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HuffPost Review: Henry's Crime

Marshall Fine | Posted 06.07.2011

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Marshall Fine

An oddball blend of crime tale and backstage comedy, Henry's Crime is a deadpan delight, an unexpected treat that offers the fire-and-ice teaming of Keanu Reeves and Vera Farmiga.

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Larry Rivers After Crossing His Delaware

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Probst Solomon

Larry was intellectual, literary, and one of the most brainy artists of his generation, but there was always the feeling in the art world that the more intellectual the artist, the less talented the painter.

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Introducing Haiku Reviews

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chekhov, David Coggins, James Scarborough, Dana Hanson, James Elkins, Angel Corella, Kimberly Brooks, Ballet, Huffpost Arts, Murakami, Debra Levine, David Galensen, Haiku Reviews, Huffington Post Arts Section, Stephen Malkmus, Arts News
Kimberly Brooks

Haiku reviews are a quick and easy way for our bloggers to express their opinions -- a series of Tweet-able art reviews coming to you every Friday.

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Nobel Prize Snubs In Literature

Posted 05.25.2011

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Since 1901, the Nobel Committee has honored outstanding individuals in the fields of science, peace and literature with a medal, personal diploma, cas...

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They Are Women, Hear Them Roar

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

I was intrigued by Symmetry Theatre's claim that fewer good roles are written for women, I found myself wondering if people might not be aware of the variety of plays that do indeed have meaty roles for female characters.

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Stanley Tucci's Tenor hits high notes

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

A week after his Broadway directing debut, Lend Me a Tenor, opened to glowingly positive reviews, director Stanley Tucci is lonely - and it surprises ...

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The Greatest Russian Writer You've Never Read: Andrei Platonov

The Guardian | Daniel Kalder | Posted 05.25.2011

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An anti-Stalinist author who died in obscurity in 1951 may be the greatest Russian writer of the last century, his English translator Robert Chandler ...

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Top 10 Stepmothers In Literature

The Guardian | Sam Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Stepmothers get what can only be called a "bum rap" in literature. From Snow White and Cinderella to Tolstoy to Judy Blume, whenever fiction needs a ...

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President Obama and Remembering Chekhov

Jamie Holmes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Holmes

President Obama's two ambitions as a young man were to write fiction and to work for social change. The jarring contrast between his inspiring speeches and his compromising politics mirrors these influences.

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Battle Stations: Among the Russians

Scott Diel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chekhov, Russia, Sheremetyevo, Estonia, Turgenev, Moscow, Travel, Pushkin, Red Square, Moscow-Russia, World News
Scott Diel

Russian lines take on distinct forms that are not, in fact, lines. They are more elliptical in shape with cells within the larger unit each playing out its own small drama.

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Nothing Is Beautiful Unless it Is Serious

Amitava Kumar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amitava Kumar

When it was first performed in 1896, in Petersburg, The Seagull was a disaster. But the actors in this new production of the play by the Royal Court Theatre, are magnificent.

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