Bus Stop News

Marilyn Monroe stars as Angela Phinlay, a moll, in the 1950 John Huston film "The Asphalt Jungle." I was having a chat yesterday with the Scottish actor Ewan McGregor --- he has a small part in the new Amelia Earhart movie " Amelia ," due out Friday, and a larger part in the dark comedy " The Men Who Stare at Goats ," opening in a couple of weeks ...

Dir. Jacques Demy . Jacques Demy's insouciant first feature, shot in his hometown of Nantes , is also his most New Wave-always threatening to turn into a cinema vrit Hollywood musical.

It's slightly jarring to step outside all the Live Arts/Fringe Festival madness, head out to Souderton's Montgomery Theater, and step back 50 years into the conventional world of William Inge's much-produced Bus Stop.

Written more than 50 years ago from a small-town perspective, the play's characters hold contemporary appeal.

When a busload of weary travelers must hole up at a roadside diner because of a howling snowstorm, the passengers and the diner employees not only become acquainted with strangers, they also come to terms with things about themselves, a recent news release said.

It's cold and snowy, the roads are closed and a bus can't get through. The passengers must spend the night in a Kansas diner entertaining themselves as best they can.

She was the real thing. I forgot my marriage, my baby, my dream life in New York, everything but this moment.

A tall, fresh-faced leading man, Don Murray first made his mark on the Broadway stage in "The Rose Tattoo" , co-starring with Eli Wallach and Maureen Stapleton.

The late Marilyn Monroe was notoriously difficult to work with. She'd frequently arrive late to the set and she habitually forgot her lines.

The Hollywood star's striking appearance was often put down to the contrast between her ample cleavage, tiny waist and swinging hips.

She was Hollywood's biggest light for nearly 20 years, but her brightness dimmed, and eventually faded away, much too soon.

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Don Wheeler was a bit perplexed. What do you mean, Dr. Lyman isn't in the movie? A former fourth-grade teacher in Guilderland, Wheeler is playing Dr.

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Paragon Theatre has gone soft. Paragon got to be one of Denver's rising theater companies by mixing the absurdism of "The Caretaker" with brutal contemporary comedies like "This Is How It Goes" and uncompromising classics like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Bus Stop" is no "Virginia Woolf." "Bus Stop" is .

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. The Theatre of Gadsden is presenting William Inge's romantic drama 'Bus Stop' this week at Elliott Community Center.