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...offseason. Mike Schmidt, the Phillies' two-time MVP, only 33 but allowed to contemplate Cooperstown, questions "whether Babe Ruth could even play now." A bit insulted, Rose responds, "Whatever the standard of the day is, the greats meet it. If .330 is leading, that's where Ty Cobb would be-not .380, the level for his day and his equipment...
...Queen, the Cheshire cat and several other figures, Alison Taylor stands out with a resounding, jazz-style voice, as does Belle-Linda Halpern's mezzo-soprano voice throughout her different personifications. Though Halpern and Taylor have the most refined and talented voices, the others--Ben Cobb, Linus Gelber, Maud Winchester and Susan Glassman--belt out their parts clearly and loudly...
THREE HOURS IN LENGTH, director Magaril's production varies widely in quality. The cast seems to walk through certain scenes, such as the mini-climax which occurs when Christine (Debbie Wasser) kills Ezra (Benajah Cobb). The underplayed emotions defuse the scene's potential. At other points, though, the tension is very real. A card game between mother and daughter and the final conversation between brother and sister provide a genuine spark...
...sustaining the audience's attention for the 10 scenes and this group does so by making each scene equally as powerful as the others. Each actor develops his own persona, which Schnitzler has broadly classified as whore (Carolone Isenberg), soldier (Tim Banker), parlour maid (Holley Stewart), young gentleman (Benjamin Cobb), young wife (Anne Higgins), husband (Jonathan Magaril), sweet young thing (Debbie Wasser), poet (Alek Keshishian), actress (Amy Brenneman), actress (Amy Brenneman), and Count (Paul O'Brien...
...backdrop for their individual tensions. Peter Howard brilliantly captures Constantine's internal agitation; Claudia Silver is dazzling in her portrayal of his vain, cruel, but basically insecure mother; and Molly White plays the brooding and morose Masha with frightening conviction. Nina Bernstein as Nina Zarechny and Benajah Cobb as the old writer Trigorin are also superb...