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...gonna be a big deal,” jokes Alison H. Rich ’09. A veteran of the Harvard stage, she is preparing to take New York City by storm. “No,” she amends, “but I am going to move to New York and just start auditioning and see where all that takes me. I feel like I’ve wanted to be an actor for so long that I’m just over being afraid of it. I’m just going...
...Looking For” develop the plot of the play by placing these pieces in different contexts. The juxtaposition of such different characters and the parallels made between their situations is effective in creating a microcosm of the college experience.The set is comprised of three partitions; stage right contains a marble stone bench and a streetlight, the center is strung up with holiday lights framing a long table strewn with red Solo cups and near-empty rum bottles, and stage left depicts a dorm room with a bunk bed and a cluttered wooden desk.While condensing the college scene into these...
...Baroque - the name derives from a word meaning imperfect pearl - theater was not limited to the stage; cathedrals, too, filled with drama and lighting effects. An ornate altarpiece, glittering Roman altar furniture, and Rubens' harrowing Descent from the Cross (1611) all demonstrate the church's use of overwhelming ornament to tug at emotions. (See 10 things to do in London...
...Lario, 52, a former B-movie actress, is usually invisible on the public stage, rarely seen by her husband's side and keeping mum on the political issues of the day. But when she does speak up, Lario exercises her First Lady powers in another way: rather than try to bump up her husband's poll numbers with public charm or policy advice, she cuts him down with character attacks that stick in a way Berlusconi's many public critics wish they could match...
...There's little doubt that this flare-up - like Berlusconi's various romps on the world stage - reinforces rather than changes the opinions that Italians have of him, whether they're fans or foes. Paradoxically, the potency of Lario's critiques only highlights the weakness of Italy's center-left opposition, the futility of magistrates' failed attempts to send Berlusconi to jail on corruption allegations and the desperation of graying allies waiting in vain for him to step aside. Berlusconi's grip on power, in other words, is stronger than ever. (Read "Why Berlusconi Loves a Good Gaffe...