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...traditional figures of religious art, from Da Vinci canvases to plaster saints. So the disciple of this staging are cast and pressed as street people, marked in dress and aspect by the miles behind and the miles ahead. Together, they resemble both a juvenile gang and a disreputable pick-up football team. Separately, they evoke overtones: St. John (Lloyd Schwartz) suggests a veteran of the Sierra Maestra, while St. Matthew (Michael Dobson) has the face, though not the demeanor, of a Renaissance devotional subject brought to life--the broken image partially and unexpectedly restored. Both consume much of their time...
...right," he yelled, "Let's go." His mouth showed a thousand huge teeth as he strutted before the band. The snare drum began its military marching tempo, then Booker-T thumped two pick-up beats on the big bass drum, and we were off. The number was "Lord, you sure been good to me," an un-tempo hymn played to the lashing syncopation which only a New Orelans brass band can achieve...
...third, Hurley went to first on a fielder's choice and tried to steal second. Springfield catcher Kurt Ascherman threw the ball into center field to advance Hurley to third. Pete Varney grounded to Steitz, whose slow pick-up and bad throw to the plate allowed Hurley to slide home safely...
...Hurwitz, with energy and boyish sex appeal, played The Young Gambler framed for raping a pick-up, whose request for money he had refused. However, Marcie Kaplan was too pretty to understand the lonely jail maid who thinks herself ugly and falls in love with Hurwitz. She resorts to cliched gestures of gawkiness and insecurity, like sticking her stomach...
...past the wind ensemble operated as a pick-up group, with various members of the Cambridge community taking part in its infrequent concerts. It will now perform a concert series in Cambridge with a regular membership of 35 men and women...