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Hamlet 1975

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 Sam Waterston, of course. But that supporting cast! Jane Alexander as Gertrude. Maureen Anderman as Ophelia. Peter Ackroyd and John Heard as Rosencranz and Guildenstern. George Hearn's Horatio. Mandy Patinkin as the Player King and David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London) as the Player Queen). Stephen Lang as Bernardo. Bruce McGill (D-Day from Animal House) as Osric. And in the ensemble, Richard Sanders (Les Nesman fron WKRP) and Reginald Vel Johnson (Sergeant Al Powell in Die Hard).

The Veiled Virgin

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  Giovanni Strazza Basilica of Saint John the Baptist Newfoundland

Because the Night

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Non, je ne regrette rien

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Charles Dumont, the composer of "Non, je ne regrette rien" is still alive.

Anna Karenina dream

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 "Yes, Alabin was giving a dinner on glass tables, yes -- the tables were singing Il Mio Tesoro, only it wasn't Il Mio Tesoro, but something better, and there were little carafes, which were also women."

Roles they never got to play

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Reubens would have been a great Touchstone. Hartman a brilliant Falstaff. The two of them are currently alternating as Cyrano in Heaven.
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Pee Wee & Opal

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  Natasha Lyonne as Opal on Pee Wee's Playhouse.