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...Hollywood glitterati for Tsarist Russia's belle lettristes gives the play a contemporary edge without sacrificing any of its subtlety. The primitive set places the dialogue and acting center stage. But like Chekhov's antihero, the Cornerstone takes it all too far. At one point, the director, Bill Rauch, injects a gratuitous mime sequence, in which Konstantin (or Cam, as he is now called) jumps into an imaginary lake and wades laboriously away to the tune of pre-recorded gurgles. Similarly, although the adaptation's reduction of the cast from 10 to five works fine for the first three acts...
With no drama department, Harvard has established an almost unmatched tradition of student-run college theater. Directors such as Peter Sellars '81 and Bill Rauch '84 have gained national recognition with talents honed as undergraduate directors of major campus productions. And Jack Lemmon '47, who will be honored with the first Harvard Arts Medal on Saturday, is just one of many professional actors to emerge from Harvard's amateur theater...
...less probably, the Possum Growers and Breeders Association. Or the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. Or the Beer Drinkers of America -- 190,000 members strong and devoted to low beer taxes. "Almost every American who reads these words is a member of a lobby," writes Jonathan Rauch in his recent book Demosclerosis. "We have met the special interests, and they...
Descending ominously, the ball traveled back down the spiral and settled on the ground. The hemispheres split and . . . LaRoche ((born Leon Rauch in 1857)), a full-sized man, emerged . . . to a tumultuous reception . . . The skill to move the ball up the long spiral, constantly shifting the center of gravity forward but not from side to side, was considerable...
...noble aims and aggressive attitudinizing are both in evidence in Community Carol. Says Rauch, who directed and co-wrote: "We started years ago in places where the barriers were geographic. In cities some communities can be just as isolated because of other factors. We could tell Anacostia was responding because 270 people, by far a record for us, showed up for auditions. Urban work seems to be our future...