Word: rocca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...While Mo Rocca '91 was the ideal nerdy Seymour in the Pudding's production of Little Shop of Horrors last semester, his twangy whine and flightiness are ill-suited to Cafe Ole proprietress Fanny L. Hall...
...talented cast is led by Mo Rocca as Seymour, a schlemiel who works in a skid-row flower shop owned by Mushnik (Adam Schwartz). Seymour finds a strange plant, which he names Audrey II, after the Audrey who is the object of his affections (Sibel Ergener). Seymour discovers that the plant flourishes only when fed human blood--and it talks, to boot. He must struggle with the Faustian bargain Audrey II offers him: fame and success for the store and Seymour himself, in return for fresh flesh...
...addition to the story of the savage plant's growth, the developing romance between Seymour and Audrey provides an intriguing plot line. Rocca and Ergener are well cast, and they are sensitive to the emotional changes their roles require. In a powerful "Suddenly, Seymour," they acknowledge their attraction to one another, and both give laudable vocal performances. They even remain completely in character during the song, avoiding the temptation to drop their Bowery accents as the music swells...
...billionaire's sixth wife, Libby Doe, turns in a-dare I say sensual?-rendition that few performers could manage. Although my only qualification to judge the performers is a stint covering the Theater of the Absurd that is Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dianne Ferratwinkie (Maurice "Mo" Rocca) is the clear stand-out among Denuar's daughters. Rocca makes his character something more than a Jewish-American princess with a Snuffleupagus physique-he makes the character an audience favorite. Eric Morris's Maura Listic is a cross between Katherine Hepburn and a fireplug, a sawed-off priss with...
Pearson's win come in the 500 freestyle when he swam a time of 4:30.85, just ahead of the 4:31.40 turned in by Princeton's Drew Rocca. Smith won a tough 200 freestyle race with an outstanding time of 1:39.69 to help give the Crimson a 1-2 sweep of the event...