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...curtain fell on the first act of “The Art Room,” the HRDC’s latest production in the Loeb Experimental Theatre, one mental patient was stalking across the stage clutching a doll, another was embracing the weeping nurse, and anyone who’d seen a comedy of errors knew where things were going. Although the coincidences unfolding on stage were unsurprising, the actors made “The Art Room” a dynamic and thoroughly enjoyable experience...
...Although beautiful moments occasionally flickered across the stage in “The Art Room,” they—like the sketches illustrating characters’ thoughts, that were projected on the back wall during the show—were generally too brief, too pale, or too weak to make a forceful artistic statement. This is partly due to Aronson, who adapted the play from a farce by Georges Feydeau, and his efforts to cram social commentary into a coincidence-driven comedy. The lack of proper comedic timing on the part of director Renée L. Pastel...
...moniker of DJ Radius), says that a singular event like this, while a positive step, is not enough to jumpstart live music at Harvard alone: “The student body wants small events to happen with relative frequency,” she says.The Pub, with its performance stage, sound system, and proximity to the same equipment that has allowed WHRB to broadcast performances from Sanders Theatre, is ideal for small concerts featuring Harvard’s musically-inclined. It also has the potential to draw significant crowds, with its food and drink serving as an added incentive to attending...
Although the evening began with actors hefting a coffin on-stage, University President Drew G. Faust spoke of rebirth last night when she unveiled a task force aimed at reinvigorating the arts at Harvard...
...Indeed, if they weren’t all such gifted musicians, the whole spectacle of interwoven lines of anxious-looking, stiff-limbed undergraduates would risk resembling a scene from a Christopher Guest movie.“We have to rehearse differently with the singers,” explains stage director Catherine E. Powell ’08. “They have to think more about actually producing the sound. They’re not used to the choreography.”But in the world of early music, with a baroque repertoire from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries...