Word: mclane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Eagles are returning fourteen starters, but lost their top scorer from last season, Kevin McLane. The outstanding attackman scored 40 goals and 14 assists in his senior season with the Eagles...
...dated (the NEA controversy was years ago), Rudnick's dialogue is so snappy and pleasantly consonant it doesn't matter. ("I worship you, I adore you, last Halloween, I was you" crows one of Alex's downtown friends to the bouffanty Mrs. Bemiss.) Director Christopher Ashley uses Derek McLane's sleek, convincing sets--Alex's loft and the Civic Central art museum--to the fullest extent, giving the actors a range of movement and building rhythm through the performance...
Assessing the quality of the ART's production is difficult when the script is so troubled Whether problems in pacing can be attributed to Joe Dowling's direction, or a refusal to cut lines, is unclear. Derek McLane's set, while visually impressive, crowds actors between two uninteresting tables and is a generally unwise use of space. In keeping with the standard of the script there is little that is striking or exceptional about this production...
...purely formal level, the production works. The actor's timing keeps the pace clipping along and the audience laughing. Led briskly by Margaret Gibson, playing Mrs. Prentice, the cast adheres strictly to the whimsical spirit of Orton's text. The set (designed by Derek McLane) and costumes (by Catherine Zuber) reinforce the historical context of the play. Under the direction of David Wheeler, the A.R.T. production is seamless, except for a few chaotic moments when the stage order unnecessarily falls apart. Overall, however, the play is well excecuted...
...needed that support," McLane said, referring to the financial and moral backing of the campaign fund. "I didn't have it in me to think,~'Oh yes, I'd be a perfect member of Congress...