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Shakespearean theater requires the contemporary performer to make an initial choice between tradition and creative reinterpretation. Directed by Joshua Randall and co-produced by Roxanna K. Myhrum ’05 and Benjamin M. Poppel ’09, Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre (HRST) took Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the stage this past Friday in the Loeb Experimental Theatre, but never quite made that choice. Regardless of its ambivalent direction, HRST provided audiences with a successful comedy performed by an enthusiastic, talented cast. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...audience sees the characters become literally stained and tainted through visual direction from Birnbaum. But why use the ’80s as a frame for a play from the 18th century? “It’s apolitical, and amoral,” says Benjamin M. Poppel ’09, one of the two executive producers. “It’s about people manipulating the situation and looking out for number one.” Restoration drama as a genre appeared following the reign of Oliver Cromwell, and after the restrictions imposed by the Puritan...
...secure inheritances—to be a punk-influenced romp. But that is exactly what veteran director Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 creates with her latest (and, sadly, final) production, which runs through May 5 at the Loeb Mainstage. The show is produced by Ben M. Poppel ’09 and Aileen K. Robinson ’08, and it satirizes its own genre, often to hilarious effect...
...Produced by Benjamin M. Poppel ’09 and Christine K.L. Bendorf ’10, “Pterodactyls”—directed by Allison B. Kline ’09—runs through March 18 at the Loeb Ex. The play, written by Nicky Silver, focuses on a wildly dysfunctional family comprised of the borderline psychotic Emma (Lara C.A. Markstein ’10), who remembers nothing about her past due to possibly-justified repression; her HIV-positive, embittered, and somewhat vengeful brother, Todd (Michael R. Wolfe ’09); and their parents...
...emotional wound in the room, the result is less awkward and more cataclysmic. That, in a nutshell, is Moira Buffini’s “Dinner,” directed by Catherine “Calla” Videt ’08 and produced by Ben M. Poppel ’09, which is playing at the Loeb Ex through next Saturday, Nov. 4. The play unfolds nearly in real time, depicting the course of a dinner party thrown by Paige (Renée L. Pastel ’09) in honor of her husband Lars (Arlo...