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...hurries toward the dressing room downstairs, her curled hair bobbing and her long white maiden’s dress bustling underneath her. As she walks, she looks like the perfect anachronism, a remnant of another era—she’s completely unconnected to the old Agassiz Theater around her, existing somewhere in between the character she plays and her role in the real world. That is, until she almost bumps into an admissions employee in the hallway. “That’s the problem with sharing a theater with the admissions office...
It’s the day before opening night, and as Haile drifts into the dressing room, she is greeted by a motley crowd of actors. The dressing rooms are inconspicuously hidden on the bottom floor of the Agassiz House, featuring countless mirrors all bordered by large white bulbs. Some cast members are busily changing into pirate-themed clothing while others dab make-up on their faces. All take turns spontaneously singing...
...lights dim and the show begins, Haile takes her place in a black dress for the first act. On the other side of the curtain, the audience waits to see the end product, indifferent to rehearsals and warm-ups: Haile and her cohorts singing in the old Agassiz Theater...
What makes a pirate? Is it the cutlass, the distinctive tri-corner hat, or the swashbuckling disdain for authority? The pirates of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”—which runs through May 2 at the Agassiz Theatre—share a radically different defining characteristic: profoundly patriotic monarchism. As they sing in the show, “With all our faults, we love our Queen.” Faults or no, the irresistible energy of the cast makes “The Pirates of Penzance?...
...Where: Agassiz Theatre in Radcliffe Yard