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...Williams?? Bulldogs were fighting for more than victory in the 126th playing of The Game last November. They were also fighting for relevance in the minds of the Crimson student body. For though Harvard-Yale weekend is historic in its own right, the Bulldogs can no longer be considered the Crimson’s most hated...
...Stairs to the Roof” is a play that many theater-goers may never have heard of by a playwright they probably know quite well. One of Tennessee Williams?? earliest works and his first written deliberately for a mass audience, “Stairs” has never had the popular appeal of Williams?? later plays. Seemingly aware of this fact, visiting director Michael M. Donahue ’05 turns the Agassiz theater inside-out with an exciting and unconventional production that breathes vibrant life into a work that wouldn’t ordinarily...
...staging consistently takes full advantage of the extra square footage, as the director scatters actors among levels and between seats to keep things interesting when Williams?? dialogue gets preachy or repetitive. These arrangements are clever, surprising, and never distracting...
Despite the weaknesses of the two leads, “Stairs to the Roof” comes into it’s own in the last twenty minutes. The expertly choreographed ensemble uses elements of pantomime, slow motion, and Vaudevillian antics to highlight the strengths of Williams?? story. Although the ending of the play is shamelessly deus ex machina, it is done in a way that is genuinely surprising even in the context of an already unconventional production...
...Stairs to the Roof” is the first joint production of the Office for the Arts (OFA), the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) and the A.R.T. Institute. The last of Williams?? apprentice plays, “Stairs” tells the story of a factory worker in the 1930s who breaks away from his mechanical life and embarks on a fantastic adventure...