Word: demotte
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Director Joel DeMott may have spread herself too thin. She was director, producer, and played one of the small parts as well. Consequently, she didn't give enough attention to detail, and there were a number of rough spots...
...factor, the essential condition for these love stories--love stories only by rather loose definition--is fantasy: half-conscious, almost conspiratorial self-delusion. In the first play, Tennessee Williams's slight but appealing This Property is Condemned, Miss DeMott's fantasy life takes the whole stage. For a long time Tom (George Rosen)--with the audience--is allowed simply to watch while she unfolds the world. She does it well, and when ultimately everyone has to admit that they do not believe in it, they are utterly convinced of the real necessity for her magnetic and pathetic fancy. Mr. Rosen...
Following this, and also directed by Ken Sateriale, is Saroyan's The Ping Pong Players which is best glossed over. Nick Fuller and Miss DeMott do an adequate job with what is at hand, but as Saroyan states, it is a trivial play about trivial people. An attempt at fancy, it is artificial and drab...
...dialogue is keen, her sense of direction falters. The various themes fail to fit together into a coherent fugue. Nonetheless, her characters are engaged in a sometimes sensitive search for meaning in their drab lives. Fred Willkie does a particularly fine job as Jake, a young garbage collector. Joel DeMott's performance as the waitress is fulled with nuance and her accent doesn't detract from her acting. Diane Kagan, who plays Gloria, one of the cooks, is less successful with the New York vulgar tongue, but Jaye Schulman as Lily, the other cook, is often compelling. William Roberts...
...Boston (DeMott) 3, Cleveland 2 New York at Chicago rained out Washington (Porterfield) 4, St. Louis...