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...What is it like to watch your plays being performed? CME: It ranges from hellish to wonderful, depending on the context. It’s very joyous when you have a really good collaboration with the director and cast, and then it’s an amazing thing to see the play coming to life. When it can be very painful is when the production is fighting with the play’s style and rhythm. It’s all about what marriage you have, whether you have a good partnership with the company producing it. But...the thing...
...direction and the choreography of the actors’ movements create a stunning visual image. A shocking moment comes at the conclusion of the play when the dead suddenly rise up with bloodied garments and open a bottle of wine in celebration. This is shortly followed by the entire cast line dancing to Nelly Furtado’s “Say It Right.” Although I was at first skeptical of Nauzyciel’s decision to conclude the performance with a modern day pop song, I found, to my surprise, that the lyrics were quite fitting...
...fortunes—à la his role in the film “The Dead Zone”—and read out a recipe for hasty pudding in his “best Christopher Walken voice.” As the actor attempted to serenade a cast member with a number from his recent performance in the movie “Hairspray,” a student dressed as a cow burst onto the stage ringing a bell, in a reference to one of Walken’s most famous skits on Saturday Night Live, where...
...polling station just a few blocks away, fears for security were trumped by concerns about vote rigging. The station opened an hour and a half late, causing many voters to give up in disgust before they had a chance to cast their ballots. "The time of voting is from eight am to five," said Jalil Paracha, 55, an electronics shop owner standing outside. "They should give us more time to vote at the end of the day, but they won't. The more time allowed would go against the government." Paracha said that rigging was a foregone conclusion, and warned...
...polling station just a few blocks away, fears for security were trumped by concerns about vote rigging. The station opened an hour and a half late, causing many voters to give up in disgust before they had a chance to cast their ballots. "The time of voting is from 8 A.M. to five," said Jalil Paracha, 55, an electronics shop owner standing outside. "They should give us more time to vote at the end of the day, but they won't. The more time allowed would go against the government." Paracha said that rigging was a foregone conclusion, and warned...