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There were other tribulations: Carson's only feature film, Looking for Love, bombed, as did a chain of fast-food restaurants that bore his name. He switched coasts, married sometime model Joanna Holland and took a mistress, Mary Jane (Emm-Jay) Trokel, a TV production assistant. Both relationships ultimately failed. In 1987 Carson acquired his fourth wife, an executive secretary, Alexis Mass. Meanwhile, Leamer asserts, all three of his sons became dependent on their father for jobs and income...
...imaginary moments, even a flash-forward in which the now dead grandmother describes her search for "life after eternity." This complex material stays clear, thanks to adept direction by Lynne Meadow and remarkable performances by Jennie Moreau as the girl, Eileen Heckart as her tart-tongued grandmother and especially Joanna Gleason as the woman in between, the focal point of family guilt. Eleemosynary, which has ripened in regional productions, is Blessing's finest work, an enriching tale of sin, regret and forgiveness...
Radcliffe graduated four seniors from last year's first boat, but returning are Olympian Juliet Thompson, seniors Betsy McCagg and Mary McCagg, and juniors Jillian Buriak and Joanna Bench...
...main problem with the Home Free is that one never comes to identify with these characters. We are told that Lawrence is an agoraphobic. We are told that Joanna is pregnant. And we are told that they cannot pay their rent. At first, these sound like problems that any audience could relate to. Yet all of these givens lose their meanings in the context of the absurdist world that Wilson creates...
...have done their best to draw the audience into their isolated world. Talenti and Ndosi bring a tremendous amount of energy to their performances. Talenti brings an endearing and childish naivete to the role of Lawrence, which makes his portrayal seem all the more natural. Ndosi's performance as Joanna is executed with intelligence and veracity. But although both actors are able to suspend reality for awhile, they have essentially been assigned an impossible task. Lawrence and Joanna are not your average couple. And so, despite the valiant attempts of the cast, the audience all too often feels like...