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...Despite solid performances, the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Company’s (HRDC) “Carousel” was technically disappointing, even by somewhat relaxed standards...
Furthermore, the performances in “Carousel” run the gamut from forgettable to very solid. Evan D. Siegel ’07 as the male lead, the cocky carousel barker Billy Bigelow, lopes about the stage with a plausible bravado and carries his tunes well enough; Siegel is genuinely striking in his “Soliloquy” at the end of Act I, though his character’s development from immaturity to emotional earnestness comes off as a little forced. The chemistry between Siegel and his love interest, the long-suffering Julie Jordan (Jennifer...
Focus they did, as the first boat capped off the race with a solid five-second victory over Cornell and an eight-second win over Penn. The Crimson crossed in 6:16.5. Cornell followed in 6:21.8, and the Quakers rounded out the group in 6:24.8. The Big Red finished nearly two boat lengths behind the Crimson, and Penn followed three boat lengths behind...
What ultimately sells the play is how solid this ensemble really is; juniors Tara Jamshidian (NEC ’06) and Brian A. Finn ’06, along with freshmen Philip R. Goldfarb ’08 and Amit Kumar ’08, all give competent performances, tackling the physically and lexically demanding roles with aplomb...
...debatable whether Miller succeeded in his mission, though the presentation’s faults can probably be attributed to Gilbert and Sullivan’s work itself and not the production, which was overall very solid...