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...script is a Goliath of staging and timing, though a lightweight in the plot arena. It challenges the actors to pull their audience into the woes of a small-time theater troupe hauling a British sex comedy through the little theaters of America. As the tour wears on and their idiosyncrasies explode, the show reaches a fever of chaos which is only just broken by the close of the final curtain...
Jane Nichols' direction, with the undoubtedly invaluable aid of stunt choreography by Thomas Derrah, keeps the staging under control while allowing the cast to unleash the script's zaniness...
Jessica Fortunato throws herself into the brassy gold pumps of Dotty, the aging theater veteran whose career and savings ride on the success of the tour. Dotty, however, is all too aptly named. Her earnest but inept struggles with the comings and goings of the script's schools of sardine props become a running joke. While clinging to her borrowed British accent as the apple-cheeked housekeeper, she mightily struggles to keep them in line...
...remake of Rebel Without a Cause, stars Natasha Gregson Wagner (Natalie Wood's daughter) as a bored teen lured by a handsome Chicano's threat and thrill. Confessions of a Sorority Girl uncovers the black-satin double-dealing of a teen queen spurned. Girls in Prison, with a script co-written by raw-meat auteur Sam Fuller, is a taut, tart fable of betrayal in stir and out -- there's no difference, ladies...
Michael Richards (Kramer from "Seinfeld") gives a great performance as an annoying guy trapped in the radio station given the terrible lines and antics prescribed by the script...