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...adventurous set--many of whom are baby boomers--inoculations are a vital concern. "Whether it's a safari in Botswana or sightseeing in Laos, travelers are looking for new, exotic destinations," says Judy Peil, owner of a St. Louis, Mo., travel agency...
...father of Ophelia, Cromwell never fails to get a laugh, as he constantly finds longer ways to say things. Particularly memorable is the scene where he takes at least a hundred lines merely to say that Ophelia is the cause of Hamlet's insanity, prompting Queen Gertrude (Mary Beth Peil) to utter the famous lines, "More matter, less...
...Peil as Gertrude and Jordan Charney as King Claudius are both unmemorable. Even in the pivotal scene where Hamlet confronts his mother in her bedroom, Peil's performance shows far too much reserve to evoke passion. Charney's performance suffers in the same way, especially as he contemplates his murder of Hamlet's father. His charm and gentility greatly mar his performance, as they subvert the evil that he attempts to convey...
Gurney, a chronicler of gentility and Waspishness in such dapper plays as The Dining Room, The Middle Ages and Love Letters, would seem just the fellow for the job. And his sextet of reliable actors -- John Cunningham, Jack Gilpin, Julie Hagerty, Mary Beth Peil, Robert Stanton and Jennifer Van Dyck -- shifts from one role to another as smartly as commuters leaping from the Stamford express to the Cos Cob local. But as directed by Playwrights boss Don Scardino, the evening is a failure. It ransacks the canon for easy laughs and outbursts. With only a few minutes devoted to each...
...seems sapped. The music in each line of dialogue has become a jingle, a sentiment not so much spoken as marketed; then comes a pause for laughter or applause or just mute admiration. In the show's wonderfully discreet mating ritual, Shall We Dance?, his new Anna (Mary Beth Peil) looks nearly to be carrying Brynner around the stage. They are working gamely to erase (or is it only to evoke?) the memory of some beloved ghosts: Gertrude Lawrence and Deborah Kerr as Anna, and the vital, young Yul Brynner. Long live that King...