Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cooper and Kollmuss, delight the audience with their pining adoration for each other masked by their noble haughtiness. While Driscoll's voice is not as strong as the others,' his kind and dreamy demeanor makes the Vicar's character an instant favorite, drawing both sympathetic sighs and peals of laughter from the audience. Tattenbaum and Sheflin, who play Constance and Mrs. Partlet, give commendable performances both vocally and dramatically, through Sheflin runs out of fresh facial expressions rather quickly. The minor characters, such as the Notary and the village chorus, manage to sing and dance engagingly without upstaging the larger...
...evening belongs to Nuccio, the ever-slick sorcerer who with one raised eyebrow can send chills down anyone's back. Without ever resorting to melodrama or slapstick comedy, Nuccio gives a performance that is as funny as it is frightening. His dry subtlety sparks laughter from almost everyone yet his mere presence casts an ominous shadow across the stage. His voice may not be as musically powerful as some of the cast's, but he has the power to enunciate and, most importantly, act, which more than makes up for his minor shortcomings as a singer. By the time...
Reich, now a professor at Brandeis University, and former Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.), visiting Lombard lecturer at the Kennedy School, presented a light-hearted discussion which had the audience rolling with laughter for much of the one-and-a-half-hour talk...
...Archbishop illustrated his point by talking about a former female student who "worshipped a Puerto Rican wrestler named Bruno." The audience erupted in laughter...
...also meet informally to have fun. Laughter can rejuvenate as well as build communities. The Lyman Common room has the biggest TV and comfiest couches around. Why not use them for movie night and pizza parties? If there is one thing that rugby has taught me, a community that parties together stays together...