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...conversion of the Quad from wall flower to blushing beauty did not occur overnight nor without cost. In fact, the transformation of the beast required a physical facelift worth $32.5 million--concrete facial included...
...While the performers dance as brilliantly as one would expect from disciples of Robbins, most can't act very well, and there is not one striking singer in the entire company. The most problematic is Robert + La Fosse, a New York City Ballet star who moves gloriously but whose facial expression seems limited to a scowl and a simpering grin. Jason Alexander, who serves as narrator and plays seven characters, has wit, charm and the requisite razzmatazz -- his parts in Forum and Fiddler were played by Zero Mostel -- but lacks the star attribute of effortless ease. Yet if Robbins...
Jason Rosencranz's direction is good overall. He directs the actors well in highly emotional moments, including those mentioned above. The staging, however, is sometimes awkward. In Act Two, Starr's back is to the audience for a long time, and we miss the benefit of his facial expressions. But the feeling in Martha's seduction sequences is heightened because of the continuous circles she makes around Nick while he sits on the couch...
...believe, eventually become the play itself. Brighton hinges on Eugene, his thoughts and his interactions with other characters, and O'Keefe plays the pubescent Eugene admirably, lending believability to a role which requires that his paramount interest be seeing naked breasts. O'Keefe's beady-eyed facial expressions and air of child-like surprise throughout the show are what make the play worth seeing...
They are the class of drugs that mimic the effect of testosterone in the body, and they are by far the most widely used performance-enhancing agents in sports. Among other things, testosterone causes the development of male secondary sexual characteristics -- facial hair, deep voice and muscle building -- and it is to promote the last that the use of steroids has become popular and, in such sports as weight lifting and field events, ubiquitous...