Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Steve Wynn of the Mirage and Treasure Island, Bill Bennett of Circus Circus--Stupak is something of a wild card, a joke or a curse, a relic of the days when the town was run by guys whose middle name was "the." He enjoys banter about guns, was almost cast in Martin Scorsese's gangster epic Casino, and still refers to Mob characters like "Lefty" Rosenthal and Tony (the Ant) Spilotro as "the boys...
...Raised in Captivity" is one of the best plays that has been seen on the Loeb Mainstage in some time. The cast succeeds in delivering a complex, creative, subtly funny play in high style; there couldn't be a better way to start your reading period...
...production begins extremely slowly, and the first few scenes are not played with enough energy to sustain themselves or to pull the audience into what could be an exciting and driven show. Although Aunt Em's (Laurie Sheflin) musical number is nicely sung, the cast lacks spirit until the entrance of Addaperle (Kimberly Aboltin), one of the two good witches. Aboltin, with Urban Outfitters bag in tow, fully exploits the hilarious nature of Addaperle's character, bringing to it some of her own very funny mannerisms. With the down-beat of the next song, "Ease on Down the Road...
...Waskewich) are well played, and Waskewich, through shrugs and gestures, is especially good at including the audience in the action on stage. Bashir Salahuddin's Lion is one of the show's strongest characters and, unlike David and Waskewich, Salahuddin sings as impressively as he acts. Despite this strong cast, the scenes of dialogue throughout the first act are beset by frequent problems with timing. The flow of the dialogue is constantly interrupted by small pauses which prevent the plot from progressing smoothly. Fortunately, the many musical numbers are carried along by the surprisingly strong chorus, most notably the three...
...easy show to produce, and is probably a little too ambitious for this cast in this venue. However, if you can make it past the first act you just might be charmed by the cast's enthusiasm, and you will almost certainly leave with a fun song caught in your...