Word: maximillian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same characters throughout the show struggle a bit to develop consistently amid the cartoon zaniness of the supporting roles, but for the most part they cope very well. Cornelia Ravenal, as the ever-willing Paquette, bubbles guilelessly along, creating an enjoyable caricature. Stephen Hayes starts a bit shakily as Maximillian, Candide's foppish foster brother, but he becomes more convincing with each episode until he shines in a wonderful passage with the Governor in which he gets sold as a female slave only to have his coconuts exposed at the last minute. Hayes sometimes fails to sing loudly enough...
...story of the turn-of-the-century Circus Maximillian (pun)--"the second greatest show on earth" (joke) whose low net profits (pun) are forcing it into the red. Alas, says owner Maximillian Bucks (pun), the show needs $1 million or the big top will flop. To raise the money, Bucks calls upon Natalie Yellowbud, tightropist, singer and airhead extraordinaire, to star in an extravaganza in honor of President Woodrow Wilson. Meanwhile, Walter Wall (pun), decides he can't bear life at the stockmarket any longer. After embezzling $1 million, the stockbroker splits (pun) with his secretary and runs...
...story of the Circus Maximillian (pun)--billed as "the second greatest show on earth" (joke)suffering from a case of low net profits (bad pun). Its owner, Maximillian Bucks (get it), decides to save the big top from a flop by having his star performer, Natalie Yellowbird, star in an extravaganza in honor of President Wilson. Throw in a Wall Street broker who embezzles $1 million from his secretary, a detective hot on their trail and a chorus of circus clones and, well, the plot thickens...
...Society will perform its fall concert, "Motets, Songs and Graffiti" on Friday at 8 p.m. at Paine Hall, Music Building. Tickets are $1.50 with student ID, and are available at Holyoke Ticket Office or at the door. Oktoberfest 1500 is a festival of "German Song at the Court of Maximillian" performed by the Greenwood Consort with guest tenor Frank Hoffneister. Oktoberfest is offered today at Newton Arts Center, 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, at 8:30 p.m.; on Saturday, at Longy School of Music, 1 Follen Street, Cambridge, at 8:30 pm; and on Sunday at Horticultural Hall, 300 Mass...