Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stephen A. Aaron '57 will direct the show, which he promised would be given "without one line cut." The site of the production is still indefinite, but it is believed that Sanders Theatre will be chosen. No Hamlet has been selected...
...opera by John Latouche and Jerome Moross recreates the adventures of Ulysses and Penelope and Menelaus and Helen in an early 20th-century American setting. The present production puts the story across with great gusto thanks to the work of a generally talented cast, greatly aided by director Stephen Aaron and musical director Howard Brown. What it lacks in polish, it almost always makes up for in vigor. Backed up by the sumptuous settings and lighting of Webster Lithgow and Jordan Jelks, the actors really go to town--especially in the ladies department...
...best-informed people on recent developments in dramatic activity here is Stephen A. Aaron '57, who has directed such successes as last year's The Sea Gull and Threepenny Opera and this season's Death of a Salesman. Aaron believes that the unexpected success of last year's Threepenny Opera, given by the Lowell House Opera Society, was the turning point--the signal which opened the way for the present burst of activity...
Needless to say, the "Threepenny" was a "smashing success" and sold out for five straight nights, the last one being added to meet an overwhelming demand. Aaron believes that this showed other House groups that performances of superior quality could be achieved in House Dining Halls, and could prove both financially and artistically successful...
However, the stimulus of directors and actors like Aaron, Scot, Colgate Salsbury '57, D.J. Sullivan '57, and john H. Poppy '57--students with more than amateur interest in drama--caused a re-evaluation of House productions. Quality became so important that every effort was made to "get the best man for the part," even if he were not a member of the particular House...