Word: broadway
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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David Shire, 46, composer of the new Broadway musical about having children, Baby: "You can sort of be married, you can sort of be divorced, you can sort of be living together, but you can't sort of have a baby. It's a simple primary decision. Do you have it or do you not? And in answering that question, you have to define your relationship...
Wendy Wasserstein to the rescue. On West 42nd Street, within spitting distance of Broadway, her new comedy is showing the theatrical old guard how to be young, hip and acerbic without forfeiting involvement in affairs of the heart. Isn't It Romantic examines the lives of two old college chums-Janie Blumberg (Cristine Rose) and Hattie Cornwall (Lisa Banes)-as they approach their 30s and the dangerous prospect of a life without either Mamma or mate...
...scenic occasion demands). The cast is collectively splendid, with star-making performances by the two leads. Rose hits every mood, from rue to despair, with perfect pitch, like a manic-depressive Yma Sumac; and Banes, sharp and upscale sexy, looks ready to become an off-or on-Broadway Streep...
...John Dexter directed Rex Harrison and, as the sisters, Diana Rigg and Rosemary Harris in a production so dazzlingly elegant that the final, abrupt catastrophe seemed a nightmare from which the descending curtain would deliver the audience. Now Harrison, a strangely serene fatalist of a patriarch, has come to Broadway in Anthony Page's more earthbound revival. These are not Olympians playing at mortal games but overage children playing blindman's buff as the apocalypse closes in on them. Still, they are Shaw's creatures, and in this splendid, savory play they can still beguile...
...possession in the flick of an entr'acte, Amy Irving is a revelation. Best known as a movie actress (Carrie, Yentl), she commands the stage with her dusky voice and searing stare. Fifty years ago, she could have been Shaw's next heroine; now she can be Broadway...