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March of the Falsettos. This astringent, clever, ethnic, New Yorky off-Broadway musical by Newcomer William Finn doffs its top hat to Stephen Sondheim. Nicholas Nickleby. Lustrously acted by the Royal Shakespeare Co., this is a theatrical experience to be savored for a lifetime...
...course, no one should defend the tree climbing, the pestering of the child or the food garbage. But anyone who had watched Allen's frequent cameos on camera the previous week might have concluded that Allen enjoyed parrying with reporters and fancied himself clever at it. Now, just as cleverly, he was shifting his real problem-the investigation by the FBI, the reluctance of his colleagues and superiors to support him-to the press, which was reporting it. The invasion of his privacy by the press was regrettable, but not the source of his difficulties...
...tough devil's advocacy that such an investigation demands. The result is a book of pulled punches. The book's title comes from Stalin's famous reply, when told of the pope's likely opposition to a Soviet move: "How many divisions has the pope?" With a bit of clever wordplay, Nichols seems intent on making it mean not only the pope's military divisions, but his moral and spiritual divisions as well. Ironically, however, the divisions that the book succeeds in pointing out best are merely the author...
Priced at $16, and, what's more, "as advertised on TV!" Assassin is described by its clever creators as "deadly fun." Players sell "illegally obtained commodities" in an attempt to raise enough cash to hire "as many of the game's 30 assassins as it takes to eliminate the opposing players." Though a blurb on the cover describes the game as "non-political," it adds that perhaps it is not "suitable for children under 12." It is, Jordan Marsh personnel insist, among the season's hottest sellers...
...general way, Eurydike represents the dashing and wild West and Perdikkas the exotic and clever East. She marries but does not couple with Alexander's retarded brother, a large sweet creature who can be made to look and sound kingly for brief ceremonial occasions. Perdikkas attempts to juggle alliances from his headquarters in the East. They and other contenders meet bad ends. There are decades of wars, treacheries and murders. One of the great villains turns out to be Alexander's mother Olympias, a virago famous for her grudges and knowledge of toxicology...