Word: michaels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...zeal to promote Boston-themed plays, Altman thought he found an easy answer in the colorful Last Hurrah, the notorious parody of four-time Boston mayor James Michael Curley's last-ditch bid for re-election. What he got, however, was an unreasonably large and unmanageable cast of characters, many of whom are demoted to ornamental, cardboard cut-out status in the three-hour world of the theatre. There's Amos Force (Keith Perry), the conservative Yankee who will do whatever it takes to see the Irish mayor lose; Francis Jr. (John P. Arnold), the mayor's playboy, finger-snapping...
...center of the show, of course, is the mayoral candidate himself, Frank Skeffington, impressively brought to life by theatrical veteran Michael Ball. In his dignified portrayal of the aging political lion, Ball combines a shrewd mind with a tender heart to gain the audience's sympathy, achieving just the right balance of bravado and fragility. Alienated from his son and his own inner-life, Skeffington's whole identity lies within his political campaign--"the greatest show on Earth!"--so when he loses the election (trust me, I'm not giving anything away), he becomes physically and emotionally crippled. Certainly...
...Michael Smith...
...other incumbents--Kathleen L. Born, Henrietta S. Davis, Anthony D. Galluccio, Kenneth E. Reeves '72, Michael A. Sullivan and Timothy J. Toomey Jr.--were reelected. Challengers James S. Braude, Marjorie C. Decker and David P. Maher will also join the council...
Edley, for example, worked in the Jimmy Carter White House before becoming a professor at the Harvard Law School in 1981. During his tenure at Harvard, he took time off to work as the national issues director for Michael Dukakis's 1988 presidential campaign...