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...illusion. But at the American Repertory Theater's production of The School for Scandal, written in 1777 by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the audience is at ease long before the beautifully ornate sets twirl into the first scene change. Director Jonathan Miller, famed for his long comedy career and the directorship of the BBC Shakespeare television series, has the rhythm of this elegant Sheridan masterpiece down pat: the well-considered, well-balanced details of posture and diction and timing give an impression of perfect naturalness to a mode which, in all likelihood, was never natural for anyone. Producing such a stylized...
...move this fall from near Symphony Hall to the wilds of St. Botolph Street--the BSC appears to have come home just in time to face a new adjustment. Peter Sellars '80, not hitherto known for sticking exactly to original milieus, will take over the company's directorship after the current season ends; whatever his plans, though, he is fortunate to be meeting up with a group whose feet, at long last, seem to have regained contact with the theatrical ground. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar appears, at the very least, to know where it is. And, as everyone knows...
Jewett said about 50 people applied for the position of aid director during a year-long search, and about 10 people applied for the recently created position of assistant dean. He would not comment on whether Harvard offered the directorship to any outside applicants...
...TITLE My One and Only seems an ironic comment on the show's recent mishaps. Its playbill currently credits no director. The last few weeks before opening night saw staff chaos: first Peter Sellars '80 was fired from the directorship, then Mike Nichols was brought in to offer advice. For now, the production remains "staged and choreographed" by Thommie Walsh and its star, Tommy Tune. In the program notes, Tune acknowledges Sellars' "highly imaginative directorial concept," but the musical itself appears to be still in the conceptual stage. Although it showcases Tune and co-star Twiggy's charm and ease...
Roger Mervis, whom City Manager Robert W. Healy last week appointed to the vacant executive directorship at the Cambridge Rent Control Board, yesterday gave an unusual reason for taking...