[NEohioPAL]Review Clips as Cesear's Forum Plays Continue at Kennedy's

Mon Jul 4 19:17:01 PDT 2005

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Dear Neohiopal List:

=E2=80=9CCesear=E2=80=99s Forum is serving up a bill of quirky, one-act rela=
tionship plays=20
as refreshing as a double-dip cone on a hot day.=E2=80=9D  -Carolyn Jack, Th=
e Plain=20
Dealer
=20
=E2=80=9CThe verbal intricacies of personal relationships are explored in tw=
o=20
intriguing one-acts now being presented by Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum at Playhou=
se Square Center.=E2=80=9D
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                                             -Christine Howey, Scene Magazin=
e=20
=20
=E2=80=9CThe one-act plays Summer Evening by Wallace Shawn and What Is Makin=
g Gilda=20
So Gray? by Tom Eyen are the most entertaining works I=E2=80=99ve seen in th=
e last five=20
years at Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum at Playhouse Square.=E2=80=9D  -Kerry Clawso=
n, Akron Beacon=20
Journal
=20
=E2=80=9CCesear=E2=80=99s Forum has frequently distinguished its humble Play=
house Square=20
basement abode with impeccably chosen one-acts by such eminences as Strindbe=
rg=20
and Ionesco.  Opting again for a short-play double bill, however, founder Gr=
eg=20
Cesear=E2=80=99s current choices are unfortunately more peccable.=E2=80=9D =20=
-James Damico,=20
Cleveland Free Times =20
=20
=E2=80=A6And so it goes.  Continuing with four remaining weekends of its six=
 weekend=20
run, Cesear=E2=80=99s Forum is pleased to offer two stylized plays of desire=
, Wallace=20
Shawn=E2=80=99s SUMMER EVENING and Tom Eyen=E2=80=99s WHAT IS MAKING GILDA S=
O GRAY?=20
at Kennedy=E2=80=99s Down Under, Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland, Fridays=
 and=20
Saturdays at 8 pm, $15, Call 216-241-6000.  Please note:  The intimate seati=
ng at=20
Kennedy=E2=80=99s is limited to a maximum of fifty patrons per performance,=20=
due to a=20
change in the use of the space for this production.  We will not be able to=20
accommodate overflow attendance closing weekend and encourage advance ticket=
=20
purchases and earlier viewing of the production if possible. =20
=20
In the first play, SUMMER EVENING, a young couple (Kat McIntosh and Scott=20
Esposito) are staying at a foreign hotel.  She loses herself in cold, sensua=
l=20
daydreams, while he tries to express his frustrated longing for her.  In the=
=20
second play, WHAT IS MAKING GILDA SO GRAY?, a not so young couple (Bernadett=
e=20
Clemens and John Kolibab) idealize and confuse their life together with prev=
ious=20
lovers.
=20
=E2=80=9CWith exquisite flickers of facial expression, Esposito personifies=20=
his=20
interior struggle=E2=80=A6As the pursued, McIntosh is as unpredictable as th=
e slender line=20
of mercury in a thermometer=E2=80=A6Clemens=E2=80=99 and Kolibab=E2=80=99s h=
yperbolic, movie-style=20
romancing and pettish tantrums of disillusion make a kind of slapstick comed=
y=20
out of both infatuation and domestic tedium.=E2=80=9D  -Carolyn Jack, The Pl=
ain Dealer,=20
June 28, 2005
=20
=E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6two person plays that approach the issue of human bonding=20=
with stylized=20
bemusement and offbeat, nonlinear language.  And while there are a number of=
=20
amusing moments throughout, the lingering effect is akin to the impact of ce=
rtain=20
abstract paintings that convey a specific emotional state through the use of=
=20
intentionally imprecise details.=E2=80=9D
                  -Christine Howey, Scene, June 29 =E2=80=93 July 5, 2005

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Dear Neohiopal List:
 
=E2=80=9CCesear=E2=80=99s Forum is serving up a bill of quirk=
y, one-act relationship plays as refreshing as a double-dip cone on a hot da=
y.=E2=80=9D  -Carolyn Jack, Th=
e Plain Dealer
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=E2=80=9CThe verbal intricacies of personal relationships are=
 explored in two intriguing one-acts now being presented by Cesear=E2=80=99s=
 Forum at Playhouse Square Center.=E2=80=9D 
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=E2=80=9CThe one-act plays Summer Evening by Wallace S=
hawn and What Is Making Gilda So Gray? by Tom Eyen are the most enter=
taining works I=E2=80=99ve seen in the last five years at Cesear=E2=80=99s F=
orum at Playhouse Square.=E2=80=9D  <=
/SPAN>-Kerry Clawson, Akron Beacon Journal
 <o:p></o:p>
=E2=80=9CCesear=E2=80=99s Forum has frequently distingu=
ished its humble Playhouse Square basement abode with impeccably chosen one-=
acts by such eminences as Strindberg and Ionesco.  Opting again for a short-play double bill, however, fou=
nder Greg Cesear=E2=80=99s current choices are unfortunately more peccable.=
=E2=80=9D  -James Damico, Clev=
eland Free Times  </FON=
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 <o:p></o:p>
=E2=80=A6And so it goes.&nb=
sp; Continuing with four remaining weekends of its six weekend run, C=
esear=E2=80=99s Forum is pleased to offer two stylized plays of desire, Wall=
ace Shawn=E2=80=99s SUMMER EVENING and Tom Eyen=E2=80=99s WHAT IS MAKING GIL=
DA SO GRAY? 
at Kennedy=E2=80=99s Down Under, Playhouse Square Cente=
r, Cleveland, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, $15, Call 216-241-6000.  Please note:  The intimate seating at Kennedy=E2=80=99s is limited=
 to a maximum of fifty patrons per performance, due to a change in the use o=
f the space for this production.  </S=
PAN>We will not be able to accommodate overflow attendance closing weekend a=
nd encourage advance ticket purchases and earlier viewing of the production=20=
if possible.  </=
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at McIntosh and Scott Esposito) are staying at a foreign hotel.<S=
PAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  She loses herself in cold, sen=
sual daydreams, while he tries to express his frustrated longing for her.<SP=
AN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  In the second play, WHAT IS MAKING GILDA SO GRAY?, a not so young=
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fuse their life together with previous lovers.<o:p></o:p></FON=
T>
 <o:p></o:p>
=E2=80=9CWith exquisite flickers of facial expression, Esposi=
to personifies his interior struggle=E2=80=A6As the pursued, McIntosh is as=20=
unpredictable as the slender line of mercury in a thermometer=E2=80=A6Clemen=
s=E2=80=99 and Kolibab=E2=80=99s hyperbolic, movie-style romancing and petti=
sh tantrums of disillusion make a kind of slapstick comedy out of both infat=
uation and domestic tedium.=E2=80=9D =
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=E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6two person plays that approach the issue of=
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N style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  And while there are a number of=20=
amusing moments throughout, the lingering effect is akin to the impact of ce=
rtain abstract paintings that convey a specific emotional state through the=20=
use of intentionally imprecise details.=E2=80=9D
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