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...board. Once the application is approved, the director chosen serves as the creative head of the production and is entrusted with almost complete creative license for the work. With his production of “Rocky Horror” slated to open October 28, current HRDC President John T. Drake ’06 is one of the foremost student directors of the fall. Drake raves about his Harvard student director experience, saying, “Learning the ropes ourselves seems to be great preparation for the outside world.” Sean R. Fredricks ’07, directing...
...after leaving the Square. Perhaps Harvard is holding back musical genius, after all.Take the post-punk ensemble Blanks. When the band formed in 2003, members Matt Boch ’06-07, Jon Carter ’06-07, Long Le-Khac ’06, and John T. Drake ’06 seemed logistically ahead of the curve. Already possessing their own instruments (and knowing how to play them), they simply needed to practice. Yet this turned out to be much harder than they imagined.“We got kicked out of every practice room freshman year...
Unfortunately— at least for diehard Rocky Horror fans who relish yelling extra lines and using props like toast, cards, and water guns—traditional audience participation will be discouraged at Harvard’s “Rocky Horror Show.” Drake says this decision was made to protect the actors and the theater space: “I hope people understand that there’s something very different about screaming ‘SLUT!’ at a screen and screaming ‘SLUT!’ at an undergraduate...
...difficult to entertain audiences who already know and dearly love the movie, the production staff insists they are up to the challenge. “I’m a huge fan of the music, story, and icon that is Rocky Horror,” says Drake. “With the creative team we have behind it, it promises to be fun, exciting, new, and, of course, very...
...tears through familiar singer-songwriter territory with unfamiliar vigor, guiding us around his spartan sonic landscape. González pays homage at the scattered graves of the many troubled troubadours who fell in wars with themselves (Drake, Elliott Smith, countless others) and respond to the gaudy monuments erected by those who made their mark...