Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shadowlands" is the "almost-too-late-for-love" story of the season. Although Winger looks young enough to be Hopkins' daughter, what the two lack in chemistry they make up for in old-fashioned talent. England looks very pretty too. Attenborough's direction lulls you into the slow, slightly awkward rhythms of its tradition-bound society. Everyone and everything conspire to be as pleasant as possible, and you can settle comfortably back into your seat (with heaps of tissues) to enjoy an evening of few surprises...
While Darlene has its awkward moments (at one point in the play, Sidney and Rose simply walk off stage for no apparent reason), the momentary lapses are worth the engaging dialogue that Kessler has created. While one of the characters warns "Don't mistake puns for personality," Darlene treats us to a helping of both, with dar-licious results...
...good friend of mine took this chick out a couple of times. Things didn't work out and now I'd like to ask her out. I don't think my friend would mind but I'm not sure. I feel awkward about bringing it up, but I think that's probably necessary. Could I just ask her out or should I talk to my friend? Puzzled in Winthrop...
Although the play lacks in momentum and energy, its production is marked with some powerhouse performances. Aaron Zelman, as the accused, has a wondeful talent for generating sympathy from the audience. With his awkward and frazzled mannerisms and earnest outbursts, Zelman plays Vole as a victim of his own naivete. When the truth finally comes out about Vole and the trial, one truly feels betrayed. Mark Fish as Sir Wilfrid Robarts, Vole's attorney, provides an appropriate balance for Zelman's quirkiness. Tempering his strong voice and presence with genuine smiles and engaging body language, Fish manages to make...
...accompanied by a green fuzzy Martian (Nabil Shaban) who insists on engaging the precocious child in philosophical discussion. Together they travel to England and we watch Ludwig's intellectual development from an imaginative, over-stimulated youth into a sober, work-obsessed pupil of Bertrand Russell (Micheal Gough) and an awkward frequenter of the oh-so-intellectually fashionable Bloomsbury crowd, including the lovely Lady Ottoline Morrell (Tilda Swinton...