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At the Hillel last week,: the 10-minute The Gray Matter, by David Zeltser '97 and Alexis Gallagher '98, and the main feature, Isn't It Romantic, by Wendy Wasserstein, dealt well on a superficial level with characters who struggle with their Jewishness, but both also lacked depth.
In contrast, Isn't It Romantic very definitely had a plot. It concerns the lives of two Jewish girls quickly approaching thirty who realize that they don't know where their lives (particularly their love lives) are going. The play traces their search for resolution. Janie (Stacey Gordon '98) starts...
Overall, Isn't it Romantic presented an amusing take on Jewish twentysomethings trying to come to grips with their lives in the early '80s. Weakened by overused character types and technical difficulties, the play lost some of its initial punch as it went on. But it remained eminently viewable, though...
Someone came up with the less-than-brilliant idea of slapping a '50s-retro veneer on all the singers' clothes and gestures. Rigoletto in hat and coat recalls Willy Loman with a hump; Gilda sports a flaring gray poodle-skirt, a bright red cardigan sweater and ponytail tied with a...
Make no mistake, however: this is the classic Shakespearean text, delivered with Elizabethan gusto. As You Like It, remarkable even among Shakespeare's comedies for its sheer number of characters, is staged by such intelligent and versatile actors that even the minor roles shine. Nora Zimmett '00 gives a powerful...