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...show also marks the Broadway baptism of Brent Carver, one of Canada's leading actors for a decade. As a fey, movie-obsessed interior decorator imprisoned for homosexuality, Carver far surpasses the cinematic performance of the role that won William Hurt a 1985 Oscar. In the less rewarding part of a revolutionary cell mate, Anthony Crivello acts with bluff intensity and sings with beauty and power. The men's cramped quarters and surrounding tiers of cagelike squalor become a park, a movie palace, a Russian alley, even a vast, symbolic spiderweb through inspired film projections by set designer Jerome Sirlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Along Comes the Spider | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

Bill Clinton never experienced hostile fire in Vietnam or anywhere else, but last week the future Commander in Chief learned firsthand what baptism by fire means. His affirmation of his campaign pledge to lift the Pentagon's ban on homosexuals serving in the military triggered such anger, especially in the Pentagon, that he was forced to add that the step would be taken only after consultation with "a lot of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's First Fire Fight | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

...still getting my feet wet," Zalot declares. "It's still baptism under fire...

Author: By David P. Bardeen, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Who Makes Sure That Harvard Plays By the Rules? Zalot Does! | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

Still, Restic's TV evangelist impression didn't go over so well with me. It reminded me more of Chevy Chase in "Fletch II" than a baptism...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Mike Ditka, Ray Handley and Joe Restic | 10/20/1992 | See Source »

These financial woes all amount to a baptism by fire for Murphy...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coop Rebate Reflects Poor Performance | 9/29/1992 | See Source »

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