Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comic self-consciousness that brings the play to life. Brown moves in tightening circles around Tom Hopkins as Valmont, the lethargic predator turned prey. Hopkins' Valmont is charming and at times strikingly perverse. On the other hand, the interaction between these two is oddly flattened, and the seductive tension which might have developed between them never quite takes shape...
...England to see various improving plays. But social politics throw the innocent academic holiday into turmoil. The head of the English department has decided to fire an assistant professor, but can't summon the courage to tell him. A student accuses another professor of sexual harrassment. Romantic and platonic tension abounds...
...argument that gay men will cause "tension" in all-male organizations overlooks the face that there have always been gay men--and boys--in the Boy Scouts, and gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the armed forces...
Chan's story reflects a national phenomenon. Foreign graduate students are more and more often teaching American youths, sometimes resulting in misunderstanding and tension...
...small coincidence that he shining scene stealers (with a only a few notable exceptions: Mr. Geyer and Mr. Berman) are out gay men. Adam Feldman's smile brightens the entire stage while his intriguing wickedness provides the dramatic tension (Wilde: "wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.") Bart St. Clair easily wins the heart and earns the laughter and admiration of the audience. And Brian Martin's nosy, gleaming, gum smacking support buttresses the entire plot. I offer three snaps, air kisses, and a curtsy to these fine actors...