Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...truly disappointing character is Lisa Claudy's Nicole. Claudy looks like she belongs on the cover of a fashion magazine. Unfortunately, she fails to do much more justice to her character, even if one takes into account the script's peculiar lack of lines for Nicole. The lines Claudy has she delivers flatly, with hardly a trace of the storm that must brew inside a woman having a passionate affair with her younger brother...
...show. There are painfully few singers in this show; some are barely able to carry a tune let alone handle phrasing. Sonia Dula, as the ingenue Neferbinkist, is the most obvious example of this. Her performance as a sweet young thing depends on a pretty face and a lack of presence. Apparently, almost no one can dance either, to judge from the few steps Kay Stone choreographed. It's difficult to judge her abilities, although people could have at least been drilled to allieviate sloppy execution. One number, "Sahara Stomp" was good, using well-rehearsed, technically simple ensemble movements...
South Boston, like Kelly, is decked out this week, and what the decorations lack in freshness they make up for in green. The Pizzarama at the corner of Dorchester Ave. sports a host of paper leprechauns under a sign that reads pizza, pasta, subs." Across the street in the window of Charlie's Deli, next to the German sausage and Jewish salami, are enough green hats to outfit the entire IRA. The leisure suits in the window the Bayview Men's Store have given way to the spring collection of "I Love Southie" t-shirts, and down the street...
Some of the players do play their parts traditionally, adding to the general lack of direction. Ellen Gambulos's Adele, the chambermaid who wants to be a star, showed a delicate voice and solid acting, except on occasions when she allows her pride in her steely top notes show. Brumit brings a rich, deep voice and commanding presence to Frank, the jailer; and Corey Stone '79 plays Falke, the "Dr. Fledermaus" bent on revenge, with flair, though his voice is comparatively bland...
...tiny stage as is possible--and more. The chorus line is massive; maybe just right to command attention on the Holyoke St. stage, but needlessly cumbersome at Agassiz. The director was in a bind--she needed the extra voice power but had to deal with small spaces. The lack of individual dancing talent is obscured by routines which emphasize coordination en masse; with so many different levels of skill on stage together, more winced than waltzed. Fred Barton's music is some of the best around, but when every piece is accompanied by the same movements and played too loud...