Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among the women, Caroline Rody's sweet secure voice renders the multi-lingual "Marieke" gracefully, if a bit timidly. Susan Pollock's voice sounds very well-trained--in fact, too well-trained. Her careful attention to breathing and assiduously precise placement of each note is distracting. The demure soprano of...
Unconventional leads may have sparked the production, even if the supporting cast sagged. But both Henry Higgins (Hollander) and Eliza Doolittle (Tompsett) turn in standardized and mediocre performances. Tompsett's voice is low and well-modulated with a slight Southern softening, and though she tries to shrill, her slummy "Garn...
IN CONTRAST to Eliza's emotionalism, Higgins should be implacable, for a bohemian professor must remain oblivious to women. Hollander conveys that imperturbability, if somewhat blandly in the first few scenes. His solos, designed for enunciators rather than singers, display his rhetorical skills admirably. Unfortunately, the orchestra, even at low...
If he continues at his present pace, he will likely graduate as the second leading receiver in Harvard history and will have caught more passes in a single season than anybody since McInally hauled in 56 during the 1973 campaign.
AS A RULE, Edward Albee's plays should be protected from the efforts of well-meaning regional theaters. Relying upon sensitive emotional portrayals for their impact they too often fall prey to overblown actors who careen their way mindlessly through an evening of moral reproach and abuse. Even the most...