Word: roiff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Directed by Michael Roiff...
...WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Producer Melanie Sheerr looks forward to "an upbeat, old-style musical performed by extremely talented actors." The show promises to showcase a cast with substantial talent in all three key areas of musical theater- acting, dancing and singing. In the words of director Mike Roiff, "It's musical theater the way it should be. Sit back, relax and enjoy two hours of pure entertainment...
...species-turn, Bryan Leach '00 plays an anthropomorphic (albeit morphologically impaired [a la Rilke's Archaisicher Torso Apollos]) dog, a stereotypical Scotland Yard scrub, who's neutered jokes wear thin, to say the least. Also included in this category is Donatello Mywife (ably, even riotously, acted by Michael Roiff '01) because he is: a) Italian; and b) seemingly the genetic dregs of...let's just say his mother danced with wolves. Overall, this multiplication of identity axes is successful: again and again, the Hasty Pudding teaches us that differance is better...
Still, "Campaign", the creation of two Dunster House roommates Benjamin R. Kaplan '99 and Gregory G. Lau '99, is impressive. The two seniors create a varied cast of stereotyped characters, from the Italian-American barber/womanizer, Donatello Mywife (Michael Roiff), to the not-so-innocent Washington intern, Stella Virgin (Robert Schlesinger); and the script and lyrics they cowrote are often very clever. On the whole, the show never loses a beat...
...very excited to be a part of the future of HRDC. It is time for Harvard theater to really turn the corner and become more of a force on campus," Roiff said...