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...status was unequivocally won, however, by the person-eating plant Audrey II. The Currier House Musical Society scored a coup by somehow managing to rent a set of awesome-looking puppets from a New York supplier (sources tell me that only five groups of such puppets exist), and made splendid use of them onstage. As the play progressed and scenes changed, Audrey II grew larger and larger, finally ending up the size of a small Volkswagen, equipped with fangs and a mouth full of purple feathers. The puppeteering was fabulous: Sarah D. Ronis ’03, who operated...

Author: By Patrick D. Blanchfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: 'Little Shop' Blooms In Currier House | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard Jazz Band and told to put something together, they decided they needed to go with a standard for the parent crowd. Their hackneyed choice was Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm,” but against all expectations, they did a splendid job with it. They were just two guys onstage making great music and having a great time...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, | Title: Review: Arts Do Not Prove Summers’ ‘Forte’ | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...perhaps himself, that he was doing the right thing. Sadly, the letters show Reagan as a mediocrity, a man who skims the front page of the paper and studies the sports page and the comics. Reagan was born to preside over a Chamber of Commerce. He would have been splendid as the president of a Rotary Club. Unfortunately, he was President of the U.S., and it took us years to recover from his Administration. JEAN MARTIN Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 20, 2003 | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...really was a splendid trick...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, | Title: Presidential Poetry | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

...Dunster House’s splendid production of Lenny brings back the caustic comedian to those of us who have heard we should admire him, but don’t know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Al Franken: From the Archives | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

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