Word: kettleson
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...cardboard set looks silly in the middle of the Lowell House Dining Room, so Schwartz has the stage hands finish building it during the performance. Rather than leave Robert Kettleson (Count) standing agape when Robert Croog (Figars) is singing at him, he has him fall asleep--because of an all-night, we are informal. Thomas Weber (Bartolo) doesn't manage to get dressed until the final scene. And lest anyone suspect him of taking a production of Paisiello's Barber of Seville at all seriously, Schwartz throws in the usual sighs and winks and swaggers...
...Kettleson, too, did a fine job with the music, though I wish his voice had been stronger. Weber sung less brilliantly, but played with more convincing gusto. Randolph Lindel (Sveglioto) and Martin Wishnatsky (Giovinetto) performed their sneeze-yawn duet with suitable enthusiasm...