he’s penned. There have been a dozen books on Brando since this challenging and controversial star left us in 2004 at the age of eighty. But this one tops them all, [Read more...]
The decision was based on health concerns. “This has been the toughest decision I have ever had to make,” she said. [Read more...]
Next To NormalArena Stage is sponsoring the DC regional premiere of the much heralded Off-Broadway musical Next to Normal. No doubt local audiences would have been pleased to see a reprise of the Second Stage production which enjoyed an extended, sold-out run, but Arena has given the creative team an opportunity to rework areas of the show which they felt could be improved. What they have achieved is a fiercely unsentimental examination of the impact of chronic mental illness on a seemly typical all-American suburban family. [Read more...]
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