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...backdrop is lifted to reveal the set, stunningly designed by Beth G. Shields ’10. The trees are stylized to appear textured, ancient, and gnarled, appropriately evoking the atmosphere of a supernatural forest. Reddout, in her direction, makes excellent use of this space. One tree doubles as Rapunzel??s tower; another becomes a vehicle for a benevolent apparition who resides at the grave of Cinderella’s mother...
...case in many fairy tales, the characters tended not to act rationally, and some plot details were overlooked: Prince Roderick climbed in and out of Rapunzel??s tower without bothering to use her rope of hair, and when the maiden escaped her stairless perch, she simply walked down the stairs without any explanation...
That was not the case in this weekend’s musical adaptation of “Rapunzel?? in the Adams House Pool Theater, directed and composed by Rachel M. Williams ’07 and produced by Shane Donovan ’09. Instead, the play’s appeal was in its conventionality: Rather than attempting to rethink a classic story, its cast and crew opted simply to present it as cleanly and beautifully as possible, and succeeded admirably...
...performance, as the staircase descending from the main entrance made a perfect tower for Rapunzel. Since the tower was behind the theater’s seating and most of the action, the audience was often surrounded by actors harmonizing both behind and in front of them; every journey to Rapunzel??s tower took the characters straight through the crowd...
...intentional, the play was amusing for its familiarity—and the more tired elements of the plot were clichéd only because they’ve been emulated and repeated so many times since the days of the Brothers Grimm. “Rapunzel?? successfully resurrected the straight-faced performance of a classic fairy tale: oversimplified and well worn, but good-natured and engaging...