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Paul Newman, 1925-2008

Boston Phoenix | October 2, 2008

Paul Newman, who died last weekend at the age of 83, was that rarest of creatures, a movie star who turned himself into a great actor.

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Tags: obituaries, actors, Paul Newman

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Macbeth Like You've Never Seen it Beforenew

Sleep No More a new, strange take on Macbeth, is a site-specific series of episodes in various pockets of a four-floored school building. Spectators are asked to wear masks as they explore the school's 44 rooms, many of them elaborately decorated and some of them boasting dramatic scenes staged by actors who wander about the building.

Boston Phoenix | Steve Vineberg | 10-22-2009 | Theater

Tags: American Repertory Theatre, Bernard Herrmann, J.B. Priestley, Sleep No More, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Alfred Hitchcock, Black Sabbath

Richard Pryor, 1940-2005new

Richard Pryor, who died of a heart attack December 10 at the age of 65, was the natural enemy of sanctimony and editorializing. His stand-up routines about sex and race were so disarmingly honest that they were -- and continue to be -- truly liberating.

Boston Phoenix | Steve Vineberg | 12-14-2005 | Performance

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Eclectic Masternew

A profoundly gratifying new two-volume Library of America collection of James Agee's works makes it clear that his broad range of literary output is unified by the beauty of his prose.

Boston Phoenix | Steve Vineberg | 11-22-2005 | Nonfiction

Tags: James Agee, James Agee, Volumes I and II

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