Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arthur takes on his troubles squarely, but where is his advisor Merlin anyway? The wizard is often alluded to but his absence is never explained. A watchful eye clearly presides over the production--but it almost certainly is Neher's. Three cheers for his efforts and those of his cast. Together they have reined in the lavish aura of the play to craft a drama of some depth and wisdom. The small cast fills the equally small stage with a bewitching blend of merriment, music, and bittersweet lessons...
...stumble over each others' words and when they eventually manage to speak simultaneuously the sound is hardly melodious. But the most obvious problem with the chorus is they don't know what to do with themselves when they aren't speaking. Instead of removing themselves from the audience's eye, they become even more conspicuous by making obviously forced expressions, fidgeting and staring off into space. The chorus seems to have become a theatrical anachronism...
Choreography never sags, and the dancers form very nice looking tableaus in their cavorting about stage. The timing could be a little sharper, but action is much more important--at least to the public eye. The audience remains hooked because the musical and moving action never stops...
...those blades and razors are made in shaving's South Boston World Headquarters. Inside the massive 15-building complex, fields of workers stretch away as far as the eye can see in brightly-lit warehouse-sized rooms. The actual blade manufacturing process is a closely-guarded trade secret. Reporters are allowed only to the periphery of the manufacturing area where workers can be seen throwing prepackaged bags of Good News! and Daisy disposable razors into waiting boxes. Mysterious sharpening noises can be heard from massive box-like machines in the middle distance, but the transformation of blades from hystersitic theory...
...official added that Rosen intends to take with him his optician's license and professional pianist's certificate of merit, and that he will open an eye shop in the corner of one of Brixton's seediest pubs...