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Sholom B. Scheiner, rabbi of the Chabad of Cambridge, said the organization did not receive official permission to hand out flyers, but he was unaware of College policy regarding flyer distribution...
...Scheiner said Chabad is an organization which tries to teach Jews about their heritage...
...best things you can say about Melody Scheiner's production of The Gondoliers is that it improves significantly after the first 10 minutes. If you survive the excruciatingly slow painful beginning without running, screaming, out of the Agassiz you will be rewarded with the entertaining performances of the several accomplished leads. But all the talent in the world doesn't quite redeem a production marked mostly by its slow pace and stale direction. The funnier moments of the Gilbert and Sullivan operates do shine through the dreariness but it is depressing to see such a fine cast wasted...
This is especially evident in Scheiner's direction which is not so much inept as it is unimaginative and rote, sort of the directorial equivalent of painting by numbers. Many bad cliches are used in this production--from the overture pantomime of Tessa and Gianetta (five minutes watching the two girls place flowers in baskets oh so carefully) to the set staging of the chorus. When Casilda is holding a rose during a bittersweet love song, you know she will drop it at the end. She does. The evening is full of things like that too depressing to recount here...
...other leading characters were, for the most part, also good. Melody Scheiner as Little Buttercup spent most of her time lurking in the wings, but when she came out to sing, her voice was lovely...