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Hotel Haute

John Sheely's Riviera Grill shows that even a chain hotel can host first-class food

By Michael Berryhill
Oct 23, 1997

With a few rare exceptions, chain hotels are not places you'd expect to find fine cuisine. Chains are too often eyeing the bottom line; as a result, their dining rooms typically offer bland food. And yet here I was among the potted plants of the Radisson Town and Country, a...
Living by the Numbers

Breaking the Code delves into the mathematics of the human heart

By Michael Berryhill
Nov 24, 1994

Alan Turing was a brilliant English mathematician who, in the darkest days of World War II, led a successful effort to crack the Nazis' secret code. His triumph let the Allies know what the Axis was up to, and was one of the keys in the victory over Germany. But...
Fatal Attraction

By Michael Berryhill
Nov 3, 1994

As last Friday's opening-night audience arose in unison to applaud Denyce Graves' sensual, passionate performance in the title role of Carmen, the name "O.J." inevitably arose from the murmuring of the crowd. Whether or not Simpson murdered his estranged wife has, of course, yet to be decided by a jury...
The Comfort of Friends

Rebecca Udden shines in Joined at the Head

By Michael Berryhill
Oct 13, 1994

One of the perks of directing a theater company is that once in a while you can take time out from the thousand headaches of management and play a big juicy role. About this time last year the Alley's Greg Boyd flashed and raved as Cyrano in an over-the-top production...
Mirth and Murder

Curtains Theater takes a droll look at the '40s

By Michael Berryhill
Sep 29, 1994

The trouble with comedy is that, unlike drama, it has to make the unbelievable believable. Such is the case with John Bishop's The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. There's no point in discussing the plot to this nostalgic farce, which had a successful run in New York a few years...

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