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Friday, March 19 2010
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Movies, Music, DVDs, Stage and Screen 19th-century industrial spy stole No. 1 drink "For All the Tea in China" (Viking, 252 pages, $25.95), by Sarah Rose: The plot for Sarah Rose's "For All the Tea in China" seems tailor-made for a Hollywood thriller: An industrial spy hired by the world's largest multinational corporation steals trade secrets that enable the world's biggest superpower to wrest control of a business that represents up to 10 percent of that nation's economy.... Bennett shows little passion with `Queen's Lover' "The Queen's Lover" (William Morrow, 592 pages, $25.99), by Vanora Bennett: If ever there was a poor little princess, it was Catherine de Valois. Born to the mad King Charles VI of France and the unfaithful - some would say depraved - Queen Isabeau, Catherine grows up neglected, often lacking food, clean clothing and supervision.... Big business redesigns the tomato in 'Ripe' "Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato" (Counterpoint, 304 pages, $26), by Arthur Allen: "Ripe" is the latest in a rapidly growing number of books examining U.S. agricultural and food production systems and their affect on public health and the environment.... Feinstein and Dame Edna are B'way's new odd couple NEW YORK (AP) -- Not since Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison moved in together has Broadway had such an odd couple on the boards.... Capsule reviews: `The Bounty Hunter' and others Capsule reviews of films opening this week:... T.S. Eliot's `Cocktail Party' is worth attending NEW YORK (AP) -- If you've ever known a psychiatrist who thinks he or she is godlike, then T.S. Eliot's 60-year-old play, "The Cocktail Party," would be an absolute tonic for them.... Review: 'Repo Men' offers bloody awful future In the happy future of "Repo Men," if you need a pancreas, you can get a pancreas. It'll cost you $618,000 and, if you miss one of your scheduled "easy" payments, you'll find yourself hounded by a hired goon who will slice you open, retrieve the organ and leave you on the floor, bleeding to death.... Review: 'Wimpy Kid' fleshes out stick-figure novel The movie version of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" manages to put flesh and bone on the stick figures in Jeff Kinney's wildly successful cartoon novel without altering the book's mildly subversive comic tone.... Marvel a marvel in diffuse 'Book of Grace' in NY NEW YORK (AP) -- Elizabeth Marvel is one of those chameleon-like stage actresses fiercely committed to character. Whatever the play - from "A Streetcar Named Desire" off-Broadway to "Top Girls" on Broadway - she transforms herself, each portrait totally different and totally credible.... Melancholy Hamlet returns to Met after 113 years NEW YORK (AP) -- Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet" was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it's easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival.... |
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