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...would never have thought that tragedy and techno would go hand in hand, but as director Martijn Hostetler '00 shows in his creation of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, perhaps the two worlds are not so dramatically different after all. Set in a post-apocalyptic rave, the title characters are not dressed in the expected and traditional 17th-century garb but in silver flare bell-bottoms, platform shoes, halter tops and body glitter thanks to the costume designing expertise of Valerie de Charette '02. While I'm sure that the scandlous sex scenes, glow sticks, extensive homoeroticism...
...Troilus and Cressida opens with the Greek forces, led by Menelaus' brother Agamemnon, having continually besieged Troy for the previous seven years. Shakespeare concentrates on the opposition between the Greek hero Achilles and the Trojan Hector. Troilus and Cressida is considered a tragedy, playing upon the death of its tragic hero, Hector. Shakespeare also shows how the war caused by one love affair destroys another. The stories of the love between the Trojan Troilus and the Grecian Cressida, encouraged by her uncle Pandarus and of Cressida's desertion of Troilus for the Greek Diomedes, are medieval additions to the heroic...
...Although organizers Alex Kellogg '00, James Wilson '00 and Franklin Leonard '00 are not planning a follow-up themselves, they see their Cabaret as part of a wave of experimental projects appearing this spring (including Troilus and Cressida this weekend and an upcoming showcase put together by Benjamin Novak '01) and are quick to point out that, while the Cabaret was unique, it is not the only collision of art forms to occur at Harvard, past or future. "The talent pool is just too deep for these things to have to stop for any good reason (save entryway tutors crying...
...have those along with an interview with Ethan Hawke and a complete summer movie preview next Friday... Lusty raves are another trend-o-rama this week. Groove, the Sundance hit about a San Francisco rave, opens next week in Boston and this weekend check out the production of Troilus and Cressida in the Ex which reimagines Shakespeare's classic as a glittery, high voltage dance party. I hear there's cage dancers and - gasp! - nudity... When did Buffy get so slutty? Sarah Michelle Gellar appears again in very little clothing on Rolling Stone and the cover really looks exactly like...
...RANDY: Last year I started a new community service group called BASIC. But this year, I wanted to explore more options and I got involved with HRDC and did one show last semester called Bacchanal. And, I got cast in two shows this semester--Troilus and Cressida and something called The Limp Dick Dialogues which is a creative effort in response to the Vagina Monologues. I am also a business assistant in the Hasty Pudding...