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...strange behaviors of old and young men in crisis, and the fateful coincidences which save or end a life. Englander imbues his stories with a wry, intelligent sense of humor and a fresh perspective on the burdens of daily life, Neither depressing nor exactly uplifting, these bittersweet tales intersperse laugh-out-loud moments with serious and troubling revelations...
...Will FRANK LANGELLA receive some kind of honorary award for being able to laugh convincingly at all of girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg's jokes? (And will he ever again get this much face time...
Start in the Radcliffe Quad. Run through the various buildings, including the Agassiz Theater and Byerly Hall, the "scariest building on the Harvard campus." Have a hearty laugh at the prospective applicants' expense. Clarify the relationship between Radcliffe and Harvard...
...grandparents built, it feels like a monument. But it isn't, because Grammy is not a millionaire. Neither is my grandfather, although for some reason Harvard pursues them both with enough vigor for her to remark to me about how sorry she is she can't give. Then we laugh...
...most revivifying part of the show is Peters, who gives the brassy Merman role an adorable new twist. At the start she lays on the backwoods accent so thick you have to laugh, yet when she pines and pouts for Frank, she gives the character a funny, foot-stamping girlishness. There are some miscalculations. The device of framing the story as a show within a show--introduced by Buffalo Bill--gains nothing, and opening with the big number There's No Business Like Show Business is a needless appetizer. It's not as if Berlin's matchless songs--Doin' What...