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John Updike Wrote It All Down

As a producer of sentences, paragraphs, and pages worth reading, John Updike was voluminous. Over the course of his life he ...
Little Feather Steps on to the world stage—without waiting for Canada to notice The Manitoulin Expositor News - ...
A perennial, heart-warming tale of personal and societal triumph, the Argyle Theatre’s opening night of “Annie” was a celebratory reminder of why we should never give up on our dreams, even if they ...
Well, I saw my first Christmas show this weekend: “Annie” is onstage at Theatre South Playhouse in southwest Orlando. What, you don’t think “Annie” qualifies as a Christmas show? Are we about to ...
On Sunday, November 16th, I had the pleasure of seeing yet another first-rate production put on by Fairfield Center Stage, ANNIE! The venue is at Wakeman Hall inside First Church Congregational of ...
For years, I’ve been looking for the striped bathrobe that Roddy McDowall’s character wears in ‘Escape from the Planet of the ...
The production opened to warm praise from audiences last night, with comments describing it as “full of amazing talent” and “phenomenal from start to finish.” One theatre-goer said the performance ...
From the opening strain of the horn in "Tomorrow" to the finale when the president offers a new deal and the plucky orphan revels in a new family, Palo Alto Players' "Annie" is a true treat. The 1977 ...
When you think of a film like Sinners, it’s hard not to pick up on the incredible level of detail used in every craft department. For costumes, writer-director Ryan Coogler tasked the legendary ...
Early Friday, a crowd of people lined up outside Apple Inc.’s SoHo location in New York to be among the first to get their hands on a new, limited-edition product: an up to $230 iPhone pouch the ...
The sun comes up, and with delight, in Berkeley Playhouse’s nicely timed production of “Annie.” The enthusiastic cast does a great job telling the feel-good, Depression-era story of the red-haired ...