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Thus begins Tennessee Williams’ famed four-character play, “The Glass Menagerie,” a touching tale about the struggle to support a fragile family, the disappointments that one encounters in this endeavor, and the difficult decisions one must face when trying to keep these loved ones secure...
...order to maximize profit, coordinators must minimize costs. Unless the organizers of a benefit can find subsidy money for an event, production costs will subtract from the proceeds they send to charity. Particularly with a large-scale event like “Harvard for Haiti,” these costs are quite significant. Fortunately, the costs of the concert were covered by the University in conjunction with the Office for the Arts. In addition, the performers at the benefit concert worked pro bono. Of course, this is to be expected—every dollar that goes to a performer...
...performance, one got the irrepressible feeling that the energy that animates Haitian culture is still alive and well. Edwidge Danticat, as quoted by Dean Evelyn M. Hammonds, said of the Haitian people, “We are ill-favored, but we still endure. Every once in a while, we must scream this as far as the wind can carry our voices: we are ugly, but we are here! And here to stay...
...hoped, the event bolstered not only the sense in the audience that something must be done, but that much can be done. Put differently in an email from the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts Co-Director Charlot J. Lucien, “the authenticity and the emotion these works carry will help people around the world connect with Haitians as people, with their culture, and ultimately through this culture, engage Haitian friends in the rebuilding of Haiti for the long term...
...something’s wrong here. I’m not questioning the accuracy of the Nielsen numbers—I’m questioning the accuracy of the interpretation they invite. We must consider that the television-watching population of the United States is vastly higher than it was in 1983. “M*A*S*H” won approximately 60% of households, whereas the Colts and Saints took only...