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...Soskin’s misinterpretation of the character of Hedda. The whole point of the play is that Hedda is suffering from an agony of awareness about her own imprisoned state—she is trapped in her own boredom, and she cannot forget this for a single instant. Levy??€™s deliberate manner and wild-eyed intensity, therefore, are excellent reflections of the rapacity with which Hedda focuses on each new element of awfulness in her life. One cannot expect a character tormented by her own constant misery to drift off into abstraction and forget her train...
...most part convincing, has been known to lose his intensity and improvise his lines brings into question the fervor of Soskin’s admiration for his performance. However, Soskin’s exaggerated praise of Dewis is not nearly as offensive as his unnecessary delving into Rebecca Levy??€™s past. When writing a review one ought to keep one’s focus on the show at hand. There is no need for the reviewer to list actors’ past performances, and such a tactic becomes inexcusable when it is used as a weapon against...
...contrary to Soskin’s belief, its gears wouldn’t even know how to grind, much less churn. Simply put, Hedda Gabler was one of the best plays I have ever seen. It was a fantastic introduction to Ibsen, a perfect showcase for Rebecca Levy??€™s talent, and a brilliant confirmation of Mike Donahue’s genius. I was riveted from the opening line to the closing tableau...
Another way of putting it is that Dewis’ performance is as good as Levy??€™s is ill-conceived. Her performance is hot-blooded, alert, thoroughly aware—and eminently unbelievable. Levy isn’t untalented, because her blue-moon moments of credibility here are clearly instinctual. But her Hedda is recklessly artificial and horribly overplanned. For a while, I thought that her cartoonishness might have been the point of her performance; but, in truth, many of her Harvard turns (most egregiously in The Waverly Gallery and Chess, but even in minor twaddle like Ivory...
Playing in front of his former coach from Israel—current Williams coach Zafrir Levy??€”freshman Ilan Oren took over Suchde’s position at No. 2 with little difficulty, defeating Andrew Pizzi in straight games...