Excellent lead performances help make up for some casting and pacing problems in this production of the classic tale.
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With budgets being slashed, U.S. Uncut wants to shift the focus to corporate taxes that go uncollected because of various deductions.
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The Queens Players' production of this neglected classic from Shakespeare's time is simply a blast.
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Pushed over the edge, Gogol's antihero descends into obsessions and decides he is the King of Spain.
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In the near term the news is probably good for rival Barnes & Noble, but the brick-and-mortal bookstore business has been declining for years.
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Journalists always lived under a storm cloud, but at least they were issued umbrellas. Now we may all end up without a shred of nylon to protect us.
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This post-apocalyptic tale of vaudevillians and scavengers reminds us, on more than one level, why we love theater.
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