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Francis Bacon, George Balanchine and John Donne give us flights of fancy, Yiyun Li's tortured child.

Unemployment figures, “Wait Until Dark” at City Repertory Theatre, "Mass Appeal" at the Flagler Playhouse, an excerpt from Rebecca Makkai.

“Mass Appeal”'s themes reflects current conflicts between old and new, the challenge of doctrine and the limits of rebellion.

The supply-chain crisis has made long-haul truckers an increasingly valuable commodity — pushing recruiters to offer sign-on bonuses and luxury truckstops.

Recruiters dangle fat pay increases and sign-on bonuses, but a big rig driver still gets little respect. It's a 'gold prison,' says one.

By WHAV Staff | April 5, 2021 As a public service, 97.9 WHAV presents Community Spotlight at no charge for the benefit of Greater Haverhill nonprofit organizations. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other community calendar announcements, Click image. Pentucket Players returns to in-person productions with its presentation of “Mass Appeal” April 30 and May 1 and 2 at Haverhill City Hall auditorium. “Mass Appeal,” a comedy-drama written by Bill C. Davis, is the first liv...

Mr. Davis, who died of complications from covid-19, wrote a two-hander that became a staple of community theater after premiering on Broadway in 1981.

He adapted his Broadway drama into a 1984 movie that starred Jack Lemmon. Bill C. Davis, who wrote the Broadway two-hander Mass Appeal, then adapted the drama for the film version that starred Jack Lemmon, died Friday in Torrington, Connecticut, after a brief illness, a publicist announced. He was 69. Mass Appeal, directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald, played at the Manhattan Theatre Club before moving to the Booth Theater on Broadway in 1981. Starring Milo OShea as Father Tim Farley and Caddyshac...

Jewish Ledger The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Judie Jacobson Susannah Heschel is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. Her scholarship focuses on Jewish-Christian relations in Germany during the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of biblical scholarship, and the history of antisemitism. She also serves on the academic advisory council of the Center for Jewish Studies in Berlin and on the Board of Trustees of Trinity College. Her nu...