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...criminal. With little virtue of their own of which to boast, they bribe one of Mac's whores, Jenny Diver (Tiina Cartmell), into betraying him to the police. Scotland Yard is led by Mac's old army buddy, the powerful Tiger-Brown (Patrick Clean), whose own daughter Lucy (Cynthia Dickason) is also married secretly to Mac. Mac is arrested twice. The women fight for his allegiance. He is saved at the very end by a royal pardon which also grants him peerage...
...performances of Tiina Cartmell, Colgate Salsbury, Margo Martindale, Christopher Reeve, Jessica Richman, and Cynthia Dickason are all magnificent. All manage Weill's difficult music skillfully, and successfully recreate Brecht's mix of cynicism and passion. They derive admirable assistance from the minor players, particularly from Jonathan Frakes, who plays Matt, a resentful member of Mac's gang, and from Patrick Clear, who plays Tiger Brown...
...Radcliffe winners are: Jane D. Andelman; Jean Ann Burg; Susan E. Carey; L. Christie Dickason; Ann M. Graybiel; Lorella M. Jones; Lillian M. Li; Stephanie Raushenbush; Mrs. Antonia Kern Ridington; Nancy L. Silverman; Mrs. Dorothy Giles Souvaine; Gail E. Thain; Mrs. Marilyn Robinson Waldman; and Emily Zack...
...other characters performed their more impersonal roles well. Diana Bigelow, as Ave, the daughter, portrayed an astounding dignity, if she did have some unsteadiness in her voice; the four dancers fulfilled nicely the extraordinary demand for both dancing and singing ability. The direction by Christie Dickason indeed saved the production from the usual infamy of operatic performances' dramatic woodenness. One problem, however, did appear at moments in the singing: the pronunciation was generally distinct, but the very effort to give the words clarity sometimes made them graceless or forced...
...direction, the powerful final scene is evidence enough of Miss Dickason's skill. So as not to spoil the final effect, she has chosen to omit curtain calls. A pity, since rarely has there been a production for which they were more roundly deserved...