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...performing the role of Johanna in “Sweeney Todd” during her sophomore spring. “It really felt like my first show that could be professional,” she says, recalling how the production sold out the Loeb Mainstage—something the American Repertory Theater’s professional productions rarely accomplish. “We joked that we could’ve taken it to Broadway,” she says...
...focuses on the mid-twentieth century world of celebrity, as seen through the eyes of an aging star’s personal assistant. The book is one part Bette Davis in “All About Eve,” one part “American Psycho,” and several parts not up to Palahniuk’s usual storytelling ability...
...Coogan, the handler of aging actress and box office gold, Katherine Kenton. Though this pair is fictional, the world they occupy is full of real characters, although at the mercy of Palahniuk’s historical and anachronistic distortions. In the style of Patrick Bateman of “American Psycho,” Coogan’s narration is a constant barrage of brand names, celebrities, and historical references. The narrator self-consciously refers to this multiple times as “name-dropping Tourette’s syndrome,” and flipping through the pages, one sees...
...devotes much of his time as a choreographer and performer. Unlike most dancers, Quinn did not practice the form until he arrived at Harvard. An actor during high school, he went to the final hours of Common Casting his freshman year. There, he happened upon “American Grace,” the Harvard Ballet Company’s 2006 dance showcase that was auditioning through Casting. It was during this production that Quinn discovered the beauty of the art that would come to define his four years at Harvard...
...initiative to increase the number of Egyptian students at Harvard was spurred in large part by the experience of Egyptian government officials who have benefited from an American education...