Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...December "Currents" will go behind the scenes of a Loeb Experimental Theater production of Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" and feature interviews with organizers of the first Eliot House Art Gallery...
...Loeb Experimental Theater...
...little strange. Three hours spent watching a barber who cuts people's throats and a baker who turns the corpses into meat pies may make some audience members queasy. Sweeney Todd is by far the most operatic and most complex of Sondheim's shows. The production currently at the Loeb Ex is a brilliant reminder why the show is one of his best...
...Sweeney Todd. The crowd scenes are well staged and the general atmosphere of a London slum is so well evoked that the scene changes seem to be part of the action. Certain scenes, such as the contest between Pirelli and Todd, manage to transcend the tiny stage of the Loeb Ex. One of the best moments in Sweeney Todd is the "A Little Priest" number at the end of the first act. Travis and Mullins' rendition of it is one of the finest moments in Harvard theater this season...
Producers Maria L. Gambale and Susan Swearingen also deserve credit for assembling such a large crew and paying attention even to smaller details on the standard (read: miserly) Loeb Ex budget of $550. Not only is the costuming more or less appropriate to the period, but Costume Designer Melanie Martinez has paid as much attention to the chorus as the principal players. Lighting Designer James Gwertzman has resisted the impulse to use overly dramatic lighting while managing to make effective use of lighting to distinguish mood changes...