Word: caste
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Einstein, Edward Hightower was well-cast as the slightly naive, thoughtful Einstein. As the more flamboyant Picasso, Shawn Elinoff, 1996 Artist-in-Residence for the Hyperion Shakespeare Company, shone: the Picasso he embodied was complex, filled with bitterness, insecurity and lust but most of all, a passion for his artistic vision...
...ensuing action. This jumping from one conversation to the next requires, of course, a perfect knowledge of the text and an exquisite sense of timing, which at times is lacking. But the production moves past some initial roughness and with fine work by various members of the cast, quickly draws the audience into Ionesco's absurdist world...
...This is the turning point of the play, and its effectiveness lies in the way we identify with Daisy's choice. When a rhinoceros runs across the stage in scene one, taking shape as a green spotlight and brought to life by the amazed stares of the cast, it seems farcical. In the final scene, when the green lights shine at the windows of Berenger's little apartment and we can hear the thunder and the braying of the herd outside, they become a terrifying symbol of the inhumanity our human weakness can create. It is not the rhinoceroses outside...
...movies to come, but the three Next Generation films so far have been only mediocre. While more exciting than an average episode of the TV show, these movies lack the energy and the appeal of films like Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the last movie with the original cast...
...course, director Jonathan Frakes (who also plays Commander Will Riker) deserves credit for maintaining consistency with Captain Picard, Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and all the rest. Frakes also commands strong performances from the non-Enterprise-crew cast members. F. Murray Abraham, winner of an Academy Award for his role as Salieri in Amadeus, is easily the most engaging character in the movie as Ru'afo, the diabolical leader of the Son'a. Two time Tony award winner Donna Murphy, who plays Picard's love-interest, the wise and strong Anij, also carries...