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Garfield met the Galchenkos shortly after they arrived in the U.S. and immediately offered to coach them pro bono. They're the perfect poster siblings for the WJF: peerless, purely technical jugglers with little interest in show biz or comedy patter. Moreover, stage juggling is about making tricks look difficult, and the Galchenkos' natural gracefulness makes everything look easy. "We're probably the top team in the world, ever, technically, as far as juggling goes," Vova says and adds ruefully: "But we're probably the bottom team when it comes to presenting...
...host to drive him out to Venice Beach, where if you're lucky you can see one of the greatest technical jugglers in history performing on a street corner. "It's kind of an entry-level juggling job, I guess," he says. He's even working up a little patter to go with his act. "I mean, I don't make up a story," says Vova. "Most people who perform, they usually make up stories." Then again, most people don't have a story like the Galchenkos...
...This tiny, troll-like creature likes to be called Geremia Heart-of-Gold, and he certainly has a florid line of patter for the desperate townspeople of Agro Pontino who come to borrow money at 100% interest, telling each woman, "My last thought in life will be of you." (He's proud of his old-school manners, telling the matchmaker, "My tool of seduction is my charming mode of speech." She corrects him: "Your only tool of seduction is hope.") But when repayment is overdue, Geremia has no heart at all. He strips one young couple of every piece...
...boots, either knee- or ankle-height, all high-heeled. No one did anything with an armadillo. The hit of the week, as much for his hot running commentary as for his clothes, was Oleg Cassini. NATTY IN A NAVY BLUE, NIPPED-IN-WAISTED SUIT, CASSINI PEPPERED HIS COLLECTION WITH PATTER ('I got this British accent when I became successful'), describing his clothes with the tact of an unemployed salesman ('This long dress is for girls with bad knees'). Best of his clothes were the suits and suit ensembles, made mostly of tweed or velvet and worn with matching hats (jockey...
...Finale and patter song “O! A Private Buffoon is a Light-Hearted Loon” will probably please most fans of traditional G&S, but audience members should definitely notice the stunning pair of quartets in the second act, “Strange Adventure!” and “When A Wooer Goes A-Wooing.” The former, in particular, showcases the flawless singing of Dana C. F. Schlegel ’07 as Kate, niece and lackey of Dame Carruthers (Susan C. Merenda...