A former marine is hoping to prove to reluctant officials that serious theater would be excellent for troops in war zones.

Garden Q.&A.: Garden Q.&A.
Q. I ve gardened for many years on a Manhattan rooftop and have never bought a perennial. Can you recommend any that would survive winters in 16-inch pots, wouldn t become pot-bound, have a long flowering season and need no care beyond watering and fertilizing (for example, deadheading)?

Correction: Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty
An article last Thursday about communal or punk houses misstated the university affiliation of Joel Olson, a former resident of one such house. Mr. Olson is an assistant professor of political science at Northern Arizona University, not Arizona State University.

The Rebel Director, Sincere and Hopeful
Carl Forsman s humanistic attitude is what makes Keen Company, the Off Broadway theater he founded in 2000, one of the most defiant troupes in the city.

Real Director of Fake Fights
Whether a slap or a fistfight, Rick Sordelet is likely to be the fight director who choreographed it.

First Comes Love, Then Comes … a Debate
Matt Morillo s bland play resembles the hokey kind of sitcom parodied so sharply on Comedy Central s Sarah Silverman Program.

Broadway Actor Pleads Guilty to Backstage Sex Act With Girl, 15, in 2001
Part of James Barbour s plea bargain is to reveal the admission to anybody he works for in film, television or theater for up to the next three years.

The Will (if Not Triumph) of the Frau
Jordan Harrison s brash play turns fragments from the life of Leni Riefenstahl, the filmmaker who made movies for Hitler, into a story that is funny and thought provoking.

Home & Garden Calendar
Antiques Benefit.

That Gilbert and Sullivan Maiden With Mission and Erudition
The audience certainly enjoyed the Gilbert & Sullivan Players production of Princess Ida, which opened its 2008 season.

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