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...this play, directed by Jeremy R. Steinemann ’08 and produced by James Smith ’10, twin sisters Myra and Myrna (both played by Emily B. Hecht ’11) are largely stereotypes of their respective political positions. The production only gains momentum when the characters are allowed to break free of these labels...
...Mineola Twins” are especially guilty of speechifying first and dealing with plot and character development second, and as a result the characters’ emotional shifts are at times confusingly erratic.Steinemann has the actors portray these transformations from casual chatting to nervous breakdown with mixed effects: Hecht does quite well with these extremes, especially as Myrna; as Jim, Havard is much stronger in quieter, more serious or desperate moments than at these points of excitement or panic...
...Mineola Twins” maps the political history of the U.S. onto the relationship between twin sisters, who are both played by Emily [B.] Hecht [’11]. Playwright Paula Vogel wrote the twins’ role for one actress to keep the issues and topics confronted in the show at the front of the audience’s mind during and after the performance. If the separate actresses played the twins, the audience could easily write the play off as pure entertainment and not dig any deeper...
...cynical repartee in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 comedy The Front Page zipped like the Super-Chief through a plot of political and journalistic malfeasance. When director Howard Hawks in 1940 changed ace reporter Hildy Johnson from man to woman, the story was also about another frantic combat: marriage. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are the sparring partners in the fastest, nastiest farce Hollywood has ever made...
...under investigation by police in suburban Montgomery County, Md., where he lives. He was arrested Thursday and charged with "theft" and "theft scheme" following a bizarre incident at a Target store that detectives allege was part of a year-long spree of fraudulent refunds at Target and Hecht?s stores that netted him more than $5,000 in credits to his credit cards. "He would buy items, take them out to his car, and return to the store with the receipt," a police statement said. "He would select the same items he had just purchased, and then return them...