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...second-date proposal was rebuffed with a terse, "You must be crazy. I don't even know you." Gene persevered anyway, and when Joan found herself stuck aboard an endlessly circling Boston-New York shuttle while Gene fretted in the airport below, a fellow passenger allowed as how any suitor devoted enough to endure the long wait deserved her hand. Gene got it. The couple's two daughters, Nancy and Laura, have also worked at the magazine from time to time...
...Jill Wietzner) hankers for the captain (Aaron Caughey). Neither of these longings, however, can be properly realized if we are to honor Gilbert's satirized British class distinctions, and it is this sitcom-like conflict which drives the play. Ralph professes his love for Josephine; she rejects the suitor her father has chosen and tries to elope with Ralph; Ralph is punished. Then, like a lightning-bolt from the Gods, Buttercup drops the secret that reverses fortunes and neatly resolves the plot...
...although his accent change in the final scene is a bit bewildering. His singing is nevertheless very solid and done with great gusto. Sarah Cullins as Josephine has a sweet, pleasant voice, but is expressionless throughout. She seems unable to sing and act simultaneously. Stephen Curtis as Josephine's suitor gives a good performance as a bumbling old fool, although his voice is a bit timid to start...
...Chris Columbus, "Mrs. Doubtfire" is the tale of Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), a man who dresses up as a nanny in order to be near his kids. Buoyed by Williams" antics and the innocent reactions of his wife Miranda (Sally Field), their three adorable children and Miranda's new suitor Stuart (Pierce Brosnan), the movie succeeds in providing some genuinely funny light comedy, but ultimately suffers from its attempt to come back to reality...
...Unconvincing Suitor...