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...glove with a hand-drawn face that impersonated the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Actors drew parts randomly from a bowl, before each scene, to give them the opportunity to play more than one role. In a room laced with glowing Christmas decorations, the actors took the stage in front of the fireplace, completing the entirety of “Hamlet” in only 50 minutes. Event organizer and Lowell English tutor Rebecca S. Erwin explained later that Act II was skipped altogether to avoid the politics within the play and to fast-forward to the more...
...opener Tom Fite’s strange electro-folk-punk-hip-hop stylings: “awesome” to the college student on my left, “wretched” to the middle-aged man on my right. Their disagreements seemed to disappear once Calexico took the stage; the remainder of the night was filled with stunning music that could be appreciated by almost any group.Tucson-based Calexico, named after a town on the border between California and Mexico, brought a large piece of their Southwest home to a snowy Boston, opening with a lively rendition...
Though Cage isn’t set to take the stage for another two hours, the Middle East is already pulsing, not with anticipation, but with straight rocking...
...team started their “run-on” to the stage, hopping, somersaulting, and cheering into their opening formation, a dramatic diagonal line. Fists raised, the team punched the air, as a medley of Neyfakh’s favorite Andrew Lloyd Webber tunes streamed from the boombox to the right of the stage. While the rest of the team cartwheeled and posed in perfect synchrony, Green stuck her solo handstand with the help of teammates Dolan and Thompson. “Jesus Christ Superstar” transitioned dramatically into the grand ensemble number from Cats...
...accidentally becomes a runaway success.The Broadway production improved immeasurably upon its source material—the 1968 Best Original Screenplay Oscar winner starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel—in large part to the chemistry between Broderick and Lane. But now, after the original film and the stage version, the new film is, basically, the Broadway show caught on tape.Susan Stroman is a master at stage directing and won the Best Director Tony for her work on “The Producers.” But in her first foray as a feature film director, she falters because...