Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BEST WAY to see Hali is to go unprepared. Unlike most plays, it works directly on all your senses. The stage juts into the audience. Most of the impact of the drama is not put across through the lines and the plot, but through the beat of the music, the motions of the players, the colors swirling on the stage...
...sort of demi-god, Hali(Steve Bonsey). The play is derived from a novel, but the tale is not unravelled through dialogue and conventional blocking. Rather, Hali tells his story to the audience with the help of a narrator, and as he talks dancers and players sweep onto the stage and act out many of the adventures around him and with him. The music consists of nothing but a very primitive recorder and a drum, but along with the pounding of the drum sounds the pounding of the players' feet, their chanting, and their motions combine all phases...
Steve Bonsey shines a little less brightly than Weiser. He has the burden of explaining the story to the crowd while acting it out at the same time. Bonsey is on the stage through the entire play, and makes the production flow well from one adventure to another. His acting is convincing enough, but at times his lines seem to drag on with the same tone and intensity. He does, however, manage to really become his character, interacting with the other players and the audience enough to rivet the attention of the audience. Bonsey's forte is physical movement...
...cost squeeze presents formidable obstacles to the realization of improved housing. Since operating costs are supported entirely from the limited tenants' rents, the mortgage must be trimmed to the minimum to keep its financing economically viable. The other option, underestimating the operating expenses during the planning stage in order to obtain the largest possible mortgage, results in increased rents when increased operating costs are passed on to the tenants. FHA regulations covering all phases of the building process force non-profit developers to pay for all unplanned extra expenditures during construction out of their own pockets, forcing developers...
...choreographed scenes at the beginning and the end of the show, develop insect-like personalities and the dark underside of Puck is revealed. The elaborate production has been sealed together by the people who brought The Beggar's Opera to Adams House last year. In the stage's flood of dark blue light, lie back and be wooed. Performances are tonight through Saturday at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $2.50 and can be purchased at Holyoke Center or at the door...