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...Gang's New Threads, the first production to be sponsored by Harvard's new experimental theater group, Project Space 6, brings together a diverse cast and a creative crew. In November, directors/writers Randy E. Weiner '88, Rob C. Hanning '88 and producer Matthew L. Snyder came up with an idea to produce a musical that combined the elements of drama and rap. Essentially Weiner and Hanning have combined the plots of West Side Story and The Emperor's New Clothes to create a modern rap/funk musical...
With a West Side Story plot set in Harvard Square, the two lovers now become the thoroughly hip couple of Jon (John M. Shecter) and Jane (Felicia D. Phillips). In this contemporary setting, the strict hierarchy of the fashion gangs prevents their union. Jon suffers the misfortune of coming from the wrong label family. His J. August sweats look provincial next to the latest Armani and Williwear fashions that the Cambridge gang members sport...
Jane's brother BMD (Ed Young, Jr.), who is a respected member of the gang, won't allow his sister to date a fashion outcast. So Jon, upon the suggestion of his Harvard friend, Darren (Darren A. Thierry) gains membership to the gang by coming up with a riduculous fashion. So wild is this fashion trend that the gang members initially shy away from it. But the trend catches fire when the Somerville gang picks up on the fad, and fashion is turned on its head--literally...
...highlights of the musical comes at the beginning of the play when Harvard preps Jim (James P. Connolly) and Eric (Eric Pulier) try out for a fashion gang. Dressed in wool and corduroy the two lamely rap to the tune of Beethoven's Egmont Overture: "People ask us where we get our looks/ And we tell them the Brothers Brooks...
...Gang's New Threads is a rapper's delight, but neophytes will enjoy it as well. It raps to an infectious beat and is certain to wrap up the audience with...