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Moviegoers should probably shut their eyes for the first few seconds of The Journey of Natty Gann and miss the production company's logo. Those who insist that the studio in question maintain certain prissy and unrealistic standards about onscreen language and incident will thus be spared needless outrage upon hearing the film's adolescent heroine mutter the odd four-letter word on stressful occasions, for example when she has to fight off a man intent on molesting her. Those who have a different set of expectations for the company's works will not feel obliged to hedge their enthusiasm...
...other main draw of this production is its acting. As the heroine Polly, Amanda M. Gann ’06 is the star of the show, with outstandingly clear, fine and well-phrased singing; limber dancing; and a portrayal of a self-reliant and independent but not stubborn young woman. As the other women in Bobby’s life, Joanna D. Goldstein ’06 and Diana K. Bowen ’04 are equally excellent. Goldstein, playing Bobby’s domineering and sexy fiancée Irene, becomes a tiny bundle of sheer outrage over something...
...choreography, by Amanda M. Gann ’06, is another standout feature of this production. Some of the moves are dubious (Private Willis attempts to dance the Macarena to his solo), but most are strong, like the comically half-hearted and self-conscious dance leaps by the Lord Chancellor and Strephon, the Lord Chancellor’s fluidly shifting nightmare scenarios, or the tensely balanced face-off between the Lords and the fairies in the House of Parliament...
...Gann still has another round of auditions—the 9 p.m. to midnight time slot—this time for the mainstage musical Chess. She will spend the next two days attending hours of callbacks for Kiss Me Kate, Chess, Evening for Art and the first-year musical...
Last Tuesday, the cast lists were posted in the Loeb and Gann found herself in Chess, Kiss Me Kate, the first-year musical and Evening for Art. But she seems neither surprised nor proud...