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...play revolving around a single crisis. During the festival of Midsummer Eve, when rules of social interaction are gleefully abandoned, the count's daughter Miss Julie (Patricia Goldman) flirts brazenly with her father's valet, Jean (Daniel Hurewitz), in front of Jean's fiancee, the cook Christine (Martha Lane Moore). It is not clear who is seducing whom, but Julie and Jean soon overcome their inhibitions, and when Christine falls asleep, the two find an excuse to flee to the bedroom. Immediately after, they realize that the ensuing scandal could destroy them both, and in their argument over...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Guns of August | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

...first few lines of the Currier House Drama Society's production of The Importance of Being Earnest are truly horrifying. As Lane (Todd Brun) and Algernon (John Goldstone) begin to converse in what are meant to be highly mannered British accents, insidious comparisons immediately flood the viewer's mind--specifically, endless repetitions of Monty Python, or, perhaps, that particularly ill-starred high-school rendition of My Fair Lady...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: In Wild Earnest | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

Falling into the former category are Goldstone and Brun. Goldstone brings to the role of Algernon a languorous drollery that epitomizes the Wildean aesthetic. Brun lets the tiniest hint of whimsy animate his Lane, transforming a minor character into an indispensable...

Author: By Glenn Slater, | Title: In Wild Earnest | 4/14/1989 | See Source »

Bush has also carried out most of his functions as head of state. He threw out the first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles home opener, and sent a telegram to Harvard's hockey star Lane MacDonald on winning the prestigious Hobey Baker Award...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: The Presidency That Wasn't | 4/12/1989 | See Source »

...Lane's done a hell of a job this year," Young said. "Hopefully I've picked up a little from him, living in the same room and everything...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Young Selected Hockey Captain | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

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