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Word: futorian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city, the play starts to careen out of control in the earliest minutes. While an unseen saxophonist plays, tableaus of conflict are played out on the stage. A young man (Kevin Crockett) fights with his preacher father (Tyrone Bean); a preposterous, grade-schooler's version of a prostitute (Melanie Futorian) fights with her john (Dwight Hart). Meanwhile, incredibly realistic-looking homeless people (Nick Linski and Tania Guimond), complete with filthy hair and that unsettling, rocking motion of the mentally disturbed, drift through the audience, with cups out for money...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

...himself on saxophone, Kevin Crockett on guitar and Dwight Hart on drums. It would be much more enjoyable -- and sensible -- to hear the trio play for an hour without the interference of the play's pseudo-narrative and the ridiculous fumbling of the weak cast, especially the offensive Miss Futorian in an inane cameo as a white store owner who launches inexplicable tirades against the black band members...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: Playwright Explores Link Between Jazz and Theater | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

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