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...Rent Control Board permitted a raise in the rent in March as an inflation adjustment, according to Buddy Packer, general adjustment specialist for the board. Packer said the decision to allow the rent increase wasreached after standard procedure...
According to Packer, the Rent Control Boardsent notices to the tenants informing them of theraise and asking them to respond if they wereunsatisfied with the condition of the building.The board is prohibited by law from increasing therent until all repairs have been made, Packersaid...
Many people may already be familiar with Shirley Valentine since this British production made its debut on the big screen a couple of years ago. Those who are not should rush to see Tina Packer's one woman extravaganza...
...repressed Shirley Valentine, Tina Packer creates an entirely believable character. When Shirley repeatedly converses with her kitchen wall, Packer makes this habit normal. She pokes fun at Shirley while sympathizing with her. The result is a fascinating and funny character who is fully aware of the ludicrousness of her provincialism at the same time that she laments...
With this self-conscious sense of her character's relationship to the audience, Packer pulls off this one-woman, two-act monologue, completely told from her perspective. We watch Shirley change from a timid, untraveled housewife into a contented and sophisticated isle-dweller. The audience cheers at her awaited sexual self-discovery with Costos, a hip Greek bistro owner. We applaud her decision to make a new life for herself on the island. By the end, the audience completely identifies with Shirley's declaration that she has not run from life but has found...