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...Charles Playhouse offers two totally different, but equally intriguing productions. Featured on a double bill are Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations, both one-acters by David Mamet. Best known for A Life in the Theater, Mamet has been called America's most vital young playwright, whatever that means. Meanwhile, the works of one of America's best-loved composer is represented in Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter, an interesting revue. For info on both shows, call the Playhouse at 426-6912; be sure to ask about student...
...Mamet Plays...
...Mamet Plays--Charles Playhouse...
WHAT REALLY SAVES this evening of Mamet--arguably America's hottest playwright--is the other, simpler, less garrulous drama--The Duck Variations. Not only is it funnier, more interesting, and better acted, it is deep and relevent and genuinely responsive--without being bombastic or tiring...
...Mamet was clever to juxtapose these two plays: one drama answers the dilemmas of the other in a very sober and natural way, and George and Emil (Jerry Gershman and Ted Kazanoff) interact like a violin duet, weaving the problems of the evening and life into some simple sense...