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41. Stage

    Cherry Docs is too much of a very good thing.

    Thanks in part to Charlie Barron's total commitment to his character.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: January 30, 2008

    In discussing the now-iconic taxicab exchange ("I could have been a contender") between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront, the film's director Elia Kazan once...

42. Stage

    Andrea Marcovicci's lifelong affair with Fred Astaire.

    It's as strong as ever in Andrea Sings Astaire.

    By Dennis Brown

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Andrea Marcovicci's current cabaret act, Andrea Sings Astaire, which is on view in the Sheldon's Savoy Room through Sunday, is the result of a lifelong love affair. "When I was...

43. Art

    On the Wall

    Malcolm Gay encapsulates the St. Louis art scene.

    Published: January 30, 2008

    All Systems Go and Meditations on Limitations/One-Hour Sculptures White Flag Projects exhibits two young artists from out of town. In the main gallery is All Systems Go, a...

44. Stage

    Capsule Reviews

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out local theater.

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Andrea Sings Astaire See feature in this issue. Cherry Docs Reviewed in this issue. A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline After having performed the role nearly 3,000 times, it's no...

45. DVDish

    Donkey Punch

    Week of January 31, 2008

    By Robert Wilonsky, Jordan Harper and Jim Ridley

    Published: January 30, 2008

    The King of Kong (New Line) Seth Gordon's best-of-2007 documentary about the battle for Donkey Kong supremacy remains a work-in-progress: Billy Mitchell, the longtime...

46. What Else Is New?

    Our top DVD picks for the week of January 31.

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Aqua Teen Hunger Force: 5 (Warner Bros.) Barn of the Naked Dead (Legend House) Bordertown (THINKFilm) Canvas (Universal) Chancer: Series 2 (Acorn Media) The Comebacks...

47. Game On

    No amount of sharpening can save this dull blade.

    Samurai Warriors: KATANA

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: January 30, 2008

    The very first time I saw the Wii's motion-sensitive "Wiimote," a single thought bounced in my head like a toddler on corn syrup: Finally we're gonna get an f-ing brilliant...