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Weiner's witty script plays out the drama of this totalitarian nightmare state in a cheesy brothel/dance hall. "The Pleasure Quarters" is the home of the "only star in the Galaxy," an annoying James Cagney sound-alike named Vic Voom (Steven Schardt). His nightly dance numbers feature a relentlessly jolly chorus line of five busty women and an idiot-savant break-dancer named Timmy...
...acting is almost uniformly good. Cooper has assembled a lot of comedic talent. Steven Schardt is perfect as the obnoxious Vic Voom. He manages to keep a cheesy grin on his face for the entire two-hour production. Micheal Wertheim gives a wryly witty performance as The Chairman. Aaron Meyers, who plays Timmy and dances in most of the numbers, is a hilarious physical comedian, contorting his face and body into all kinds of impossible positions...
...into the footlights: at 20 Daniel joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he understudied Postlethwaite. Watching the young actor, Postlethwaite recalls, "We all saw all this extraordinary pyrotechnic work going on, and we thought, 'Oh, no, not another one of these! Can't we lose him somewhere?' " Not a chance. Day-Lewis joined the West End hit Another Country, then played Romeo for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1986 he appeared in the National Theatre staging of The Futurists, directed by Richard Eyre. Three years later, he again teamed with Eyre for a notorious Hamlet...
...field, reserve signal-caller Frank Champi leads an offense missing captain Vic Gatto and starting halfback junior Ray Hornblower because of injuries...
...nonprofit R.S.C. with an All's Well That Ends Well starring Sophie Thompson, sister of Oscar winner Emma. His best evidence yet that a classic can prevail on the basis of the text itself is Lysistrata. The ancient Greek comedy sold so well at London's Old Vic that it transferred in late August for an extended commercial...