Word: comically
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...threatening or looming or tragic. The play, in fact, ultimately derives its strength not from the drama of its history but in spite of it. What is most engaging about the play is not the main plot but the subplot, not the tragic sequences tracing Stalinist repression but the comic theatrical sequences woven into the interstices. The comic representation of life at the Moscow Art Theatre and of the rise of Stanislavsky is hysterically funny and unremittingly enjoyable...
...tribute to the skill and obvious enthusiasm of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players that The Mikado can still deliver an evening of comic entertainment that rivals a feature film or an experiment at the Loeb...
...cast is charged with the delicate task of combining strong vocal ability with an equally strong mastery of comic delivery. They don't always succeed, but the production flies when they...
...mall, which lies between Tower Records andWordsworth Books, housed seven stores includingGnomon Copy, Little Russia, The Inside Corner, TheMillion Year Picnic-a comic book store, Woolcott &Co. the yarn store, Tumbleweed and Le FootSportif. The mall is now entirely boarded up, itsentrance roped off and surrounded by shatteredglass...
...campy and needed to project more but his wide blue eyes and clear tenor are perfect for the waif befriended by Mrs. Lovett. Rendell, a Crimson contributing reporter, is a terrific actor and the complexity of her music allows you to forgive the occasional vocal lapse. With great comic instinct Feldman turns an unmemorable spear-carrier role into a scene-stealing portrayal...