MAY 14 FRIDAY Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, who won a Pulitzer in 1970 for breaking the story of the My Lai massacre, returned to the spotlight with his May 1 New Yorker story on the torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. Today he visits his alma mater, the University of Chicago, to give the […]
Tag: Vol. 33 No. 33
Issue of May. 13 – 19, 2004
Posted inNews & Politics
Let’s Compare Equipment
To the editor: I found John Dugan’s article “He Has Built It. Will They Come?” [May 7] a poorly framed and unresearched view of our profession. While I wish Dan Dietrich and Wall to Wall the best of luck in this difficult business, I cannot overlook the numerous errors, editorial speculation, and basic lack of […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Secret Admirers
The New, More Thrilling Secrets Boy Girl Boy Girl at Live Bait Theater, May 7 and 8 David Kodeski has spent the last five years creating beguiling monologues out of books and diaries he’s found in thrift shops. And fittingly, the inspiration for Boy Girl Boy Girl’s debut performance was the August 1957 issue of […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Drury Lane Went South, or So They Loaded Up the Yucks and Moved to Beverly
My biggest complaint about Second City is that ensemble members don’t stay around long enough. These days we’re lucky if an actor performs four shows in a row before being lured to LA or New York. This guarantees a steady parade of energetic, eager actors in their 20s and 30s. But it also contributes to […]
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The Straight Dope
In the column in your archive on the Alamo, you base most of your claims on the diary of Jose Enrique de la Pena. I did a bit of searching on the Internet and found claims that this diary is a fake. Is the diary real, or were you fooled? –Star Was, via the Straight […]