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...writers, Andrew S. Borowitz '79 and Steven Crist '78, withdrew their material from the show "in honor of Paul Redford and in protest of the treatment he received," Borowitz said yesterday...
...Borowitz and Crist, however, believed that Redford had been fired. "The director left not by mutual agreement but was fired by the producer," said Crist yesterday. "Paul had asked for several conditions under which he would direct, but the producers did not agree to them," Crist added...
Written by Andy Borowitz '80 and Jackie Osherow...
LUCKILY, THOUGH, the songs are worth fidgeting for. Cleverly conceived and well-orchestrated, Borowitz's score definitely has a professional tone. From the opening to the finale, where the cast advises the love-lorn hunchback Quasimodo to "Get That Chip Off Your Shoulder," the score captures the tone of lunacy notably missing in the book, and infuses it with a bouncy, foot-tapping rhythm. Somehow, with an orchestra in the background, even the worst puns seem downright clever (even the heroine's tuneful realization of her love for Quasimodo--"Something 'Bout That Man That Rings a Bell"--is forgiveable...
...breathe life into some of the mothballed lines in this play. (Take the following scintillating dialogue--please: "You can't arrest me, I'm the Hunchback of Notre Dame." Phoebus: "I don't care if you're the quarterback of Purdue." Not exactly "Saturday Night Live" material.) And Borowitz's direction, though competent, is generally blind to the flaws in his own script. As a result, the play drags woefully in the first act, with each actor trying to make the best of the neovaudeville material, and barely manages to save itself for the more tuneful and lively second...