Word: art
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Discussions on new space for ART are good for campus drama
Reports surfaced last week that officials of the Loeb Drama Center and the Harvard University Art Museums have discussed moving the American Repertory Theater (ART). Such a move would free up the Loeb Mainstage, Harvard's professional-quality stage space, to be re-dedicated full-time to its original purpose as an undergraduate performance space...
Since the discussion, which centers around a proposed art museum on the site currently occupied by Mahoney's Garden Center, is at its very earliest stages, it is unclear whether student groups or the ART would move. What is most important is that the lack of adequate student performance spaces is being taken into consideration...
...current arrangement with the ART, at its best moments, allows for the technical advice and professional experience otherwise not present at Harvard to improve the quality of the student performances we see. If the ART were to move away from the Loeb Drama Center, this would mean the Harvard drama community would need to find that many more people with the technical expertise to help keep performances looking their best. More performances on the large but expensive Mainstage, instead of the smaller venues, might also require an overhaul of the shows' finances...
However, the prospect of more performance space for undergraduate shows outweighs these concerns. Though sharing space with the ART has given students more exposure to professional drama, the importance of performance space and technical resources in a building close to campus outweigh any desire to keep the ART at the Loeb...