Word: conrade
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...score well, but the tunes aren't particularly melodic or singable, so the action seems to drag. While some of the dialogue fits easily into a musical style, at times it comes across as forced or awkwardly phrased. The highlight of the act is "Christmas," a number sung by Conrad, his parents, and his grandparents. Dr. Berger also adds some comic relief: in response to Conrad's question about his nightmare, Berger answers that he doesn't believe in dreams. "Between keeping up with the Freuds and keeping up with the Jones, I end up alone...
...musical opens, Conrad Jarrett (Aaron Sompong) has just been released from a psychiatric hospital, where he has spent eight months for attempted suicide following his brother's tragic death in a boating accident. Confronted by worried parents and the prospect of assimilating back into school, Conrad realizes that it will not be easy to regain a normal life. Dr. Berger (Brett Conner), Conrad's psychologist, helps him deal with the tough times he encounters...
...second act things pick up a little and things move along quickly. Conrad begins to realize that other people have problems, too, and that he is not always to blame for his own. The choir director, played by Orin Johnson, lightens up his scenes. The music, while in the same style as the first act, does manage to throw in a few songs that aren't depressing, such as when Conrad asks out Jeanine Pratt (Sarah Baskin) in the song "I Have A Little Question." "It doesn't have to be a real date. We could fake it," he sings...
Halliday gave a great performance as Mrs. Jarrett, trying desperately to pull her life back together. Constantly wanting to run off with her husband to Spain or Portugal, she doesn't know how to deal with Conrad's return from the hospital. Halliday was one of the few in the cast whose voice really comes through. This was especially helpful in her duets with Marks. Susannah Hills, playing Conrad's friend from the hospital, had another strong voice, which unfortunately was only heard for two songs in the first...
...didn't. Oscar-night parties are the Publishers Clearing House of the glossy magazines, with Vanity Fair throwing the premier bash in L.A. and Entertainment Weekly holding forth in Manhattan. George magazine entered the sweepstakes with its first party in Washington at the hilltop house of Peggy and Conrad Cafritz. Editor in chief John F. Kennedy Jr. attracted an intense power cluster, usurping for the moment the cluster power of General Colin Powell, who sat in the corner rooting for Apollo 13. George president Michael Berman explained the genesis of the curious name. "Stephanopoulos was too hard to pronounce...