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There is no holiday cheer between American Express and Laura Ashley, the clothing chain. Last week the charge-card giant ceased doing business with the retailer, accusing Laura Ashley of persuading customers to use other cards. As a result, the 520 Ashley stores around the world have had to stop accepting Amex charges. Ashley had been trying for some time to bargain down the fees it pays for purchases on the card. The bicker exploded into a brawl when a shopper, who turned out to be an American Express executive, was discouraged from using her card at an Ashley store...
...this off-Broadway knockout by Scott McPherson, respond metaphorically, never mentioning gays or even the disease but instead looking at the universal experiences of illness and dying, family rage and reconciliation. Director David Petrarca has polished the work through stagings in Chicago and Hartford, and it shines -- especially in Laura Esterman's portrayal of a care-giving aunt and Mark Rosenthal's depiction of her turbulent teenage nephew...
Director David Petrarca, who has staged the show in each of its venues, handles the shifts in tones with equal measures of delicacy and boldness. Laura Esterman, who has played Bessie since the beginning, nonetheless has an aura of uncalculated spontaneity in the hardest sort of role, a character of true goodness who is still approachable and fun. Mark Rosenthal and Karl Maschek as the boys, also cast since Chicago, have been ably joined by Lisa Emery as their mother and Alice Drummond as their dotty great-aunt...
...Simmons Rome: Robert T. Zintl Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: John Moody Mexico City: Laura Lopez...
Adams House had four admitted: Katherine J. Florey, Milena Hruby, Laura A. Rosenbury and Crimson President Rebecca L. Walkowitz...