Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cast is perfect. Charles Levin knows how to play freaks. As the grotesquely funny Pa Ubu, Levin staggers around the stage as if he's broken his pelvis and cannot rotate his legs. "By my itchy dick" is his mantra. His gruff screams and almost Popeye-like facial expressions play into his wonderfully loathsome demeanor...
...Xerxes" is highlighted by a top-rate cast that delivers Handel's arias elegantly and manages to blend the recitative with the solos, giving the opera a sense of consistency and continuity...
Mezzo-soprano Hunt stands out in her lead role as Xerxes, the love-starved king, from the opera's very opening moments, when Xerxes professes his love for a tree. Hunt is ably backed up by her supporting cast, which includes noteworthy performances by Waters and Daniels...
...vote. I scrolled to the voting record, looking to see who had cast the surprise vote...
Despite the play's difficulty, several cast members in this Quincy House production took full advantage of their moment in the spotlight. Bob Kim, in the role of the judicial King, does a splendid job, projecting a magnificent aura of power. As the mother of the wayward Count, Natasha Kruger similarly carries herself strongly and proudly, while adding a classy feminine quality to her role. The self-proclaimed fool and knave of the show, Alden Stock '96, provides hilarious comic turns throughout the play--whether he is performing gymnastic stunts or swing-dancing with members of the audience...