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SOMEHOW, when he wasn't producing elaborate Mainstage productions like The Duchess of Malfi and Dreamgirls, when he wasn't swamped with responsibilities as Adams House Committee chair, when he wasn't throwing the most outrageous parties at Harvard, when he wasn't playing the piano at Boston's Club Cafe or Adams House's Club Mardi, when he wasn't club-hopping with his army of close friends, when he wasn't cavorting through the Harvard Yard snow wearing a pink fur coat and nothing underneath, when he wasn't chewing 20 sticks of Cinnaburst at once...
...Duchess of Malfi: Orion Ross did a magnificent job of blending artsy pretentiousness with the emotional struggles common to all people. David Gammons' stripped-down set accentuated Tanya Selvaratnam's stirring performance as the Duchess, and flying refrigerators kept the audience on its toes. The play might have befuddled the audience with its sexist behavior toward women, but this brutality only added to the tragedy...
...Duchess of Malfi's dramatic content could easily have been drowned out if the actors had muddled the Shakespearian-like dialogue...
...Duchess of Malfi boasted strong theatrical performances, creative direction and inventive production values. As for Mr. Rudenstine, perhaps he had a more enticing engagement. If not, one should be wary of this man's theatrical taste. He missed one of this semester's better plays...
...Duchess of Malfi wasn't good enough for Neil Rudenstine; he left at halftime...