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Weinstein and producer Scott Arsenault have hit upon a winning formula for staging a show. A strong script and well-known songs are combined with talented acting, skillful singing, lively choreography and colorful costumes. The result is an entertaining production.
The weak link in this show is Joseph Choi, as Sonny LaTierri. He delivers his lines stiffly, slowing down the scenes in which he appears. Andrew Howard, as Vince Fontaine, the sleazy disc jockey, and Marc Jones, as the school nerd Eugene, are entertaining, though less significant.
Besides having his servants abuse his young rival, Arnolphe uses his educated influence to train Agnes to be the perfect Bible-reading woman. Moliere intended the simple Agnes and noble Horace to be desperate heroes forced to fight to defy their oppressors. To their credit, both actors managed to accomplish...
Entertaining the troops has been a tradition among show-business folks ever since the USO first took performers overseas to perform for G.I.s during World War II. But the eagerness to participate has rarely been greater or more broad-based than it has been since Operation Desert Storm began. Energized...
Yes, the Pudding show is entertaining. Face it, you're not going there for an Aristotelian evocation of cathartic pity and fear. You're going there to hear bawdy jokes and to see your male classmates in drag.