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The Duke Players season-opening
production of The Hot L Baltimore
crackles and sparkles in an oddly
satisfying sort of way. The play is long;
some of the performances leave much to
be desired; but the total effect is quite
interesting, and, at times, exciting.
The play is set in the lobby of a seedy
Baltimore hotel which, long before the
"E" burned out on the neon sign outside,
used to be "one of the most exclusive
medium-sized hotels on the Eastern
Seaboard." Now it's just a gathering
place for prostitutes and outcasts, old
people., and misfits. The hot water
doesn't work, the elevator has been
broken for some time and on the day
when playwright Lanford Wilson lets us
watch the intersecting lives of the
current set of lodgers, they have just
been given one month's notice of
eviction because the hotel is going to be
razed.
? The whole play depends on realism.
One must fully accept the reality of the
situation or the poetry of the playwright
begins to look and sound foolish.
Director H. Lee Fowlkes has paced the
show well and has drawn some truly fine
performances from his cast, but he
hasn't insisted on strict attention to
detail, and when actors of the correct
age could not be found, he was unable to
effectively substitute the talent at hand.
The intimacy of Branson Theatre was
appropriate for the show, but at such
by Rick Sebak
Hot I Baltimore, by Lanford Wilson
Directed by H. Lee Fowlkes and
performed by the Duke Players
close quarters it is hard for me to believe
it's a "recent Memorial Day" if last
week's Time magazine is sitting on the
coffee table. What may sound like nit
picking is really very important if one is
to create the genuine world of the play.
And the sorry attempt to pass off
Robert Hunt as the aged Mr. Morse was
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the show's weakest point. College
students can get away with playing
exaggerated old men in farces but not in
realistic pieces. Similarly, Stephanie
Weisband's hair did not need to be
steaked with grey for her to play Mrs.
Oxenham. She might have a chance to
be believable if she weren't trying so
hard to be a crotchety old woman.
But these flaws do not destroy the
production.
Marge Williams plays the Girl, a 19-year-old
call girl who hasn't decided
what to call herself yet, and manages to
effectively produce an alluring kind of
believability. The Girl embodies the
only real hope in the play, the only spirit
which might be able to save America
from its bleak and decadent present, and
Ms. Williams' performance is marked
with an apparent genuine conviction, an
Ail-American kind of naive courage
which works. Her approach makes a
more real character of the Girl than I
saw in a New York production in which
the mysterious and eccentric qualities of
the character were emphasized.
1 thought Drew Beal was right as Bill
Lewis, the night clerk. When he and the
Girl had scenes together at the desk, I
felt somehow privileged to eavesdrop on
their lives.
Debbie J ung was spectacular as Suzy.
Even in a hot pink, satin mini-skirt and
gobs of make-up, she managed to be,
above all else, warmly and believably
human.
The part of Jamie, the slightly
retarded brother of a brutish girl named
Jackie, is a difficult one. His level of
intelligence must be found and
maintained. Jon Miller succeeds.
Several of the play's finest moments are
his: when he watches another character
light a cigarette which he craves, when
he starts to complete his sister's
sentences and when he enters alone in
the last act.
The most endearing of the collection
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of characters in this production is
probably April Green, the aging
prostitute whose fowl mouth and
outlook on life are refreshing in context.
Sue Ronan slinks around in the role and
apparently has a good time. 1 most
appreciated the fact that April's age was
not emphasized, and Ms. Ronan was
able to find a suitable character without
resorting to cheap make-up tricks.
The scene design by Scott Parker is
simple and effective, but 1 wish he'd
been a bit more careful with the Art
Deco design on the desk it looks
sloppy and too big. Mary Davis'
costumes are all appropriate (especially
the Girl's outfit), but 1 question the too
genuine elegance of April's dress in Act
III.
The show runs again this weekend,
and it's definitely worth the trip,
especially if you've not yet been exposed
to this play. The theatre's small and
reservations might be recommended.
Tickets and information can be
obtained by calling 684-4059 or 684-3181.
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A rock, comic-book opera, The Mad Dog Blues, opens at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 in the
Graham Memorial Lounge Theatre.
The play is the first production of the Playmakers Repertory Company, and it
features an assorted cast of characters: Mae West, Jesse James, Marlene Dietrich,
Captain Kidd and Paul Bunyan.
In the play by American Sam Shepard, two holdouts from the '60s Rosmo and
Yahoodi travel through American mythology and the Hollywood subculture in
search of pirate gold.
In between, there are sharks, peasants, booty, a Ghost Girl and Babe the Blue Ox.
The play has been described by off-Broadway director Michael McClure as
"tender as a kitten's purr by a fireplace in a rainstorm.'"
The play will run for three consecutive weekends: Oct. 16-19, Oct. 23-26 and Oct.
30-Nov. 2. Tickets at $2.50 each are on sale at the Graham Memorial box office or
Ledbetter-Pickard on Franklin Street.
The new company's next play will be Isadora Duncan Sleeps with the Russian
Navy by Jeff Wanshal. It will run Nov. 6-9, 13-16 and 20-23.
The company's artistic director Tom Haas said he hopes the company will
become a contemporary voice in American theater.
It also plans to present Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown in February and
the Paul Green and Kurt Weill musical, Johnny Johnson in March.
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