Emily Bergl: Kidding on the Square

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Theater star Emily Bergl's quick rise to nearly household home status -- as evidenced by her recent television stints on Desperate Housewives, Southland and Royal Pains, can be attributed to her adept dramatic talent, her unmissable comedy chops, and her wow-inducing legs. But while much of what she does in her new cabaret act,: Kidding on the Square, now at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, is on the mark, almost as much needs additional honing.


In the show -- which Bergl tried out earlier this year at the Laurie Beechman Theatre -- she declares she intends to mine "old-fashioned" material from the vantage point of a "modern girl." Indeed, Bergl -- wearing a faux-period grey floor-leng[...]