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...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players combine music and magic in their performance of “Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri,” which runs in Agassiz Theatre through Dec. 14. Directed by Benjamin T. Morris ’09, “Iolanthe” satirizes politics, laws, and even love, while still maintaining a light and whimsical tone. Though “Iolanthe” tackles serious themes, this production’s strong performances consistently highlight the humor inherent in those themes...
With its capable acting and visual appeal, “Iolanthe” was a thoroughly enjoyable production, delivering its satire, wrapped up in entertaining characters and lively music, in a manner that does justice to its Gilbert and Sullivan roots...
...networks. “Unhappiness spreads, but it doesn’t spread quite as much nor does it spread quite as consistently as happiness,” said Harvard Medical School professor Nicholas A. Christakis, who is a co-author of the paper. Harvard psychology professor Daniel T. Gilbert, a expert on happiness, called the new paper “stunning” in an e-mailed statement. “We’ve known for some time that social relationships are the best predictor of human happiness, and this paper shows that the effect is much more...
Forget “Saturday Night Live.” The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players are staging a different, unique kind of political satire with “Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri,” which will run in the Agassiz Theatre through Dec. 14.In the fanciful world of “Iolanthe,” an intermingling of members of Parliament and fairies spurs a commentary on politics hidden beneath a layer of hilarity and madness. According to director Benjamin T. Morris ’09, the group pushed to perform...
...lumbering across the stage and gnawing on what seemed to be a strip of raw meat. As the scene continued, O’Brien ate two raw eggs after cracking them on his glasses, vomited slightly, and delivered his lines in a grating voice that suggested a less-subtle Gilbert Gottfried. His shady partner Dodgeson (Justin Durel) was disgusted; the audience loved it.Although the play’s lines and plot were mostly taken from the movie, the resulting spectacle was vastly different. In the absence of special effects, the characters’ awe at the dinosaurs became absurd. Upon...