Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...upholstered chintz precedent set by "The Philadelphia Story" this spring. Sound, designed by Jane Shaw, is minimal in the Ex; but the set's window was never broken without a crisp effect. Dune Becker's lighting maintained a rosy comedy glow even when the situation looked dark for the cast...
...structure of "Noises Off" is three presentations of the first act of "Nothing On" at various stages of its production. The first act gives the audience an idea of its proper staging as the cast plows the disastrous final dress-cum-tech rehearsal like Sherman through Atlanta. Technical rehearsals are legendary nightmares, but this is the rehearsal to end all rehearsals...
Brad Rouse takes confident control of the role of show director Lloyd Dallas, a theater artist pragmatic enough to check his artistic aspirations at the stage door. In his exasperation, he summarizes his art for the cast as time marches on in their final rehearsal, "That's what it's all about, doors and sardines...
Michael Stone, as her jealous younger lover Garry, is a stand-out in a solid cast. Born a century too late for the stellar vaudeville career he deserves, Stone employs his expressive face and spectacular physical comedy skills as the libidinous real estate agent of "Nothing On." He makes two fantastic falls down staircases that would have taken Chevy Chase a wagonload of painkillers to endure...
Jessica Walling's wide eyes equally express her character with their blank blue stare. Brooke Ashton is the company ingenue, who is as far from ingenious as the rest of the cast is from their script. Though Brooke is able to put aside her space cadet personality to become the perky Inland Revenue tax secretary of "Nothing On," she is too fragile to roll with the punches when the ride gets bumpy. Oblivious, she sticks to the script, blindly thwarting the others' efforts to ad lib in the face of disaster...