Six Degrees of Separation News

"How do we keep the experience?" asks the Manhattan sophisticate Ouisa Kittredge near the end of John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," posing a question that has a particular resonance for those of us who love the theater.

Ouisa: "I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people.

James O'Keefe, the independent filmmaker, known for his investigation of the corrupt community group ACORN , was arrested , with three others, for entering federal property under false pretenses and for interfering with the phones.

An Old Vic Theater presentation of a play in one act by John Guare. Directed by David Grindley.

FOUR plays, variously written between 1775 and 2005, this week map out a compelling guide to society's manners and morals across the ages, the selfish needs that drive us all and the compromises we sometimes make to fulfil them.

The Old Vic revival of John Guare's satirical 1990 play revolves around a massive confidence trick.

JOHN Guare's award-winning 1990 play was inspired by the true story of how a conman charmed his way into the homes of rich Manhattanites in the Eighties, including those of Melanie Griffith and Calvin Klein, by posing as the son of Sidney Poitier.

Superb: Lesley Manville and Obi Abili in 'Six Degrees of Separation' enlarge We are getting a double helping of the paintings of Mark Rothko in the London theatre at the moment.

The La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe and Lamb's Players Theatre shared top honors for Outstanding Production during the 13th annual Patte Awards for Theater Excellence, held Monday at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter.

World's Most Magnificent Supergenius Clay Shirky can extrapolate Women's Problems from a single data point: an overly pushy male grad student who bullied Shirky into giving himA a better recommendation than he deserved.

Perhaps no artist has better conveyed the concept that we are connected to everyone else in the world by no more than a chain of six people than playwright John Guare.

John Guare, author of Six Degrees of Separation, on why drama is a brutal business a ' and why Amanda Knox is his new muse Made in Manhattan a John Guare nearby his New York apartment on fifth Avenue.

Paul , left, impresses Flan and Ouisa with stories about his supposed life as Sidney Poitier's son.

WITH a wealth of exciting new plays and terrific revivals, theatre was one of the few things to do well in last year's recession-hit times.

By Nick Curtis 06.01.10 Add your view Lesley Manville hates her face. Specifically, the 53-year-old actress hates the 'hard, brutal', beady blow-up of her features that adorns the front of the Old Vic .

Lately, the Friday Hemmings Find of the Day has had something to do with the Six Degrees of Separation topic of the day.

Head and Lesley Manville will star in David Grindleya TMs revival of John Guarea TMs Six Degrees of Separation , which runs at the Old Vic from January 19 to April 3, 2010.

Cultural anthropologists from Columbia University have confirmed that rumors about the existence of a man in New York city who cannot be connected to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less are in fact true.

Perusing this week's Hemmings e-Weekly Newsletter , I noticed Jim Donnelly's mention of the upcoming Corbitt reunion in Henderson, North Carolina.

Up close with the original cast of "Rent." About Anthony Rapp: An actor since the age of six, Rapp has appeared on Broadway in Precious Sons , Six Degrees of Separation, and the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.