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...show??s weary, nervous hero is Jamie, portrayed with terrific emotional depth by Arlo D. Hill ’08. A writer in the process of throwing away his talents on clubs, coke, and a supermodel named Amanda (Lauren L. Jackson ’07), Jamie is sick of the “scene” before it’s even begun...
...This kind of production style, with its “Pure. Unadulterated. Theater.” aesthetic, can be self-righteous if done poorly, but Birnbaum’s direction is never obtrusive. What’s more, the show??s hard-rockin’ musical score would be ill-served by elaborate set pieces or complicated dance numbers. Better to let the show??s black-clad ensemble cast move a little, rock out when things get loud, and leave it at that...
...about the black-clad thing: The show??s portrayal of Manhattan’s Lower East Side club scene is woefully if harmlessly inaccurate. The cast members move like the kids from “Grease,” and the fashions of the times are reduced to a checkered tie. While I sympathize with the difficulties of a two-week rehearsal schedule, someone should have taken the time to find a few Duran Duran videos on YouTube...
...dying words to Jamie, and it’s completely heartbreaking. One line in particular–“Have you had many lovers / I’ve never heard their names”–should be impossible to pull off; instead, it is the show??s most powerful moment...
...Thompson is both the set designer and technical director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of “Pterodactyls,” a play written by Nicky Silver that opens this Friday at the Loeb Experimental Theatre. Thompson is responsible for the show??s visual centerpiece, a model Tyrannosaurus Rex that is nearly nine feet tall. "First off, you have to build a dinosaur. It has to be big. It has to look like a dinosaur. It has to be constructed throughout the play. It has to be at various stages of completion...