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...play is largely comic in tone until the climactic final confrontation between Ouisa and Paul, in which the hidden ambiguities of their relationship are exposed. Paul longs to be the Kittredges' son and spiritual heir while Ouisa needs the genuine emotional connection which she and Paul share. This extended scene is the production's greatest triumph, never succumbing for a moment to the maudlin and vaguely mystical undertones which constantly threaten to swamp Guare's dialogue There is a good deal of symbolism at the send involving a double-sided Kandinsky, which one struggles to resolve into some kind...
...Degrees of Separation" is firmly grounded in the comic side of Guare's play and carried by the strong performances of Stokes and Fortunato. While it might not have taken best advantage of HRDC's resources, it is an enjoyable night at the theatre...
...matter what the wishes of that 'family' might be. He brings together his frantic ex-wife Trina (Leslie Yahia), antisocial son Jason (Chris Terrio), and vain lover Whizzer (Michael Stone) all under one roof. Marvin's hapless efforts to fit all the pieces of his life together provide the comic energy of the first half. Flung into this house of neurotics is also Martin's less-than-stable psychiatrist, Mendel (Reese Snow), who is immediately love-struck for Trina...
...Broadway revival of the 1955 musical Damn Yankees needed a kick in the pants. So last week the cast got a fresh face, and it is the audience that's getting the kicks. The new boy is JERRY LEWIS, playing the devil. Those who doubted that the veteran comic (69 next week) could play the part without stealing-or ruining-the show have to give the devil his due. In previews (he opens officially this Sunday), Lewis' performance has been mostly shtick-free-and has drawn standing ovations. Says Lewis: "I'm bringing some of my insanity to the role...
...nights, the sort of performers who have made the Vanguard the Mecca of Hip for the past half-century: jazz diva Shirley Horn, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, cafa swell Bobby Short, folk singer Pete Seeger and Professor Irwin Corey, the "World's Foremost Authority," who was once a comic mainstay of the club. Back in the '40s, when the Vanguard's founder, the late Max Gordon, asked the professor whether he thought the place would last 60 years, Corey replied, "It's a small club...