Bill Irwin's Courtroom Bufalino, Brenda performer Theatrical Performance 1985-05-09 St. Clement's Church Conceived, written, and staged by Bill Irwin, music by Doug Skinner. With Bob Berky, Brenda Bufalino, Lloyd Davis, Jr., Bill Irwin, Rory Mitchell, Michael Moschen, M.C. O'Connor, Bill Ruyle, Kario Salem, and Doug Skinner. Irwin plays an innocent schnook who arrives at a courthouse to seek a bicycle license and ends up instead trapped at center stage in a nonsensical criminal trial. The court stenographer is a tap dancer--Brenda Bufalino, whose footwork has the brassy personality of Ethel Merman's singing--and she encourages Mr. Irwin to pick up top hat and cane and join her in frenetic jags of loopy vaudeville showmanship. (Frank Rich, "Theatre: Bill Irwin's ‘courtroom", New York Times May 10, 1985, C7). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Brenda Bufalino (biography) loc.music.tdabio.42 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2431