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Zorba, Kander and Ebb’s musical comedy based on the novel which became an Academy Award-winning film, tells the story of a larger-than-life Greek (Zorba) and his traveling companion (Nikos...
Together the two men find and lose loves, attempt to open an old mine and philosophize about life. Set on the island of Crete, this straightforward musical makes no attempt to use Greek culture as anything more than a backdrop. This is a musical about Zorba, his simple wisdom and the profound effect it has on those around him, namely Nikos...
...very good at being very entertaining, for better or worse. Their last show, Letters From Nam had so much charm, charisma and upbeat 70s music that it was actually nauseating. However, what doesn’t work in one show saves another. Zorba has cool lights, a big, funny Greek guy and folk dancing...
...only deplore the action,” J. Petersen Elder, professor of Greek and Latin and Dean of the GSAS, said last night. “A knowledge of Latin literature is necessary for a knowledge of English literature...
Elder was supported by John Finley ’25, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature. “It is a mistake, he said. “I don’t see how anyone could study English profitably without some knowledge of Latin...