Word: shows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taken one of the greatest teams in sports history, the New York Yankees, and turned them into a bad show. As master of ceremonies Steinbrenner decides which act goes first (and is then repeated) and on whom the spotlight shines. For Steinbrenner, baseball is one grand opportunity to have his name on the marquee...
...play has also had an impact on its cast. "In preparation for the show I went with friends to the Border Cafe in a wheelchair." said actress Jennifer Lack '89 who said her views of the disabled had changed because of the play...
BEFORE The Bald Magic Hamlet begins, director Mark Prascak explains that his adaptation--which combines Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano, Mozart's The Magic Flute and Shakespeare's Hamlet-- means to show that the plays are related through "parallel mythic structures" and that the three authors were probably drunk "and you should be too." Then he offers each member of the audience a beer...
...point. Despite Prascak's claim that the principle behind his direction is "what the fuck," the play is far from random, but it avoids such conventions as plot and character development. This is confrontational theater, not for the faint of heart or the closed-minded. Though the show is little more than an hour long, few theatergoers would be willing to withstand more than a few minutes of it, even under alcoholic sedation...
...last weekend, with the HRDC's premiere of "Evita," the story of Argentinian states woman Eva Peron, that all changed. After its first four performances, the show, which tells the tale of the woman who rose to great power from destitute beginnings, is already sold out for its final showings this weekend. In fact, says Co-Producer Timothy J. Corbett '89, the show is also the first show in at least two years to make money at the Loeb Mainstage...