Syracuse figures shine in regional theater honors and reviews
Syracuse University drama students earned top regional design notices at Kennedy Center events for Anything Goes and Avena Boys while Angela Valetutio Michael Wojchik Ed Peterson Christian Couture and Kristin Palazzoli received honors. Syracuse stage also features Meech in Dracula and Meet Me in St Louis with strong notices as he prepares Jesus Christ Superstar in Salt City. Le Moyne College shifts spring play dates for Bold Stroke for a Wife with performances March 4-8 at Firehouse Theater.
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Primary Colors faces market pressures amid Clinton parallels
Universal plans a costly push for Primary Colors star Travolta as a Clinton-like governor while controversy swirls around the real life president. Directors Nichols and May adapt Klein’s roman a clef with strong test reactions and mixed industry caution.
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Gia and the Payback Decade Genre in Film History
Film critic Matt Zoller Seitz outlines a new genre seen in Gia and other works, framing the 1970s as innocence and the 1980s as punishment for excess. He cites Good Fellas Boogie Nights The People vs Larry Flynt Breast Men Don King Only in America as examples of hedonistic fortune followed by downfall.
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The Lox Sign With Bad Boy For Debut Album
The Lox members Styles P Jada Kearse and Sheek Louch, longtime friends of Mary J Blige, inked a deal with Bad Boy Records for Money Power Respect. Puff Daddy Jay Z and Blige influenced their rise. NewsLine tip directs listeners to Mark Bialczaks Music Notes for Can t Stop Won t Stop tune details.
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