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...center of the play, Laura is as fragile as the glass figurines of animals she collects. To portray her effectively, an actress must convey her vulnerability without making her seem pitiable and tiresome. On Broadway three years ago, Calista Flockhart, star of the new Fox hit Ally McBeal, gave a beautifully poised and tender performance as Laura, winning your heart and breaking it too. Now, as Ally McBeal, Flockhart faces a similar challenge: how to play a vulnerable young woman in such a way that when she gets all trembly, the viewer doesn't want to throw glass figurines...
Everyone is talking about Ally McBeal. Produced by David E. Kelley, who created Picket Fences and Chicago Hope, the show portrays a single woman struggling with work and love, and it has become another subject of arch, joshing disputes between the sexes, like football and Michael Bolton. To many women, Ally is quirky, contradictory and wonderful; to many men, she is a simpering drag. Our mission here is to settle this question once and for all. The answer? Simpering drag, but not hopeless...
...marries-lawyer sitcom, has justified its favorable preseason press and is winning its time period. Veronica's Closet, starring Kirstie Alley, has a fail-safe time slot on NBC between Seinfeld and ER, and it has kept more of Seinfeld's audience than many other shows similarly blessed. Ally McBeal, Fox's Monday-night comedy-drama, looks like another success...