Word: curtain
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Faced with a complicated script that regularly calls for a divided stage, Gfaller cleverly employs a revolving platform to smooth over some of the logistical difficulties. The platform helps characters enter and exit gracefully, and a carefully placed curtain allows it to revolve through a variety of locales without drawing undo attention to the technical crew. The instrumental ensemble is similarly discreet. Musical director Andy Boroson '01 leads on the piano, and the orchestra members keep a low profile, straining their eyesight in the dim light so as not to distract from the action on stage...
Based on the Ingmar Bergman comedy, Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music leaves the audience perplexed. The young, the fools and the old all manage to pair up (more or less) successfully before the curtain falls, but one can hardly leave Gfaller's production with the feeling of having seen a romantic comedy. The resolution comes unexpectedly, and most of the characters remain wistful even in the arms of their lovers. This drama remains under the spell of Leonora's cynicism and the chorus's surrealism, just as the characters remain in the perpetual twilight...
...know how it is going to affect the show," said Jones, who hopes to fill gaps before the curtain rises. "We still have time to find people...
...enter the Quincy House bedroom of Kane H. Waller '99, one must first wade through a curtain of bamboo beads strung over the doorway. A huge entertainment system greets the visitor with a 30-inch screen television, VCR, Sony Playstation, CDs and "essential movies" like Friday and The Nutty Professor...
...very look of the place is atypical: gone are the origami sculptures and cafeteria-like counters; waitresses in kimonos are nowhere to be found. Instead, Ella Fitzgerald croons from the stereo and marbled black tables are lit by suspended pearlate lamps. A richly-patterned curtain is elegantly draped to frame the window and an enormous fish tank full of exotic fish is sunk into the wall above the sushi...