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Several dramatic productions were interrupted or cancelled by the blackout. "Not Necessarily In That Order," at Adams House, continued when director Andrew S. Borowitz '80 beamed a flashlight on the stage from the back of the hall. David S. Brown '79, one of the actors in the musical, said yesterday, "It was the best audience we had. They seemed to enjoy it less after the lights went...
...Borowitz brilliantly parodies Freudian psychology in the scene in which Sedgwick tries to brainwash Superman. Sedgwick accuses Superman of being "rejected as a child" and of craving "the adulation of millions." "Who told you we needed a Superman?" he barks at the cowed and cringing extra-terrestrial. He convinces Superman that normal people drive cars, rather than...
...Andy Borowitz '80 brought Prince's show to the Agassiz Theater, and shortened the title to Superman, updating and adding to the humor of the original...
Before working on the show Borowitz had already garnered an impressive list of credits in Harvard comic theater. Last year he wrote the script of the Hasty Pudding show, "A Thousand Clones." He also kept himself busy directing his original show, "Gars and Goyles," a musical comedy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
...painted-on telephone booth. One has the sense early on in the show that Superman--and indeed all of the characters--step off the pages of a comic book onto the stage. Later on in the play, rather than use regular furniture in the Daily Planet newsroom, Borowitz utilizes flat, stand-up painted desks and typewriters--maintaining that two dimensional feel...