Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...significant moments; when the gang rob the bank, the lights flash on and off, simulating the flickering early movies. A few touches are a bit cloying--the Fly as telephone operator, for example--but Happy End contains many slyly comic moments. Jones mounts a polished production; the actors sustain a rapid pace that admirably suits his comic intent. Uniformly excellent acting ensures the play's success, as the company dutifully trots through Jones' paces. The Fly's gang provide frequent comic relief; Jeremy Geidt as Manny and John Bottoms as the sinister Governor especially stand out. Geidt's impish sweet...
...popular culture. The only songs that don't pick up are the slower, less familiar ballads like Porter's "What is This Thing Called Love?" from Wake Up and Dream Unchoreographed, they must rely on the talent of the singer--McIntosh--which, while strong, is not outstanding enough to sustain the show...
Coach Dave Fish extolled Kirsch's play and attitude, emphasizing that the team's only senior hasn't let the fact that he has been playing only third doubles all year affect the way he practices. Thus, Kirsch has been able to step in and sustain the quality and intensity of his play, and record three singles victories...
...OTHER real weakness is Andrew Garrett's aquiline Becket, whose performance has an "almost good enough" quality that can't sustain a play that trucks in religious certitudes. Garrett's enunciation is excellent, his modulation poor; annoyingly, his voice turns nasal at the most inopportune moments--a saint with a stuffed nose. Like the chorus, he doesn't seem to change as the play advances. The temptations of the first act, the sermon in the interlude, and the moment of final submission and canonization in the second act all find him earnest but sulky. There's no fear...
Burton I. Wolfman, Radcliffe administrative dean, said yesterday the college would probably be reluctant to allow Harvard to fund Forum-like activities. "If programs are indeed critical, then it becomes the responsibility of the Radcliffe Trustees to sustain them," he said...