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...follows suit with his hilarious introductory song, “I am the very model of a modern Major-General.” He delivers his performance with confident, prim inflection at a break-neck pace, capturing the Major-General’s character from the first sure-handed note. His assurance that he can provide “many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse” provides laughs...
This is by no means Carson’s first foray into classical literature. A professor of the Classics at the University of Michigan, Carson has translated works such as “If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho,” and more recently, “An Oresteia.” Her “Autobiography of Red” is a collection of narrative verse told from the point of view of the mythical figure Geryon. This latest book combines her skills as translator and poet; here, her careful translation of Catullus’ poem is combined...
...warned, there are major changes to come during the second half of the musical. According to Reddout, the show will take a darker turn when the consequences of the actions in the first half are made visible and culminate in a series of events that sometimes literally crushes the dreams of the characters...
Junior skipper Colin Santangelo and freshman crew Alma Lafler finished fifth in the A division, while first-year skipper Jason Michas teamed up with senior crew Alexandra Perkins for six races and sophomore crew William White for two to finish ninth in the B division...
...weekend was to place in the top eight and ensure ourselves a place in the national semifinals,” Palmer said. “However, even though we were able to do that, the weekend was a bit disappointing, as we were in third place after the first day and struggled a bit during the second half of day two on Sunday...