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Imagine a duet of dueling megastars: the chandelier from Phantom of the Opera and the helicopter from Miss Saigon. Or a dance number that redubs Tommy Tune's somber, doomy Grand Hotel as Grim Hotel. Or a patter song to the tune of Brush Up Your Shakespeare, in which I Hate Hamlet star Nicol Williamson celebrates the joys of humbling his co-stars. This sort of humor -- a cunning blend of insiderish wit and broad clowning -- has made Forbidden Broadway an institution. Since 1982 it has played off-Broadway, enjoying the goodwill and legal cooperation of the very creators...
When Debbi S.Talshir was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis 14 years ago, her furture looked grim. She knew that, before long, her condition would confine her to a wheelchair and cut into her busy, community-activist lifestyle. Meanwhile, the treatments her doctors recommended did little to alleviate her symptoms...
...This may look grim to some people," Graham said. "But some good may come out of the adversity...
Bruce Goodrich's set is suitably angular and spartan--a wooden wall lined with a grim row of sepia photographs forms the background. And a lectern, table and three chairs (all at severe right angles to each other) serve as the only furniture. The set's rigidity contrasts well with the informality of Atkins' movements and gestures, just as the bright green table cloth sets off her purple suit...
...grim scene. Due to years of optimistic forecasting and late-night compromising, the budget is more out of whack than ever. In a desperate annual message, the president says it is time to stop spending beyond the nation's means. "We don't have any money....Let's shock everybody. Let's tell the truth...