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...Cope is also well-cast as Schigolch, the bum pretending to be Lulu's father. His his authoritative stage presence is matched by his clear vision of the role. Unfortunately, Cope and Tegzes are rarely on stage by themselves, and the rest of the cast tends to display a lower level of proficiency in their parts...
...rugged-looking Dan Zelman is well-cast as the sensitive Irishman, Colm Primrose, and Heather Gunn is equally well-cast as the polished English city girl, Timothea Stiles...
Sound interesting? Yes, indeed. But Noah Kupferberg's production of Sam Shepard's Angel City in the Adams House Kraunauer Space is more than a visual spectacle. It is an intelligently staged and well-cast rendition of a thought-provoking text...
Will they meet? Will he try to be her mentor? Will she try to mother him? Need you ask? Will these two succumb to romantic entanglement? Well, no. Despite nicely managed temptation, they avoid it, and credit goes to David Seltzer for that intelligent choice. And for a movie that is full of terrific comic material and well-cast second bananas (John Goodman as Lilah's befuddled husband, Max Alexander and Mac Robbins as ne'er-do-well comedians...
YATES IS JUST as successful in creating Dave's friends. Moocher, Mike and Ciro, all potentially bland stereotypes, are well-cast and well-acted. Moocher, short but solid, is one of those kids who's never really going to go anywhere, but he has one of the film's great moments--when an employer tells him, "Be sure and punch the time clock, Shorty," he does, literally, and with style. Mike, played by Dennis Quade, is a pretty standard version of the hot-rodding, tough former quarterback--you last saw him in American Graffiti--but in Breaking Away...