The Primary Stages production, squeezed by the director, Sheryl Kaller, onto a small stage, turns a handicap into an opportunity for laughs.
Over the summer prices for cerium (used in glass), lanthanum (petrol refining), yttrium (displays) and a bunch of other –iums have zoomed upward (see chart) as China, which accounts for almost all of the world's production, squeezes supply.
It would be pointless to detail all the antics here, so I'll just say that Plotnick's perfectly timed production squeezes an insane amount of fun out of falling columns, blood-thirty piranhas, and of course the most fiery creature of all: fading divas fighting for an extra moment in the spotlight.
What these companies are doing has a familiar feel: Just as businesses around the world have embraced the principles of lean production to squeeze inefficiency out of manufacturing processes, these innovative companies are streamlining the processes of consuming.
Production of "Squeeze" was problematic; creative differences between Longstreet and the crew led to him being replaced as director, while some missing scenes needed to be shot after the initial filming.
Hutchison had worked with Morgan and Wong several times before; they had first met during production of "Squeeze", an episode of Millennium sister show The X-Files, and again on Morgan and Wong's short-lived series Space: Above and Beyond.
Economists blamed the decline on weaker levels of car production, amid squeezed household incomes and new emissions tests.
China has one-third of the world's reserves but accounts for 97% of current production, having squeezed out other suppliers with low prices in the 1990s.
For example, in the case of agriculture, research and development are considered as production costs, squeezing the profit margins of the farmers.
Productions were squeezed financially, and those commissioning programmes began to question whether modern audiences had the attention span to cope with Tom's gentle pace.
