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Harvard's contribution will be the Kuumba singers, who will sing only on Monday night. "We see it not only as an opportunity to perform, but as an effort to get Harvard to divest," said Karla A. Selmon '88, vice president of the group. Todd E. White '88, the group's president, said, "I don't want to make it seem like Kuumba's making a political statement, but a majority of the group would support divestment...
...battle, they have a last meeting in a small cafe, and sing their song, "Red and Black." The thoughts behind these words, sung by the leader Enjolras (John Herrera), who has one of the best singing voices in the show, are strong: "Red--the blood of angry men!/Black--the dark of ages past!/Red--a world about to dawn!/Black--the night that ends at last...
...contributed so much to the success of Evita. Lloyd Webber composed the role of Christine with his wife Sarah Brightman's crystalline voice and fragile Pre-Raphaelite looks in mind. The trick was casting the Opera Ghost. His choice was British Actor Michael Crawford, 45, whom he had heard sing in the 1979 London show Flowers for Algernon and who had appeared in such films as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Jokers. "The moment I saw him with Sarah at dinner for the first time, I knew there was no point in discussing...
...international star. Lloyd Webber was furious. His implied threat of no-Sarah, no-Phantom eventually prevailed, but under an agreement with the union, Brightman will play Christine for only six months. To preserve her voice, she will appear in six of the eight weekly performances; American Patti Cohenour will sing the other two. (Crawford's contract is for nine months and all eight performances.) Brightman was philosophical about the compromise. "I would have been disappointed because I worked on that part for three years, and I created it," she said. "I might have disliked seeing another actress taking over...
...PRODUCTION of Godspell at the Agassiz Theater is a quintessential Harvard show. The cast is an outstanding collection of individuals, who can all sing, dance and act with panache...