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...with Konstantin's play, there's nothing wrong with the idea. In fact, it's fresh and unaffected, to coin a phrase. Alison Carey's analogy of a vineyard in Napa for a rural estate outside Moscow, and of Hollywood glitterati for Tsarist Russia's belle lettristes gives the play a contemporary edge without sacrificing any of its subtlety. The primitive set places the dialogue and acting center stage. But like Chekhov's antihero, the Cornerstone takes it all too far. At one point, the director, Bill Rauch, injects a gratuitous mime sequence, in which Konstantin...
...what exactly is Ms. Rose's gripe with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals? Is it really helpful to refer to us and our audience by such hurtful names as "the entitled," "the bourgeoisie," "the glitterati" and "the so-called cultural elite"? We think not. Still, while we sting from Ms. Rose's caustic, painfully accurate Leninist barbs, we must remind her that the majority of students in attendance were--like herself--seeing the show for free, as the guests of company members, each of whom was given at least one complimentary ticket to the show. Although Ms. Rose seems to imply...
Gravitas The liberal-intellectual crowd gathers nightly on the well, the Bay Area- based Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. The media and radio conferences attract the glitterati, and participants in the philosophy conference know not only the spelling of Kierkegaard's name but the views he propounded...
Incongruities abounded at the Man of the Year ceremony. Harvard may be elite, but the Pudding is more so--at least Harvard has an open punch. The base theatricals and the drinking club have been separated for years, but that didn't stop the glitterati from arriving enmasse to show their support for men in chick's clothing...
Harvard's glitterati turned out in predictable cocktail attire to watch the show's producers roast the star of 'Forrest Gump' and 'Big,' before settling down to watch the musical...