[NEohioPAL]Final Weekend: Lakeland's BORN YESTERDAY

Thu Feb 17 07:53:27 PST 2005

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Announcing

Lakeland Theatre's 

production of  

 Born Yesterday

By Garson Kanin

Director Martin Friedman  

Sets and Lights Design Keith Nagy

Costumes Design  Craig Tucker 

      Sound Design William Amato

Production Stage Manager Milena Stojick 

First produced in 1946 in New York City; directed by Garson Kanin, featuring Judy Holliday (Tony Award winner) and Paul Douglas. Feature film, directed by George Cukor and featuring Judy Holliday (Academy Award winner), William Holden and Brodrick Crawford in 1950. 

 A romantic comedy played out against the 1940's. The politics of "by the people, for the people and of the people", still work whether you are a blue or red state kind of guy. This is a special production which features the acting of Liz Conway, Marc Cipra, Andrew Narten, Bob Keefe and Bob Fadely. Wonderful sets and lights by Keith Nagy.   

THE STORY: The vulgar junkman Harry Brock has come to Washington to make crooked deals with government big-wigs. He has brought with him the charming but dumb ex-chorus girl Billie. Billie must be taught how to act in public. The idealistic reporter Paul Verrall, who has been investigating political skullduggery and is interested in Brock's activities, agrees for a salary, to educate Billie. He finds Billie has a natural honesty and a frank streak in her, and she begins to learn about history, politics, and what Harry really is and what he wants. This precipitates a crisis, as Billie readies to leave Harry for a new life of her own. Harry's reaction takes the only form he knows: physical violence. Billie now knows that she can no longer have anything to do with Brock, and r ealizes she and Paul have fallen genuinely in love.   

Born Yesterday runs for 11 performances; February 4 through February 20, 2005 at Lakeland Community College's Performing Arts Center. All tickets are reserved. Group and senior rates are available. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. For ticket information either email Martin Friedman at martinfriedman98 at yahoo.com; mfriedman at lakelandcc.edu, or call 440.525.7034. 

Friday, February 18 @ 8pm

Saturday, February 19 @ 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, February 20 @ 2pm 

Helen .....   Rebecca Milford

Paul Verrall .... Andrew Narten

Eddie .....    Noah Varness

Harry Brock .... Marc Cipra

Ed Devery.... Bob Keefe

Billie Dawn .... Liz Conway

Senator Hedges.... Bob Fadeley

Plain Dealer Review of Born Yesterday by  Tony Brown 

THEATER 

Worthy lessons in rights, U.S. history 

Monday, February 07, 2005 Tony Brown Plain Dealer Theater Critic 

Rights - civil rights and the rights of a people to govern themselves - 

inform a new and graphic children's drama and a classic American comedy that opened over the weekend at a pair of the Cleveland area's emerging professional theaters. 

Born political 

Another out-of-balance cast sometimes causes the Lakeland Theatre's 

"Born Yesterday" to wobble out of control. But once Kanin's gentle comedy from a bygone era gets rolling, its warm humor envelops us in its 

patriotic arms, and all quibbles and doubts seem to evaporate. 

There's nothing wobbly, however, about set designer Keith Nagy's swanky Washington hotel room, with its moldings and filigrees and stylish furnishings (including a grand piano), not to mention the ghostly Capitol dome out the enormous picture window. 

And straightforward, detail-eyed director Martin Friedman gets a trio 

of always solid and occasionally even dazzling performances from the 

actors in the central roles. Big Mark Cipra sweats and rails and storms and frets as Harry Brock, the shady "waste management" magnate who comes to D.C. at the dawn of its postwar era as an "elegant" but corrupt city to buy himself a senator. 

His moll, ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, is guaranteed to get any 

red-blooded American (heterosexual) male's jingoistic heart a-pumping, thanks to the performance of Liz Conway. She's built like a stack of red-clay building blocks and grows sexier in her transformation to educated do-gooder. 

And as her teacher, crusading journalist Paul Verrall, endearingly 

nerdy Andrew Narten squints with a quiet authority behind his heavy-framed spectacles, a man elegant in his academic prowess. 

Except for a few decent turns by Bob Keefe as Harry's hard-drinking, 

philosophical lawyer and Robert Fadeley as thick-hick Sen. Norvel Hedges, the supporting cast fails, in general, to support that central 

threesome. 

As stiff and slow as the opening act is, it nicely sets up the last 

two, whose comedy works like machinery (though not exactly as well-oiled as the material deserves). 

Performances through Feb. 20 at Lakeland Community College, Kirtland. 

Tickets are $10. Call 440-525-7034 or 440-525-4774. 

