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...point, then as now, was that stage and screen are places of sublime pretense where audiences can make believe that any actor is perfect for any role. A woman can play Hamlet (Sarah Bernhardt); a black man can play Shakespeare (Morgan Freeman as Petruchio, Denzel Washington as Richard III in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare series in New York City's Central Park). Some call it inspired casting. Others, like producer Dominick Balletta of the Pan Asian Repertory Theater, call it affirmative action. "Nontraditional casting was meant to create opportunities for actors of color," he says, "not to take jobs away...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Lisa C. Tremaine, Dennis Wheeler (Designers) Production: Paul Dovell (Manager); Carri Marks Traffic: John P. Dowd (Chief); Eugene Tick, Paul Hilzinger Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman
...spitfire of the title, Tracey Ullman is as funny as on her TV series, but misses the pain of a woman who has spent her life being upstaged by a beautiful younger sister. Morgan Freeman in buckskins looks, and acts, far removed from his role as the prim chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy. He finds both the charm and the meanness in his man, speaks beautifully and chortles through the obligatory feminist postlude, when Ullman ends a speech about happy submission by "accidentally" sending him sprawling...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Lisa C. Tremaine, Dennis Wheeler (Designers) Production: Paul Dovell (Manager); Carri Marks Traffic: John P. Dowd (Chief); Eugene Tick, Paul Hilzinger Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, James Elsis, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Lisa C. Tremaine, Dennis Wheeler (Designers) Production: Paul Dovell (Manager); Carri Marks Traffic: John P. Dowd (Chief); Eugene Tick, Paul Hilzinger Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...