Word: forli
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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the city council originally asked that the ordinance be prepared by the end of this year, but city planners "wanted to take it very slowly and carefully," Donald Balcom, who is drafting the law for the city's development department, said yesterday.
"Business is not outrageously booming," an employee at Crimson Travel said yesterday. "In fact, it's way down for this time of year because energy costs have made travel so expensive," she added.
Unfortunately, the play consists mostly of such clumsy commentary. It's got only three characters: Henny (mother), Scooper (son), and Dierdre (bibliophile cum girlfriend). 83 and blind, Henny, has battled breast cancer for two years without anybody catching on--hence bosoms and neglect. Scooper, never too lucky with the girls...
Within the confines of this problematic script, the three actors do not perform poorly. Richard Kavanaugh (Scooper) thrives on the satirical scenes, timing his funniest lines well, and delivering them in a booming baritone that reverbrates about the small theatre. He wears a sardonic frown that embodies his contempt for...
Lenka Peterson (Henny) succeeds in seeming 83 years old, which, under the garish light of a hospital room, is a feat. She's a forceful character, who makes her son's childlike infatuation with her fairly credible. Henny falters where the script does. She's got too many lines and...