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...miss, for me at least, was the curtain raiser, The Public Eye. Set in an accountant's office--overwhelmed, I should say, since Robert McCleary's mile-high flats make the set just about as intimate as the rare books room of the British Museum--the play consists largely of dialogue between a stuffy English husband-type (John Archibald), a loudly attired private detective (Peter Kazaras), and, eventually, the frighteningly energetic wife (Melissa Mueller) who is the subject of their investigation. And I'm afraid that's about all I can tell if I'm not to give away...
...leave you, however, with a warning. Apparently the Loeb has joined David Merrick's example and is now raising its curtain at eight. (At least, that's what happened Thursday night when I arrived twenty minutes late.) My spies tell me--and I have long awaited the day when I could pass on the reports of spies--that The public Eye began as slowly as could be guessed, but that there is an amusing enough eating scene right at the beginning of the show. You might make a note not to miss...
...also drop a post card in the mail that says the same ("Please Free Elizabeth") to: Free Elizabeth, P.O. Box 32, Cambridge 02139. The cards will be delivered to Elizabeth in her East German work camp and the calls will be played on West German television over the Iron Curtain to let Elizabeth know that she hasn't been forgotten
...divisional playoffs for the two major league pennants were designed to be titillating curtain raisers for the World Series. Except for the triumph of the Miracle Mets in 1969, the expected has usually happened, and this year was no exception. Both playoffs were won in a breeze by the odds-on favorite Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates...
...heroes here presents the first sequences which portray homosexuality and Jewish ethnicity without smirking at their subjects. Some affectation is still present: a wayward bedside TV set, which brings back bad memories of Sylvia Miles'; a sinuous pan up Elkin's body as seen by Alex through a shower curtain; postured bit-playing by effete types at Hirsh's house. For the most part, however, Schlesinger has not overpowered his script, but served it. With the aid of Peter Finch (Daniel), Glenda Jackson (Alex), and despite the too-callow Murray Head's Bob; with Mozart arias on the soundtrack which...