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Though this production has all the flaws and amateurishness of a typical mounting of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players—namely barely adequate sets, an uneven orchestra and a laughably small chorus—the talent on stage has the Midas touch...
...have a file stuffed with every issue for which I wrote the least little thing, it’s not the words I remember most—it’s the mess. Editing copy on coarse yellow sheets of paper, the type from the old machines upstairs so uneven you had to notice the way the letters made themselves. Doing paste-up with an X-acto knife that more than once sliced my finger open, smearing blood onto the layout sheet. Swiping down the dripping offset plates so they could be loaded onto the cylinders. Scrambling to scoop...
...desire. The scene is the biblical tale of Adam and Eve and the short play of which it is a part goes all the way through the betrayal of Christ. That the humor is forced and the delivery inconsistent actually sets the stage well for a night of uneven theater...
However, the show follows its uneven opener with one of its better vignettes, “Bitter Sauce.” In “Sauce,” Rengin and Herman create an excellent contrast between abusiveness and meekness. Although predictable, Rengin’s double betrayal makes for an entertaining spectacle as she sways drunkenly across the stage and alternately sputters expressions of love and despair...
...student are much alike, the moment has no meaning. It is obvious that they are both rather tedious whiners. In later scenes, which are supposed to convey a shift of power and cause the audience to repeatedly reconsider its views about tacit sexual intimidation, the play appears wildly uneven because of the lack of initial conflict...