Word: spinsterism
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...ancient curse. A well-mannered, blushing maiden. A would-be Baronet masquerading as a farmer. A village lunatic. An elderly spinster. Mix all of these elements together with a troupe of professional-and equally blushing-bridesmaids, add a chorus of dead Baronets, toss in a generous pinch of satire and a large dash of energetic singing and dancing, and you have none other than Ruddigore, or the Witch's Curse, presented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players...
...earnest in character, not to mention Ernest by law and sacrament. Britanni Sonnenburg is a light breeze on stage as a mischievous, innocent Cecily. Ahana Kalappa contrasts nicely as the precocious, urbane Gwendolyn, whose malapropisms are enough to throw a dictionary at. Kathryn Powell as Miss Prism, Cecily's spinster governess, and Stian Westlake as Dr. Chasuble, the parish clergyman, give grounded performances. Cary McClelland makes for a delightfully indignant, buxom Lady Bracknell, whose voice breaks just a little too much, presumably for the sake of emphasis. But it is the director Fred Hood in his cameos...
Hang out with the big kids (a.k.a. grad students) when they gather to watch a double-feature on their big-screen TV. First up is the Bette Davis classic "Now, Voyager" about a Boston spinster who finds romance after therapy. Then stick around for "The Talk of the Town," starring Cary Grant as a self-proclaimed anarchist framed for murder. Graduate Student Lounge, Lehman Hall, Harvard Yard. 495-2255. "Now, Voyager" at 6 p.m. "The Talk of the Town" at 8 p.m. FREE...
...seduces her gay half brother's lover, says she's pregnant and steals $10,000. Don Roos' Seven Characters in Search of a Spanking is pure modern romance: anguished, raunchy, caring. Praise be the entire cast and, what the heck, a Nobel Prize to Lisa Kudrow as a twisted spinster looking for love...
Struthers, rather ironically, stars as the despotic spinster Miss Hannigan in the 20th anniversary production of the American classic Annie, which appeared at the Wang from November 3-8. And while it may seem odd, Struthers takes on this new challenge with abandon, even going as far as ripping the limbs from an innocent doll while belting out the lyrics to the song "Little Girls": "Little cheeks, little teeth/Everything around me is little/If I wring little necks/Surely I will get an acquittal...Some night I'll straighten their curls/ Send a flood, send the flu/Anything that...