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Driving Miss Daisy

Veteran Actors To Take The Stage

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 03.09.2013 | Arts
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SYDNEY — They're starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angel...

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James Earl Jones To Star In 'Driving Miss Daisy'

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 03.09.2013 | Black Voices
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SYDNEY -- They're starring in a play about a woman reluctant to age and the perils of passing time, but veteran actors James Earl Jones and Angela Lan...

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At Long Last Broadway

Howard Sherman | Posted 01.29.2013 | Arts
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Howard Sherman

It's hardly surprising to learn about a hit Off Broadway show moving to Broadway. It's been happening for years, both with shows that began at not-for-profit companies or as commercial ventures.

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James Earl Jones: 'I Can Live In The Shoes Of Racists'

bbc.co.uk | Posted 12.08.2011 | Black Voices
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James Earl Jones opened up about the "most racist person" he has ever known: his grandmother. During an interview with BBC News, the actor and fam...

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Biopic Reveals Frank Lloyd Wright's Dark Past

Posted 12.08.2011 | Arts
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It comes as no big surprise that Frank Lloyd Wright was dubbed "the greatest American architect of all time" by the American Institute of Architects. ...

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The Fall That Was

Cara Joy David | Posted 05.28.2011 | New York
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Cara Joy David

This fall I was puzzled by quite a few things on Broadway. I didn't foresee Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson tumbling so quickly. It had no stars, but neither did Spring Awakening.

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Dissing Miss Daisy

Gwen Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Gwen Davis

The play into film that so captured hearts with Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman was for me, at least, completely unmoving, due to the affectedly mannered Ms. Redgrave.

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Finding What Drives Us Through Driving Miss Daisy

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Carol Smaldino

Without surprise, James Earl Jones cannot help but impress anyone present by how much he loves his character "Hoke." Certainly Jones knows the racial issues contained in the play, as he knows his own from his real past.

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Talking Stage Royalty and Southern Roots With Driving Miss Daisy's Boyd Gaines

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Jon Chattman

Boyd Gaines has won four Tony Awards, but he's still a bit modest about it. "It's not the kind of thing I think a lot about it," he said.

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Theater: "Driving Miss Daisy" Sputters, "Wings" Doesn't Soar

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

Enough cliches in that headline for you? Here are my impressions of two revivals: one Broadway and one Off. DRIVING MISS DAISY ** out of **** Golde...

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Be First in Your Age Group to Embrace Technology

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Don McNay

The New York Times recently had a fascinating article about a car that Google is working on that can drive itself. I want one.

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Star-Spanieled Banner

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Wendy Diamond

What a triumphant week for Spaniels! New York City has morphed into Spaniel City as we witness two major Spaniel spectacles the week of St. Valentine.

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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John Farr

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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