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SELENA In death, a superstar: her new album poised to become first Latin platter...
Penn's offense was extremely slow and deliberate, happy to wait for long periods of time to get the right shot. Waiting for Godot, that is. The right shot was not exactly presented to the Quakers on a silver platter. A Penn offensive sequence would more often end with a bad pass or a timely stick check from Harvard than with a good shot...
...conventional and sometimes contrived, Roberts' script is a well-written and coherent student effort. She has a good ear for dialogue, and a sharp sense of humor that hits more often than it misses. Nobody's You is her second script produced at Harvard (her first, Hell On A Platter, appeared in the Loeb Ex last spring), and it shows a marked improvement in writing, content, and humor...
This time around, Roberts decided to direct her own script (Andrew Ehrlich, the director of Hell On A Platter, served as Assistant Director for this production); the choice was a good one. Writers often run into trouble directing their own plays. Their personal involvement with the script can get in the way of confronting the directing experience on its own terms. Whether or not Roberts ran into this problem, her presence is positively felt in the performances of her actors. A show so heavily dependent on its colorful characters begs for the writer's input to fill in what...
Occasionally, tables would also have vegetables and dip or a silver platter containing one of two hot appetizers chosen by the senator--miniature quiches or meatballs in a tomato sauce...