Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped.By Hap ErsteinOh, what an intermission can do.After one act of Tallulah Bankhead, the off-color, inebriated comedienne, she returns after a 15-minute break and is suddenly lucid, compassionate and dramatic. In both cases she is two-dimensional, but just different dimensions in the two acts of Looped, the Valerie Harper vehicle now … [Read more...]
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A village maiden falls in love with a princewho's betrothed to someone else in 'Giselle.' DANCE: The mid-19th century French composer Adolphe Adam is best-known in this country for two pieces: the Christmas carol O Holy Night and the score to the ballet Giselle, which premiered in 1841. Giselle is the timeless tale of a village maiden who falls for a prince-in-disguise who's … [Read more...]