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...South African playwright Pieter-Dirk Uys, this statement is hauntingly literal. His most recent one-man production, “Elections and Erections,” currently being performed at the Zero Arrow Theatre, showcases the wry satire and verbal wit that has defined his career. The performance??s unique format, drawing upon drag and cabaret influences, provides a vehicle for the strong political dissent for which many South Africans have been killed.Uys began writing plays criticizing Apartheid while attending college in Cape Town in the 1960s. As a gay man living under a government that criminalized homosexuality...
...victim of cystic fibrosis with bright blonde hair who manages to radiate happiness in spite of her condition, Jill is back-and-forth between jovial and sad. Manning’s ability to balance both of these emotions—as well as embody their effects in one performance??is noteworthy, while Prinze’s role requires little more effort than putting on a frown and a furrowed brow. His character, like his acting, is a bit of a bore...
...words.The orchestra pit isn’t the only perk of performing in the New College Theatre. Larissa D. Koch ’08-’09, last year’s recipient of the Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize and the choreographer of the first of the performance??s four dances, says that the new performance venue gave the dance program, which had previously been confined to its one performance space at the Dance Center even more space. Koch’s piece, “fallen,falling,” opens the show...
...third, with sophomore midfielder Jason Duboe taking the game into his own hands on an unassisted goal just 2:05 in. Hat trick has been the name of the game for the sophomore of late, and yesterday he found a way to outdo his previous three-goal performance??adding two more goals for a hat trick in the first half alone. The third and final time he found the back of the net was the only score of the second quarter for either team...
...Internet and Society at the Law School is one of the sponsors of a petition that encourages the FCC to take a strong stance against Internet providers that discriminate by content. “Comcast and its spokespersons suggested that its practice of degrading an application’s performance??using technology similar to censorship systems to the Chinese government—somehow constitutes ‘reasonable network management,’” the authors of the petition wrote. “The FCC must act now to resolve this controversy. Specifically, the FCC must...