THE BUZZ.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services Outer Critics applaud: Following a season of divided riches, the revival ``The Iceman Iceman Body of a man found sealed in a glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps in 1991 and dated to 3300 BC. It has revealed significant details of everyday life during the Neolithic Period. Cometh,'' the off-Broadway drama ``Wit'' and Matthew Bourne's balletic update ``Swan Lake'' each enjoyed three New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Outer Critics Circle Awards. Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" won for best actor in ``Iceman,'' which also was honored for best revival and best director, Howard Davies There have been several well-known people named Howard Davies. It is a particularly common name in Wales, UK.
Kathleen Chalfant claimed best actress for ``Wit,'' a Pulitzer winner that won the John Gassner Playwriting play·writ·ing also play·wright·ing n. The writing of plays. Award as well as best off-Broadway play. Bourne Bourne, town (1990 pop. 16,064), Barnstable co., SE Mass., crossed by Cape Cod Canal; settled 1627, inc. 1884. Bourne Bridge (1935), across the canal, made the town an entry point to Cape Cod and a resort and commercial center. won for best choreography and director of a musical for his radical reworking of ``Swan Lake Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое Озеро, Lebedinoye Ozero, Swan Lake ,'' which also won for Lez Brotherston's costumes. The Outer Critics Circle, an organization of theater writers for out-of-town and national publications, reserved its top awards for two shows centered on departed theater giants. The dance revue ``Fosse'' won best Broadway musical, its sole award despite eight nominations, while the debut production of Tennessee Williams' ``Not About Nightingales'' won best Broadway play. Richard Hoover's scenic design for ``Nightingales'' was also honored. Bernadette Peters won best musical actress for ``Annie Get Your Gun,'' which also took best musical revival. Ever-versatile Martin Short won best musical actor for ``Little Me.'' The group honored featured actors Claire Bloom of ``Electra'' and Kevin Anderson of ``Death of a Salesman'' - as well as Michel Bell of ``The Civil War'' and Kristin Chenoweth of ``You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' in the musical category. ``Civil War'' lighting designer Paul Gallo also won. David Hare's ``Via Dolorosa'' took the award for best solo performance, while ``A New Brain'' claimed best off-Broadway musical. Hopkins and Cruise: Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins, fresh off roles in ``The Mask of Zorro'' and ``Meet Joe Black,'' is set to star opposite Tom Cruise in ``Mission: Impossible 2.'' In the John Woo film, Hopkins will play Cruise's boss, a role that Ian McKellen had been in talks to take. The sequel to 1996's ``Mission: Impossible'' is now shooting in Australia. Ving Rhames, Thandie Newton and Dougray Scott also star. Hopkins won a best actor Oscar for ``The Silence of the Lambs.'' He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for ``The Remains of the Day,'' ``Nixon'' and ``Amistad.'' |
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