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Dan's Media Digest (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
[SPOILERS] It's difficult to dislike episodes of Fringe that tackle its mythology, particularly the enigmatic Observer (Michael Cerveris), who has become the show's very own "Where's Wally?" character... but "August" was decidedly average in storytelling terms. This eighth episode focused on that peculiar race of bald-headed Observers (yes, we learn there's more than one) and while...
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MAD KANE'S HUMOR BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A period play about vibrators? It sounds like an unlikely theme for a Broadway play, but playwright Sarah Ruhl pulls it off in her In the Next Room or the vibrator play. I highly recommend this funny and insightful comedy about hysteria, a “disease of the womb.” And so does New York Times theater [...]
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NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The critics were abuzz with double-entendre options offered up by the Broadway opening of “ In the Next Room or the vibrator play .” Predictably, they don’t all assume the same position. Set in upstate New York in the 1880s, Sarah Ruhl’s new play stars Michael Cerveris as a doctor who treats women with “hysteria” with a new vibrating eletric medical device that...
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MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Who are the Observers? What is their purpose? And do they do more than just observe? Well, tonight's episode of "Fringe" seeks to answer at least some of the lingering questions about the bald-headed, condiment-loving characters and just what role they will play in the upcoming episodes. "The episode that we actually do have coming [...]
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LUSTY LADY (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Some plays/performances I'm attending soon. Will try to report back on them...as well as the one I saw last week at the new Galapagos Art Space about divorce, which was quite hilarious. Creature - click for performance info After being pestered by devils for more than half a year, Margery Kempe* – new mother, mayor’s daughter, and proprietress of a highly profitable beer business –...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Michael Cerveris been lurking somewhere in the background of every episode of Fox's freaky Fringe: Mysterious, quiet, fond of ...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Name: Michael Cerveris Age: "Stone" Neighborhood: Flatiron Occupation: "Playing pretend" Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? James Agee. What's the best meal you've eaten in New York? The Hot Dog Française at Café Un Deux Trois . In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? Battle the suspicion that my current job is...
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Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Nov. 15 - 21 in PDF format This week's TV Movies Prime choices for the week of Nov. 15 - 22 SUNDAY Long before "Lost," there was "The Prisoner," about...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The new play written by Sarah Ruhl and starring Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris opens tonight. Tickets range from $46.50$96.50. For more information, call 212-239-6200. ...
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TV Spoilers (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
From the fantastical set of Fringe in Vancouver, I got to play the role of Observer (without undergoing a buzz cut, thankfully) and find out from the cast what’s coming up on this show in which “the impossibilities are endless.” Here’s a whiff of what was uncovered during my visit. A prevailing topic on the set was that The Observers are about to get a whole lot more face time....
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
With its impressive pedigree, "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" should have been a show dog.