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Lost in Yonkers

Neil Simon's touching story--and Pulitzer Prize-winning play--of an eccentric New York family in crisis in the summer of 1942. On the run from a loan shark, a frightened and weak-willed father leaves his two teenage boys, Jay and Arty, with their domineering grandmother, who runs a candy store in Yonkers. The effect of the old woman's tyranny over two generations of offspring becomes evident as she coldheartedly attempts to control not only their lives but also that of her mentally ...

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FROZEN TRAILER HD

One evening ten-year-old Rhona goes missing. Her mother, Nancy, retreats into a state of frozen hope. Agnetha, an American academic, comes to England to research a thesis: "Serial Killing? A Forgivable Act?" Then there's Ralph, a loner who's looking for some distraction. Drawn together by...

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Dead Man's Cell Phone

Gordon is dead, but his cell phone lives on. When Jean, an empathetic museum worker, answers his ringing phone beside her in a café, she is soon playing unwitting comforter and confessor to the mans grieving friends and family. Before she knows it, Jeans ensnarled in the underbelly of the dead mans bizarre life. Directed by Roman Micevic Cast Includes: Aimee Garcia Neal Kelley Margot mcgrath Tess mccormick Chelsea Wilson Jon Manganello Dancers: Sango Tajima Ginger Neslund Kalila Smith Friday ...

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Dog Sees God

Good grief! DOG SEES GOD: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead brings the Peanuts gang back, but this time they are in high school and dealing with drugs, sex, alcohol, death, homosexuality, suicide, eating disorders-- you name it. Our favorite blockhead questions death and life through the relationships with his friends. Directed by Eric Heitz -Cast List- CB: Casey Hanley CB Sis: Alex Eden Beethoven: Chris Anderson Tricia: Emma Donson Marcy: Sango Tajima Matt: Danny Romeo Van: Danny Walen ...

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