Word: showing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan took a little time to talk to his biographer Edmund Morris. It was one of those rare moments between the past and the future. The proceedings were declared secret, to show up in Morris' book a couple of years or so from now. Late in the afternoon Reagan got a call from George Bush. He took it in private, knowing it could be an awkward moment to share with the public. Bush said thank you for the victory to come, the victory that both could feel as the evening rushed in on them...
...Reagan, it is a disappointing conclusion to one of his most persistent campaigns, and certainly his most passionate. Throughout his presidency, Central America has been a laboratory for the twin goals of the Reagan Doctrine: to promote democracy where such tendencies show promise and to sponsor surrogate armies where Soviet-backed regimes appear shaky. But after eight years, Reagan has presided over neither the democratization of Central America nor the disintegration of the Communists. His policy has spawned no winners, only losers...
Financially, Lincoln Center's Waiting for Godot was a triumph before it started rehearsals. The combination of an all-star cast, headed by Robin Williams and Steve Martin, and a run limited to seven weeks in a 291-seat theater made the show a sellout. In fact, the box office never even opened to the general public: the Manhattan arts complex's 36,000 drama subscribers were enough to fill the 16,000 places more than twice over...
...show that opened for review this week sadly recalled the 1956 U.S. debut, in which Bert Lahr and Tom Ewell found the laughs, and interpolated a few more, without grasping the work's tragic austerity. Williams and Martin may comprehend the play but do not show faith in it. Although the puns and pratfalls come mostly from Beckett, there are inexcusable interjections, and the emotional force is dissipated in kickshaws and clowning...
...never so outrageous, but his familiar cool-guy strut and laid-back vocalisms keep him from inhabiting his character. Irwin is grayly competent as Lucky. The only really satisfying performance is Abraham's. Hugely self-satisfied in the first act, blind and pathetic in the second, he steals the show by simply acting his role while the stars are embellishing theirs...