Word: wasserstein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ROMANTIC by Wendy Wasserstein...
...Wendy Wasserstein to the rescue. On West 42nd Street, within spitting distance of Broadway, her new comedy is showing the theatrical old guard how to be young, hip and acerbic without forfeiting involvement in affairs of the heart. Isn't It Romantic examines the lives of two old college chums-Janie Blumberg (Cristine Rose) and Hattie Cornwall (Lisa Banes)-as they approach their 30s and the dangerous prospect of a life without either Mamma or mate...
...Wendy Wasserstein, whose very name is a deadpan joke on Jewish assimilation into the cheerleader values of Middle America, writes about Jews and Wasps without a tincture of sitcom condescension, finding poignant similarities in perpendicular lives, giving just about every character equal time and a fair number of laughs. Director Gerald Gutierrez has mined the big, handsome virtues in this deceptively modest play, putting a shine on everything from the show tunes and rock standards to the voices on Janie's telephone-answering machine (including the desperate plaints of Meryl Streep, in her best and most hilarious performance...
...real estate tycoon, considered tendering an offer for about 7% of Bendix during the takeover battle in exchange for RCA stock owned by Bendix. The author describes how Agee and Cunningham did not feel they had to play by the same rules as everyone else. At one point, Bruce Wasserstein, a First Boston investment banker who was advising Bendix, tells a flustered Agee: "Before you propose a deal, your team is supposed to do its homework. As far as I can see, that wasn't done...
...frenzied series of weekend meetings, these hired guns huddled with Marathon's board of directors. Wasserstein and Perella told them that Mobil's offer of $85 a share was "grossly inadequate." Flom advised the directors that the offer raised serious antitrust questions. As a result, Marathon sued Mobil in Cleveland's federal district court and obtained a temporary restraining order to stall the takeover bid. Cheney and his staff arranged a satellite broadcast to television stations across the U.S. of Marathon's response to the Mobil offer...