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Mayr, who was born in Kempten, Germany, in 1904, was a member of the Harvard faculty for over half a century. He joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) as Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in 1953 after holding a position at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He was also curator of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology from...
Scott V. Edwards, a student of Mayr’s and his successor to the Agassiz professorship, remembered his first encounter with his mentor. It was prior to his own overseas research, when Mayr told him to “write, write, write...
...pirates, but dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates thwart his efforts in a hilarious, topsy-turvy plot. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, evening shows for $8 and matinees for $6. Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Agassiz Theatre...
...Pirates of Penzance made wonderful use of the cozy Agassiz Theater stage with a multi-purpose rotating set. The actors’ interaction with the audience was a fun added touch—the Chorus of General Stanley’s Wards sang their entrance song up and down the aisles before heading onto the stage to finish with a delightful and facetiously choreographed number involving parasols. But perhaps the crowning touch was when major general Howard grabbed an unsuspecting audience member to weep on and was given a hanky by music director and conductor Mark P. Musico...
...operetta of action, adventure, comedy and love is ready to take shore at Harvard’s Agassiz Theater. In nine performances spanning from Thursday, Dec. 2 to Saturday, Dec. 11, the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan (G&S) Players hope to pillage, plunder, sing and act their way into the hearts of pirates and fair maidens alike with their latest performance, The Pirates of Penzance...