Word: mathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sexual and national stereotypes and in its heavy-handed symbolism. (The "Figure of Death," dressed in a long black robe, drops in every now and then to disrupt the circus-like goings on.) It is a hard show to like for its own sake. But the current Mather House production succeeds in making Stop the World both enjoyable and ultimately moving, in spite of itself...
WITH A LESS ENTHUSIASTIC COMPANY, this show could very easily bomb. But the energy and professionalism of the Mather troupe shines through, conveying the group's belief in the hopeful message implied by the play's ending...
...variety of other settings. The clownlike costumes, which the actors wear throughout the play, do not interfere with the many changes in the plot. And Andrew Schulman's orchestra suitably renders the varying moods of the score without drowning out the performers' voices. In the intimate confines of the Mather House dining hall, this is no small accomplishment...
Running from class to class, library to library, hourly to hourly, you must have stopped and asked yourself, "Can this really be my life?" So you think you're confused? Think how Littlechap the Everyman hero of Stop the World I Want to Get Off, opening tonight at Mather House, feels: he watches his life pass from inside a circus arena. Littlechap travels to Russia, to Germany, to success in America at the top of a company; he becomes deeply involved with four women who bear a strange resemblance to each other. But instead of finding happiness...
...last of the three House football games, between Mather and Leverett, Leverett fullback Bill Lewis scored a touchdown in the second quarter from about the 5-yard line. The final score of the game...