Word: rossman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manager, Steve Rossman, is quick to assure the curious that the watch-repairer is doing just fine. He never complains? "Not that I know of," says Rossman. "He just sits there all day long, repairing watches. Never complains...
...well as an irresistible variety of goofy facial expressions. But Oleson's tour-de-force performance really takes off in the serious parts. He manages to make Arnolphe's psychosis accessible to the audience, creating sympathy and pulling off these serious scenes with a skill Robin and Jeff Rossman (who plays Horace, Agnes' lover) lack...
Since Oleson commands the stage with his tremendous stage presence, less is required of the supporting cast. Robin and Rossman have a strong sense of comic timing, but they don't fully convey the simple innocence and sincerity their characters possess. Only part of the problem lies in the translation which turns Moliere's verse into heroic couplets...
...writing in reference to your coverage of the Boylston Oratory Competition (April 20, page 1) You can a picture of Jeffrey Rossman, and an announcement that he "beat our six competitors" to win first prize. However, there were two prizes awarded in the competition on Friday night. Pamela Thomas '85 presented a passage from James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," for which she received the distinction of second place. The judges took 40 minutes to reach their decision, and announced that each of the contestants had an advocate in the deliberations. Nicole Galland, who presented LeGuin's "The Ones...
Another casting innovation concerns the roles of Menelaus, Helen of Troy's husband, and Paris, Helen of Troy's lover, both played by Jeff Rossman. It's no wonder that Menelaus doesn't look too worried about recapturing his wandering wife when the Greeks sit down to plot strategies--he knows that he has only to wait for the next scene change to take her in his arms and whisper sweet Grecian nothings into...