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There's quite a bit left of her, actually. After at least seven books about her life, an off-Broadway musical in the '80s (starring Helen Gallagher) and dozens of female impersonators, the deep-voiced diva is back in no fewer than three plays. Tovah Feldshuh is the star and co-author of Tallulah Hallelujah!, an off-Broadway play in the form of a fictional USO show with Bankhead as host. Nan Schmid, formerly of the Second City improv troupe, wrote and stars in Dahling, in which eight actors portray more than 40 characters in Bankhead's life. And Kathleen...
...wistful in the second act as they attempt to rebuild their lives with new partners. The tense relations between Ming and Robert (Jeremy Blocker '03), an ingenuous Caucasian waiter, are intercut with scenes of Oscar as he builds a new relationship with Daniel (William Adams '03), a sassy young diva-in-cargo-pants Filipino college student...
...Some of the mix's downfalls are apparent. The sameness of many songs reveals this style's infancy. And it gets insipid after the 10th diva professes her unending love for you, baby. Despite these issues, it's clear that UK garage has potential. Rewind leaves you feeling like you've been partying the night away in a packed, sweaty club, not some drug-addled rave. B -Ryan...
...have had nothing but great relationships with actors. I've never had an actor that I've had a horrible time with. I don't know why. Well, in Redgrave's case, I don't see her so much as a diva as someone is just as close to genius as anyone I've ever known. I mean, you hear that all the time, it's like genius, genius, genius, they call everyone a genius, right? Like, he's a genius of sanitary engineering, everyone's a genius. But it would be very difficult to dispute Vanessa Redgrave's acting...
...Dunaway is difficult to work with, not because of the diva thing, but because she always wants to do more, she always wants to be more explosive, more dynamic, more dramatic. And my case is the opposite. I like actors to do less. And I wanted a performance from her that was completely restrained. I put her in these terrible glasses, dyed her hair sort of dark brown and I sort of wanted her to fit into the movie's tapestry. And I think she was at first very resistant to that. I think, actually, her performance was wonderful...