Word: ernest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some years ago, Ernest Fleischmann, the feisty chief of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, proposed a "Community of Musicians," a kind of superorchestra that would provide all of a city's musical needs, from performances of Mahler to string quartets in the schools to playing at weddings and bar mitzvahs. For it is only when the orchestra is seen not as a careerist battleground for carpetbagging conductors but as a vital part of the community, bringing music to a wide and diverse public, that its survival will be assured...
...mathematics professor late into the night. The next morning, the professor arrived late for his 10 o'clock class, whispering to Bloch that he couldn't see straight and that he would never join the students again. Richard K. Winslow recalls that his philosophy and sociology professor, W. Ernest Hocking, invited the class for Sunday afternoon tea once per month...
...laughter, tension and release at more immediate levels. Making "symbolic," often frustrating dialogue accessible to the audience, Benjamin includes many episodes of welltimed, appropriate slapstick that bring the audience to laughter in the midst of this grim play. When the main characters begin their picnic, Frank eats barbarically while Ernest carefully slices his hot dog; as time goes on, Ernest begins to spit out hot dog chunks just as disgustingly as Frank. Ernest's long hair gradually falls out of his ponytail throughout the play, and Frank only puts his long hair into a ponytail when he becomes Ernest...
David Schafer has an especially tricky role as Ernest, who must balance the opposite demands of his wife and his attraction for Frank. Jane and Frank are strong and clearly defined characters, and Shafer manages to make the mutable Ernest match their one-track personalities effectively. Shafer also makes Ernest's radical transformation into Frank clear and convincing...
...audience looks to Jane as the only pillar of stability in the play, and Wynne D. Love lives up to this task. Her Jane opposes Frank's and Ernest's inane antics with formidible strength. Love's mature calm stands out admirably...