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: 

tbrown at plaind.com, 216-999-4181 

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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">By Garson Kanin</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Director </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059">Martin Friedman<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Sets and Lights Design</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059"> Keith Nagy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Costumes Design </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059"> Craig Tucker</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">      </SPAN>Sound Design </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059">William Amato</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Production Stage Manager </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #438059">Milena Stojick</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">First produced in 1946 in </SPAN></B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">New York City</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">; directed by Garson Kanin, featuring Judy Holliday (Tony Award winner) and Paul Douglas. Feature film, directed by George Cukor and featuring Judy Holliday (Academy Award winner), William Holden and Brodrick Crawford in 1950. </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> A romantic comedy played out against the 1940's. The politics of "by the people, for the people and of the people", still work whether you are a blue or red state kind of guy. This is a special production which features the acting of Liz Conway, Marc Cipra, Andrew Narten, Bob Keefe and Bob Fadely. Wonderful sets and lights by Keith Nagy.   </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black">THE STORY: </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The vulgar junkman Harry Brock has come to </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Washington</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> to make crooked deals with government big-wigs. He has brought with him the charming but dumb ex-chorus girl Billie. Billie must be taught how to act in public. The idealistic reporter Paul Verrall, who has been investigating political skullduggery and is interested in Brock's activities, agrees for a salary, to educate Billie. He finds Billie has a natural honesty and a frank streak in her, and she begins to learn about history, politics, and what Harry really is and what he wants. This precipitates a crisis, as Billie readies to leave Harry for a new life of her own. Harry's reaction takes the only form
 he knows: physical violence. Billie now knows that she can no longer have anything to do with Brock, and r ealizes she and Paul have fallen genuinely in love. <STRONG> </STRONG> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Born Yesterday</SPAN></B></EM><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"> runs for 11 performances; February 4 through February 20, 2005 at Lakeland Community College's Performing Arts Center. All tickets are reserved. Group and senior rates are available. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. For ticket information either email Martin Friedman at <A href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=martinfriedman98@yahoo.com" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>martinfriedman98 at yahoo.com</FONT></A>; <A href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=mfriedman@lakelandcc.edu" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>mfriedman at lakelandcc.edu</FONT></A>, or call 440.525.7034. </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY:
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Friday, February 18 @ </SPAN></STRONG><st1:time Hour="20" Minute="0"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">8pm</SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Saturday, February 19 @ </SPAN></STRONG><st1:time Hour="14" Minute="0"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">2pm</SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"> and </SPAN></STRONG><st1:time Hour="20" Minute="0"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">8pm</SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Sunday, February 20 @ </SPAN></STRONG><st1:time Hour="14" Minute="0"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">2pm</SPAN></STRONG></st1:time><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #385376; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Helen .....   Rebecca Milford</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Paul Verrall .... Andrew Narten</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Eddie .....    Noah Varness</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Ed Devery.... Bob Keefe</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Billie Dawn .... Liz Conway</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%">Senator Hedges.... Bob Fadeley</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Plain Dealer Review of Born Yesterday by  Tony Brown </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>THEATER <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><FONT size=3><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Worthy lessons in rights, </SPAN></B></SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size:
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 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>Another out-of-balance cast sometimes causes the Lakeland Theatre's <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>"Born Yesterday" to wobble out of control. But once Kanin's gentle comedy from a bygone era gets rolling, its warm humor envelops us in its <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black;
 LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>patriotic arms, and all quibbles and doubts seem to evaporate. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><FONT size=3><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">There's nothing wobbly, however, about set designer Keith Nagy's swanky </SPAN></B></SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt">Washington</SPAN></B></SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans
 MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"> hotel room, with its moldings and filigrees and stylish furnishings (including a grand piano), not to mention the ghostly Capitol dome out the enormous picture window. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>And straightforward, detail-eyed director Martin Friedman gets a trio <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>of always solid and occasionally even dazzling performances
 from the <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>actors in the central roles. Big Mark Cipra sweats and rails and storms and frets as Harry Brock, the shady "waste management" magnate who comes to D.C. at the dawn of its postwar era as an "elegant" but corrupt city to buy himself a senator. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>His moll, ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, is guaranteed to get any
 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>red-blooded American (heterosexual) male's jingoistic heart a-pumping, thanks to the performance of Liz Conway. She's built like a stack of red-clay building blocks and grows sexier in her transformation to educated do-gooder. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>And as her teacher, crusading journalist Paul Verrall, endearingly
 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>nerdy Andrew Narten squints with a quiet authority behind his heavy-framed spectacles, a man elegant in his academic prowess. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>Except for a few decent turns by Bob Keefe as Harry's hard-drinking, <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black;
 LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>philosophical lawyer and Robert Fadeley as thick-hick Sen. Norvel Hedges, the supporting cast fails, in general, to support that central <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>threesome. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 121%"><SPAN class=HTMLTypewriter2><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 121%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>As stiff and slow as the opening act is, it nicely sets up the last
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