Word: glassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world's there and it's free to use, pun police notwithstanding: the current performance of Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Kirkland Junior Common Room can only be described as fragmented--but intriguingly so. The actors have realized their characters into living and breathing beings with mannerisms and mental meanderings only to be foiled by a pervasive lack of synchronicity that leaves every interaction a half-beat off. The result is something less than a couple of human tragedies and something more like an emotional detective story...
Part of Miller's recent work, Broken Glass treats the long-but feebly-standing marriage bewteen a Jewish couple in 1938 Brooklyn. The wife, Sylvia (Tegan Shohet '01), has psychosomatic paralysis of the legs after seeing daily newspaper photographs of Nazi humiliation of Jews. Husband Phillip (Jesse Kellerman '01) is an anxious, fundamentally confused individual submerged in a WASP business; he approaches any given situation with bullish anxiety...
...very excited," said senior captain Rebe Glass. "We've been focusing on winning the Ivy League all season, and having won that, it's great to be able to shift our focus towards the next level...
...definitely going with an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to our game," Glass said. "We've been improving all season, so we're going to maintain our current level of play and just try to pick it up a little in each game we play. In the NCAA, if you lose one game you're out, so we're going to put all we have into each game and just take it one step at a time...
...most difficult roles for a young actress is that of Laura in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. The shy, crippled girl at the center of the play, Laura is as fragile as the glass figurines of animals she collects. To portray her effectively, an actress must convey her vulnerability without making her seem pitiable and tiresome. On Broadway three years ago, Calista Flockhart, star of the new Fox hit Ally McBeal, gave a beautifully poised and tender performance as Laura, winning your heart and breaking it too. Now, as Ally McBeal, Flockhart faces a similar challenge: how to play...