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When asked, Gingrich is suitably and predictably coy about his future. A recent Los Angeles Times public opinion survey found that 65% of Americans had "never heard of" Newt Gingrich. Still, the words should be mouthed: "President Gingrich?" And is that the sound of more Democrats sputtering...
...Comin' Aroun', a plaintive lament that acts as a kind of fate motive throughout the show (it is heard in the orchestra, for example, when the ne'er-do-well gambler Gaylord Ravenal first catches sight of the sweet, ingenuous Magnolia). Another addition is the charmingly coy duet, I Have the Room Above Her, first heard in the 1936 film version and much the best of Kern's second thoughts...
Powell has been equally coy about elective politics. A Republican draft- Powell-in-1996 committee has signed up 20 state and 10 regional coordinators and begun raising money. But the general has had no contact with the group, and in fact has never declared himself a Republican -- or a Democrat. He helped to shape Republican foreign and military policy during the Reagan and Bush administrations, but friends say his views on civil rights and social issues may be too Democratic to reconcile with a right-leaning G.O.P...
...coverage drew the usual complaints and critical brickbats: too much feature material, not enough action; too much cheerleading from the commentators; too much coy withholding of the video for key events until prime time. Yet nothing CBS Sports did was quite as embarrassing as the performance by the network's news division. Connie Chung spent 1 1/2 weeks playing Tonya Harding's shadow. And Dan Rather joined her in fake-cuddly promotional spots for the CBS Evening News that may drive away the few viewers it has left...
Director Justin Levitt seems to have just let the other characters fend for themselves. Whereas some do flesh out their roles (most notably Jessica Yager's wonderfully coy Doctor and Richard Gardner's hilarious bumbling Justice), others simply read their lines and exit. The set, also by Levitt, never quite takes on the majesty of the British courts but rather looks like a small claims court. Costumes are period enough, though the attorney's wigs sometimes make them look like Marilyn Monroe impersonators. These factors detract from the play's tenuous attempts to be intense and powerful drama...