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...Although beautiful moments occasionally flickered across the stage in “The Art Room,” they—like the sketches illustrating characters’ thoughts, that were projected on the back wall during the show??were generally too brief, too pale, or too weak to make a forceful artistic statement. This is partly due to Aronson, who adapted the play from a farce by Georges Feydeau, and his efforts to cram social commentary into a coincidence-driven comedy. The lack of proper comedic timing on the part of director Renée L. Pastel...
...council candidate, Sullivan lacks—or declines to show??specific policy knowledge of the city government. And since he makes his living selling environmentally-friendly cleaning supplies, he can’t claim to have much professional experience that is directly applicable to governing a city...
...Urinetown” is a musical that leaves a lot of room for dramatic creativity but flows best when everyone involved is faithful to the show??s self-effacing nature. This weekend’s performance accomplished just that. In the sunken, small, and aged Pool Theatre, a strong sense of modesty is crucial to the production of a high-profile play. Director Anna C. Smith ’09 and producer Max A. Hume ’09 made clever use of low-tech stage equipment in the set, designed by Smith and Stephany...
...long can you hold it in? “Urinetown: The Musical,” the story of a city where people have to pay to pee, will be performed at the Adams Pool Theatre starting Nov. 2. We caught up with some of the show??s stars to find out just how it will spill out over audiences in the coming weeks...Benjamin K. Glaser ‘09RR: So, who do you play in “Urinetown?”BG: I play Bobby Strong, the dreamy-eyed rabble-rouser who leads the revolution against...
...what the hell Dryden is talking about half of the time,” says Hall, who is the musical director of the show. “Purcell’s music saves Dryden’s text from being bad.”As a semi-opera, the show??s main action is spoken, with interpolated musical tableaux called masques. The masques, which rarely advance the plot, are the instances where the show is at its most stylized, impressionistic, and ceremonial. There are pagan sacrifices, pastoral masses, and one spectacular encounter between the evil sorcerer Oswald, Cupid...