Word: warrantize
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...hilly miles from Putney in southern Vermont, the proceedings got under way promptly at 9 a.m. The local grange hall has a fitting Puritan homeliness, all hard-edged monotones except for the American flag near the dais. By 11:45 a.m. 17 of the 22 "articles" on the "warrant" had been discussed and voted on. Municipal officials won 500-an-hour raises. A local rescue squad was granted a $2,291 subsidy...
...first time on Broadway, Cher proves herself a promising comedienne, but a still aspiring dramatic actress. Altman, however, has engineered the shifts between years with stunning incompetence, while Graczyk, the executive director of the Columbus Players Theater, has overloaded his 5 & Dime with enough junky symbolism to warrant an eviction notice. As each character is stripped of her life-sustaining illusion, it becomes obvious that though the setting is Texas, we are really in Ibsen's Norway. That sound at the end is not applause, but wild ducks flapping overhead, vainly trying to find a play on which they...
...about 160 complaints filed against licensed doctors with the state licensing board were serious enough to warrant an investigation. But because the board is so hamstrung by insufficient funding it failed to investigate thoroughly all the cases that came to its attention. To make matters worse, excessive regulations effectively forbid the board from fully suspending physicians while they are under investigation; many who should be painting houses continue treating patients...
...muting to the surface of events. That The Curse of an Aching Heart, William Alfred's new Broadway play, is so uncritically nostalgic--not even his characters' pain seems to dampen the affection of the playwright summoning up Irish Brooklyn and the 1930s--should not be enough to warrant the unfavorable critical reaction the play has drawn. Sure, the effect on audiences is anything but the slick, lively finish that spells success for so many current musicals; nor does Alfred go in for the angst-packed, Freud-packed soul-searching that makes "serious" drama like Equus or Children...
Most frustrating of all is the absence, in the scenes shown, of any elements that would seem to warrant such loving attention. We can see too clearly that the social encounters of Fran's single life are empty and boring: the chitchat, as the incredible trolley slides across the stage, is just that. We are convinced of the rightness of Alfred's choice of farce as a device when Fran's unacceptable, unsympathetic beaux parade through her living room and her crazy German neighbors scream from upstairs; these scenes and characters compose the essentials of farce, so much so that...