Word: stenotorian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...musical unfolds in a Broadway theater, under the watchful director Zach, powerfully played by Stefan A. Howells. Howells has a clipped British accident that adds a great stenotorian air to Zach, who mercilessly pushes the 21 dancers auditioning for eight parts. But Zach does not just push--he probes their psyches, tests their emotional limits. Zach is a complex, manipulative character who does his best to create good musical theater. Howells plays the role so adeptly that Zach loses none of his complexity as he assumes the role of Machiavelli, Svengali, father-figure and voyeur...
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