Bending Over Backward for a Well-Known Lout by MICHIKO KAKUTANI
More than three decades after his death, John O'Hara is chiefly remembered for two novels, "Appointment in Samarra" and "Butterfield 8," for several collections of short stories (including those that became the basis for the musical "Pal Joey") and for his snobbish and belligerent demeanor: his truculent drinking, his propensity for beating up men and women and his willful name-dropping and social-climbing.
CAMBRIDGE -- The snow in the American Repertory Theatre production of "Snow in June" drifts down as lightly as Colorado powder, only it's not wet and it's not actually snow.
Most of the characters in this revival appear to be participating in what might be called an act-off, a sort of provincial Russian Idol for thespians.
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