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...erstwhile bedmate (Judy Kuhn), who falls in love with the Soviet. Theirs is not a charming Ninotchka-style romance: the CIA and the KGB hover on the periphery, exploiting the players and the game. Offsetting the gloom are a clear narrative drive, Nunn's trademark cinematic staging, three superb leading performances by actors willing to be complex and unlikable and one of the best rock scores ever produced in the theater. This is an angry, difficult, demanding and rewarding show, one that pushes the boundaries of the form...
...Alice let it be known that Paulina was the issue of her affair with Senator William Borah, not of her marriage to Speaker of the House Nick Longworth. It is not this home truth that evokes sympathy for Longworth, himself a philanderer and a drunk (as well as a superb amateur violinist), but the fact that he deeply loved the little girl. He died when she was six, however, and Paulina died of a combination of pills and alcohol, presumably a suicide, at 31. Alice lived on alone for another 23 years, toughing it out on good bones and good...
MUSICALLY speaking, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players' Iolanthe is absolutely superb. The lines are sung with crisp clarity, conscientiously conforming to orchestral chords. Even the orchestra, traditionally mediocre, delivers a very nearly perfect performance...
That second quarter featured some superb passing on the Crimson's part. Tara Gustilo set up senior Emily Ozer twice and senior Frannie Peale once in the span of two minutes, 35 seconds...
...George Bush, the day produced a triumph that rewarded his greatest assets: superb organization, widespread if not passionate support, an ability during two decades in public life to make almost no real enemies. With his mastery of the political game, Bush has virtually ensured his nomination...