Word: eisenstadt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rails against her mother's lifestyle but, after that token comment about it being bourgeois, happily joins in on the dinner party. Some of this could have been alleviated had Tess been played in a more light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek manner (as possibly Wasserstein intended.) However, Debra Eisenstadt gives a heavy-handed performance as the sulky daughter, exacerbating Tess's tendency to self-parody...
With the exception of Eisenstadt, director Daniel Sullivan has drawn excellent work from his company. Like the rest of the creative team for this national touring production, he worked on the original Broadway production and it shows. The staging is masterful and Sullivan has worked hard to keep the many humorous moments from unbalancing the show. Set designer John Lee Beatty's gorgeous London house fits Sara's assimilated English life perfectly--it looks like she ordered it straight from Laura Ashley, brocade pillows and all. Jane Greenwood has a similar sure touch with the costuming; everything from Pfeni...
Actress Debra Eisenstadt, who is currently performing in The Sisters Rosenzweig at the Schubert, likes the flowers. She said, "It was amazing how human they seemed--how connected to what we are." but she serendipitously wandered into the MCZ and was soon hooked by the archeology exhibits...
...Eisenstadt was born in Warsaw, Poland, on September 10, 1923. He was a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for half a century and chaired its Department of Sociology from 1951 to 1969. His research has concentrated on the study of historical sociology and the comparative study of civilizations...
...understand what was the historical experience of the great civilizations...to try to understand the major dynamics of these civilizations and how they became modern societies, how they modernize and how they develop different cultural programs of modernity," Eisenstadt said last night...