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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...August 23, 2008—a date they said they picked because it was the only one that worked with their schedules of working in their labs, studying for the MCATS, and DeCoste-Lopez’s brother’s start date for his freshman year at Transylvania University. The ceremony displayed a fusion of the bride’s and groom’s disparate cultural backgrounds. Because Lopez’s family is Catholic and primarily Spanish-speaking and DeCoste-Lopez’s family is Protestant and English-speaking, the wedding alternated between Spanish and English...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jennifer M. DeCoste-Lopez ’09 and Cesar J. Lopez ’09 | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Start with the source material. Young Frankenstein, Brooks's update of Mary Shelley's horror tale, in which the monster-maker's grandson returns to Transylvania and gets pulled back into the family business, probably has more laughs, and more fondly remembered bits, than any film in the Brooks canon. And Brooks (working again with his Producers writing collaborator Tom Meehan) has faithfully reproduced most of them on stage: Igor and his wandering hump; the steely Frau Blucher, whose very name incites the horses; the monster's visit to the cabin of a kindly blind man who turns into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Frankenstein: Monster Mashed | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...numbers in Young Frankenstein seem more generic, off-the-rack items: a tongue-in-cheek buddy duet for the doctor and Igor, "Together Again (for the First Time)"; a Dietrich send-up for Frau Blucher, "He Vas My Boyfriend"; a predictable parody of '30s dance crazes, "Transylvania Mania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Frankenstein: Monster Mashed | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...TRANSYLVANIA LEGEND: The first of many films officially based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, the 1931 version of Dracula, with Bela Lugosi in the title role, became an instant classic. The film's horrific scenes allegedly caused audience members to faint at the premiere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 2, 2007 | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...attend an opening of their 2003 play, Playing the Victim. It's a good thing the duo don't mind life on the road. Their increasing popularity as two of the world's hottest young playwrights has made itineraries like Moscow to Sydney via Tokyo, or Boston to Transylvania via London, routine as they attend their plays' premieres and workshops. [an error occurred while processing this directive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two for the Road | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

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