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SALEM, MASS. What better place for a few Shakespeare puns to get things rolling? Or at least so conclude Joe Mamma (Jonathan Shapiro) and Stan Byerman (Christopher Charron), the slapstick odd couple who guide the more than three-hour production--albeit with intoxicated intermission--to a safe landing Joe and Stan banter about the bard while awaiting death at the hands of the prim. Puritan populace. In the lively opener, the straightlaced settlers musically proclaim that they have "A Lot at Stake," and then get down to the serious business of witch hunting...
...production can catch all of Wilde's humor. But this production does an admirable job of highlighting as much as possible. The timing, thanks to Director John Wauck, is superb, as the actors jump from one-liner to one-liner. Though the cast is consistently good, Chris Charron's, imperturbable Algernon and Valerie Gilbert's haughty Lady Bracknel steal the show...
...Charron is as agile with his tongue as with his feet as he jumps lightly around the stage in search of the perfect muffin. "I hate people who are not serious about meals," he says blithely, stuffing yet another cucumber sandwich in his mouth. The success of Charron's performance is that he does hate people who are not serious about food; he does, in fact, worry about tea. Not for a second does he realize the humor of his situation, Bravo...
...BLOOD in the humor department is matched by new blood on stage. A few towering, er, figures are familiar from previous years--Adam Isaacs as Maxine the Mermaid, Christopher Charron at the Queen's dimwitted spinster sister Auntie Emenem, Michael Allio as the belle Constance Lee Whining, and Calnek at the Captain. The years appear to have taught them some important skills how to project a falsetto voice past the first three rows, how to act during a kickline when you're stuck in a mermaid's tail, and how to keep a straight face when your wig flies...
...disappointment that some Robinson fans express about his career here is that he never played the Loeb Main Stage. "He could have shown them what he had," says Charron. But Robinson says he preferred working at the Pudding and on House shows: "Harvard drama takes itself too damn seriously...People who are not fortunate enough to be recognized as an actor or a singer, but who have raw talent that needs to be developed, and could be developed in a lot of the Harvard shows, are denied that privilege because of the snobishness that takes place...