'Miracle Worker': Signs of a Lesson From: The Washington Post | Date: March 20, 2000| Author: | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The burning heart of the Arena Stage production of "The Miracle Worker," which opened last night, is Shira Grabelsky as the 6-year- old deaf and blind Helen Keller. A college freshman and deaf herself, Grabelsky is tiny with a childlike, eerily beautiful face, and her immediate, unself-conscious and intense performance seems less acting than spontaneous incarnating. This Helen is an imp and a changeling who has to be lured through proofs of love into the allegedly superior world of the hearing.

Helen's brutally loving savior, who strives to teach her language, is 20-year-old Annie Sullivan ...

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