Category: archives
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‘Footloose’
The Academy Theatre takes on this musical, adapted from the 1984 film. By: Stuart Duncan In days of yore, a successful actor needed to be seen and heard. Nowadays, with in-house sound systems, acoustics and "body mikes" in constant use, one more asset must be mentioned: the need to be understood. Take, for example,…
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‘Man of La Mancha’
Actors’ NET of Bucks County presents a revival of Dale Wasserman’s work, starring C. Jameson Bradley. By: Stuart Duncan Man of La Mancha began when playwright Dale Wasserman, who was in Madrid working on a film, read in a local newspaper that he was in Spain doing research for a dramatic version of Cervantes’ Don…
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‘A Prairie Home Companion’
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater – complete with Powdermilk Biscuits – is Robert Altman’s paean to Garrison Keillor’s radio show. By: Bob Brown Has your family tried A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio on a Saturday night? If they have, you’ve been looking forward to this film, with story and script by the…
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June 14, 2006
Deborah Jeanne Giovacchini Deborah Jeanne Giovacchini, 50, died Monday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Giovacchini was an eighth-grade paraprofessional science teacher at Timberlane Middle School for the past seven years and was actively involved in soccer and track for her children.…
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McGlinchey’s
This unpretentious Doylestown, Pa., establishment caters to a DIY crowd, so bring your own wine glass (or cocktail shaker) and enjoy comfort food at comforting prices. By: Scotia MacRae McGlinchey’s 19 E. State St. Doylestown, Pa. (215) 345-8181 Food: Good + Service: Good Prices: Inexpensive Cuisine: Irish-American Vegetarian and Vegan Options: Limited Ambience: Homey Hours:…
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‘Urinetown’
Bucks County Playhouse stages this Tony Award-winning hit musical. By: Stuart Duncan The excitement at Bucks County Playhouse this season is due, at least in good part, to a schedule that includes many "new" shows that never have been produced in New Hope, Pa., before. Leading the list, chronologically, is Urinetown, which had a Broadway…
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Sweet Movies
Classic movies will be served outdoors with ice cream and popcorn. By: Jay Boyar Remember drive-in movies? Tom Grim does. He remembers how much fun it was to watch a film outdoors, with the stars up above and, all around him, an actual breeze. "We used to go to the drive-in in a dump truck,"…
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‘Cars’
Despite creakily predictable plot twists, the imaginary world cooked up in Pixar’s latest film sometimes feels delightfully real. By: Elise Nakhnikian When Walt Disney announced that it was buying Pixar and appointing its main filmmaker, John Lasseter, as chief creative officer for all its animation it looked as if the hibernating giant was…
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Uncle Vinnie’s Clam Bar
Seafood is the star and portions are generous at this small neighborhood restaurant in Raritan, where the regulars taste each other’s dinners. By: Tom and Kate O’Neill Uncle Vinnie’s Clam Bar 5 E. Somerset St. Raritan (908) 526-9887 Food: Good to very good Service: Well-trained, friendly Prices: Appetizers $4.95-$12.50, entrées $10.50-$16.50 (specials may be more…
