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...Maarten Smit's achievement. Smit, trained in a special acting school for children, is brilliant. Jeroen Boman is a difficult role to bring off, but Smit succeeds spectacularly. He reminds one of Jodie Foster in "Taxi Driver." Trained as a classical ballet dancer, this is Andrew Kelley's debut as an actor, and it shows. However, this works to the film's advantage, since Walt is really a symbol, magnified and perfected by Jeroen's memory. Feark Smink does a marvelous turn as Jeroen's foster father...
...figure on the Boston jazz scene for over a decade, Miller has done stints n both Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet and Girl's Night Out. She is now leading her own hand, the Cercie Miller Quartet. Last Tuesday, she headlined at the Regattabar to celebrate the release of her debut CD, Dedication...
Among Gabay's accomplishments are holding thecouncil's meetings in upperclass houses for easieraccessibility, the debut of the council's firstofficial newsletter, The Courier, andallowing first-years to attend executive boardmeetings. According to council members, Gabay hasmanaged to bring together a previously factiouscouncil...
When Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical retelling of the Hollywood film noir classic Sunset Boulevard made its debut in London in July, audience response was respectful but restrained. The staging that opened in Los Angeles last week had playgoers shouting with delight. Part of the difference may be the American propensity for public exuberance; some is surely the special joy Angelenos derive from a sly, knowing look at the gritty world of make-believe that dominates their local commerce. But the major reason is that the creators have at last figured out what the show is meant...
...most part, the amateurs are readily spotted, especially opposite the eminent Al Freeman Jr. (Malcolm X) as Scrooge. Freeman admits it "gives me pause" to have his craft, honed over decades, equated with a newfound hobby. He readily applauds one debut actor, however: Thomas Henry Brooks Jr., 66, who plays a handful of the 162 characters, most notably a pawnbroker with a steely manner and a Satchmo Armstrong voice. Says Brooks: "I strongly believed that an old man on crutches with no teeth wouldn't get cast. When they called me back, I thought it was just keeping up appearances...