Stephen Porter, Theater Director, Dies at 87
He sometimes translated plays from the French himself. He explained that he translated Molière's “Don Juan” for a 1972 Broadway production because he thought previous translations made the play's peasant characters sounded like the American hillbilly …
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Big notes from a little instrument
Maybe because it produces happy music. And what a variety of music it can make! Once considered merely a vehicle for Hawaiian or island music, this little cousin of the guitar, when in the right hands, also can emit bluegrass, ragtime, country or …
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6 Camptasic Horror Films to Celebrate Pride
Even scarier than Baby Jane, the film still has plenty of quotable camp moments and you cannot miss Agnes Moorehead (Endora from television's Bewitched) as the hillbilly butch housekeeper who may or may not have a little crush on Charlotte. Misery …
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