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...giving away much to reveal this gothic moment as the curtain line of So Long on Lonely Street, a zesty, poignant and fiercely funny comedy. Far more shocking revelations have already emerged along the way, on matters ranging from race to motherhood to incest. Playwright Sandra Deer has created a clan of faded gentry who mingle the greed of the family in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes with the lubricious dementia of Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart. Yet Deer has a kinder heart toward her characters than either author. The result, while likely to strike some playgoers...
...Deer's real interest lies in exploring the unexamined assumptions that families live by. Each of the Vaughnums has been suppressing some secret; each ends by realizing that some seeming impossibility has come to pass. While all this adroit plotting is going on, the characters are interacting so naturally, with rowdy humor so integral to their personalities, that Lonely Street seems more a slice of life than a "well-made play." Even in the two most finely honed scenes--when Ruth and Raymond discuss why, despite their affection, they have always avoided each other, and when Miss Anna learns...
Like much in the New York theater these days, Lonely Street originated at a regional company, Atlanta's Alliance Theater, where Deer is literary manager. Director Stephens transferred with the show, as did Set Designer Mark Morton and half the cast. The production is impeccable, and in a season with a dearth of worthy British imports, the main stem must be grateful for an American "import" of this caliber...
Ernest Riles' two-run homer and a roof-top blast by Rob Deer powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-3 victory Monday over Tom Seaver and the Chicago White Sox in their American League opener...
Kennedy presented O'Neill with a portrait of "the giant Irish deer--for our dear Irish giant," and praised O'Neill's many achievements over his 17 terms, as a lawmaker and international figure who never lost touch with his constituents in the Eighth Congressional District. Kennedy also said O'Neill "has more good ideas than all the members of Congress...