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Speaking of lovely characters, Alison Walla, a first-year at Boston University, wins the award for "Best Performance in the Role of a Lovely but Airheaded Infanta." Walla is not only an entrancing and sweet-throated singer (when she is--you guessed it--being loud enough), but also a superb actress who manages to portray the beautiful ingenue (wrapped up in faux Venetian lace get-ups) with just the right amount of whiny, aristocratic empty-headedness...
...designer Peter Miller '84 wins the "Best Set This Campus Has Seen In A While" award with his meticulously detailed but never overpowering scenery. Miller showcases his Broadway-perfected skills with a fairly accurate replica of parts of the Doge's Palace in Venice and a romantic Venetian thoroughfare back-drop, complete with moving gondolas and steamships--a charming if slightly chintzy effect...
...century, the Pudding rarely presented student-written scripts. Its focus was on published operattas and parodies. Until the 1960s, the productions' support was chiefly organized by wealthy matrons of Boston society who promoted the values of Good Society while barring "undesirable" members. In 1951, the Woman of the Year Award was inaugurated. Shortly thereafter the Club and Theatricals split. Women were then allowed to work in costuming and make-up. In 1967, the Man of the Year Award was initiated, and not until 1973 did the Pudding Theatricals' crew turn...
...most we're talking about a 25-year-old tradition. I mark as important the fact that the Man of the Year Award, although 16 years its junior, now outshines the Woman of the Year Award, and has been incorporated into opening night. Though the Pudding has lost (perhaps) its focus on promoting High Society, it still celebrates the male, and specifically the straight white male...
Congress established the National Medal of Science in 1959. A 12-member presidential committee chooses the recipients. Since its establishment, the award has been given to 362 notable American scientists and engineers...