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...finale. The aesthetic choices, from Lucy’s blackboard to Snoopy’s doghouse, form colorful geometric patterns, which are only enhanced by the set’s dark backgrounds. There are serious flaws, including a pit band that drowns out much of the cast??s singing, but they are too few and too sporadic to mar the production. During intermission, while I asked a producer some questions about the arrangements, a member of the audience inquired why the cast and crew chose to stay at Harvard during the summer. After hearing their work was unpaid...
...roles; although the thick Irish accents of the cast make the dialogue difficult to understand at first, they are well-done. The leads are performed by a mixture of the most talented actors in the sophomore class and some of the most experienced actors in the HRDC, and the cast??s collective work exhibits a professionalism that befits their accumulated skill.Malone turns in a solid performance as Christy Mahon. He demonstrates versatility in his ability to present a character who is at once a romantic fool and a man of reckless audacity. Considering that this is Malone?...
While “On the Heir,” was overall innovative, the acoustical inadequacies of the Agassiz Theatre combined with the cast??s musical inexperience detracted from an otherwise superb script. Marking the tenth anniversary of the Freshman Musical, the entirely first-year scripted, produced, and acted show ran April 20 to 22. According to the production company, it wasn’t geared solely toward pre-frosh, freshmen, or even Harvard students. A collaboration by writer and director Nathan D. Johnson ’09, producers Allegra M. Richards ’09 and Julia...
...Officer Krupke.” Incorporating over-the-top theatrics, it serves a dual role as comic relief in an otherwise serious play and as an opportunity for the cast to truly engage their roles as social outcasts. This number alone entirely compensates for the cast??s lack of energy in preceding scenes. The orchestra is the highlight of the musical, delivering the familiar tunes and essentially retaining the essence of the original show. Most notably, the violin, soprano saxophone, and percussion supported, and in some cases supplemented, the vocal talents of the cast. Working with limited space...
...American Dreamz,” but becomes caught up in his love of show tunes. The making of the film itself was a challenge for Weitz, who had a small budget from Universal, a 40-day shoot (the director’s longest), and a legitimately large cast??regardless of how many of these actors he had worked with previously. His relationship with his actors is of particular note in Hollywood, where it is uncommon for friendships to emerge. Weitz says that he “really enjoys working with actors.” As opposed...