Word: gown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...theme. Arthur Wardle's Bacchante cavorts with a whole herd of amorous leopards, and Frederick Stuart Church's Enchantress strolls through the wilderness with two tigers "whose growling jaws suggested the vagina dentata which turn-of-the-century men feared they might find hidden beneath this . . . beauty's decorous gown...
...Verdi is carried by Remo Airaldi who plays the hefty soprano Aida Lottapasta. Airaldi, who was overwhelming in The Skin of Our Teeth on the Loeb Mainstage in the fall, has captured perfectly the grotesque spirit of the Pudding parody. He is resplendent in a purple gown bedecked with link sausages and a headress of large kitchen utensils. His surreal demeanor is playful as he traipses about the stage a sneer--and a snack--always at hand...
...Cartoonist William Steig continues to create with a master's style and a youth's imagination. In his 20th book, Brave Irene (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $12.95), the daughter of a fevered dressmaker attempts to deliver a ball gown to a faraway duchess. Young Irene is faced with cold, snowdrifts and night. Lesser individuals might need rescuers, but this child has ingenuity to go with her spunk. She turns the dress box into a toboggan and slides her way to the ball. Young ladies have come a long way since Hans Christian Andersen's little match girl froze her toes...
...special gown for First Lady Nancy...
Several of the performers also enhance the energy level of the play. Jaqueline Hayes is perfectly despicable as the evil stepmother, and Nadine Purvis counters as a fairy godmother with cheerfulness worthy of her fluorescent pink gown. Abby Shapiro is a likeable, innocent Cinderella and Blake Spraggins turns in a charmingly affected performance as the Master of Celebrations. Kudos to the management for realizing that racial diversity most emphatically belongs in children's theatre...