Word: staging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard's all-male a cappella singing group, the Din and Tonics, hits the stage at Sanders Theater. The Dins will present several new arrangements, including "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" and "Walking My Baby Back Home," along with favorites like "Honeysuckle Rose" and "You Can Call Me Al." The Dins will be joined tomorrow night by Yale's oldest all-female a cappella group, the New Blue, in what promises to be an evening of humorous skits, good music and audience participation...
Tonight Ronnie Gilbert and Tom Paxton take the stage at Sanders Theater with a folk music extravaganza. Gilbert, formerly with the Weavers, is known for her strong contralto voice and has been performing since the 1940s. Paxton is the author of "Rambling Boy" and "The Last Thing on My Mind," and is known for his satire and sentimental wit. Tonight, the two combine their talents in what should be an outstanding first-time-together performance...
...handling of the situation and the press' coverage of it. Throughout the Mastergate hearings, politicians confuse cliches and information. National figures like President Bush and Oliver North are loosely disguised as bumbling characters in the play. And throughout the performance, a TV crew stands to the side of the stage and resents a running commentary on the action, which critics are applauding...
WITH the lagging script, the show could have easily been over before the fat lady sang, but certainly not before the fat ladies bustled about the stage. In line with a nickname for the 1920's--the Age of Red-Hot Mamas--stellar performances by Agent Tess Tosterone and Mama Reeglands (Adam Schwartz '89) make the Pudding show bearable...
Agent Tess Tosterone combines the physique of the Incredible Hulk with the character of Saturday Night Live's "Pump you up" boys, Hanz and Franz. She has the voice and the lines for the job: "I tell you now and you remember later, but believe me now." Zlupko's stage presence and oafish dancing perfectly suit Tess, who is at one point aptly called "Zuberwench...