Word: stage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listen to, the orchestra in the Agassiz production was frequently off-key, which made it slightly disappointing. There was a confusion with timing as well, best exemplified by the opening act, in which, after the orchestra finished playing, all the members turned to stare expectantly at the empty stage for nearly half a minute before the first scene began...
...lead roles and the lack of attention to the details of choreography, music and enunciation of the lyrics made it difficult to watch. Each time a smaller scene began, one hoped the show might be picking up, but it returned again to the mire of an over-crowded stage and an overzealous orchestra...
Many of the other actors are limited in stage time or are confined by secondary roles, but Kevin Kain as Peter, the Mister Rogers clone who must listen to Jerry's ramblings, and Elijah Siegler as John Brown, the man who insists on treating a hospital as a hotel, manage to infuse their roles with humor and dignity...
Benjamin is equally ungraceful, and her character is a dancer, She wobbles in high heels, is painfully unflexible when she stretches and moves awkwardly through the all-too-generous stage space. Anna is supposed to be a fragile artist who feels deeply. Onstage, however, she is little more than vapid. Her love scenes with Burton or Pale are universally devoid of sexual energy, and the eventual fade-out to tinny music is welcome...
...horrible thought to deal with. About as horrible, in fact, as the United States dealing with its passing from the center of the global stage. Nobody wants to talk about the national debt because nobody wants to deal with its inevitable ramifications...