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...Cadillacs," says Fitzsimmons. "The arse is falling out of their pants and their own fishing grounds are an abyss." Later that evening, courtesy of Trish Wallam, dinner has an exotic smell; sitting down to an ample spread, the crew merrily scoff spicy crayfish and scallops. Although the silverside is splendid, compared with the cray tails Scotty's corn dog is just dead meat...
...excellence in theatre"). D'Abruzzo was the hardest to notice: she sang in the chorus of the Encores! "Carnival" two seasons back. Pinkins was a sensaysh as the lead in the 2001 "House of Flowers." Of the two "Wicked" witches, Chenoweth (who plays Glinda, the blond one) had two splendid Encores! turns, in "Strike Up the Band" in 1998 and in the Barbara Harris-Barbra Streisand role in "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" two years later; and Menzel (Elphaba, the green one) belted out "Easy to Be Hard" in the "Hair" revival of 2001. As for Murphy...
Just about everything plays better this time. The production team, headed by designer Stuart Craig, has stopped pausing to admire its handiwork and splashed splendid images on the screen at a brisk pace. Azkaban conjures up a purple triple-decker bus (it can instantly slim itself to pass between two vehicles), a Monster Book of Monsters (it snarls at Harry, then scoots under his bed) and Buckbeak the hippogriff (a wonderfully realistic creature with an unpredictable personality). And does it all without preening...
...next time you hear a director complain about the studio or his stars or the weather or whatever, think of what Jorgen Leth achieved with Lars von Trier as his boss--when five obstructions became five splendid opportunities. --By Richard Corliss
...boys, each smartly defined, each bright, each needy or greedy. On stage, the evening belongs to Griffiths, as a pied piper of "useless" culture. But the mind behind it is Bennett's, as wry and sly as ever. The History Boys shows that a buoyant comedy can provide a splendid education. And do we mean that? Entirely...