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Go 'Into the Woods' and leave happily after

Fairy tales collide ? and fracture beautifully ? in PUP's production of "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, which opens this Thursday.The Tony award-winning show brings together five famous fairy tales surrounding the new story of a Baker (Rob Walsh, TCNJ) and his Wife (Amy Coenan '07), trying to reverse the curse put on the Baker's family by an angry Witch (Danielle Ivory '05) that has left them childless.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

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The Performance of Politics

Michael Douglas attacks his opponent with his eyes, confident and unrelenting.Kevin Kline gracefully moves to the podium and clears his throat.Martin Sheen banters with his crew, but furrows his brow in the Situation Room.There is certainly no shortage of people who can act presidential.

NEWS | 10/20/2004

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Supermarket Sweep

Beyond the 'Wa, beyond the U2, beyond even the dining halls and eating clubs, there are many food options around Princeton that have become staples of the surrounding community.

NEWS | 10/20/2004

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'Last of the Boys' shows aftermath of Vietnam

Thirty years after the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the better part of the '60s, wrote in his memoirs, "Although we sought to do the right thing?and believed we were doing the right thing?in my judgment, hindsight proves us wrong." McNamara, his initial decisions and his final regrets are only some of the ghosts that haunt the characters in Steven Dietz' play "Last of the Boys," playing at the Berlind Theatre through Oct.

NEWS | 10/13/2004

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Dancing doesn't have to be dirty

Before Wednesday, Sept. 22, my definition of ballroom dancing constituted solely the twists and twirls I had watched Belle and the Beast execute to "Tale as Old as Time" and the trendy moves of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in "Dirty Dancing."When I stepped into Broadway Ballroom ? located at 4-6 Hulfish Street until Sept.

NEWS | 10/06/2004

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'Community building' with English dances

Jane Austen was not known for her dancing, but she knew bad dancing when she saw it. In "Pride and Prejudice," she writes, "Mr. Collins, awkward and solemn, apologising instead of attending, and often moving wrong without being aware of it, gave her all the shame and misery which a disagreeable partner for a couple of dances can give." I was all too aware of my own wrong movements when I first attempted English country dancing.

NEWS | 10/06/2004