Drama, comedy and Shakespeare to come to life on stage

Fall has come once again to the University of Arizona, no doubt about it - the bookstore is awash with students, the parking spaces become rarer than snow in Tucson and the Arizona Repertory Theatre (ART) has announced its 2000-2001 season. The lineup is as follows:

The Good Doctor (Aug. 30-31, Sept. 1-3, 8-9)

"The Good Doctor" details the life of Anton Chekhov, a writer famous for his short stories. Appropriately, Neil Simon penned "The Good Doctor" as a compilation of 10 different short stories written about the author. This play was first put on by ART in June and has been brought back for the fall.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Oct. 15-16, Oct. 18-22, 26-29, Nov. 2-5)

Sex, power and morality are the central themes in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," set around the French aristocracy of the 1780s. The widow Marquise de Meurtuil and the nobleman Vicomte de Valmont use the virtuous Madame de Tourvel as a pawn in their game of intrigue. For the layperson, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" was the play from which the 1988 movie, "Dangerous Liaisons" was developed - and featured John Malkovich not being John Malkovich.