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...harlequin was a comic servant character. Often dressed in bright, eye-catching costumes, the harlequin was a favorite subject of 18th-century porcelain sculptors. Though less than a handful of actual harlequin costumes survive today, those on display seem empty compared to the porcelain figurines that recall the actors?? expressiona and posea. “What’s important about these sculptures is they show you a three-dimensional view of these costumes and the figure,” Chilton says.“A Taste of Power” demonstrates that porcelain figurines are not just...
...letting seven-year-olds program its schedule, or “Jezebel James” was dead in the water before it even got a chance. And that’s a waste of everyone’s energy and time: Sherman-Palladino’s, the actors??, the crew’s, and most of all, the viewers’.A little experiment: Try watching the first three episodes of any comedy you consider worthwhile. Chances are, they’re not unlike “Jezebel James”: pretty terrible, but with inklings of promise...
...Shakespeare’s plays can be divided into tragedies, histories, and comedies, then which category should “The Tempest” be placed in? According to the Actors?? Shakespeare Project’s production at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (CMAC) that runs through April 13, the latter is very much the answer. But in its efforts to constantly amuse its audience, the production bypasses many of the more serious and deep elements of the play, creating an entertaining but somewhat hollow experience. The story of Prospero (Alvin Epstein), the deposed Duke of Milan...
...audience is intruding on a private evening shared by the play’s characters, which distances the viewers from the proceedings and makes their meanings even more elusive. Just as memory itself is murky and indistinct, the characters and their reality too are indefinite and unclear.Although the actors?? double duties make the show feel more personal, they also lead the three to overanalyze their direction at times. Every time the two women sit together on the couch, both cross their legs. Sometimes, their movements are even synchronized. These blocking choices are too obvious for a show that...
...former roommateAnna for a reunion fi lled with sexual tensions,old connections, and a merging ofpast and present that blurs the edges of thecharacters’ realities. But the three-personplay, which runs through this Saturday,becomes even more intimate after onelooks at the playbill and realizes that thethree actors??Julia L. Renaud ’09, ReneeL. Pastel ’09 and Daniel R. Pecci ’09—arealso the play’s three directors. The trio allwanted to direct and act but realized thelogistical diffi culties in doing both in oneseason...