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1 Gets a glimpse of 5 Tree fluid 8 One of the Three Bears 12 “Gone With the Wind” plantation 13 Actress Carrere 14 Letter jumble (Abbr.) 15 “Yeah, right!” 16 Dig 18 Soothe 20 On an angle 21 Tiers 23 Homer’s interjection 24 Rough calculation 28 Outlet 31 “Humbug!” 32 “Top Chef” network 34 Cattle call? 35 Bjorn of tennis lore 37 Weaken 39 Anger 41 Leg joint 42 Party souvenirs 45 Standard 49 Move to another country 51 Crimson Tide, for short 52 - -a-ling 53 Auto fuel 54 From the beginning 55 Nervous 56 Tummy muscles 57 Camera part
conceived as female, are here played by men. One, Rich Weyhausen, a familiar face around these parts and a Queens Chronicle employee, plays the no-nonsense director, who serves as the straight man amid a group of disparate individuals. Nearly stealing the show is his frequent costar, Nick DeCesare, who plays an amateur actor playing the very smug Lord Dudley, who is rarely if ever found without a cigarette dangling from its foot-long holder. DeCesare’s acerbic delivery and malleable facial expressions are delightful. Two other veteran performers have a field day with their respective roles: Mary Lynch, who plays DeCesare’s increasingly impatient diva of a wife, and Fred Kaminski, whose wisecracking character brings to life a villainous man of science. Kaminski makes a convincing drunk and proves adept at physical stage business. Stef Morisi scores laughs aplenty as an actress whose tongue trips frequently over her words, particularly when dealing with the many line changes she is handed. Andrew Benjamin, a late addition to the cast (and a Chronicle contributor), fits in seamlessly and proves game as the requisite juvenile actor.
DOWN 1 Impale 2 Facility 3 Rocker Clapton 4 Jungle expedition 5 Good glasses 6 - -en-Provence, France 7 Treaty 8 “Conditioned reflex” doctor 9 Curse
10 Cracker spread 11 Elderly 17 Help 19 Bausch’s partner 22 Reeked 24 Recede 25 - Paulo, Brazil 26 Prosperous 27 Uniformity 29 “To be or - ...” 30 Sock part 33 Sandwich cookie
36 Needing more sleep, maybe 38 Oral 40 Make a mistake 42 Big party 43 In the thick of 44 Long story 46 Horse’s neck hair 47 Prayer ending 48 Legislations 50 Bill
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Katira Campos fills the bill as a young actress who not only has to leave rehearsal by a certain time because of a biology test in school the next day but who seems incapable of making an entrance on cue. Michelle Ricciardi employs a Betty Boop voice as the stage manager who’s in over her head; while Liam MacLarty, his head topped with a crop of impossibly curly hair, has good timing as the stage technician with bad timing, in the second case of gender-blind casting; and Hayley Adkisson, all gangly arms and legs, is just over-the-top enough as the playwright. There are many funny elements in the production, including the playwright’s final costume, which earns laughs all its own. Q
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