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INSIDE Book Review 2 Comics 8 Newsmakers 2 Social Scene 2 Television 6 SECTION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2002 Wk iPfnlaMpfna ilnquirer WWW.PHILLY.COM 'Equus' leads Barrymore honors L. jokes and imitations of actors, he got the ceremony off to a lively, though late, start. Equus also won awards for director William Roudebush; newcomer Tobias Segal (supporting actor), for his performance as the troubled lad; choreographer Robert Smythe; and outstanding ensemble in a play. Segal, a student at Temple University, held his award high and said, "A friend told me I should See BARRYMORE on E3 The revival took five of the local theater awards. "Baby Case" won four.

By Douglas J. Keating INQUIRER THEATER CRITIC The revival of Equus by Mum Puppettheatre trotted away with five awards last night, edging out the musical Baby Case with four to become the most recognized production at the annual Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre ceremony. The production of Peter Shaffer's 1973 psychological drama about a disturbed boy who blinded horses, and the Arden Theatre Company's production of the new musical about the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby won the awards for overall production of a play and musical. They were the top honors among those given at the Annenberg Center event recognizing Philadelphia-area theatrical achievement in the 2001-2002 season. The event back at the Zeller-bach Theatre, where it was held in its first two years, 1995 and 1996 began with a long monologue by master of ceremonies Tony Braithwaite.

With inside Tobias Segal, best supporting actor in a play, faces a trio of men portraying horses in "Equus." A listing of all the Barrymore Award winners. E3. Her Kind of Town Nearly 20 years after "The House on Mango Street," novelist Sandra Cisneros returns to Chicago with "Caramelo," a saga of an immigrant family that offers glimpses of her own. LU I i CO By Annette John-Hall INQUIRER STAFF WRITER ii HICAGO The corner suite Sandra Cisneros has on the 33d floor of the luxury hotel is better than anything she lived in as a child. And the view! It looks out on the crystal waters of Lake Michigan, the stately splendor of the Field Museum of Natural History, the Book Reading Sandra Cisneros Reads from her new novel, Caramelo, tonight at 7:30 at Thomas Great Hall, endless expanse of Grant Park.

All the places that sustained her as a child are right here for her to breathe in now, like oxygen. It's been nearly 20 years since Cisneros skyrocketed to literary superstardom with her first novel, The House on Mango Street, a coming-of-age tale of Esperanza, a young, poor Latina girl grow- Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave. Phone: 610-526-6528 Free. ing up in the gritty bowels of Chicago.

Mango Street, patterned from Cisneros' own life, sold more than two million copies and became required reading in middle-school classrooms across the country. She followed up with a collection of short stories and two books of poetry. Chicago has changed, and so has Cisneros' place in it. See CISNEROS on E10 SCOTT OLSON For The Inquirer "I'm a blabbermouth," says Sandra Cisneros, whose new book spills some family secrets. "I hope my family members forgive me.1 Review Music A starring role for Jersey Devil Despite memory lapse, the Boss is unforgettable New Jersey, the state that produced such notables as Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra and Kevin Smith, also begat the Jersey Devil.

According to legend, the 13th child of a 13th child turned into a hideous monster that stalks By Tom Moon INQUIRER MUSIC CRITIC Four songs into his set Sunday night at the First Union Center, Bruce Springsteen strapped on his harmonica and strode purposefully When he came back, Springsteen apologized for his "early Alzheimer's" moment, and joked that he knew he shouldn't have done that LSD before he went on stage. Then he and Scialfa crept tentatively into the the Pine Barrens. We're ready for his close-up, Mr. Devil. Filmmakers are talking up 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil Volume 1, which was shot last year in Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens, as well as in Philadel ethereal moaning that opens "Empty Sky," one of the memorable songs on his current The Rising.

The performance to the microphone, as he's done so many times before. Strumming a basic chord progression, he told the rabid near-capacity crowd that for the next few On stage, fresh evidence of Springsteen's greatness. Michael Klein INQlings that followed was fresh evidence of Springsteen's greatness: full of sensitivity and stark, restrained feeling; vocals informed not just by the horrors of last September, the song's inspiration, but by a more generalized sense of the fragility of life. There was a palpable tremble in Springsteen's See SPRINGSTEEN on E4 songs he would need some quiet. And then he froze.

"I forgot this baby," he said, incredulously. A long minute went by as the Boss, who turned 53 late last month, consulted privately with his wife, singer and guitarist Patti Scialfa, and his longtime foil, Steven Van Zandt. phia's Pennypack Park, Holmesburg Prison and the Old City studio ArtistsWork. Actor Cliff Robertson, who stars in and cowrote the screenplay, will join fellow screenwriter Michael Maryk at noon tomorrow at the Bourse (Fifth Street, south of Market). They'll sign See INQLINGS on E4 PETER TOBIA Inquirer Staff Photographer Zandt harmonize at the First Union sweep of Springsteen's career.

Bruce Springsteen (left), Patti Scialfa and Steven Van Center. The show offered chances to appreciate the.