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...overall execution, although enthusiastic, was rather sloppy. Several of the numbers were enhanced considerably by the talents of Lise Landis, whose fluidity makes virtually any step look easy, but the dancing still needs a couple of nights...
THOMAS FULLER as Rackstraw and Lise Landis as Josephine play their caricature parts with a sincerity that heightens the effect of the great cliche. Their dripping love scenes draw roars of laughter from the audience. Josephine's asides like, "His simple eloquence goes to my heart!" and "Oh, my heart, my beating heart!" and Rackstraw's statement of love, with the phrase "wafted one moment into blazing day, by mocking hope--plunged the next into Cimmerian darkness of tangible despair, I am but a living ganglion of irreconcilable antagonisms." draw cheers from an unbelieving audience...
...Arthur Sullivan and Sir William Schwenk Gilbert, is in my opinion the most over-rated of all the Gilbert & Sullivan shows. That doesn't mean it's not good, though, even one of their best, and any G & S production with three principals like Jeffrey Wayne Davies, Lise Landis and Tom Fuller is bound to be excellent. This one is, anyway. Opens tonight at 8:30 in Agassiz Theater; performances this weekend and next with Wednesday and Thursday nights half-price with a Harvard...
...orchestrated by conductor Dean Herington, gathered the best of the tunes into a lyrical bouquet; Herington's tiny orchestra was amazingly equal to the task of blowing Gabriel's horn and other feats. Whether squealing in her best New York accent or rousing the company with a Heaven Hop, Lise Landis is the tops as Moonface's gun moll. Playing the frocked gangster, Bill Nolan displays a hilarious good-hearted gooniness. Ann Ungar is an entertainer playing an entertainer; though she is sometimes a little too charming, she's splendid as Reno. As Billy and Hope, Richard von Rueden...
...designer and choreographers, director Ken Kanter has made everything go. It seems incredible that the handkerchief stage of Leverett should represent a steamship, but Michael Herter's set offers Cunard luxury -- a gangway, two decks, three staterooms. The direction of Kanter and his choreographers -- Michael Ricardo, Lise Landis and Michael Collapy -- creates out of the small cast the impression of an extravaganza; their next goal should be precision...