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Tuesday's Tony Award nominations were, as usual, a mixed bag for me. The Drowsy Chaperone, which I liked along with most of the critics, garnered the most nominations among the musicals - 13. But the two straight plays that drew the most nods - The History Boys, with 8, and the revival of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing, with 9 - left me cold. For my own picks of six new Broadway shows that are worth a visit, see this week's magazine. (Add one more play that I touted earlier - Festen, the grueling and gripping family drama from London that...
...whereas Allen tends to distance himself from his onscreen characters, the Italian director milked the connection. In his two features from the 1990s, Moretti played the part of a Roman filmmaker named Nanni Moretti trying to make a movie. But La Stanza del Figlio did not figure the usual Nanni-esque protagonist - and in Il Caimano he even gave up the lead role, to Orlando. "I wanted to abandon that [self-referencing] persona," Moretti says. "Before that, there was me, me and me, with some other satellites around me." For the role of Berlusconi, Moretti spread the wealth: Italian star...
...into Allston, meanwhile, will put an unknown amount of additional pressure on the Faculty’s finances.The 500,000-square-foot science complex planned for Western Avenue, for instance, will likely be ineligible to receive federal funds because it will house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.Government grants are usually a prime way for universities to win back some of the costs of science buildings after they become operational. But, Maull said, “Since the federal government doesn’t currently support stem cell work, we don’t get the overhead support...
...This minor change transforms the pass/fail option from a preemptive admission of defeat—one which most overachievers are unwilling to settle for—into a sort of grade insurance. If, as usual, they pulled it out in the end, they could always cash in their Ps for shinier, more respectable-looking...
...meantime, the weather is getting warmer, and summer travel beckons. Come June, students will trek to an inconveniently located airport to stand in long queues and move heavy bags. After the usual questions (“Did you pack your own bag?” “No, my mother did.” “Right, step this way for a bag-search.” “But my mum’s not a…”), their reward will be to crouch for a few hours with legroom barely sufficient...