Word: actore
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...degree in music. Yet the road to New Haven has been anything but straight for this young man of many musical hats. During his four years at Harvard, Wang has engaged music of multiple genres as not only a writer, but also as a musical director, producer, and even actor (he was a player in the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Pippin”). His musical tastes run the gamut from Haydn and Revel to Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and Swedish pop producer Max Martin, the man behind such notorious bubble-gum hits...
...prettily shot film. For instance, a medley of barhopping and raucous revelry is narrated by the soft, acoustic music that permeates the rest of the film. Also, some of the edgier scenes incorporate voices and other mundane sounds, transforming the expected into something unanticipated and unsettling.Although all of the actors were convincing in their portrayals, Edward Norton found the greatest success in his most challenging character. Harlan’s emotional layers could be completely lost if a less adroit actor had portrayed him. Instead of considering him to be two-dimensional or unbelievable, the audience accepts and empathizes with...
...Nonetheless, Burkle has since worked hard to challenge himself. “When I did ‘Hedda Gabler,’” he says, referring to his 2004 play, “I wanted to prove that I was a serious actor, that there was more to me than the clown.” His directorial efforts, including 2005’s “Rhinoceros,” gave him more chances to show his serious side. “Thinking about the play is so much fun,” he says...
...college. Martin had never pursued acting until halfway through his Harvard career, when an injury forced him out of athletics—his chosen activity up to that point—and a summer abroad inspired him to delve into drama.This year, however, Martin beat out many more experienced actors in winning the prestigious Jonathan Levy Award, which the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) grants to the most promising undergraduate actor in Harvard College. Martin charts his journey to acting beginning with his summer in Avignon, France, where he enrolled in a seminar taught by a famous Parisian...
...others, “Playboy” idealizes youth and beauty while acknowledging the fleeting quality of the two. It does so with a flair for the fictional that is typical of its native Ireland; no matter what happens, the characters all prize a good story.All the actors really nail their roles; although the thick Irish accents of the cast make the dialogue difficult to understand at first, they are well-done. The leads are performed by a mixture of the most talented actors in the sophomore class and some of the most experienced actors in the HRDC...