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...stellar mental preparation. “I actually was a runner-up last year but I hadn’t gone in believing in myself. This year, I just believed in myself,” Matsen says. However, he admits later that mental preparation is only one element of his carefully crafted battle plan. “For lunch I had half a pound of sautéed collard greens. It takes up a lot of room but passes through your system quickly,” he divulges...
...Mind contains multiple, parallel tales of family crisis with Jake (Patrick McCaffrey), a stubborn, malicious paranoiac with a bad memory as their uniting element. As the play begins, he has badly beaten his wife, Beth (Nichole Shalhoub), and run off, thinking that he’s killed her. However, a doleful Beth has survived and is recuperating with the help of her brother, Mike (Tor Hillhouse). Also in the mix are Jake’s clearheaded siblings (Jodi Dick and Kaolin Bass) and a trio of daffy parents (Francesca Carlin, Tug Coker, and Laura Nordin...
...State and Main, the sublime lessons in human nature of Glengarry Glen Ross, and the warped intelligence of The Spanish Prisoner. Also missing, though far less missed, is Rebecca Pigeon, Mamet’s wife and a fixture of his films, who often stands out as the worst element of any ensemble...
...opening track on Magic and Medicine, “In the Forest,” is supposed to be some kind of dream sequence about this guy finding his nymph in her element. But with lyrics like “From all the feelings that are making you blue / You’ll never know how much I…you,” it’s impossible to take this stuff seriously. “Gypsy Market Blues” is the band’s feeble attempt to emulate Dylan-style talking blues...
While the team, especially its field element, is still lead by its seniors—co-captains Adam Gelardi in the shot put and Onyechi Ezekwueche in the long jump—the supporting underclassmen have shown good potential for this year and beyond...