Word: intermissionless
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...does not help this 90-minute intermissionless drama that most key crises in Frances' life happen offstage or that so much time is spent with peripheral characters about whom one could not care less. The language bruises the ear, ricocheting between period brassiness ("There's one slick bozo," "There's this bimbo there givin' me the glad eye") to sorry flights of pseudopoetic home truths. On the other hand, the nickelodeon-like music of Claibe Richardson tickles the ear. Apart from Dunaway, the only one who threatens to run away with the show is Designer John...
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