Word: actor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...casual fancy, S. J. Perelman once concocted an actor of surpassing ego. "I see a fresh new concept of drama knocking at the door," he said. "A theatre without plays . . . devoid of scenery and untrammeled by actors...
Perelman named his actor Basil Woolwine. He could just as well have called him Anthony Newley. In the latest case of lifelessness imitating artlessness, Newley continues his long love affair with Newley. Can Heironymus Merlcin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? "is a real ego trip," says the Director-Writer-Star. But it is less a trip than a misfired space shot blasting $1,250,000 to ashes...
...shows the game of life as seen in terms of a TV quiz show. The second, by Terrence McNally (a perverse playwright's perverse playwright, and happily so), is about a 48-year-old man undergoing a humiliating army physical. Gabe Dell and James Coco--two of the best actor-comedians around--play the leads. At the GREENWICH MEWS THEATRE, W. 13th...
...Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer--A quasi-documentary by Heiner Kipphardt about the hearing in which Dr. Oppenheimer lost his security clearance. Hebert Berghof is in it and so is Joseph Wiseman (in the title role), an actor who never ceases to amaze. At the VIVIAN BEAUMONT, Lincoln Center, W. 65th...
...Glass Booth--An exciting piece of theatre about Nazi and Jewish guilt. It all may not mean much, but Donald Pleasence's performance as an Eichman figure and Harold Pinter's direction must be seen. Robert Shaw, the actor, wrote the play. Jack Warden succeeds Mr. Pleasence after this weekend. At the ROYALE, W. 45th...