Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Holding all this meta-action together is Skip Sneeringer as the imperious Chairman. On stage the entire performance, Sneeringer is hysterically funny as he tries to keep his cast on course. When a mention of "the ship H.M.S. Pinafore" leads to a chorus of sailors dancing on stage, he fumes at them forgetting their shows confused, shouting, "off, off" as he pushes them off stage. Even when he is merely sipping a glass of wine while watching a scene, his presence adds immeasurably to the show. With witty remarks and remarkable charm, Sneeringer turns an amusing show into a captivating...
...them. Under the direction of Steve Huang, the orchestra drowns out many of the solo and duet numbers. In one particularly egregious example, the brilliant rendition of "Two Sides of the Coin" by Sneeringer and Feldman, the only way the audience knows the two are singing the rapid-fire chorus is by watching their lips move. This problem, a common one at the Agassiz, would at least be forgivable if the orchestra played well. Due probably to poor rehearsal rather than lack of talent, the orchestra stumbles through most of the numbers rather clumsily...
There is a great deal of dancing in Drood, all used to good effect (mostly to liven up some otherwise boring dramatic scenes). Under Kaplan's guidance, most of the cast performs energetically if not expertly. Particular note should be made of the four chorus members (Len Levin, Neil Sondheimer, Christine Driscoll and Ariella Migdal) who seem to spend half the play bouncing on stage in various costumes to perform different styles of dance...
Usually one of hip-hop's most creative lyricists, you'd think Q-Tip could come up with a better line for the chorus of "Sucka Nigga" than "My style is kind of fat, reminiscent of a whale...
...terrifictunes. "Don't Pray on Me" is a lilting wail aboutthe L.A. Riots which manages to work in mentionsof Daryl Gates, South Vietnam, Moses and MarilynMonroe. "Skyscraper," a crowd favorite at lastmonth's show at Avalon, is a straight ahead rockerwhich colonized the ear with its soaring andsimple chorus...