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The Night of the Hunter . I'd say this was unlike any movie you've ever seen, except 1) I haven't seen every movie you've seen, and 2) there are times it reminds us of other films.

Well now. The community theater season has definitely, undeniably begun. The Hampton Theatre Company, celebrating its 25th year, has mounted an impressive and absorbing production of William Inge's 1953 capturing of Midwestern angst, "Picnic." It was a good choice.

In the wake of American Players Theatre's 2009 season, which saw the triumphant debut of the indoor Touchstone Theatre, the Spring Green company has released its eight-play lineup for next year.

There's no mistaking the fact that Halloween is bearing down on us: the signs - and spirits - are everywhere, and sweet tooths are anticipating their annual orgy of overindulgence Of course, if Halloween is on the horizon, it must be time to head over to the Quogue Wildlife Refuge for the 16th annual Spooky Walks, offered this year on Friday, ...

When the group now known as the Hampton Theatre Company chose their first play for production in 1984, founders Jimmy Ewing, his mother, June Ewing, and Jim Irving decided to go with a classic: "The Diary of Anne Frank." Adapted by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich from Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl," the show had won the Tony Award for ...

Solid-looking, intense and earnest leading man who enjoyed success onstage in "Mister Roberts" and Tennessee Williams's "Orpheus Descending", performed on TV in the title role of the science-fiction series, "Rod Brown.... Solid-looking, intense and earnest leading man who enjoyed success onstage in "Mister Roberts" and Tennessee Williams's "Orpheus ...

WHEN A MOVIE script calls for a man in a torn shirt to tell a woman, "Beat it, baby, I'm in a pretty bad mood,'' you can generally assume that not only he, but the movie, should be avoided.

In a small Kansas town that inspired some of William Inge 's most melancholy characters, about two dozen never-before-performed plays are poised to become the found treasures of his collected works.

In a small Kansas town that inspired some of William Inge 's most melancholy characters, about two dozen never-before-performed plays are poised to become the found treasures of his collected works.

Roger Ebert called it "clunky and awkward." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said "everything that made it hot stuff in 1955 seems dated today." The contemporary film critics aren't likely to take in "Picnic" when Friends of the Fox bring the movie to the Bob Hope Theatre on Friday as part of its classic cinema series.

Four local men are hoping to extend the revival in the Village of Hamburg to the stars.

Fireworks will once again light up the sky over Ellen Trout Park and Zoo beginning at 9:15 p.m. Saturday.

Handsome, likable leading man, almost exclusively on TV, best known as the playful Dr.

The 10 warning signs listed online by the Alzheimer's Association include not recognizing oneself in the mirror and giving large amounts of money to telemarketers.