Word: agassiz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Plautus, brings back Burlesque, and stuffs them into a musical comedy mold. The book, by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, makes the most of sightgags, puns, and other paraphanalia of low comedy. Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics move the show along tunefully and cleverly. And the cast at Agassiz is doing justice to this very funny show...
...keep them quiet, for they are much too loud, and although few lyrics get lost, the noise gets painful. Mutes on the brass and a lighter hand on the tympani might help. J.D. McLaughlin's set leaves a maximum amount of clear space for cavorting on the small Agassiz stage. The show is brightly lit, as comedy should be, and the costumes are clashingly colorful and good...
...What A Lovely War and The Bacchae made it quite clear that the best acting in Cambridge this Summer was at Agassiz. Woyzeck is perfectly cast. Tom Babe, his voice lowered an octave, plays Woyzeck as if he were a tormented animal. I thought at first that he was too powerful in the opening scenes, but the performance continued to build skillfully in intensity. Babe is great with props; whenever his hand touches the butcher's knife, you can't take your eyes...
...Museum must raise $150,000 more from private sources to meet the conditions of the Ford grant. Ernst Mayr, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and director of the Museum, hopes to complete the fund drive within, two years...
...tight," Mayer said, "and if The Bacchae doesn't do well, we could be in trouble." Euripides The Bacchae, directed by Babe, opened at Agassiz last night...