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...Gilbert hoped to convince fellow scientists that introns--inactive DNA segments--made genes susceptible to a type of DNA recombination that randomly reshuffled exons, or active DNA segments. Gilbert believed that random reshuffling weakens the gene and lessens its chance for survival...
...almost 20 years ago when Loeb Professor of Cellular Biology Walter Gilbert first conceived his exon theory of genetics...
This production marks the 40th anniversary of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players, and perhaps it is the collective club excitement that the polish of the show exudes. Down to the details of a sharp poster and a clever program which imitates the style of the operetta's 1879 debut, "The Pirates of Penzance" demonstrates a real love on the part of the participants. It's musical theater that does what it's supposed to: entertainment which immediately, and without cessation, entertains...
...production of Gilbert and Sullivan has, perhaps, fewer grades of success than other forms of performance. It works or it fails to, and if it fails, the degree to which it does doesn't really matter: however much, we're annoyed, or just bored. Within this genre, a successful show is immediately apparent, and within this model, "The Pirates of Penzance"--as produced by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players--is a triumphant success. The audience is entertained before it has a chance to be anything else: the orchestra is in tune, the actors are loud, clear and funny...
...production's success begins, as one would expect, with Catherine Ingman's stage direction. A constant, careful and oftentimes outrageous choreography of cast members supplements the humor of the script. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert's wit is very much couched in wordplay and innuendo, and Ingman creates--in effeminate prancing, mock-stealthy stalking and slapstick combat--a physical counterpart to the clever turns of phrases. While such physical comedy can compromise itself with too much zeal or too little precision, this seldom happens. The actors seem to understand the appropriate bounds for their movements and the script is never upstaged...