Word: caste
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HRDC uses the week-long auditions to compile cast lists for its spring plays, which include Shakespeare's "Richard III" and a hip-hop musical called "King Kong: The Musical." One of the two productions to be held this spring on the Loeb Mainstage will be a dance production called Perpetual Motion, a move away from HRDC's norm...
...cast uniformly shines. Paton brings a wonderfully deadpan delivery to the character of Michael Majeski, sounding strangely like a sedated Garrison Keillor, while Hall is wonderfully neurotic as Livia. Danson and Derrah, as Delfina Treadwell and her assistant are guilty pleasures--the most cartoonishly satirical elements in the story...
Regardless of cast and set, Valparaiso is clearly and firmly Don DeLillo's play. Despite DeLillo's published statements that the play is much looser than his novels, the script is incredibly tight. Here, DeLillo's inexperience as a playwright shines through: as several reviews have evidenced, the play is too densely constructed for much of the audience to understand in a single viewing. DeLillo's brilliant use of words is wasted by the speed at which they are spoken. Repeated viewings, however, bring to light connective strands of the plot; the script is a sheer pleasure to read...
...earned her award by surviving a "roast" by Daniel M. Ring '99, president of the Theatricals, and Jason R. Mills '99, vice-president of the cast...
Goldie Hawn relived her old days as a "Laugh-In" cast member yesterday as she giggled her way through Hasty Pudding Theatricals' Woman of the Year festivities...