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...crew he feels he has. He doesn't take teams he doesn't think can win, and the heavies hadn't made the trip in three years. That hiatus includes the 1985 Crimson, a crew which eventually won the national championship and the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in England...
Back in the Eight from last year's varsity are the stern pair of seniors George Hunnewell at stroke and Rich Kennelly at seven. Moving up form the JV which didn't lose all last year until it faced the Harvard freshmen at Henley, are Captain Steve Wayne at four, Kevin Cameron at two, and Claude Sirlin at five. Varsity recruits from that extraordinary '86 freshman boat include six-man Jack Rusher, three-man Donald Fawcett, and Phillip Schuller...
Trips to the national championship race at Cincinnati and the Henley Regatta in England may be forthcoming if the Crimson Eight is as successful as predicted, but one match-up that can be counted on is the Harvard-Yale race at New London, Conn., on June...
With its Southern eccentrics and loony humor, Am I Blue is easy to peg as a Beth Henley work. Set in New Orleans circa 1968, it follows characters that would fit right into her 1982 play Crimes of the Heart. John Polk (Nicholas Martine-Smith) and Ashbe Williams (Jacqueline Grad) are as sweet, strange and irresistable as the three McGrath sisters...
Thanks to Henley's sharp sense of dialogue and pacing, the oddness of Am I Blue is indeed very pleasing. Both John Polk and Ashbe are charming and intriguing characters. A couple of revelations from each do just fine at keeping this one-act interesting. Its utter lack of pretense and solemnity keeps it lively...