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Theirs is a terrific comic duet, and writer Ken Friedman has backed them with a rich chorus of disapproval, including all the customers and salesmen also trapped in the showroom. Director Roger Donaldson, who has had his ups (No Way Out) and downs (Cocktail), is in his best voice here. It is the lower-depths snarl, angry and frustrated. It provides Cadillac Man with a steady bass line and makes it a rarity among recent films -- a comedy that is in touch with a recognizable reality...
...Public Radio: thoughtful and innovative news programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered, with plenty of commercial-free classical music in between. But no longer. Washington-based NPR, which is celebrating its 20th year, is adding more sounds of fun -- and even a little fluff -- to its successful duet of headlines and Haydn. For example, the private, not-for- profit network last month introduced Heat, a late-night mix of news, music and guests, to attract younger listeners, already a growing part of the network's audience. "NPR is not a preserve for the humor impaired," says Heat senior...
...Greg Schaeffer are obviously having a lot of fun with the first number, "Me and My Town." Doctoroff is sultry as she belts outs the lyrics and engages the audience by bantering with the other performers. Talenti and Schaeffer remain onstage ending the number with an up-tempo duet. Jenny Giering follows them, singing "The Glamorous Life...
...well-sustained throughout this act by stunning performances by Giering in "In Buddy's Eyes" and by Schaeffer in "The Road You Didn't Take". But the lighter "Agony II" is a welcome break--it allows the audience a needed breather between powerful ballads. It is a funny male duet about fairy-tale romantic difficulties or the lack thereof. As one of the men notes, Snow White always had six other dwarves to choose from...
...lines with an endearing relish, and his vain, half-hearted attempts to appear dastardly and evil at Ruddigore Castle are subtly humorous in contrast to the dastardly quality of Despard. Though Short has a pleasant singing voice, he suffers by close comparison to the divine Thompson in their duet in the first...