Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cast of wealthy characters wanders the rocks and exchanges terse, strained phrases. They drift in and out of frame with carelessness and distraction. The barrenness of the island and the incessant pounding of the surf is infinitely suited to the disappearance of the girl and the distraught attempts at personal interactions that the remaining characters undertake...
...staging of Giselle was largely successful, effectively spotlighting pageantry and incorporating some unusual corps configurations. However during some of the ensemble pieces, the combination of the full cast doing small beats with little movement made the stage appear clogged, and accentuated their failure to synchronize. Also, occasional directorial whimsies, such as Giselle interrupting her dancing to appear as an angel, clearly supported by a crane, were not only superfluous but also looked comical...
...part of Lori Park, Jen Smith and Jed Willard to resurrect. "The Square Root of Wonderful" for last weekend's run at the Loeb Experimental Theater. Unfortunately, little could be done to improve the flawed text, but the run was filled with successes on the part of the talented cast...
...cautiously tutored craft? You bet there is. But Allen and McGrath also recognize how rude, disturbing and inconvenient greatness can be. And they grant gracious absolution to pretentious mediocrity, once it learns its place. Allen bathes his fable in a seductive, rosy light, grants everyone in the wonderful ensemble cast a comic high point, and gives us a film that combines impeccable craftsmanship and a basic exuberance that's been missing from his work for years...
...abrupt, strangulated outbursts are appropriate to people who have been bred to optimism and implosion, not to the articulation of rage. And Van Dyck finds wit and poignancy in her several roles. She often has the taut stillness of a woman listening for catastrophe. But the rest of the cast often pushes too hard. Any overacting brutalizes Cheever's prose; mugging is the artistic equivalent of a mugging...