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Article: Gambling on love; Lots of farce and feathers in ACT's latest production

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January 19, 2005
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The Gamester is a show that comes like sunshine after the rain of holiday plays that were mostly for the child in us. This totally adult production is full of fun, sex and gambling, and it all swings along on clever rhymes. The performance of each member of this polished ensemble is as impeccable as a trapeze act-even the youthful lead, Lorenzo Pisoni, who early on starred in the Pickle Family Circus founded by his parents.

Pisoni is a charmer as Valère, a man torn between the gambling casino and the boudoir. Although he loves young Angélique (Margot White), would like to please his irascible father (Steve Irish), and is genuinely concerned by the desperate circumstances of his ...

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