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U2 concert brings Boston audience to PopMart

By David Kung | July 3, 1997

The U2 PopMart concert dazzled the audience Tuesday night at Foxboro Stadium with a combination of excellent songs, sparkling pyrotechnic displays and one giant lemon. The concert -- the first of two in Massachusetts -- was certainly a spectacle-fest for the audience of over 52,000 enthusiastic fans.

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'Con Air' delivers too much of a good thing

By Erik Tanouye | June 18, 1997

A government plane filled with America's most dangerous and entertaining federal prisoners gets hijacked by its passengers in "Con Air," a slick action movie where Nicolas Cage's good-guy ex-con has to save his best friend, the prison guards, a stuffed pink bunny rabbit and, well, the day. Cage plays Cameron Poe, who finishes serving as an Army Ranger, dances with his pregnant wife, gets in a fight defending her honor, kills a knife-wielding drunk and gets sentenced to seven years in prison all before the opening credits. "Con Air," like other Jerry Bruckheimer productions ("The Rock," "Bad Boys," "Top Gun"), wastes little time on scenes which don't involve gunplay or witty repartee, though many of its best lines are lost in the thunderous sounds of explosions. The movie never takes itself too seriously, since it was written by Scott Rosenberg, who also wrote the nostalgic comedy "Beautiful Girls" and the dark gangster redemption film "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead." Though Bruckheimer and Rosenberg both have track records, director Simon West is new to film.

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Frost festival honors student playwrights

By Carolyn Collins | May 27, 1997

The Frost play festival showcased the works of Dartmouth undergraduate playwrigts. The series of plays, performed by randomly assigned actors and actresses, were well received by the enthusiastic audience who gathered to see the plays last week. "One Hundred Days," written by Kyle Ancowitz '98 and directed by Jo Weingarten '98, draws upon an ancient Chinese riddle to explore modern versions of love and devotion. "The Perfect Woman," directed by Ancowitz, is the portrayal of the final months in the life of an anorexic girl and how her friends deal with her life and death.

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Frost Festival honors student plays

By Carolyn Collins | May 22, 1997

The 70th Annual Frost Play Festival returns to the stage tonight. The festival consists of a series of plays created entirely by Dartmouth students responsible for the writing, direction and performance of the works. "One Hundred Days" by Kyle Ancowitz '98, "The Perfect Woman" by Jo Weingarten '98 and "You Are Here" by Stefan Lanfer '97 are this year's winners of the Frost Play-writing Competition, which accepts one-act play submissions each winter term. The submitted scripts are further transformed by the interpretations of student directors and the personality and vitality which the student actors bring to the characters. Audiences usually enjoy the Frost productions not only for their consistently high quality, but for the experimental vigor not found in familiar dramas. This year, there are several factors to make the productions unique, other than the material itself.

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Professor Ted Levin brings musical world to classroom

By Edward Thomas | May 22, 1997

Music Professor Ted Levin is providing Dartmouth with a unique glance at the world of music and ethnomusicology -- a world that has motivated a fascinating life and has inspired all of his students. Levin's life has been characterized by extensive travel and diverse musical interests.

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