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...humor, a point director Chad Raphael well understands. His stagings are often brilliantly choreographed, bringing out the full chaotic energy of the work. The nightclub entertainment scene metamorphoses into a very credible three-ring circus complete with a strong man in a leopard skin (Ken), scantily-clad female (Lisa Lindley), fat lady (Eileen), can-can dancer (Ted), and Elvis impersonator (Donal Logue)--a deliriously wild spectacle that is one of this show's unforgettable moments. In this scene, Raphael also reminds us of Orton's message that we are all guests in this camp by having the two couples start...
Only Lisa Lindley, as Pentheus' mother Agave, conveys a compelling sense of this worldgone-bad. As leader of the maenads, she is a portrait of frenzy. Blood-splattered and hysterical with glee from killing a wild animal with her bare hands, Lindley's Agave touches upon the horror of Euripide's play...
...faces right now: he is waiting to hear from the Circle in the Square Repertory Theater in New York and the British American Drama Academy in London. In about two weeks he will know, and if both answers are no, he will go to Dallas with senior Lisa Lindley, who is entering Southern Methodist University's acting school...
...Eyed Jacks (1961) and Blazing Saddles (1974), but whose indelible screen moment was his cowboy-hat-waving, yeehah-ing ride on a nuclear bomb dropped on the Russkies in Dr. Strangelove (1964); of lingering complications after the 1982 removal of a brain tumor; in Modesto, Calif. Born Louis Bert Lindley Jr., he changed his name in the 1930s when he became a rodeo clown and bronco buster, explaining his new moniker "was a natural, considerin' that in those days you didn't make a dime doin' rodeos...
What he has got together is his band. Playing without his wizardly accompanist and musical inspiration, David Lindley, who split off on his own 2½ years ago, Browne has cooked up a rock-solid band, so cohesive that it has become part of his creative process. "I started to take unfinished songs to the band and respond as a writer to their suggestions, Browne says. "Your instrument is actually the medium with which you're going to perform the songs. The band is now my instrument...