Word: mcneal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Igniting fears of a permanent closing, the Dunster House Grill will stop serving its popular bagels and latenight munchies for the remainder of this year because of revenue losses, grill co-manager Emily C. McNeal '93 said yesterday...
...Michael McNeal '92-'93 and Eric Anderson '92-'93, wearing wigs, dresses and high heels, followed with a dance to "Perfect Match," a song from Spike Lee's School Daze...
...that Leland attributes to me many of the artistic decisions of the play--the choice of Michael McNeal as Clay, my additions to the Conductor's part, etc., and yet, she doesn't credit me with the casting of Cohen as Lula. I wanted a younger Lula, and the decision to make the character more hysterical from the outset was mine as well. I have studied this play for four years now, and I firmly believe that Dutchman is anything but a subtle play, and Lula is anything but a realistic, "normal" character. She is most certainly not "bitter...
...McNeal does a good job of responding to Cohen's hysterics, however. He has a plausible amount of skepticism and reserve at the beginning, but waits too long to reveal hint of his inner rage. This results in some difficulties mustering up the emotional heat for his long monologue. Director Charles Guerrero has taken a different and interesting interpretation of Baraka's Clay: this Clay is pin-stripe suited, slightly effeminate, and it is hard to consider him physically threatening...
...production is not bad; McNeal plays a pretty good Clay and the tech works well to reflect the intense nature of the play. Cohen is a problem; without her strong character it is difficult to sustain the dialogue and action of the play. But the essential problem is that it's not great, which is disappointing considering Dutchman's potential...