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...Adzovie shines in the part of Lejoka-Brown, enlivening this production with his timing and enthusiasm. Christine Omodi-Engola convincingly portrays the stabilizing force of the show, Mama Rashida. Although Abigail Kolodny, as Liza, offers the audience some priceless facial expressions, it soon becomes apparent that these are a dime-a-dozen, and she quickly uses up the few she has. One of the most comical aspects of the play is the presence of Okonkwo, Lejoka-Brown's sidekick, played by Eliott Fan. His acting is competent but his character seems out of place...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Comedy With No Direction | 11/15/1991 | See Source »

...What it is is a clear message to the state legislature that they need to get moved off the dime," Cyr said...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: City Council Attempts To Legalize Marijuana | 10/29/1991 | See Source »

...feminists, and the liberal direct-mail firm of Craver, Matthews, Smith announced it was dropping the group as a client. Some of the party's most loyal contributors, including MCA chairman Lew Wasserman and Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman, put the party on notice that they would not raise a dime for the 11 Democratic Senators who gave Thomas his slim victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supreme Court: Woman Power | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

...free of spirit, it features the obligatory mad monster, fair maiden, evil scientist and heroic space pilot. Sci-fi junkies will recognize the plot from the 1956 MGM flick Forbidden Planet, which the more literary-minded in turn saw as an amalgam of Shakespeare's The Tempest and dime-store Freud. (The killer demons were escapees from the id of a man who, like most sci-fi antiheroes, tried to play God.) Writer-director Bob Carlton blended that cult-movie narrative with snippets of dialogue, some in blank verse (and occasionally in blank mind), and a stompfest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 21, 1991 | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...Neil and the Vipers. Friday: The 11th Hour Band and T. Blade and the Fabulous Esquires. Saturday: Shy Fire. Sunday: Songwriter's Showcase, a benefit for the Children's AIDS Program. Monday: the Hypnotic Clambake. Tuesday: Ce Ce and It Never Rains and Bachelors of Art. Wednesday: One Thin Dime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clubs | 10/17/1991 | See Source »

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