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...to—and turned it into a laugh-out-loud tale of temptation, confusion, love, and show business. Inspired by Federico Fellini’s self-referential film “8 1/2” and transformed into a Broadway musical by Maury Yeston, “Nine?? follows womanizing film director Guido Contini as he sings his way through a search for clarity in his interwoven professional and personal lives. The sole male among a cast of women, Jonah C. Priour ’09 played an excellent Contini, portraying both pathetic midlife desperation...
During the “State of the Nine??—the part of the proceedings when delegates take the podium to address their graduate communities’ successes, challenges, and initiatives—the issues of inadequate graduate housing, student advocacy, and mentorship consistently arose...
While “Cloud Nine?? attempts to “put a flag in new lands,” this Loeb Ex production doesn’t manage to score. Playing until April 26, “Cloud Nine,” directed by James M. Leaf ’09-’10 and produced by Anusha Deshpande ’09, is a commentary on gender roles and sexual repression that does not manage to be insightful enough or provide a big enough laugh to make the three-hour production worthwhile. The cast makes...
...performances in “Cloud Nine?? are generally good, but not good enough to make the three hours rewarding. The gender and character transformations between the first and second acts give the actors an opportunity to prove their versatility. Jugo Kapetanovic ’07, in drag during the first act, walks the line between funny and gratingly typical with his obnoxiously squeaky voice, but he provides a solid performance in the second act. Jakim plays both an energetic little boy and a conservative divorcee well. Rob D. Salas ’08 is almost aggravating...
...entertaining second half, which is drier and tries harder to make its point after an hour and a half has already been spent producing a farce. One of the characters describes herself as “restless” in her marriage—and “Cloud Nine?? manages to achieve the same result...