Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Talk about divine visitation. The HRDC's production of Angels in America has debuted on the Loeb Mainstage with all the power and majesty of its title figure...
...anything, mediocrity is more obvious when the potential exists for a brilliant night of theater. Angels in particular--with its large cast, its tricky, complex script, and its logistical nightmares of sound, stage and light effects--raises the stakes for success remarkably high. What we experience at the Loeb, then, is the transporting magic of talented dramatists giving the play, and the audience, everything they have. Those gifts are prodigious, indeed...
...central strength of the Loeb production is that the play's array of visual and sound effects are strikingly presented without sacrificing the play's momentum or the characters' integrity. The technical discipline in the lighting designs of Mike DeCleene '97 and audio work of Leeore Schnairsohn '98 is remarkably rare. Consider, for example, how Kathryn Walker's recent staging of The Bacchae in the Agassiz smothered its actors in an admittedly dazzling weave of colors, echoes and choreography. Kushner's whole point, in fact, is that wonder and magic are essentially human phenomena; not wrought upon his characters...
...Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences A. Iain Johnston, who describes his own methods as an eclectic mix, says the primary difference between area specialists and those who believe in rational choice is a greater emphasis on the part of the former on the importance of tradition and culture...
...Loeb Ex itself may seem like small performance space when compared to the Agassiz--and definitel when compared to the Loeb Main stage--but many creative possibilities lie within its black-painted walls. Fortunately, the set designer (Abigail H. Gra '99) has realized some of these possibilities. The set itself consists of four small stages, one against each wall, and the central floor space. Thus, the audience tucked neatly into the corners of the theatre, views the production from number of different angles. Theoretically, it is even possible to see the production four times and get a different perspective each...