Word: ellen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the ranks of the "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV" casts. What is surprising, though, is that Rick Moranis, as Seymour the wimpy flower shop assistant, does remarkably well with his own voice in the show tunes. Of course, he gets blown away by the professional pipes of busty Ellen Greene, who plays Audrey, Seymour's love interest. And both are outclassed by the delicious deep tones of the former Four Tops Levi Stubbs, who plays the voracious herb...
...quality of the performances varies. As the parents, Oleson and Schwartz manage to convey the pathos of their characters, but not their age. As the maid, Ellen Bledsoe tries to add a note of humor to the tragedy, but her performance is too much of a caricature for the realistic tone of the piece. As the Tyrone brothers, Zelman and Talenti give excellent, though vastly different performances. Together, they portray the wide range of emotions between the protective yet resentful James and the more accepting and hopeful Edmund. Talenti gives an especially understated interpretation well adapted to the small stage...
...fellows for 1987-'88 will be: Elizabeth J. Bellamy, University of Alabama; Elisabeth Bronfen; University of Munich; Howard Brick, University of Chicago; Marcel Cornis-Pop, University of Northern Iowa; Robert O. Gjerdingen, Carelton College; Susan A. Keefe, Davidson College; Ellen F. Martin, Marymount Manhatten College; Carol J. Oja, Brooklyn College; Frederick S. Paxton, Connecticut College; Frances L. Restuccia, Boston College; Margaret Schabas, University of Colorado; Rhys F. Townsend, Clark University; Daniel Vickers, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Marc A. Weiner, Indiana University...
...discussion will focus on the handling of the Iran arms deal, trying to "distill from the crises some wisdom" on how the government may act more effectively in the future, said Ellen Hume, White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and moderator of the program...
...dispute will heat up shortly, when the New Jersey Supreme Court rules on a suit filed by the family of Nancy Ellen Jobes, asking for the removal of a feeding tube from the 31-year-old comatose woman. A contentious brief in the Jobes case was filed by New Jersey's Catholic bishops. In the view of several Boston participants, the document distorts church tradition by opposing the withdrawal of nutrition under any circumstances...