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Santa's helper shares lesson

Daniel Sonnenberg | December 11

The Vortex Theatre is putting its own twist on Christmas this year with Joe Mantello's theater adaptation of "The Santaland Diaries." "The Santaland Diaries," was written by humorist David Sedaris and was initially a segment of his book Barrel Fever. The piece takes a comical look into the difficult world of seasonal mall jobs and the stage adaptation sticks with Sedaris' tone and plot.

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Directors continue to light stages Afire

Daniel Sonnenberg | November 13

The Words Afire Festival is bringing all walks of life from UNM's theater program together. The festival has entered into its second week and shows no signs of letting up, putting 10 more plays up on three stages in the UNM area. The work is inspired and fresh with student directors working alongside student playwrights and a cast of primarily student actors.

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Play treks through American decades

Daniel Sonnenberg | October 30

"On The Verge" infuses the story of three women traveling through time with magical realism. Mary (Alisia Downing), Fanny (Justyn Vogel) and Alexandra (Devin Speer) begin their travels together in 1888. It appears as though it is the first time the women are trekking with someone else and they share numerous stories of their previous adventures with each another.

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‘Animal’ fails to meet comedic expectations

Daniel Sonnenberg | June 7

The new movie, “Animal,” starring Rob Schneider and “Survivor’s” Colleen Haskell takes a bizarre look at the sexual desires of animals. Rob Schneider stars as Marvin Mange, a good-hearted guy who has an incredible amount of bad luck, as his movie characters usually do. Marvin’s dream is to become a police officer like his father, but he just can’t seem to get it right.

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Supporting cast eases Lawrence’s burden in comedy

Daniel Sonnenberg | May 31

With a little less than three weeks before summer officially starts, Martin Lawrence and Danny Devito’s new movie “What’s the Worst that Could Happen” takes its place beside “Shrek” as one of the funniest movies of the season.

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‘Mummy’ returns to theaters

Daniel Sonnenberg | May 7

This summer’s movie bash begins with what is sure to be a box office smash, “The Mummy Returns.”

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Student earns funny gig

Daniel Sonnenberg | April 18

Thursday was an incredibly unpredictable day for me. The only thing I was certain of was that Colin Quinn, formerly a comedian on “Saturday Night Live,” was going to be performing in Woodward Hall. “Great,” I thought to myself, “Quinn is going to be in the most dreaded lecture hall of them all, the sight of many mid-afternoon psychology naps.”

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Erratic, predictable plot declaws `Tomcats'

Daniel Sonnenberg | April 3

"Tomcats" samples the humor of "American Pie" but is nothing to meow about.

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‘15 Minutes’ shady, unrealistic

Daniel Sonnenberg | March 21

Director John Herzfeld’s new action movie “15 Minutes” is a movie that shows just how far people will go for 15 minutes of fame. Robert De Niro gives a stellar performance as Eddie Flemming, a tough New York City homicide detective, who is constantly in the media’s spotlight. A spotlight so bright that it seems as though he gets no work done.