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...well be that now is not the time for such a show. And it is tough to disagree with the statement released by Sondheim and bookwriter John Weidman regarding the removal of the musical from the fall Broadway schedule: “Assassins is a show which asks audiences to think critically about various aspects of the American experience. In light of [Sept. 11th’s] murderous assault on our nation and on the most fundamental things in which we all believe, we, the Roundabout, and director Joe Mantello believe this is not an appropriate time to present...
...play details the characters' struggle with this concept of roleplaying and asks whether they have any freedom given the certainty of their fates. Antigone is therefore a largely verbal affair, but the first few scenes establish a questionable tone. Mike Weidman '02, who plays the Chorus, is loud, clear and expressive, but so smarmy as he introduces the play that one would expect him to be quite knowingly introducing a bad Saturday Night Live sketch rather than Anouilh's searching parable. Beatrice Kitzinger '03, Caitlin Harrington '03 and Liz Clinkenbeard '01, as Antigone, her sister Ismene, and her nurse, respectively...
...sure, but he does not shrink from the task, maintaining a strong, clean elocution and succeeding at keeping his long monologues from becoming flat or boring. It may be too much to assert that he brings the other actors up to the level of his own performance, but Weidman and Kitzinger in particular are much sharper in their scenes with him; Abu-Ayyash's exchanges with a bumbling but philosophical guard, excellently played by Rob Hughes '01, are also a delight. Anchored by this solid group of four, Antigone moves smoothly to its conclusion after a few initial kinks...
...Though all of the House committee chairs were invited to attend, only Katherine A. Murphy '01 and Michael S. Weidman '01 of Adams, Nancy M. Poon '01 of Dunster and Michael E. Thakur '01 of Quincy were able to attend...
...CONTACT How to get the ailing Broadway musical off life support? Director Susan Stroman and writer John Weidman have an answer: Cut out the singing. Their exhilarating show is composed of three heartfelt love stories told in dance and dialogue accompanied mostly by a wildly diverse jukebox of pop records and enlivened by the performances of Deborah Yates and Karen Ziemba...