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Cast president Nick Weir as country singer Willie Everstop and Jon Blackstone as soprano Kiri On-Luggage (whose costume is a show-stopper) are a delightful pair of misfit lovers whose voices carry them through the show's strongest duet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

This is especially true of songs which are especially rapid, such as the Major General's song (admirably dispatched nevertheless by Gardner), or particularly soft, such as the duet between Mabel and Frederick (Lee Eichen). But on the whole such moments are rare and really nothing more than slight flaws on an otherwise extremely strong production...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: A Victorian Big-Budget Spectacular | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

Grand Rapids? Jerry Ford? "Having a humor seminar at the Gerald Ford Museum is overstating the obvious," snorts Russell, who plans to do a duet with Betty Ford. "If you want laughs, you go to Grand Rapids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Wit and Wisdom | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...sensitive Laurel & Hardy duet for the 1980s?Hardly. Moore and Ronis have the ingredients oftruly important theater artists. They can act,write and direct with proficiency. In the view ofmany of their peers, their success, even in thecapricious entertainment industry, is practicallya foregone conclusion. The only question iswhether they'll become the Sam Shepards, RobertWilsons or Meryl Streeps of the next generation...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: A Tale of Two Actors | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

...feeling. This tone is compounded by the men's ability to dance in unison and in rhythm with the percussion that plays throughout. McKayle intersperses painful expressions of work in the chain gang--throwing fists into the air, clasping hands and stamping feet on the floor--with a flirtatious duet that lightens this somber piece that ends with a gunshot and a man's death...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Not Ailing | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

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