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...Harvard’s fall dramatic productions is an intense commotion of tryouts, callbacks (or no callbacks), and more callbacks (or no more callbacks). To fully understand this phenomenon known as “Common Casting,” I posed as an ordinary thespian and sashayed to Agassiz Theatre late Thursday night, headshots in hand. My acting experience is equivalent to the hook-up experience of most Harvardians: zero. Understandably, I needed a few vodka-tonics to get the liquid courage flowing. But while I may have gotten less inhibited, I never got the dress code...
...required. Any Gilbert and Sullivan experience can be slightly overwhelming, but the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players succeed in making Victorian operetta engaging and accessible for a twenty-first century audience. “Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride,” which ran at the Agassiz Theatre April 3-12, was an ambitious project, but the Players, under director David S. Jewett ’08, engaged the audience from the moment the conductor invited them to rise and join him in singing “God Save the Queen.” The Agassiz provided...
...Agassiz Theater, 8 p.m. $12 general, $8, students...
...about declarations of war and affairs of state. But as they tackled these political obstacles, the cast also reexamined their notions of love and beauty—and this is where the play’s strengths lay. Produced by Katherine K. Schick ’10 at the Agassiz Theatre, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place!” shone with standout performances that communicated a powerful message about war and human agency...
...says.“The Trojan War Will Not Take Place”While “Shahrazad” follows what happens right after a well-known story, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place,” which will be presented in the Agassiz Theatre only a few blocks away, looks at what happened right before another tale. Written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place” takes place the day before the epic Trojan War breaks out between the Trojans and the Greek...