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...title fool you. "Fat Men in Skirts" conjures up a vision of the worst of current theatrical comedy, that combination of self-conscious cuteness and sitcom timing that seems to have migrated, Ebola-like, from Burbank to Broadway. But while Nicky Silver gives in too often to the temptation of cheap laughs, topical references and ironic mugging, the play is ultimately redeemed from its worst moments by a clever and genuinely surprising treatment of sexuality and its most famous pitfall, the Oedipus complex...
...applied to any art form, let alone one that boasts Sherwood Schwartz, the brain behind both Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, as an auteur. But here goes anyway. The Larry Sanders Show, with its laugh-trackless verisimilitude, is the best comedy on TV, probably the closest a sitcom will ever come to perfect pitch (yes, it's on HBO--so much for ground rules). The best drama: Party of Five, a thirtysomething for teenagers and young adults--with all the pluses (honest, abnormally well-crafted writing) and minuses (too much acoustic guitar in the soundtrack) that the thirtysomething...
...farce? The dream sequence of a sitcom? A fraternity skit? A metaphysical romp? Martin is one of the most versatile comic artists in America: screenwriter (The Jerk, Roxanne), actor, brilliant stand-up comedian, as well as author of several short plays (four of which will be on a bill next month at New York City's Public Theater). While so many comics ossify by relying on a few dependable crowd-pleasing gags and catchphrases, Martin keeps evolving...
...song along with a selection of pop numbers heard at some point on the series. CDs for the hit Fox shows Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place feature such musicians as Vanessa Williams, Annie Lennox and the alternative-rock favorite Urge Overkill. A 1994 CD spun off from the sitcom Coach contains, incongruously enough, music by James Brown and Marvin Gaye. The sound track for the Fox drama New York Undercover, released last month, features Gladys Knight as well as popular hip-hop performer Mary J. Blige...
...latest to hit stores is the Friends CD. The NBC sitcom's theme song, I'll Be There for You--a hit single that received endless mtv airplay and launched the career of its performers, The Rembrandts--appears in two versions on the record. The rest of the collection showcases songs from such artists as the Pretenders, Hootie & the Blowfish, k.d. lang, R.E.M. and Lou Reed, all of whom will be heard on the show this season. Compiled in part by Friends executive producer Kevin Bright, a music buff with an 8,000-volume record collection, the CD reflects...