Word: casting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sound interesting? Yes, indeed. But Noah Kupferberg's production of Sam Shepard's Angel City in the Adams House Kraunauer Space is more than a visual spectacle. It is an intelligently staged and well-cast rendition of a thought-provoking text...
...Bulger cast the need for reductions in spending and new taxes along historical lines, noting that federal commitments to state aid had waned during the 1980s while state payments to cities and towns had climbed. State revenues that grew by double-digits earlier in the decade have trickled to less than 5 percent growth annually, he said...
...contrast, The Heartaches of a French Cat (Godine; $14.95) features a mute cast of felines. Author and illustrator Barbara McClintock places her 19th century tale onstage, where everything is expressed through the dramatic pose and the pregnant paws. Minette is pursued by the rakish Count Bisquet and the worthy Lionel. In the end she spurns them both to write her scandalous memoir, which becomes an overnight success. If there is any justice, so will this comic biography...
...potentially powerful play that slips easily into the cliched with Balsam's poor directing job. Benjamin, Krischer and Gaspardo seem to have no idea how to treat these themes. The fourth cast member, Allan Barton, playing Anna's monied lover Burton, seems equally ill-equipped to tackle the problems of modern life which Wilsor's play addresses...
...play with such a small cast, the interaction and timing become critical. The choreography of these players, however, was nothing like clockwork--they seemed either to be tripping over each other's lines or waiting for the delayed delivery of a forgotten one. They did not seem to react at all to each other with any genuine passion, largely because their characters were disingenuously played...