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With a mix of stories meant to elicit laughter and sympathy, the first-half of the production outshines the latter, clumsier second act. Humor takes center stage in a number of standout sketches: “My Angry Vagina” becomes a hilarious tale of the woes of being a female when in the able hands of Julia “JC” E. Cassis ’06 and Nicole M. Laws...
...humorous “The Woman Who Loved To Make Vaginas Happy” was the highlight of the otherwise lackluster second act. A seductively-clad Julia C. W. Chan ’05 purred and strutted, making good use of the austere stage, demonstrating the joy of the sexual moan...
...program was stuffed with familiar classics, the technical limitations of the orchestra were on full display. The first movement of the 38th Symphony was the low point. It is complex and intellectually demanding music which requires sensitive leadership and a fully engaged orchestra. Yet Fujimoto’s on-stage relationship with her players rarely moved beyond metronomic. The sound was fractured and flat, the structure confused, and some of Mozart’s most fascinating music sounded little more than boring. The group of soloists all played admirably. Kathryn E. Andersen ’07 and Brendan J. Gillis...
...stage of the Zero Arrow Street Theatre, a ship full of unique passengers sets sail. Astoundingly voluptuous “women” decked out in fur, pompoms, spangles, pleather, and sequins from head to toe—or rather from the lower half of their colossal breasts to the tops of their stockinged thighs—strut the decks. A Hitler look-alike (Josh C. Phillips ’07) dutifully trots after a terrifyingly overgrown Shirley Temple clone. A sleazy-looking captain (Alan D. Zackheim ’06) herds the crowd, ridiculously wielding his violin case...
...particular note is the dancing, choreographed by professional Karen Pisani and assistant Lauren L. Jackson ’07. It is an incredible feat for all the performers to keep in synchronized step, especially when scattered sporadically all over the stage...