Word: theater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hasty Pudding Theater...
SHAKESPEARE CAUTIONED THAT "Brevity is the soul of wit," a dictum taken to heart by the American Repertory Theatre's Late Night Cabaret crew. The two parodies of the Bard they are offering weekends at the Hasty Pudding Theater together run less than hour long; still, at $5 a head, it's more yuk-per-buck than has been seen on a Boston stage for a long time...
...Case of the Danish Prince and The Skinhead Hamlet are offered through a tortuously-named subdivision of the American Repertory Theatre--"A.R.T./New Stages Presents: Late Night Cabaret"--which aims to give students of the A.R.T.'s fledgling theater institute something to do. Perhaps the masters of the company, too long burdened by endless productions of little humor, can learn something from their spirited pupils...
More newsworthy than the lead in, "Blues Alley came to Cambridge last night," are the following facts. Sanders Theater vibrated with an energetic, standing-room-only crowd. Guest artist Illinois Jacquet ignited a spark in the audience as he displayed his love and enthusiasm for jazz and the Harvard Jazz Band. Trumpeter Lester Bowie, sporting a white silk dressing gown and purple pants, thrilled the crowd with his "avant pop" antics. The Jazz Band, playing with all the guests, gave a remarkable performance, not to mention a few outstanding solos. I fail to comprehend why The Crimson neglected to include...
...charges him with campaigning. This proves the Duke is ambitious, a trait that should not set him apart from a crowd of Harvard seniors. The majority might trust an intelligent audience not to be brainwashed. We think we can discount the possibility of the Class Day crowd abandoning Tercentenary Theater en masse for a round of New Hampshire campaigning. If Dukakis launches into a hackneyed stump speech, then he will lose more votes than a rousing performance will ever earn...