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...Burkle is currently portraying Alwa in Visiting Director Brendan Hughes’ production of “Lulu,” playing on the Loeb mainstage through October...
Alan “Scooter” Zackeim ’06 as Doctor Goll and Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 as Lulu’s female admirer, Geschwitz, contributed memorable performances as Lulu’s lovers. As Alwa, playing another of Lulu’s lovers, Jess R. Burkle ’06 adds a more sophisticated but equally enjoyable comic dimension to the play with his keen sarcasm and biting wit. Alwa’s role soon grows more serious, however, along with the overall tone of the play. Lulu is implicated in the murder...
...instance, in one memorably rendered scene, Alwa at length observes a portrait of Lulu picturing his lady when she retained the purity she no longer pretends to in real life. This life-and-art contrast enhances the production’s drama, and the message resounds in a way that is particularly profound...
Lulu drives her artist husband to suicide when he discovers her infidelity; then, she murders her second husband, only to take up a marriage with his son, Alwa. Soon, she has lost all her money and is hitting the low-life...
David Buttaro turns in an adequate performance as Alwa, Schoen's son and Lulu's fourth and final husband, but it is not nearly enough to salvage the rest of Lulu. The last time Buttaro performed at the Agassiz was in the performance It's Really Me, which has entered Harvard lore as arguably the worst show ever staged on campus. How Buttaro picks these shows is unclear, but he must regret the decisions...