Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...real people who make the Mather House Invalid an enjoyable experience are the supporting players. Just as the leads start to sag, another absolutely hilarious bit player comes in to bolster the show...
...mouse thriller requires visual flamboyance, as its two adversaries wind about each other, the tension mounting as the roles of cat and mouse are juggled and exchanged. Garry's blocking is too straightforward: get up, sit down, walk up the stairs, pace a little. There is a bit of original stage business involving some darts at the beginning of the play, but I honestly can't recall any after that...
...Milo forgets to be incredulous. He improves in his later scenes, when the ordeals he undergoes, and his eventual mastery of the situation; give him a harried, tousled, wildeyed look, and at last his archness seems appropriate--but even here a good director should have toned him down a bit...
...bit washed out--almost, but not quite, hitting the mark with its orchestration, sets and costumes. The overture wobbles where it should be mellow; the idea of using the stage screen as a curtain was interesting, but the screen itself is too flimsy. Its paint job has not so much saucy style as the flapper it pictures, winking boldly at the audience. The garden of the millionaress, Jo Vanderwater, where most of the action takes place in Act One, is also a mite tacky for the palatial estate it is supposed to be. Moreover, the lighting is so dim that...
...finished first with a new team and New England record of 17:33.53, also setting new standards in the 1000 on the way (10:34.85). "I went out a bit slowly," Kelly said yesterday, "but I was tired by Saturday...