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...members of the cast are obviously enjoying themselves, and having a good time, and the whole library kinda `glows' with good intentions. The acting has its ups and downs. Lee Thomsen plays the lead role of Elwood with a warm, welcoming smile frozen on his face from beginning to end, and while the smile effectively establishes beyond a doubt that Elwood is sweet and mild-mannered, his character lacks depth and soon grows cartoonish. If Elwood is to hold our attention, he also needs charisma...
Since then, few semesters have gone by without a performance in the tiny space, which only holds about 30 people. This semester the space has hosted a work by Stewart Thomsen '83, The War Years, and Brian Friel's The Faith Healer. Says Laurence Thomsen '89, who directed The War Years, "It's an intimate space. My favorite part about it is that it's so stark. It creates its own atmosphere...
...Michaels, Lee Thomson makes Suite Dreams at least somewhat endurable. Michaels believes he's being given a call girl by his brother Harry (Chris Winn) for a present, but instead gets caught in the typical "girl-in-the-bed, wife-knocking-on-the-door" scenario. Thomsen's natural comic delivery and sustained energy save the scene and much of the rest of the production...
...with six minutes left in the half, the Tigers tallied twice in a 20-second span to make it a one-goal game. The first was a man-up goal by Lorne Thomsen followed by Palumbo's solo effort after the resulting face...
...Thomsen is obviously fascinated by the tumultuous years following the outbreak of World War II, and he is not an incompetent writer. But it works against Thomsen that more has been said, written, and filmed about the big WW II than any other event of this century--much of it by people who actually lived through the events. All that is left, it seems, is the makings of obscure allegory--a fact that Thomsen does not manage to escape...