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...Philip LaZebnik '75, returned to Harvard in the fall of 1973 with an original musical, The Truth of Mons Herbert, that had had its world premiere that summer in a Unitarian church in Columbia, Missouri. Against all odds--in a university town in August when the population is practically reduced to owners of pizza stands--the show was a success, attendance skyrocketed, and the house was filled for the last two nights. But when LaZebnik tried to find a group to sponsor the production at Harvard several months later, no one seemed to have any faith that the musical would...
This year, LaZebnik wrote a new show, Mad About Mintz, a musical comedy about the efforts of an advertising agency to convert a hack poet into the best-selling bard of the country. Armed with a volunteer orchestra and a full production team. LaZebnik tackled Radcliffe Grant-In-Aid for funds to produce the show in Agassiz. The society had a reputation for supporting original musicals, having produced Suffragette in 1973 (now playing successfully in New York) and others before that. But after more than a months deliberation, the Advisory Board of Grant-In-Aid rejected the show, claiming that...
...half-dozen old musicals, with outstanding performances of two: the Gilbert and Sullivan Players' Ruddigore, and Dunster House's Wizard of Oz. But serious drama had no spectacular successes. One student-written play was among the best stage productions of the year: The Teeth of Mons Herbert, by Philip Lazebnik...
...CERTAIN MOMENTS the script fairly shines: Ogden answers the sighs of his beloved with an impassioned, "O, ditto, ditto!"; later, stammering in each other's arms, he says, "We don't even have to finish our sentences any more. We don't have much to say any more." LaZebnik's dialogue abounds with malapropisms and humorous diction, and the cast carries them off with ease...
...production may not live up to the material, but the experience of so much concentrated wit is worth your time. The stage is lined with potted plants bearing toasted cheese sandwiches. It is rumored that LaZebnik's next project is a musical adaptation of Hamlet. If you miss this one, stick around for that Shakespeherian...