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...nutshell, that's the premise of Sweet Charity, this fall's musical on the Loeb Mainstage. The problem with a story like this, however, is that it's old, it's boring, and it's conventional. But luckily, directors Jim C. Augustine '01 and Kathryn B. Walsh '01 are anything but old, boring and conventional and have created a production of Sweet Charity that is hip, smart and entertaining...
Admittedly, Sweet Charity has never been an audience favorite-the story lacks the narrative power of musicals like Les Miserables, and the music doesn't have the sing-along quality that has kept shows like Cats running for years. Augustine and Walsh go to great lengths to combat this problem in their production, and are largely successful...
Small caf tables and chairs are placed on the set to create the ambiance of a dance hall and to allow audience members to become a part of the production itself. Augustine and Walsh also introduce the use of two clowns, played by Thomas Odell '04 and Sophia Chang '01-dressed in fantastic costumes of over-sized shoes, tutus and striped stockings-who carry large signs with messages such as "The First Kiss." These signs aided the transitions of the musical, while the whimsy of their bearers keeps them from being perceived as simple plot devices...
Otherwise, Augustine and Walsh make exceptional use of the space offered by the Mainstage. Two three tiered towers rise on either side of the set, a hydraulic lift rises and falls periodically from the center of the stage and a smaller central tower provides space for a steamy bedroom, a malfunctioning elevator, and a pair of Coney Island swings alternately...
...last-minute dirty trick, and I turned my anger at the sleazy politicians who were making the disclosure - not an October surprise, but a November surprise. The timing reminded me of the release of the (Iran-contra independent counsel Lawrence) Walsh indictment of Cap Weinberger late in the game in 1992. One CNN poll had us closing the gap. But that's all it took. From there on, things stayed the same...