NEW YORK – Sir Ian McKellen is asking for silence. He has commanded the Broadhurst Theatre stage for the last 2 1/2 hours with a corrosive yet richly detailed portrayal in August Strindberg’s “Dance of Death,” and so the cheering matinee audience quite naturally does his bidding. [More]
Month: December 2001
“Lord of the Rings” fans face a decision. Should they buy the “Rings” jigsaw puzzles with scenes from the coming movie? Or the puzzle that springs from the J.R.R. Tolkien novels on which the movie is based? [More]
Classic modern epic carries a bit more weight than “Potter” or “Star Wars”. When poet W.H. Auden reviewed “The Fellowship of the Ring” in 1954 he wrote, “what happened in the year of the Shire 1418 in the Third Age of Middle Earth is not only fascinating in A. D. 1954 but also a warning and an inspiration.” [More]
To tell the truth, I never got the hobbit habit, though it certainly didn’t stop me passing snide comment on Tolkien fans. [More]
Today, December 17th is Bernard Hill’s (Theoden) birthday! Bernard was born on December 17th, 1944 in Manchester, England. That makes him 57 today, happy birthday Bernard!
Elijah Wood Fodo) continues to make the talk show rounds tonight. You can catch him on the hilarious ‘Daily Show with John Stewart’. Check your local listings.