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...then hang them in her Cabot House dorm room. Paulus will more than make up for her pilfering, serving as the next artistic director for the Harvard-affiliated A.R.T., the University announced Friday afternoon. The announcement comes after a protracted search that began over a year ago, after the theater??s board of directors decided not to renew the contract of then-director Robert Woodruff, whom some criticized for the theatre’s recent financial difficulties, the Boston Globe reported. Those in the Harvard theater community and beyond said they were confident that Paulus can take...
...entirely different group: middle schoolers. Kidshow!, which will take place during Arts First, is a program started by Harvard students to engage Boston public middle school students in the theater. Now in its fifth year, Kidshow! begins each fall semester by teaching the students the essential fundamentals of theater??improvisation, reaction, screen writing, directing, and more—as well as drama’s technical staples, such as staging and sound. The program directors help the aspiring Thespians develop their work and their ideas, aiding them to reach into themselves and pull out their own masterpieces. Finally...
...cello and guitar were left to fill these voids. John Woo, the guitarist, adapted particularly well, using various picking techniques and a glass slide to approximate the synth lines of earlier Magnetic Fields albums. The cello was coated in crisp, low-frequency reverb that took full advantage of Somerville Theater??s excellent acoustics. Bass notes seemingly resonated forever, and higher parts sounded full and organic. Merritt played mostly rhythm on the bouzouki, sharing lead vocals with pianist Claudia Gonson and Shirley Simms, the band’s new singer. Claudia’s upright piano was padded...
...Oliver Cromwell and the rise of Puritan rule in Britain. One of the first orders was to ban all theater, viewed as a wicked pastime of the corrupted Crown. In 1642, Shakespeare’s beloved “wooden O”—The Globe Theater??was closed. But by 1660, the Puritan government had collapsed and Charles II took the throne, ushering in the Restoration and a renaissance in the dramatic arts as theaters were reopened. However, Harvard remained a Puritan stronghold and theater was still discouraged, according to Robert Brustein, founder...
...Game! Surprise! There’s a football game this weekend. Saturday, Nov. 17. New Haven (ewww). $15. 2) Oh, Jenny. As part of the Brattle Theater??s “Boston Filmed” series, they’ll be screening “Love Story,” the last movie to be filmed at Harvard. Look for Emerson Hall (referred to as Barrett Hall), Leverett Towers, the ugliest lead actress in history, and other landmarks. Watch out for the ending though–it’s a killer. Friday...