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...thinking,” schoolteacher Leon Tolchinsky says. Doctor Zubritsky, the hapless Kulyenchikov resident whose daughter Tolchinsky must educate, responds in earnest.“What’s it like?” he asks. Strange as it may seem, Zubritsky’s question is no joke. He inquires in all seriousness, with a note of wonder and curiosity, because he is incapable of thinking. In Neil Simon’s “Fools,” performed with great enthusiasm by The F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company at The Factory Theatre in Boston, the residents...
...India once welcomed refugees from Bangladesh. An estimated 4 million of them settled in India after the 1971 war that created its new neighbor. But their numbers have swelled to at least 10 million and a backlash has started. The fence, now two-thirds complete, was begun in earnest three years ago as a way to stop illegal migration and terrorist groups operating in the border areas. The siege of Mumbai - the most dramatic of more than a dozen deadly attacks on Indian cities in the past year - has turned the fence into a political imperative; it is presented...
...clad female cast members. Lighting was also often complicated and distracting, but the performance of the cast members was captivating enough to render these elements mostly irrelevant. “Nine” conveyed a clear message: appreciate what you have when you have it. Though this moral is earnest, and the show ended on a sincere note, the real strength of the production lay in its comedic moments. Alison H. Rich ’09 played Contini’s wonderfully frightening producer Lillian LaFleur; with gaping smiles, shrill screams, and impeccable timing, her character stole the show with...
...Dick Cheney, Eliot Spitzer and various notorious celebs to drive home the point; expect a Bernard Madoff reference any episode now.) "The average person tells three lies in 10 minutes of conversation," Lightman crisply informs us, and while Lie to Me balances him with a partner (Kelli Williams) so earnest and sweet that she eats pudding for breakfast, his jaded worldview is borne out. The characters lie for reasons good, evil and poignant; they lie in guilt and in innocence--but in the end, they lie and they lie. Lie to Me's pilot is brisk anthropological...
...Harvard’s only student-run record label”—in January.He gives a shout-out to Tony M. Spaniola ’10, the CEO of Veritas, who is running the soundboard. Then, he launches into “Honest,” an earnest soft-rock tune.Two days later, Powers is working on music again. But this time, he is on the other side of the microphone. As chief recording officer for Veritas, he is working with another band, Shy October, in his cozy home studio in Brookline.As snow falls outside, band members Caitria...