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Lenny while the Boston premiere of Julian Barry's play is a posthumous tribute to the stand-up comedy of Lenny Bruce, it also honors the alive and well talent of Al Franken. His performance stand out in Victor Budnick's fine production although the final scene proves once again there is no place for nudity in the theatre...
...method, which has its living embodiment in the Redskins' Over-the-Hill Gang, is to trade away draft choices and promising rookies for the experienced veterans who can play his brand of hit-and-run, no-mistakes football. Landry, whose emotional range makes Shula seem almost like a stand-up comic, believes in the power of pre-game prayer; to play it safe, he also has the most carefully structured, highly computerized organization in the N.F.L...
...Franken '73, a professional stand-up comedian, will appear as Leany. Franken wrote and directed "Nixonl." which the Drama Society produced last year. Victor Budnick, a second-year Law student, will direct Lenny...
...self-conscious rococo period, which is also, sad to say, often decadent. Once the sound was what mattered most; rhapsodizing players would even turn their backs on the audience, and "performance" was almost a dirty word. Now the show is everything. A few rock groups share the evening with stand-up comedians or clowns and trapeze artists to liven up their act. Some musicians wear mime makeup and practice ersatz Marcel Marceau. Others appear in full drag-flowing scarves, high-heeled wedgies, false eyelashes, mascara, lipstick and cheek-clinging glitter. With the revolt long since gone out of the music...
...recent attack on me in your Letters column (usually he writes nasty letters to my employers-now he's out in the open), let me hazard two possible explanations: 1) Mr. Vallée once taped a show of mine on which he did his stand-up comedy act-and we put it on the air. 2) It could just be the Generation Gap. I missed his prime when he was singing through a megaphone. I've only known him since he took to wearing it on his head...