Word: claire
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cosby Show makes a graceful, understated exit. There is no grand climax, tear-jerking finale or other last-show gimmick, and only one nostalgic flashback (a father-son talk from the very first Cosby episode). In the last scene, Cliff and Clair perform some minor business about a broken doorbell, dance together, then stroll off the set. Stepping out of character, they walk arm in arm through the cameras, crew and applauding studio audience. And, with becoming modesty, into TV history...
Imagine yourself in the throes of wild, passionate sex in a one-room Manhattan apartment. With bold nudity and sound effects to rival Meg Ryan's famous restaurant scene, the opening scene to Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune can only be described as the play's climax...
Directed by Henry Bial and produced by Robyn Yilmaz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune makes excellent use of the Cabot Underground Space, converting it into a believable apartment. Bial's skillful direction was particularly evident in the poignant window scenes, which were complemented by lighting designer Blake Lawit's effective moonlight and sunrise. Hopefully the awkward opening night sound effects will soon be corrected...
Capping off the cast are the pageant's cohosts, the Elvisesque Alberto V. O'Five (John Berman) and the Sally Jessy Raphaelesque Jeannie Ality (Bart St. Clair). There are no Sally Jessy Raphaelesque characters in Hamlet...
...Spectacle: You want musical numbers? Geyer's rendition of "The Wages of Sin" is a show-stopper, although the song sounds suspiciously like "Light of the World" from Godspell. St. Clair does a great job with the show's obligatory torch song, "Agent Provocateur...