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Bundy, who served as dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1953 until 1961, once described himself as an “ex-historian.” One wonders whether it’s time for Perret to adopt the “ex?? prefix as well. He has substituted ideology for methodology and invective for insight. He habitually uses phrases like “shit in a silk stocking” to describe Cabinet members and high-level aides. Would a count of Perret’s errors this time top McPherson?...
Nonetheless, the performers of “Never Gonna Dance” pay fitting homage to him with their smooth and precise style. Singer Arlo D. Hill ’08—a familiar face in Harvard theater who just finished a star performance in the Ex??s “Dinner”—does an admirable rendition of Astaire’s voice with his mellow opening number. Lead dancers Alissa C. Clarke ’07 and Kevin Shee ’10 fill the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
...theater is manifest. This is primarily the achievement of Production and Set Designer Melissa E. Goldman ’06. The set is partially witty tribute to her thesis on toy theater. The play begins with an actual stage frame in front—quite a feat for the Ex??appropriately adorned with enough spades, rabbits, and cats to resemble a set of Carrollian hieroglyphics. There are also a number of doors in it, which over the course of the evening exhibit their full potential as part of the visually stunning set. Challenges like how to portray characters...
Another new addition is a 400-foot burlap ceiling, hiding the normal cobweb of lightbulbs and steel catwalks that gives “the Ex?? its “experimental” feel. The ceiling, which took approximately ten hours to make and install, gives the stage the rustic feel of rural Spain...
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Common Casting," reads a chalked sign in the Loeb Ex??s black box theatre, a surreal room transformed by candy, a functioning green swing, and drum beat soundtrack. Returning actors greet one another with full body hugs, while nervous novices and first-years fret over potentially awkward interaction with strangers, especially when directed to act "sexual, but not explicit...