Word: foley
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NEWSRADIO (NBC) At last a sophisticated sitcom about people who actually work rather than sit around all day chatting over coffee. With Phil Hartman as a self-centered radio newscaster, Dave Foley as a straitlaced news director and Andy Dick as a wired producer, the show carries on smartly in the Mary Tyler Moore tradition...
Providence coach Bob Foley's decision to call for a time out was a good one, though, as the Lady Friars managed to keep their composure...
Director Tim Foley has transformed this space into a surprisingly apt theatre. The intimacy of the room emphasizes the claustrophobic nature of the Danish court. While the limitations of the theatre quickly become obvious (the ghost is a spotlight accompanied by clashing orchestral chords, for instance), they are minimal...
...Foley takes liberties with the usual portrayals of Shakespeare's characters, creating a new sense of politics in the Danish court. David Bottorf as Polonius is anything but a doddering old fool -- he's an overbearing and controlling father and courtier. When Polonius sells the king and queen he knows the cause of Hamlet's lunacy, it's more a command to listen than a plea for audience...
...only major problem in this production is the actors' tendency to take Hamlet's "speak the speech trippingly" advice too much to heart. Everyone speaks to fast, it's as if Foley advised his players to pick up the peace of the show simply by speaking more quickly. The play is long, to be sure -- it runs over three hours -- but it's worth the time, and shouldn't be rendered unintelligible...