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McPherson's grisly execution last summer is part of a trend that has shocked the nation's capital. In the past two years, narcotics dealers, led by the Jamaicans, have begun to realize Washington's potential as a drug bazaar. Dealers from New York City and Miami have invaded the...
The costuming and the musical selections are equally unsuccessful. Apparently Spraggins intends to resolve the disparities he has created in moving the setting of the play from 1700 to the present by turning World into theater of the absurd. Thus, the actors dress according to the personality of their characters...
Abroad, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ordered a re-examination of possible links between Waldheim and the 1944 execution of six British commandos in Greece. In Jerusalem the Israeli Knesset called for Waldheim's resignation or impeachment in light of the panel's report.
But if Wolfe's choice of characters holds no surprises--although, to be fair, it is rare for any bestselling author to make these people his topic--for the reader, his execution is superb. Wolfe's journalistic style translates exceptionally well to the novelistic form. The story itself is punctuated...
If execution lags behind expectation, the Divinity School's The Cocktail Party nonetheless packs its punch. It's an encouraging alternative to undergraduate theater. Give it a shot.