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Director Ben D. Margo ’05 and cast have tried to instill new life in Caligula by placing it in a modern office and adding copious ‘80s-inspired dance numbers. Although this is very interesting aesthetically, the play seems to lose a bit of its original intent. Margo seems unable to decide whether he wants to satirize Caligula, or make it horribly profound...
...concept that Margo seems to be working with is some type of Wall Street take off, in which everyone strides around in a power suit and pours coffee from the sidebar. Aesthetically, this definitely works—the set and lighting are both excellent. The office is scrupulously represented, replete with fake trees and a leather anteroom and the costumes are great—powersuits never looked so good. In conjunction with this theme, there are a number of 80s-inspired dance numbers which are funny if a bit at odds with the rest of the plot...
...talked to people who had already sent in their absentee ballot and who were really excited about voting, but I also talked to people who don’t believe in voting, are not registered and don’t care,” said Margo B. Hoppin...
...HRDC mainstage production of Lanford Wilson’s Balm in Gilead (directed by Scott Zigler, co-directed by Ben D. Margo ’04) is solid, entertaining, and professional theater. Set in ‘an all-night coffee shop on Upper Broadway in New York City, October 1965’ Gilead offers a snapshot of a grimy metropolis populated by lowlifes and outcasts, all struggling to make a living and deal with the sadness of their lives. In the middle of the mess of it all, a young prostitute and a reluctant pusher find each other...
...Margo will return this summer to direct The House of Yes in the Loeb Ex. True to his meandering past, he says he has not decided what he will after he graduates in January. Theater, of course, is not off the table...