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...charity effort at heart, Project East was first conceived by Timothy M. Parent ’09 and Kristin S. Kim ’09 three years ago. The runway show aims to expose Harvard students to cutting-edge fashion by featuring established Asian designers and student designers who attend Parsons School of Design or Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). By donating the proceeds of the event to benefit the China Tomorrow Education Foundation, Project East will help build a school in rural China. Organized by executive producers Tamara Harel-Cohen and Alexandra Clarke, Project East will take place...
...Koven) to brew a love potion for all to drink. Hilarious chaos ensues. As a range of characters, including Alexis’ father Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre (Michael A. Yashinsky ’11, who is also a Crimson Arts comper) and Aline’s mother Lady Sangazure (Sofia M. Selowsky ’12) fall madly and inexplicably in love with whomever they first behold after drinking the philter...
...show’s peripheral elements serve to provide a solid background to its comic madness. The lighting design of Tiffany M. Bradshaw ’10 contributes effectively to the mood, despite a chaotic and disorienting series of color changes near the finale. The gaudy Elizabethan costumes, created by Pugliese, further add to the production’s merrily boisterous feel...
...supporting roles, the warm baritone of Robert A. Knoll ’13 lends humanity to the lonely vicar Dr. Daly. The mother-daughter pair of Mrs. Parlet (Amrita S. Dani ’13) and Constance (Megan M. Savage ’10), two excessively emotional villagers, also give solid comic turns. And when the entire ensemble appears together in the finales to both acts, the performers’ shared delight in the music creates a wonderful, tangible energy...
Perhaps attempting to capitalize on this gaiety, the production incorporates the choreography of Antonia M. Pugliese ’12, with varying success. In particular, during Sir Marmaduke and Lady Sangazure’s duet “Welcome, Joy!” the busy movements distract from the comic interaction between the two self-important aristocrats. But the chorus dances well in a number of scenes, adding to the production’s festive feel...