Word: silverstein
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...Light in the Attic, Silverstein (1) 2. Cosmos, Sagan (2) 3. The Lord God Made Them All, Herriot (3) 4. Richard Simmons' Never-Say-Diet Book, Simmons (4) 5. A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, Rooney (5) 6. The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2, Jenkins 7. Pathfinders, Sheehy (7) 8. Miss Piggy's Guide to Life, Piggy with Beard 9. Betty Crocker's Microwave Cookbook 10. Presidential Anecdotes, Boiler
...Light in the Attic, Silverstein...
...THIRD PLAY once again salvages a piece of the evening. Last time it was Shel Silverstein's The Lady or the Tiger: this time it's Fits and Starts by Grace McKeaney. The McKeaney play, however, was written five years ago (although the APS doesn't mention it) and performed at the Yale School of Drama. It's a somewhat dated piece of collegiate absurdism by a very sharp playwright, but it seems like Bastille Day next to the other...
...Light in the Attic, Silverstein...
...opening, with the producer playing tiger and thrashing on the floor with his tamer is deliriously silly and crazy, and it's a pity the play is never quite as insane when the audience becomes oriented. Silverstein has written some riotous speeches here, the characters are gems, and now and then a line will be both starkly funny and horrible--as when the producer says to the Lord in mock prayer with the shivering contestant that maybe this poor, white-trash hick has only a 50-per-cent chance of survival and happiness, "but Lord, that 50 per cent chance...