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...Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre's production of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde, the audience realizes that the material is not appropriate for young children of people easily embarrassed by explicit dramatizations of sex. However for others, director Bill Rauch's creative adaptation of this collage of 10 one-act dialogues is a superbly orchestrated version of the delicate material...
...work, staged by the Houston Grand Opera as part of a triple commission by the Kennedy Center and La Scala, is a two-hour sequel to Bernstein's 1952 Trouble in Tahiti, a one-act gem stone that gently chided the false contentment of the burgeoning new American suburbs, while poignantly focusing on the failing marriage of an archetypal couple, Sam and Dinah. In its fluid, assured handling of styles, its economy of means and its genuine melodic inspiration, Trouble in Tahiti is a small masterpiece...
...Even one who never tires of a show like Gilbert and Sullivan's musical, HMS Pinafore, recognizes that it often suffers from amateurish performances. Usually such reproductions are filled with stilted stunts and puny actors drowned out by the bass violin, choppy set changes, dull staging. Nonetheless, most Gilbert and Sullivan shows never lose their musical vibrance or lyrical hilarity--all that's needed is singers strong enough to enunciate the clever lines and be heard above the orchestra. But the Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan Players production of HMS Pinafore and the one-act Trial by Jury surpass all expectations...
...evening of classic G&S fare begins with the one-act Trial by Jury, which features cleverly staged dancing by the chorus of jurors and choruses of bridesmaids and women in court. The 1940s-style costumes adorn the simply set stage of a courtroom with judge's stand and Juror...
...separate this rendition of Trial by Jury from other mundane productions. The four-part sequence between the judge, the defendant. Angelina, and Angelina's counsel (Michael Bank) shows the singers' virtuosity as they gleefully harmonize--having them sing as if into a radio microphone is particularly effective. By the one-act's resolution, the audience has been successfully primed for the main-course dish to follow...