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...that Tom Sawyer won’t be going to Heaven, Huck quips that he is glad he won’t go to Heaven “because I wanted [Tom Sawyer] and me to be together.” Twain extends Huck’s naiveté even further when Huck fails to understand that Tom’s fantasy games are not real. In one scene Huck believes that a traveling troupe of invisible Arabs with two hundred elephants was conjured by a genie. It is only after the incident that Huck reconsiders his gullibility...
...meet with Ding, they will have already given a lot of thought to the visual representation of their shows in publicity materials. Inspiration comes from a number of sources, including the show’s own set design and images of the production from past performances. “Even beautiful images from the Internet or films—like screen shots from movies—can inform the graphic design work for a poster,” she said...
It’s said that Harvard freshman should know what they want before they even step foot in the yard. “Grades, sleep, friends—pick two,” runs the standard maxim. Wanting everything would be asking too much...
Whether one can have it all, or should even desire it, are driving questions of “The Heidi Chronicles,” Wendy Wasserstein’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an art historian searching for fulfillment among the women’s rights movement. Wasserstein’s Heidi came of age in the sixties and entered adulthood in the seventies, a time when women were supposed to achieve independence and gain new freedoms. She has brains, looks, and a successful career. So why is she so unhappy...
...Chronicles” is time-stamped by references to specific events and a soundtrack culled from the staples of classic rock. Scoop’s magazine is even called “Boomer” in reference to his peers. For this reason the play could easily feel outdated. What for Wasserstein’s 1988 adult audience would have been familiar, might easily have weighted the college production. But Alter’s direction and the cast’s acting elevate “Chronicles” from a portrait of Baby Boomer women to a larger exploration...