Word: center
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are the obvious problems; a pitching staff whose leading winner is a reliever with 12 victories, a center fielder who blames every 0-for-4 day on his sore ankles, a catcher who wouldn't block the plate in a whiffle ball game, and a manager who thinks a sacrifice is something done with animals rather than baserunners...
...rest of the evening is much lighter than "Isabella," though no less intense. Swados selected the pieces from her workshop at the Lenox Arts Center without enough alteration to properly fit the stage. Numbers like "Bestiario" and "Dibarti" are merely actors' exercises, delivered with spitspewing intensity. Successful theatre must rely on something more and something less than shouting to move and involve its audience...
WOMEN ARE the center of these three pieces and women are the strength of Nightclub Cantata. This is not women's theatre, however, and the less impressive men fill half the cast and almost half the script. The fault lies mainly with the script, for the male parts are mostly restricted to humorous numbers which belittle but do not develop character. The men fade into the background, unable to fit the roles of strength and love the women desire for them...
...lead into the paint-starved clubhouse at halftime. The Crimson score, the climax to a 14-play, 79-yard drive midway through the second quarter, came on a five-year rollout by quarterback Tim Davenport, who, all things considered--like the fact this was his initial varsity start behind center--performed with aplomb...
Careerism results not only in constant anxiety, but also in an underdeveloped heart... The careerist constantly betrays himself, since he must ignore idealistic, compassionate, and courageous impulses that might jeopordize his career. As a result, he never develops an inner center, a strong, independent sense of self...