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...director Marcus Stern (of the American Repertory Theater), Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece surges to life with a vibrancy that both fills Loeb Mainstage and captures the audience in its first moments. Two friends, Billy (nervous, conservative Cary P. McClelland ’02) and Dion (manic, disheveled Alexis G. Burgess ’01), are as different as can be, but they share one thing: their love for Margaret (a ravishing Emily S. Knapp...
Margaret chooses Dion and, as years slide away from them, their passionate romance withers under the burden of his alcoholism and lack of artistic success. Knapp breathes life into the faithful housewife and struggling single mother, radiating what their relationship once had been and the hope she has for its recovery. Burgess’ Dion is a tempestuous and embittered failure as an artist, husband and father. His sparks of energy and enthusiasm throw the brokenness of Dion’s life into a sharp relief that makes his degeneration from love-struck youth to disillusioned middle-age beautifully tragic...
...first the blending and intertwining of their lives is a gradual process. However, when Dion wills his own life to his friend-turned-rival, a metaphysical shift allows Billy to simultaneously become both Billy and Dion. This is where McClelland truly shines. Stripping out of a fatsuit to don a black tanktop and a plaid flannel shirt, he slides effortlessly into the dual role. The poignancy of Billy’s love for Margaret, and her own rekindling of the love that could have been is heartrending. The tightrope walk between two very different lives soon becomes untenable, and Billy...
When it becomes clear that Margaret will never love Billy, he decides to abandon his former life and remain as Dion. At the devastating conclusion, Margaret confesses to her “husband” that Billy has always made her uncomfortable and that there is something intrinsic in him that will always repel her. All of his adoration and sacrifice are swept away by a woman who can never return his love...
...pier to the apartment raising from the depths to the apparition of the seemingly-limitless office space, the stylized realism of the design concept challenges the technical abilities of students just as far as they can be successfully pushed. The transition and conflation of huge headshots of Billy and Dion is a brilliant but slightly overstated touch that aids the surreal transition of Billy into both Billy and Dion...