Word: casting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Writer Paul Grellong’s characters may be undergraduates at Harvard and Yale, but the entanglement of conspiracies that unfold as the play develops makes them old beyond their years. Director Mia P. Walker ’10, producer C. Alex Tremblay ’10, and the cast combined to create a strong and intelligent production of “Manuscript,” but the admirable efforts of all involved only barely overcame the limitations of the script itself...
...main challenge that Walker and the cast had to confront in their production was Grellong’s melodramatic script. The play’s complex intrigues come off as somewhat contrived—even though its story of publishing and plagiarism is not unfamiliar to Harvard—but the dialogue often rang even more false. Twice throughout the play, Elizabeth tried to win David to her side, telling him that unlike Chris, the two of them are “old inside.” Moments like this one, where the script was too self-consciously trying...
...with an improvisational performance. The program informed the audience that prior to Friday night’s performance, the dancers had not heard the music of this piece. A Cantonese-language version of disco classic “YMCA” poured out of the speakers, and the entire cast began to move. In the beginning, the dancers were focused on their own movements. The result was a mishmash of motions, from slow rolling around on the floor to precise ballet poses. Partway through the song, many dancers re-converged to climb up a pole on the stage and extended...
...Productions by the HRGSP are unusual in that they require both a large cast, here directed (perhaps “wrangled” would be a better word) by Anna M. Resnick ’09, and a full orchestra (this time around, under the direction of Eric W. Lin ’09, who is also a Crimson Arts staff writer). This combination creates a sensory overload that is usually quite pleasant—it’s hard to get bored when there’s so much to look at—as well as an ambience...
Befitting a place known for adding complexity to seemingly trivial tasks, the votes cast by Harvard students in the Undergraduate Council presidential race will go through an elaborate algorithm before a winner is determined...