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CRITIC'S CHOICE Burn Up BBC2, 9.00pm We haven't seen so much about pollution in the news recently - perhaps because, thanks to soaring petrol prices, nobody in the Western world can afford to drive a car any ...

CRITIC'S CHOICE Burn Up BBC2, 9.00pm We haven't seen so much about pollution in the news recently - perhaps because, thanks to soaring petrol prices, nobody in the Western world can afford to drive a car any ...

As you watch Mary McCormack, the statuesque blonde who nabbed a Tony nomination as airline Amazon Gretchen in the Tony-winning revival of Boeing-Boeing , you understand why she has made a career of playing ...

NEW YORK -- The comeback phenomenon on Broadway this year doesn't involve a person, but a reflex.

Yes, laughter is back in vogue, so robustly that for the first time ever, Tony voters last month recognized an out-and-out farce as the best revival of a play. That show, 'Boeing-Boeing,' and its unlikely star -- a pricelessly clueless Mark Rylance -- are leading a completely unserious campaign in the theater district for the belly laughs and billfolds of the Broadway playgoer.

'Boeing-Boeing,' a '60s French farce that was adapted for the London stage and ran there for years, didn't catch on in its first appearance in New York in 1965. (It was made into a lame Jerry Lewis movie that same year.) The comedy -- about a scheming bachelor (here played by Bradley Whitford) living in Paris who juggles three marriage proposals to coquettish stewardesses for TWA (Kathryn Hahn), Alitalia (Gina Gershon) and Lufthansa (Mary McCormack) -- is silly in a guileless, all-in-good-sexy-fun sort of way.

The man who gave the world the word truthiness and inspired a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor had words not of encouragement, but discouragement for Princeton grads: "You can change the world," said Comedy ...

Mary McCormack as Gretchen in Boeing-Boeing . Mary McCormack, who is perhaps best known for her work as Kate Harper on TV's "The West Wing," is currently earning some of the biggest laughs in the new Broadway ...

“These women actually have all the sexual power before assertiveness kicked in and the role rejection kicked in.”

It's midmorning on a sunny spring day, and Bradley Whitford arrives a little late for an interview looking downright exhausted. via Asbury Park Press Online

The myth that refuses to die: Rosie O'Donnell joins the Rev. Wright in accusing the U.S. government of deliberately infecting African-Americans with syphilis. via The Washington Post

“He was going on and on about how horribly unqualified and untested Bush was, how the campaign had attacked his family”

McCain called the dispute "hardly worth our time," adding: "This happened eight years ago." Two Hollywood actors who dined with Sen. via Prometheus 6

The lure of seeing Ellen Page in a new film so soon after her winning performance in "Juno" is terrific. via TheNewsTribune.com

“He was going on and on about how horribly unqualified and untested Bush was, how the campaign had attacked his family”

Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff say they recall the presumptive GOP nominee saying at a 2001 dinner party that he did not vote for President Bush. via The Washington Post

Fresh off Oscar-winning "Juno," Ellen Page, right, plays a girl left to board with a single mom who tortures her in "An American Crime." Ari Graynor, left, plays one of the culprit's own children. via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

The 1960s French sex farce "Boeing-Boeing," considered by some to be extremely dated and sexist, has a very mixed history. via AMNY

The age when leggy, high-flying stewardesses were the ultimate fantasy for men returns April 19 with the new Broadway production of the 1960s-set sex farce, Boeing-Boeing , starring Bradley Whitford and Mark ... via Playbill

Casting is now complete for Boeing-Boeing , the West End hit that will arrive at Broadway's Longacre Theatre April 19 with an official opening May 4. Kathryn Hahn is the final addition to the cast. via Playbill

Published 12:00 am PST Monday, March 3, 2008 Story appeared in SCENE section, Page E3 Oftentimes, a theater director has to act as drill sergeant, and just such a task has fallen to Lori-Ann DeLappe-Grondin for ... via Sacbee.com

Gina Gershon and Mary McCormack will star alongside previously announced headliners Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance and Bradley Whitford in the forthcoming Broadway production of Marc Camoletti's 1960s comedy ... via Broadway

MICHAEL KUCHWARA Be prepared for a set with a lot of doors. One of the biggest hits in London last year was a revival of "Boeing-Boeing" - Marc Camoletti's 1960s farce about a man juggling affairs with three ... via Journal News

By Missy, CBB Writer Although losing her job in May 2006 with the cancellation of Malcolm in the Middle may have been distressing for Jane Kaczmarek , it was anything but for her 10-year-old daughter Frances . via Celebrity Babies

The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association invades with 30,000 the week after. via Denver Post