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...Adela Quested in A Passage to India will go in search of the "real Indians." Innocently perusing the wares of a postcard vendor in the main square, Lucy stumbles onto a street fight--an Edwardian equivalent of a gang war. Fainting away at the sight of a youth expiring at her feet, she is carried off by the already enamored George, no doubt eager to demonstrate his frustrated manhood for the sake of his lady in distress. When Lucy awakens, George confesses that "something has changed"--he will never be the same. For him, at least, this brief episode...
Movie Star Harris (The Right Stuff, Places in the Heart) finds simmering violence and sudden affection in this man. O'Leary foretokens a sad future when he naively envisions an assembly line as an exhibition hall for his competitive drive and skill. As the youth, Rapp makes the stage glow in what could have been a formulaic speech about his having yearned to be an actor even before he knew that the profession existed. The finest performance is Ivey's as the play's forceful center, the clangy-voiced, flighty, phrase- turning mother with a heart of gold...
...exception to this lack of character development is Jason's wife. Eliza Gleason does change the personality of her character from a romantic youth to a somewhat independent and mature woman. Her manner becomes more forceful when she leaves Jason towards the middle of the play...
Much of the acting is top notch as well. Andrew Watson as the might-have-been-British Consul demonstrates fine sense of control. Watson moves from aged recollector to callow youth with a startling ease. His control of voice and movement, save a few some minor quavers, is excellent. He carries the opening monologue with such success that the audience wonders if he could have carried off a one-man rendition of Travesties...
Income is generated from the interest on a new million dollar public service endowment. Public Service Program $18,110 Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program $10,000 CityStep $3515 Cyclists Fighting Hunger $3000 Office of Career Services/Lamont Fellowship $2000 Francis de Celle $1500 Currier House Dance Marathon $500 Centro Presente $500 Children's Theater $500 Suzuki Program $500 Money spent this year: $43,000 Funding held over until next year...