Word: cartwheels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like any good soloist, Kron makes effective use of the stage. She literally throws her weight around--knocking down podiums, attempting what appears to be a combination somersault-cartwheel. At one point she spontaneously begins dancing to a disco tune only she can hear. She goes out on her limbs to earn a rapport with the audience--definitely a good thing even if it's a bit like the creepy connection you might develop with the exhibits at a not-so-freaky freakshow...
Directing Arsenic and Old Lace is a challenge, requiring the coordination of physical farce and fast-paced verbal humor. Scott Schwartz incorporates eleborate action and even acrobatics into his production; characters prowl and struggle in the dark with corpses on their backs, and Officer Brophy even performs a spiffy cartwheel before pinning Jonathan Brewster...