Word: shows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That's a typical call for the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). Nine out of ten days, in fact, will go by without any real "action" around the University, and recent statistics show that the incidence of property and violent crime on Harvard property has declined significantly. And there have been other changes, as well. New leadership and increased input into the decision-making system have eased the pentup tension of the policeman who last year, still recuperating from the David L. Gorski and Steven Hall administration, claimed morale was at an all-time...
...base"..."Someone on the corner of Harvard and Mass was seen making a Molotov cocktail"...'Where did you get this from, Car 4?"..."A fireman at the barn"...Three cruisers show up--two regular, one undercover. No person to be found. No Molotov...
...place in an adaptation of Alice's adventures. Nearly every song except those such as the "Lobster Quadrille," which Carroll put in the book himself, is so burdened with "heavy" concepts and sappy metaphors (i.e. "Meetings are like strawberries, small and good to eat...") that they drag the show down like an anchor...
...especially the cast should be awarded a collective medal for a game try. The costumes designed by Liz Perlman were clever to the point of genius. Humpty-Dumpty's even got a round of applause. The players for the most part tried to overcome the weight of the show and even managed to succeed at times. Kitty Kean as Alice captured the innocence and charm of Lewis Carroll's character so well that it was easy to forget she was about three inches taller than half the people on stage. Her strikingly good voice was able to keep up with...
...shame that Looking Glass isn't better because the source material has so many possibilities. But the inadequate direction and the ponderous songs sabotage a potentially enjoyable show. One can only hope that Lake and company will take the show back to the drawing board, eliminate the existentialism and the about an hour's worth of running time, rework the songs so they relate to the action, and trust more of the humor to Lewis Carroll. Student-written productions aren't expected to be masterpieces, but this one has killing flaws. Perhaps if it were revised it could...