Word: angelized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Zayas, aided by excellent acting and production, does well with the form for the most part. The Wombs of Angel Street, though wildly uneven, shows promise in confronting the well-worn but nonetheless complex and clusive themes of birth, sex and death...
...London Fields, Martin Amis gave us the proxy war. In a new play, Jose Zayas gives us the proxy love act. Splayed on the doctor's examining table or crouched as in anticipation of a disaster of a disaster or a birth, the women irr The Wombs of Angel Street, remain willing to wait for miracles...
...this time, Madonna has far overplayed her role as a sexual shockmistress. On Bedtime Stories the sexual content is more subtle, less brazen. With the fluid, soulful opening track, Survival, the singer even offers an apologia of sorts for her bad-girl antics: "I'll never be an angel/ I'll never be a saint, it's true." Of course, she doesn't leave it at that, and on Human Nature she lashes out at her critics. "Did I stay too long?" she mocks over a deep bass groove. "Oops, I didn't know I couldn't speak my mind...
...generic angel...
...incorporating some unusual corps configurations. However during some of the ensemble pieces, the combination of the full cast doing small beats with little movement made the stage appear clogged, and accentuated their failure to synchronize. Also, occasional directorial whimsies, such as Giselle interrupting her dancing to appear as an angel, clearly supported by a crane, were not only superfluous but also looked comical...