Word: irishness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Enter Mr. McGrath, with his production of Richard's Cork Leg, a bawdy, bizarre drama of Irish humor and politics. Richard's Leg should have been the foot in the door for a mass audience at the Loeb. To some extent it succeeds, but like a badly coached team, Leg trips over the basics...
...does succeed in making it through Play (and not everyone does), the first act of Richard's Cork Leg is a real treat. The urns from Play are transformed into an old Irish cemetery, soon to be peopled by a very talented group of actors. In the lead role of Cronin, Charles Puckette steals the show, mellowing his character's crass politics and sexuality with a devil-may-care Irish charm. Laura Gonzales, who plays the prostitute Rose of Lima, sings and moves with the sensuality of an Irish Kate Bush. And the song and dance team of Bonnie Prince...
...death are the targets of fun amidst a background of polarized Irish politics. As a phallic tombstone rises backstage, the two prostitutes (Gonzales and Lisa Peers) mourn the murder of one of their more active comrades. Cronin's attempt to seduce a young lady (Catherine Harris) in the cemetery becomes a bizarre waltz of carpe diem, pitting his hedonistic wit against the all-too-serious violent intentions of his fellows. By intermission, the audience is hooked by the bizarre humor and intriguing scenarios of the first...
...good Irish Catholic knows the Seven Deadly Sins, and any good theatrical producer should have recognized their dramatic counterparts as evidenced in this production. To list...
...children participating in the groundbreaking--all from Cambridge's Robert F. Kennedy School, a grammar school named in honor of the late President's brother--also sang the Irish favorite "Danny...