Lead Story In May an eight-month-old lion was found in the basement of a vacant house in Detroit. The next week another lion was waiting inside the Beulah Baptist Church in Calabash, North Carolina, when a church member unlocked the door to let an organ repairman in. Two weeks later a tiger escaped from a […]
Tag: Vol. 22 No. 40
Issue of Jul. 15 – 21, 1993
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Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack
Three and a half years and more than a dozen cast changes after its debut, Torso Theatre’s Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack continues to go where theater companies looking for grants and awards dare not venture. What distinguishes Torso’s satire from mere sophomoric irreverence is the seriousness with which playwright Billy Bermingham and his company present […]
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Surveying the streets: the young and the homeless
Antonio, a 19-year-old who lives in a homeless shelter on the north side, says he rarely sees his mother and only recently discovered who his father is. “My mother had 18 kids and not all by the same father. My mom and I don’t get along too well. My mom would get mad at me […]
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Cleanup Crew
It’s a nasty little creature with teeth; you just know it will use them. Want something cute and cuddly? Stick to Disney. The look in this thing’s eyes makes my genitals grow cold. And I’m here on an errand of mercy! When an animal lies half squashed in the center of the road, who do […]
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The Curse of Testosterone
THE PAIN OF THE MACHO Rick Najera at Goodman Studio Theatre, through July 18 Machismo is the sort of sociological and psychological issue many encounter without real comprehension. Despite the fact that machismo is cross-cultural, and cross-economic, it’s a subject many avoid, often the target of easy ridicule rather than serious study. South American machismo […]
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The Color of Pomegranates: The Director’s Cut
The late Sergei Paradjanov’s greatest film, a mystical and historical mosaic about the life, work, and inner world of the 18th-century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, has previously been available only in the ethnically “dry-cleaned” Russian version–recut and somewhat reorganized by Sergei Yutkevich, with chapter headings added to clarify the content for Russian viewers. This superior […]
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Shakespeare Unplugged
ROMEO AND JULIET Oak Park Festival Theatre Shakespeare in the park. Shakespeare in the basement. Shakespeare in the storefront. Shakespeare is as much a part of summer as day camp, fireworks, and baseball. By now the plays are so familiar that having actors perform them is hardly even necessary; you could just assemble the audience […]