One day Roland Emmerich will take a breather and give us a modest, thinly peopled costume drama in which, at the climax, somebody drops a teacup, but that day has not yet dawned.

NEWYORKER: (director: Roland Emmerich; 2009)

Heritage events have been planned around the renovation, including costume-making workshops and a drama and film project with college students.

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