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...Partly this is due to the competent but bland cast. As Tony, leader of the Anglo gang the Jets, Matt Cavenaugh is an attractive, sweet-voiced Broadway leading man, but he doesn't look like he could survive a game of touch football, must less a gang rumble. As Maria, the virginal Puerto Rican girl he falls for, newcomer Josefina Scaglione has a lovely voice and good energy but seems to be acting by the numbers. (Karen Olivo, as her friend Anita, is the only one in the cast who shows some real fire...
...Blackboard Jungle or Rebel Without a Cause (though a cast of gang members who didn't look like they stepped out of a Chorus Line audition might help). But I do want a love story with at least a hint of conviction, plausibility or sexual heat. The attraction of Maria and Tony is barely motivated to begin with; with two charisma-deficient stars in the roles, it left me cold...
Harvard was also helped by the efforts of freshman Shelby MacLeod, who placed 17th in the foil, and senior Maria Larsson, who gained eight victories in the epee to also place 17th...
...Trapp Groupies. If you're still wondering how to solve a problem like Maria, Gutsy Women Travel is an offering an eight-day tour, starting in Salzburg on June 29, called Allure of Austria: Salzburg & Vienna. Visit Salzburg where the Sound of Music was filmed, learn to cook apple strudel and how to dance a proper Viennese waltz, and have dinner in a Viennese palace followed by a Mozart and Strauss concert. If you book with a friend (use the promo code GWTBAF200) by April 15, you'll each save $200 off the regular price of $1,899 per person...
Sugar Rush. Hardcore Maria fans don't have to head overseas. The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont, run by the Von Trapp family, is offering a two-night package starting at $490, with country breakfast, a chance to see how maple sap is gathered, and a "Sugar on Snow" party (Saturday only). Plus, you get a half pint of Trapp maple syrup to take home. The offer's good through April 13. 700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe...