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...Rough Crossing...
...poster says: "Rough Crossing by Tom Stoppard. Music by Andre Previn." But don't expect a Broadway crowd pleaser. Rough Crossing isn't really a musical. It's not really by Tom Stoppard either. But billing aside, the production at Quincy House is an enjoyable rendition of an intelligent farce...
...Rough Crossing, Stoppard's adaptation of Ferenec Molnar's classic Play at the Castle, has all of the usual Stoppard word wizardry as well as some wonderfully insipid musical numbers. On board the Italian Castle two writers scramble to put together their musical comedy before the boat reaches New York. In their way are a composer who can't speak, an actor who can't act, a prima donna with whom both the composer and the actor are in love, and an indefatigable porter. As they attempt to find an ending, the two writers offer typically Stoppard commentary...
This production could have benefited from a greater directorial vision. Rough Crossing is first and foremost a farce--something that is not always precisely realized in this version. While the direction is credited to Chip Rossetti, the staging seems largely determined by the individual actors. The show does finally come together but it would have been more coherent with firmer direction...
...backdrop for Rough Crossing is spare. The costumes and set are adequate, but not especially imaginative. For a play of this kind where the action flip-flops between the straight and satirical, a few more quirky details would have been appreciated. One creative touch was the addition of a piano player (in the original script Adam Adam plays the music) on stage. The Quincy House JCR may not be the best place to stage a show, especially when considering seating. Advice to the visually or vertically challenged: get there early...