Word: portnoff
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While there is no reason that actors Brett Barbaro (who plays Callimaco) and Todd Portnoff (who plays Ligurio) shouldn't have long hair, they definitely should not spend so much of their time brushing it out of their eyes--a persistant and annoying mannerism that detracts from their characterization...
...Portnoff's portrayal of Ligurio in particular suffers from a lack of poison, and the result is a stultifyingly bland performance. His Ligurio is unduly stilted. Portnoff, along with another performer who speaks of "black-guards", mispronounces words and stumbles over his lines on more than a few occasions...
Happy As Larry (by Donagh MacDonagh; music by Mischa & Wesley Portnoff; produced by Leonard Sillman) is not only implacably whimsical; it is for the most part unbearably silly and dull. Produced as a straight play in Dublin and London, it caught the fancy of Burgess Meredith, who thought it would be the better for music. With both music and Meredith, it lasted for three performances. Meredith first plays Larry, a reminiscing tailor, then the grandfather that Larry reminisces about. Grandpa was murdered by his wife's lover, then the lover was murdered, then grandpa came briskly back to life...
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