Word: forthings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...referendum fulfills the conditions for diplomatic recognition set forth in December by the European Community. But conflicts at barricades that were erected by the Serbs after the vote proved there is still much work to be done. Late last month Bosnia's ethnic leaders agreed that while the republic's external borders should remain intact, political power should be devolved to give more autonomy to the various nationalities within. That leaves the country with the task of finding a workable middle way between civic unity and ethnic division...
...dynamic between Salie and Lucano works wonderfully. Audrey and Victor flirt and argue wildly back and forth. Audrey is a demanding character: a pouty, overly cute teenager who in fact is a talented artist with real substance. We rarely find this risky combination of adolescent coquetry and artistic depth, but Salie succeeds in merging the two. Victor is sweet, but has a quick tongue; Lucano plays the role of the older man with charm, not smarm...
This joyride jumps back and forth through different scenes without any logical chronology. It is rapid and provocative, each scene change marked by the resounding clang of the frying pan and distorted recordings of the dialogue that have transpired on stage. The result is something very much like a current Reebok crosstrainer commercial, the kind of thing the play seems to mock. The 27 scene changes are clocked and set into motion with finesse, a credit to the lighting and set crew. However, these changes also pose a problem. Too abrupt and vague at times, they tend to jerk...
...role of Peter, the preppy and anal homosexual P.A., David R. Gammons upstaged the other actors with his masterful performance. His delivery was finely tuned, going back and forth from his outwardly uptight demeanor to a lusty raw one, in which he "has" phone sex and masturbates. He remains in perfect tandem with the other players, darting about the stage, typing frantically on his lap-top computer and molesting Adam. His interaction with the audience, the other characters and with his props--coffee mug, knife, parts of Zora's body--are fully developed and fully enthralling...
...since last November, Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry James G. Anderson has trekked back and forth between Cambridge and Bangor, Maine...