Word: stones
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...young, and has been playing out a whole series of Mr. Morrow's fantasies ever since. His obsession is carving a mountain into an equestrian status of Crazy Horse, which represents, among other things, a desire to resurrect the noble barbarian, a wish to imprison God in stone and thus kill him, and a hope of consecrating the stone of the mountain. I know all these things, because Morrow has written them into the monologue that constitutes the last quarter of the play...
...heart of the Southwest project is a complex of glass-and-stone apartments, a new shopping center, 81 trim town houses, and a new theater for the city's Arena Stage Players. Along Tenth Street, which will be widened, Manhattan's William Zeckendorf is putting up a 1,000-room hotel, three big office buildings and dozens of shops, all surrounding a plaza to be named after City Planner L'Enfant...
...Agony and the Ecstasy, Stone...
...Paradise. Bill Rudd (William Hillier) and Peter Strickland (Jerry Vermilye) share an apartment which Bill uses for purposes of seduction, decorating it with big-game trophies, while Peter pretends he's a philanthropist and has suitable trappings. In due time Bill seduces Peter's all-American girl friend (Lucy Stone). This event, plus an example of self-remunerating charity, turns Bill into a Good Man who gives groceries to poor people. Peter, meanwhile, realizes that Goodness doesn't pay; so they switch roles...
Except for the lead, the Poets' actors did well by Houghton. Lucy Stone is a magnificent comedienne. While she's no Giulietta Masina, she was the only member of the cast (this may reflect on director Maurice Breslow) who fully appreciated the slapstick possibilities of the play. Jerry Vermilye's competence as Peter was unfailing, and Raye Bush as Mrs. Mallow, the old lady who repays Peter's charity, handled a fairly banal character interestingly. But William Hillier's portrayal of Bill detracted greatly from the whole production. It would be impossible to say he didn't develop his part...