Word: leveretts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rock opera, the musical is an innately modern version of Jesus' adult life and crucifixion, but to be successful, a production of Superstar must engage the audience in the world of the play. And the Leverett House version does just that, by setting the scene right in Harvard Square...
...Leverett House production overcomes this difficulty as well. Both Kevin Costin, who plays Jesus, and Sarah Beatty, as Mary Magdalene, have extraordinary voices, and clever use of microphones helps the other actors compensate for what nature failed to provide...
...Leverett Old Library...
Webber and Rice also put a unusual--yet believable--spin on the Gospels by adding sexual overtones to Jesus' relationship with Mary Magdalene. In the Leverett production, Costin and Beatty chose not to emphasize the romantic side, which allows the audience to appreciate their interaction without being sidetracked by its unusual perspective...
...only the resistible rise of Arturo Ui but also the rise of a direction/production trio. The three have done several other productions together in the past, including last year's hit The 5th of July, are good friends and they even live in the same entry way of Leverett House. But all agree that the sheer logistics of a mainstage production require a different approach...