Word: shows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...King Arthur and the Round Table, including The Once and Future King, which was Lerner's immediate source for the musical. As a result, Sakas will present a Camelot stressing the figure of the king in the dual guises of man and monarch. Although turning points in the show come when Arthur must choose between his desires and his ideals, Sakas believes Arthur's fate, like that of most tragic heroes is already determined at the opening of the play. Such a view reinforces the interpretation of Camelot as a musical tragedy...
Most importantly, Sakas has eliminated many of the show's spectacular scenes, including several processional marches and court scenes. These measures were partially dictated by necessity, considering the limited confines of the room in which the show plays on the Freshman Union's second floor. But the lack of extravaganza also coincides strongly with Sakas's interpretation. Marches and elaborate sets only distract from the flow of the musical and the concentration on Arthur's story, and Sakas wants no distractions in this production. "We want it to hit home to people," he says...
...contrast, spectacle abounds in Princess Ida, the spring opera offering of the Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Aside from the Hasty Pudding musical, the opera has the largest budget of any student production, and the shows usually show it. Topnotch voices are frequently displayed as well...
...society by a wall that encloses the grounds. But the royal fiance, in search of his princess, manages to enter the school--disguised as a girl. The women's academy setting loosely ties the production into the Radcliffe centennial, reportedly one of G & S's reasons for mounting the show this year. Though one of Gilbert's and Sullivan's lesser-known operettas, many scholars consider the score one of the duo's finest...
Crimson coach Carole Kleinfelder said yesterday the Wellesley zone defense made scoring somewhat difficult, adding that freshman Annie MacMillan whizzed 14 shots on goal, but only had one tally to show for her strong effort. MacMillan notched a game-high two assists for the laxwomen...