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...world carried through in the direction of the play. The Adams Pool space was transformed into a gallery for the occasion, and a well-curated selection of female student art lined the walls—much like it might in Heidi’s apartment. More striking was Alter??s staging. Each scene was posed and set—the characters moved very little—so that they resembled tableaus rather than moving life. Their picture-like qualities both hearkened back to Heidi’s profession and highlighted the stationary condition of her memories. Such small...
...Scoop’s magazine is even called “Boomer” in reference to his peers. For this reason the play could easily feel outdated. What for Wasserstein’s 1988 adult audience would have been familiar, might easily have weighted the college production. But Alter??s direction and the cast’s acting elevate “Chronicles” from a portrait of Baby Boomer women to a larger exploration of fulfillment and happiness...
...discussion with students, yesterday evening. Jonathan H. Alter ’79, who is also an NBC political correspondent, met with about 25 Harvard students to address the question, “The Bush Failure: Can the Next President Fix It?” The event was organized by Alter??s nephew Spencer B. Lazar ’07 as part of the “Conversations with Kirkland” discussion series and took place in the Kirkland Junior Common Room last night. Lazar said he wanted to engage students in a productive political conversation with...
...Alter??s days of espionage may be over now, but he still serves a special role as a “minister without portfolio,” as he describes it, who informally advises in various capacity on the magazine, in addition to his senior editor and columnist duties...
Gelber, who has worked with both her husband and Alter on projects, describes the Newsweek environment as “collegial,” citing Whitaker and Alter??s friendship as “strengthening that atmosphere...